An asterisk at
the end indicates that an editor/editorial board or independent referees have
refereed the publication. *
Other authors’
details are shown in brackets at the end of the entry.
(2007), “Telehealth System in
Queensland”, Proceedings
of the Hawaii
International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
17th-19th January (with
(2007),
“University Graduates’ Quantitative Skills and Industries’ Needs”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and
Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 17th-19th January (with
(2006),
“An Investigation into Identifying Factors and Building Models for Prediction
of Water Usage in Regional Australia”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International
Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 16th-18th January (with
(2006), “An Investigation into the Use of Interactive Technologies in Teaching
Quantitative Courses”, Proceedings
of the Hawaii
International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
16th-18th January.*
(2006), “Analysing Sex Ratio Variables in Nepal”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and
Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 16th-18th January (authors: Maraseni T.N, Cockfield, G., Nooriafshar M. and Apan A.).*
(2005),
"An Investigation into the Possible Gaps between the Employers’ Needs and
Tertiary Courses in Quantitative Subjects”, Australasian Journal of Business and
Behavioural Sciences, Vol 1, Issue 2. (with
(2005),
"Multiple Representations in
Multimedia and e-Learning Materials: An Issue of Literacy”, Enhancing Learning and Teaching, Pedagogy, Technology
and Language,
Post Pressed
This paper was published as a
refereed chapter.
(2005),
“Innovative and Technology Based Methods of Teaching Statistics
Concepts”, Proceedings of the Eighth International
Conference - Reform, Revolution and Paradigm Shifts in Mathematics Education, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, November 25th November – 1st
December. *
(2005), "A
comparison of Learning Preferences of Students for Statistics Concepts and
Techniques", International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and
Learning, September Issue. *
(2005),
“Interactive Technology in Teaching Judgemental Forecasting”, Proceedings
of the Australasian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association (ABBSA)
Conference, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 5th-7th August. *
(2005), “How to Incorporate the Needs and Expectations of
the Employers into Quantitative Courses”,
Proceedings of the Australasian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association
(ABBSA) Conference,
(2005), “The
Role of Technology Based Approaches in Globalizing Education”, Journal of New Business Ideas & Trends
(2005), "A Visit to Ancient Mexico”, Popular
Astronomy, Vol 52, no.2, page 15,
April-June. *
(2005), “The Needs and Expectations
of the Employers and Students for Quantitative Subjects in Business”, Proceedings of the 55th
Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI),
(2005), “A Comparison of Learning
Preferences and Perceptions of High School Students for Statistics”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International
Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
9th-11th January (with
(2005),
“Practical and Visual Aids in Teaching Basic Mathematics Principles”, Proceedings of the
(2004), “Effective Approaches to Designing
Multimedia Methods of Teaching and Learning Quantitative Subjects”, Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering
and Management Systems (APIEMS) 2004, Gold Coast, Australia, 12th-15th December.*
(2004), “The Role
of Technology Based Approaches in Globalizing Education”, Proceedings
of the 4th
International Employment Relations Association: Teaching, Learning and Research
Conference (IERA 2004),
(2004), "The
Use of Innovative Teaching Methods for ‘Maximising’ the Enjoyment from Learning
Mathematical Concepts ", Series
of International Monographs on Mathematics Teaching Worldwide, Muzaki,
This paper was selected for inclusion in the first of the international
monographs, entitled "INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH: Selected Articles from the
International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning".
(2004), “The Use of Virtual Reality in Education”, Proceedings of the American Society
of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) 2004 Seventh Annual
International Conference, Cairns,
Queensland, Australia, 6th-8th August (with Williams R. and
(2004), “The Role of Technology in Internationalising the Language of Education”, Proceedings of the American
Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) 2004 Seventh Annual International Conference, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 6th-8th August. *
(2004), "The Role of Future Technology in Education”, Proceedings of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management
Development Conference, Gold
Coast, Australia, July 13th-16th July (with Williams R.).*
(2004), "A Multi-sense Approach to
Information Reception and Knowledge Creation in Learning”, Accepted for the 3rd Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Dunedin, New Zealand, 4th-8th July 2004.
