{"id":36,"date":"2016-08-29T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/abdelaziz-bouras\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:31:52","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/abdelaziz-bouras\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Dr. Bouras research interests focus on solutions for both Industry 4.0 (simulation, monitoring and optimization) and Sustainability (smart city modeling and cultural heritage preservation).<\/h4>\n<h2><strong>Topics:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_accordion][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Architectures for Lifecycle Engineering (Entreprise Information Systems)&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Digital Twins based Modeling&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Supply Chain Modeling (Fuzzy approaches)&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Data Modeling and Data Analytics&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Blockchains and Smart Contracts \u00a0for PLM\/Supply Chains&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Ontology Engineering&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;318&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; custom_links_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; custom_links=&#8221;http:\/\/www.ifip-wg51.org\/&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text] <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>IFIP WG5.1 Chair: <\/strong><\/span>International Federation for Information Processing Working Group (WG) 5.1 on lifecycle engineering (modelling, tracking, preservation\u2026)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0Directed Professorship Research Habilitations:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"list-unstyled\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><i class=\"fa \"><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Y. Ouzrout<\/strong>, Collaborative Architectures for Decision Making in Networked Organisations (<em>Professor &amp; Dean, University of Lyon, France<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. Sekhari<\/strong>, From an intelligent system service towards a sustainable transformative approach (<em>Professor,<\/em> <em>University of Lyon, France<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>G. Neubert<\/strong>, Integration and Collaboration in Supply Chains (<em>Emeritus<\/em> <em>Professor, EM Lyon, France<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>N. Moalla<\/strong><\/strong>,\u00a0Enterprise Information Systems Performance Enhancement\u00a0(<em>Professor, University of Lyon, France<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>B. Louhichi<\/strong>, Int\u00e9gration des outils de conception, simulation et validation (<em>Professor, ISSAT Tunisia<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><b>S. Elkosantini<\/b>,Contribution to the development of new intelligent approaches for reactive and distributed disturbance management in complex systems: application to transport and logistics systems (<em>Professor, FSEG Nabeul, Tunisia<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_separator border_width=&#8221;5&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Supervised PhDs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"list-unstyled\"><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><i class=\"fa \"><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>M. BELAZIZ<\/strong>, Simplification and\u00a0idealisation of\u00a0form features\u00a0for\u00a0\u00a0CAD-Analysis\u00a0integration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. TEHARI<\/strong>, Morphological analysis of models for\u00a0products description with features, depending on the viewpoints.<\/li>\n<li><strong>G. WAHU<\/strong>, Simplification of the representation of free form models\u00a0within a\u00a0data exchange context.<\/li>\n<li><strong>L. BUZON<\/strong>,\u00a0Contribution to the\u00a0structuration of knowledge exchange within supply chains\u00a0collaboration relationships.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S.\u00a0CHEHBI-GAMOURA<\/strong>,\u00a0Modelling and simulation of supply chains collaborative\u00a0processes: a\u00a0Multi-Agent approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. WATTKY<\/strong>, Process Modelling and and Redesign in the Context of Outsourcing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>R. DERROUICHE<\/strong>, Analysis and\u00a0characterisation of\u00a0dyadic relations between\u00a0supply chain partners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>N.\u00a0MOALLA<\/strong>, Data quality enhancement\u00a0in vaccine\u00a0industry &#8211; a model driven interoperability approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>E. ENFAOUI<\/strong>, Distributed decision making architectures and\u00a0 \u00a0 supply chain proactive simulations: A Multi Agent approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. GERYVILLE<\/strong>,\u00a0A product informtion\u00a0exchange and sharing architecture: Knowledge transformation and adaptation within an extended entreprise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>P. SUREEPHONG<\/strong>,\u00a0Characterisation of\u00a0information and knowledge exchange for entreprise networks: deployment of\u00a0a\u00a0knowledge management system\u00a0for an artisanal industry cluster in Thailand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S. EL-KADIRI<\/strong>, Collaborative Processes Management Within Product Lifecycle Management Systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. BISSAY<\/strong>, From Deployment of a Lifecycle System towards Knowledge Integration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>N. REEVEERAKUL<\/strong>, Knowledge based system for manufacturing investment based on multi-criteria analysis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. MANAKITSIRISUTHI<\/strong>, A knowledge management system\u00a0for products end of life: application to\u00a0electronic products recycling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>F. TENG<\/strong>, Methodology and Architecture for Products Long Term Knowledge Preservation \u2014 A dynamic preservation approach and a multi-layer architecture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. BEN KHEDHER<\/strong>, Enhancement of product data quality\u00a0exchanged\u00a0between engineering and\u00a0production through dedicated information systems\u00a0integration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>S. ANTITEERAKUL<\/strong>, Towards green supply chains for Thai\u00a0electronics industry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M. FAHAD<\/strong>, Disjoint-Knowledge Analysis and Preservation in Ontology Merging Processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. ZHANG<\/strong>,\u00a0Enterprise lifecycle systems improvement based on maturity evaluation and reputation analysis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Y. XI<\/strong>, A continuous improvement approach to enhance product environmental performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>K. SAKSRISATHAPORN<\/strong>, Multi-criteria knowledge based decision support system within a project lifecycle management approach: application to humanitarian supply chain management.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M. NAEEM<\/strong>,\u00a0A holistic Dynamic Decision Making System for ranking opportunities in enterprise collaboration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. HEFNAWY<\/strong>, Lifecycle-based Modeling of Smart City Ecosystems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>L. REN<\/strong>, Dynamic Fuzzy Optimal Pattern Mining for Deriving Valuable Information Discovery from Large-Scale Medical Data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>P.\u00a0SUEBSOMBUT<\/strong>, Smart Farming System to support sustainable agriculture in northern Thailand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. GASMI<\/strong>, Information Extraction for Cybersecurity Ontology Learning: A Neural Networks Approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. 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