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Program Overview ....................................

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Pre-Conference Workshop ......................

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Keynote Speakers .....................................

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IEEM 2015 Program Overview

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Sun - 6 Dec

SUNTEC Convention Centre
1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City,
Singapore 039593
Tel: (65) 6337 2888

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Pre-Conference Tour 1: Gardens by the Bay
Conference Registration
Pre-Conference Workshop
Welcome Reception
Pre-Conference Tour 2: Singapore Night Tour
Conference Registration
Official Opening
Keynote Presentations“Meet-the-Editors” Panel Session
Technical Sessions

Tue – 8 Dec••••

Conference Registration
Technical Sessions
Official Closing
Conference Dinner- Universal Studios Singapore

Wed – 9 Dec••

Technical Visit: Marina Barrage &Singapore Maritime Gallery
Campus Visit: Singapore University ofTechnology & Design

Welcome message
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering andEngineering Management (IEEM 2015). After having it in Hong Kong in 2012, Bangkok in 2013 and Kuala
Lumpur in 2014, the IEEM Conference once again returns to where it originally started; Singapore. This is also a
special year for Singapore as the nation celebrates its 50th year of independence.
As in the past, the strength of the IEEM conference lies in its high conference standard and diversity. It brings
together researchers and practitioners from different branches of industrial engineering and engineering
management from around the world. In keeping a high standard as for the past IEEM series, each paper went
through a rigorous review process.
This year, IEEM 2015 received almost 500 submissions and each paper was sent to at least 3 reviewers. The
acceptance decisions were then based on at least two consistent recommendations, ensuring the quality andstandard of the conference. These papers, organized around 22 topics, will be presented in oral and poster
sessions. We are privileged to have to two eminent scholars from Singapore to deliver the keynote presentations.
Prof. Guaning Su, President Emeritus, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, who will present“Systems, Complexity and Innovation in the New Economic Model” while Teck Hua Ho, Deputy President(Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore,
Singapore, will highlight on “Does Big Data Solve Big Problems?”
We would like to thank all the authors and participants for their interests, contributions and support to IEEM
throughout these years. Last, but never the least, we are also very grateful to technical program committee
members and the reviewers for their help in the review process.
Have a fruitful conference and we hope that you will enjoy the cultural experiences of Singapore.

Thomas L MAGNANTI , General Chair
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
Kah Hin CHAI , Organizing Chair
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Roger JIAO , Organizing Chair
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Songlin CHEN, Program Chair
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Min XIE, Program Chair
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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Organizers & Committees
General Chair
Thomas L MAGNANTI
Singapore University of Technology and
Design , Singapore
Organizing Chairs
Kah Hin CHAI
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Roger JIAO
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Program Chairs
Songlin CHEN
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Min XIE
City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong SAR
Organizing Committee
Say Wei FOO
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Nan CHEN
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Anil K. Varma
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore

Teresa ALVAREZ
University of Valladolid, Spain
Elita AMRINA
Andalas University, Indonesia
Ana Paula BARROSONew University of Lisbon, Portugal

Martin DROZDA
Slovak University of Technology,
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Xiuju FU
Institute of High Performance
Computing, Singapore

Mahdi BASHIRI
Shahed University, Iran

Aldy GUNAWAN
Singapore Management University,
Singapore

Philipp BAUMANN
University of California, United States

Guillermo GUTIERREZ
Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico

Zhiqiang CAI
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
China

Md Mamun HABIB
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

Nunzia CARBONARA
Politecnico of Bari, Italy
Ayon CHAKRABORTY
Indian Institute of Management
Tiruchirapalli, India

Rika Ampuh HADIGUNA
Andalas University, Indonesia
Siana HALIM
Petra Christian University, Indonesia
Takashi HASUIKE
Waseda University, Japan

Paul CHANG
National Changhua University of Educa- Jishnu HAZRA
tion, Taiwan
Indian Institute of Management, India
Bing CHEN
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
China

Chi-Cheng HUANG
Aletheia University, Taiwan

Chin-Yu HUANG
Mu-Chen CHEN
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Supachart IAMRATANAKUL
Shin-Guang CHEN
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Technical Program Committee
Tungnan University, Taiwan
Tamer ABDELMAGUID
Shinji INOUE
Cairo University, Egypt
Chuang-Chun CHIOU
Tottori University, Japan
Dayeh University, Taiwan
Dotun ADEBANJO
Raja JAYARAMAN
University of Greenwich,
Jui-Sheng CHOU
Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
National Taiwan University of Scienceand Technology, Taiwan
Yuya KAJIKAWA
Michel ALDANONDOTokyo Institute of Technology, JapanThe University of Toulouse Mines Albi, Bhawani CHOWDHRYFranceMehran University of Engineering andParminder Singh KANG
Technology, Pakistan
De Montfort University,
Luciana ALENCAR
United Kingdom
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Thierry COUDERT
University of Toulouse ENIT-LGP,
Konstantinos KIRYTOPOULOS
Hisham ALIDRISIFranceUniversity of South Australia, Australia
King Abdulaziz University,
Saudi Arabia
Stefan CREEMERS
Chien-Liang KUO
IESEG School of Management, France
Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Imad ALSYOUF
University of Sharjah,
Rob DEKKERS
Chien-Sing LEE
United Arab Emirates
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Sunway University, Malaysia
Carman Ka Man LEE
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR

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Organizers & Committees
Jinho LEE
Korea Naval Academy, South Korea

Selma OLIVEIRA
University São Paulo, Brazil

Ming-Gong LEE
Chung Hua University, Taiwan

Sanjay Kumar PALEI
Indian Institute of Technology, India

Yanfu LI
CentraleSupelec, France

Jennifer PERCIVAL
University of Ontario Institute ofTechnology, Canada

Chu-Ti LIN
National Chiayi University, Taiwan
Jun LIN
Xian Jiaotong University, China

Alan PILKINGTON
University of Westminster, United
Kingdom

Rudra P PRADHAN
Tyrone T. LIN
Indian Institute of Technology
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Kharagpur, India

Harm-Jan STEENHUIS
Eastern Washington University,
United States
Lei SUN
Praxair Inc., United States
Syafiie SYAFIIE
University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Fumiko TAKEDA
University of Tokyo, Japan
Yoshinobu TAMURA
Yamaguchi University, Japan
Pei-Lee TEH
Monash University, Malaysia

Weidong LIN
Singapore Temasek Polytechnic,
Singapore

Gyan PRAKASH
Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management, India

Bor-Shong LIU
St. John’s University, Taiwan

Kit Fai PUN
University of the West Indies, Trinidad
and Tobago

Purit THANAKIJKASEMKing Mongkut’s University ofTechnology Thonburi, Thailand

Ralph RIEDEL
Chemnitz University of Technology,
Germany

Norbert TRAUTMANN
University of Bern, Switzerland

Yiliu LIU
Norwegian University of Science andTechnology, Norway
Mei-Chen LO
National United University, Taiwan
Huitian LU
South Dakota State University,
United States
Jose MACHADO
University of Minho, Portugal
Virginia MACHADO
UNIDEMI, FCT-UNL, Portugal
Romeo MANALO
Manila Electric Company, Philippines
Harekrishna MISRA
Institute of Rural Management Anand,India
Lars MOENCH
University of Hagen, Germany
Wasawat NAKKIEW
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Dinh Son NGUYEN
Danang University of Science andTechnology, The University of Danang,
VietnamVille OJANEN
Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Finland3

