Management

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Reza Zanjirani Farahani

Editorial Board Member of Management

Senior Lecturer, Kingston University London, UK

Research Areas

Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Facility Location, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Facilities Planning, Facilities Design, Operations Research

Education

1997-2001Ph.DIndustrial Engineering in Inbound Logistics and Operations Research, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1995-1997M.ScIndustrial Engineering in Facility Planning and Operations Research, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1991-1995B.ScIndustrial Engineering in Industrial Production & Feasibility Study, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Experience

2011-present Senior Lecturer,Kingston Business School, Kingston University London (full-time)
2009-2010 Research Fellow A, Centre for Maritime Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (full-time)
2007-present Associate Professor (tenured),Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (on leave)
2006-2009 Manager of Logistics/SCM Research Group ,Institute of Trade Studies and Researches (ITSR) of Iran Ministry of Commerce (part-time)
2004-2009 Head of Research Group,Tehran Supply Chain Management Research Group (Certificated by Ministry of Culture and High Education in Iran: MCHE) (part-time)
2003-2007 Assistant Professor (tenure track),Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology(full-time)
2001-2003 Compulsory Conscription ,Military Logistics Centre (full-time)
1997-2002Teaching Fellow,Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (part-time)

Academic Achievement

Wining "BEST PAPER" AWARD in DSI Conference, Sidney-Australia, July 1997
Wining "BEST PAPER" AWARD in IE Conference, Tehran-Iran, December 1996
Wining "BEST PAPER" AWARD in IE Conference, Tehran-Iran, March 1999
Wining "BEST PAPER" AWARD in First National Conference in Logistics and Supply Chain, Tehran-Iran, February 2005
Wining "SELECTED BOOK" AWARD in Iran Ministry of commerce for the book "SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS IN NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS" (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009), Tehran-Iran, November 2008
Wining "SUPPERIOR RESEARCHER" AWARD in Iran Ministry of commerce for the project "Optimizing Wheat Transportation and Warehousing System, 15th November 2010

Membership

The UK OR Society
INFORMS (Institute For Operations Research and Management Science)
EURO (the European OR Society)
Iran Logistics Association (IRLOG)
Iran Industrial Engineering Association

