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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Engineering and Technology D-index 52 Citations 8,695 319 World Ranking 1834 National Ranking 75

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Awards & Achievements

2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Management

His primary scientific interests are in Construction management, Simulation modeling, Project management, Simulation and Systems engineering. Simaan AbouRizk combines subjects such as Industrial engineering, Document processing, Software engineering, User requirements document and Scheduling with his study of Construction management. His studies in Simulation modeling integrate themes in fields like Probabilistic simulation, Transport engineering, Modeling and simulation, Construction engineering and Verification and validation of computer simulation models.

His Project management research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Knowledge management, Critical path method, Process and Scope. The study incorporates disciplines such as Software system, Cost estimate, Computation and Mode in addition to Simulation. His work carried out in the field of Systems engineering brings together such families of science as Animation and Representation.

His most cited work include:

  • Role of Simulation in Construction Engineering and Management (204 citations)
  • Simphony: an environment for building special purpose construction simulation tools (174 citations)
  • Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects (168 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Simaan AbouRizk mostly deals with Systems engineering, Simulation modeling, Construction management, Operations research and Project management. Simaan AbouRizk focuses mostly in the field of Systems engineering, narrowing it down to matters related to Process and, in some cases, Manufacturing engineering. In Simulation modeling, Simaan AbouRizk works on issues like Simulation, which are connected to Industrial engineering.

His studies deal with areas such as Construction engineering, Transport engineering and Automation as well as Construction management. Simaan AbouRizk has researched Operations research in several fields, including Scheduling and Schedule. Simaan AbouRizk works in the field of Project management, focusing on Project planning in particular.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Systems engineering (18.48%)
  • Simulation modeling (18.48%)
  • Construction management (18.79%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Decision support system (10.91%)
  • Risk analysis (5.45%)
  • Operations research (16.06%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Simaan AbouRizk mainly investigates Decision support system, Risk analysis, Operations research, Control and Simulation. The concepts of his Decision support system study are interwoven with issues in Construction engineering, Analytics, Monte Carlo method and Fuzzy logic. His Risk analysis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Management system, Data collection and Identification.

His research in Operations research intersects with topics in Planner, Systems engineering, Schedule, Scheduling and Resource leveling. He has included themes like Motion, Motion sensing and Sensitivity in his Simulation study. The Project planning study which covers Process that intersects with Simulation modeling.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Perceiving safety risk of buildings adjacent to tunneling excavation: An information fusion approach (66 citations)
  • Simulation-based route planning for pedestrian evacuation in metro stations: A case study (37 citations)
  • Site Layout and Construction Plan Optimization Using an Integrated Genetic Algorithm Simulation Framework (23 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Management

Simaan AbouRizk spends much of his time researching Control, Quality, Data mining, Simulation and Genetic algorithm. His work focuses on many connections between Quality and other disciplines, such as Industrial engineering, that overlap with his field of interest in Lift, Common value auction, Seven Management and Planning Tools and Manufacturing engineering. In most of his Simulation studies, his work intersects topics such as Time series.

His work deals with themes such as Construction engineering and Systems engineering, which intersect with Genetic algorithm. His Systems engineering study combines topics in areas such as Level of detail and Operations research. His study on Decision support system also encompasses disciplines like

  • Bayesian statistics which intersects with area such as Monte Carlo method,
  • Reduction that connect with fields like Process.

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Best Publications

Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects

H. N. Ahuja;S. P. Dozzi;S. M. AbouRizk.
(1984)

485 Citations

Role of Simulation in Construction Engineering and Management

Simaan AbouRizk.
(2010)

354 Citations

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.
(2009)

259 Citations

Simphony: an environment for building special purpose construction simulation tools

Dany Hajjar;Simaan AbouRizk.
(1999)

247 Citations

Unified Modeling Methodology for Construction Simulation

Dany Hajjar;Simaan M. AbouRizk.
(2002)

224 Citations

UTILITY-THEORY MODEL FOR BID MARKUP DECISIONS

S. P. Dozzi;S. M. AbouRizk;S. L. Schroeder.
(1996)

200 Citations

STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF CONSTRUCTION DURATION DATA

Simaan M. AbouRizk;Daniel W. Halpin.
(1992)

199 Citations

A framework for applying simulation in construction

Simaan M AbouRizk;Dany Hajjar.
(1998)

193 Citations

NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ESTIMATING CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY

Jason Portas;Simaan AbouRizk.
(1997)

189 Citations

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

Xueqing Zhang;Xiaoming Mao;Simaan M. AbouRizk.
(2009)

179 Citations

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