Kouchakzadeh, M., Bayanouni, H., and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Analyzing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on GTHA Traffic Congestion Using Travel Speed Data. Final Technical Report. November. (55 pages)
Kouchakzadeh, M., Bayanouni, H., and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Analyzing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on GTHA Traffic Congestion Using Travel Speed Data. Final Technical Report. August. (10 pages)
Ben-Daya, M., Hassini, E., Bahroun, Z. and Banimfreg, B. (2020). The Role of Internet of Things in Food Supply Chain Quality Management: A Review, Quality Management Journal, 28:1, 17-40, 2020.
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M. and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Stochastic Last-Mile Delivery with Crowd-Shipping and Mobile Depots. Transportation Science. (Published online November 17, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2021.1088
Mousavi, K., Khan, S., Saiyed, S., Amirjamshidi, G., Roorda, M.J. (2021). Pilot Off-peak Delivery Program in the Region of Peel. Sustainability. 13(1): 246. (published online December 29, 2020).
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M., Cevik, M. and Roorda, M.J. (submitted). Approximate Dynamic Programming for Pickup and Delivery Problem with Crowd-shipping. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
Zhang, S., Le, T. and Roorda, M.J. (submitted). Optimizing Parcel Locker Locations in an Inter-connected Crowd Logistics Network. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
Haggag, M.D., Siam, A.S., El-Dakhakhni, W., Coulibaly, P. and Hassini, E. (2021) A Deep Learning Neural Network Model for Predicting Climate-Induced Disasters, Natural Disasters, 107, 1009–1034.
Tamvada, T., Mansouri, B., Hassini, E., Pribythov., T. (2021). An Integer Programming Model and Directed Steiner-Forest Based Heuristic for Routing Less-than-truckload Freight. International Journal of Production Economics, 232, 107925.
Fakhry, R., Hassini, E., Ezzeldin, M. and El-Dakhakhni, W. (2022) Tri-level mixed-binary linear programming: Solution approaches and application in defending critical infrastructure, European Journal of Operations Research, 298(3), 1114-1131. [DeGroote School of Business’ Robert Joyner Best Paper Award 2021]
Saleh, M., Chowdhury, T., Vaughan, J., Wang, A., Mousavi, K., Roorda, M.J., Hatzopoulou, M. (In Press). Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Off-peak Commercial Deliveries. Transportation Part D: Transport and Environment. (accepted June 5, 2022)
Chowdhury, T., Vaughan, J., Saleh, M., Mousavi, K., Hatzopoulou, M., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Modeling Impacts of Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. doi.org/10.1177/03611981221089552. (published April 22, 2022). This paper was awarded the Transportation Research Board Urban Freight Transportation Best Applied Research Paper Award.
Ahmed, U., & Roorda, M. J. (2022). Joint and sequential models for freight vehicle type and shipment size choice. Transportation, 1-17.
Ahmed, U., & Roorda, M. J. (2022). Modelling carrier type and vehicle type choice of small and medium size firms. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 160, 102655.
Ben-Daya, M, Hassini, E. and Bahroun, Z. (2022). A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Impact of Internet of Things on Supply Chain Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 15(2), 251-268.
Blasioli, E. and Hassini, E. (2022). eHealth Technological Ecosystems: Advanced Solutions to Support Informal Caregivers and Vulnerable Populations During The COVID-19 Outbreak, Telemedicine and e-Health. 28(2), 138-149.
Zhuang, Y, Zhou, Y, Yuan, Y, Hu, X and Hassini, E. (2022). Order Picking Optimization with Rack-Moving Mobile Robots and Multiple Workstations, European Journal of Operations Research, 300(2), 527-544. [2021 Smart Freight Symposium Best Student Presentation]
Zhuang, Y., Zhou, Y., Hassini, E., Yuan, Y. and Hu, X. (2022). Rack retrieval and repositioning optimization problem in robotic mobile fulfillment systems, Transportation Research Part E, 167, 102920.
Tajbakhsh, A. and E. Hassini. (2022). A Game‐Theoretic Approach for Pollution Control Initiatives. International Journal of Production Economics, 254, 108651. [Finalist of the CORS Student Paper Competition]
Ma, Y., Amiri, A.M., Hassini, E. and Razavi, S. (2022). Transportation Data Visualization with a Focus on Freight: A Literature Review, Transportation Planning and Technology, 45 (4), 358-401.