Publications: Journals

[1]  Elnaz Miandoabchi, Zanjirani Farahani*, Wout Dullaert,Wai Yuen Szeto, Hybrid Evolutionary Metaheuristics for Concurrent Multi-Objective Design of Urban Road and Public Transit Networks, Networks and Spatial Economics, forthcoming. (Impact factor: 1.341).
[2]  Elnaz Miandoabchi, Zanjirani Farahani*, Szeto Wai Yuen (2011) Bi-objective Bimodal Urban Road Network Design Using Hybrid Metaheuristics, Central European Journal of Operations Research, forthcoming. (Impact factor: 0.353).
[3]  Elnaz Miandoabchi, Zanjirani Farahani* (2011) Reserve Capacity of Urban Road Networks in a Discrete Network Design Problem, Advances in Engineering Software, forthcoming. (Impact factor: 1.045).
[4]  Ali Naimi Sadigh, Behrooz Karimi*, Zanjirani Farahani (2011) A Game Theoretic Approach for Two Echelon Supply Chain with Depletion, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, forthcoming.
[5]  Shabnam Rezapour, Zanjirani Farahani*, Seyed Hassan Ghodsipour, Sohrab Abdollahzadeh (2011) Strategic Design of Competing Supply Chain Networks with Foresight, Advances in Engineering Software, 42 130-141. (Impact factor: 1.045).
[6]  Shabnam Rezapour, Zanjirani Farahani*, Tammy Drezner (2011) Strategic Design of Competing Centralized Supply Chain Networks for Inelastic Demand, Journal of Operational Research Society (JORS), In press. (Impact factor: 1.009; ABS 2010: 3*).
[7]  Mir Saman Pishvaee, Zanjirani Farahani, Wout Dullaert* (2010) A Memetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Integrated Forward/Reverse Logistics Network Design, Computers & Operations Research (COR) 37 1100-1112. (Impact factor: 2.116; ABS 2010: 2*).
[8]  Soheil Abginechi, Zanjirani Farahani* (2010) Modeling and Analysis for Determining Optimal Suppliers Under Stochastic Lead times, Applied Mathematical Modelling (AMM) 34(5) 1311-1328. (Impact factor: 1.357).
[9]  Abdul Sattar Safaie, Seyed Mohammad Moattar Husseini*, Zanjirani Farahani, Seyed Hassan Ghodsypour, Fariborz Jolai (2010) Integrated Multi-Site Production-Distribution in Supply Chain by Hybrid Modeling, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) 48(14) 4043-4069. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[10]  Shabnam Rezapour, Zanjirani Farahani* (2010) Strategic Design of Competing Centralized Supply Chain Networks for Markets with Deterministic Demands, Advances in Engineering Software 41(5) 810-822. (Impact factor: 1.045).
[11]  Farzad Dehghanian, Saeed Mansour*, Zanjirani Farahani (2010) Applying Interactive Multi-Objective Decision Making Method in Design of Sustainable Recovery Network Regard to Different Stakeholders' Preferences, World Applied Science Journal 8(5) 596-607. (newly ISI indexed).
[12]  Maryam Hamedi, Zanjirani Farahani*, Seyyed Mohammad Moattar Husseini, Gholam Reza Esmaeilian (2009) Distribution Planning Model for Natural Gas Supply Chain: A Case Study, Energy Policy 37(3) 799-812. (Impact factor: 2.436; ABS 2010: 2*).
[13]  Davoud Jafari, Seyyed Mohammad Moattar Husseini, Hossein*, Fazzel Zarandi, Zanjirani Farahani (2009) Coordination of Policy Order and Production in Vendor-Buyer Chain Using PROSA Holonic Architecture, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT) 45(9-10) 1033-1050. (Impact factor: 1.128).
[14]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Mahsa Elahipanah (2008) A Genetic Algorithm to Optimize the Total Cost and Service Level for Just-in-Time Distribution in a Supply Chain, International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE) 111(2) 229-243. (Impact factor: 2.068; ABS 2010: 3*).
[15]  Morteza Pourakbar, Zanjirani Farahani*, Nasrin Asgari (2007) A Joint Economic Lot-Size Model for an Integrated Supply Network Using Genetic Algorithm, Applied Mathematics and Computations (AMC) 189 583-596. (Impact factor: 1.124).
[16]  Shabnam Rezapour, Zanjirani Farahani*, Elnaz Miandoabchi (2011) A Machine-To-Loop Assignment and Layout Design Methodology for Tandem AGV Systems with Single-Load Vehicles, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), 49(12) 3605-3633. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[17]  Mojtaba Soleimani Sedehi, Zanjirani Farahani* (2009) An Integrated Approach to Determine the Block Layout, AGV Flow Path and the Location of P/D Points in Single-Loop Systems, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) 47(11) 3041-3061. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[18]  Elnaz Miandoabchi, Zanjirani Farahani* (2009) Solving the Tandem AGV Network Design Problem Using Tabu Search: Cases of Maximum Workload and Workload Balance with Fixed and Non-Fixed Number of Loops, Journal of Industrial Engineering International 5(8) 37-51.
[19]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Gilbert Laporte, Elnaz Miandoabchi, Saman Bina (2008) Designing Efficient Methods for the Tandem AGV Network Design Problem Using Tabu Search and Genetic Algorithm, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT) 36 996-1009. (Impact factor: 1.128).
