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Intelligent GIS, Applications of GIS in Water and Environmental Issues, Optimization with GIS, Artificial Intelligence
Iran

Biography

I am an associate professor at Shahid Beheshti University with a focus on Geospatial Information Systems (GIS). My academic studies were in surveying engineering for my BSc as well as GIS engineering for my M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. I started my work at Shahid Beheshti University in Jan. 2013 as an assistant professor. “GeoAI”, “Artificial Intelligence”, and “Applications of GIS in Water and Environmental Issues” are my research interests. If you would like more information, please visit my personal website at: https://facultymembers.sbu.ac.ir/vafaeinejad/

Activities

Employment (1)

Shahid Beheshti University: Tehran, IR

2013-01-16 to present | Associate Professor (Faculty of Civil, Water and Environmental Engineering)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Education and qualifications (3)

K N Toosi University of Technology Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2005-09-22 to 2009-07-15 | PhD (GIS)
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K N Toosi University of Technology Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2000-09-22 to 2002-12-15 | MSc (GIS)
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K N Toosi University of Technology Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering: Tehran, Tehran, IR

1996-09-22 to 2000-09-21 | BSc (Surveying)
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Professional activities (9)

Shahid Beheshti University: Tehran, IR

2022 | Professor of the Year Award
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United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP): Tehran, IR

2015 to 2016 | Vice-Chair of Working Group 3 of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP)
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National Cartographic Center: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2015 to 2016 | Member of Electronic Government Development Committee & Intelligency
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National Cartographic Center: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2015 to 2016 | Member of Steering Committee for Crisis Management Association
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Iranian Construction Engineering Organization: Tehran, IR

2010 to 2016 | Member of Iranian Construction Engineering Organization, Tehran Province, Field: Surveying Engineering, Class: 2, Design & Supervision
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GIS Strategic Committee of Khorasan Razavi Province: Mashhad, IR

2007 to 2010 | Head of Technical Committee and Membership in GIS Strategic Committee of Razavi Khorasan Province
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K N Toosi University of Technology Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2008 | GIS Exemplary Researcher Award (GIS)
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National Center for University Entrance Examinations: Tehran, Tehran, IR

2005 | The First Rank Student in Ph.D. National Entrance Exam
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National Center for University Entrance Examinations: Tehran, Tehran, IR: Tehran, Tehran, IR

1999 | The Fifth Rank Student in MSc. National Entrance Exam
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Funding (8)

Preparation and Compilation of Environmental Penalties for Sewage Discharge into the Water Resources

2021 to 2022 | Contract
Department of Environment (Tehran, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Preparation of Environmental Criteria for Oil and Gas Exploration Drilling

2021 to 2022 | Contract
Department of Environment (Tehran, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Preparation and Revision of Sewage Discharge Standard

2021 to 2021 | Contract
Department of Environment (Tehran, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Design and Implementation of Catalogue Service and Geoportal for Using in Semnan Province (1st Level)

2020 to 2021 | Contract
Management and Planning Organization of Semnan (Semnan, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Feasibility Analysis of Using Spatial data Infrastructure in Semnan Province

2019 to 2019 | Contract
Management and Planning Organization of Semnan (Semnan, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Design and Implementation of a GIS Software for Using in Urban Developing of Dorcheh City

2018 to 2018 | Contract
Isfahan Provincial Governorship (Isfahan, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Designing of GIS Conceptual and Logical Model of Water and Wastewater Company

2017 to 2018 | Contract
Tehran Water and Wastewater Company (Tehran, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Providing a GIS Roadmap for Using in Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company

2016 to 2017 | Contract
Tehran Water and Wastewater Company (Tehran, IR)
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Works (50 of 69)

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Super-Resolution AI-Based Approach for Extracting Agricultural Cadastral Maps: Form and Content Validation

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
2025 | Journal article
Contributors: Alireza Vafaeinejad; Nima Alimohammadi; Alireza Sharifi; Mohammad Mahdi Safari
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DESSA-Net Model: Hyperspectral Image Classification Using an Entropy Filter With Spatial and Spectral Attention Modules on DeepNet

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Javad Mahmoodi; Dariush Abbasi-Moghadam; Alireza Sharifi; Hossein Nezamabadi-Pour; Mohammad Esmaeili; Alireza Vafaeinejad
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Achieving sustainable development goals through the study of urban heat island changes and its effective factors using spatio-temporal techniques: The case study (Tehran city)

Natural Resources Forum
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85126738107

Part of ISSN: 14778947 01650203
Contributors: Meftahi, M.; Monavari, M.; Kheirkhah Zarkesh, M.; Vafaeinejad, A.; Jozi, A.
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Optimizing the shade coverage of trees on a block of residential buildings using GIS and ACO (case study: Semnan, Iran)

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85139257151

Part of ISSN: 17352630 17351472
Contributors: Ghods, M.; Aghamohammadi Zanjirabad, H.; Vafaeinejad, A.; Behzadi, S.; Gharagozlo, A.
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad via Scopus - Elsevier