Al Mashalah, A, Hassini, E., Gunasekaran, A. and Bhatt (Mishra), D. (2022). The impact of digital transformation on supply chains through e-commerce: Literature review and a conceptual framework. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review,165, 102837.
Liu, S and Hassini, E. (2023). Freight Last Mile Delivery: A Literature Review, Transportation Planning and Technology, accepted September 8, 2023.
Hassini, E, Ben-Daya, M and Bahroun, Z. (2023). Modeling the Impact of IoT Technology on Food Supply Chain Operations, Annals of Operations Research, accepted June 2023.
Coskun, ME and Hassini, E. (2023). Penalty and Threshold Optimization of the Retailer – Vendor Return Contracts for Contract Re-Negotiation in Retail Reverse Supply Chains, European Journal of Industrial Engineering, accepted February 2023.
Ozbilge, A, Hassini, E. and Parlar, M. (2023) Perils and Merits of Cross-Channel Returns. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Accepted February 2023.
Ben-Daya, M., Hassini, E, Bahroun, Z. and Saeed, H. (2023) Optimal Pricing in the Presence of IoT Investment and Quality-Dependent Demand, Annals of Operations Research, 324, 869–892, 2023.
Blasioli, E., Mansouri, B, Tamvada, S, and Hassini, E. (2023) Vaccine Allocation and Distribution: A review with a focus on quantitative methodologies and application to equity, hesitancy and COVID-19 pandemic, Operations Research Forum, 4, 27, 2023.
Ozbilge, A, Hassini, E, and Parlar, M. (2024) Optimal Pricing and Donation Policy for Fresh Goods, European Journal of Operational Research, 312, 1, 198-210.
K. Mousavi, M. Bodur, M. Cevik, and M.J. Roorda, Approximate Dynamic Programming for Crowd-shipping with In-store Customers, under review in Transportation Science, 2021.
Journal Submissions
Chowdhury, T., Vaughan, J., Saleh, M., Mousavi, K., Hatzopoulou, M., Roorda, M.J. (submitted). Modeling Impacts of Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (submitted July 31, 2021).
Meredith-Karam, P., Jiang, J., Bahrami, S. and Roorda, M.J. (submitted) Express Package Delivery Optimization Using Walkers, Cargo Tricycles and Delivery Trucks. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. (submitted September 8, 2021).
Hassini Presented at CORS annual meeting. In addition, a literature review article was submitted to Transportation Research Part E journal.
Manuscript Title: Freight Last Mile Delivery in Commercial and Humanitarian Logistics: A Literature Review Journal: Transportation Research Part E
Galal, A.M.A., Donmez, B. and Roorda, M.J. (submitted). Improving Truck Driver and Vulnerable Road User Interactions through Driver Training: An Interview Study with Canadian Subject Matter Experts. Journal of Transport and Health. (submitted August 10, 2022).
Thesis
Kouchakzadeh, M. (2021) Analyzing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Traffic Congestion and Commercial Vehicle Travel Patterns within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. MASc Thesis.
Invited Presentations
Roorda, M.J., Zhang, S. Mousavi, K. (2022). Community Noise Survey for Off-Peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto Area. Invited presentation to Mobility Chair Meeting, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, May 19-20.
Roorda, M.J. (2022). The Way Forward. Negotiating with Robots in the Public Realm. Invited Panellist. Mobility Network. April 26.
Roorda, M.J.,Zhang, S., Mousavi, K. (2021). Impacts of Off-Peak Deliveries in the Toronto Area Before and During the Pandemic. Invited Seminar. METRANS Fall 2021 Speaker Series. November 10.
Roorda, M.J. (2021). City Logistics in the Urban Economy, a Comprehensive Research Initiative. Invited presentation to “The Future of Urban Transportation and The Impact on Local Transportation and Logistics” Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation North America (CILTNA). November 16.
Roorda, M.J., Zhang, S. Mousavi, K. (2021). Off-Peak Deliveries in the GTHA Before and During the Pandemic. Invited Panellist, Last Mile Goods Movement in Canadian Communities: Trends and Best Practices. Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference. September 30.
Zhuang, Y., and E. Hassini. (2021). Order Picking Optimization with Rack-Moving Mobile Robots and Multiple Workstations, 2021 POMS Annual Conference, Online, April 30 to May 5, 2021.
