DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Journal articles, book chapters and other published papers

Chan F.T.S., Mak K.L. and Law F.S.M., An expert system for maintenance scheduling, International Journal of Computer Application in Technology. 1999, 12(6): 329-338.

Chan F.T.S., Evaluation of operational control rules in scheduling a flexible manufacturing system, In: , International Journal of Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 1999, 15(2): 121-132.

Chan F.T.S., Lau H.C.W. and Jiang B., In-line process conditions monitoring expert system for injection molding, Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 2000, 101(1-3): 268-274.

Chan F.T.S. and Mak K.L., Simulation-aided design of an automotive assembly cell, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 1999, 12(2-5): 110-118.

Chan F.T.S. and Jiang B., Simulation-aided design of production and assembly cells in an automotive company, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 1999, 10(5): 276-283.

Chan F.T.S., Jiang B. and Tang N.K.H., The development of intelligent decision support tools to aid the design of flexible manufacturing systems, MIM 98 Special Edition of The International Journal of Production Economics. 2000, 65(1): 73-84.

Chan P.L.Y., Xie M. and Goh T.N., Cumulative quantity control charts for monitoring production processes, International Journal of Production Research. 2000, 38(2).

Chan P.L.Y., Optimal designs for experiments with mixtures: a survey (invited article), Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Special Issue). 2000, 29(9 & 10): 2281-2312.

Choi S.H. and Lee J.S.L., A sequence algorithm for minimising makespan in multi-part and multi-machine flow shop cases, International Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 2000, 11(3): 62-73.

Courtney A.J. and Chow H.M., A study of tile design for tactile guide pathways, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 2000, 25: 693-698.

Courtney A.J. and Chan H.S., Effect of object size and inter-object spacing on peripheral object detection, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 2000, 25: 359-366.

Courtney A.J. and Chow H.M., Tile design for tactile pathways, In: G.C.H. Lee (ed.) , Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety. Amsterdam, IOS Press, 1999, 17-22.

Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., WeBid: a web-based framework to support early supplier involvement in new product development, International Journal of Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacture. 1999, 16: 169-179.

Humphreys P.K., Huang G.Q. and McIvor R., Electronic commerce: re-defining the buyer-supplier interface, International Journal of Business Process Management. 1999, 6(2): 122-138.

Humphreys P.K., McIvor R. and McAleer W., Reengineering the purchasing funciton, European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 2000, 6(2): 85-94.

Humphreys P.K., Training and development of manufacturing engineers in a cellular management environment, International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning. 1999, 9(2/3/4): 138-155.

Ip R.W.L., Lau H.C.W. and Chan F.T.S., An intelligent internet information delivery system to evaluate site preferences, International Journal of Expert Systems With Applications. 2000, 18(1): 33-42.

Lau H.Y.K., Structured system analysis and design method (SSADM), Industrial Engineering Application and Practice: User Encyclopædia (CD-ROM). 1999.

Li Z., Yuan Z. and Chan P.L.Y., Failure time distribution and economic design of components under a d -shock model, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering. 1999, 6(3): 237-247.

Liang J. and Wong A.C.Y., Dynamic viscoelastic characteristics of LLDPE/PP blends, Synthetic Materials Aging and Application. 1999, 2: 6-8.

Lo V.H.Y., The revealing of an inherent oriental perception on TQM implementation in Hong Kong, Journal of Enterprising Culture. 1999, 7(3): 299-308.

Lo V.H.Y., The revealing of an inherent oriental perception on TQM implementation in Hong Kong, Management Research. 1999, 22(11).

Mak K.L., Wong Y.S. and Wang X., An adaptive genetic approach for manufacturing cell formation, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 2000, 16: 498-515.

Mak K.L. and Lau H.Y.K., An object-oriented prototyping tool for automated manufacturing systems, Computers In Industry. 2000, 43 (1): 43-60.

Mak K.L. and Lau H.Y.K., An object-oriented specification of a flexible manufacturing cell, International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 2000, 20(5-6): 534-548.

Mak K.L. and Wong Y.S., Genetic design of cellular manufacturing systems, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing. 2000, 10(2): 177-192.

Mak K.L., Lau H.Y.K. and Wong S.T.W., Object-oriented technologies for automated manufacturing system development, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 1999, 12(2/3/4/5): 215-227.

Mak K.L., Lau H.Y.K. and Wong S.T.W., Object-oriented technologies for automated manufacturing systems development, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 1999, 12(2/3/4/5): 268-280.

McIvor R., Humphreys P.K. and Huang G.Q., Electronic commerce: reengineering the buyer-supplier interface, Business Process Management Journal. 2000, 6(2): 122-138.

Noori H., Lau H. and Wong T.N., A generic framework for supporting internet services to achieve customer value creation, Engineering with Computers. 2000, 16: 53-62.

