Feraidoon (Fred) Raafat, Ph.D.

Professor of Information and Decision Systems
Office Location: Student Services Room 336
Direct Phone/Voice Mail: (619) 594-5685
Fax: (619) 594-3675
E-mail: Fred.Raafat@sdsu.edu

 

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Published Articles
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Published Articles
  • 1997
    • "Activity-based Costing: Multiple Lot Size Distortions," Proceedings of Ninth Annual CSU-POM Faculty Development Conference, February 21-22, 1997. (With W. R Sherrard, J.E. Williamson, and H. Yang).
    • "Telecommuting in the Public Sector: A Survey," Proceedings of 1997 Western Decision Sciences Institute, March 25-29 1997. (With W. R Sherrard, J.E. Williamson, Soheila Jorjani and Lisa H. Rudder).
  • 1994
    • "The Impact of Exchange Rates on Antidumping Case Determination," Proceedings of 1994 Western Decision Sciences Institute, 467-469, March 29-April 1994. (With M. Salehizadeh, SDSU)
    • "E-Mail: Issues and Perspectives," Proceedings of 1994 Western Decision Sciences Institute, 548-550, March 29-April 1994. (With W.R. Sherrard, SDSU)
    • "An Empirical Study of Peer Bias in Evaluations: Student rating Students," Journal of Education for Business, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 43-47, 1994. (With W.R. Sherrard, SDSU, and R. R. Weaver)
    • "Dumping: The Influence of Currency Movements," Journal of World Trade, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 181-194, 1994. (With M. Salehizadeh, SDSU)
  • 1992
    • "Training and Technology Transfer: Efforts of Japanese, Mexican and American Maquiladora Companies in Mexico," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences: The International Journal of Public Sector Decision-Making, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 181-190, 1992. (with M. Saghafi, R.J. Schlesinger and K. Kiota)
  • 1991
    • "A survey of Literature on Continuously Deteriorating Inventory Models," Journal of Operational Research
      Society, Vol 42, No. 1, 27-37.
    • "An Inventory Model for Deteriorating Items," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 1, 89-94. (with P.M. Wolfe and H.K. Eldin)
  • 1990
    • "Total Quality Control, Just-In-Time and Their Effect on Small-Manufacturers," Journal of Small Business Strategy, Vol. 1, No. 2, 58-67. (With M. Chen, SDSU)
    • "Robots and Advanced Production Systems: An Analysis of Safety and Organizational Factors," International Journal of Management, Vol. 7, No. 2, 148-157. (With M. Rahimi)
    • "The Applications of a Knowledge Based Expert Support System to Workers' Compensation Insurance," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 2, 133-143. (With A. Koster, SDSU)
  • 1988
    • "Robotics and Automation: The Impact of Organizational Structure and Strategies for Implementation," International Journal of Management, Vol. 5, No. 4, 431-438.
    • "An Inventory Model for a Monotonically Increasing Decaying Raw Materials and a Decaying Single Finished Product System," International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 19, No. 12, 2625-2629.
    • "Dumping: Managerial Accounting Considerations," Proceedings of 1988 National Decision Sciences Institute, November 21-23, 1988. (With R.J. Capettini and M. Salehizadeh, SDSU)
    • "An Inventory Model with a Monotonically Increasing Deterioration Rate Function," American Institute for Decision Sciences Seventeenth Annual Meeting, Western Regional Conference, Proceedings and Abstracts, 8-10, March 1988.
    • "Statistical Analysis of Changes in Student Attitudes Concerning Academic Involvement," American Institute for Decision Sciences Seventeenth Annual Meeting, Western Regional Conference, Proceedings and Abstracts, 345-347, March 1988. (With W.R. Sherrard and Imani)
  • 1987
    • "Use of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) Software for Class Room and Pedagogical Purposes," 1987 Western Educational Computing Conference Proceedings, 15-18, November 19-20, 1987. (With W. Sherrard)
  • 1986
    • "On the Implications of Information Processing Tools for Small Businesses," International Journal of Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, 73-80. (With M.H. Safizadeh and C.H. Davis)
    • "Formal/Informal Systems and MRP Implementation," Production and Inventory Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, 115-121. (With M.H. Safizadeh)
  • 1985
    • "A Production-Inventory Model for Decaying Raw Materials and a Decaying Single Finished Product System," International Journal of Systems Sciences, Vol. 16, No. 8, 1039-1044.
  • 1983
    • "Production and Inventory Information Processing: MRP for Small Business," Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 21, No. 3, 25-35. (With M.H. Safizadeh and C.H. Davis)
    • "A Lot Size Inventory Model for Deteriorating items," American Institute for Decision Sciences Twelfth Annual Meeting, Western Regional Conference, Proceedings and Abstracts, 141-143, March 1983.
    • "On the Feasibility of Adopting Japanese Manufacturing practices in the U.S.," Proceedings of 1983 National Meeting of American Institute for Decision Sciences, 737-738, November 1983. (With M.H. Safizadeh)