publications

Scholarly journals:

Sam R. Thangiah, Adel Fergany, Bryan Wilson, Anthony Pitluga and William Mennell (2008). SchoolSchool Bus Routing in Rural Regions. M. Hickman, P. Mirchandani, and S. Voss (eds.), Computer-Aided Systems in Public Transport, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 600, Computer-Aided Systems in Public Transport, Springer (Heidelberg).
Sam R. Thangiah, Adel Fergany and Salman Awan (2007). Real-Time Pickup and Delivery Time Window Problems with Transfers. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 15 (4).
Thangiah, Sam R., Anthony Weber and Justin Liebler (2005). Real-time Team Oriented Production Scheduling of Presses for Manufacturing Molds. International Journal of Science and Technology in the Tropics,1(1), 55-65.
Thangiah, Sam R. , Olena Shmygelsaka and William Mennell (2001). An Agent Architecture for Vehicle Routing Problems. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery's Symposium on Applied Computing, Las Vegas, U.S.A., 517-521.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Said Salhi (2001) Genetic Clustering: An Adaptive Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Problems with Multiple Depots. International Journal on Application of Artificial Intelligence 15, 361-383.
Potvin, Jean-Yves and Sam R. Thangiah (1999). Vehicle Routing through Simulation of Natural Processes. Fusion of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Sets and Genetic Algorithms, L. C. Jain and N. M. Martin (Eds.), CRC Press, 143-165.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1999). A Hybrid Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search Heuristic for Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms, Volume III: Complex Structures, L. Chambers (Ed.), CRC Press, 347-381.
Salhi, Said, Sam R. Thangiah and Faruq Rahman (1998). A Genetic Clustering Method for the Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem. Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms, G. D. Smith, N.C. Steele and R. F. Albrecht (Eds.), Springer Velarg.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Pavel Petrovic (1998). Introduction to Genetic Heuristics and Vehicle Routing Problems with Complex Constraints. Advances in Computational and Stochastic Optimization, Logic Programming and Heuristic Search: Interfaces in Computer Science and Operations Research, David L. Woodruff (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 253-286.
Sadeh, Norman, Yochiro Nakakuki and Sam R. Thangiah (1997). Learning to Recognize (Un)Promising Simulated Annealing Runs: Efficient Search Procedures for Job Shop Scheduling and Vehicle Routing. Annals of Operations Research 75, 189-208.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Sharad W. Joshi (1997). Introducing Robotics at the Undergraduate Level. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 16(2/3), 223-237.
Thangiah, Sam R. , Jean-Yves Potvin and Tong Sun (1996). Heuristic Approaches to Vehicle Routing with Backhauls and Time Windows. International Journal on Computers and Operations Research 23(11), 1043-1057.
Norman Sadeh, Yochiro Nakakuki and Sam R. Thangiah (1996). Efficient Procedures for Job Shop Scheduling and Vehicle Routing. Metaheuristics: Theory and Applications, Ibrahim Osman and James Kelly (Eds.), Kluwer Publishing, 77-86.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1995). Vehicle Routing with Time Windows using Genetic Algorithms. Application Handbook of Genetic Algorithms: New Frontiers, Volume II, Lance Chambers (Ed.), CRC Press, 253-277.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1995). An Adaptive Clustering Method using a Geometric Shape for Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 536-543.
Thangiah, Sam R., Ibrahim Osman, Rajini Vinayagamoorthy and Tong Sun (1994). Algorithms for Vehicle Routing with Time Deadlines. American Journal of Mathematical and Management Science's special issue: Vehicle Routing 2000: Advances in Time Windows, Optimality , Fast Bounds and Multi-Depot Routing 13(3-4), 323-355.
Thangiah, Sam R., Sharad K. Joshi and Tong Sun (1994). AnInterface in C Language for the B12 Mobile Robot. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 1666-1674.
