Dr. Sami El Ferik  

 
 
 

Papers in Internationally Recognized Refereed Journals

  • Sami El-Ferik, Mohammed Nadeemullah Shareef, Lahoucine Ettaleb (2011) Detection and diagnosis of plant-wide oscillations using GA based factorization. Journal of Process Control, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 September 2011
  • Mahmoud Magdi and Sami El Ferik (2010). New Stabilization Schemes for Linear Hybrid Systems with Time-Varying Delays. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Volume 132, Issue 5.

  • Sami El-Ferik and Mohamed Ben-Daya (2010)  Integrated production maintenance model Under Imperfect Age-based Maintenance Policy and Non-Negligible Maintenance Times. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), 2010, vol. 27, issue 04, pages 539-558 .
  • Mahmoud Magdi and Sami El Ferik. (2010) New stability and stabilization methods for nonlinear systems with time-varying delays.  Optimal Control Applications and Methods
    Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 273–287, May/June 2010
  • S. El Ferik, C. A. Belhadj, L. Benamor, and S. A. Hussain. (2008)  A microcontroller based soft-starter for residential air Conditioners: harmonic analysis,  International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (COMPEL) , 27 (5), pp. 1081-1097.

  • Sami El Ferik. (2008) Economic Production Lot-sizing for an Unreliable Machine Under Imperfect Age-based Maintenance Policy, European Journal of Operational Research 186 (1), pp. 150-163.

  • S. El-Ferik and M. Ben-Daya. (2008)  Model for imperfect age-based preventive maintenance with age reduction,  Journal of the Operational Research Society 59 (12), pp. 1644-1651.

  • Sami El-Ferik and Mohamed Ben-Daya. (2006) Age-based hybrid model for imperfect preventive maintenance, IIE Transactions 38 (4), pp. 365-375.

  • Sami El-Ferik, Syed A. Hussain and Fouad M. Al-Sunni. (2006) Identification and weather sensitivity of  physically based model of residential air-conditioners for direct load control: A case study,  Energy and Buildings, 38 ( 8), pp. 997-1005.

  • Sami El-Ferik, Roland P. Malhame, and El-Kebir Boukas (1998)  A Tractable Class of Maximal Hedging Policies in Multi-Part Manufacturing Systems, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 8 (3), pp. 299-331.

  • Sami El-Ferik and Roland P. Malhame. (1997)  Pade Approximants for the Transient Optimization of Hedging Control Policies in Manufacturing,  IEEE Transactions on  Automatic  and  Control, 42 (4), pp. 440-457.

  • Sami El-Ferik and Roland. P. Malhame.  (1994) Identification of Alternating Renewal Electric Load Models from Energy Measurements,  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 39 (6), pp. 1184-1196.

  • Roland P. Malhamé, El-Kebir Boukas, Sami El Ferik  (1993) Transient analysis of the dynamics of a manufacturing system: A case study,  Control Engineering Practice, 1 (1), pp. 459–462.

 

Journal Papers under Review:

  • Basem Shihada, Sami El-Ferik, and Pin-Han Ho. (2009)  Modeling and Stability of FAST TCP over Optical Burst Switched Networks. Submitted to Journal of Optical Communications Networking. (JOCN)

  • Basem Shihada, Sami El-Ferik  Design and Stability of Threshold-Based Fast TCP over OBS networks. Submitted to Journal of Optical Communications Networking. (JOCN).

Journal Papers under Preparation:

  • Sami El-Ferik1, Bilal A. Siddiqui and Muhammad Ashraf (2011) Fault Tolerant Flight Control Using Sliding Modes and Subspace Identification-Based Predictive Control. Submitted to AIAA.

  • Sami El-Ferik, Hosam A. Arabsy, Mahmoud Magdi. LMI-Based Control Of Nonlinear Time-Delay Model For “Type 1-Diabetic Patient” To be submitted to Control Engineering Practice Journal

Papers in Refereed Proceedings in International Conferences Specialized Symposia

International Conferences

  • Sami El Ferik Arief Barkah Koesdwiady and Nezar M. AL-Yazidi (2012) OKID-based Identification and Control of Unmanned Ducted-Fan Helicopter. Submitted to IFAC Workshop on Guidance, Navigation and control in Aerospace IFAC-EGNCA
  • Syed Minhajullah, Sami El Ferik, Mustafa Elshafei and Mohamed A. Habib (2012) MPC-based Controller for Augmented Boiler-NOx Model. Submitted to 9th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, Germany.
  • Chokri A., Belhadj and Sami El-Ferik, "Electric and Magnetic Fields Estimation for Live Transmission Line Right of Way Workers Using Artificial Neural Network,"  ISAP’09 The 15th International Conference on Intelligent System Applications To Power Systems November 8-12th 2009  Curitiba - Brazil.

  • Sami El Ferik, Chokri A. Belhadj, Lotfi Benamor, and A. S. Hussain. “A Micro-Controller Based Soft-Starter for Residential Air Conditioners: Harmonic Analysis,” International Conference on Power Electrical Systems, SDD-PES, Hammamet, Tunisia, (2007, March).

  • Lotfi Benamor, Chokri A. Belhadj, Sami El Ferik, A. S. Hussain. “A Simulator For Single Phase Induction Motor-Converter Performance,” Series on Energy and Power Systems, (2006, June), pp. 388-394.