Adithya THADURILuleå University of Technology, Sweden

Yuan-Jye TSENG
Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Elena ROKOUNational Technical University of Athens,
David VALISGreeceUniversity of Defence, Czech Republic
Fernando ROMEROSeng Fat WONG
University of Minho, Portugal
University of Macau, Macau
Mojahid SAEED OSMAN
American University of Sharjah, United Zheng Guo XU
Zhejiang University, China
Arab Emirates
Tomoko SAIKI
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Kin Meng SAM
University of Macau, China
Kiyoshi SAWADA
University of Marketing andDistribution Sciences, Japan
Mahmood SHAFIEE
Cranfield University, United Kingdom

Om Prakash YADAVNorth Dakota State University,
United States
Bingwen YAN
Cape Peninsula University of Technology,
South Africa
QZ YANG
Circular Economy Research Centre,
China

Ahm SHAMSUZZOHA
University of Vaasa, Finland

Xue-Ming YUAN
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

Ali SIADATArts et Metiers ParisTech, France

Linda ZHANG
IESEG School of Management, France

Ronnachai SIROVETNUKULMahidol University, Thailand

Dong ZHAO
Virginia Tech, United States

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Program Overview (Activity Locator)
Sunday, 06 December 2015
10:00 - 14:00

Pre-conference Tour 1 - Gardens by the Bay
Ticketed Event - ONE Ticket Admits ONE Person Only (Advance Booking Required)Collect Tickets between 09:00 - 10:00 at MR333, Level 3 (Secretariat Office)14:00 - 17:30

Delegate Arrival & Conference Registration
Check-in/Collect Conference Issues from: MR332 - MR334, Level 3 Foyer

14:30 - 15:30

Welcome Reception (Conference Participants Attend Free!)
Reception Venue: MR332, Level 3
Workshop - “Tips to Publish A Paper in International Journals”
C.L.Philip CHEN
Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau
Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2014

15:00 - 17:00

Register & Pay at Secretariat Room MR333 from 10am. Terms: SGD20 per person; Cash in Singapore Dollars Only
Workshop Venue: MR334, Level 3
Pre-conference Tour 2 - Singapore Night Tour
Ticketed Event - ONE Ticket Admits ONE Person Only (Advance Booking Required)Collect Tickets from: MR332 - MR334, Level 3 Foyer

17:00 - 21:00

Monday, 07 December 2015
09:00 - 17:30

Conference Registration
Check-in/Collect Conference Issues from: MR332 - MR334, Level 3 Foyer

RoomSummit 2, Level 3

09:00 - 09:15

Conference Opening
Keynote 1“Systems, Complexity and Innovation in the New Economic Model”
Guaning SU

09:15 - 10:00

President Emeritus, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Keynote 2“Does Big Data Solve Big Problems?”
Teck Hua HO

10:00 - 10:45

Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor National University of Singapore, Singapore
AM Break / Poster Set-up by Authors (Nicoll 1 - 2, Level 3)

10:45 - 11:15

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Control &Management 1

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E-Business &E-Commerce

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15:30 - 16:00

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12:45 - 14:00

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Tuesday, 8 December 2015

09:00 - 16:00

Conference Registration
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AM Break / Poster Session 2 (Nicoll 1 - 2, Level 3)

10:30 - 11:00

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Big Data &Analytics

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Education &Training

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Supply Chain
Management 4

Lunch / Poster Display (Nicoll 1 - 2, Level 3)

12:30 - 13:30

15:30 - 16:15

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PM Break & Closing Ceremony / Poster Tear Down (Nicoll 1 - 2, Level 3)
Conference Dinner - Transfer to Universal Studios Singapore

Ticketed Event - ONE Ticket Admits ONE Person Only (Advance Booking Required)Time

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

09:00 - 12:00

Campus Visit: Singapore University of Technology and Design
Please gather in front of Big Screen, SUNTEC Level 1

10:00 - 13:00

Ticketed Event - ONE Ticket Admits ONE Person Only (Advance Booking Required)Technical Visits: Marina Barrage and Singapore Maritime Gallery
Please gather in front of Big Screen, SUNTEC Level 1

Ticketed Event - ONE Ticket Admits ONE Person Only (Advance Booking Required)6Pre-Conference Workshop
Sunday - 06 December, 15:00 to 17:00“Tips to Publish a Paper in International Journals”
C. L. Philip CHEN
Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2014

ABSTRACT
Publish or Perish! Publishing is one of very important components for a scholar and faculty members to disseminate
their research results. While some of us are frustrated on getting our paper published, we may wonder why some arevery successful.
This workshop will discuss the reviewing and publishing process, using IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, andCybernetics, as an example. The topic includes the overall process of submission and handling, the review process,the responses to the comments raised by the reviewers, and the techniques to prepare a better readable paper.
BIOGRAPHY
C. L. Philip Chen (S’88–M’88–SM’94–F’07) received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, in 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN, in 1988.
After having worked at U.S. for 23 years as a tenured professor, a department head, and associate dean in two
different universities, he is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of Macau,
Macau, China and a Chair Professor of the Department of Computer and Information Science.
Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS. He has been the President of IEEE Systems, Man, andCybernetics Society (2012-2013). Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, andCybernetics: Systems (2014-) and an associate editor of IEEE Access and several IEEE Transactions. He is also the Chairof TC 9.1 Economic and Business Systems of IFAC. His research areas are systems, cybernetics, and computational
intelligence. He is also a program evaluator of ABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) in ElectricalEngineering, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering.

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Keynote Speaker
Monday - 07 December, 09:15 to 10:00“Systems, Complexity and Innovation in the New Economic Model”
Guaning SU
President Emeritus
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