Wong A.C.Y., Break-up of solid bed in signle-screw extrusion (in Chinese), In: Zhu, Fuhua (ed.), Ministry of Light Industry Publication, Theories and Applications of Single-screw Extrusion. 2000.

Wong A.C.Y., Characterisation of the flowability of glass beads by bulk densities ratio, Chemical Engineering Science. 2000, 55: 3855-3859.

Wong A.C.Y., Liu T., Zhu F. and Lam S.M., Visualization studies on the comparison of mixing characteristics of single-screws having different mixing elements, Advances in Polymer Technology. 2000, 19(1): 1-13.

Wong T.N. and Lam S.M., Automatic recognition of machining features from CAD part models, Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 1999, 214: 515-520.

Conference and working papers

Chan F.T.S., Mak K.L. and Ko C.C., A genetic algorithm for outage planning of power system networks, The Fifth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Singapore, 2000, 755-766.

Chan F.T.S. and Mak K.L., Comparative evaluations of operational control rules in a flexible manufacturing system, International Federation of Automatic Control, 14th World Congress. P.R. China, 1999, A: 231-236.

Chan F.T.S., Lau H.C.W., Ip R.W.L. and Lo V.H.Y., Development of an intelligent material handling equipment selection system, The 26th International Conference on Computer & Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 1: 260-265.

Chan F.T.S., Lo V.H.Y., Chu L.K., Abhary K. and Luong L.H.S., Impact of Kanban size on the performance of just-in-time manufacturing systems, Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering. 1999, 72-76.

Chan F.T.S., Abhary K., Luong L.H.S., Lo V.H.Y. and Chu L.K., Impact of kanban size on the performance of just-in-time manufacturing systems, The 26th International Conference on Computer & Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 1: 61-66.

Chan F.T.S., Mak K.L., Lau H.C.W. and Ip R.W.L., Manufacturing systems design for a watch manufacturer, The Fifth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Singapore, 2000, 661-672.

Chan F.T.S., Mak K.L. and Chan M.M., The effects of routing flexibility on a flexible manufacturing system, IEE Control International Workshop on Intelligent Control In Industry and Society. Beijing, 1999, 5/1-5/3.

Chan F.T.S., The performance of combinations of simple priority rules in a manufacturing flow shop, The Fifth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Singapore, 2000, 767-779.

Chan P.L.Y., Optimal designs for experiments with mixtures: a survey (invitation report), Symposium on The Theory and Application of Uniform Designs. Hong Kong, 1999, 41-59.

Choi S.H. and Kwok F.K.T., A memory efficient slicing algorithm for large STL files, Proceedings of Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium. USA, 1999, 155-162.

Choi S.H. and Samavedam S., An interactive virtual system for simulation and optimization of rapid prototyping, Proceedings of Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium. USA, 1999, 1-8.

Chu L.K., Chiu C.K.F. and Chan F.T.S., A generic FMS software solution, 26th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering. 1999, 359-365.

Chu L.K., Chiu C.K.F. and Chan F.T.S., A generic FMS software solution, The 26th International Conference on Computer & Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 1: 359-365.

Chu L.K., Lo V.H.Y. and Sculli D., Integrative studies for an industrial engineering curriculum at The University of Hong Kong, Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering. 1999, 633-637.

Courtney A.J. and Chan H.S., Testing reversibility of population stereotypes. In role of ergonomics in industrial safety and health in the twenty-first century, Proceedings of the 1999 Fall Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Korea and International Symposium on Ergonomics. Korea, 1999, 387-393.

Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., A product-oriented supply chain model to encourage supplier involvement in new product development, Proceedings of 15th National Conference on Manufacturing Research. UK, 1999, 72-78.

Huang G.Q., Huang J. and Mak K.L., Java-enabled implementation of a web-based framework to support early supplier involvement in new product development, Proceedings of International Conference on Concurrent Engineering. UK, 1999, 105-110.

Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., Web-based quality function deployment, The 26th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 711-716.

Huang G.Q., Huang J. and Mak K.L., Web-based workflow management in collaborative product development, Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Design. Germany, 1999, 61-65.

Humphreys P.K., McIvor R. and Mak K.L., A methodology for evaluating buyer-supplier relationships, The 15th International Conference on Production Research. Limerick, 1999, 1: 563-566.

Humphreys P.K., Huang G.Q. and McIvor R., An expert system for evaluating the "make or buy" decision, International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 224-228.

Lau H.C.W., Nong A., Chan F.T.S. and Ip R.W.L., A generic object-based support system for manufacturing processes, The 26th International Conference on Computer & Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 1: 199-205.

Lau H.C.W., Chan F.T.S., Chung W., Ning A. and Ip R.W.L., Flexible workflow integration in manufacturing techniques and applications, The Fifth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Singapore, 2000, 649-660.

Lau H.Y.K., Mak K.L. and Ngan C.C., A hierarchical HMM framework for intelligent robotic assembly, Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice. USA, 1999, (115HL&KM&MN).