[20]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Behrooz Karimi, Sara Tamaddon (2007) Designing an Efficient Method for Simultaneously Determining the Loop and the Location of the P/D Stations Using Genetic Algorithm, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) 45(6) 1405-1427. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[21]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Morteza Pourakbar, Elnaz Miandoabchi (2007) Developing Exact and Tabu Search Algorithms for Simultaneously Determining AGV Loop and P/D Stations in Single Loop Systems, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) 45(22) 5199-5222. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[22]  Mahdi Hamzeei*, Zanjirani Farahani (2007) Two Optimal Algorithms for Finding Bidirectional Shortest Path Design Problem in a Block Layout, Journal of Industrial Engineering International 3(4) 24-34.
[23]  Gilbert Laporte, Zanjirani Farahani*, Elnaz Miandoabchi (2006) Designing an Efficient Method for Tandem AGV Network Design Problem Using Tabu Search, Applied Mathematics and Computations (AMC) 183(2) 1410-1421. (Impact factor: 1.124).
[24]  Zanjirani Farahani, Mehdi Sharifyazdi, Gilbert Laporte* (2005) A Practical Exact Algorithm for the Shortest Loop Design Problem in a Block Layout, International Journal of Production Research 43(19) 1879-1887. (Impact factor: 0.803; ABS 2010: 3*).
[25]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Farhad Ghasemi Tari (2002) A Branch & Bound Method for Finding Flow-Path Designing of AGV Systems, IJE Transactions A: Basics 15(1) 81-90.
[26]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Farhad Ghasemi Tari (2001) Optimal Flow Path Designing of Unidirectional AGV Systems, International Journal of Engineering Sciences 12(3) 31-44.
[27]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Maryam Steadie Seifi, Nasrin Asgari (2010) Multi-Criteria Location Problem: A Review, Applied Mathematical Modelling (AMM) 34(7) 1689-1709. (Impact factor: 1.357).
[28]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Zvi Drezner, Nasrin Asgari (2009) Single Facility Location and Relocation Problem with Time-Dependent Weights and Discrete Planning Horizon, Annals of Operations Research (AOR) 167 353-368. (Impact factor: 0.961; ABS 2010: 2*).
[29]  Zanjirani Farahani*, Nasrin Asgari (2007) Combination of MCDM and Covering Techniques in a Hierarchical Model for Facility Location: A Case Study, European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) 176 1839-1858. (Impact factor: 2.093; ABS 2010: 3*).
[30]  Fatemeh Torfi, Zanjirani Farahani, Iraj Mahdavi* (2011) Fuzzy Least-Squares Linear Regression Approach for Estimation of Stochastic Demand in the Vehicle Routing Problem, Applied Mathematics 2 64-73.
[31]  Fatemeh Torfi, Zanjirani Farahani*, Shabnam Rezapour (2010) Fuzzy AHP to Determine the Relative Weights of Evaluation Criteria and a Fuzzy TOPSIS to Rank the Alternatives, Applied Soft Computing 10(2) 520-528. (Impact factor: 2.415).
[32]  Zanjirani Farahani* (1998) Facility Location and Relocation with Time-Dependent Weights, Amirkabir Industrial Engineering Journal-MASAF 7.
[33]  Zanjirani Farahani* (1997) Fuzzy Control Systems for Airport Operations, Sharif Industrial Engineering Journal 14.
[34]  Zanjirani Farahani* (1996) Operations Research Application in Drought Management, Sharif Industrial Engineering Journal.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Elnaz Miandoabchi, Zanjirani Farahani (2010) Simultaneous Design of Urban Road and Public Transit Networks Using Hybrid Evolutionary Metaheuristics, 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July.
[2]  Shabnam Rezapour, Zanjirani Farahani (2010) Strategic Design of Competing Supply Chain Network for Markets with Stochastic Demands, 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July.
[3]  Sara Hosseini, Zanjirani Farahani, Wout Dullaert, Birger Raa (2010) A Robust Optimization Model for Production-Distribution Network Design Under Uncertainty, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain, Creating value through green supply chains, ILS 2010 Casablanca (Morocco), April 14-16, 2010.
[4]  Fatemeh Torfia, Zanjirani Farahani, Najaf Hedayat (2010) A New Model to Determine the Weights of Multiple Objectives in Combinational Optimization Problems, Conference: WASET 2010: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 68 28-30 July 2010, Paris, France.
[5]  Mir Saman Pishvaee, Zanjirani Farahani, Wout Dullaert (2009) A Memetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Integrated Logistics Network Design, EUMEeting 2009: European Chapter on Metaheuristics workshop: Debating the future: new areas of application and innovative approaches, Porto, Portugal, April 29-30, 2009.