*
(2004), "Designing a Web Enhanced Multimedia Learning
Environment (WEMLE) for Project Management ", Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR), (2004) 15(1), 33-41 (with Todhunter
B.). *
(2004), "Technology and
Innovation in Teaching and Learning Production and Operations Management”, The Second
World Conference on POM and 15th Annual POM Conference,
Cancun, Mexico, April 30 - May 3, 2004 (with Romero O.). *
(2004), "Some astronomical basics”, Popular
Astronomy, Vol 51, no.1, pages
10-11, January – March. *
(2003), "
(2003), "Multiple Representations in
Multimedia and e-Learning Materials: An Issue of Literacy”, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning - New
meanings for a new millennium., USQ,
Toowoomba, Australia, October 2003 (authors: Sankey M. and Nooriafshar M.).
(2003), "Creative and Technology-aided Methods of Learning a
Language”,
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pedagogies and
Learning - New meanings for a new millennium., USQ,
Toowoomba, Australia, October 2003.
(2003), "A Non Storage Medium - Dependent Learning
Environment: Design, Features and
Benefits”, Proceedings of the First
International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning - New meanings for a new
millennium., USQ, Toowoomba, Australia,
October 2003 (with Todhunter B.).
(2003), "Factors Contributing to Making the Learning of
Statistics an Enjoyable Experience", International Journal for
Mathematics Teaching and Learning, May
Issue. *
(2002), "The
Use of Innovative Teaching Methods for ‘Maximising’ the Enjoyment from Learning
Mathematical Concepts ", International Journal for Mathematics Teaching
and Learning, October Issue. *
(2002), "The entire universe in your
palm – a review of a PDA based multimedia system for astronomy", Popular
Astronomy, Vol 49, no.4, pg 30,
October - December.
(2002), "The Evolution of Learning Methods and Facilities
with a View to Internationalising Education", Proceedings of the16th Australian International
Education Conference,
Also published as one of the
selected papers at:
http://www.idp.edu.au/idpconference/article6.asp
(2002), "Use of Web-Based Multimedia Technology in Teaching and
Learning Mathematical Programming", Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 21(4), 331-349. [Online]. Available: http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/View/paperID/10628
(2002),
"Transition From a Basic Mathematical Background to Learning and Enjoying Advanced
Topics", Bridging Mathematics 10th Conference,
(2002),
"Astronomy Education – Knowing astronomy is important ", Popular
Astronomy, January Issue. *
(2001), "Teaching Non-Parametric Statistics to
Students from a Non-Mathematical Background", International
Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, September Issue. *
(2001), “Possible
Implications Of Improving Supply Chain Management for Regional Communities”, Proceedings of 4th Operations
Research Conference, USQ,
(2001),
“Conference Proceedings”, Proceedings
of the 4th Operations Research Conference, USQ, Toowoomba, Australia,
20 April 2001 (with Kozan E. and Wark
P.).*
(2000), " Statistics
Education with a View to Influences Made by the Evolution of Computing and its Associated Technologies", Proceedings
of the Fifth Iranian Statistics Conference,
Presented and published as an Invited Speaker’s Paper. *
(2000),
"Automated Scheduling Using: a
Multi-Stage Heuristic Approach to Resource Allocation (AMHARA)", Proceedings of 3rd Operations
Research Conference,
(1999), "
The use of Web-Based Multimedia Technology in Teaching and Learning
Mathematical Programming", Proceedings
of 15th National Conference of the Australian Society for Operations,
(1999),
" Adopting the technologies associated with modern computing to
incorporate students' modal preferences into course design ", Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Improving
Learning and Teaching (with St Hill R.).*
(1998),
"The Effectiveness of a Web-Based Interactive Multimedia System in
Tertiary Education", Proceedings of
the 14th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning,
(1997),
"Web Based Interactive Teaching (WIT)", Fifth Annual Economics Teaching Conference, http://www.usq.edu.au/users/mehryar/wit
, USQ, Toowoomba (with Delpachitra S.).