Lau H.Y.K. and Mak K.L., An object-oriented prototyping environment for designing automated manufacturing systems for the pharmaceutical industry, Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice. USA, 1999, (114HL&KM).

Lau H.Y.K. and Mak K.L., The development of a supervisory control system for flexible assembly, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Manufacturing (PCM 2000). USA, 2000, 891-896.

Lau T.L. and Yang Q., Tool accessibility analysis for machined components, The 4th Annual International Conference on Industrial Enginering Theory, Application and Practice. USA, 1999, 1-6.

Lee S.K. and Lau H.Y.K., Assembly skill acquisition and model extraction via reinforcement learning, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Manufacturing (PCM 2000). USA, 2000, 776-781.

Lee W.S.W., Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., A synchronous internet-based system for requirement analysis in collaborative product definition, International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice. 1999, 117SL&GH&KM.

Lee W.S.W., Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., Synchronous product definition on the internet, Proceedings of International Conference on Production Research. Ireland, 1999, 650-653.

Li W., Chan P.L.Y. and Humphreys P.K., Developing an effective supplier development program in the electronics industry in Hong Kong, The 4th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Application and Practice - (in CD-ROM). USA, 1999, 16WL&PCh&PH.

Liang J.Z., Li R.K.Y., Tang C.Y., Tang G.J., Wong A.C.Y. and Cheung S.W., Effects of glass bead contents and extrusion conditions on melt elasticity of filled polypropylene composites, Proceedings of The 6th National Conference on Rheology. PR China, 1999.

Luong L.H.S. and Chan F.T.S., Maintaining manufacturing competitiveness through computer integrated manufacturing, The Fifth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Singapore, 2000, 17-26.

McIvor R. and Humphreys P.K., Electronic commerce: implications for the buyer-supplier interface, The 15th International Conference on Production Research. Limerick, 1999, 1: 1365-1368.

Porter B. and Cheung T.Y., Comparative evaluation of evolutionary algorithms in the design of fuzzy-logic controllers for overhead cranes, Proceedings of the International ICSC Congress on Computation Intelligence: Methods and Applications (CIMA'99). USA, 1999, 185-190.

Porter B. and Allaoui C., Evolutionary design of high-accuracy digital trajectory-tracking controllers for robotic manipulators, 14th World Congress of IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control. Beijing, 1999, B: 25-30.

Porter B. and Mok P.Y., Evolutionary optimisation of hedging points in the control of unreliable manufacturing systems, 2nd CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering - ICME 2000. Italy.

Porter B. and Yiu C.F., Evolutionary synthesis of minimum-time control policies for overhead cranes, Proceedings of The Second World Manufacturing Congress. UK, 1999, 414-418.

Porter B. and Tong C.M., Genetic induction of minimal rule-sets in the design of fuzzy-logic controllers for manufacturing systems, 2nd CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering - 2 - ICME 2000. Italy, 95-99.

Porter B., Genetic optimisation of buffer levels in unreliable manufacturing systems under fuzzy-logic control, The 26th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering. Australia, 1999, 1: 352-358.

Shi J., Huang G.Q. and Mak K.L., MetaDFX: A web-based system for developing design for x tools, International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice. 1999, 116JS&GH&KM.

Shiu W.K. and Humphreys P.K., Strategic purchasing implications for buyer-supplier relationships in Hong Kong, Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice - CDROM. Texas, 1999.

Tsui C.P., Tang C.Y., Lee T.C. and Wong A.C.Y., Application of damage mechanics in strength analysis of glass beads filled thermoplastics, 6th International Conference on Composites Engineering. USA, 1999, 829-830.

Wong A.C.Y., Compatibility of polyethylene blends by thermal analysis, 6th International Conference on Composites Engineering. USA, 1999, 887-888.

Wong A.C.Y., Reliability - made simple, Keynote Speaker, Health & Safety at Work Conference. Macau, 2000.

Wong A.C.Y. and Cheung V.H.K., Rupture behaviour of polyethylene melts under elongational flow, Japan Society of Polymer Processing Annual Conference. Japan, 2000, 297-298.

Wong A.C.Y., Simple characterisation of the flowability of solids used in polymer processing, Japan Society of Polymer Processing Annual Conference. Japan, 2000, 299-300.

Wong A.C.Y., Liang J., Cheung V.H.K. and Tang C.Y., Strength and breaking of polymer melts, Proceedings of The 6th National Conference on Rheology. China, 1999.

Wong T.N. and Lam S.M., A method for recognising machining features, Proceedings of The 15th International Conference on Production Research. Ireland, 1999, 2: 1725-1728.

Wong T.N. and Chan L.C.F., Managing uncertainty in computer aided process planning, Proceedings of The 15th International Conference on Production Research. Ireland, 1999, 1: 275-278.