American Journal of Operational Research

American Journal of Operational Research publishes high quality scientific papers that contribute significantly to the fields of operational research. Articles present new theoretical insights and developments, as well as real-world case studies illustrating the practical implementation of operational research.

Zohar Laslo

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Operational Research

Professor, SCE–Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel

Research Areas

Performance Evaluation of Organizational Structures by System Dynamics Models.Planning, Scheduling and Control under Time-cost Uncertainty, Implementation of Networks in Manufacturing Systems and Project Management, Time-cost, Quantity-cost and Reliabilit

Education

1996-1997Post Doctoral Research FellowTel Aviv University, Israel
1993-1995Ph.DIndustrial Engineering and Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
1969-1973M.ScIndustrial Engineering and Management, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
1963-1967B.ScIndustrial Engineering and Management, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Experience

1996-1997Tel Aviv University, Israel
1995SCE-Shamoon College of Engineering, Israel (Additional Academic Roles: Dean (previously: Department Chair) of Industrial Engineering and Management; Deputy of the Academic Council Chair; Member of the Appointment Committee; Coordinator of the Self-evaluat
1993-2004Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
1973-1976Bezalel-Academy of Art, Israel (Additional Academic Roles: Member of the Program Committee of the Industrial and Environmental Design Departments)

Membership

Since 2003 Fellow, Washington Academy of Sciences
Since 1967 Member and Director (2006-2010), Industrial Engineering and Management Section, the Association of Engineers, Architects and Graduates in Technological Sciences in Israel
Since 2011 Member. Steering Committee of the Israeli Centers of Research Excellence-Israeli Council for Higher Education
Since 2007 Member. The Public Committee for Young Entrepreneur of the Ira Center for Business, Technology & Society in Israel
Since 1998 Director. The Rehovot Foundation, Israel
2006-2008 Member. The Israeli President's Committee for the Assessment of the Government in Israel-Citizens' Empowerment Center in Israel
1999-2004 Member. The Academic Committee, the Popular Cathedra of Rehovot, Israel
1990-1992 Chairman. The Chess Association Hapoel Rehovot, Israel

