Dr. Illana Bendavid

Refereed Papers

1.  I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Predetermined intervals for start times of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 186, Issue 1, 429-442, 2011.
2. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Setting gates for activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem through the cross entropy methodology”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol.172, Issue 1, 259–276, 2009.
3. I. Bendavid and Y.T. Herer, “Economic optimization of off-line inspection in a process that produces also non-conforming units when in-control and also conforming units when out-of-control”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 195, Issue 1, 139-155, 2009.

In preparation

1. I. Bendavid, Y.T. Herer and E. Yücesan, “Inventory Management under Working Capital Constraints”.
2. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “A folding horizon approach for setting gates of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

Proceedings of International Conferences

1. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “A folding horizon approach for setting gates of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference (MSOM), Haifa, Israel, 2010.
2. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Setting gates for activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem through the Cross Entropy method for continuous optimization”, The Eleventh International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling (PMS 2008), Istanbul, Turkey, 2008.

Proceedings of National Conferences

1. I. Bendavid, Y. T. Herer and E.Yücesan, “Inventory Management under Working Capital Constraints”, The 17th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference (IE&M), Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2012.
2. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “A folding horizon approach for setting gates of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, The Operations Research Society of Israel (ORSIS), Nir Etsion, Israel, 2010.
3. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “A folding horizon approach for setting gates of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, The 16th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference (IE&M), Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2010.
4. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Predetermined intervals for start times of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, The 4th Israeli Industrial Engineering Research Meeting (IIERM), Maalot, Israel, 2009.
5. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Predetermined intervals for start times of activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem”, The Operations Research Society of Israel (ORSIS), Herzliya, Israel, 2009.
6. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Setting gates for activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem through the Cross Entropy method for continuous optimization”, The 15th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference (IE&M), Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2008.
7. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Setting gates for activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem through the Cross Entropy method for continuous optimization”, The Operations Research Society of Israel (ORSIS), Shefayim, Israel, 2008.
8. I. Bendavid and B. Golany, “Setting gates for activities in the stochastic project scheduling problem through the Cross Entropy methodology”, The 3rd Israeli Industrial Engineering Research Meeting (IIERM), Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2007.
9. I. Bendavid and Y.T. Herer, “Computational Study of Off-line Inspection in a Process that produces also Non-conforming Units when In-control and also Conforming Units when Out-of-control”, The 14th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference (IE&M), Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2006.
10. I. Bendavid and Y.T. Herer, “Computational Study of Off-line Inspection in a Process that produces also Non-conforming Units when In-control and also Conforming Units when Out-of-control”, The Operations Research Society of Israel (ORSIS), Naharya, Israel, 2006.
11. I. Bendavid and Y.T. Herer, “Economic Optimization of Off-line Inspection in a Process that produces also Non-conforming Units when In-control and also Conforming Units when Out-of-control”, The 13th Industrial Engineering and Management Conference (IE&M), Tel-Aviv, Israel,
12. 2004.

Other Publications

Professional Reports:

1. Bendavid, I. Setting release gates for activities in projects with stochastic activity durations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Advisor: Professor Boaz Golany, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, May, 2010.
2. Bendavid, I. Economic optimization of off-line inspection in a process that produces also non-conforming units when in-control and also conforming units when out-of-control. M.Sc. Thesis. Advisor: Professor Yale T. Herer, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, July, 2004.

• Supply chain and inventory management
• Project scheduling and management
• Scheduling
• Plant location and layout