Continuous ant colony system and tabu search algorithms hybridized for global minimization of continuous multi-minima functions. - Akbar Karimi 002; Hadi Nobahari; Patrick Siarry (Comput. Optim. Appl., 2010)

Global Simplex Optimization - A simple and efficient metaheuristic for continuous optimization. - Akbar Karimi 002; Patrick Siarry (Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell., 2012)

The value of cooperation in coastal aquifer management: Lessons for Oman. - Slim Zekri; Akbar Karimi 002; Kaveh Madani (SMC, 2014)