TAQI N. AL-FARAJ, Ph.D.

 

        KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS

               COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

            DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING

          KFUPM Box 1623  Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia

                   E-Mail: tagi@kfupm.edu.sa

     TEL. Office: 860 2724;  Fax: 860 2544; Home: 860 5744

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

 

>    Alidi A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj, "A Municipal Solid Wastes

     Planning Model for a Metropolitan Area,"  GEO Journal,

     Vol. 22.4, December 1990, pp. 439-443.

 

>    Al-Faraj, T. N., Alidi A. S., Al-Zayer, J. A. and Jones, C. K.

     "Simulating the Waiting Line Problem: A Spreadsheet Applica-­

     tion," International Journal of Operations and Production

     Manage­ment, Vol. 11, No. 2, February 1991, pp. 49-53.

 

>    Jones, C. K., Al-Faraj, T. N., Alidi A. S., and J. A. Al-Zayer

     "An Optimal Diversification Network Model with Fixed Solution

     Universe Subsets," Journal of Operational Research Society,

     Vol. 42, No. 3, March 1991, pp. 247-251.

 

>    Al-Faraj T. N. and Alidi A. S. "Evaluating Teaching Staff

     Members Using Data Envelopment Analysis," The International

     Journal of Educational Management Vol. 5, No. 6, 1991,

     pp. 25- 29.

    

>    Al-Faraj T. N., Al-Zayer, J. A. and Alidi A. S. "A PC Based

     Spreadsheet Support System for the Newsboy Inventory Control

     Problem," International Journal of Operations and Production

     Management, Vol. 11 No. 10, 1991. pp. 58- 63.

 

>    Atieh S. H., Al-Faraj, T. N. and Alidi A. S. "A Methodology for

     Evaluating College teaching Effectiveness, European Journal of

     Engineering Education, Vol 16, No. 4, 1991. pp. 379- 386.

 

>    Al-Faraj T. N. and Alidi A. S. "The Practice of Quality Control

     Techniques in the Saudi Arabian Manufacturing Sectors,"

     International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

     Vol. 9, No. 6, December 1991.

 

>    Al-Faraj T. N., Alidi A. S. and A. A. Al-Ibrahim "A Planning

     Model for Determining the Optimal Location and Size of Traffic

     Centers,". European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 66,

     No. 3, pp. 272-278, May 1993.

>    Al-Faraj, T. N., Alidi, A. S. and K. A. Bu-Bshait "Evaluating

    the Efficiency of Bank Branches: Data Envelopment Analysis

    Approach," International Journal of Production and Operations

    Management, Vol. 13, No. 9, 1993.

 

>    Al-Zayer, J. A., Al-Ibrahim A. A., and T. N. Al-Faraj "Impact

    of Energy Consumption in the Major Industrialized Countries on

    the Saudi Arabian Oil Production", Energy, Vol. 18, No. 9,

    pp. 933- 938, 1993.

 

 

>    Al-Faraj, T. N., Alidi A. S., Al-Zayer, J. A. "Vendors

     Selection Via a Spreadsheet Analytical Hierarchy Process,"

     Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 25, Nos. 1- 4,

     pp. 65- 68, 1993.

 

>    Alidi A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj "Locating Oil Spill Response

     Equipment and Facilities", GeoJournal Vol 34 No. 4,

     pp. 379-382. December 1994.

 

>    Alidi A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj "A Goal Programming Model for

     Distributing and Blending of Desalinized Water," Journal of

     Water Resources Planning and Management, pp. 267- 275,

     Vol. 120 No. 3 May/June 1994.

 

>    Jones, C. K., Al-Faraj, T. N., Alidi A.S. and Al-Zayer J. "Network Models for Portfolio Selection with Fixed Solution

     Universe Subsets, "Presented and Published in the Proceedings

     of the 11th National Computer Conference and Exhibition, King

     Fahd Univer­sity of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi

     Arabia, pp. 110-118, March 4-7, 1989.

     

>    Alidi A. S., Al-Faraj, T. N., and Al-Zayer, J. A.

     "Management Engineering: A New Engineering Discipline in the

     Saudi Arabian Universities," Presented and Published in the

     Proceedings of the Third Saudi Engineering Conference, Riyadh,

     Saudi Arabia 24- 27 November, 1991, pp. 469- 472.

