Journal Publications:
[33] H. M. Hussain, A. Ahmad, and P. HJ. Nardelli. "A Hybrid Heuristic Solution for Packetized Energy Transactions in Smart Homes." International Journal of Energy Research, 2025, 3241856, 11 pages, 2025. [Download: Wiley]
[32] H. M. Hussain, A. Ahmad, A. Narayanan, P. HJ. Nardelli, and Y. Yang. "Benchmarking of Heuristic Algorithms for Energy Router-Based Packetized Energy Management in Smart Homes." IEEE Systems Journal 17, no. 2 (2023): 2721-2732. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[31] A. Ahmad, and J. Y. Khan. "Optimal sizing and management of distributed energy resources in smart buildings." Energy 244 (2022): 123110. [Download: ScienceDirect]
[30] A. Ahmad, and J. Y. Khan. "Real-time load scheduling, energy storage control and comfort management for grid-connected solar integrated smart buildings." Applied Energy 259 (2020): 114208. [Download: ScienceDirect]
[29] Z. Aslam, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, A. Ahmed, and S. M. Gulfam. "A combined deep learning and ensemble learning methodology to avoid electricity theft in smart grids." Energies 13, no. 21 (2020): 5599. [Download: MDPI]
[28] A. Ahmad, and J. Y. Khan. "Real-time load scheduling and storage management for solar powered network connected EVs." IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 11, no. 3 (2019): 1220-1235. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[27] N. Ilyas, A. Ahmad, and K. Kim. "Casa-crowd: A context-aware scale aggregation cnn-based crowd counting technique." IEEE Access 7 (2019): 182050-182059. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[26] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, A. Mateen, M. Awais, and Z. A. Khan. "Short-term load forecasting in smart grids: An intelligent modular approach." Energies 12, no. 1 (2019): 164. [Download: MDPI]
[25] N. Javaid, U. Shakeel, A. Ahmad, N. Alrajeh, Z. A. Khan, and N. Guizani. "DRADS: depth and reliability aware delay sensitive cooperative routing for underwater wireless sensor networks." Wireless Networks 25 (2019): 777-789. [Download: Springer Link]
[24] A. Ahmad, and J. Y. Khan. "Roof-top stand-alone PV micro-grid: A joint real-time BES management, load scheduling and energy procurement from a peaker generator." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 10, no. 4 (2018): 3895-3909. [Download: ResearchGate, IEEE Xplore]
[23] A. Ahmad, S. Ahmed, M. Imran, M. Alam, I. A. Niaz, and N. Javaid. "On energy efficiency in underwater wireless sensor networks with cooperative routing." Annals of Telecommunications 72 (2017): 173-188. [Download: Springer Link]
[22] N. Javaid, S. Hussain, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, A. Khan, and M. Guizani. "Region based cooperative routing in underwater wireless sensor networks." Journal of Network and Computer Applications 92 (2017): 31-41. [Download: ScienceDirect]
[21] I. Azam, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, W. Abdul, A. Almogren, and A. Alamri. "Balanced load distribution with energy hole avoidance in underwater WSNs." IEEE Access 5 (2017): 15206-15221. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[20] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, M. Guizani, N. Alrajeh, and Z. A. Khan. "An accurate and fast converging short-term load forecasting model for industrial applications in a smart grid." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 13, no. 5 (2016): 2587-2596. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[19] S. Rahim, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, S. A. Khan, Z. A. Khan, N. Alrajeh, and U. Qasim. "Exploiting heuristic algorithms to efficiently utilize energy management controllers with renewable energy sources." Energy and Buildings 129 (2016): 452-470. [Download: ScienceDirect]
[18] M. B. Rasheed, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, M. Awais, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, and N. Alrajeh. "Priority and delay constrained demand side management in real‐time price environment with renewable energy source." International Journal of Energy Research 40, no. 14 (2016): 2002-2021. [Download: Wiley Online Library]
[17] M. B. Rasheed, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, M. Jamil, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, and N. Alrajeh. "Energy optimization in smart homes using customer preference and dynamic pricing." Energies 9, no. 8 (2016): 593. [Download: MDPI]
