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Simaan AbouRizk

Simaan AbouRizk

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
56
Citations
10766
World Ranking
2856
National Ranking
119

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Simaan AbouRizk is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Decision Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Management Science and Operations Research, Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main topics of their work include BIM and Construction Integration, Construction Project Management and Performance, Occupational Health and Safety Research, Risk and Safety Analysis, Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Frequent publication venues for AbouRizk's work include Automation in Construction, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, SSRN Electronic Journal, and International Journal of Construction Management.

Some recent papers covering various aspects of construction engineering and management are:

  • Social network analysis of change management processes for communication assessment (2020, Automation in Construction)
  • Automated Extraction and Time-Cost Prediction of Contractual Reporting Requirements in Construction Using Natural Language Processing and Simulation (2021, Applied Sciences)
  • Intelligent data-driven approach for enhancing preliminary resource planning in industrial construction (2021, Automation in Construction)
  • Hybrid multi-mode simulation and optimization for subarea scheduling in heavy industrial construction (2021, Automation in Construction)
  • Data-Driven Simulation-Based Analytics for Heavy Equipment Life-Cycle Cost (2020, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management)

AbouRizk collaborates frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Lingzi Wu
  • Yasser Mohamed
  • Emad Mohamed
  • Elyar Pourrahimian
  • Parinaz Jafari

Recognition of AbouRizk's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013, within the Academy of Science, and membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects

    H. N. Ahuja;S. P. Dozzi;S. M. AbouRizk

  • Role of Simulation in Construction Engineering and Management

    Simaan AbouRizk

  • Early Contractor Involvement in Design and Its Impact on Construction Schedule Performance

    Lingguang Song;Lingguang Song;Yasser Mohamed;Yasser Mohamed;Simaan M. AbouRizk;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • Simphony: an environment for building special purpose construction simulation tools

    Dany Hajjar;Simaan AbouRizk

  • Unified Modeling Methodology for Construction Simulation

    Dany Hajjar;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONSTRUCTION DURATION DATA

    Simaan M. AbouRizk;Daniel W. Halpin

  • Developing a knowledge management system for improved value engineering practices in the construction industry

    Xueqing Zhang;Xiaoming Mao;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • UTILITY-THEORY MODEL FOR BID MARKUP DECISIONS

    S. P. Dozzi;S. M. AbouRizk;S. L. Schroeder

  • NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ESTIMATING CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY

    Jason Portas;Simaan AbouRizk

  • Measuring and Modeling Labor Productivity Using Historical Data

    Lingguang Song;Lingguang Song;Simaan M. AbouRizk;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • A framework for applying simulation in construction

    Simaan M AbouRizk;Dany Hajjar

  • Research in Modeling and Simulation for Improving Construction Engineering Operations

    S. AbouRizk;D. Halpin;Y. Mohamed;U. Hermann

  • FITTING BETA DISTRIBUTIONS BASED ON SAMPLE DATA

    Simaan M. AbouRizk;Daniel W. Halpin;James R. Wilson

  • RISK-BASED LIFE-CYCLE COSTING OF INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION ALTERNATIVES

    Ossama Salem;Simaan AbouRizk;Samuel Ariaratnam

  • Perceiving safety risk of buildings adjacent to tunneling excavation: An information fusion approach

    Limao Zhang;Limao Zhang;Xianguo Wu;Hongping Zhu;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • Simplified CPM/PERT Simulation Model

    Ming Lu;S. M. AbouRizk

  • Estimating Labor Production Rates for Industrial Construction Activities

    S. AbouRizk;P. Knowles;U. R. Hermann

  • Resource-based modeling for construction simulation

    Jingsheng Shi;Simaan M. AbouRizk

  • Simphony: an integrated environment for construction simulation

    Simaan AbouRizk;Yasser Mohamed

  • Visual interactive fitting of beta distributions

    Simaan M. AbouRizk;Daniel W. Halpin;James R. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

SangHyun Lee
SangHyun Lee University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel W. Halpin
Daniel W. Halpin Purdue University West Lafayette
Mohamed Al-Hussein
Mohamed Al-Hussein University of Alberta
Limao Zhang
Limao Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Osmar R. Zaïane
Osmar R. Zaïane University of Alberta
Hyoungkwan Kim
Hyoungkwan Kim Yonsei University
Feniosky Peña-Mora
Feniosky Peña-Mora Columbia University
Hongping Zhu
Hongping Zhu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
Miroslaw J. Skibniewski University of Maryland, College Park
Chrysostomos D. Stylios
Chrysostomos D. Stylios University of Ioannina

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