  

>    Alidi A. S. and AL-Faraj T. N. "The Practice of Engineering

     Management in Saudi Arabia," Presented and Published in the

     Proceedings of the Second Portland International Conference

     on Management of Engineering Technology. October 27-31, 1991,

     Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. pp. 832- 835.

 

 

>   Al-Zayer, J. A., Al-Faraj, T. N. and A. S. Alidi, "Risk,

    Uncertainty and Decision Analysis," Chapter 9 in the

    Book Petroleum Economics and Engineering, 2nd Edition,

    edited by Abdel-Aal, H., Bakr, B. A. and Sahlawi M. Published

    by Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1992. pp. 157- 175.


>   Al-Faraj, T. N., , Alidi A. S. and J. A. Al-Zayer, "Break-Even

    and Sensitivity Analysis," Chapter 10 in the Book

    Petroleum Economics and Engineering, 2nd Edition, edited by

    Abdel-Aal H., Bakr, A.B. and Sahlawi M. Published

    by Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1992. pp. 177- 190.

 

>   Alidi A. S., Al-Zayer, J. A. and T. N. Al-Faraj, "Optimization

    Techniques," Chapter 11,  Petroleum Economics and Engineering,

    2nd Edition, edited by Abdel-Aal, H. Bakr, B. A. and Sahlawi

    M. Published by Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1992. pp. 191- 210.  

 

 

>    AL-Faraj T. N., and A.S. Alidi "Evaluating College Faculty

     Members: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach," Presented at

     the Joint National Meeting of the Operations Research

     Society of America (ORSA) and The Institute of Management

     Sciences (TIMS), Nashville, U.S.A., May 12-15, 1991.

     Paper No. WA36.2, TIMS/ORSA Nashville 1991.

  

>   Alidi, A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj, "An Optimal System for the

    Distribution and Blending of Desalinated Sew Water: A Goal

    Programming Approach," EURO XII/ TIMS XXXI Joint International

    Conference Operational Research/Management Science, Helsinki,

    Finland, June 29- July 1, 1992. p. 51 of the Program.

 

>   Alidi, A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj, "Locating Oil Spill Response

    Equipment and Facilities: A Cluster Analysis Approach I,

    presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

    Spring 1993 National Meeting. Houston Texas, USA, March 1993.

 

>   AL-Faraj T. N., Alidi A. S., and J. A. Al-Zayer, "Vendor

    Selection Via a Spreadsheet Analytic Hierarchy Process"

    Presented in the XV Annual Computer and Industrial Engineering

    Conference, March 8 - 10, 1993, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA.

 

>   Alidi, A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj," A Multi-objective Production

    Planning Model for a Petrochemical Industry," To be presented

    at the International Meeting of the Institute of Management

    Sciences (TIMS XXXII), Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June 12- 15,

    1994.

 

>   Alidi, A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj," A Stochastic Goal Programming

     Production Planning Model for Chemical Process Industries,"

    presented at the First KFUPM MIN-SYMPOSIUM on OPTIMIZATION

    THEORY & APPLICATIONS, Dhahran, May 30, 1995

 

>    Alidi, A. S. and T. N. Al-Faraj," Mathematical Model for Managing

     a Petochemical Complex," Paper presented and published in the Conference

     on Administrative Sciences: New Horizons. KFUPM, Dhahran. March 1998.   


>    "A Mathematical Model for Determin­ing Optimal Location and

    Size of Traffic Centers in the Dammam Area," A Research for

    the National Committee for Traffic Safety, Funded by King

    Abdulaziz City for Science and Technol­ogy [KACST]. The Project

    has been completed. 1990.

    (With Alidi, A. S. and Al-Ibrahim, A.A.,).

 

>   "Job Assessment for Effective Management for Al-kharj Military

    Industries. Project completed in August 1995.

    (With Bu-Bshait, K., Al-Usail, A., Barny A., Al-Sultan K, and

    Al-Dosary A.)

   

>   "Developing a Marketing Strategy for the Saudi Railroad"

     Project completed January 1997.

     (With Bu-Bshait, K., Du-Alfequar Ali and Umran)

 

>    "Development of Procedures and Bylaws for the Saudi Arabian

     Agricultural Bank, SAAB," Funded Project by SAAB. Jan. - Dec. 1998.

     (With Kamal Said, Mohsen Al-Hajji, and Asem Barney)