VGI-based spatial data infrastructure for land administration

Land Use Policy
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85122123267

Part of ISSN: 02648377
Contributors: Naghavi, M.; Alesheikh, A.A.; Hakimpour, F.; Vahidnia, M.H.; Vafaeinejad, A.
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad via Scopus - Elsevier

Visual impact assessment of renewable energy developments with the application of multi-criteria decision-making method

Environment, Development and Sustainability
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125526265

Part of ISSN: 15732975 1387585X
Contributors: Darabi, S.; Monavari, S.M.; Jozi, S.A.; Rahimi, R.; Vafaeinejad, A.
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Analysis of Landscape Composition and Configuration Based on LULC Change Modeling

Sustainability
2022-10-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Masoomeh Yaghoobi; Alireza Vafaeenejad; Hamidreza Moradi; Hossein Hashemi
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Developing an SDSS for optimal sustainable roof covering planning based on UHI variation at neighborhood scale

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6369
Part of ISSN: 1573-2959
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Using particle swarm optimization algorithm and geospatial information system for potential evaluating of groundwater (case study: Mehran, Iran)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1866-7511
Part of ISSN: 1866-7538
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A model development on GIS-driven data to predict temporal daily collision through integrating Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithms; case study: Tehran-Qazvin freeway

Geocarto International
2021-01-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1010-6049
Part of ISSN: 1752-0762
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Investigation of multi-objective allocation status of fire stations with Vector Assignment Ordered Median Problem model in GIS environment

Urban Structure and Function Studies
2020 | Journal article
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Metrics and Carbon Sequestration Rates

Journal of Environmental Studies
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85138795212

Part of ISSN: 23456922 10258620
Contributors: Mohaghegh, M.S.; Dinan, N.M.; Vafaeinejad, A.; Sobhanardakani, S.; Monavari, S.M.
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Scenario-based estimation of catchment carbon storage: linking multi-objective land allocation with InVEST model in a mixed agriculture-forest landscape

Frontiers of Earth Science
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85091727255

Part of ISSN: 20950209 20950195
Contributors: Lahiji, R.N.; Dinan, N.M.; Liaghati, H.; Ghaffarzadeh, H.; Vafaeinejad, A.
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Scenario-based estimation of catchment carbon storage: linking multi-objective land allocation with InVEST model in a mixed agriculture-forest landscape

Frontiers of Earth Science
2020 | Journal article
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Traffic Noise Mapping in Urban 3D Area by Using GIS and CORTN Model

Journal of Geomatics Science and Technology
2020 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Using Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm (SFLA) And Geospatial Information System (GIS) To Help Optimally Operation Of The Dam Reservoir (Case Study: Dorudzan Dam Reservoir)

2020 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

The Capacitated Location-Allocation Problem Using the VAOMP (Vector Assignment Ordered Median Problem) Unified Approach in GIS (Geospatial Information Systam)

Applied Sciences
2020-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Alireza Vafaeinejad; Samira Bolouri; Ali Asghar Alesheikh; Mahdi Panahi; Chang-Wook Lee
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Minimizing response time to accidents in big cities: a two ranked level model for allocating fire stations

Arabian Journal of Geosciences
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Samira Bolouri; Alireza Vafaeinejad; Aliasghar Alesheikh; Hossein Aghamohammadi
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Designing a context-aware recommender system in the optimization of the relief and rescue

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85083155462

Part of ISSN: 16821750
Contributors: Bahrami, N.; Argany, M.; Samani, N.N.; Vafaeinejad, A.R.
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Heuristic game-theoretic equilibrium establishment with application to task distribution among agents in spatial networks

Journal of Spatial Science
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85033709666

Contributors: Vahidnia, M.H.; Vafaeinejad, A.; Shafiei, M.
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Prioritizing of the Sub-Watersheds using the Soil Loss Cost Approach (A Case Study; Selj-Anbar Watershed, Iran)

ECOPERSIA
2019 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

The study of CO Symptoms' impacts on individuals, using GIS and agent-based modeling (ABM)

Pollution
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85071922160

Contributors: Jalali, S.H.; Vafaeinejad, A.R.; Aghamohammadi, H.; Esmaeili Bidhendi, M.
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad via Scopus - Elsevier

Environmental sustainable development optimizing the location of urban facilities using vector assignment ordered median problem-integrated GIS

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
2019-10-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1735-1472
Part of ISSN: 1735-2630
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TRAFFIC COLLISION TIME SERIES ANALYSIS (A CASE STUDY OF KARAJ–QAZVIN FREEWAY)

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
2019-10-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2194-9034
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INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF CAPACITY CRITERION ON THE OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES IN GIS ENVIRONMENT

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
2019-10-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2194-9034
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Mapping landslide susceptibility in the Zagros Mountains, Iran: a comparative study of different data mining models

Earth Science Informatics
2019-07-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1865-0473
Part of ISSN: 1865-0481
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Assessment of the effects of land use scenarios on watershed surface runoff using hydrological modelling

