By Professor Sondoss Ashraf Abd El Aziz El Sawah

Book Chapters

Rosello C; Elsawah S; Guillaume J; Jakeman A, 2025, 'A Century of Evolution of Modeling for River Basin Planning to the Next Generation of Models, Methods, and Concepts', in Oxford Encyclopedia of Water Resources Management and Policy, pp. 1315 - 1351

Elsawah S; Haeffner M; Jakeman A, 2025, 'Future vision and action recommendations', in Coevolution and Prediction of Coupled Human Water Systems A Sociohydrologic Synthesis of Change in Hydrology and Society, pp. 623 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-41736-8.00006-3

Hussein A; Elsawah S; Petraki E; Abbass HA, 2025, 'Learner-Centred, Teacher-Centred and Blended Curriculum Design in Swarm Systems', in Thinking Swarms, pp. 291 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82790-7_15

Kahagalage S; Jalalvand F; Turan H; El Sawah S, 2022, 'A Novel Graph-Theoretical Approach of Selecting Representative Pareto Optimal Solutions for Multi-objective Optimization Problems', in Intelligent and Transformative Production in Pandemic Times Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Production Research, Springer, pp. 583 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18641-7_54

Jalalvand F; Turan H; Kahagalage S; El Sawah S, 2022, 'Multi-objective Simulation Optimization Using Data Envelopment Analysis for Personnel Planning', in Intelligent and Transformative Production in Pandemic Times Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Production Research, Springer, pp. 561 - 571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18641-7_52

Alan M; El Sawah S, 2020, 'System Dynamics Modeling to Inform Defense Strategic Decision-Making', in Meyers RA (ed.), Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Springer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_657-1

McLucas AC; Elsawah S, 2020, 'System Dynamics Modeling to Inform Defense Strategic Decision-Making', in System Dynamics, Springer US, pp. 341 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8790-0_657

Patrick MJ; Elsawah S; Burgher I; Jakeman AJ, 2016, 'Australian water security: a water–food–environment–energy nexus perspective', in Handbook on Water Security, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782548010.00028

Patrick MJ; Elsawah S; Burgher I; Jakeman AJ, 2016, 'Australian water security: A water-food-environment-energy nexus perspective', in Handbook on Water Security, pp. 232 - 358

El Sawah SA, 2016, 'Incorporating Human Aspects into Groundwater Research and Policy Making: A Soft and Critical Systems Thinking Approach', in Integrated Groundwater Management, pp. 619 - 637

Holley C; Jakeman A; Kelly (nee Letcher) R; Ticehurst J; Blakers R; Croke B; Curtis A; Fu B; El Sawah S; Gardner A; Guillame J; Hartley M; Hutchings P; Pannell D; Ross A; Sharp E; Sinclair D; Wilson A, 2013, 'Modelling for Managing the Complex Issue of Catchment-Scale Surface and Groundwater Allocation', in Obaidat MS; Filipe J; Kacprzyk J; Pina N (ed.), Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media

Journal articles

Sun X; Jakeman A; Hamilton SH; Grimm V; Hunt RJ; El Sawah S; Wang HH; Croke B; Chen M, 2026, 'A catalogue of Do's and Don'ts in the modeling of environmental systems', Environmental Modelling and Software, 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2026.106893

Jalalvand F; Turan HH; Elsawah S, 2026, 'Machine learning integrated multi-objective simulation-based optimization for a personnel planning, asset management and fleet renewal problem', Computers and Industrial Engineering, 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111564

Mahmud S; Abbasi A; Elsawah S, 2025, 'Eco-friendly and Cost-effective Resource Allocation in Multi-factory Settings: A Possibilistic Approach to Integrated Supply Chain Planning', Operations Research Forum, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43069-025-00491-4

Aly E; Suprun E; Turan HH; Elsawah S, 2025, 'MBSE for robust decision support systems: A resilient, mission-centric reference model', Digital Engineering, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dte.2025.100044

Biswas S; Turan H; Elsawah S; Richmond M; Cao T, 2025, 'The future of military medical evacuation: literature analysis focused on the potential adoption of emerging technologies and advanced decision-analysis techniques', Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 22, pp. 279 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15485129231207660

Rahman HF; Servranckx T; Chakrabortty RK; Vanhoucke M; El Sawah S, 2025, 'Synchronizing production and delivery in flow shops with time-of-use electricity pricing', Annals of Operations Research, 345, pp. 371 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06430-6

Ali IM; Suprun E; Turan HH; Aly E; Turhan U; Elsawah S, 2025, 'Advanced mission engineering approach for diverse applications in the defense domain', Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15485129251375495

Gilani E; Hosseini SH; Golrizgashti S; Irajpour A; Elsawah S, 2025, 'Alignment of marketing strategies in the pharmaceutical supply chain through a system dynamics simulation modelling', International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-10-2024-0117

Amarawardhana K; Moreland JD; Edwards MT; Phillips M; Turhan U; Venter T; Elsawah S, 2025, 'Professionalizing Mission Engineering in Australia: UNSW Canberra's Innovative Micro-Credential Model', Systems Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sys.70016

Jakeman AJ; Elsawah S; Wang H-H; Hamilton SH; Melsen L; Grimm V, 2024, 'Towards normalizing good practice across the whole modeling cycle: its instrumentation and future research topics', Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 6, pp. 18755 - 18755, http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/sesmo.18755

Zare F; Jakeman AJ; Elsawah S; Guillaume JHA, 2024, 'Bridging practice and science in socio-environmental systems research and modelling: A design science approach', Ecological Modelling, 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110719

Hamed MM; Turan HH; Elsawah S, 2024, 'Balancing supply diversification and environmental impacts: A system dynamics approach to de-risk rare earths supply chain', Resources Policy, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105038

