1. Educación

Hoong Chuin LAU
31 January 2015
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Hoong Chuin LAU
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University
[email protected]
Office Phone: 6828 0229
Date of CV revision: 31 January 2015
Citizenship: Singaporean
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Education
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1993 - 1996
Doctorate of Engineering in Computer Science
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
1987 - 1988
MSc in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
1983 - 1986
BSc in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Position(s) Held
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Jan 2014 - Now
Professor, School of Information Systems
Deputy Director, Living Analytics Research Centre
Singapore Management University
Jul 2005 - Dec 2013
Associate Professor, School of Information Systems
Deputy Director, Living Analytics Research Centre (since March 2011)
Singapore Management University
Jul 2005 - Dec 2012
Director, Information Systems (Adjunct)
The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific
National University of Singapore
Sep 1999 - Jun 2005
Assistant Professor, School of Computing
Director, Defense Logistics, The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific (since
Apr 2001)
National University of Singapore
Sep 1999 - Sep 2001
Chief Technology Officer
Logismatic (Spinoff unit from Kent Ridge Digital Labs),
acquired by iFusion Pte Ltd, Singapore
Oct 1996 - Sep 1999
Member of Research Staff
Kent Ridge Digital Labs (now Infocomms Institute of Research),
Singapore
1993 - 1996
Visiting Scholar, Fujitsu AI Research Lab, Tokyo, Japan
Full-time PhD Candidate
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
1991 - 1993
Member of Technical Staff, Information Technology Institute
National Computer Board, Singapore
1991 - 1993
Adjunct Lecturer
Comsertrac School of Information Processing, Singapore
1988 - 1990
Full-time National Service, invited as Part-time tutor
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
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1987 - 1988
Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Visiting Positions
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Jul 2013 - Jul 2013
Xiamen University, China
Feb 2013 - Mar 2013
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dec 2012 - Dec 2012
Institute of Computing Technologies, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania
Dec 2000 - Jan 2001
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Jun 1996 - Sep 1996
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Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
Research Interests
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Analytics for urban management and service improvement
Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent systems
Optimization models, algorithms and decision support tools for Logistics, Supply chain
management, e-Commerce
Interface of Computer Science and Operations Research
Software frameworks and solvers for optimization problems
Grants
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National Research Foundation, Fujitsu-SMU UNiCEN Corp Lab, Lab Director and PI, October
2014 - September 2019
Amount: SGD 13.5millon
ASTAR Science and Engineering Research Council, PI, $600k, July 2013 - June 2015
Living Analytics Research Centre funded by Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF),
Deputy Director and Area Head, $26m, March 2011 - March 2016
Singapore-MIT Alliance Research Center (SMART), PI I2011-2013), Co-PI (2014-2015), $400k,
January 2011 - December 2015
ST Dynamics, PI, $90k, 2010 - 2011
PSA, PI, $50k, 2009 - 2010
SMU Internal Grants, PI, total approx. $180k, 2006 - 2010
ASTAR Science and Engineering Research Council, PI, $440k, April 2006 - April 2009
Ministry of Defense / DSTA, PI, 5 years, $5m, 2002 - 2007
National University of Singapore, PI, 2 years, $28k, 2000 - 2002
NSTB (now called ASTAR), co-PI, 1 year, $96k , 2000 - 2000
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12. NSTB (now called ASTAR), co-PI, 1.5 years, $113k , 1997 - 1999
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13. NSTB (now called ASTAR), PI, 3 years, $1.2m, 1997 - 2000
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Editorial Boards
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Guest Editor, , Journal of Heuristics, 2013 - 2014
Guest Editor, , Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, An International Journal, 2013 - 2014
Associate Editor, Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
(T-ASE), 2012 - Now
Associate Editor, Conference Editorial Board, IEEE Conf. on Automation Science and
Engineering (CASE), 2011 - Now
Member, Editorial Board, Research in Logistics & Production Journal, 2011 - Now
Board Memberships
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Director, Professional Development, Board of Directors, Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transportation, Singapore, 2012 - Now
Vice President (Professional Development), Executive Committee, International Society of
Logistics, Singapore, 2002 - 2004
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Conference Program Committee and Advisory Services
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Member, Program Committee, AAAI 2015 Workshop on Algorithm Configuration, 2015 - 2015
Vice-Chair, Programme Committee, IEEE/ACM/WIC Conference on Web Intelligence and
Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2015 - 2015
Member, Senior Program Committee (2013)
Programme Committee (2014, 2015), Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS),
2013 - 2015
Member, Programme Committee, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO),
2013 - 2015
Member, Program Committee, Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION), 2014 2014
General Chair and Programme Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, Meta-heuristics International
Conference (MIC), 2013 - 2013
Co-Chair, Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conf. on Intelligent Agent
Technology (IAT), 2012 - 2012
Co-Chair, Program Committee, International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC), 2012 2012
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9. Member, Program Committee, International Conference on Computational Logistics, 2012 - 2014
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10. Program Committee, Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), 2009 - 2015
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11. Member, Technical Program Commitee, d-Logistics Seminar (d-Log), 2009 - 2009
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12. Program Committee, Multi-Disciplinary Intl Conf. on Scheduling Theory and Applications
(MISTA), 2007 - 2011
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13. Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM Conf. on Intelligent Agents Technology (IAT), 2006 - 2011
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14. Stream Organizer, International Federation of OR Societies Conf.(IFORS), 2008 - 2008
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15. Program Committee, Intl Conf. on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2006 - 2008
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16. Program Committee, Evolutionary Computing (EVO*) Workshop on Transportation and Logistics,
2007 - 2009
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17. Program Committee, Intl Conf. on E-Commerce (ICEC), 2006
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18. Program Committee, IEEE Conf. on Automation Science and Engineering, 2005, 2006
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19. Program Committee, Intl Conf. on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2006
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20. Program Committee, Intl Conf. Transportation and Logistics (T-LOG), 2005 and 2007
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21. Organizing and Program Committees, 5th Asia Pacific Conference of the Operational Research
Society (APORS), 2000 - 2000
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Professional Activities
