Sarah Ben Amor (She/Her)

Full Professor

B.A. (UQO), M.Sc. (uLaval), Ph.D. (uLaval)

Location: DMS 7123
Telephone: 613-562-5800 x 4909

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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 Areas

Quantitative methods

Publications during the last 7 years

Papers in Refereed Journals

Carvalho Machado, R.H., Vieira Conceição, S., Pelissari, R., Ben Amor, S. and Resende, T.L. 2023. A multiple criteria framework to assess learning methodologies. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 48: 101290.
Pacheco-Brousseau, L., Poitras, S., Ben Amor, S., Kiss, A. and Stacey, D. 2023. 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. and Poitras, S. 2023. Instruments to assess appropriateness of hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 31(7): 847-864.
Kandakoglu, M., Walther, G. and Ben Amor, S. 2022. A robust multicriteria clustering methodology for portfolio decision analysis. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 174: 108803.
Pelissari, R., Khan, S.A. and Ben Amor, S. 2022. 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. and Guesmi, K. 2022. 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. and Poitras, S. 2022. Shared Decision-Making Conceptual Models for Physiotherapy: A Theory Analysis. Physiotherapy, 115: 111-118.
Pelissari, R., Abackerli, A., Ben Amor, S., Oliveira, M.C. and Infante, K.M. 2021. 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. and Assumpção, M.R. 2021. 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. and Reinhardt, G. 2020. Framework for Drug Formulary Decision Using Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis. Medical Decision Making, 40(4): 438-447.
Ben Amor, S., Frini, A. and Reinhardt, G. 2020. 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. and Abackerli, A. 2019. 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. and Ben Amor, S. 2019. Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Sustainable Development: A systematic Review. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 26(5-6): 202-251.
Frini, A. and Ben Amor, S. 2019. 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. and Ben Amor, S. 2019. 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. and Helleno, A.L. 2019. SMAA methods and their applications: a literature review and future research directions. Annals of Operations Research, 293(2): 433-493.
De Vicente, M., Ben Amor, S., Manera, J., Caballero, I., Gomez, A. and De Miguel, P. 2018. A decision aiding methodology to compare patient classification systems. International Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Making, 7(3-4): 177-194.
Frini, A. and Ben Amor, S. 2018. Making decisions in a sustainable development context: a state-of-the-art survey and proposal of a multi-period single synthesizing criterion approach. Computational Economics, 52(2): 341-385.
Ben Amor, S., Zaras, K. and Aguayo Garcia, E. 2017. The Value of Additional Information in Multicriteria Decision Making Choice Problems with Information Imperfections. Annals of Operations Research, 253(1): 61-76.

Books

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

Chapters in Books

Frini, A., Ben Amor, S. and 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. and Oliveira, M.C. A Multiple-Criteria Decision Sorting model for Pharmaceutical Suppliers Classification under Multiple Uncertainties. In Póvoa, A., Jenzer, H. and Miranda, J.. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain & Medicines Shortages. Springer, 2019.
Kandakoglu, A. and 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. and Aktas, E.. Advanced Studies in Multiple Criteria Decision Making/Aiding. Florida, USA: CRC Press, 2019.

Funded Research during the last 7 years

Funded Research during the last 7 years
From-To	Source	Title	*	**	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
2016-2017	Telfer School of Management Research Fund (SMRF)	24th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making	R	I	PI	$ 3,000
2016-2017	University of Ottawa, Conference/Workshop on Campus Opportunity (CWCO)	24th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making	R	I	PI	$ 3,000
2014-2018	Telfer School of Management Research Fund (SMRF)	Décision robuste dans une modélisation multicritère	R	I	PI	$ 6,000

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

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