Dr. Manish Verma
Professor / Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Operations Management
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BIO
Manish Verma is Professor of Operations Management in the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. He has an MBA and a PhD in Business Administration with Operations Management/ Management Science specialization, both from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. His research interests are in multimodal transportation of dangerous goods, risk assessment, network design and planning issues in transportation, humanitarian logistics, green supply chain management, and disruption/ resilience in transportation systems. His current research engagements focus on safety and security issues in freight transportation and on humanitarian logistics, and are funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants. His works have been published in leading international journals in transportation, and in operations research. He has been approached by media to comment on railroad accidents of dangerous goods.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
January 2023
A Robust Optimization Approach To Risk-averse Routing Of Marine Crude Oil Tankers
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq w Siddiqui, Hassan Sarhadi, Manish Verma
August 2022
Cash Versus In-kind Transfer Programs In Humanitarian Operations: An Optimization Program And A Case Study
JOURNAL : SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: Rezvan Rafiei, Kai Huang, Manish Verma
July 2022
A Subsidy Policy To Managing Hazmat Risk In Railroad Transportation Network
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Nishit Bhavsar, Manish Verma
February 2022
Optimal Location Of Accident Relief Facilities In A Railway Network
JOURNAL : SAFETY SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Gyanesh Tripathi, Ajinkya n Tanksale, Manish Verma
2022
A Tri-level Mixed-integer Program For The Optimal Fortification Of A Rail Intermodal Terminal Network
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Hassan Sarhadi, David m Tulett, Manish Verma
December 2021
Exploring An Infrastructure Investment Methodology To Risk Mitigation From Rail Hazardous Materials Shipments
JOURNAL : LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Vaezi, Manish Verma
September 2021
A Framework To Managing Disruption Risk In Rail-truck Intermodal Transportation Networks
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS: Ginger y Ke, Manish Verma
September 2021
Designing Emergency Response Network For Rail Hazmat Shipments Under Uncertainties: Optimization Model And Case Study
JOURNAL : SAFETY SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Vaezi, Jyotirmoy Dalal, Manish Verma
June 2021
A Budget-constrained Partial Protection Planning Of A Rail Intermodal Terminal Network
JOURNAL : SN APPLIED SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: Hassan Sarhadi, Satyaveer s Chauhan, Manish Verma
May 2021
Pipeline Transportation Of Crude Oil In Canada: Environmental Risk Assessment Using Modified Diffusion Models
JOURNAL : HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
CONTRIBUTORS: Jiahong Zhao, Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
May 2021
Equitable Routing Of Rail Hazardous Materials Shipments Using Cvar Methodology
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: S davod Hosseini, Manish Verma
May 2021
Investigating The Level And Quality Of The Information In The Environmental Disclosure Report Of A Corporation Considering Government Intervention
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Hossein Khosroshahi, Nader Azad, Armin Jabbarzadeh, Manish Verma
October 2020
An Optimization Approach To Planning Rail Hazmat Shipments In The Presence Of Random Disruptions
JOURNAL : OMEGA
CONTRIBUTORS: Armin Jabbarzadeh, Nader Azad, Manish Verma
September 2020
A Robust Optimization Approach To Locating And Stockpiling Marine Oil-spill Response Facilities
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS: Hassan Sarhadi, Joe Naoum-sawaya, Manish Verma
June 2018
Assessing Risk In The Intercontinental Transportation Of Crude Oil
JOURNAL : MARITIME ECONOMICS & LOGISTICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq w Siddiqui, Manish Verma
May 2018
Railroad Transportation Of Crude Oil In Canada: Developing Long-term Forecasts, And Evaluating The Impact Of Proposed Pipeline Projects
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Vaezi, Manish Verma
April 2018
Conditional Value-at-risk (cvar) Methodology To Optimal Train Configuration And Routing Of Rail Hazmat Shipments
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B METHODOLOGICAL
CONTRIBUTORS: S davod Hosseini, Manish Verma
March 2018
An Integrated Framework For Inventory Management And Transportation Of Refined Petroleum Products: Pipeline Or Marine?