Thangiah, Sam R., Rajini Vinayagamoorthy and Ananda Gubbi (1993). Vehicle Routing with Time Deadlines using Genetic and Local Algorithms. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, Urbana, Illinois, 506-513.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Ananda Gubbi (1993). Effect of Genetic Sectoring on Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Developing and Managing Intelligent System Projects, Washington, D.C., 146-153.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Kendall E. Nygard (1993). Dynamic Trajectory Routing using an Adaptive Search Strategy. Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery's Symposium on Applied Computing, Indianapolis, Indiana, 131-138.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Kendall Nygard (1992). School Bus Routing using Genetic Algorithms. Proceedings of the Applications of Artificial Intelligence X: Knowledge Based Systems, Orlando, Florida, 387-398.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Kendall Nygard (1992). MICAH: A Genetic Algorithm System for Multi-Commodity Networks. Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Conference on Applications ofArtificial Intelligence, Monterrey, California, 240-246.
Thangiah, Sam R., Kendall Nygard and Paul Juell (1991). GIDEON: A Genetic Algorithm System for Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Miami, Florida, 322-328.

Presentaions:

Thangiah, Sam R., (2010). Challenges in Interdisciplinary innovations in Undergraduate Curriculum. National Science Foundation workshop on "Integrating Biology and Computing", Pennsylvania State University, April 2010
Thangiah, Sam R. (2008). Vehicle Routing Problem In the Real World: A Case Study. Transportation Research Institute, , Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, December 2008
Thangiah, Sam R., , Joseph Forsythe, Daniel Bly, and Nethkelum Perera (2009). Mult-Depot, Multi-Destination, Mix-Fleet School Bus Routing Problem. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, San Diego, October 2009.
Thangiah, Sam R. (2009). Vehicle Routing Problem and Game Theory. Computational Mathematics and Statistics Lecture Series, Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Modeling, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaysia, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, December 2009
Thangiah, Sam R., Peter Schallot and David Crissman (2008). Genetic Based Elliptical Heuristic for Tour Orienteering Problems. XIV Latin Ibero-American Congress on Operations Research (CLAIO 2008) Conference, Cartegena, Columbia, September 2008.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Alex Cline (2007). Heuristics for Routing School Buses in Rural School Districts. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science 2007 Conference, Puerto Rico, July 2007.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Kevin Sobczak (2007). Pickup and Delivery Probom with Time Windows (PDPTW) using Geo Clustering and Genetic Algorithms. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference , Puerto Rico, July 2007
Adel Fergany and Sam R. Thangiah (2007). Advisory Board: Experience and Status Report. International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2007
Thangiah, Sam R. and Bryan Lawson (2005) . Team Orienteering Problem. International Federation of Operation Research Societies 2005 Conference, Hawaii, July 2005
Thangiah, Sam R., Michael McNamara, Yai O. Laleye and Anthony Pitluga (2005). HERMES: A Distributed Vehicle Routing System . 9th INFORMS Computing Society Conference,
Thangiah, Sam R., Bryan Wilson, Anthony Pitluga and William Mennell (2004). School Bus Routing In Rural School Districts. Computer Aided Scheduling of Public Transport Conference, San Diego, August 2004.
Thangiah, Sam R., Jeremy Palermo and Kimberly Orr (2004) AThe Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows, Canadian Operations Research Society/Institute of Operations Research and Management Science, Banff, Canada, May 2004.
Thangiah, Sam R., William Mennell, Bryan Wilson and Anthony Pitluga (2003) A Site Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem with Complex Road Constraints, Institute of Mathematics,University of Malaya, Malaysia, December 2003.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Adrian Matlack (2002) Multi-Depot VRP with Time Windoes: A Distributed Computer System Approach, International Federation of Operation Research Societies Conference, Edinboro, Scotland, July 2002.
Thangiah, Sam R. and William Mennell (2002) School Bus Routing in Rural Areas, International Federation of Operation Research Societies Conference, Edinboro, Scotland, July 2002.
Thangiah, Sam R., (2002) Real-Time Pickup and Delivery Problems. Department of Management Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K, July 2002.
Thangiah, Sam R., (2002) Agent Systems for Solving Routing and Scheduling Problems. Department of Management Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K, July 2002.
Thangiah, Sam R., (1999) Tutorial: Intelligent Agents for Routing and Scheduling Problems. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, Philadelphia, November, 1999.
