| 17-Jan-22 | |
| 14:30 to 15:00 | Opening Ceremony by Hatem Masri, Chair of INFORMS Bahrain International Group Miguel Anjos, INFORMS Vice President, International Activities |
| 15:00 to 15:50 | Plenary 1 Machine learning into metaheuristics: Review and taxonomy by El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, France Chair: Hatem Masri, University of Bahrain |
| 15:50 to 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 to 19:50 | Workshop 1: Python – Part 1 by Houda Alaya, University of Tunis, Tunisia |
| 18-Jan-22 | |
| 10:00 to 11:20 | Session A – Chair: Salah Ben Abdallah Soccer Match Algorithm: A Novel Soccer-inspired Meta-heuristic Algorithm for Continuous Optimization by Roua Ben Ammar Stronger bounds for the personal rapid transit transportation system by Safa Ben Salem An integer linear programming model for the radiotherapy patient scheduling problem by Sana Loukil Gold and Bitcoin are Safe-haven? Evidence from developed and emerging market indices during the COVID19 bear market by Belhadj Hana |
| 10:20 to 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 to 13:30 | Session B – Chair: Fouad Ben Abdelaziz Prioritizing supply chain resiliency strategies based on Supply Chain Operations Reference Model using a hybrid fuzzy DEA-AHP method by Midun Karthi Kumaresan Coalition Formation for Horizontal Supply Chain Collaboration: A Multiobjective Approach by Mirna Abou Mjahed Managing International Food Supply Chain: A Mathematics Model Approaches by Samatthachai Yamsa-ard Application of Optimal Stopping Theory to Pandemic Lockdown Policies by Noura El Hassan Effect of Pandemics on Supply Chain Decisions by Maysaa Jaafar Mathematical Study and Optimization of the Dimensions of a Mobile-Rack Automated Storage / Retrieval System by Manal Belmamoune |
| 13:30 to 15:00 | Lunch Break |
| 15:00 to 15:50 | Plenary 2 Applied network design problems to support humanitarian operations by Marie-Ève Rancourt, HEC Montréal, Canada Chair: Sue Merchant, Action Manager of AFROS |
| 15:50 to 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 to 19:50 | Workshop 2: : Python – Part 2 by Mourad Messaadia, University of Bahrain, Bahrain |
| 19-Jan-22 | |
| 10:00 to 10:50 | Plenary 3 Fractal Measures in Multisector Endogenous Growth Models by Davide La Torre, SKEMA Business School, France Chair: M’hammed Sahnoun, LINEACT/CESI, France |
| 10:50 to 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 to 12:20 | Session C – Chair: Sawsan Hilal and Mohammad El-Hilo Convolutional Dynamic Autoencoder: The Effectiveness of Deep Embedded Clustering Methods on Highly Semantic Image Datasets by Zahra Shuaib ANN Loss Minimization Methods: Applications on Medical Datasets by Maha Alanezi A Comparative Study of Naïve Bayes, Random Forest and Logistic Regression Methods in Loan Forecasting by Sara Alshakrani Mathematical Model for Dial a Ride Problem with Time Windows, case: hemodialysis patients’ transportation by Oum Keltoum Ben Abdelkrim |
| 12:20 to 12:30 | Break |
| 12:30 to 13:00 | Closing Ceremony |