Dr Ali Najmi

Dr Ali Najmi

Research Associate
Engineering
Rsrch Ctr Transport Innovation

Dr. Ali Najmi is a research associate at the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, UNSW. He received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research contributions are linked to several fields including travel demand modelling, designing transport networks, developing activity-based models, modelling transport market, and choice modelling. Ali has established a strong performance in his academic life demonstrated by publications, conference proceedings and awards he has received.

 

Phone
(+61 2) 9385 0396
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20) Level 1, Room TBA Kensington Campus
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Tabasi M; Najmi A; Miller EJ; MacIntyre CR; Rashidi TH, 2024, 'Effectiveness of vaccination, travel load, and facemask use control strategies for controlling COVID Delta variant: the case of Sydney Metropolitan Area', Transportation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10471-y
    Journal articles | 2023
    Najmi A; Rashidi TH; Waller T, 2023, 'A multimodal multi-provider market equilibrium model: A game-theoretic approach', Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2022.103959
    Journal articles | 2023
    Najmi A; Waller T; Liu W; Rashidi TH, 2023, 'Integration of ridesharing and activity travel pattern generation', Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2023.2241570
    Journal articles | 2023
    Najmi A; Waller T; Memarpour M; Nair D; Rashidi TH, 2023, 'A human behaviour model and its implications in the transport context', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100800
    Journal articles | 2023
    Najmi A; Waller T; Rashidi TH, 2023, 'Equity in network design and pricing: A discretely-constrained MPEC problem', Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103800
    Journal articles | 2022
    Najmi A; Nazari S; Safarighouzhdi F; Miller EJ; MacIntyre R; Rashidi TH, 2022, 'Easing or tightening control strategies: determination of COVID-19 parameters for an agent-based model', Transportation, 49, pp. 1265 - 1293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10210-7
    Journal articles | 2021
    Najmi A; Abouei Ardakan M; Javid Y, 2021, 'Optimization of reliability redundancy allocation problem with component mixing and strategy selection for subsystems', Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 91, pp. 1935 - 1959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00949655.2021.1879080
    Journal articles | 2021
    Najmi A; Bostanara M; Gu Z; Rashidi TH, 2021, 'On-street parking management and pricing policies: An evaluation from a system enhancement perspective', Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 146, pp. 128 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.02.009
    Journal articles | 2021
    Najmi A; Nazari S; Safarighouzhdi F; Raina MacIntyre C; Miller EJ; Rashidi TH, 2021, 'Facemask and social distancing, pillars of opening up economies', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249677
    Journal articles | 2020
    Gu Z; Najmi A; Saberi M; Liu W; Rashidi TH, 2020, 'Macroscopic parking dynamics modeling and optimal real-time pricing considering cruising-for-parking', Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 118, pp. 102714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102714
    Journal articles | 2020
    Najmi A; Rashidi TH; Vaughan J; Miller EJ, 2020, 'Calibration of large-scale transport planning models: a structured approach', Transportation, 47, pp. 1867 - 1905, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10018-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Najmi A; Rey D; Waller ST; Rashidi TH, 2020, 'Model formulation and calibration procedure for integrated multi-modal activity routing and network assignment models', Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102853
    Journal articles | 2020
    Rashidi TH; Najmi A; Haider A; Wang C; Hosseinzadeh F, 2020, 'What we know and do not know about connected and autonomous vehicles', Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 16, pp. 987 - 1029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2020.1720860
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hassan MN; Najmi A; Rashidi TH, 2019, 'A two-stage recreational destination choice study incorporating fuzzy logic in discrete choice modelling', Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 67, pp. 123 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2019.10.015
    Journal articles | 2019
    Najmi A; Rashidi TH; Miller EJ, 2019, 'A novel approach for systematically calibrating transport planning model systems', Transportation, 46, pp. 1915 - 1950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9911-6
    Journal articles | 2018
    najmi AN; Duell MD; Ghasrikhouzani M; Hossein Rashidi THR; waller STW, 2018, 'How Should Travel Demand and Supply Models Be Jointly Calibrated?', Transportation Research Record, 2672, pp. 114 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118772954
    Journal articles | 2017
    Najmi A; Rashidi TH; Abbasi A; Waller ST, 2017, 'Reviewing the transport domain: an evolutionary bibliometrics and network analysis', Scientometrics, 110, pp. 843 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2171-3
    Journal articles | 2017
    Najmi A; Rey D; Rashidi TH, 2017, 'Novel dynamic formulations for real-time ride-sharing systems', Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 108, pp. 122 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.10.009
    Journal articles | 2016
    Najmi A; Shakouri G. H; Nazari S, 2016, 'An integrated supply chain: A large scale complementarity model for the biofuel markets', Biomass and Bioenergy, 86, pp. 88 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.01.010
    Journal articles | 2016
    Najmi A; Shakouri HG; Keramati A, 2016, 'Energy consumption in the residential sector: a study on critical factors', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, 35, pp. 645 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2014.930466
  • Preprints | 2020
    Najmi A; Rashidi TH; Liu W, 2020, Ridesharing in the era of Mobility as a Service (MaaS): An Activity-based Approach with Multimodality and Intermodality, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.11712
    Preprints | 2020
    Najmi A; Safarighouzhdi F; Miller EJ; MacIntyre R; Rashidi TH, 2020, Determination of COVID-19 parameters for an agent-based model: Easing or tightening control strategies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.20.20135186
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Najmi A; Hossein Rashidi T; Vaughan J; J. Miller E, 2019, 'A novel multi-objective approach for calibration of large-scale transportation planning models', Washington, presented at Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board, Washington, 13 January 2019
    Preprints | 2019
    Najmi A; Rey D; Rashidi TH; Waller ST, 2019, Integrating Travel Demand and Network Modelling: a Myth or Future of Transport Modelling, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1907.09651
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Najmi AN; Duell MD; Ghasrikhouzani MG; Hossein Rashidi THR; Waller STW, 2018, 'How should travel demand and supply models be jointly calibrated?', Washington DC, United States, presented at Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, United States, 08 January 2018 - 12 January 2018, https://trid.trb.org/view/1495753
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hassan M; Najmi A; Hossein Rashidi T, 2017, 'Recreational destination choice modeling incorporating fuzzy logic in discrete choice modelling', Washington DC, presented at Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 08 January 2017 - 16 January 2017
    Preprints |
    Najmi A; Nair D; Waller TS; Rashidi T, Psychological and Societal Factors of Decision Making in a Transport Context, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4049761
    Preprints |
    Najmi A; Waller TS; Rashidi T, Equity in Network Design and Pricing: A Discretely-Constrained Mpec Problem, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4117486