Thangiah, Sam R., (1998). A Genetic Heuristic for the Team Orienteering Problem. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, Montreal, April, 1998.
Thangiah, Sam R., Said Salhi and Faruq Rahman (1998). A Genetic Clustering Method for VehicleRouting Problems with Multi-Depot, Invited Presentation. Computer Science Technical Section Conference of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science, Monterrey, January, 1998.
Thangiah, Sam R., Said Salhi and Faruq Rahman (1997). A Genetic Clustering Method for Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problems, Invited Presentation. International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1997.
Thangiah, Sam R., Said Salhi and Faruq Rahman (1997). A Clustering Genetic Algorithm for the Multi-Depot Routing Problem. Joint International Meeting of EUROXV-INFORMSXXXIV, Barcelona, Spain, July, 1997.
Thangiah, Sam R., Said Salhi and Faruq Rahman (1997). An Adaptive Clustering Approach for Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problems using Genetic Algorithms. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, San Diego, May, 1997.
Thangiah, Sam, Jean-Yves Potvin and Tong Sun (1996). Heuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problems with Backhauls and Time Windows. Conference of the International Federation of Operation Research Societies, Vancouver, Canada, July 1996.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Said Salhi (1996). Genetic Algorithms for Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problems. Conference of the International Federation of Operation Research Societies, Vancouver, Canada, July 1996
Thangiah, Sam R. and Sharad W. Joshi (1996). Introducing Expert Systems to Non-Computer Science Undergraduate Students. State System of Higher Education Computers Across the Curriculum Conference, Bloomsburg, June 1996.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1995). Nuts and Bolts: The Process of Undergraduate Research, Panel Participant, Symposium on the Role of Undergraduate Research in Faculty Development. State System Faculty Professional Development Council, Harrisburg, October, 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Franklin Bame (1995). The Gasman Routing Problem: Point-to-Point Dynamic Vehicle Routing. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, New Orleans, October, 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R and Said Salhi (1995). A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Multi-Depot Vehicle Fleet Mix Problem. Institute of Operations Research and Management Science Conference, New Orleans, October, 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R. Ibrahim H. Osman and Tong Sun (1995). Metaheuristics for Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows. Metaheuristics International Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, July 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Sharad K. Joshi (1995). A Clustering Method using Genetic Algorithms for Routing Problems. Inaugural Workshop of the International Institute for General Systems Studies, Slippery Rock, July 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1995). An Object Oriented System for School Bus Routing. International Federation of Operation Research Societies Special Conference on Digital Technologies/Multimedia: OR/MS in Strategy, Operations and Decision Support, Santa Clara, January 1995.
Thangiah, Sam R. Ibrahim H. Osman and Tong Sun (1994). Hybrid Metaheuristics for Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows and Backhauls. EURO XIII/ OR 36 Conference, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde, July 1994.
Thangiah, Sam R. and Tong Sun (1994). Local Optimization the of Vehicle Routing Problems with Time Windows and Backhauls using Simulated Annealing. EURO XIII/ OR 36 Conference, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde, July 1994.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1994). Programming the B12 Mobile Robot using C Language. Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science Educators (PACISE) Conference, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, March 1994.
Thangiah, Sam R., Ibrahim Osman and Rajini Vinayagamoorthy (1994). Adaptive Sectoring for Routing Vehicles with Deadlines. Invited Presentation, ORSA/TIMS Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1994.
Kendall E. Nygard, Michael Hennebry and Sam Thangiah (1992). Routing and Scheduling of Remote Autonomous Vehicles. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 1992.
Thangiah, Sam R. (1991). Genetic Algorithms for Routing and Scheduling Applications, Invited Presentation, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, December 1991.
Nygard, Kendall E. and Sam R. Thangiah (1991). Genetic Search in Combinatorial Optimization with Special Constraints. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1991.
Nygard, Kendall E., Paul Juell, Nagesh Kadaba and Sam Thangiah (1990). Neural Networks and GeneticAlgorithms as Search Methods in Solving Vehicle Routing Problems. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1990.
Nygard, Kendall E., Paul Juell, George Noel and Sam R. Thangiah (1989). Genetic Algorithms for MultipleVehicle Routing Problems. ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, New York, October 1989.