International Journal of Industrial Engineering & Production Research
Iran University of Science & Technology
Personal Data
Rasoul Haji
Professor of industrial Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Azadi Ave , Tehran . Iran
1960–1964: Tehran University, Iran, B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
1965–1967: University of California, Berkeley, M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
1967–1970: University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
Professional Recognition
Has been recognized as:
1) The founder of a fundamental relation in queuing theory known as Distributional Little’s Law (DLL)
2) A pioneer contributor for Generalized C m Rule
Honor and Awards
First in the class of graduates in Chemical Engineering, Tehran University 1964,
Scholarship for graduate study in the United States from 1965 to 1970
Work Experience
Jan. 1967 to June 1967: Research Assistant, Computer Programming, University of California, Berkeley.
March 1968 to June 1970: Research Assistant, Application of queueing Theory in Transportation problems. Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Dec. 1970 till present: I.E. Dept. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN. Taught courses in Inventory Management, Engineering Economy, Production & Inventory Control, Queueing Systems, Stochastic processes, Probability Models, and Optimization at graduate and undergraduate levels.
July 1973 to Feb. 1975: Vice Chairman of I.E. Dept., Sharif University of Technology.
Feb. 1975 to Aug. 1977: Chairman of I.E. Dept., Sharif University of Technology.
Sept. 1979 to Sept. 1980: On sabbatical leave, visiting professor, Dept. of I.E. and O.R. University of California Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Sept. 1991 to Sept. 1992: On sabbatical leave, visiting professor, Dept. of I.E. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.V., U.S.A.
Nov. 2004 to Feb. 2005: On sabbatical leave, visiting professor, Dept. of Mech. and I.E. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Publications & Conferences
1. Haji , R. and G.R. Newell, “Optimal Strategies for Priority Queues with Nonlinear Costs of Delay”, SIAM Journal of Applied Math., Vol.20 No.2, March 1971.
2. Haji, R. and G.R. Newell, “A Relation between Stationary Queue and Waiting Line Distributions”, J ournal of Applied Probability , 8.617-620, 1971.
3. Haji, R., “Lot Size Scheduling with Limited Resources and Zero Setup Time”, Amirkabir Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.4 No.15, Summer- autumn 1990.(in Persian)
4. Haji, R., “Optimal Aggregate Inventory in the Lot Scheduling Problem with Non-Zero Setup Time”, International Journal of Engineering , Vol.3 No.3 & 4, November 1990.
5. Haji , R., “Second Moment of Queue Size with Stationary Arrival Process and Arbitrary Queue Discipline”, International Journal of Engineering, Vol.6 No.1, February 1993.
6. ` Haji , R. and M. Mansuri , “Optimum Common Cycle for Scheduling a Single Machine Multi-Product System with a Budgetary Constraint”, Journal of Production Planning and Control , Vol.6 No.2, 1995.
7. Haji , A. and R. Haji, “Optimum Aggregate Inventory for Scheduling Multi-product Single Machine System with Zero Setup Time”, I nternational Journal of Engineering , Vol.15 No.1, April 2002.
8. Ghalebsaz-Jedd i, B., B.C. shultes and R. Haji, “A Multi-Product Continuous Review Inventory System with Stochastic Demand, Backorders, and a Budget Constraint”, European Journal of Operations Research, 158 (2004) 456-469.
9. Bijari , M. and R. Haji, “The Single- period (news-vender) Problem with Stochastic Initial Inventory”, IUST-I nternational Journal of Engineering Science, 2004
10. Haji, A., and Haji, R., “The Optimal Policy for Sampling Plan in Continuous Production on Basis of the Clearance Number”, Computer and Industrial engineering 47 (2004) 141-147.
11. Haji, R.and H. Taghizadeh, “ An Algorithm for determining product batch production and sequencing of n jobs on m machines, Economic and Management quarterly, 16, 65 (2005) 41-45 (in Persian).
12. Haji . A, Haji R. And Niaki S. A., “Design of an infinite Channel Queue” accepted for publication in Scientia (2006)
13. Haji, A., and Haji, R ., “Lot sizing with Rework and Different Inspection Cost” Journal of Industrial Engineering International 2, 3 (2006) 13-18
14. Haji, A., and Haji , R., “Determination of optimal lot production with rework and waiting time cost” Journal of engineering faculty of Tehran University” 40, 4 (2006) 41-45 (in Persian).
15. Haji, R., Bagherzadeh M., “Development method of supply chain management (SCM) and using the theory of constraints (TOC)” Journal of Management Sciences, Azad University of Tabriz 1, 1 (2007) 157-183 (in Persian).