2023

Awarded Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral Scholarship, Switzerland Government

2020

Awarded Eric Pas Award – Honorable Mention, IATBR

2019

Awarded Faculty Postdoctoral Writing Fellowship, The University of New South Wales

2018

Awarded Pyke Johnson Award in recognition of the outstanding paper in the area of planning and environment - 98th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board

2017

Outstanding Paper – Information and Communications Technologies Committee, Transportation Research Board Analytics Contest, 2017OUtreach

2009

Ranked 1st among M.Sc. students at industrial engineering department at IUST

2008

Awarded Excellent Student Honor, IUST

Published papers

Najmi, A., T. Waller, M. Memarpour, D. Nair, and T. H. Rashidi (2023). ‘A human behaviour model and its implications in the transport context’. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 18, 100800

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi, and T. Waller (2023). ‘A multimodal multi-provider market equilibrium model: a game-theoretic approach’. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 146, e103959.

Najmi, A., F. Safarighouzhdi, E. J. Miller, R. MacIntyre, and T. H. Rashidi (2022). ‘Easing or tightening control strategies: Determination of COVID-19 parameters for an agent-based model’. Transportation, 49 (5), 1265-1293.

Najmi, A., S. Nazari, F. Safarighouzhdi, R. MacIntyre, E. J. Miller, and T. H. Rashidi (2021). ‘Facemask and social distancing, pillars of opening up economies’. PLOS ONE, 16(4): e0249677.

Najmi, A., Z. Gu, M. Bostanara, and T. H. Rashidi (2021). ‘On-street parking management and pricing policies: An evaluation from a system enhancement perspective’. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 146, 128-151.s

Najmi, A., D. Rey, T. H. Rashidi, and S. T. Waller (2020). ‘Model formulation and calibration procedure for integrated multi-modal activity routing and network assignment models’. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 121.

Gu, Z., A. Najmi, W. Liu, M. Saberi, and T. H. Rashidi (2020). ‘Macroscopic parking modeling and optimal real-time pricing considering cruising-for-parking’. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 118, 9.

