UMT Research Outlook January – December 2020 Learning Resource Center (LRC) University of Management & Technology, Lahore [email protected] UMT Research Outlook January – December 2020 Table of Contents School of Science (SSC)..................................................................................................................... 01 Department of Mathematics............................................................................................................ 01 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 01 Book/Book Chapters ……………………........................................................................................................... 46 Conference Proceedings ........................................................................................................................... 47 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................. 47 Department of Life Sciences ............................................................................................................. 48 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 48 Book/Book Chapters …………………….......................................................................................................... 67 Conference Proceedings ........................................................................................................................... 68 Department of Chemistry ................................................................................................................ 69 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 69 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................. 83 Department of Physics..................................................................................................................... 84 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 84 School of System and Technology (SST) ............................................................................................ 90 Department of Computer Science ……............................................................................................... 90 Research Articles ...................................................................................................................................... 90 Conference Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 118 Department of Software Engineering .............................................................................................. 120 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 120 Conference Proceedings.......................................................................................................................... 121 Department of Informatics and System ........................................................................................... 123 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 123 Conference Proceedings.......................................................................................................................... 128 School of Engineering (SEN)............................................................................................................. 130 Department of Mechanical Engineering........................................................................................... 130 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 130 Department of Electrical Engineering .............................................................................................. 131 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 131 Conference Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 134 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................ 136 Department of Industrial Engineering.............................................................................................. 137 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 137 Department of Civil Engineering ...................................................................................................... 139 Research Articles...................................................................................................................................... 139 Conference Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 144 School of Business & Economics (SBE) ............................................................................................. 145 Department of Management............................................................................................................ 145 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 145 Conference Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 152 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................ 153 Department of Operations & Supply Chain....................................................................................... 153 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 153 Department of Information System ................................................................................................. 155 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 155 Department of Marketing ............................................................................................................... 157 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 157 Conference Proceedings.......................................................................................................................... 160 Department of Economics ...............................................................................................................161 Research Articles .................................................................................................................................... 161 Book/Book Chapters …………………….......................................................................................................... 175 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................ 176 Department of Quantitative Methods.............................................................................................. 178 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 178 Department of Finance ................................................................................................................... 179 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 179 Book/Book Chapters …………………….......................................................................................................... 183 Department of Banking and Finance ................................................................................................ 184 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 184 School of Social Science & Humanities (SSSH) .................................................................................. 186 Department of Political Sciences & International Relations ............................................................. 186 Research Articles ..................................................................................................................................... 186 Conference Paper ………............................................................................................................................ 191 Department of Sociology.................................................................................................................