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Mentor, Doctoral Symposium, International Conf. Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2008
Reviewers for Journals:
Asia Pacific Journal of Operations Research;
Computers and Operations Research;
Constraints Journal;
European Journal of Operations Research;
International Journal of Inventory Research;
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering;
Journal of Heuristics,
Journal of Global Optimization;
Journal of Scheduling;
Journal of Food Engineering (Special issue OR in Food Logistics)
Transportation Research (Part A), 1996 - 2010
Reviewer for Conferences (in addition to Conference Program Committees listed above):
International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI);
AAAI National Conference (AAAI);
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (DSI);
European Conf. on AI (ECAI);
International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC);
International Conf. on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP);
Pacific Rims International Conference on AI (PRICAI);
Workshop on Algorithmic Theory (WATS), 1996 - 2010
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Awards, Recognition and Honors
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National Computer Board Undergraduate Scholarship, 1984 - 1988
Infocomm Development Authority Postgraduate Scholarship, 1993 - 1996
Japan-Singapore Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, 2000 - 2000
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National IQC Star Award (team category), 2006 - 2006
Defense Technology Prize (individual category) Nomination, 2007 - 2007
Singapore Management University Lee Kwan Yew Research Fellowship, 2008 - 2008
Consultancy
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ST Dynamics (Singapore): Dynamic Berth Allocation, 2010 - 2011
Lavie TimeTECH (Israel): Scheduling toolkit, 2009
EADS (Singapore): Logistics R&D Landscape study, 2008 - 2008
Tan Tock Seng Hospital ISingapore): Physician rostering , 2007 - 2007
Bax Global (Thailand): Automotive Logistics operations, 2005 - 2005
Multimedia Development Corp (Malaysia): Agent-Oriented Supply Chain Architecture, 2004 2004
DHL (Singapore): Inventory forecasting, 2002 - 2002
PSA, MINDEF, SCS, STEE, iFusion, FriarTuck, 1996 - 2001
Memberships in Professional Organizations
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Member, AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), 2005 - 2013
Member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2008 - 2013
Chartered member, CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), 2012 - Now
Invited Talks
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Analytics for Urban Safety and Security Management. SCDF (Singapore Civil Defense Force)
Annual Workplan Seminar., April 2014 - April 2014
Resource Allocation and Coordination in Urban Logistics. In Chinese. Ningbo Academy of Smart
City Development and NIT Zhejiang University, June 2014 - June 2014
Collaborative Urban Logistics - Challenges, Current Practices and Future Research. SMU Urban
Logistics and Supply Chain Symposium, November 2014 - November 2014
Last-Mile Delivery in Smart Cities: Challenges and Solutions. ACM Fifth International Symp. On
Information and Communication Technology (SOICT), Hanoi. , December 2014 - December 2014
Coordination of Last-Mile Delivery in Urban Cities - a review of current practices and future
prospects. Conference on Global Challenges in Smart Logistics organized by Netherlands
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Utrecht, Netherlands., November 2013 - November 2013
Dynamic Experience Management in Theme Parks via Coordination and Incentives. Invited talk
at ERATO Distinguished Speaker Series, Sendai, Japan., March 2013 - March 2013
Coordinating the Transportation of Freight and Passengers to Improve Sustainability. Tsinghua
Workshop on Sustainable Logistics & Transportation in Mega-Cities, Beijing, China. , December
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2012 - December 2012
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Multi-Agent Coordination in Humanitarian and Emergency Response Logistics. AAAI Fall
Symposium Workshop on Multiagent Coordination Under Uncertainty, Arlington, USA, November
2011
Real World Project Management : How to Efficiency Generate a Robust Schedule? Distinguished
Speaker Series, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado (Boulder), USA, December
2010
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10. Master Physician Scheduling Problem. Asia Pacific Workshop on Decision Support Technology,
Taipei, Republic of China, September 2010
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11. Recent Advances in Meta-heuristics for Handling Uncertainty. Special Conference on Methods
and Applications of Metaheuristics, Guangzhou, China, December 2009
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12. A Combinatorial Auction Framework for Solving Decentralized Resource Allocation and
Scheduling. DiCoMAS Seminar on New Approaches to Planning and Scheduling, Brussels,
Belgium, November 2009
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13. Optimising Performance In Logistics And Supply Chains Through Real-Time Optimisation
Technology, Defense Logistics Summit (Middle East), Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 2009
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14. Mininstry of Defence (Singapore) d-Logistics seminar (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008)
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Journal Articles (Refereed)
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"Multi-agent orienteering problem with time-dependent capacity constraints", by Chen CHEN,
Shih-Fen CHENG, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2014, 12, 4, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems,
347-358
"Patrol Scheduling in an Urban Rail Network", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Zhi YUAN, and Aldy
GUNAWAN, 2014, June, Annals of Operations Research, 1-26
"A hybrid heuristic algorithm for the 2D variable-sized bin packing problem", by S. HONG, Defu
ZHANG, Hoong Chuin LAU, and X. ZENG, 2014, 238, 1, European Journal of Operational
Research, 95-103
"Master Physician Scheduling Problem", by Aldy GUNAWAN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2013, 64, 3,
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 410-425
"Clustering of Search Trajectory and its Application to Parameter Tuning", by Linda LINDAWATI,
Hoong Chuin LAU, and David LO, 2013, 64, Journal of the Operational Research Society,
1742-1752
"Robust distributed scheduling via time period aggregation", by Shih-Fen CHENG, John TAJAN,
and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2012, 10, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, 305-318
"Robust Local Search for Solving RCPSP/max with Durational Uncertainty", by Na FU, Hoong
Chuin LAU, Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, and Fei XIAO, 2012, 43, Journal of Artificial
Intelligence Research, 43-86
"Allocating resources in multi-agent flowshops with adaptive auctions", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
Zhengyi ZHAO, Sam Shuzhi GE, and Thong Heng LEE, 10/2011, 8, 4, IEEE Trans Automation
Science and Engineering, 732-743
"Periodic Resource Reallocation in Two-Echelon Repairable Item Inventory Systems", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, Jie PAN, and Huawei SONG, 2010, 7, 3, IEEE Trans. Automation Science and
Engineering, 474-485
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10. "Integrated Resource Allocation and Scheduling in Bidirectional Flow Shop with Multi-Machine
and COS Constraints", by Zhengyi ZHAO, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shuzhi, Sam GE, 2009, 39, 2,
IEEE Trans. Systems, Man, Cybernetics (Part C), 190-200
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11. "The Price of Stability in Selfish Scheduling Games", by Lucas AGUSSURJA and Hoong Chuin
LAU, 2009, 7, 4, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, IOS Press, 321-332
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12. "Optimizing Service Systems Based on Application-Level QoS", by Qianhui (Althea) LIANG, X.
