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Faculty Member

Education

Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, May 2011.

Dissertation Title: A Markov Chain Framework for Approximation of Cycle Time in Semiconductor Manufacturing Toolsets.

Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering - Operations Research (co-major), North Carolina State University, August 2005.

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran), December 2001.

Areas of Interest

Stochastic modeling and analysis, applied to: Health and Humanitarian Logistics Medical Decision Making Revenue Management Vehicle Routing Problems Manufacturing and Production Systems

Memberships

INFORMS, IISE, IEEE, ASQ

Ansari, Sina and Enayati, Shakiba and Akhavan, Raha and Kapp, Julie M. (2024) "Curbing the opioid crisis: optimal dynamic policies for preventive and mitigating interventions", Decision Analysis, Vol.21, No.3, 143-193 (SSCI)

Suarez, Daniel and Gomez, Camilo and Medaglia, Andrés L. and Akhavan, Raha and Grajales, Sthefania (2024) "Integrated decision support for disaster risk management: aiding preparedness and response decisions in wildfire management", Information Systems Research, Vol.35, No.2, 609-628 (SSCI)

Kup, Eyüp Tolunay and Cebeci, Salih and Bayram, Barış and Aydin, Gözde and Bozkaya, Burçin and Akhavan, Raha (2024) "An integrated framework for dynamic vehicle routing problems with pick-up and delivery time windows and shared fleet capacity planning", Symmetry, Vol.16, No.4 (SCI)

Angulo, Daniela and Cortes, Maria Fernanda and Mura, Ivan and Akhavan, Raha (2023) "Fine-grained mathematical modeling for cost-effectiveness evaluation of public health policies for cervical cancer, with application to a Colombian case study", BMC Public Health, Vol.23, No.1 (SCI)

Annear, Luis Mauricio and Akhavan, Raha and Schmid, Verena (2023) "Dynamic assignment of a multi-skilled workforce in job shops: an approximate dynamic programming approach", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.306, No.3, 1109-1125 (SCI)

Karabulut Türkseven, Ezgi and Gholizadeh, Fatemeh and Akhavan, Raha (2022) "The value of adaptive menu sizes in peer-to-peer platforms", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol.145 (SCI)

Mora-Ochomogo, Irais and Serrato, Marco and Mora-Vargas, Jaime and Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Raha (2021) "Development of a shipment policy for collection centers", Mathematics, Vol.9, No.12 (SCI)

Corredor-Montenegro, David and Cabrera, Nicolas and Akhavan, Raha and Medaglia, Andres L. (2021) "On the shortest alpha-reliable path problem", Top (SI), Vol.29, No.1, 287-318 (SCI)

Díaz, Juan José and Mura, Ivan and Franco, Juan Felipe and Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Raha (2021) "aiRe - a web-based R application for simple, accessible and repeatable analysis of urban air quality data", Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol.138 (SCI)

Tanaltay, Altuğ and Safari Langroudi, Amirreza and Akhavan, Raha and Kasap, Nihat (2021) "Can social media predict soccer clubs' stock prices? The case of Turkish teams and Twitter", SAGE Open, Vol.11, No.2 (SSCI)

Ebadi, Malek and Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Raha (2021) "Personalized cotesting policies for cervical cancer screening: a POMDP approach", Mathematics, Vol.9, No.6 (SCI, SSCI)

Huertas, Jorge A. and Duque, Daniel and Segura-Durán, Ethel and Akhavan, Raha and Medaglia, Andrés L. (2020) "Evacuation dynamics: a modeling and visualization framework", OR Spectrum, Vol.42, No.3, 661-691 (SCI)

Mura, Ivan and Franco, Juan Felipe and Bernal, Laura and Melo, Nicolas and Diaz, Juan Jose and Akhavan Tabatabaei, Raha (2020) "A decade of air quality in Bogotá: a descriptive analysis", Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol.8 (SCI)

Fontecha, John E. and Guaje, Oscar O. and Duque, Daniel and Akhavan Tabatabaei, Raha and Rodriguez, Juan P. and Medaglia, Andres L. (2020) "Combined maintenance and routing optimization for large-scale sewage cleaning", Annals of Operations Research (SI), Vol.286, No.1-2, 441-474 (SCI, SSCI)

Varmazyar, Mohsen and Akhavan, Raha and Salmasi, Nasser and Modarres, Mohammad (2020) "Operating room scheduling problem under uncertainty: application of continuous phase-type distributions", IISE Transactions, Vol.52, No.2, 216-235 (SCI)

Varmazyar, Mohsen and Akhavan, Raha and Salmasi, Nasser and Modarres, Mohammad (2019) "Classification and properties of acyclic discrete phase-type distributions based on geometric and shifted geometric distributions", Journal of Industrial Engineering International, Vol.15, No.4, 651-665 (NA)

