Advanced traffic management systems
Intermodal transportation networks
Airlines scheduling and irregular operations
Pedestrian dynamics in crowds
Research Accomplishments
and Activities
Member: Institute for Operations Research and
Management Science (INFORMS)
Member: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Member: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Author of numerous published articles in scholarly journals
Research Philosophy
A new generation of transportation systems has
emerged following the revolution in the information
technology. The continuing advances in telecommunication
and computing industry creates opportunities
to increase efficiencies, safety, reliability
and security of the various elements of the transportation
infrastructure. These opportunities offer great
potential for brilliant contributions from researchers
to develop new models that help us better understand
the dynamics of these new systems.
Publications
Abdelghany, K., Valdes, D., Abdelfatah, A., and Mahmassani, H., "Real-time Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Path-based Signal Coordination: Application to Network Traffic Management," Transportation Research Record 1667, pp. 67-76, 1999.
Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany K., Mahmassani H., and Murray, P., "Using Dynamic Traffic Assignment in the Design and Evaluation of High Occupancy Toll Lanes," Transportation Research Record 1733,
pp. pp.
39-48, 2000.
Murray, P., Mahmassani, H., Abdelghany, K., "Methodology for Assessing HOT Lane usage and Network Performance," Transportation Research Record 1765, pp. 8-15, 2001.
Abdelghany, K. and Mahmassani, H., "Dynamic Trip Assignment-Simulation Model for Intermodal Transportation Networks," Transportation Research Record 1771, pp. 52-60, 2001.
Mahmassani, H., and Abdelghany, K., "DYNASMART-IP: dynamic traffic assignment meso-simulator for intermodal networks", in Advanced Modeling for Transit Operations and Service Planning, edited by Lam, W.H.K and Bell, M.G.H, Pergamon, 2002.
Abdelghany, A., Ekollu, G., Narasimhan R., and Abdelghany, K., "A Proactive Crew Recovery Decision Support Tool for Commercial Airlines during Irregular Operations," Annals of Operations Research, Special Issue on Staff Scheduling and Rostering: Theory and Applications, 127, pp. 309-331, 2004.
Abdelghany A., Abdelghany, K., Ekollu, G., "A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Ground Delay Program Management: The Airlines' Side of the Problem,"
Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Volume 12(1), pp. 53-74, 2004.
Abdelghany, K., Shah S., Raina S. and Abdelghany, A., "A Flight Delay Projection Model for Airline Schedule during Irregular Operation Conditions," Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 10 (6), pp. 385-394, 2004.
Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany A., and Raina, S., "A model for the airlines fuel management strategies, " Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol.
11, pp. 199-206, 2005.
Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, H., and Al-Gadhi, S., "A Micro-Simulation Assignment Model for Multidirectional Pedestrian Movement in Crowded Facilities," Transportation Research Record 1939, pp. 123-132, 2005.
Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., and Narasimhan, R., "Scheduling baggage handling facilities in congested airports," Journal of Air Transport Management , Vol. 12, pp. 76-81, 2006.
Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., Mahmassani, H., and Abdelfatah, A., "Modeling Bus Priority Using Intermodal Dynamic Network Assignment-Simulation Methodology," Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 1-22, 2006.
Ramadan, R., Abdelghany, K., and El-Rewini, H., "On the Optimal Deployment of Heterogeneous Sensing Devices," Proceedings of the 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, pp. 898- 905, UAE, 2006.
Ramadan, R., Abdelghany, K., and El-Rewini, H., "SensDep: A Design Tool for the Deployment of Heterogeneous Sensing Devices," Proceedings of the second IEEE Workshop on Dependability and Security in Sensor Networks and Systems, pp. 44-53, Maryland, 2006.
Ramadan, R., El-Nawaiseh, A., El-Rewini, H. and Abdelghany, K., "Parallel Meta-Heuristic Approaches for Deployment of Heterogonous Sensing Devices," Proceedings of the ISCA Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems conference, pp. 898- 905, San Francisco, 2006.
Ramadan, R., El-Rewini, H., and Abdelghany, K., "Optimal and Approximate Approaches for Deployment of Heterogeneous Sensor Devices" Accepted for publication in the EURASIP JWCN Journal - special issue on Mobile Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks, 2006.
Abdelghany, A., and Abdelghany, K., "Modeling Airlines Portfolio of Business Travel," Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Vol. 6, No.
1, pp. 51-63, 2007.
Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., and Ekollu, G., "An Integrated Decision Support Tool for Airlines Schedule Recovery during Irregular Operations," European Journal of Operational Research, in press, 2007.
Abdelghany, A., and Abdelghany, K., "Evaluating Airlines Ticket Distribution Strategies: A Simulation-based Approach," International Journal of Revenue Management, in press, 2007.
Abdelghany, A., and Abdelghany, K., "A Micro-Simulation Approach for Airlines Competition Analysis and Demand Modeling," International Journal of Revenue Management, in press, 2007.
Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., and Niznik, T., "Managing Severe Airspace Flow Programs: the Airlines' Side of the Problem," Journal of Air Transport Management, in press, 2007.