16. Sajadifar, S. M., and Haji, R., “ Optimal solution for a two level inventory system with information exchange leading to a more computationally efficient search “ Applied Mathematics and Computation 189 (2), (2007) 1341-1347
17. Soltani , A. and Haji, R.,”A project scheduling method based on fuzzy theory” Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering 1, 1 (2008) 70-81
18. Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Haji, R., “A search algorithm for determination of the Economic Order Quantity in a Two-Level Supply Chain with Transportation Cost Journal of Applied Sciences 8 (1): (2008) 163-167
19. Haji, M., Haji, R., and Darabi, H., “Price discount and stochastic Initial Inventory in the newsboy problem”, Journal of I ndustrial and Systems Engineering 1, 2 (2008) 130-139
20. Baboli, A ., Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Haji, R., “An algorithm for the determination of the Economic Order Quantity in a Two-Level Supply Chain with Transportation Costs: A comparison of decentralized with centralized decision” JSSSE 17, 3 (2008) 353-366 DOI information: 10.1007/s11518-008-5080-z
21. Haji, R., Haji, A., Sajadifar, M., Zolfaghari , S., “Lot sizing with non-zero setup times for rework” JSSSE 17, 3 (2008) 353-366 DOI information: 10.1007/s11518-008-5077-7
22. Haji, R., Haji, A ., “ One-for-one period policy and its optimal solution”, Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering 1, 3 (2008) 200-218
23. Haji, R., A., Sajadifar , S. M., “Deriving the total cost rate for a two-echelon supply chain with information exchange”, Journal o f Industrial and Systems Engineering 2, 1 (2008) 28-41
24. Haji, R, Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Baboli, A., “Introducing a new ordering policy in a two-echelon inventory system with Poisson demand” to appear in International Journal of Production Economic s (2008) DOI information: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.10.007
25. Haji, R., Pasebani, M., “Introducing cluster model for small and medium auto-parts manufacturing enterprises(S,M,Es) companies” Journal of Management Sciences, Azad University of Tabriz, 1, 2 (2008) 4-32 (in Persian).
26. Haji, R., Mowlavi, M., “Planning integrated productivity improvement model for industry, case study: West Azarbijan” Journal of industrial Management Sciences, Azad University of Sanandaj, 3, 4 (2008) 11-23 (in Persian).
27. Haji, R., “Scheduling A Multi-Product Single Machine System with Limited Resources”, Presented at the 1st International Conference of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Society, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 24-26, 1988.
28. Haji, R., “Derivation of Second Moment of the Queue Size”, Presented at the International Conference on Recent Development In Statistical Data Analysis & Inference, Neufchatel, Switzerland, Aug. 21-24, 1989.
29. Haji, R., “Scheduling A Multi-Product Single Machine with Non-Zero Setup Time and Limited Resources”, Presented at the 12th International Conference on Operations Research, Athens, Greece, June 25-29, 1990.
30. Haji, R., “Lot Size Scheduling with Limited Resources and Non-Zero Setup Time”, Accepted for presentation at the 2nd International Conference of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Society, China, Beijing, Aug. 27-30, 1991.
31. Mansuri M. and R. Haji, “Optimum Common Cycle For Scheduling a Single Machine Multi-Product System With a Budgetary Constraint”, Presented at TIMS/ORSA National Meeting, Chicago, USA, 1994.
32. Ardalan A. and R. Haji, “Budgetary Constraints and Idle Time Distribution in Common-Cycle Production”, 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November 21-24, 1998.
33. Haji, R. and B. Ghalebsaz-Jeddi, “A Continuous Review Inventory Model For A Multi-Product Stochastic Demand Production System with Backorders & Budget Constraint”, Presented at INFORMS Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, November 5-8, 2000.
34. Haji, A. and R. Haji, “Optimal Safety Stock for Continuous Review Inventory System”, Proceedings of The First National Industrial Engineering Conference, Tehran, Iran, June 2001. (in Paersian)
35. Haji, R. and M. Bijari, “Optimal Order in Newsboy Problem with Stochastic Initial Inventory”, Proceeding of the Second National Industrial Engineering Conference, Yazd, Iran, February 2003.
36. Soltani, A. and R. Haji, “Application of Fuzzy Theory in Project Planning”, Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering – Theory, Applications and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Nov. 10-12, 2003.
37. Haji, R. and M. Bijari, “The Newsboy Problem with Stochastic Initial Inventory”, Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering – Theory, Applications and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Nov. 10-12, 2003.
38. Haji, R., “Functions of Production Control”, Invited Speaker, I.E. Seminar, Conducted by Iran Ministry of Heavy Industry, Tehran, Iran, October 1982.
39. Haji, R., “Inventory Control and Productivity”, Invited Speaker, APO (Asian Productivity Organization) Seminar, Tehran, Iran, September 5-28, 1987.
40. Haji, A., Mahlooji, H., and Haji, R., “Average Unit Cost of a Continuous Sampling Inspection”, presented at Euro xx 20th European Conference on Operational Research. Rhodes , Greece July 2004.
41. Haji, A., Haji R., And Taghizadeh, H. "Total Saving Model for A Special Order with Temporal Reduction in Unit Cost of Product." presented at Euro xx 20th European Conference on Operational Research. Rhodes , Greece July 2004.
42. Haji, R., Haji, A., And Bagherzadeh, M. "Optimal Base Stock Ordering Under Budgetary Constraint." presented at Euro xx 20th European Conference on Operational Research. Rhodes , Greece July 2004.