(1997),
"A living book for teaching introduction to management science "AusWeb97 (Third Australian World Wide Web
Conference),
(1997),
"Students' Perception of the Most Suitable Methods of Contacting the
University", 18th ICDE
World Conference - The New Learning
Environment: A Global Perspective, The Pennsylvania State University,
(authors: Park E. and Nooriafshar M.). *
(1996),
"A Heuristic approach for Characterising, Modelling and Solving Scheduling
Problems", Proceedings of the 1st
Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and
Practice,
(1996),
"Astronomy, How Much Do We Know and Why Should We Have a Knowledge of It?
", Proceedings of XVIIth National
Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers,
(1996),"Forecasting
Regional Housing Approvals", Proceedings
of the Second
(1995),
"A Heuristic Approach to Improving the Design of Nurse Training Schedules
", European Journal of Operations
Research, Volume 81, Issue 1, Elsevier Science,
(1994),
"Simulation of Classroom Teaching for Distance Education Students ", Proceedings of International Networking,
Education Training and Change Conference,
(1993),
"Housing Approvals: An Examination of Regional and National Patterns
", Proceedings of 12th ASOR National
Conference (with Temple-Smith R.).*
(1992),
"AMHARA: A General Purpose System
for Resource Allocation ", Proceedings
of Problems and Prospects in International Business: Australian and Asian
Perspectives Conference,
(1992),"Simulation
of Teacher and Student Interaction as a Learning Aid for External and Overseas
Students", Abstracts Proceedings of
Conference-Quality in International Education,
(1992),
"Towards Non-Algorithmic Optimization:
A Practical and General Purpose Method of Formulating and Solving
Dynamic Programming Problems ", Proceedings
of International Conference on Optimization:
Techniques and Applications (ICOTA'92), National
(1991),
"Just-In-Time and Australian Industries ", Proceedings of 1991 ANZAME Conference and Symposia, 5-9 December
1991. *
(1991),
"Expert System Application for Scheduling Resources", Proceedings of Perspectives in Computing and
Information Technology, UCSQ in conjunction with the Institution of
Engineers Australia and the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
(Qld Section).
(1991),
"Projections of Regional Business Activity ", Downs Economic Record, No. 5.
(1991),"Forecasting
Key Indicators in Toowoomba and the Darling
(1991),
"A Practical and General Purpose Method of Formulating and Solving Dynamic
Programming Problems ", Proceeding
of 11th ASOR National Conference. *
(1991),
"A Heuristic Approach to Layout Planning ", Proceedings of 11th ASOR National Conference (with Gaschk R., and
Hamerli Z.). *
(1991),
"Projections of Regional Business Activity ", Downs Economic Record, No. 6, (with Temple-Smith R.).
(1990),"A
Practical Introduction to Business Forecasting", Downs Economic Record, No. 3,
(1990),
"An Application of Knowledge Based Scheduling to Student Nurse
Allocation", Proceedings of 10th
National ASOR conference. *
(1989),"Opening
up the Black Box ", Fifth Australian
Conference on Applications of Expert Systems, Sydney, May 1989 (co-authored
with Brown, D., McNamara, A. & Orenstein, B).*
This
publication was sited in the following refereed paper:
*Grad,
P., "COMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING - Expert systems see wide application
", Engineers Australia, June
1989.
(1988),
"Applications of Prolog in Management ", Industrial Engineer, Volume 29, Issue 1. *
(1988),"Developing
Expert Systems in Prolog for Diagnosing Faults ", Industrial Engineer, Volume 29, Issue 2. *
(1988),
"Computer Aided Scheduling: An expert systems approach to rostering",
Industrial Engineer, Volume 29, No.
4. *
(1988),"Applications
of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering to the Planning and
Scheduling Task ", Proceedings of
9th National ASOR Conference, Decision Support Research: Tools and Applications. *
(1986),
"Expert Systems and Use of Conventional Programming Languages ", Business Graduate Journal, Volume 16,
No. 3, July 1986. *
(1986),"Computing
in the Real World ",
(1985), "Do You Need a Computer for
Production Control ", Business
Graduate Journal, Volume 15, No. 4. *