ABSTRACT
We live in interesting times.
The golden period of classical science, notably after publication of Newton’s Laws, was exciting andexhilarating. We were able finally to make sense of the complicated astronomical observations and reduce the principles
explaining it to three simple laws of motion and the inverse square law of gravitation. The powers of science in
reducing observations to simple physics principles seem infinite. But then Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics andQuantum Physics brought us down to reality with a bump – we could not actually solve all problems in such a
deterministic manner reducing the problem to a few fundamental principles.
As we get nearer and nearer to the secrets of Life on Earth with genetics, DNA and sequencing, the promise of
reducing Life on Earth to physical principles is strong. And yet, why did evolution take place, creating order out ofchaos in the primordial soup, seemingly working against the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
On another dimension, quantitative models of human behaviour such as economics, stock prices, social behaviour
and collective action, although possible due to the astronomical explosion of computing power and storage density,
defies our best efforts at prediction. Indeed, like Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Mechanics, what
we are measuring is changed by the act of measurement itself. Academia is full of such issues, whether in judging aprofessor’s research in quantitative terms or marking schemes of courses with significant group work components.
I will address some of these issues especially those areas relevant to Industrial Engineering and Engineering
Management from the point of view of Complexity Science, first pioneered by the academic renegade Santa Fe
Institute and now spreading far and wide including in Singapore. Relevance to Business, Management, Politics andGovernance will also be explored. The phenomenon of Innovation is particularly worthy of exploration as the driverof progress in Human Society.
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Su Guaning is President Emeritus and Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He graduated from University of Alberta (B.Sc. Eng. 71), Caltech(M.S. 72) and Stanford University (Ph.D., M.S. 84). He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by the
University of Alberta in Jun 2015.
As NTU President 2003 to 2011, he led a quantum leap in research and education capabilities in NTU, establishing
new schools, new undergraduate programmes, major research centres and fund raising and alumni functions. He
was founding Chairman of the Global Alliance of Technological Universities and developed strong links with China.
His current research interests are in signal processing, complex adaptive systems, technology innovation andentrepreneurship.
Professor Su pioneered research in the Ministry of Defence, Singapore and led the initial build-up of electronic
warfare capability. He served as Director Defence Science Organisation 1986-1997, Deputy Secretary (Defence)
1998-2001 and founding Chief Executive of the Defence Science and Technology Agency 2000-2002. Prof Su was afounding Board member of the National Science and Technology Board and served as Deputy Chairman from 1998
to 2000.
Professor Su is a President’s Scholar, Registered Professional Engineer and Founding Fellow of the Singapore
Academy of Engineering. He is Honorary Fellow and Past President of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore
and a Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society. He was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal 2011, Public
Administration Medal (Gold 1998 and Silver 1989), Long Service Medal 1998 and Public Service Medal 1997 by
the President of Singapore; National Science and Technology Medal 2003, Defence Technology Medal (Outstanding
Service 2015), the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 2005 by the President of France and the Friendship Award 2011by the State Council, People’s Republic of China.
8Keynote Speaker
Monday - 07 December, 10:00 to 10:45“Does Big Data Solve Big Problems?”
Teck Hua HO
Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor
National University of Singapore, Singapore

ABSTRACT
There is enormous excitement about big data because it promises to solve major societal problems. We haveassembled big data sets in healthcare, transportation, and grocery shopping in order to prevent non-communicablediseases, reduce the rate of car accidents, and understand how firms compete and people consume in Asia. We showthat big data must satisfy a set of necessary conditions for it to be useful in solving big societal problems.

BIOGRAPHY
Ho Teck Hua is Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at the
National University of Singapore, where he is also director of the NUS Global Asia Institute and the Centre for
Behavioural Economics.
Prior to becoming Deputy President, he was the William Halford, Jr Family Professor of Marketing and director of
the Asia Business Center at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Teck Hua has received numerous accolades for teaching and research. In February 2015, he received theWilliamson Award, the Haas School’s highest faculty award. In 2010, he received the Distinguished Teaching Award, UC
Berkeley’s most prestigious teaching honour. He has also won three Earl Cheit Awards for Excellence in Teaching(2004, 2005, and 2006).
His areas of research expertise include behavioural economics, quantitative marketing, and the interfaces
between marketing and operations management. He has written and co-authored significant papers that have been
published in top-tier journals. He has been a finalist for three of the most prestigious awards in marketing research:the 2011 William F O’Dell Award, the 2006 John D C Little Best Paper Award, and the 2005 Paul Green Best Paper
Award. In 2014, a co-authored paper won the second place Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award from Production andOperations Management.
Teck Hua is the current editor-in-chief of Management Science, the venerable, highly ranked journal for researchon management; he is the first non-US citizen to hold this title. He is also one of the most sought after experts on
strategic pricing and behavioural change, and has consulted and taught courses for companies such as eBay, Google,
and Johnson & Johnson.
He is a fellow at the Singapore Civil Service College and a board member of the National University Health System

9“Meet-the-Editors” Panel Session
Monday - 07 December, 11:15 to 12:45, Summit 2

C. L. Philip CHEN
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2014

About the Panelist
C. L. Philip Chen (S’88–M’88–SM’94–F’07) received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, in 1985 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN, in 1988.
After having worked at U.S. for 23 years as a tenured professor, a department head, and associate dean in two
different universities, he is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of Macau,
Macau, China and a Chair Professor of the Department of Computer and Information Science.
Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS. He has been the President of IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Society (2012-2013). Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics:
Systems (2014-) and an associate editor of IEEE Access and several IEEE Transactions. He is also the Chair of
TC 9.1 Economic and Business Systems of IFAC. His research areas are systems, cybernetics, and computational
intelligence. He is also a program evaluator of ABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) inElectrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering.

Ek Peng CHEW
Editor-in-Chief, Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research

About the Panelist
Dr CHEW Ek Peng received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He
is currently an Associate Professor and Deputy Head (Undergraduate Studies) in the Department of Industrial andSystems Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He was a Visiting Scholar and a Visiting Professor,
respectively, at the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of British Columbia in 2006. His current researchareas are in port logistics and maritime transportation, simulation optimization and inventory management. Someof his research works are published in journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, IIE Transactions,
Naval Research Logistics, and Transportation Science. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal ofOperational Research and as a member in the Editorial Board of OR Spectrum, Flexible Services and Manufacturing
Journal, and International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He has also co-edited a book in “Advancesin Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems’, a special issue for OR Spectrum on “IT-based planning and control
of seaport container terminals and freight transportation systems” and three special issues for Flexible Services andManufacturing Journal on “Maritime Container Logistics and Onshore Transportation Systems (Part 1, Part 2 andPart 3)”. He and Dr Lee Loo Hay has recently lead a multidisciplinary team of leading researchers and experience
practitioners to win the Next Generation Container Port Challenge with a grand prize of US$1 mil by proposing a
revolutionary double-storey container terminal, called the SINGA port.

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“Meet-the-Editors” Panel Session
Monday - 07 December, 11:15 to 12:45, Summit 2

Chun-Hsien CHEN
Co-Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Engineering Informatics (ADVEI)

About the PanelistProf Chen, Director of the Design Stream, received his BS degree in Industrial Design from National Cheng Kung
University, Taiwan, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia,
USA. He has several years of product design & development experience in the industry. He has served as a technicalreviewer for National Science and Technology Awards (Singapore), National Research Foundation of Korea, and ajudge for Pin Up Design Awards (Korea), an advisory board member (Singapore representative) of ISPE (International Society for Productivity Enhancement) and various international conferences held in USA, Europe, China, Korea,
Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Prof Chen is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Engineering Informatics (ADVEI),a SCI journal published by Elsevier (UK). Besides ADVEI, he is an editorial board member of Recent Patents on
Engineering, Journal of Kansei, and Ambient Intelligence and Ergonomics. He is/was a Shanghai Eastern Scholar(appointed by Shanghai Maritime University as an Eastern Chair Professor, 2011 – 2014), a Guest Professor of Tianjin
University (since 2013), a Visiting Professor of National Cheng Kung University (2011), a Guest Professor of Shanghai
Maritime University (since 2006), and Chaoyang University of Technology (2008 – 2010).