Kahagalage SD; Turan HH; Elsawah S; Gary MS, 2024, 'Exploratory modelling and analysis to support decision-making under deep uncertainty: A case study from defence resource planning and asset management', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123150

Ali IM; Turan HH; Chakrabortty RK; Elsawah S, 2024, 'Multi-objective-based differential evolution for balancing production cost, diversity and aggregated performance attributes in product family design', Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 36, pp. 175 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10696-022-09480-9

Elsawah S; Turan HH; Gordon L; Ryan MJ, 2024, 'A decision support methodology to support military asset and resource planning', Journal of Simulation, 18, pp. 154 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2023.2165460

Akl AM; Rahman HF; Chakrabortty RK; Sawah SE, 2024, 'An assets maintenance-workforce planning problem under uncertainty: A chance constraints assisted simulation-optimization approach', Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2023.102839

Elsawah S, 2024, 'A Review of Andrea Saltelli and Monica Di Fiore (eds.), The Politics of Modelling- Numbers between Science and Policy', ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106023

Moallemi EA; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2024, 'Informing the Delineation of Input Uncertainty Space in Exploratory Modelling Using a Heuristic Approach', INSIGHT, 27, pp. 31 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/inst.12514

Ali IM; Biswas S; Turan HH; Chakrabortty RK; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2023, 'An integrated differential evolution algorithm for reconfigurable manufacturing systems', Applied Soft Computing, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2023.111025

Hossain MS; Chakrabortty RK; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2023, 'Hierarchical joint optimization of modular product family and supply chain architectures considering sustainability', Sustainable Production and Consumption, 43, pp. 15 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.10.010

Uddin M; Mo H; Dong D; Elsawah S, 2023, 'Techno-economic potential of multi-energy community microgrid: The perspective of Australia', Renewable Energy, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119544

Aly E; Elsawah S; Turan HH; Ryan MJ, 2023, 'Designing a pattern language to enhance model composability and reusability: An example with component-based probabilistic models', Environmental Modelling and Software, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105807

Biswas S; Chakrabortty RK; Turan HH; Elsawah S, 2023, 'Consideration of uncertainties in a dynamic modeling system integrated with a deep learning based forecasting approach', CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 44, pp. 27 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2023.04.003

Uddin M; Mo H; Dong D; Elsawah S; Zhu J; Guerrero JM, 2023, 'Microgrids: A review, outstanding issues and future trends', Energy Strategy Reviews, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2023.101127

Elsawah S; Bakhanova E; Hämäläinen RP; Voinov A, 2023, 'A Competency Framework for Participatory Modeling', Group Decision and Negotiation, 32, pp. 569 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09818-0

Kahagalage S; Turan HH; Jalalvand F; El Sawah S, 2023, 'A novel graph-theoretical clustering approach to find a reduced set with extreme solutions of Pareto optimal solutions for multi-objective optimization problems', Journal of Global Optimization, 86, pp. 467 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10898-023-01275-y

Jakeman A; Elsawah S; Hamilton S, 2023, 'Instrumenting good modelling practice as common practice', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10230

Hossain MS; Chakrabortty RK; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2023, 'Modelling and application of hierarchical joint optimisation for modular product family and supply chain architecture', International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 126, pp. 947 - 971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11102-z

Wang H-H; Van Voorn G; Grant WE; Zare F; Giupponi C; Steinmann P; Müller B; Elsawah S; Van Delden H; Athanasiadis IN; Sun Z; Jager W; Little JC; Jakeman AJ, 2023, 'Scale decisions and good practices in socio-environmental systems modelling: guidance and documentation during problem scoping and model formulation', Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 5, pp. 18563 - 18563, http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/sesmo.18563

Ali IM; Turan HH; Elsawah S, 2023, 'A military fleet mix problem for high-valued defense assets: A simulation-based optimization approach', Expert Systems with Applications, 213, pp. 118964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118964

Sanowar Hossain M; Chakrabortty RK; El Sawah S; Ryan MJ, 2023, 'A multi-objective Bi-level leader-follower joint optimization for concurrent design of product family and assembly system', Computers and Industrial Engineering, 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2023.109035

Rahman HF; Servranckx T; Chakrabortty RK; Vanhoucke M; El Sawah S, 2022, 'Manufacturing project scheduling considering human factors to minimize total cost and carbon footprints', Applied Soft Computing, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2022.109764

Salim H; Sahin O; Elsawah S; Turan H; Stewart RA, 2022, 'A critical review on tackling complex rare earth supply security problem', Resources Policy, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102697

Ivanova K; Elsawah S, 2022, 'Iterative Refinement of Multi-Method OR Workshop Designs through Boundary Critique: An Analytical Framework and Case Studies in Technology Utilisation', Systemic Practice and Action Research, 35, pp. 345 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11213-021-09576-7

Biswas S; Ali I; Chakrabortty RK; Turan HH; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2022, 'Dynamic modeling for product family evolution combined with artificial neural network based forecasting model: A study of iPhone evolution', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121549

Aly E; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2022, 'Aligning the achievement of SDGs with long-term sustainability and resilience: An OOBN modelling approach', Environmental Modelling and Software, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105360

Aly E; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2022, 'A review and catalogue to the use of models in enabling the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDG)', Journal of Cleaner Production, 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130803

Akl AM; El Sawah S; Chakrabortty RK; Turan HH, 2022, 'A Joint Optimization of Strategic Workforce Planning and Preventive Maintenance Scheduling: A Simulation–Optimization Approach', Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2021.108175

Hussein A; Elsawah S; Petraki E; Abbass HA, 2022, 'A machine education approach to swarm decision-making in best-of-n problems', Swarm Intelligence, 16, pp. 59 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11721-021-00206-5

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