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Laslo, Z 2010, 'Project portfolio management: an integrated method for resource planning and scheduling to minimize planning/scheduling–dependent expenses', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 609-618.
[2]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2010, 'Upon controlling several building projects in a two-level construction system', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 50-56.
[3]  Laslo, Z, Gurevich, G & Keren, B 2010, 'Production planning under uncertain demands and yields', Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 413-420.
[4]  Laslo, Z, Ilani, H & Keren, B 2009, 'A lower bound for project completion time attained by detailing project tasks and redistributing workloads', Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 345-358.
[5]  Laslo, Z, Gurevich G & Keren, B 2009, 'Economic distribution of budget among producers for fulfilling orders under delivery chance constraint', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 122, no. 2, pp, 656-662.
[6]  Ben-Yair, A, Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Greenberg, D & Laslo, Z 2009, 'Estimating the project's utility by means of harmonization theory', Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, vol. 4, no 2, pp. 202-224.
[7]  Laslo, Z & Goldberg, AI 2008, 'Resource allocation under uncertainty in a multi-project matrix environment: is organizational conflict inevitable?' International Journal of Project Management, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 773-788.
[8]  Ben-Yair, A, Laslo, Z, Greenberg, D & Golenko-Ginzburg, D 2008, 'Time-cost optimization model for deterministic network projects', Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 339-351.
[9]  Laslo, Z, Keren, B & Ilani, H 2008, 'Minimizing task completion time with the execution-set method', European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 187, no. 3, pp. 1513-1519.
[10]  Laslo, Z, Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Keren, B 2008, 'Optimal booking of machines in a virtual job-shop with stochastic processing times to minimize total machine rental and job tardiness', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 812-821.
[11]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Laslo, Z, Greenberg, D & Ben-Yair, A 2008, 'Heuristic' look-ahead 'cost-reliability models', Computer Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 26-37.
[12]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Laslo, Z & Ben-Yair, A 2007, 'Managing long-term construction projects with alternative outcomes', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol.11, no. 4, pp. 16-25.
[13]  Ben-Yair, A, Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2007, 'Multi-parametrical harmonization models in strategic management', Journal of Business Economics and Management, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 169-176.
[14]  Hadad, Y, Laslo, Z & Ben-Yair, A 2007, 'Safety improvements by eliminating hazardous combinations', Technological and Economic Development of Economy, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 114-119.
[15]  Laslo, Z & Gurevich, G 2007, 'Minimal budget for activities chain with chance constrained lead-time', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 171, no. 1, pp. 164-172.
[16]  Laslo, Z & Golenko-Ginzburg, D 2007, 'Scheduling chain models with operations of random durations in transportation systems', Transport and Telecommunication, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 12-19.
[17]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Laslo, Z, Ben-Yair, A & Baron, A 2006, 'Optimizing budget allocation among project activities', Journal of Business Economics and Management, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 17-20.
[18]  Laslo, Z, Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Gonik, A 2005, 'Alternative stochastic network projects with renewable resources', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 40-46.
[19]  Ben-Yair, A, Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2005, 'Harmonized decision-making in managing reliability and safety', Journal of Business Economics and Management, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 43-51.
[20]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2004, 'Chance constrained oriented dispatching rules for flexible job-shop scheduling', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp.14-18.
[21]  Ben-Yair, A & Laslo, Z 2004, 'Upon analyzing and synthesizing multi-level industrial systems with hazardous failures', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 36-45.
[22]  Laslo, Z & Golenko-Ginzburg, D 2003, 'Resource models for several flexible transportation systems under random disturbances with central warehouses', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 7, no. 2, pp.48-50.
[23]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2003, 'Hierarchical coordination models in production systems; Part II: Coordination algorithms in multi-level production systems', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 116-123.
[24]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Kats, V & Laslo, Z 2003, 'Three-level factory control model', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 104-115.
[25]  Laslo, Z, Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Gonik, A & Malisheva, A 2003, 'Decision-making simulation model for controlling several stochastic projects', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 47-54.
[26]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2003, 'Hierarchical coordination models in production systems; Part I: Coordination problems in multi-level production systems', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 73-79.
[27]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Gonik, A & Laslo, Z 2003, 'Resource constrained scheduling simulation for alternative stochastic network projects', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 105-117.
[28]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2003, 'On-line production control model by means of simulation', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 37-41.
[29]  Laslo, Z 2003, 'Activity time-cost tradeoffs under time and cost chance constraints', Computers & Industrial Engineering, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 365-384.
[30]  Laslo, Z, Hadad, Y & Finish, M 2003, 'A method for safety improvements by removing dangerous coincidences', Betihut-Magazine of the Israel Institute of Safety and Health, vol. 284, pp. 12-16 (in Hebrew).
[31]  Ben-Yair, A, Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Laslo, Z & Sitniakovski, S 2002, 'Developing new operation management models for man-machine organization systems under random disturbances', Computers Modelling and New Technologies, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 49-58.
[32]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D, Laslo, Z, Ljubkin, SM & Rezer, VS 2002, 'Job-shop scheduling with cost indexes: a probabilistic model', Automation and Remote Control C/C of Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 1687-1694.
[33]  Ben-Yair, A, Laslo, Z & Mayzlin, D 2002, 'Justification of using beta-distribution for man-machine and semi-automated operations under random disturbances-Part II: Case of several resource units to operate a semi-automated activity', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 111-120.
[34]  Frenkel, IB, Khvatskin, LV & Laslo, Z 2002, 'A preventive maintenance policy: simultaneous replacement of the oldest components in addition to the failed component', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 89-96.
[35]  Ben-Yair, A, Laslo, Z & Mayzlin, D 2002, 'Justification of using beta-distribution for man-machine and semi-automated operations under random disturbances-Part I: Case of a single resource unit to process a man-machine operation', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 61-67.
[36]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2002, 'Upon one resource allocation simulation model', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 118-122.
[37]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2001, 'Models of optimal probability control', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 94-101.
[38]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2001, 'Resource constrained project scheduling simulation model', OMO the Journal of Terotechnology, vol. 30, no. 7-8, pp. 387-389.
[39]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2001, 'Cost-optimization job-shop model', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 4, no, 1, pp. 68-73.
[40]  Laslo, Z 2001, 'Improved performance with time-cost objective-oriented priority dispatching rules', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 51-57.
[41]  Laslo, Z & Golenko-Ginzburg, D 2001, 'Job-shop scheduling problem with cost parameters for flexible manufacturing system', Tribology in industry, vol. 23, no. 1-2, pp. 3-5.
[42]  Laslo, Z & Goldberg, AI 2001, 'Matrix structures and performance: the search for optimal adjustment to organizational objectives', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. EM-48, no. 2, pp. 144-156.
[43]  Golenko-Ginzburg, D & Laslo, Z 2001, 'Timing control points via simulation for production systems under random disturbances', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 451-458.
[44]  Levitin, N & Laslo, Z 2000, 'Unification of safe process techniques to a joint comprehensive hazard analysis', Communications in Dependability and Quality Management, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 103-110.
[45]  Vekstein, D, Mehrez, A, Laslo, Z & Solomon, AD 1999, 'Engineering education in Israel: situation, debate and prospects', European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 97-106.
[46]  Laslo, Z 1999, 'What can be learned from SICK?' Nihul-Israel Managers' Magazine, vol. 127, pp. 29-30 (in Hebrew).