[6]  Mir Saman Pishvaee, Zanjirani Farahani, Wout Dullaert (2009) A Memetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Integrated Forward/Reverse Logistics Network Design, ICOR 2009: International Conference on Operations Research, Brussels, Belgium, November 25-27, 2009.
[7]  Hassan Moghaddasi, Zanjirani Farahani, Szeto Wai Yuen (2009) Supply Chain Network Design Resistant in Disruptions, International Symposium on Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems, 23-24 April 2009, Singapore.
[8]  Sara Hosseini, Zanjirani Farahani and Szeto Wai Yuen, A Robust Optimization Model for a Distribution Network in an Uncertain Supply Chain Designing, International Symposium on Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems, 23-24 April 2009, Singapore.
[9]  Fereshteh Parvaresh, Zanjirani Farahani, Szeto Wai Yuen (2009) An Efficient Branch-and-Bound Method for Finding Flow-Path Designing of Conventional AGVS, International Symposium on Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems, 23-24 April 2009, Singapore.
[10]  Elnaz Miandiabchi, Zanjirani Farahani (2009) Optimizing Reserve Capacity of Urban Road Networks by the Concurrent design of One-way and Two-way Links and Lane Additions, 5-8 July 2009, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, Germany.
[11]  Shabnam Rezapourand, Zanjirani Farahani (2009) Strategic Design of Competing Supply Chain Networks with Foresight, 5-8 July 2009, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research, Bonn, Germany.
[12]  Nasrin Asgari, Zanjirani Farahani (2008) Analysis of on-time delivery measure in a supply chain, Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), September 4-5, 2008, Hamburg, Germany.
[13]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari, Mehdi Najafi (2007) Comparison the Effect of Various Forecasting Methods on Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chain, Fourteenth Applied Probability Society of INFORMS Conference (July 9-11, 2007), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
[14]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari (2006) Using Simulation Modeling in Determining Diagnostics of a Car Manufacturing Company Future Expansion: A Case Study MESM2006 conference, August 2006, 28-30, Alexandria, Egypt.
[15]  International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE 35), June 19-22, 2005, Istanbul-Turkey.
[16]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari, Mohammad Aghdasi (2005) Optimizing Wheat Storage and Transportation System: A Case Study, Supply Chain Management and Information System (SCMIS 2005), July 6-8, 2005, Thessaloniki, Greece.
[17]  Gilbert Laporte, Zanjirani Farahani, Morteza Pourakbar (2005) Developing a Tabu Search Algorithm for Simultaneously Determining AGV Loop and P/D Stations in Single Loop Systems, 7-9 September 2005, Operations Research (2005), Bremen-Germany.
[18]  Morteza Pourakbar, Hamid Davoudpour, Zanjirani Farahani (2005), A Joint Economic Lot Size Model for an Integrated Procurement/Production/Distribution Supply Network with Backlogged Shortage: A Heuristic Approach, 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE 35), June 19-22, 2005, Istanbul-Turkey.
[19]  Zanjirani Farahani, Gilbert Laporte (2004) Two Formulations for Designing Optimal Single Loop and the Location of P/D Stations, IIEC.2004 Conference, Tehran-Iran, 13-14 July 2004.
[20]  Nasrin Asgari, Zanjirani Farahani (2003) Inventory and Transportation Planning for Multi-Commodity in n-Supplier and One Buyer System: A Case Study, EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, 6-10 July 2003, Istanbul-Turkey.
[21]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari (2003) Multi Facility Location and Relocation Problem with Time Dependent Weights and Discrete Planning Horizon, EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, 6-10 July 2003, Istanbul-Turkey.
[22]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari (2003) Combination MCDM, Covering and Partitioning in Location Problems: Case Study, ICC&IE Conference, 11-13 August 2003, Limerick-Ireland.
[23]  Zanjirani Farahani (2001) Revised DFS-A Heuristic Algorithm in Flow Path Designing of AGVS, First International Conference on Graph, Combinatorial and Calculation Algorithms and Applications, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran-Iran, Jan. 29-30, 2001.
[24]  Zanjirani Farahani, Farhad Ghasemi Tari, Ali Rezvani (2000) An Application of Graph Theory in Flow Path Designing of AGV Systems, Second International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran-Iran, Oct. 25-27, 2000.
[25]  Bahram Emamizadeh, Zanjirani Farahani (1997) Facility Location and Relocation in Global Manufacturing Strategy, FAIM Conference, Middlesbrough-England, June 1997.
[26]  Bahram Emamizadeh, Zanjirani Farahani (1997) Facility Location and Relocation with Time-Dependent Weight, DSI Conference, Sidney-Australia, July 1997.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Zanjirani Farahani, Shabnam Rezapour, Laleh Kardar (eds.) (2011) Logistics operations and management: concepts and models, London, U.K.: Elsevier. 486p. (Elsevier Insights) ISBN 9780123852021.