JOURNAL : APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq Siddiqui, Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
December 2017
An Analytics Approach To Dis-aggregate National Freight Data To Estimate Hazmat Traffic On Rail-links And At Rail-yards In Canada
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF RAIL TRANSPORT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Vaezi, Manish Verma
November 2017
A Conditional Value-at-risk Based Methodology To Intermediate-term Planning Of Crude Oil Tanker Fleet
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq w Siddiqui, Manish Verma
September 2017
An Expected Consequence Approach To Assessing The Viability Of Multimodal Transportation Of Crude Oil In Eastern Canada
JOURNAL : CASE STUDIES ON TRANSPORT POLICY
CONTRIBUTORS: Rounaq Basu, Manish Verma
August 2017
A Routing And Scheduling Approach To Rail Transportation Of Hazardous Materials With Demand Due Dates
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Kan Fang, Ginger y Ke, Manish Verma
July 2017
A Value-at-risk (var) Approach To Routing Rail Hazmat Shipments
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: S davod Hosseini, Manish Verma
April 2017
Impact Of Train Makeup On Hazmat Risk In A Transport Corridor
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY & SECURITY
CONTRIBUTORS: Jie Cheng, Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
March 2017
An Analytical Approach To The Protection Planning Of A Rail Intermodal Terminal Network
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Hassan Sarhadi, David m Tulett, Manish Verma
August 2016
A Toll-based Bi-level Programming Approach To Managing Hazardous Materials Shipments Over An Intermodal Transportation Network
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Ghazal Assadipour, Ginger y Ke, Manish Verma
March 2016
Disruption Risk Management In Railroad Networks: An Optimization-based Methodology And A Case Study
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART B METHODOLOGICAL
CONTRIBUTORS: Nader Azad, Elkafi Hassini, Manish Verma
June 2015
A Bi-objective Approach To Routing And Scheduling Maritime Transportation Of Crude Oil
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq w Siddiqui, Manish Verma
June 2015
A Defender-attacker-defender Approach To The Optimal Fortification Of A Rail Intermodal Terminal Network
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
CONTRIBUTORS: Hassan Sarhadi, David m Tulett, Manish Verma
April 2015
Planning And Managing Intermodal Transportation Of Hazardous Materials With Capacity Selection And Congestion
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS: Ghazal Assadipour, Ginger y Ke, Manish Verma
November 2014
An Analytical Framework For Integrated Maritime Terminal Scheduling Problems With Time Windows
JOURNAL : EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
CONTRIBUTORS: Ghazal Assadipour, Ginger y Ke, Manish Verma
January 2014
Transport Mode Selection For Toxic Gases: Rail Or Road?
JOURNAL : RISK ANALYSIS
CONTRIBUTORS: Morteza Bagheri, Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
November 2013
An Expected Consequence Approach To Route Choice In The Maritime Transportation Of Crude Oil
JOURNAL : RISK ANALYSIS
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq Siddiqui, Manish Verma
November 2013
A Periodic Planning Model For Maritime Transportation Of Crude Oil
JOURNAL : EURO JOURNAL ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Atiq Siddiqui, Manish Verma, David Tulett
October 2013
Optimal Location And Capability Of Oil-spill Response Facilities For The South Coast Of Newfoundland
JOURNAL : OMEGA
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Michel Gendreau, Gilbert Laporte
January 2012
A Bi-objective Model For Planning And Managing Rail-truck Intermodal Transportation Of Hazardous Materials
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Vedat Verter, Nicolas Zufferey
August 2011
Railroad Transportation Of Dangerous Goods: A Conditional Exposure Approach To Minimize Transport Risk
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART C EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma
May 2011
A Tactical Planning Model For Railroad Transportation Of Dangerous Goods
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Vedat Verter, Michel Gendreau
April 2011
Silver Nitrate In Interventional Pulmonology
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF BRONCHOLOGY & INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY
CONTRIBUTORS: Dinesh Mehta, Chavi Mehta, Sanchit Wadhwa, Som dutt Bassi, Manish Verma, Sulbha Singla
November 2010
Comparison Of Two Periodic Review Models For Stochastic And Price-sensitive Demand Environment
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Saibal Ray, Yuyue Song, Manish Verma
May 2010
A Lead-time Based Approach For Planning Rail–truck Intermodal Transportation Of Dangerous Goods
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
March 2010
Choosing Vehicle Capacity To Minimize Risk For Transporting Flammable Materials
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
CONTRIBUTORS: Xiaolin Guo, Manish Verma
July 2009
A Cost And Expected Consequence Approach To Planning And Managing Railroad Transportation Of Hazardous Materials
JOURNAL : TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma
May 2007
Railroad Transportation Of Dangerous Goods: Population Exposure To Airborne Toxins
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Vedat VerterAn Optimization-machine Learning Methodology To Managing Disruption Of Rail-truck Intermodal Hazmat Shipments
CONTRIBUTORS: Arash moradi Rad, Atiq w Siddiqui, Manish VermaAn Optimization-machine Learning Methodology To Managing Disruption Of Rail-truck Intermodal Hazmat Shipments
CONTRIBUTORS: Arash moradi Rad, Atiq w Siddiqui, Manish VermaCoordinating A Decentralized Blood Supply Chain With Interactions Between Supply-side And Demand-side Operational Decisions
CONTRIBUTORS: Mohammad sadegh Moshtagh, Yun Zhou, Manish VermaOTHER PUBLICATIONS
2020
An Analytical Investigation Of Solar Water Heater Performance During Winter Period In Jharkhand Region
CONTRIBUTORS: Anand m Sharan, Manabendra Pathak, Manish Verma
January 2018
Optimal Investment Decisions For Recovery From Disruptions In The Decentralized Supply Chains
CONFERENCE : PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: N Azad, Elkafi Hassini, Manish Verma
2014
A Metaheuristic Approach To The Maritime Terminal Crane Scheduling Problem
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Ghazal Assadipour, Ginger y Ke
2014
A Risk-cost Approach To Routing & Scheduling Crude Oil Tankers
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Atiq waliullah Siddiqui
2013
Railroad Transportation Of Hazardous Materials: Models For Risk Assessment And Management
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma, Vedat Verter
February 2012
An Expected Risk Model For Rail Transport Of Hazardous Materials
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma
June 2011
A Comprehensive Risk Assessment Framework For Rail Transport Of Hazardous Materials
CONTRIBUTORS: Morteza Bagheri, Manish Verma, Vedat Veter
2008
The Trade-offs In Rail-truck Intermodal Transportation Of Hazardous Materials: An Illustrative Case Study
CONTRIBUTORS: Manish Verma
January 2006