43. Bijari, M and R. Haji, "Production Batch Size in a Make to order Assembly Production System with Zero Setup Cost and Capacity Constraint." Proceeding of International Industrial Engineering Conference. Tehran, Iran July 2004 (in Persian).
44. Tavakoli-Moghaddam, R. F. Jolai, R. Haji, and F.Vaziri "An Efficient Algorithm for Stochastic job Shop Scheduling Problems." Proceeding of International Industrial Engineering Conference. Tehran, Iran July 2004.
45. Haji, R., Haji A. And S Zolfaghari. “Determining the optimal batch sizes for a multi-product single machine system with reworks.” Proceeding of First National Conference on Logistics & Supply chain.”. Tehran, Iran Feb. 2005. (in Persian)
46. Haji, R., Haji A. and S Zolfaghari. “Optimal Common cycle time for a multi-product single machine system with non-zero setup times and reworks”. First International Conference on Lifestyle, Health and Technology. Lulea, Sweden June 2005
47. Haji, R., Haji, A., “Determining the economic batch quantity for a single product model with repairing of defective items and setup.” Proceeding of the 3rd National Conference on Maintenance. Tehran, Iran Sept. 2005.
48. Haji, R., Haji A., “The value of base stock for a general demand process and negligible backorder”. Proceeding of 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Istanbul, Turkey July 2005. (in Persian)
49. Bijari, M., and R. Haji, “Production planning with stochastic demand and capacity constrain. Proceeding of 4th International Industrial Engineering Conference. Tehran, Iran, 2005 (in Persian).
50. Haji, R., and Tayyebi, H., “Cost evaluation for an inventory system in a two level supply chain with lost sales”, Proceeding of 2nd International Management Conference Tehran, Iran 2005
51. Haji, A., haji, R., and Bijari, M., “The newsboy problem with random defective and probabilistic initial inventory” Proceeding of the 36th CIE Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan June20-23, 2006, 3498-3502
52. Haji, R., Rahmati Tavakol A., Haji B.,” Economic production quantity with accumulated rework”, Proceeding of The 36th Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, June20-23, 2006, Taipei, Taiwan 4196-4203
53. Haji, R., Sajadifar, S. M., Haji A., “Exact evaluation of a two-level inventory system with information exchange” Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on services systems and service management Nov. 2006 Troyes, France, 256-260.
54. Haji, R., Haji,. A., Sajadifar, S. M., “Lot sizing with Non-Zero setup times for rework”, Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on services systems and service management Nov. 2006 Troyes, France, 267-271.
55. Baboli, A., Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Haji, R., “Economic order quantity in a centralized two-level supply chain with transportation cost”, Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on services systems and service management Nov. 2006 Troyes, France, 240-245
56. Haji, R., Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Baboli, A., “A new replenishment policy in a two-echelon inventory system with stochastic demand”, Proceeding of IEEE International Conference on services systems and service management Nov. 2006 Troyes, France, 246-250
57. Haji, R., Haji, M., “The single period problem with price discount and probabilistic initial inventory”, Proceeding of IIE Annual International Conference 2006 USA
58. Haji, R., Haji, M., “Economic order quantity for a production system rework and varying scrap”, Proceeding of IIE Annual International Conference 2006 USA
59. Haji, R., and Ghayoor, Z., “ Economic Production quantity in a single machin system with queueing time cost for rework “,Proceeding of the 2nd National Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain. Tehran, Iran Nov. 2006.
60. Haji, B., Haji, R., and Ghayoor,. Z., “Economic batch quantity with set-up time for immediate and delayed rework” Proceeding of IIE Annual Conference and Exposiyion, Nashville, TN, USA May 2007.
61. Haji, R., and Sajadifar, S. M., “Cost differential for deciding about installing information sharing technology in a two-echelon inventory system”, Proceeding of the 2007 on Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 2007, Nashville, Tenn. USA, 1139-1144
62. Sajadifar, S. M., and Haji, R., Yazdan Shenace, N., “Cost derivation of a dyadic supply chain with time lag information sharing”, Proceeding of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt, 2280-2285
63. Sajadifar, S. M., and Haji, R., “Exact evaluation of a two-echelon inventory system with a different batch size and information exchange”, Proceeding of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt, 2286-2291
64. Sajadifar, S. M., and Haji, R., “Upper bounds for the parameters of a two-level supply chain with information sharing”, Proceeding of International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management”,(IESM) May 30-June 2, 2007, Beijing, China.
65. Sajadifar, S. M., and Haji, R., “Validity of the approximate method for a two-level inventory system and time complexity of its algorithm”, Proceeding of IFAC-Symposium (CEFIS ’07) October 9-11, 2007, Istanbul Turkey.
66. Haji, A., Haji, R., Sabahno, H., “Developing two deteriorating inventory models with selling price dependent demand rate and cycle time dependent selling price”, Proceeding of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt, 835-844
67. Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Haji, R.,” A new approach to inventory control in a two-level supply chain system with Poisson demand”, Proceeding of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt, 2260-2264
68. Pirayesh Neghab, M., and Haji, R., “Determining economic order quantity in a two-level supply chain with transportation cost”, Proceeding of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt,845-848.