  • Sami El Ferik, Chokri A. Belhadj, L. Benamor, and A. S. Hussain “Harmonics Induced By Triac-Based Soft Starting Of an Induction Motor in a Residential Air Conditioner,” Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Identification, and Control, MIC, (2006, February), Spain, pp. 137-142.

  • Sami El Ferik  and Chokri A. Belhadj  “Predicting AC Power Consumption Using A Stochastic Markov Chain Simulating Weather Conditions,” Proceedings of the 14th IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling, art. no. 469-802, (2005, June), pp. 247-252.

  • Chokri A. Belhadj and Sami El FerikSegregated residential air conditioner load model Behavior with temperature and humidity,” Series on Energy and Power Systems, art. no. 468-811, (June, 2005), pp. 132-137.

  • Sami El Ferik, Syed Ameenuddin Hussain and Fouad M. AL-Sunni “Identification of Physically Based Models of Residential Air-Conditioners for Direct Load Control Management,” Proceeding of 2004 5th Asian Control Conference, (2004, June), pp. 2079-2087.

  • Sami El-Ferik and Chokri. A. Belhaj “Neural Network Modeling Of Temperature And Humidity Effects On Residential Air Conditioner Load,”  Series on Energy and Power Systems, art. no. 442-152, (2004), pp. 557-562.

  • Sami El Ferik, Syed Ameenuddin Hussain and Fouad M. AL-Sunni “Weather Sensitivity of  Physically Based Model Of Residential Air-Conditioners for Direct Load Control: A Case Study,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling, art. no. 443-103, (2004, June), pp. 189-194.

  • Sami El FerikOptimal Control for a failure Prone Manufacturing System Under Imperfect Age-Based Maintenance,” Second International Conference on Signals Systems Decision and Information Technology, Sousse, Tunisia, (2003, March).

  • Sami El-Ferik and Nigel Dove “A Software Tool to Automate Review/Analysis of Test Data,”  United Technologies Engineering Coordination Activities (UTECA) (1998, April)..

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  • Sami EL-Ferik, Roland P. Malhame “Pade Approximants for the Transient Optimization of Hedging Control Policies In Manufacturing,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 3, . (1995, December) , pp. 2627-2628.

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  • Sami El-Ferik  and Roland P. Malhame “Optimizing the Transient Behavior of Hedging Control Policies in Manufacturing Systems,” 11th Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems, Sophia-Antipolis, France, Springer-Verlag, (1994, June), pp.563-571.

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  • Sami El-Ferik  and Roland P. Malhame  “Correlation Identification of Alternating Renewal Electrical Load  Models,”  31st  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tucson, Arizona (1992, December).

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  • Roland P. Malhame, EL-Kebir Boukas and Sami El-FerikTransient Analysis of the Dynamics of Manufacturing Systems,” IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control), 7th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IMACS/ISPE symposium on information control problems in manufacturing technology, Toronto, Canada, (1992, May).

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Regional Conferences

  • Sami El FerikDesign Requirements of a Newly Developed UAV as a Research Platform at KFUPM: Control, Telemetry, and Navigation Systems,”  Saudi Society for Aerospace and Sciences. UAV Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (2006).

  • Sami El Ferik, Syed A. Hussain and Fouad M. AL-Sunni  “Residential Air-conditioning Load Management Using Model Predictive Control of Physically Based Models,” Third Workshop on Industrial Systems and Control 2004, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (2004).

  • Sami El Ferik, Syed A. Hussain and Fouad M. AL-Sunni. “Constrained Optimal Control of An Aggregated Physically Based Model of a Residential air Conditioner for Load Management,” Second IIEC 2004 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2004).

  • Sami El Ferik and Mohamed Ben Day  “Imperfect hybrid-preventive Maintenance Model Involving Maintainable and non-maintainable Failure Mode” , Second IIEC 2004 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (2004).

  • Sami El FerikElectrical Power Management of residential air-conditioning loads,” Second Workshop on Industrial Systems and Control 2002, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, (2002).

 

Invited Seminars

  • Sami El FerikUniversity-Industry Collaboration: Working Together to Create and Transfer Knowledge,” Honeywell Users’ Group Middle East Conference, Abu-Dhabi April 1-3, 2008.

  •  Sami El Ferik  “Latest Advances in Process control Techniques and Instrumentation technology,”  Honeywell Users' Group Middle East Conference. Manama, Bahrain, (2006, April).

Refereed Technical Reports :

TRP1

Chokri A. Belhaj and Sami El-Ferik (CI)  ‘Micro-Controller Based Soft-Starter for Residential Air Conditioners’. ARI-043, Applied Research Income Grants Program, Research Institute King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

TRP2

Sami El Ferik (PI), Syed A. Hussain and Fouad M. AL-Sunni ‘Identification of Physically Based Models of Residential Air-Conditioners for Direct Load Control Management’, ARI-021, Applied Research Income Grants Program, Research Institute King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

TRP3

Mohamed Ramady, Sami El Ferik (CI), Umar Yakubu, Ali Shah “Diversifying Sources of Funding For King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,” KFUPM Strategic Planning Grant.

TRP4

Sami El Ferik (PI) and Mohamed Ben Daya ‘Age-Based Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Models’ Fast Track Research Grant FT-2002/04

TRP5

Stephen E. Calcich, Alhassan G.Abdul-Muhmim and Sami El Ferik (CI), ‘Propensity to Bargain and Bargaining Styles—Basic Research in a Field Setting’ Fast Track Research Grant FT-2001/05.

 
     
     
 
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals - Updated January 07, 2010