Lalit GOEL
Editor, Electric Power Systems Research

About the Panelist
Lalit Goel was born in New Delhi, India, in 1960. He obtained his BTech Degree in electrical engineering from theRegional Engineering College, Warangal, India in 1983, and his MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering fromthe University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1988 and 1991 respectively. He joined the School of EEE at the Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 1991 where he is presently a professor. He served as the Head of theDivision of Power Engineering from July 2005 to August 2008. From July 2008 to June 2012, he served as the Deanof Admissions & Financial Aid (re-designated Director of Admissions & Financial Aid with effect from 1 July 2011).
Dr Goel was appointed Director, Undergraduate Education (Projects), in the President’s Office from Jan 2013 to
Dec 2015. Dr Goel is a Fellow of the IEEE. He received the 1997 & 2002 Teacher of the Year Awards for the Schoolof EEE, “Best Teacher of Year 2” awards for 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2005/06 and 2009/2010, and the “Best
Teacher of Year 3” awards for 2001/2002 and 2002/03. Dr Goel served as the Publications Chair of the 1995 IEEE PowerEngineering Society (PES) Energy Management & Power Delivery (EMPD) conference, Organizing
Chairman of the 1998 IEEE PES EMPD Conference, Vice-Chairman of the IEEE PES Winter Meeting 2000, Honorary
Secretary of the International Power Engineering Conferences (IPEC) in 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2003, Chair of the IEEE PESPowercon2004, Chair of IPEC2005 & IPEC2007, Chair of Tencon2009 and Chair of PMAPS2010. Dr Goel received
the IEEE PES Singapore Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2000, and the IEEE PES Outstanding PowerEngineering Educator Award in 2009. Dr Goel is the Editor for the International Journal of Electric Power Systems
Research, and an editorial board member of the International Journal for Emerging Electric Power Systems. He
served as deputy director of NTU’s Protective Technology Research Center (PTRC) from May 1999 to April 2007.
Dr Goel served as the IEEE Singapore Section Chair from January 2007 to December 2008, and is currently the
Asia-Pacific Representative on the IEEE PES Governing Board. Dr Goel is a Fellow of the IEEE. He has publishedmore than 170 international journal and conference papers in the areas of power system reliability, cost/benefit
assessment, power markets and renewables.
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Presenter Guide – Oral
1.

Prepare Your Presentation
Length of presentation material should be in accordance with your time allotted. You are kindly requested to beat the presentation room at least 15 minutes before the session starts and load your presentation material if it isPower Point.

2.

Determine Your Audio-Visual Needs
All meeting rooms are equipped with the following:
1 Projector		
1 Laser Pointer & Clicker
1 Screen		
1 Windows-based PC
The computers in the meeting rooms are being provided to Windows‐based PC users. The PC will be configured
with Windows Operating System. Please bring your presentation files in thumb drives only. For MAC-laptop
users, please bring your own VGA adapter cable.

3.

Create a Backup Copy of Your Presentation
We recommend that you bring at least 2 copies of your presentation to the meeting for backup purposes. Only
thumb drives are acceptable.

4.

Give Your Presentation
Be considerate to the other speakers and audience by staying within your allocated time. The allocated time foryour presentation includes a discussion and changeover to the next speaker. Session Chairs will hold you to theallotted time. This is essential to ensure adequate time for questions and discussion as well as adherence to theschedule.
Please discuss the same material as reported in your paper submission. At the end of the meeting, all presentation files will be destroyed.

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Presenter Guide – Poster
Presenter Guide – Poster
Poster presentations will be held on both Monday – 7 Dec 2015 and Tuesday – 8 Dec 2015 at Nicoll 1 & 2 (Level 3).
Poster boards are pre-assigned and marked with your Abstract ID. Please feel free to approach the Poster Help Desk
for assistance.
1.

Poster Display and Viewing
Monday – 7 December 2015
Presenter Attendance Required
During Poster Session 1

From 15:30 - 16:00

Poster Set-up

From 10:45 - 11:15

Poster Tear-down

By 17:00 latest
Tuesday – 8 December 2015

Presenter Attendance Required
During Poster Session 2

From 10:30 - 11:00

Poster Set-up

From 09:00 - 10:30

Poster Tear-down

By 16:00 latest

2.

Prepare Your Poster
Each presenter is provided with a 1m wide x 2m high poster panel. The presentation must cover the samematerial as the abstract submitted. The poster should be 1 x A0 size in vertical/portrait format, measuring 841 mm
length x 1189 mm height maximum.
a. Place your Abstract ID, Abstract Title and Authors’ names prominently at the top of the poster to allow
viewers to identify your abstract easily.
Presenter’s Name must be underlined and in Bold Letterings.
b. Authors’ names, e‐mails and address information must be provided in case the viewer is interested incontacting you for more information.
c. You have complete freedom in displaying your information in figures, tables, text, photographs, etc in theposter.
d. A successful poster presentation depends on how well you convey information to an interested (but notexpert) audience. You may wish to structure your poster by including the background of your researchfollowed by results and conclusions.

3.

Set Up Your Poster (See also 1 above)
a. Posters should be set-up by the allocated timing of the assigned day.
b. Your poster presentation time is as shown in the session schedule and the poster must be set up at least 10 to
30 minutes before your presentation.
c. Interactive forum is as scheduled and presenters are required to be at their posters during poster viewing
times.
d. Adhesive tapes and scissors are available at the Poster Help Desk, nearby the poster boards. If you havespecial needs for your poster presentation, please bring those supplies with you to the meeting.

4.

Remove Your Postera. Posters must be removed after the viewing time by 17:00 on 7 Dec and 16:00 on 8 Dec 2015.
b. After this time, posters remaining on the boards may be removed and discarded by cleaners. IEEM2015 will
not be responsible for posters and materials left on poster boards after the stated hours.

13Session Schedules,
Abstracts &Author Index

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Session Schedules
Reliability and Maintenance Engineering 1

Engineering Economy and Cost
AnalysisIntelligent Systems

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR323

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR323

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR323

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:David Valis
Baoping Cai

Abstracts: see page 36

Using Oil Quality Indicators as
System Technical Life
Characteristics andMaintenance Optimizers
David Vališ1, Libor Zak2, Jiri Chaloupka3
1University of Defence, Czech Republic
2University of Technology, Czech Republic
3Military Technical Research Institute,
Czech Republic

An Improved Prediction Modelfor Equipment Performance
Degradation based on
Fuzzy-Markov Chain

Abstracts: see page 37

Cleaner Production as a Tool to
Mitigate Pollution in Leather
Processing: Case Study
Ignatio Madanhire, Charles Mbohwa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Multivariate Bayesian VSIControl Chart
Xing Zhang, Jian Liu, Chao Tan
Hunan University, China

A New Method of Cost
Contingency Management

Wen-zhu Liao, Dan Li
Chongqing University, China

Mohammed Wajdi Hammad, Alireza
Abbasi, Michael J. Ryan
University of New South Wales, Australia