WU, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2009, 2, 2, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 108-121
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13. "Multi-Echelon Repairable Item Inventory System with Limited Repair Capacity under
Nonstationary Demands", by Hoong Chuin LAU and Huawei SONG, 2008, International Journal
of Inventory Research, 67-92
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14. "Real-Time Supply Chain Control via Multi-Agent Adjustable Autonomy", by Hoong Chuin LAU, L.
AGUSSURJA, and R. THANGARAJOO, 2007, Computers and Operations Research, (Special
Issue on Real-Time Supply Chain Management), 3452-3464
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15. "Efficient Algorithms for Machine Scheduling Problems with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties",
by G. FENG and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2007, Annals of Operations Research, (Special Issue on
Scheduling), 83-95
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16. "A Framework Model for Rapid Hybridization of Meta-Heuristics", by Hoong Chuin LAU, W. C.
WAN, S. HALIM, and K. Y. TOH, 2007, Vol. 14, 2, International Transactions in Operational
Research (Special Issue for 17th IFORS Triennial Conf.), 123-141
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17. "Evaluation of Time-Varying Availability in Multi-Echelon Spare Parts Systems with Passivation",
by Hoong Chuin LAU, H. W. SONG, C. T. SEE, and S. Y. CHENG, 2006, Vol. 170, 1, European
Journal of Operational Research, 91 - 105
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18. "Finding a Length-Constrained Maximum-Sum or Maximum-Density Subtree and Its Application
to Logistics", by Hoong Chuin LAU, NGO T. H, and Nguyen B. N., 2006, Vol. 3, 4, Discrete
Optimization, 385-391
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19. "A Periodic-Review Inventory Model with Application to the Continuous-Review Obsolescence
Problem", by Y. SONG and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2004, Vol. 159, No. 1, European Journal of
Operational Research, 110 - 120
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20. "Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and A Limited Number of Vehicles", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, M. SIM, and K. M. TEO, 2003, Vol. 148, No. 3, European Journal of Operational
Research, 559 - 569
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21. "On the Strategy of Supply Hubs for Cost Reduction and Responsiveness", by E. BARNES, J.
DAI, S. DENG, D. DOWN, M. GOH, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 05/2003, ICFAI Journal of Operations
Management
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22. "A New Approach for Weighted Constraint Satisfaction", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 2002, Vol. 7, No. 2
, Constraints Journal, 150 - 165
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23. "Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows, Algorithms and Test Case Generation", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Z. LIANG, 2002, Vol. 11, No. 3, International Journal on Artificial
Intelligence Tools, 455 - 472
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24. "Low-degree Graph Partitioning via Local Search with Applications to Constraint Satisfaction,
Max-Cut and 3-Colouring", by M. HALLDORSSON and Hoong Chuin LAU, 1997, Vol. 1, No. 3,
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications, 1 - 13
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25. "On the Complexity of Manpower Shift Scheduling", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1996, Vol. 23, No. 1,
Computers and Operations Research, 93 - 102
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26. "Combinatorial Approaches for Hard Problems in Manpower Scheduling ", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
1996, Vol. 39, No. 1, Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 88 - 98
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27. "Randomized Approximations of the Constraint Satisfaction Problem", by Hoong Chuin LAU and
O. WATANABE, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 4, Nordic Journal of Computing, 405 - 424
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28. "Manpower Scheduling with Shift Change Constraints", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1995, Vol. 36, No.
5, Journal of the Information Processing Society of Japan (Joho Shori), 1271 - 1279
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29. "Automated Manpower Rostering: Techniques and Experience", by C M KHOONG, Hoong Chuin
LAU, and L W CHEW, 1994, Vol. 1, No. 3, International Transactions in Operational Research
(ITOR), 353 - 361
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30. "Branch Distance Optimization of Structured Programs", by P. POWELL and Hoong Chuin LAU,
1990, Vol. 19, No. 12, Computers and Mathematics With Applications, 1184 - 1201
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Books and Monographs (Edited or Co-edited)
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"Special Issue in "Multi-agent-based problem solving methods in Big Data Environment"", by
Haolan ZHANG and Hoong Chuin LAU, IOS Press, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems Journal,
10/2014
"Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Electronic Commerce", by M BICHLER,
Robert J. KAUFFMAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, C YANG, and Y.P. YANG, ACM Press, New York, 2012
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Chapters in Books
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"Real-World Parameter Tuning using Factorial Design with Parameter Decomposition", by Aldy
GUNAWAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Elaine WONG, in Advances in Metaheuristics, edited by L.
Gaspero, A. Schaerf, and T. Stuetzle, Springer Operations Research / Computer Science
Interfaces Book Series, 2013, 37-59.
"The Oil Drilling Model and Iterative Deepening Genetic Annealing Algorithm for the TSP", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Fei XIAO, in Advances in Computational Intelligence in Transportation and
Logistics, edited by A. Fink and F, Rothlauf , Springer Series on Studies in Computational
Intelligence, 2008.
"Visual Diagnostics for Parameter Tuning in Meta-Heuristics", by Halim S and Hoong Chuin LAU,
in Metaheuristics - Progress in Complex Systems Optimization, edited by K. F. Doerner, M.
Gendreau, P. Greistorfer, W. J. Gutjahr, R. F. Hartl, M. Reimann, Springer Operations
Research/Computer Science Interfaces Book Series, 2007.
"A Generic Object-Oriented Tabu Search Framework", by Hoong Chuin LAU, W. C. WAN, and X.
JIA, in Metaheuristics: Progress as Real Problem Solvers, edited by T. Ibaraki, K. Nonobe, and
M. Yagiura, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA., 2005.
"An Integrated Approach to Manpower Planning and Scheduling", by C. M. KHOONG and Hoong
Chuin LAU, in Computer Science and Operations Research: New Development in Their
Interfaces, edited by O. Balci, R.Sharda and S.Zenios, Pergammon Press, 1992, 383 - 396.