Rashidi, T. H., A. Najmi, A. Haider, and C. Wang (2020). ’What We Know and do not Know About Connected and Autonomous Vehicles’. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 16(3), 987-1029.

Hassan, M. N., A. Najmi, and T. H. Rashidi (2019). A Two-Stage Recreational Destination Choice Study Incorporating Fuzzy Logic in Discrete Choice Modelling. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour. 67, 123-141.

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi, J. Vaughan and E. J. Miller (2020). ‘Calibration of large-scale transportation planning models: a structured approach’. Transportation (Amst), 47, 1867–1905.

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi and E. J. Miller (2019). ‘A novel approach for systematically calibrating transport planning model systems’. Transportation. 46(5), 1915–1950.

Najmi, A., M. Duell, M. Ghasri, T.H. Rashidi and S.T. Waller (2018). ‘How Should Travel Demand and Supply Models Be Jointly Calibrated?’ Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672(47), 114–124. This paper received the Pyke Johnson Award by TRB.

Najmi, A., D. Rey and T. H.  Rashidi (2017). ‘Novel dynamic formulations for real-time ride-sharing systems’. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 108, 122–140.

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi, A. Abbasi and S. T. Waller (2017). ‘Reviewing the transport domain: an evolutionary bibliometrics and network analysis’. Scientometrics, 110(2), 843-865.

Najmi, A., H. Shakouri G., S. Nazari, (2017). ‘An integrated supply chain: A large scale complementarity model for the biofuel markets’, Biomass and Bioenergy, 86, 88-104.

Najmi, A., H. Shakouri G., A. Keramati, (2014). ‘Energy Consumption in the Residential Sector: A Study on Critical Factors’, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 35(7), 645-663.

Najmi, A., A. Makui, M.R. Gholamian, (2013). ‘Supply chain performance models: A literature review on approaches, techniques, and criteria’, Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management, 6 (2), 94-113.

Najmi, A., A. Makui, (2012). ‘A conceptual model for measuring supply chain’s performance’, Production planning & control: The Management of Operations, 23(9), 694-706.

Najmi, A., A. Makui, (2010), ‘Providing hierarchical approach for measuring supply chain performance using AHP and DEMATEL methodologies’, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 1 (2), 199-212.

Akhavan, P., M. R. Zahedi, A. Najmi, (2011). ‘Critical success factors of knowledge management in supply chains of Iran automotive industries’, Management in Future, 26, 77-100, in Persian

Published Books

Razmi, J., M. Nasrollahi, A. Najmi, ‘Green supply chain: Designing, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation’, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 2013.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi, and S. T. Waller (2023). ‘A Multimodal Multi-Provider Market Equilibrium Model’, In: 102th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.  

Najmi, A., W. Liu, and T. H. Rashidi (2022). ‘A complementarity formulation for modelling a multimodal transport system’, In: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, Santiago, Chile.  

Najmi, A., E. J. Miller, R. MacIntyre, and T. H. Rashidi (2022). ‘Easing or tightening control strategies: the Case of Sydney’, In: 101th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.  

Najmi, A., D. Rey, T. H. Rashidi, and S. T. Waller (2020). ‘A proper formulation for integrating demand and supply of transport into a Supernetwork’, In: 99th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.  

Najmi, A., T. H. Rashidi, J. Vaughan and E. J. Miller (2019). ‘A novel multi-objective approach for calibration of large-scale transportation planning models’, In: 98th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. 

Najmi A., M. Duell, M. Ghasri, T.H. Rashidi, S. T. Waller (2018). 'How should travel demand and supply models be jointly calibrated?', In: 97th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

Hassan, M. N., A. Najmi, and T. H. Rashidi (2017). ‘Recreational destination choice modeling incorporating fuzzy logic in discrete choice modeling’, In: 96th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. 

Najmi, A., P. Akhavan, S. Nazari, (2011). ‘Identification of knowledge key factors in Iranian automotive companies supply chains progress towards knowledge management’, Presented at 3rd Knowledge Management Conference, Tehran, Iran, February 8-9.

M. Yahyaabadi, A. Najmi, A. Samadi, A. Alimohammadi, (2011). ‘Identification of the factors affecting the implementation of the knowledge management and providing the regression model’, Presented at 3rd Knowledge Management Conference, Tehran, Iran, February 8-9.