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85048873259

Contributors: Aghakhani, M.; Nasrabadi, T.; Vafaeinejad, A.
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Capability assessment and tourism development model verification of Haraz watershed using analytical hierarchy process (AHP)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85050007935

Contributors: Masih, M.; Jozi, S.A.; Lahijanian, A.A.-M.; Danehkar, A.; Vafaeinejad, A.
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Design and implementation of a dynamic GIS with emphasis on navigation purpose in urban area

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85049906129

Contributors: Vafaeinejad, A.
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Distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in roadside soil along the hemmat highway of Tehran, Iran

Environment Protection Engineering
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85057521951

Contributors: Movafagh, A.; Mansouri, N.; Moattar, F.; Vafaeinejad, A.R.
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DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN ROADSIDE SOIL ALONG THE HEMMAT HIGHWAY OF TEHRAN, IRAN

Environment Protection Engineering
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Movafagh, Afsaneh; Mansouri, Nabiollah; Moattar, Faramarz; Vafaeinejad, Ali Reza
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How much is the use values of forest ecosystem services? Case study: north forests of Iran

Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
2018 | Journal article
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Potential Evaluation of Underground Water Resource with the Hybrid Approach to Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Geospatial Information Systems (Case Study: Mehran, Ilam)

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ECOHYDROLOGY
2018 | Journal article
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Using geographic information system and simulated annealing for optimizing the railway design

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85049920584

Contributors: Mousanejad, A.; Vafaeinejad, A.; Eslami, K.
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The Ordered Capacitated Multi-Objective Location-Allocation Problem for Fire Stations Using Spatial Optimization

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2018-01 | Journal article
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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A recommender context a ware system design in air pollution condition

Scientific - Research Quarterly of Geographical Data (SEPEHR)
2017 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Dynamic guidance of an autonomous vehicle with spatio-temporal GIS

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
2017 | Book
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2-s2.0-85026749661

Contributors: Vafaeinejad, A.
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Finding Shortest Path in a Network by Using Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm and GIS

Journal of Geomatics Science and Technology
2017 | Journal article
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Using Geospatial Information System (GIS) to Determine the Capacity of Iran Railway Networks

Journal of Geomatics Science And Technology
2017 | Journal article
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Estimation of the value of forest ecosystem services to develop conservational strategy management (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)

Journal of Forest Science
2017-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1212-4834
Contributors: Jahanifar Komeil; Amirnejad Hamid; Abedi Zahra; Vafaeinejad Alireza
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A Novel Approach to Position of Geographical Information System (GIS) and Geographical Information Management (GIM) in Water Resources Studies Using Satellite Photography

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research
2016 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Cropping Pattern Optimization by Using of TOPSIS and Genetic Algorithm Based on the Capabilities of GIS

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ECOHYDROLOGY
2016 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Earthquake risk modeling using GIS for urban buildings, case study: Tehran municipality, district 3

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences
2015 | Journal article
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Using a GIS Based Decision Support System to Aid Earthquake Crisis Management with Site Selection of Temporary Housing Case Study: District 8 of Isfahan Municipality

JOURNAL OF GEOMATICS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2015 | Journal article
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Water Allocation in Irrigation Networks by using of Decision Support System Based on the Geospatial Information System (GIS) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ECOHYDROLOGY
2015 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

Locating fire stations Using Fuzzy Logic and AHP integration in GIS environment (Case Study: District 1 District 10 of Tehran)

Scientific - Research Quarterly of Geographical Data (SEPEHR)
2014 | Journal article
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Spatial Analysis Approach in Revealing the Global Sinks of Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide through “Leave One Out” Method

Journal of Geographic Information System
2014 | Journal article
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Dr. Alireza Vafaeinejad

USING GIS AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING TO MANAGE WATER DISTRIBUTION IN IRRIGATION NETWORKS AND CROPPING PATTERN ALLOCATION (CASE STUDY: DOWNSTREAM LANDS OF AQ-CHAY DAM)

2014 | Journal article
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A GIS-Based approach for 3D modeling of noise by using 3D city model (case study: Parts of the 3rd region of Tehran)

Journal of Environmental Studies
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84874023875

Contributors: Ranjbar, H.R.; Gharagozlou, A.R.; Vafaeinejad, A.R.; De Kluijver, H.
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The Necessity of Using Cloud Computing in Monitoring Metropolitan Performance-Case Study: Tehran Metropolitan Urban Observatory

Journal of Geographic Information System
2013 | Journal article
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Peer review (28 reviews for 16 publications/grants)

Review activity for Arabian journal of geosciences. (2)
Review activity for Arabian journal of geosciences. (2)
Review activity for Earth science informatics. (1)
Review activity for Earth science informatics. (1)
Review activity for Forests. (3)
Review activity for Geo-spatial information science. (1)
Review activity for Geomatics, natural hazards & risk. (1)
Review activity for International journal of Digital Earth. (1)
Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (2)
Review activity for International journal of information technology & decision making. (1)
Review activity for Journal of Mountain Science. (1)
Review activity for Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. (2)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (1)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (1)
Review activity for Spatial information research. (1)
Review activity for Sustainability. (7)