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Conference Papers (Refereed)
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"Second Order-Response Surface Model for the Automated Parameter Tuning Problem", by Aldy
GUNAWAN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 12/2014, IEEE International Conference on Industrial
Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Malaysia
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"An Auction with Rolling Horizon for Urban Consolidation Centre", by Chen WANG, Daniel
HANDOKO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 10/2014, IEEE International Conference on Service
Operations, Logistics and Informatics (SOLI), Qingdao, China
"An Auction Mechanism for the Last-Mile Deliveries Via Urban Consolidation Centre", by Daniel
HANDOKO, Duc Thien NGUYEN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2014, IEEE Conf. on Automation
Science and Engineering (CASE), Taipei, Taiwan
"Hybrid Metaheuristics for Solving the Quadratic Assignment Problem and the Generalized
Quadratic Assignment Problem", by Gunawan ALDY, Kien Ming NG, Kim Leng POH, and Hoong
Chuin LAU, 08/2014, IEEE Conf. on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Taipei, Taiwan
"A Mathematical Model and Metaheuristics for Time Dependent Orienteering Problem", by Aldy
GUNAWAN, Zhi YUAN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2014, International Conf. on Practice and
Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT), York, United Kingdom
"Diversity-Oriented Bi-Objective Hyper-heuristics for Patrol Scheduling", by Mustafa MISIR and
Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2014, International Conf. on Practice and Theory of Automated
Timetabling (PATAT)
"Building Algorithm Portfolios for Memetic Algorithms (Extended Abstract)", by Daniel HANDOKO,
Hoong Chuin LAU, and Mustafa MISIR, 07/2014, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference (GECCO),, Vancouver, Canada
"Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Operator Selection in Memetic Search Applied to Quadratic
Assignment Problem", by Handoko DANIEL, Duc Thien NGUYEN, Zhi YUAN, and Hoong Chuin
LAU, 07/2014, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO),, Vancouver,
Canada
"Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Average-Reward Dynamic DCOPs", by
Duc Thien NGUYEN, William YEOH, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shlomo ZILBERSTEIN, 07/2014,
Twenty-Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-14), Quebec City
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10. "A Quantitative Analysis of Decision Process in Social Groups Using Human Trajectories", by
Truc Viet LE, Siyuan LIU, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Ramayya KRISHNAN, 05/2014, 13th
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Paris,
France
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11. "Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Average-Reward Dynamic DCOPs", by
Duc Thien NGUYEN, William YEOH, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shlomo ZILBERSTEIN, 05/2014,
13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Paris,
France
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12. "Mechanisms for Arranging Ride Sharing and Fare Splitting for Last-Mile Travel Demands
(Extended Abstract)", by Shih-Fen CHENG, Duc Thien NGUYEN, and Hoong Chuin LAU,
05/2014, 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
(AAMAS-14), Paris, France
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13. "An Empirical Study of Off-line Configuration and On-line Adaptation in Operator Selection", by
Zhi YUAN, Daniel HANDOKO, Duc Thien NGUYEN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 01/2014, 8th
Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION)
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14. "An agent-based simulation approach to experience management in theme parks", by Shih-Fen
CHENG, Junjie Larry LIN, Jiali DU, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM,
12/2013, to appear, 2013 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC-13), Washington, D.C, USA
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15. "Improving Patient Length-of-Stay in Emergency Department Through Dynamic Queue
Management", by Kar Way TAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Francis LEE, 12/2013, Winter Simulation
Conference (WSC), Washington D. C, USA
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16. "Improving Patient Length-of-Stay in Emergency Department Through Dynamic Queue
Management", by Kar Way TAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Francis Chun Yue LEE, 12/2013, Winter
Simulation Conference (WSC), Washington D.C., United States
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17. "Budgeted personalized incentive approaches for smoothing out congestion in resource
networks", by Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, Na FU, William YEOH, Shih-Fen CHENG, and
Hoong Chuin LAU, 11/2013, 3rd International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory
(ADT-13), Brussels, Belgium
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18. "Risk Minimization of Disjunctive Temporal Problem with Uncertainty", by Hoong Chuin LAU and
Tuan Anh HOANG, 10/2013, Fifth Int'l Conf. on Knowledge and Systems Engineering (KSE)
(Springer Series on Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing), Hanoi, Vietnam
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19. "A multi-objective memetic algorithm for vehicle resource allocation in sustainable transportation
planning", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Agussurja LUCAS, Shih-Fen CHENG, and Pang Jin TAN,
08/2013, Twenty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-13), Beijing,
China
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20. "FloTra: Flower-shape Trajectory Mining for Instance-specific Parameter Tuning", by Lindawati
LINDAWATI, Feida ZHU, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2013, The 10th edition of the Metaheuristics
International Conference (MIC 2013), Singapore
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21. "Interacting knapsack problem in designing resource bundles", by Truong Huy NGUYEN,
Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shih-Fen CHENG, 08/2013, 10th
Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC-13), Singapore
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22. "The multi-agent orienteering problem", by Chen CHEN, Shih-Fen CHENG, and Hoong Chuin
LAU, 08/2013, 10th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC-13), Singapore
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23. "“Network-Theoretic” Queuing Delay Estimation in Theme Park Attractions", by Ajay
ARAVAMUDHAN, Archan MISRA, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2013, IEEE Conf. on Automation
Science and Engineering (CASE), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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24. "Improving Patient Length-of-Stay in Emergency Department Through Dynamic Resource
Allocation Policies", by Kar Way TAN, Wei Hao TAN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2013, IEEE
International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Madison, Wisconsin,
USA
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25. "Improving Patient Length-of-Stay in Emergency Department Through Dynamic Resource
Allocation Policies", by Kar Way TAN, Wei Hao TAN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2013, 9th IEEE
International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Wisconsin, United
States
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26. "Scalable Randomized Patrolling for Securing Rapid Transit Networks", by Pradeep Reddy
VARAKANTHAM, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Zhi YUAN, 07/2013, Twenty Fifth Annual Conference
on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI) organized as part of AAAI-2013,
Bellevue, Washington
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27. "An analysis of post-selection in automatic tuning", by Zhi YUAN, Thomas STUETZLE, Marco
Montes DE OCA, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2013, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference (GECCO), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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28. "Distributed Gibbs: A Memory-Bounded Sampling-based DCOP Algorithm", by Duc Thien
NGUYEN, William YEOH, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 05/2013, Twelfth International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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29. "Anonymous authentication of visitors for mobile crowd sensing at amusement parks", by Divyan
KONIDALA, Huijie Robert DENG, Yingjiu LI, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Stephen FIENBERG,
05/2013, 174-188, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Security
Practice and Experience (ISPEC2013), Lanzhou, China
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30. "Automated Parameter Tuning Framework for Heterogeneous and Large Instances: Case study
in Quadratic Assignment Problem", by - LINDAWATI, Zhi YUAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Feida
ZHU, 01/2013, Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION), Catania, Italy
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31. "A mechanism for organizing last-mile service using non-dedicated fleet", by Shih-Fen CHENG,
Duc Thien NGUYEN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 12/2012, 85-89, 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International
Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT-12), Macau
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32. "Lagrangian Relaxation for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Planning", by Geoff GORDON, Pradeep
Reddy VARAKANTHAM, William YEOH, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shih-Fen CHENG, 12/2012,
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology published by
IEEE/WIC/ACM, Macau
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33. "Niche-Seeking in Influence Maximization with Adversary", by Long Foong LIOW, Shih-Fen
CHENG, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2012, 107-112, 14th International Conference on Electronic
Commerce (ICEC-12), Singapore
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34. "Instance-specific Parameter Tuning via Constraint-based Clustering", by Lindawati LINDAWATI,
Hoong Chuin LAU, and Feida ZHU, 08/2012, Proc. of the 1st Int. Workshop on COmbining
COnstraint solving with MIning and LEarning(CoCoMile' 12) joint with ECAI 2012, Montpellier,
France
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35. "Dynamic Stochastic Orienteering Problems for Risk-Aware Applications", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
William YEOH, Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, and Duc Thien NGUYEN, 08/2012,
Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI),
published by AUAI, Catalina Island, Los Angeles, USA
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36. "Toward Large-Scale Agent Guidance in an Urban Taxi Service.", by Agussurja LUCAS and
Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2012, Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), Catalina
Island, United States
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37. "The Patrol Scheduling Problem", by Hoong Chuin LAU and A GUNAWAN, 08/2012, International
Conf. on Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT), Son, Norway
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38. "Improving patient flow in emergency department through dynamic priority queue", by Kar Way
TAN, Chao WANG, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2012, IEEE International Conference on
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Seoul, Korea
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39. "Bidders Behaviors in the Repeated B2B Procurement Auctions", by Jonghan PARK, J. K. LEE,
and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2012, International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC),
Singapore
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40. "Improving patient flow in emergency department through dynamic priority queue", by Kar Way
TAN, Chao WANG, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2012, 8th IEEE International Conference on
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Seoul, South Korea
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41. "Logistics Orchestration Modeling and Evaluation for Humanitarian Relief", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
Z LI, X DU, and H JIANG, 07/2012, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and
Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), Suzhou, China
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42. "Stochastic Dominance in Stochastic DCOPs for Risk Sensitive Applications", by Duc Thien
NGUYEN, William YEOH, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 06/2012, 11th International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Valencia, Spain
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43. "Lagrangian relaxation for large-scale multi-agent planning", by Geoff GORDON, Pradeep Reddy
VARAKANTHAM, William YEOH, Ajay SRINIVASAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Shih-Fen CHENG,
06/2012, 1227-1228, Poster Paper in Eleventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents
and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Valencia, Spain
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44. "A math-heuristic approach for integrated resource scheduling in a maritime logistics facility", by
Huaxing CHEN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 12/2011, IEEE International Conference on Industrial
Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Singapore
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45. "Search-Based Fault Localization", by Shaowei WANG, David LO, Lingxiao JIANG, Lucia -, and
Hoong Chuin LAU, 11/2011, 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software
Engineering (ASE), Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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46. "A POMDP Model for Guiding Taxi Cruising in a Congested Urban City", by Lucas AGUSSURJA
and Hoong Chuin LAU, 11/2011, 10th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(MICAI), Puebla, Mexico
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47. "Real-World Parameter Tuning using Factorial Design with Parameter Decomposition", by Aldy
GUNAWAN, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Elaine WONG, 07/2011, 9th Metaheuristics International
Conference (MIC), Udine, Italy
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48. "Finding Robust-under-Risk Solutions for Flowshop Scheduling", by Steven KIMBROUGH and
Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2011, 9th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Udine, Italy
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49. "Improving service through Just-in-Time concept in a dynamic operational environment", by Kar
Way TAN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 01/2011, Hawaii International Conf. on System Sciences
(HICSS), Hawaii, USA
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50. "Instance-based Parameter Tuning via Search Trajectory Similarity Clustering", by Linda
LINDAWATI, Hoong Chuin LAU, and David LO, 01/2011, Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN
Conference (LION5), Rome, Italy
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51. "Fine-Tuning Algorithm Parameters using the Design of Experiments", by Aldy GUNAWAN,
Hoong Chuin LAU, and Linda LINDAWATI, 01/2011, Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN
Conference (LION5), Rome, Italy
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52. "Improving service through Just-in-Time concept in a dynamic operational environment", by Kar
Way TAN, Na FU, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 01/2011, 44th Hawaii International Conference on
System Science (HICSS-44), Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
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53. "The Bi-Objective Master Physician Scheduling Problem", by Aldy GUNAWAN and Hoong Chuin
LAU, 08/2010, 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated
Timetabling (PATAT), Belfast, North Ireland
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54. "Distributed Route Planning and Scheduling via Hybrid Conflict Resolution", by Ramesh
THANGARAJOO and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2010, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Toronto, Canada
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55. "Decentralized Resource Allocation and Scheduling via Walrasian Auctions with Negotiable
Agents", by Huaxing CHEN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2010, IEEE/WIC/ACM International
Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Toronto, Canada
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56. "Effective Heuristic Methods for Finding Non-Optimal Solutions of Interest in Constrained
Optimization Models", by Steve KIMBROUGH, Ann KUO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2010,
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Portland, Oregon, USA
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57. "Towards Finding Robust Execution Strategies for RCPSP with Durational Uncertainty", by Na
FU, Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 05/2010, International Conference
on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), Toronto, Canada
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58. "Setting Discrete Bid Levels in Adaptive Auctions", by Jilian ZHANG, Hoong Chuin LAU, and
Jialie SHEN, 2009, 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC'09), Taipei,
Taiwan, China
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59. "Master Physician Scheduling Problem", by Aldy GUNAWAN and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2009,
Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Appl., Dublin, Ireland
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60. "Enhancing the Speed and Accuracy of Automated Parameter Tuning in Heuristic Design", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Fei XIAO, 07/2009, Metaheuristics International Conference, Hamburg,
Germany
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61. "On Using Genetic Algorithms to Support Post-Solution Deliberation in the Generalized
Assignment Problem", by Steve KIMBROUGH, Ann KUO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2009,
Metaheuristics International Conference, Hamburg, Germany
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62. "Conceptual Framework of a Dynamic Resource Allocation Test Bed-Its Practical Realization with
ProModel", by I. R. WIOR, Z. ZHAO, M. LUO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2009, IEEE
Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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63. "A Heuristic Method for Job-Shop Scheduling with an Infinite Wait Buffer", by Z. ZHAO, J. KIM, M.