Liu, S. and Hassini, E. (2022). Optimizing the assignment of parcels, lockers, and customers for the mobile parcel lockers in tandem with city buses, CORS/INFORMS 2022, June 5-8, Vancouver Canada
Tamvada, S.S., Mansouri, B., Abdallah, R., Hassini, E., Bellino, B. and Khelil, K. (2022). Gateway Consolidation for Purolator International, CORS/INFORMS 2022, June 5-8, Vancouver Canada [winner of CORS Practice Award]
Hassini, E. (2022). CrowdFeeding: A Smart Fresh Food Donation Distribution System, MILO Innovation Showcase, November 10, 2022.
Hassini, E. (2023) Freight Network Optimization, University of Montreal, February 23, 2023.
Ozbilge, A., Benjaafar, S., Hassini, E. and Parlar, M. (2023) Can Tax-Subsidies for Charitable Donations Foster Accessibility to Fresh Goods? INFORMS Annual meeting, Arizona, USA, October 15-18, 2023.
Hassini, E. (2023) Sustainable Supply Chains, International Conference on Advancing Sustainable Futures, Dubai, UAE, December 5-6, 2023.
Conference Presentations (without a paper)
Zhang, S., Mousavi, K., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Community Noise Survey for Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto Area. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
García, A., Gingerich, K., Nourinejad, M. (2022). Electric Cargo Cycles and the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with a Single Depot. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Li, R., Le, T.V., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Performance of Person-following Delivery Robots in Crowded Pedestrian Environments. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Solovey, A., Nourinejad, M., Gingerich, K. (2022). Optimization of Hybrid Ride-Sharing with Passengers and Freight. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Saha, U., Gingerich, K., Park, P. (2022). A Swept Path Analysis of Intersection Designs for Long Combination Vehicles. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Ahmed, U., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Freight Vehicle Type and Shipment Size Modelling Using Discrete Choice Methods. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Zarrin Zadeh, Y., Gingerich, K. (2022). Stated Preference Study of Trucking Carrier Route Choice Behavior in Ontario. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Ahmed, U., Hawkins, J., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Establishment Location Choice Model Considering Firm Membership. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Solovey, A., Nourinejad, M., Gingerich, K. (2022). Optimization of Hybrid Ride-Sharing with Passengers and Freight. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Li, R., Le, T.V., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Performance of Person-Following Delivery Robots in Crowded Pedestrian Environments. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
García, A., Gingerich, K., Nourinejad, M. (2022). Electric Cargo Cycles and the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with a Single Depot. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Zhang, S., Mousavi, K., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Community Noise Survey for Off-Peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto Area. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Ahmed, U., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Freight Vehicle Type and Shipment Size Modelling Using Discrete Choice Methods. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Chowdhury, T., Smith, C., Outwater, M., Roorda, M.J. (2022). A National Agent-Based Carrier Selection Model. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Ahmed, U., Hawkins, J., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Establishment Location Choice Model Considering Firm Membership. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Olejarz, D. and Roorda, M.J. (2021) An Assessment of the Use of Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Last Mile Parcel Delivery. 4th VREF Conference on Urban Freight. Gothenburg, Sweden. March 23-25.
Mousavi, K., Khan, S. Saiyed, S. and Roorda, M.J. (2021) Toronto Area Off-peak delivery program: before, during and after COVID-19. 4th VREF Conference on Urban Freight. Gothenburg, Sweden. March 23-25.
CTRF 2020: Stochastic Mobile Depot Location Problem in Crowd-shipping.
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2020: Stochastic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping and Mobile Depots.
Smart Freight Symposium 2020: Last-Mile Delivery with Crowd-Shipping and Mobile Depots.
CORS 2021: Stochastic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping and Mobile Depots.
CTRF 2021: Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping.
TSL Workshop 2021: Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping.
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2021: Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping.
9th International Urban Freight Conference: Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping.
Kouchakzadeh, M. (2021). Assessment of commercial vehicle patterns during the COVID pandemic using Geotab data. 2021 Smart Freight Symposium.
Mousavi, K. (2021) Community Noise Survey Regarding Off-peak Deliveries. 2021 Smart Freight Centre Annual Symposium. November 26.
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M. Cevik, M. and Roorda, M. (2022). Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping. Metrans 9th International Urban Freight Conference. Long Beach, CA. May 25-27.
