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Sarah Ben Amor

Sarah Ben Amor
Full Professor
B.A. (UQO), M.Sc. (uLaval), Ph.D. (uLaval)
Location
DMS 7123
Telephone
613-562-5800 x 4909
Email
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Biography

Professor Ben Amor holds an MSc and a PhD in business administration, specializing in operations and decision support. Her research looks mainly at information imperfections, the modelling languages associated with them, how they are treated in multi-criteria analysis and the related treatment of additional information. Her expertise in model building and uncertainties associated with multi-criteria analysis has benefited various R&D projects for Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier, particularly with regards to risk analysis.

Research areas
Multicriteria Decision Making in a Context of Uncertainty Operations and Decision Aid
Teaching interests
Quantitative methods
Pillars

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

  • Gupta, A., Dwivedi, A., Kumar Mangla, S., Kaur, H., Garg, M., Ben Amor, S. Attaining carbon neutrality goals in the energy sector: A MCDM study towards sustainable energy development. Energy Economics, 159: 109393.
  • Seiti, H., Shabani, M., Ghanbari, H., Ben Amor, S., Hameed, I.A. Novel Causal Decision Models for Human-Centric Virtual Reality Platform Selection in Supply Chain Risk Management. Omega, 140: 103455.
  • Campello, B., Ben Amor, S., Duarte, L.T., Romano, J.M.T. Improving preference disaggregation in multicriteria decision making incorporating time series analysis and a multi-objective approach. Information Sciences, 700: 121833.
  • Machado, R.H.C., Conceição, S.V., Pelissari, R., Santos, A.A., Ben Amor, S. The hierarchical and stochastic VIKOR to deal with imprecise and missing information. Applied Soft Computing, 180: 113340.
  • Pelissari, R., Ben Amor, B., de Oliveira D’Antona, Á., Marandola Júnior, E.J., Duarte, L.T. A semi-supervised multi-criteria sorting approach to constructing social vulnerability composite indicators. Annals of Operations Research, 337: 235–260.
  • Seiti, H., Boral, S., Hafezalkotob, A., Ben Amor, S., Makui, A. CARD - Comprehensive Approach based on Relative Difference for Decision-making Problems with Dual Evaluation Forms. Expert Systems with Applications, 255: 124643.
  • Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Stacey, D., Desmeules, F., Ben Amor, S., Dervin, G., Beaulé, P.E., Poitras, S. Determining Appropriateness of Total Joint Arthroplasty for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Patient‐Centred Conceptual Model. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(3): e1927.
  • Kandakoglu, M., Walther, G., Ben Amor, S. The use of multi-criteria decision-making methods in project portfolio selection: A literature review and future research directions. Annals of Operations Research, 332(1): 807-830.
  • Machado, R.H.C., Conceição, S.V., Pelissari, R., Ben Amor, S., Resende, T.L. A multiple criteria framework to assess learning methodologies. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 48: 101290.
  • Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Poitras, S., Charette, M., Ben Amor, S., Desmeules, F., Stacey, D. Exploring appropriateness criteria for informing the total knee arthroplasty decision‐making process: An interpretive descriptive study. Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Journal of, 29(6): 942-954.
  • Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Poitras, S., Ben Amor, S., Kiss, A., Stacey, D. Hip and Knee Total Joint Arthroplasty Online Resources for Patients and Healthcare Professionals: A Canadian environmental scan. Physiotherapy Canada, e20220028.
  • Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Stacey, D., Desmeules, F., Ben Amor, S., Lambert, D., Tanguay, E., Hillaby, A., Bechiau, C., Charette, A., Poitras, S. Instruments to assess appropriateness of hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 31(7): 847-864.
  • Kandakoglu, M., Walther, G., Ben Amor, S. A robust multicriteria clustering methodology for portfolio decision analysis. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 174: 108803.
  • Pelissari, R., Khan, S.A., Ben Amor, S. Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods in Sustainable Manufacturing Management: A Systematic Literature Review and Analysis of the Prospects. International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, 21(2): 493-515.
  • Ben Amor, S., Belaid, F., Benkraiem, R., Ramdani, B., Guesmi, K. Multi-criteria Classification, Sorting, and Clustering: A Bibliometric Review and Research Agenda. Annals of Operations Research, 325: 771–793.
  • Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Stacey, D., Ben Amor, S., Poitras, S. Shared Decision-Making Conceptual Models for Physiotherapy: A Theory Analysis. Physiotherapy, 115: 111-118.
  • Pelissari, R., Abackerli, A., Ben Amor, S., Oliveira, M.C., Infante, K.M. Multiple criteria hierarchy process for sorting problems under uncertainty applied to the evaluation of the operational maturity of research institutions. Omega, 103: 102381.
  • Pelissari, R., De Oliveira, M.C., Abackerli, A., Ben Amor, S., Assumpção, M.R. Techniques to model uncertain input data of multi-criteria decision-making problems: a literature review. International Transactions in Operational Research, 28(2): 523-559.
  • Babashov, V., Ben Amor, S., Reinhardt, G. Framework for Drug Formulary Decision Using Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis. Medical Decision Making, 40(4): 438-447.
  • Ben Amor, S., Frini, A., Reinhardt, G. Preface: multiple criteria decision making for sustainable decisions. Annals of Operations Research, 292(2): 401-403.
  • Pelissari, R., De Oliveira, M.C., Ben Amor, S., Abackerli, A. A new FlowSort-based method to deal with information imperfections in sorting decision-making problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 276(1): 235-246.
  • Kandakoglu, A., Frini, A., Ben Amor, S. Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Development: A systematic Review. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 26(5-6): 202-251.
  • Frini, A., Ben Amor, S. MUPOM: A multi-Criteria Multi-Period Outranking Method for Decision-Making in Sustainable Development Context . Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 76: 10-25.
  • Urli, B., Frini, A., Ben Amor, S. PROMETHEE-MP: a generalization of PROMETHEE for Multi-Period Evaluations under Uncertainty. International Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Making, 8(1): 13-37.
  • Pelissari, R., De Oliveira, M.C., Ben Amor, S., Kandakoglu, A., Helleno, A.L. SMAA methods and their applications: a literature review and future research directions. Annals of Operations Research, 293(2): 433-493.