LUO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 2008, IEEE Conf. Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS),
Chengdu, China
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64. "Distributing complementary resources across multiple periods with stochastic demand: Hedging
via time frame aggregation", by Shih-Fen CHENG, John TAJAN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 12/2008,
373-379, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT-08),
Sydney, Australia
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65. "Robust Application Level QoS Management in Service Oriented Systems", by Qianhui (Althea)
LIANG, Hoong Chuin LAU, and X. WU, 10/2008, 2008 IEEE International Conference on
E-Business Engineering (ICEBE '08), Xian, China
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66. "Generating Robust Schedules Subject to Resource and Duration Uncertainties", by Na FU, Fei
XIAO, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 09/2008, International Conf. on Automated Planning and
Scheduling (ICAPS), Sydney, Australia
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67. "Relationship-Preserving E-Procurement Auction", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Jong Han PARK, and
Jae Kyu LEE, 08/2008, International Conf. on Electronic Commerce (ICEC), Innsbruck, Austria
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68. "Utility Pricing Auction for Multi-period Resource Allocation in Multi-Machine Flow Shop
Problems", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Zhengyi ZHAO, Shuzhi, Sam GE, and T. H. LEE, 08/2008,
International Conf. on Electronic Commerce (ICEC), Innsbruck, Austria
.
69. "A Hybrid Approach to Convoy Movement Planning in an Urban City", by Hoong Chuin LAU, R.
THANGARAJOO, and R. AGUSSURJA, 07/2008, Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
(IAAI), Chicago, USA
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70. "A Combinatorial Auction Framework for Solving Decentralized Scheduling Problems.", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, Kong Wei LYE, and Viet Bang NGUYEN, 05/2008, 5th Int. Conf. on Integration of AI
and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems
(CPAIOR), Paris, France
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71. "Multi-period combinatorial auction mechanism for distributed resource allocation and
scheduling", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Shih-Fen CHENG, Thin Yin LEONG, Jong Han PARK, and
Zhengyi ZHAO, 11/2007, 407-411, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent
Technology (IAT-07), San Jose, USA
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72. "The Price of Stability in Selfish Scheduling Games", by Lucas AGUSSURJA and Hoong Chuin
LAU, 11/2007, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT),
San Jose, USA
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73. "Bidirectional Flow Shop Scheduling with Multi-Machine Capacity and Critical Operations
Sequencing", by ZhengYi ZHAO, Thin Yin LEONG, Shushi Sam GE, and Hoong Chuin LAU,
10/2007, 8, IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Singapore
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74. "Robust Local Search and Its Application to Generating Robust Schedules", by Hoong Chuin
LAU, Fei XIAO, and Thomas OU, 09/2007, International Conference on Automated Planning and
Scheduling (ICAPS), Rhode Island, USA
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75. "An Integrated White+Black Box Approach for Designing and Tuning Stochastic Local Search", by
S. HALIM, R. YAP, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 09/2007, International Conf. on Principles & Practice
of Constraint Programming (CP), Rhode Island, USA
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76. "Generating Job Schedules for Vessel Operations in a Container Terminal.", by Thin Yin LEONG
and Hoong Chuin LAU, 08/2007, 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:
Theory and Applications (MISTA), Paris, France
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77. "Towards an Intelligent Meta-Heuristics Development Framework", by Hoong Chuin LAU and Fei
XIAO, 06/2007, 7th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Montreal, Canada
.
78. "Search Trajectory Visualization for Analysing Trajectory-Based Meta-Heuristic Search
Algorithm", by Halim S., Hoong Chuin LAU, and Yap R., 2006, European Conference on AI
(ECAI) 2006, Riva De Garda, Italy
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79. "Solving Generalized Open Constraint Optimization Problem using Two-Level Multi-Agent
Framework - Improved Results", by Hoong Chuin LAU and Viet B., 2006, European Conference
on AI (ECAI) 2006 Workshop on Distributed CSP (DisCSP), Verona, Italy
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80. "Dynamic Multi-Linked Negotiations in Multi-Echelon Production Scheduling Networks", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, Soh G. L, and Wan W. C., 12/2006, IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conference on Intelligent
Agent Technology (IAT) (Also presented in IFIP Workshop on Virtual Environments for Advanced
Modeling , Hamburg, Germany, 2006), Hong Kong
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81. "Robust Controllability in Temporal Constraint Networks under Uncertainty", by Hoong Chuin
LAU, J. LI, and R. YAP, 11/2006, IEEE Conference Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI)
(European Conference on AI (ECAI) 2006 Workshop on Modeling and Solving Problems with
Constraints), Washington D.C, United States
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82. "A Hybrid MIP/Heuristic Model for Experience Based Driver Assignment", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
K. M. NG, and R, THANGARAJOO, 11/2006, IEEE Conference Tools with Artificial Intelligence
(ICTAI), Washington D.C, United States
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83. "Periodic Resource Reallocation in Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems", by Song H. and Hoong
Chuin LAU, 10/2006, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering(CASE),
Shanghai, China
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84. "Explaining Local Search Behaviour Using Viz : The Local Search Visual Analysis Suite", by
Halim S., Yap R., and Hoong Chuin LAU, 10/2006, 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User
Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2006, Montreux, Switzerland
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85. "A Multi-Agent Approach for Solving Optimization Problems involving Expensive Resources", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and H. WANG, 2005, 79 - 83, 20th ACM Symp. On Applied Computing (SAC),
New Mexico, USA
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86. "Robust Temporal Constraint Networks", by Hoong Chuin LAU, T. OU, and M. SIM, 2005, 82 - 88,
IEEE Conference Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Hong Kong
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87. "Solving Generalized Open Constraint Optimization Problem using Two-Level Multi-Agent
Framework", by Hoong Chuin LAU, L. ZHANG, and C. LIU, 09/2005, 558 - 564, IEEE/WIC/ACM
Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Compiegne, France
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88. "Partial Adjustable Autonomy in Multi Agent Environment and Its Application to Military Logistics",
by Hoong Chuin LAU, L. AGUSSURJA, and R. THAGARAJOO, 09/2005, 152 - 156,
IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Compiegne, France
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89. "Evaluation of Time-Varying Availability in Multi-Echelon Inventory System with Combat
Damage", by Hoong Chuin LAU and H. SONG, 08/2005, 226 - 231, IEEE Conference on
Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Edmonton, Canada
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90. "Tuning Tabu Search Strategies via Visual Diagnosis", by Hoong Chuin LAU, W. C. WAN, and S.