[2]  Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari, Hoda Davarzani (eds.) (2009) Supply chain and logistics in national, international and governmental environments. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. 316p. (Contributions to Management Science) ISSN (print) 1431-1941 ISBN 9783790821550.
[3]  Zanjirani Farahani, Masud Hekmatfar (eds.) (2009) Facility location: concepts, models, algorithms and case studies. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. 549p. (Contributions to Management Science) ISSN (print) 1431-1941 ISBN 9783790821505.
[4]  Zanjirani Farahani, Shabnam Rezapour, Laleh Kardar (eds.), Supply chain sustainability and raw material management: concepts and processes, IGI Global, Hershey, USA, 2011 (forthcoming).
[5]  Zanjirani Farahani (ed.), Graph Theory for operations research and management: Applications in industrial engineering, IGI Global, Hershey, USA, 2011 (forthcoming).
[6]  Nikbakhsh, Ehsan and Zanjirani Farahani (2011) Humanitarian logistics planning in disaster relief operations. In: Zanjirani Farahani, Rezapour, Shabnam and Kardar, Laleh, (eds.) Logistics operations and management: concepts and models. London, U.K.: Elsevier. pp. 291-332. (Elsevier Insights) ISBN 9780123852021.
[7]  Hamedi, Maryam, Zanjirani Farahani and Esmaeilian, Gholamreza (2011) Optimization in natural gas network planning. In: Zanjirani Farahani, Rezapour, Shabnam and Kardar, Laleh, (eds.) Logistics operations and management: concepts and models. London, U.K.: Elsevier. pp. 393-420. (Elsevier Insights) ISBN 9780123852021.
[8]  Zanjirani Farahani, Rezapour, Shabnam and Kardar, Laleh (2011) Overview. In: Zanjirani Farahani, Rezapour, Shabnam and Kardar, Laleh, (eds.) Logistics operations and management: concepts and models. London, U.K.: Elsevier. pp. 3-10. (Elsevier Insights) ISBN 9780123852021.
[9]  Zanjirani Farahani, Bakhshayshi Baghi, Mohammad and Mousavi, Seyyed Mostafa (2011) Risk management in gas networks: a survey. In: Zanjirani Farahani, Rezapour, Shabnam and Kardar, Laleh, (eds.) Logistics operations and management: concepts and models. London, U.K.: Elsevier. pp. 421-440. (Elsevier Insight) ISBN 9780123852021.
[10]  Zanjirani Farahani, Abedian, Maryam and Sharahi, Sara (2009) Dynamic facility location problem. In: Zanjirani Farahani and Hekmatfar, Masoud, (eds.) Facility location: concepts, models, algorithms and case studies. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. pp. 347-372. (Contributions to Management Science) ISSN (print) 1431-1941 ISBN 9783790821505.
[11]  Zanjirani Farahani, Asgari, Nasrin and Davarzani, Hoda (2009) Overview. In: Zanjirani Farahani, Asgari, Nasrin and Davarzani, Hoda, (eds.) Supply chain and logistics in national, international and governmental environments. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. pp. 1-20. (Contributions to Management Science) ISSN (print) 1431-1941 ISBN 9783790821550.
[12]  Interpretation of the book "Supply Chain and Logistics in National, International and Governmental Environments (Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari, Hoda Davarzani, Springer-Verlag 2009) (2010) Institute of Trade Studies and Researches (ITSR) Pub., Tehran, Iran.
[13]  Interpretation of the book "Introduction to Management of Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop Supply Chain Process (Donald F. Blumberg, CRC Press 2004)" (2009) Institute of Trade Studies and Researches (ITSR) Pub., Tehran, Iran.
[14]  Author of the book "Operations Research II: Mathematical Programming" (2008) Termeh Publication, Tehran, Iran.
[15]  Interpretation of the book "Facilities Design (S. Heragu, Prentice Hall 1997)" (2007) Tehran Polytechnic Press, Tehran, Iran.
[16]  Interpretation of the book, "Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning (H. Stadtler and C. Kilger, Springer-Verlag 2005, 3rd edition)" (2007) Tehran Polytechnic Press, Tehran, Iran.
[17]  Author of the book "Warehousing" (2006) Tehran Polytechnic Press, Tehran, Iran.
[18]  Interpretation of the book "Introduction to Mathematical Programming (W. L. Winston, Duxbury Press 1995)" (2003) Termeh Publication, Tehran, Iran.
[19]  Interpretation of the book "Goal Directed Project Management (E. S. Andersen, K. V. Grude and T. Haug, Coopers and Lybrand 1989)" (2003) Termeh Publication, Tehran, Iran.
[20]  Interpretation of the book "User Manual of LINDO & LINGO (A. Roe, Duxbury Press 1997)" (2003) Tehran, Iran.
[21]  Author of the book "Facility Location" (2003) Tehran Polytechnic Press, Tehran, Iran.
[22]  Interpretation of the book "Facilities Planning (Tompkins et al., John Wiley & Sons 1996)" (2003) Termeh Publication, Tehran, Iran.
[23]  Interpretation of the book "Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning (H. Stadtler and C. Kilger, Springer, 1st edition 2000)" (2002) Termeh Publication, Tehran, Iran.