Research interests

Dr. Zouein’s research interests and publications are mainly in the area of facilities planning and layout. She worked on developing and comparing different methods for solving the dynamic site layout and space scheduling problems using artificial intelligence, operations research, and evolutionary approaches. Other research interests span optimization of industrial systems with a focus on the airline industry. Problems researched were in forecasting passengers load, fuel management, revenue management and yield management.

Selected publications

1. Zouein P., Kattan S. (2021). “An Improved Construction Approach using Ant Colony Optimization for Solving the Dynamic Facility Layout Problem”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor and Francis, Published online June 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1920345.
2. Zouein, P., Haddad, M., El Hajj, P., & Bettany, R. (2020, August). Alleviating airport terminal congestion through dynamic space reallocation. In Proceedings of the 5th NA International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Detroit, MI. pp 1921-1932.
3. Haddad, M., Zouein, P., Salem, J., & Otayek, R. (2016). Case Study of Lean in Hospital Admissions to Inspire Culture Change. Engineering Management Journal, vol. 28(4), pp. 209-223.
4. Zouein, P.P., Diab, J. (2010). “A Sequential Heuristic Programming Approach for a Corrugated Box Factory: Tradeoff between Setup Costs and trim Waste”. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling (IJSPM), Indersciences, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 19-28.
5. Zouein, P., Saade, L. (2007). “Storage Yard Layout at Container Terminals: The Case of Beirut Container Terminal”, Proceedings of the 16th IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling, Aug. 29-31, Spain, ISBN 978-0-88986, pp. 224-229.
6. Zouein, P., Franjieh, T. (2005) “Design Constructability and Space Management”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing (CC2005), Rome, Italy, September 2005, Paper #82, Civil-Comp Press.
7. Harmanani, H. Zouein, P., and Hajar, A. (2004). “A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Geometrically Constrained Site Layout Problem with Unequal Size”. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications, Imperial College Press, Vol. 4, No. 4.
8. Zouein, P. Abillama, W. (2003). Optimal Airline Overbooking Policy for a Single Leg with Multiple Flights per Day. Proceedings of the 22nd IASTED Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control, Austria, Feb. 10-14, pp. 172-178.
9. Zouein, P.P., Harmanani, H., and Hajar, A. (2002). “A Genetic Algorithm for Solving the Site Layout Problem with Unequal-size and Constrained Facilities”. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 143-151.
10. Zouein, P.P., Abillama, W.R., and Tohme, E. (2002). “A Multiple Period Capacitated Inventory Model for Airline Fuel Management: A Case Study”. Journal of Operational Research Society (JORS), Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 379-386.
11. P. Zouein and D. Shedid (2002). ISSP: Integrated Schedule and Space Planner. Proceedings of the CIB W78 Conference on Distributing Knowledge in Building, June 12-14, pp. 75-83.
12. Harmanani, H., Zouein, P., Hajar, A. (2002). “A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Geometrically Constrained Site Layout Problem”. Proceedings of ASCE, ninth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE-IX), Taipei, Taiwan, CA, April 2002.
13. Saab, S.S., Zouein, P.P. (2001). “Forecasting Passenger Load for a Fixed Planning Horizon”. International Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 361-372.
14. Zouein, P.P., Tommelein, I.D. (2001). “Improvement Algorithm for Limited Space Scheduling”. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 2, pp. 116-124, Mar/Apr 2001.
15. Harmanani, H., Zouein, P., Hajar, A. (2000). “An Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving the Geometrically Constrained Site Layout Problem”. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE VIII), ASCE, Vol. 2, pp. 1442-1449, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, August 2000.
16. Zouein, P.P., Abillama, W.R., Tohme, E. (1999). “Optimal Fuel Tankering Policies: Applicability to MEA Operations”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Computations, pp. 481-490, March 15-17, 99, Lebanon
17. Zouein P.P., Tommelein I.D. (1999) “Dynamic Layout Planning Using a Hybrid Incremental Solution Method”. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 6, pp. 400-408, Nov/Dec 1999.
18. Zouein, P.P. (1999). “Concurrent Engineering: Concepts, Implementation, and Practice”. ESCWA, Expert Group Meeting on Project Planning and Management in Research and Development and Quality Assurance. E/ESCWA/TECH/1999/5, pp. 8-9, Oct. 1999.
19. Zouein P.P., Tommelein I.D. (1994). “Time-Space Tradeoff Strategy For Space-Schedule Construction”, Proc. 1st Congress in Computing in Civil Engineering, pp. 1181-1187, ASCE, Washington, D.C, June 94.
20. Zouein P.P., Tommelein I.D. (1994). “Automating Dynamic Layout Construction”, Proc. 11th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, pp. 409-416, Brighton, England, May 94.
21. Tommelein I.D., Zouein P.P. (1993). “Interactive Dynamic Layout Planning”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 266-287, June 1993.
22. Zouein P.P., Tommelein I.D. (1993). “Space Schedule Construction”, Proceedings of the 5th Intl. Conf. in Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, pp. 1770-1777, ASCE, Anaheim, CA, June 93.
23. Tommelein I.D., Dzeng R.J., Zouein P.P. (1993). “Exchanging Layout and Schedule Data in a Real-Time Distributed Environment”, Proceedings of the 5th Intl. Conf. on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, pp. 947-954, ASCE, Anaheim, CA, June 93.
24. Tommelein I.D., Zouein P.P. (1993). “Space Scheduling for Construction Progress and Control”, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, CII, pp. 415-422, Houston, TX, June 93.
25. Tommelein I.D., Zouein P.P. (1992). Activity-Level Space Scheduling, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, pp. 411-420, Tokyo, Japan, June 92.

Academic degrees

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Michigan, USA, 1996
M.S., Industrial & Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, USA, 1992
M.S., Construction Engineering & Management, The University of Michigan, USA, 1990
B.E., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1987