H. Abdalla, M. Tounsi and F. Marir, "Using a Greedy-Based Approach for Solving Data Allocation Problem in a Distributed Environment", to appear in the Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'08).

H. Abdalla and M. AlFares, "An Enhanced Grouping Algorithm for Vertical Partitioning Problem in DDBs", ISCIS'07. 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, November 7-9, 2007, Ankara, Turkey.

H. Abdalla, E. Abuelyaman and F. Marir, "A Static Attribute-Based Partitioning Algorithm for Vertical Fragmentation in DDBs", Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07), Volume II, pp 1017-1022, Las Vegas, June, 2007.

H. Abdalla, M. AlFares and F. Marir, "Vertical Partitioning for Database Design: A Grouping Algorithm", 16th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering July 9-11, 2007, Nevada USA, Las Vegas, July 2007.

L. Bellatreche, H. Abdalla and K. Boukhalfa, "A Combination of Genetic and Simulated Annealing Algorithms for Physical Data Warehouse Design", Proceedings of the 23rd British National Conference on Databases, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18-20 July, 2006.

H. Abdalla and F. Marir, "Vertical Partitioning Impact on Performance and Manageability of Distributed Database Systems: A Comparative study of some vertical partitioning algorithms", Proceedings of the 18th NCC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp 85 - 92, March 26 - 29, 2006.

L. Bellatreche, K. Boukhalfa, and H. Abdalla, "Algorithms for Physical Data Warehouse Design to Speed up Decision-making Processes", Proceedings of the 18th NCC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp 93 -110, March 26 - 29, 2006.