Implementation of
System-Based Hazard Analysis
on Physical Safety Barrier: A
Case Study in Subsea HIPPSAn Empirical Study of the
Impact of Project Factors on
Software Economics

Andika Rachman, R.M. Chandima
Ratnayake
University of Stavanger, Norway

Identifying Critical Success &Failure Factors for TQM
Implementation: Extract from
Case Studies
Vimal Kumar, R. R. K. Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
India

A Reliability Analysis
Framework Based on
Time-Varying Dynamic
Bayesian Network
Yu Liu1, Baoping Cai2
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR
2China University of Petroleum, China

A Framework of BayesianLifetime Demonstration Basedon Degradation
Zhengqiang Pan, Tianyu Liu, Quan Sun,
Jing Feng
National University of Defense Technology,
China

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David Valis
Edwin Cheung

Jianglin Huang1, Hongyi Sun 1, Yan-Fu
Li2
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR
2CentraleSupelec, France

Two-Way Substitution Effects
on Inventory in
Configure-to-Order Production
Systems
Anna Myrodia, Martin Bonev, Lars
Hvam
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

An Evaluation of Life Long Fly
Ash based Geopolymer Cement
and Ordinary Portland Cement
Costs Using Extended Life
Cycle Cost Method in Australia
Clifford Chan, D. Thorpe, M. IslamThe University of Southern Queensland,
Australia

Linda Zhang
Babak Abbasi

Abstracts: see page 38

Implications of ProductConfigurator Applications: An
Empirical Study
Linda Zhang1, Petri Helo2, Arun
Kumar3, Xiao You4
1IESEG School of Management, France
2University of Vaasa, Finland
3RMIT University, Australia
4Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.,Singapore

Agent-Based General
Environment with Market
MechanismBingcong Zeng
HP Enterprise, Hong Kong SAR

Functional and Technological
Evolution of Enterprise
Systems: An Overview
Kourosh Yazdani Rashvanlouei1, Rainer
Thome1, Khashayar Yazdani2
1University of Wuerzburg, Germany
2Malaysia University of Science andTechnology, Malaysia

A Binary Firefly Algorithm for
Knapsack Problems
Kaushik Kumar Bhattacharjee, Sarada
Prasad Sarmah
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
India

Data-Driven Model
Development Using Support
Vector Machine for Railway
Overhead Contact Wire
Maintenance
Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

A Reliability Allocation
Method Based on Bayesian
Networks and Analytic
Hierarchy Process
Zheng Ma, Yi Ren, Linlin Liu, Zili Wang
Beihang university, China

Manufacturing Systems 1

Human Factors 1

Manufacturing Systems 2

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR328

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR328

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR328

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:R.M. Chandima Ratnayake
Subhas Chandra Mondal

Abstracts: see page 39

Simple Approach for Value
Stream Mapping for Business
Process Analysis
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima
Ratnayake2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Determining the Optimal
Manufacturing Tolerance for aSingle Machine with
Deteriorating Processing Times
Laith Hadidi
King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals, Saudi Arabia

Design of Fuel Valve Automatic
Performance Test System Basedon LabVIEW
Jinyong Yao, Chao Du
Beihang University, China

Dynamic Scheduling of
Diffusion Furnace in
Semiconductor Manufacturingwith Real Time Events
M. Vimala Rani, Muthu Mathirajan
Indian Institute of Science, India

Camera Based Monitoring
System for Deep Hole
Measurement
Md. Hazrat Ali1, Akio Katsuki2
1Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
2Kyushu University, Japan

Iterative Optimization of Tool
Path Planning in Five-Axis
Flank Milling by Sampling
Techniques
Chi-Lung Kuo, Chih-Hsing Chu
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Decision-Making Method of
Reconfigurable Manufacturing
System's Reconfiguration
Timing Based on Catastrophe
TheorySihan Huang, Guoxin Wang, Yan Yan
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Seng Fat Wong
Chan Wai Lee

Abstracts: see page 41

A Study of Shoulder Rest’s Feet
Height Variation on Upper
Trapezius Muscle Activity in
Violinists
Seng Fat Wong, Iok Peng Lei
University of Macau, Macau

An Innovative Modeling
Method to Evaluate Human
Factor E
ects on the Performance of
Manufacturing Systems
Ahmad Sobhani, M. I. M. Wahab, W.
Patrick Neumann
Ryerson University, Canada

Psychological Empowerment as
a Strategy for Personnel
Retention in the Oilfield
Service Industry
Ngozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee,
Saadeesh Gunasekaran
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

The Linkages Among
Horizontal Strategy,
Person-Environment Fit andStrategic Human Resource
Management
Pratima Verma, R. R. K. Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
India

The Prediction of Human Error
Probability Based on Bayesian
Networks in the Process of Task
Lin Mu, Boping Xiao, Weikang Xue,
Zhen Yuan
Beihang University, China

Variation of Friction Coefficientof Floors Under Five Liquid
Contamination Conditions forPrevention of Slip & Fall
Injuries in Restaurants
Chia Yu Chang1, Kai-Way Li1,
Ching-Chung Chen 2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

R.M. Chandima Ratnayake
Alan Pilkington

Abstracts: see page 42

Beyond the Obvious: A
Framework for Exploiting the
Impact of 3D Printing
Alan Pilkington1, Thomas Frandsen 2,
Märtha Rehnberg2
1University of Westminster, United
Kingdom
2Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Investigation of Process
Approach Implementation in
Manufacturing Firms: A
Methodology for Assessing
Process Excellence Level
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima
Ratnayake2, Katarzyna Antosz 2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Comparison of Artificial Neural
Model and Response Surface
Model During EDAG of Metal
Matrix Composite
Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava 1, Avanish
Kumar Dubey2
1AKS University, India
2Motilal Nehru National Institute ofTechnology Allahabad, India

The Influence of Annealing onMaterial Properties ofRotary-Friction Welded
Steel-Parts
Sirichai Torsakul1, Jakkarin Kongsib1,
Alexander Brezing2
1RMUTT, Thailand
2King Mongkut's University of Technologz
North Bangkok, Thailand

Fabrication of Graded
Structures by Extrusion 3D
Printing
John Giannatsis, Aggelos Vassilakos,
Vassilis Canellidis, Vassilis Dedoussis
University of Piraeus, Greece

Design Process Using Lean Six
Sigma to Reduce the Receiving
Discrepancy Report of ACE
Logistics
J. Bersamin, R. Drio, A.L. Lacibal, C.
Manalastas, Sheily Mendoza, G.D.
Orallo, C.T. Tan
University of Perpetual Help System
DALTA, Philippines

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Operations Research 1

Operations Research 2

Operations Research 3

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR329

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR329

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR329

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Shih-Hsin Chen
Godwin Tennyson

Abstracts: see page 43

Abstracts: see page 44

Raja Jayaraman
Amr Eltawil

Abstracts: see page 45

Finding the Robust Quickest
Path for Call-Taxis in a City
Road Network

Efficient Deployment ofMobile Detectors for Security
Applications

A Deterministic IP Model for
Optimizing Bus Scheduling in
a Private Transportation System