HALIM, 08/2005, 630 - 636, 6th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Vienna, Austria
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91. "Efficient Algorithms for Machine Scheduling Problems with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties",
by G. FENG and Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2005, 196 - 212, 2nd Multidisciplinary International
Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA), New York City, USA
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92. "Transport Logistics Planning with Service-Level Constraints", by Hoong Chuin LAU, K. M. NG,
and X. WU, 2004, 19th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Pages 519 - 524,
San Jose, USA
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93. "Two-Echelon Repairable Item Inventory System with Limited Repair Capacity under
Nonstationary Demands", by Hoong Chuin LAU and H. SONG, 11/2004, 35th Meeting of the
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Pages 1901 - 1908, Boston, USA
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94. "Corrective Maintenance Optimization in an Air Force", by Hoong Chuin LAU, K. Y. NEO, and W.
C. WAN, 11/2004, 35th Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Pages 1911 - 1917,
Boston, USA
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95. "Job Scheduling with Unfixed Availability Constraints", by Hoong Chuin LAU and C. ZHANG,
11/2004, 35th Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Pages 4401 - 4406, Boston, USA
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96. "A Development Framework for Rapid Metaheuristics Hybridization", by Hoong Chuin LAU, M. K.
LIM, W. C. WAN, and S. HALIM, 09/2004, 28th Annual International Computer Software and
Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Pages 362 - 367, Hong Kong
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97. "A Two-level Framework for Coalition Formation via Optimization and Agent Negotiation", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and L. ZHANG, 09/2004, IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conference on Intelligent Agent
Technology (IAT), Pages 441 - 445, Beijing, China
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98. "Multi-Period Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Problem and Its Application to Available-to-Promise",
by Hoong Chuin LAU and M. K. LIM, 05/2004, Int'l Symposium on Scheduling (ISS), Pages 94
-99, Hyogo, Japan
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99. "Transport Scheduling with Service-Level Constraints - Complexity and Algorithms", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, K. M. NG, and X. WU, 05/2004, 2nd Int'l Symposium on Scheduling (ISS), Pages 11 16, Hyogo, Japan
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100. "Multi-Agent Coalition via Autonomous Price Negotiation in a Real-Time Web Environment", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and W. S. LIM, 10/2003, IEEE/WIC Int'l Conference on Intelligent Agent
Technology (IAT), Pages 580 - 583, Halifax, Canada
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101. "Task Allocation via Multi-Agent Coalition Formation: Taxonomy, Algorithms and Complexity", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and L. ZHANG, 10/2003, 346 - 350, 15th IEEE Conference on Tools with
Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Sacramento, California, United States
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102. "A Generic Object-Oriented Tabu Search Framework", by Hoong Chuin LAU, W. C. WAN, and X.
JIA, 08/2003, 5th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Kyoto, Japan
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103. "Solving Multi-Objective Multi-Constrained Optimization Problems using Hybrid Ants System and
Tabu Search", by Hoong Chuin LAU, M. K. LIM, W. C. WAN, H. WANG, and X. WU, 08/2003, 5th
Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC), Kyoto, Japan
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104. "Integrating Local Search and Network Flow to solve the Inventory Routing Problem", by Hoong
Chuin LAU, Q LIU, and H. ONO, 2002, 9 -14, 18th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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(AAAI), Edmonton, Canada
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105. "An Intelligent Brokering System to support Multi-Agent Web-Based 4th Party Logistics", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Y. G. GOH, 11/2002, Pages 154 - 161, 14th IEEE Conference on Tools
with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Washington D.C., United States
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106. "Combining Two Heuristics to solve a Supply Chain Optimization Problem", by Hoong Chuin LAU
and Y SONG, 07/2002, 581 - 585, 15th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI),
IOS Press, Lyon, France
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107. "Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows, Algorithms and Test Case Generation", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Z LIANG, 11/2001, 455 - 472, 13th IEEE Conference on Tools with
Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Computer Society Press,Dallas, Texas, United States
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108. "A Multi-Agent Framework for Supporting Intelligent Fourth-Party Logistics", by Hoong Chuin LAU
and G LO, 08/2001, International Confererence on Integrated Logistics, Pages 195 -200,
Singapore
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109. "Diversification of Search Neighborhood via Constraint-Based Local Search and Its Applications
to VRPTW", by Hoong Chuin LAU, Y F LIM, and Q LIU, 04/2001, CP-AI-OR, Pages 361 - 374,
Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom
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110. "Solving a Supply Chain Optimization Problem Collaboratively", by Hoong Chuin LAU, A L C LIM,
and Q LIU, 2000, 780 - 785, 17th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Austin,
United States
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111. "Collaborative Model and Algorithms for supporting Real-Time Distribution Logistics System", by
Hoong Chuin LAU and Q LIU, 1999, CP99 Workshop on Large-Scale Optimization and
Constraints, Alexandria, United States
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112. "Ant Colony Optimization for the Ship Berthing Problem", by J.T CHIA, Hoong Chuin LAU, and A
L C LIM, 12/1999, ASIAN Computing Science Conference (ASIAN), Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 1742, P.S Thiagarajan, Springer-Verlag, Pages 359 -370, Phuket, Thailand
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113. "An Efficient Near-Exact Algorithm for Large-scale Vehicle Routing with Time Windows", by Q LIU
and Hoong Chuin LAU, 10/1998, 5th World Congress on ITS, Seoul, South Korea
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114. "Traffic Prediction in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems", by X. WU and Hoong Chuin LAU,
08/1998, International Conference on System Science and System Engineering, Pages 424 429, Beijing, China
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115. "An Efficient Technique for Routing of Vehicles Reactively", by Hoong Chuin LAU and D SEAH,
05/1998, ITSA Eighth Annual Meeting and Exposition (ITS America), Detroit, Michigan, United
States
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116. "Randomized Approximations of the Constraint Satisfaction Problem", by Hoong Chuin LAU and
O WATANABE, 1996, 5th Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (SWAT), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 1097, R.Karlsson and A.Lingas (ed), Springer-Verlag, Reyjavik, Iceland
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117. "A New Approach for Weight Constraint Satisfaction", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1996, 2nd
International Conference Principle and Practice of Constraint Programming, Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 1118, E.Freuder (ed), Springer-Verlag, Pages 323 -337, Boston, United
States
