{"id":66,"date":"2026-08-13T11:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/ghaithrabadi\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:08:43","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/ghaithrabadi\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bg-inverse dot-bg py-5\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n            <a href=\"\" class=\"text-primary text-uppercase text-decoration-none mr-1\">Home<\/a> \/ <span class=\"ml-1 text-muted text-uppercase\">Research<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<h1 class=\"display-1 text-uppercase mb-4\">Research<\/h1>\n<div>Interdisciplinary work in digital twins, operations research, simulation, planning and scheduling, artificial intelligence, and supply chain and logistics systems.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"w-100 my-0 bg-primary\" style=\"height: 6px\">\n<section class=\"bg-inverse py-6\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row mb-4\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<h6 class=\"text-muted letter-spacing-1 text-uppercase\">Research themes<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 mb-3\">\n<h2 class=\"display-4 heading-underline\">Decision science for dynamic, data-rich systems.<\/h2>\n<p>Current work connects rigorous operations research with simulation, artificial intelligence and digital engineering.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">01<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase mb-4\">Digital Twins<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Data-connected virtual systems for monitoring, experimentation, optimization and training.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">02<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase mb-4\">Operations Research<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Optimization, heuristics and metaheuristics for complex planning and resource-allocation problems.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">03<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase mb-4\">Simulation Analytics<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Discrete-event simulation and simulation optimization for dynamic operational environments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">04<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase mb-4\">Planning &#038; Scheduling<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Models and algorithms for aviation, manufacturing and other resource-constrained systems.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">05<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase\">Supply Chains<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Resilient logistics, transportation systems and decision support for commercial and humanitarian settings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"card research-card h-100\">\n<h6 class=\"text-primary mb-5\">06<\/h6>\n<h5 class=\"text-uppercase mb-4\">AI for Response<\/h5>\n<p class=\"text-muted\">Machine learning and autonomous systems for disaster information, search and rescue, and emergency operations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"py-6 container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-2 mb-3\">\n<h5 class=\"text-muted text-uppercase letter-spacing-1\">Selected funded projects<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-10 mb-3\">\n<h2 class=\"display-4 heading-underline\">Current and recent initiatives.<\/h2>\n<p>Selected projects are presented below. The full historical project archive remains available through the current website during migration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"list-group list-group-flush\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2024\u20132026<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>Graduate Certificate in Digital Twins for Next Generation Modeling and Simulation<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Development of advanced educational and workforce capacity in digital twins and next-generation modeling and simulation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\">\n                    <b>U.S. Department of Education<\/b><br \/>\n                    Total project: $1,443,882\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2025\u20132027<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>A\u00b3GENT: Army Adaptive Adversary Generation Technology<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Research collaboration through the Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\">\n                    <b>Automotive Research Center<\/b><br \/>\n                    $2.394 million\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2025<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Management<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Building-damage identification and flood-event detection using deep learning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\">\n                    <b>NATO Science for Peace and Security<\/b><br \/>\n                    \u20ac58,300\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2023\u20132024<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>Large Language Models in Medical Education<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Multiple studies examining standardized feedback, clerkship summaries and educational uses of language models<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\">\n                    <b>UCF College of Medicine<\/b><br \/>\n                    Multiple awards\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2022<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>Artificial Intelligence Models for Search and Rescue in Disasters Using Autonomous Drones<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Computer vision and autonomous-system methods for search-and-rescue missions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 mb-3 text-muted font-size-sm\">2017<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 mb-3\">\n<h5>Modeling and Simulation for NATO Rapid Deployment Logistics<\/h5>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Simulation-based planning and operational decision support for rapid deployment logistics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 mb-3 text-right font-size-sm\">\n                    <b>NATO Allied Command Transformation<\/b><br \/>\n                    $56,000\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/ghaithrabadi\/research-projects\/\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\">View Full Project Archive \u2197<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"py-6 bg-inverse\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<article class=\"book h-100\">\n<div class=\"book-cover\">\n<div class=\"font-size-sm text-uppercase\">2018 \u00b7 Second edition<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-uppercase\">Operations Research: A Practical Introduction<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"book-copy p-3\">\n<h5>Operations Research: A Practical Introduction<\/h5>\n<p class=\"font-size-sm\">Michael W. 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Price and Ghaith Rabadi \u00b7 CRC Press \/ Taylor &amp; Francis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<article class=\"book h-100\">\n<div class=\"book-cover\">\n<div class=\"font-size-sm text-uppercase\">2016 \u00b7 Edited volume<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-uppercase\">Heuristics, Metaheuristics and Approximate Methods<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"book-copy p-3\">\n<h5>Heuristics, Meta-heuristics and Approximate Methods in Planning and Scheduling<\/h5>\n<p class=\"font-size-sm\">Edited by Ghaith Rabadi \u00b7 Springer International Publishing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 mb-3\">\n<article class=\"book h-100\">\n<div class=\"book-cover\">\n<div class=\"font-size-sm text-uppercase\">Forthcoming<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"text-uppercase\">Optimizing Supply Chains Through Digital Twins<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"book-copy p-3\">\n<h5>Optimizing Supply Chains Through Digital Twins \u2014 Navigating the Modern Landscape<\/h5>\n<p class=\"font-size-sm\">Ghaith Rabadi and Bulent Soykan \u00b7 Springer International Publishing<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/ghaithrabadi.com\/books\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">Books and Chapters Archive \u2197<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"py-6 container\">\n<div class=\"card bg-primary my-5 p-5\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<h2 class=\"h1 text-uppercase\">Explore the scholarly record.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-0\">Connect with Dr. Rabadi through UCF or explore his scholarly profiles and current research initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4\">\n<div class=\"h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simulation.ucf.edu\/ghaithrabadi\/publications\/\" class=\"btn btn-secondary my-3\">View Publications<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \/ Research Research Interdisciplinary work in digital twins, operations research, simulation, planning and scheduling, artificial intelligence, and supply chain and logistics systems. Research themes Decision science for dynamic, data-rich systems. 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