Godwin Tennyson
Indian Institute of Management
Tiruchirappalli, India

Philipp Baumann1, Reynold J. Cooper2,
Dorit S. Hochbaum1, Nidhi Patel2, Kunal
Shalia1
1University of California, Berkeley, UnitedStates2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
United States

Mojahid F. Saeed Osman 1, Mowffq M.
Al-Sanousi2
1American University of Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates
2Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Arabia

Bi-Criterion Single Machine
Scheduling Problem with a
Past-Sequence-Dependent
Setup Times and Learning
EffectShih-Hsin Chen 1, V. Mani2, Y. H. Chen 3
1Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan
2Indian Institute of Science, India
3Asia University, Taiwan

Placing a Liaison with Long
Communication Lengths
Between Two Members in an
Organization Structure
Kiyoshi Sawada
University of Marketing and Distribution
Sciences, JapanA Robust Optimization
Approach to Postdisaster Relief
Logistics Planning Under
Uncertainties
Yajie Liu, Ping Jiang
National University of Defense Technology,
China

Search-Enhanced Job
Dispatching in a Dynamic
Permutation Flowshop
Ahmed W. El-Bouri
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

New Benchmark Results for the
Stochastic
Resource-Constrained Project
Scheduling Problem
Roel Leus1, Salim Rostami2, Stefan
Creemers3
1University of Leuven – KU Leuven,
Belgium
2École Nationale Supérieure des Mines deSaint-Étienne, France
3IESEG School of Management, France

Selection of Base Fluid forDrilling Mud Using Analytic
Hierarchy Process
Gowri Rajagopal, Malliga Poosandaram
Anna University, India

17

Philipp Baumann
Mohamed Haouari

A PSO Approach for Robust
Aircraft Routing
Mohamed Ben Ahmed1, Farah Zeghal
Mansour2, Mohamed Haouari1
1Qatar University, Qatar
2Universit´e de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Extension of the Dominance
Properties for the Unrestricted
Block Relocation Problem
Shunji Tanaka
Kyoto University, JapanA Simulated Annealing
Algorithm to the Stochastic
Network Interdiction Problem
Udom Janjarassuk1, Thawee
Nakrachata-Amon2
1King Mongkut's Institute of Technology
Ladkrabang, Thailand
2Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Minimization of the Makespana Project in the Critical Chain
Project Management
Framework Using a Max-Plus
Linear Representation
Hiroyuki Goto, Hajime Yokoyama
Hosei University, Japan

Emergency Response Model ofStock-Prepositioning withTransportation Constraints
Prudensy Febreine Opit, Koichi Nakade
Nagoya Institute of Technology, JapanA Goal Programming Modelwith Satisfaction Function
Applied to Sustainability
Related Goals of the United
Arab Emirates
Raja Jayaraman 1, Danilo Liuzzi1, Cinzia
Colapinto2, Davide La Torre3
1Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
2Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
3University of Milan, Italy

An Evaluation Carbon
Footprint in Fly Ash BasedGeopolymer Cement andOrdinary Portland Cement
Manufacture
Clifford Chan, D. Thorpe, M. IslamThe University of Southern Queensland,
Australia

Monarch Migration Algorithm
for Optimization Problems
Kaushik Kumar Bhattacharjee, Sarada
Prasad Sarmah
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
India

Solving the Single Machine
Total Weighted Tardiness
Problem Using Bat-Inspired
Algorithm
Wanatchapong Kongkaew
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Adjusted Clustering
Clarke-Wright Saving
Algorithm for Two Depots-N
VehiclesSiana Halim, Lydia Yoanita
Petra Christian University, Indonesia

Evaluation and Selection of
Periodic Inventory Review
Policy for Irregular Demand: A
Case Study
Fengyu Wang, Laura Xu Xiao Xia
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

Supply Chain Management 1

Safety, Security & Risk Management 1

Supply Chain Management 2

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR330

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR330

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR330

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Peter Kuhlang
Chao Fang

Abstracts: see page 46

Zhiqiang Cai
Fuqing Yuan

Abstracts: see page 47

Jayendran Venkateswaran
Harekrishna Misra

Abstracts: see page 48

Productivity Improvement in
Logistical Work Systems of the
Genuine Parts Supply Chain

Information Security
Evaluation of System based on
Bayesian Network

Million Solar Urja Lamp
Programme: A Supply Chain
Experience

Peter Kuhlang1, Alexander Sunk2
1German MTM Association, Germany
2Vienna University of Technology/ Fraunhofer
Austria Research GmbH, Austria

Zhiqiang Cai, Jiangbin Zhao, Yang Li,
Shubin Si, Mengni Ni
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
China

A Pricing Strategy to Align Supply
Chain Interests for Product Recall

A Risk Management
Methodology for R&D Project
Risk Based on AHP and Fuzzy
Comprehensive Evaluation
MethodNikhil Sawal, Jayendran
Venkateswaran, Chetan Singh Solanki,
N.C. Narayanan
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
India

Hongyan Dai, Nan Yang, Nina Yan
Central University of Finance and Economics,
China

SCM Logistics Scorecard: A
Simplified Benchmarking Tool for
Supply Chain Operational
Performance
Sadami Suzuki
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Supply Chain Management in
Service Industry: A Process
Capabilities Perspective
Sakun Boon-itt1, Chee Yew Wong2,
Christina Wong3
1Thammasat Business School, Thailand
2Leeds University Business School, United
Kingdom
3Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong
Kong SAR

Solving the One-Shot Decision
Theory Based Newsvendor
ModelsXide Zhu, Peijun Guo
Yokohama National University, JapanSD Modelling of Healthcare SC in
Rural Parts of Uttarakhand, India
Dinesh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

A Mixed-Integer Programming
Model for the
Production-Inventory-Distribution
Routing Problem
Noha Mostafa, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University for Science andTechnology, Egypt

Wenbo Jiang, Huaqi Chai
North Western Polytechnical University,
China

An Investigation to theEnvironmental Impacts of aLimestone Mine in Neka, IranAbbas Barabadi, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

An Analysis of Floor
Roughness & Slip Resistance ofFloorsFacility Location Problem with
Data Uncertainty for Quality
Rice Development
Wichitsawat Suksawat Na Ayudhya
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology,
ThailandNovel Approach to Optimize
Milk-Run Delivery: A CaseStudy
Thi Hong Dang Nguyen, Thien-My Dao
École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada

A Study of Reverse Logistics
Practices: A Case Study of theComputer Parts Industry inThailandWei Ting Mai1, Kai-Way Li1,
Ching-Chung Chen 2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

Pornwasin Sirisawat 1, Tossapol
Kiatcharoenpol1, Ninlawan Choomrit 2,
Pilada Wangphanich 2
1King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology
Ladkrabang, Thailand
2Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

Critical Antecedents forConstruction Organizational
Learning Concerning Safety
Knowledge from Success andAccidents

The Complexity of Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI)
Compliance for Automotive
Supply Chain

Lianying Zhang, Haiyan Guo, Xiaoyan
Huo
Tianjin University, China

Effects of Footwear Sample
Area on the Friction Coefficienton the Floor
Hung-Kai Tsai1, Kai-Way Li1,
Ching-Chung Chen 2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