[16] N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, A. Tauqir, M. Imran, M. Guizani, Z. A. Khan, and U. Qasim. "Modeling induction and routing to monitor hospitalized patients in multi-hop mobility-aware body area sensor networks." EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2016 (2016): 1-17. [Download: Springer Link]
[15] K. Latif, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Z. A. Khan, N. Alrajeh, and M. I. Khan. "On energy hole and coverage hole avoidance in underwater wireless sensor networks." IEEE Sensors Journal 16, no. 11 (2016): 4431-4442. [Download: IEEE Xplore]
[14] N. Javaid, M. Shah, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. I. Khan, and A. V. Vasilakos. "An enhanced energy balanced data transmission protocol for underwater acoustic sensor networks." Sensors 16, no. 4 (2016): 487. [Download: MDPI]
[13] S. Ahmed, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, I. Ahmed, M. Y. Durrani, A. Ali, S. B. Haider, and M. Ilahi. "SPARCO: stochastic performance analysis with reliability and cooperation for underwater wireless sensor networks." Journal of Sensors 2016 (2016). [Download: Hindawi]
[12] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, N. Alrajeh, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, and A. Khan. "A modified feature selection and artificial neural network-based day-ahead load forecasting model for a smart grid." Applied Sciences 5, no. 4 (2015): 1756-1772. [Download: ResearchGate, MDPI]
[11] N. Javaid, N. Ilyas, A. Ahmad, N. Alrajeh, U. Qasim, Z. A. Khan, T. Liaqat, and M. I. Khan. "An efficient data-gathering routing protocol for underwater wireless sensor networks." Sensors 15, no. 11 (2015): 29149-29181. [Download: MDPI]
[10] M. B. Rasheed, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, and N. Alrajeh. "An efficient power scheduling scheme for residential load management in smart homes." Applied Sciences 5, no. 4 (2015): 1134-1163. [Download: ResearchGate, MDPI]
[9] A. Umar, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, N. Alrajeh, and A. Hayat. "DEADS: depth and energy aware dominating set based algorithm for cooperative routing along with sink mobility in underwater WSNs." Sensors 15, no. 6 (2015): 14458-14486. [Download: ResearchGate, MDPI]
[8] S. Akram, N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Z. A. Khan, M. Imran, M. Guizani, A. Hayat, and M. Ilahi. "A fatigue measuring protocol for wireless body area sensor networks." Journal of medical systems 39 (2015): 1-15. [Download: Springer Link]
[7] N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Y. Khan, Z. A. Khan, and T. A. Alghamdi. "A relay based routing protocol for wireless in-body sensor networks." Wireless Personal Communications 80 (2015): 1063-1078. [Download: ResearchGate, Springer Link]
[6] S. Ahmed, N. Javaid, S. Yousaf, A. Ahmad, M. M. Sandhu, M. Imran, Z. A. Khan, and N. Alrajeh. "Co-LAEEBA: Cooperative link aware and energy efficient protocol for wireless body area networks." Computers in Human Behavior 51 (2015): 1205-1215. [Download: ResearchGate, ScienceDirect]
[5] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, S. H. Ahmed, S. H. Bouk, M. Ilahi, and D. Kim. "COME: cost optimisation with multi-chaining for energy efficient communication in wireless sensor networks." International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing 20, no. 3 (2015): 186-198. [Download: ResearchGate, InderScience]
[4] N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, Q. Nadeem, M. Imran, and N. Haider. "iM-SIMPLE: iMproved stable increased-throughput multi-hop link efficient routing protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks." Computers in Human Behavior 51 (2015): 1003-1011. [Download: ScienceDirect, ResearchGate]
[3] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, U. Qasim, M. Ishfaq, Z. A. Khan, and T. A. Alghamdi. "RE-ATTEMPT: a new energy-efficient routing protocol for wireless body area sensor networks." International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 10, no. 4 (2014): 464010. [Download: SAGE]
[2] N. Javaid, A. Ahmad, A. Rahim, Z. A. Khan, M. Ishfaq, and U. Qasim. "Adaptive medium access control protocol for wireless body area networks." International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks 10, no. 3 (2014): 254397. [Download: SAGE]
[1] A. Ahmad, N. Javaid, Z. A. Khan, U. Qasim, and T. A. Alghamdi. "(ACH)2: Routing scheme to maximize lifetime and throughput of wireless sensor networks." IEEE Sensors Journal 14, no. 10 (2014): 3516-3532. [Download: ResearchGate, IEEE Xplore]