Prof. Mohsen Elhafsi

University of California-Riverside, USA

Professor

Email: [email protected]

Research fields

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Optimization in the design, Planning and Control of Manufacturing and Service Operations

Markov Decision Processes, Optimal Control, Stochastic Modeling

Qualifications

1995 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Florida, USA

1995 M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, University of Florida, USA

1988 M.E/B.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, France

Publications (selected)

1. Fang, J. X., & Elhafsi, M. (2025). Optimal and near-optimal control of a capacitated assemble-to-order system with component commonality and backordered demands. International Journal of Production Research, 63(13), 4800–4819.
2. Hamouda, E., Elhafsi, M., & Son, J. (2024). Securing Network Resilience: Leveraging Node Centrality for Cyberattack Mitigation and Robustness Enhancement. Information Systems Frontiers.
3. Zhang, W., Gao, L., Zolghadr, M., et al. (2023). Dynamic incentives for sustainable contract farming. Production and Operations Management, 32(7), 2049–2067.
4. ElHafsi, M., Fang, J. X., & Hamouda, E. (2021). Optimal production and inventory control of multi-class mixed backorder and lost sales demand class models. European Journal of Operational Research, 291(1), 147–161.
5. ElHafsi, M., Fang, J. X., & Hamouda, E. (2020). A novel decomposition-based method for solving general-product structure assemble-to-order systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 286(1), 233–249.
6. Elhafsi, M., & Hamouda, E. (2018). Practical production and inventory system selling to a dual market: Long-term and walk-in. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(1), 215–230.
7. ElHafsi, M., Fang, J. X., & Camus, H. (2018). Optimal control of a continuous-time W-configuration assemble-to-order system. European Journal of Operational Research, 267(3), 917–932.
8. Mishra, B. K., Prasad, A., Srinivasan, D., et al. (2017). Pricing and capacity planning for product-line expansion and reduction. International Journal of Production Research, 55(18), 5502–5519.
9. El Amraoui, A., & Elhafsi, M. (2016). An efficient new heuristic for the hoist scheduling problem. Computers & Operations Research, 67, 184–192.
10. Elhafsi, M., & Hamouda, E. (2015). Managing an assemble-to-order system with after sales market for components. European Journal of Operational Research, 242(3), 828–841.
11. Elhafsi, M., Zhi, L., Camus, H., et al. (2015). An assemble-to-order system with product and components demand with lost sales. International Journal of Production Research, 53(3), 718–735.
12. Benjaafar, S., & Elhafsi, M. (2012). A Production-Inventory System With Both Patient and Impatient Demand Classes. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 9(1), 148–159.
13. Benjaafar, S., ElHafsi, M., Lee, C.-Y., et al. (2011). Optimal Control of an Assembly System with Multiple Stages and Multiple Demand Classes. Operations Research, 59(2), 522–529.
14. ElHafsi, M., Camus, H., & Craye, E. (2010). Managing an integrated production inventory system with information on the production and demand status and multiple non-unitary demand classes. European Journal of Operational Research, 207(2), 986–1001.
15. Benjaafar, S., ElHafsi, M., & Huang, T. L. (2010). Optimal Control of a Production-Inventory System with both Backorders and Lost Sales. Naval Research Logistics, 57(3), 252–265.
16. ElHafsi, M. (2009). Optimal integrated production and inventory control of an assemble-to-order system with multiple non-unitary demand classes. European Journal of Operational Research, 194(1), 127–142.
17. Elhafsi, M., Camus, H., & Craye, E. (2008). Optimal control of a nested-multiple-product assemble-to-order system. International Journal of Production Research, 46(19), 5367–5392.

Profile Details

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/melhafsi
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohsen-Elhafsi

WOS ResearcherID: AAF-4946-2021