Jardini Bahija1, Elkyal Malika1, Amri
Mostapha2
1Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
2Hassan II University, Morocco

Allocation and Proportion
Decision in Multi-Tier Supply
Network
Avinash Bagul, Indrajit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
India

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Quality Control and Management 1

Information Processing andEngineering 1

Quality Control and Management 2

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR332

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR332

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR332

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Chen-ju Lin
Wassanai Wattanutchariya

Abstracts: see page 49

Process Selection Based on
Overall Process Yield
Y. J. Lan, Chen-Ju Lin
Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Hurdle Model with Random
Effects for the Study of Copper
Hillocks Growth in Integrated
Circuits Manufacturing
Guilin Li, Royston Tan, Szu Hui Ng,
Daniel Chua
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

The Classification
Methodology of Chip Quality
Using Canonical Correlation
Analysis-Based Variable
Selection on Chip Level Data
Ki-Hyun Kim, Hyung-Shin Kwon,
Hee-Il Hong, Hong-Sun Hwang,
Kang-Yong Cho, Gyo-Young Jin
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., South Korea

A Combined Synthetic andGeneralized Variance Control
Chart for Bivariate Case
Ming Ha Lee, Yiing Chee Tan, Winnie
Wei Wan Lam
Swinburne University of Technology
Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

Optimization Design ofX^bar&EWMA Control Chartfor Minimizing Mean Numberof Defective Units per
Out-of-Control Case
Mohammad Shamsuzzaman1, Imad
Alsyouf1, Ahad Ali2
1University of Sharjah, United ArabEmirates
2Lawrence Technological University, UnitedStatesPurple Rice Dessert ProductDevelopment by Quality
Function Deployment
Technique and Mood
Consumption Concept
Wassanai Wattanutchariya, Panitnart
Krutasood
Chiang Mai University, Thailand

19

SC Johnson Lim
Shane Xie

Abstracts: see page 50

A Collaborative Tagging
System Design Framework for
Supporting Affective Design

Subhas Chandra Mondal
Ville Ojanen

Abstracts: see page 51

Environmental Performance
Evaluation (EPE) for Small
Medium Industries

S. C. Johnson Lim, Anies Faziehan
Zakaria
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,
Malaysia

Pregiwati Pusporini1, Kazem Abhary2
1University of Muhammadiyah Gresik,
Indonesia
2University of South Australia, Australia

Towards Future Information
Management for High Value
Component Manufacturers

Fatigue Life Analysis and Life
Expectancy Design Strategy for
Flexible Hinge Under Random
Variable Amplitude Loading

Danqing Jessie Cai, Lindawati
Lindawati
SAP Innovation Center Singapore,
Singapore

An Active Learning
Variable-Fidelity
Metamodeling Approach forEngineering Design
Qi Zhou, Ping Jiang, Hui Zhou, Leshi
Shu
Huazhong University of Science &Technology, China

Structuring the Engineering
Change Management Process
Around Change CarriersPeter Sjögren, Bjorn Fagerström
Mälardalen University, Sweden

Reconstruction of SmoothContours from Low Resolution
Digital Elevation Model Data
Hiroyuki Goto1, Tatsuya Ishige1, Yoichi
Shimakawa2
1Hosei University, Japan
2Salesian Polytechnique, Japan

Cloud-Based Data Exchange
and Messaging Platform
Implementation for Virtual
Factory Environment
Yuqiuge Hao, Petri Helo, Ahm
Shamsuzzoha
University of Vaasa, Finland

Jianjun Wu, Jiawei Wu, L. Q. Wang, X.
M. Wu
Jiangxi University of Science andTechnology, China

Dynamics of a Relationship
Between Quality andProductivity in the Automotive
Manufacturing Industry
Tshepo Mpshe, Grace Kanakana
Tshwane University of Technology, South
AfricaBayesian Sampling Plans with
Interval Censoring
Wanbo Lu1, Tzong-Ru Tsai2
1Southwestern University of Finance andEconomics, China
2Tamkang University, Taiwan

Decision Analysis and Methods 1

Production Planning and Control 1

Decision Analysis and Methods 2

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR334

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR334

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR334

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Egon Mueller
Mei-Chen Lo

Abstracts: see page 52

Scaffolds and Design Factors to
Increase Creative Outcomes in
Teaching Software Design andTesting
Chien-Sing Lee1, K. Daniel Wong2,
Simon Boung-Yew Lau3
1Sunway University, Malaysia
2Malaysia University of Science andTechnology, Singapore
3University College of Technology Sarawak,
Malaysia

Entrepreneur’s Priority Traits
on Creative and Innovative
Behavior in Technology Era –Case of Innovative New
Start-Up Businesses
Mei-Chen Lo1, Yi-Chuan Hsu1, Martin
Drozda2
1National United University, Taiwan
2Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia(Slovak Republic)

Organizational Structure andthe Dynamics of Collaboration
Relationship
Xiao-Li Chen 1, Antonia Mahling1, Ralph
Riedel2, Egon Mueller2
1Technische Universität Chemnitz,
Germany
2Chemnitz University of Technology,
Germany

The Effect of Buy-Back Policyin Air Cargo Revenue
Management
Danping Lin 1, Carman Ka Man Lee2, Jiin
Yang2
1Shanghai Maritime University, China
2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR

The Optimal Ordering
Quantity Model Under theUncertain Food Safety
Environment with a Risk
Aversion Concept
Shu-Yen Hsu, Tyrone T. Lin,
Chiao-Chen Chang
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

Employing a Bridge Triage
Method in Municipalities with
Decreasing Populations: An
Empirical Analysis of the
Characteristics of Road
Networks

Mojahid Saeed Osman
Laith Hadidi

Abstracts: see page 54

Dynamic Job Sequencing in
Two Parallel Two-Machine
Flow Shop
Mojahid F. Saeed Osman
American University of Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates

Research on Single-Level
Lot-Sizing Problem under theTime-Varying Environment
Jie Zhang, Jianrui Dong, Yiyong Xiao
Beihang University, China

An Integrated Non-Cyclical
Preventive Maintenance andProduction Planning Model fora Multi-Product Production
System
Xuejuan Liu1, Wenbin Wang1, Tian
Zhang1, Qingqing Zhai2, Rui Peng1
1University of Science and Technology
Beijing, China
2Beihang University, China

Factors Affecting Schedule
Nervousness in the Production
Operations of Airline Catering
Industry
Narat Hasachoo, Ruedee Masuchun
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology
Ladkrabang, Thailand

Chien-Sing Lee
Zhisheng Ye

Abstracts: see page 55

Building Priority Strategies ofBrand Equity Measurementwith AHP – Case of Mobile
Companies in Taiwan
Mei-Chen Lo1, Yi-Chuan Hsu1, Martin
Drozda2
1National United University, Taiwan
2Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia(Slovak Republic)