Books

  • Ben Amor, S., de Almeida, A.T., Miranda, J., Aktas, E. Advanced Studies in Multiple Criteria Decision Making/Aiding. Florida, USA: CRC Press, 2019.

Chapters in Books

  • Frini, A., Ben Amor, S., Urli, B. Temporal MCDA Methods for Decision-Making in Sustainable Development Context. In Sustainability Concept in Developing Countries. London, UK: IntechOpen, 2020.
  • Pelissari, R., Ben Amor, S., Oliveira, M.C. A Multiple-Criteria Decision Sorting model for Pharmaceutical Suppliers Classification under Multiple Uncertainties. In Póvoa, A., Jenzer, H., Miranda, J. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain & Medicines Shortages. Springer, 2019.
  • Kandakoglu, A., Ben Amor, S. A Robust Approach for Course-Of-Action Comparison and Selection in Operation Planning Process. In Ben Amor, S., de Almeida, A.T., Miranda, J., Aktas, E. Advanced Studies in Multiple Criteria Decision Making/Aiding. Florida, USA: CRC Press, 2019.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

  • Zare, J., Ben Amor, S., Lamine, W., Schillo, R.S.. 2024. "Exploring the Benefits and Costs of Open Innovation by Using a Stochastic Multi-Criteria Hierarchical Clustering Approach: The Case of University-Industry Research Collaboration", SSRN, U.S.A..

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To Source Title Purpose Type Role Amount
2021-2022 Telfer School of Management Research Grants (SMRG), Student Thesis Research Grant Exploring the nature of benefits and barriers of open innovation for universities by using a stochastic multicriteria clustering approach: the case of university-industry research collaboration R I NS $4,000
2019-2024 NSERC L'impact d'une information additionnelle dans une modélisation multicritère face aux imperfections de l'information R C PI $130,000

LEGEND:

Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown

Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown

Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator

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