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118. "Probabilistic Analysis of Local Search for Random Instances of Constraint Satisfaction problem",
by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1996, 195 -199, 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
Budapest, Hungary
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119. "Probabilistic Analysis of Local Search and NP-Completeness Results for Constraint
Satisfaction", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1996, 371 - 380, 2nd International Conference on Computing
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and Combinatorics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1090, J. Cai and C. K. Wong (ed),
Springer Verlag, Hong Kong
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120. "Approximation of Constraint Satisfaction via Local Search", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1995, 4th
Workshop on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 955,
S.Akl et al (ed), Springer-Verlag, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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121. "Manpower Scheduling with Shift Change Constraints", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1994, 5th
International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC), Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 834, D.Z Du and X.S Zhang (ed), Springer-Verlag, Beijing, China
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122. "Preference-based Scheduling via Constraint Satisfaction", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 1992,
International Conf. on Optimization Techniques and Applications (ICOTA), Singapore
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123. "Unit-Capacity Vehicle Scheduling via Constraint Satisfaction", by Hoong Chuin LAU and S C
WONG, 10/1992, Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Systems (SPICIS), Pages
243 - 248, Singapore
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"Approximate Dynamic Programming for Last Mile Problem with Stochastic Demand", by
Agussurja LUCAS, Shih-Fen CHENG, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 11/2014, INFORMS Annual
Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California
"An agent-based simulation approach to experience management in theme parks", by Shih-Fen
CHENG, Junjie, Larry LIN, Jiali DU, Hoong Chuin LAU, and Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM,
11/2013, ESHIA Winter Workshop: Towards Large Multiscale Simulations of Complex
Socio-Economic Systems with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, Singapore
"Fair Cost Sharing Mechanisms for Last Mile Ridesharing", by Shih-Fen CHENG, Duc Thien
NGUYEN, and Hoong Chuin LAU, 10/2013, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2013, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
"Decentralized Resource Allocation and Scheduling via Walrasian Auctions with Negotiable
Agents", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2010, European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon,
Portugal
"Combinatorial auction for multi-period distributed resource allocation", by Shih-Fen CHENG,
Hoong Chuin LAU, and Thin Yin LEONG, 11/2007, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA
"Multi-Period Combinatorial Auctions for Distributed Resource Allocation.", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
07/2007, 22nd European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic
"iMDF: Intelligent Meta-heuristics Development Framework", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2006, 19th
Intl Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"A Development Framework for Rapid Meta-heuristics Hybridization", by Hoong Chuin LAU,
07/2005, 17th Triennial Conference of the IFORS, Hawaii, USA
"A Generic Object-Oriented Tabu Search Framework,", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 07/2003,
EURO/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
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10. "Diversification of Search Neighborhood via Constraint-Based Local Search and Its Applications
to VRPTW", by Hoong Chuin LAU, 2000, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA
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LARC Workshop on Security Analytics, October 2012
LARC Workshop on Decisions Analytics, August 2011
SMU Workshop on Metaheuristics and Automated Tuning, July 2011
SMU-SimTech Joint Worship on "Services Analytics and Applications", July 2009
SMU-SimTech Joint Workshop on "Trends in Planning and Scheduling", August 2008
SMU-TLIAP Joint Workshop on "Agents in Supply Chain Management", August 2007
TLI-AP Defense Logistics Workshop, May 2006
TLI-AP Defense Logistics Workshop, October 2004
TLI-AP Military Focussed Supply Chain Management Seminar, January 2004
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Decision Support and Optimization, 2006 - Now
Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems, 2007 - 2012
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Combinatorial and Graph Algorithms, 2004 - 2005
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Computational Thinking, 2012 - Now
Enterprise Adaptive Decision Support , 2008 - Now
Guided Research, 2008 - 2010
Computer as an Analysis Tool, 2005 - 2007
Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 2002 - 2004
Object-Oriented Software Design, 1999 - 2001
Executive Teaching
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Applied Algorithmics
Thesis Student (Ph. D)
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Steven Halim, Visualization of Local Search Trajectory (NUS), 2004 - 2010
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Park Jonghan, Relationship-Preserving Auctions in e-Procurement (KAIST, co-supervision), 2005
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Ramesh Thangarajoo, Part-time PhD - withdrawn due to personal reasons (NUS), 2005 - 2008
Zhao Zhengyi, Combinatorial Auctions for Decentralized Job Scheduling (NUS, co-supervision),
2006 - 2010
Fu Na, Robust Execution Strategies for Project Scheduling , July 2007 - May 2012
Lindawati, Generic Instance-specific Automated Parameter Tuning Framework , July 2008 - July
2013
Mike Liow. Converted to MSc. , July 2009 - June 2013
Tan Kar Way. A Framework to Improve Patient Length-of-Stay in Emergency Department through
Dynamic Queue Management, January 2010 - December 2013
Elaine Wong. Part-time PhD - withdrawn due to family migration to the US., July 2011
Du Jiali. Topic to be decided, July 2012
Le Truc Viet. Topic to be decided, January 2013
Chen Cen. Topics to be decided, January 2013
Master Student Supervision
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Melvyn Sim. Over-constrained Vehicle Routing with Time Windows Part I (MSc, SMA)
Teo Kwong Ming Over-constrained Vehicle Routing with Time Windows Part II (MSc, SMA)
Song Huawei Corrective Maintenance of Military Systems (MSc, SOC)
Sankaran Sri Nivas Transportation Planning and Modeling of SembLog India Operations (MSc,
TLI-AP)
Lim Min Kwang Ant-Colony Meta-Heuristics: Schemes and Software Framework (MSc, SOC)
Wu Xiaotao Transport Planning with Service Constraints (MSc, SOC)
Wang Hui Two Agent-Based Approaches for Solving Multi-Objective Optimization Problems
(MSc, SOC)
Ng Yong Jin Stolt Tank Containers: Best Route Solutions (MSc, TLI-AP)
Que Youguang Transportation Management and Modeling of SembLog China Operations (MSc,
TLI-AP)
Soh Guan Li A Pickup and Delivery Problem in a Military Transportation Context (MSc, TLI-AP)
Wan Wee Chong Meta-Heuristics Development Framework: Design and Applications (MSc, SOC)
Li Jia Robust Controllability of Temporal Constraint Network Under Uncertainty (MSc, SOC)
Feng Guang Algorithms for Scheduling Problems with Weighted Earliness/Tardiness Penalty
(MSc, SOC)
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14. Thomas Ou Robust Meta-Heuristics Framework (MSc, TLI-AP)
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15. Mike Liow. Niche Seeking in Influence Maximization with Adversary (MSc, SIS), 2009 - 2011
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2011 - 2013
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