Otero, Daniel F. and Escallon, Mariana and Lopez, Cristina and Akhavan-Tabatabaeo, Raha (2019) "Optimal timing of airline promotions under dilution", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.277, No.3, 981-995 (SCI, SSCI)

Varmazyar, M. and Akhavan, Raha and Salmasi, N. and Modarres, M. (2019) "Estimating the parameters of mixed shifted negative binomial distributions via an EM algorithm", Scientia Iranica, Vol.26, No.1, 571-588 (SCI)

Sarmiento, Carlos A. and Valencia, Carlos and Akhavan, Raha (2018) "Copula autoregressive methodology for the simulation of wind speed and direction time series", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol.174, 188-199 (SCI, SSCI)

C'ardenas-Gallo, Ivan and Sarmiento, Carlos A. and Morales, Gilberto A. and Bolivar, Manuel A. and Akhavan Tabatabaei, Raha (2017) "An ensemble classifier to predict track geometry degradation", Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol.161, 53-60 (SCI)

Akhavan Tabatabaei, Raha and Marcela Sanchez, Diana and Yeung, Thomas G. (2017) "A Markov decision process model for cervical cancer screening policies in Colombia", Medical Decision Making, Vol.37, No.2, 196-211 (SCI)

Perez, Juan F. and Silva, Daniel F. and Goez, Julio C. and Sarmiento, Andres and Akhavan Tabatabaei, Raha and Riano, German (2017) "Algorithm 972: jMarkov: an integrated framework for Markov chain modeling", ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol.43, No.3 (SCI)

Mora-Ochomogo, Irais and Serrato, Marco and Mora-Vargas, Jaime and Akhavan, Raha, "Application of a Markov decision process in collection center operations", Humanitarian Logistics from the Disaster Risk Reduction Perspective: Theory and Applications, Regis-Hernández, Fabiola and Mora-Vargas, Jaime and Sánchez-Partida, Diana and Ruiz, Angel (eds.), Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, February 2022, 407-428

Mora-Ochomogo, Irais and Serrato, Marco and Mora-Vargas, Jaime and Tabatabaei, Raha and Serrato, Isabel, "Donation management in disaster relief operations: a survey", Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico: Methodologies, Case Studies, and Prospective Views, Sánchez-Partida, Diana and Martínez-Flores, José-Luis and Caballero-Morales, Santiago-Omar and Cano-Olivos, Patricia (eds.), Switzerland: Springer, January 2021, 245-261

Fontecha, J., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Duque, D., Medaglia, A., Torres, N., Rodriguez, J., 2016, "On The Preventive Management of Sediment-related Sewer Blockages: A Combined Maintenance and Routing Optimization Approach ", Water Science and Technology, vol 7 (5).

Cardenas-Gallo, I., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Sanchez-Silva, M., Bastidas-Arteaga, E., 2016, "A Markov Regime-switching Framework to Forecast El Nino Southern Oscillation Patterns ", Natural Hazards, vol. 81 (2), pp. 829-843.

Lopez, E., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Dieulle, L., Labadie, N., Medaglia, A., 2016, "On the Combined Maintenance and Routing Optimization Problem ", Reliability Engineering and System Safety, vol 145, pp. 199-214.

Gomez, A., Marino, R., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Medaglia, A., Mendoza, J., 2015, "On Modeling Stochastic Travel and Service Times in Vehicle Routing ", Transportation Science, In Press.

Hoyos, M. C., Morales, R. S., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., 2015, \OR Models with Stochastic Components in Disaster Operations Management: A Literature Survey", Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 82, pp. 183-197.

Otero, D., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., 2015, "A Stochastic Dynamic Pricing Model For The Multiclass Problems in The Airline Industry ", European Journal of Operational Research , vol. 242 (1), pp. 188-200.

Riascos, J., Sanchez-Silva, M., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., 2014, "Reliability Analysis of Shock-Based Deterioration Using Phase-Type Distributions", Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, vol. 38, pp. 88-101.

Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Bolivar, M., Hincapie, J. and Medaglia, A., 2014, "On The Optimal Parking Lot Subscription Policy Problem: A Hybrid Simulation-Optimization Approach", Annals of Operations Research, vol. 222 (1), pp. 29-44.

Arunachalam, V., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Lopez, C., 2013, "Results on A Binding Neuron Model and Their Implications for Modi ed Hourglass Model for Neuronal Network", Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Volume 2013.

Borrero, J., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., 2013, "Time and Inventory Dependent Optimal Maintenance Policies for Single Machine Workstations: An MDP Approach", The European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 228 (3), pp. 545-555.

Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Fathi, Y., Shanthikumar, J. George, 2012, "A Markov Chain Framework for Cycle Time Approximation of Toolsets", IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 25 (4), pp. 589-597.