Registration Virtual Workshop on Research Methodology

Dr. Razamin Ramli was born in Kedah, Malaysia on 11 August 1962. She obtained her B. Sc. in Mathematics-Statistics from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA in 1984, M. Sc. in Applied Mathematics from California State University, Hayward, California, USA in 1989, and PhD in Operational Research-Artificial Intelligence from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2004. At present, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Decision Science in the School of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia. Her main research interests are in optimization, meta-heuristics, evolutionary algorithms, planning and scheduling problems, and mixed-methods. Dr. Ramli is a member of the Management Science and Operations Research Society of Malaysia (MSORSM), and also a member of the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT).

Current Research Areas

•Evolutionary Algorithm: Genetic Algorithm, Memetic Algorithm, Fly Algorithm, Hybrids, etc.

•Performance Evaluation: Multi-Criteria Approaches, Data Envelopment Analysis

•ICT for Development (ICT4D): Community-based Tourism, Homestay

•Heuristics, Metaheuristics: Tabu Search Search, Constraint Programming, Neural Network, Ant System, etc.

•Optimization Techniques: Linear Programming, Integer Programming

•Nurse Rostering/Scheduling

•Planning and Scheduling: Manpower, Transportation, Sport Events, etc.

•Timetabling: Course, Venue, Exam, etc.

•Multi-Criteria Evaluation

•Quantitative-based Decision Analysis

•Health Care Applications

•Educational Applications

•Human Resource Management

•Harmony Index based on National Culture and Identity

•Mixed Methods of Qualitative and Quantitative Research