Chowdhury, T., Vaughan, J., Saleh, M., Mousavi, K., Hatzopoulou, M., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Modeling Impacts of Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Metrans 9th International Urban Freight Conference. Long Beach, CA. May 25-27.
Conference Papers
Bhavsar, N., Hassini, E. and Verma, M. (2023). Rail-Truck intermodal transportation for dangerous goods, World Conference on Transport Research, Montreal, July 17-21, 2023.
Pushkar, S. and Hassini, E. (2023). Impact of legislative restrictions on drone delivery, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Toronto, June 12-15, 2023.
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M., Cevik, M. and Roorda M.J. (2022). Approximate Dynamic Programming for Pickup and Delivery Problem with Crowd-shipping. Euro 2022. Espoo, Finland. July 3-6.
Zhang, S., Le, T. and Roorda, M.J. (2023, submitted). Optimizing Parcel Locker Locations in an Inter-connected Crowd Logistics Network. 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, January 8-12.
Galal, A., Donmez, B. and Roorda, M.J. (2023, submitted). Improving Truck Driver and Vulnerable Road User Interactions through Driver Training: An Interview Study with Canadian Subject Matter Experts. 102nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC, January 8-12.
Galal, A., Donmez, B., Roorda, M. (2022). Improving truck driver and vulnerable road user interactions through driver training: A subject matter expert interview study. Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals Conference 2022. Sudbury. June 19-22. (This paper won the best conference poster award).
Hassini, E., Ben-Day, M. and Bahroun, Z. (2021) Impact of Internet of Things on Food Supply Chains. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS 2021), Sep 28-29, 2021.
Bahroun, Z, Ben-Daya, M and Hassini, E. (2020). IoT Quality-Controlled Demand Pricing Model in Food Supply Chains. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS 2020), July 1~3, 2020.
Refereed Conference Papers
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M., Cevik, M. and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Dynamic Same-day Delivery with Crowd-shipping: Approximate Dynamic Programming approach. Informs Annual Conference 2021. October.
Chowdhury, T., Vaughan, J., Saleh, M., Mousavi, K., Hatzopoulou, M., Roorda, M.J. (2022). Modeling Impacts of Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Ahmed U., Nourinejad, M., Roorda, M. (2022) A Tour-Based Model using Continuous Approximation Method. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Ahmed, U., Roorda M.J. (2022). Joint and Sequential Models for Freight Vehicle Type and Shipment Size Choice. 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M., Cevik, M. and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Dynamic Same-day Delivery with Crowd-shipping: Approximate Dynamic Programming approach. Informs TSL Workshop 2021. July 19-20.
Ahmed, U., and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Modelling Carrier Type and Vehicle Type Choice of Small and Medium Size Firms. 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Mousavi, K. and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Pilot Off-peak Delivery Program in Suburban Areas of the Region of Peel. 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Olejarz, D. and Roorda, M.J. (2021). Assessing the Use of Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Last-Mile Parcel Delivery. 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington DC. January.
Non-Refereed Conference Papers (Paper or CD Proceedings)
Zarrin Zadeh, Y., Gingerich, K. (2022). Stated Preference Study of Trucking Carrier Route Choice Behavior in Ontario. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Saha, U., Gingerich, K., Park, P. (2022). A Swept Path Analysis of Intersection Designs for Long Combination Vehicles. 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. June 12-15.
Ahmed, U., Hawkins, J. and Roorda, M. (2021). Establishment Location Choice Model Considering Intrafirm Interactions. NARSC 2021. Denver, CO. November 10-13.
Ahmed, U. and Roorda, M. (2021). Freight Vehicle Type Choice Model using Random Forest Classification. 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. May 16-19.
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M., Cevik, M. and Roorda, M. (2021). Dynamic Last-mile Delivery with Crowd-shipping. 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. May 16-19.
Kouchakzadeh, M., Bayanouni, H., Roorda, M. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on traffic congestion within the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area. 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. May 16-19.
Zhang, S. and Roorda, M. (2021). Potential Crowd-Shipper Commute Pattern in the Toronto Area: Analysis from a Household Travel Survey. 55th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum. Montreal. May 16-19. (this paper won the Runner-up Prize for Best Conference Paper, 2021 CTRF Annual Conference)
Mousavi, K., Bodur, M. and Roorda, M. (2020). Stochastic Last-mile Delivery With Crowd-shipping And Mobile Depots. Informs Annual Meeting, 2020 Virtual. Nov 8-11.