Contractor Selection inConstruction Industry: A
Multicriteria Model
Maria Creuza Borges de Araújo,
Luciana Alencar, Caroline Mota
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,
BrazilClassification of Areas Using a
Multiple Criteria Approach fora Public Security Problem
Ciro Figueiredo1, Caroline Mota2,
Debora Pereira1
1Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,
BrazilOn a Staged Successive
Approximation Procedure forApproximate Dynamic
Programming Solutions to
Board Game Playing

Comparative Research on
Operation Models of Reverse
Logistics

Eiji Mizutani
National Taiwan University of Science andTechnology, Taiwan

Yan Peng, Yuan Zhao
Tianjin University, China

Decision Evaluation andAnalysis of Optimal Functional
Training Time Investment in
Aesthetic Medicine

A Spreadsheet Based Genetic
Algorithm Model for Hybrid
Flowshop with Batch andDiscrete Processors
Siew-Chein Teo
Multimedia University, Malaysia

Hui-Tzu Yen, Tyrone T. Lin
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

Application of the Binomial
Switch Option in a Decision
Analysis for an Art Exhibition
Wen-Tsung Wu, Chie-Bein Chen
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

A Rough Set Based Fuzzy
Axiomatic Design Approach in
Evaluating Customer-Centric
Design Alternatives
Pai Zheng, Shane Xie
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Takaaki Kawanaka1, Masanobu
Matsumaru2, Shuichi Rokugawa1,
Hirohito Suzuki2
1The University of Tokyo, Japan
2Kanagawa University, Japan

Energy for 2030 Scenarios for a
Sustainable Future: A Case of
Sri Lanka
Amila Withanaarachchi, Julian
Nanayakkara, Chamli Pushpakumara
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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Service Innovation and Management 1

Technology and Knowledge
Management 1

E-Business and E-Commerce

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR335

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR335

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR335

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Yongrae Cho
Lindawati

Abstracts: see page 56

The Competitive Strategy in
Global Engineering Industry:
Strategic Group Analysis
Yongrae Cho1, Jongpil Lee2, Kyutae
Kim3
1STEPI - Science and Technology Policy
Institute, South Korea
2KITECH - Korea Institute of Industrial
Technology, South Korea
3COMPA - Commercialization Promotion
Agency for R&D Outcome, South Korea

Understanding Household
Electricity Saving in Taiwan
Through the Theory of Planned
Behavior: Focusing on
Differences Between User
Types
Pei Ling Liu, Hung Chih Lai, Yao Cheng
Yu, Iris Hsia-Pei Liu, Poyi Chen,
Chia-Chun Chen, Yi-Min Tuan, Hui
Shan Kuo
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Explore the Effects of Interfirm
Cooperation and Collaboration
Between Supply Chain
Integration and Service
Innovation Performance

Abstracts: see page 58

MOD Traffic Packet Loss inVideo Streaming for End-Users'
Continuous Using Willingness
Tze-Jen Wang, Chie-Bein Chen,
Chia-Sheng Lu
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

Tacit Knowledge Transfer andits Implementation on Smalland Medium Enterprises
Augustina Asih Rumanti, Trifenaus
Prabu Hidayat, Yeremia Dwi Saputro
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia,
Indonesia

Evaluation of Smartphone
Feature Preference by a
Modified AHP Approach
Faith Ho, Chia-Nan Wang, Chengter
Ho, Yu Cheng Chiang, Ying-Fang
Huang
National Kaohsiung University of Applied
Sciences, Taiwan

An Application of Text Mining
to Understand the Productivity
Challenges in Singapore

Tsai Wei-Chen
Aletheia University, Taiwan

Andy Ang, Boon Yong Ong, Puay Siew
Tan
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

Design and Development of a
Performance Evaluation System
for Aircraft MaintenanceIndustry

Unpacking the Developmental
Process of Shared Mental
Model Between Technologists
and Artists

Kam Hung Ng, Hau Man Tang, Carman
Ka Man Lee
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR

Han-Chang Ling1, Chao-Tung Wen1,
Hsueh-Liang Fan2
1National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2Ministry of Science and Technology,
TaiwanDigital Services Innovation forAging-in-Place
Q.Z. Yang, C.Y. Miao, Z.Q. Shen
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Impact of Values on Subjective
Well-Being of the Post-80s
Generation
Yang Zhang1, Ya-ting Wang1, Li-ting
Kang2, Yong Wang3
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China
2Zhongnan University of Economics and
Law Wuhan College, China
3Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Service Innovation
Development through China’s
New Urbanization: An
Economic Policy Perspective
Weilin Zhao
Fujitsu Research Institute, Japan

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Chia-Nan Wang
Keng-Chieh Yang

Managing Interdisciplinary
Research Clusters
Sarah Müller, Thomas Thiele, Claudia
Jooss, Anja Richert, Rene Vossen, Ingrid
Isenhardt, Sabina Jeschke
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Lei ChenKeng-Chieh Yang

Abstracts: see page 59

Intelligent Mining on Purchase
Information andRecommendation System for
E-Commerce
Weikang Xue, Boping Xiao, Lin Mu
Beihang University, China

Why is Your E-Store Popularity
Always Lower?
Te-King Chien 1, Hon-Yu Ma2, Kai-Chi
Yang1
1National Formosa University, Taiwan
2Ten-In Food Co., Ltd, Taiwan

Humanizing Websites: Website
Personality for E-Services
Jessica Sze Yin Ho1, Kok-Wai Chew2,
Nasreen Khan2
1Sunway University Business School,
Malaysia
2Multimedia University, Malaysia

The Impact of IT Governanceon Performance of IFRSConversion Under ERP Systems
Wen-Hsien Tsai, Po-Yuan Chu, Jui-Chu
Chang, Hsiu-Li Lee, Yi-Chin Huang
National Central University, Taiwan

The Impact of IT Management
Process of COBIT 5 on Internal
Control, Information Quality,
and Business Value
Wen-Hsien Tsai, Chu-Lun Hsieh,
Chung-Wei Wang, Chuan-Tu Chen,
Wei-Hsiang Li
National Central University, Taiwan

Evaluating the Effectiveness of
Online Product Planning and
Layout Tools in Online Apparel
Shopping
Kin Meng Sam1, Chris Chatwin 2
1University of Macau, China
2University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Applying Fuzzy Delphi method
and Fuzzy AHP for
Performance Measurement of
the Government Information
Unit
Yi-Hui Liang
I-Shou University, Taiwan

Project Management 1

Systems Modeling and Simulation 1

Healthcare Systems & Management 1

7/12/2015 11:15 - 12:45
Room: MR336

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: MR336

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: MR336

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Leon Pretorius
Norbert Trautmann

Abstracts: see page 60

Effects of Culture on ProjectManagement Contributing to
the Success of Managing
Culturally Diverse Engineering
Teams in a Global Environment
Larno Meyer1, Jan Harm Pretorius1,
Leon Pretorius2
1University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2University of Pretoria, South Africa

On an Application of Microsoft
Excel’s Evolutionary Solver tothe Resource-Constrained
Project Scheduling Problem
RCPSP
Norbert Trautmann, Mario Gnaegi
University of Bern, Switzerland

Preventive Controlling of
Product Development Projects
by Aid of Predictive Analytics Identifying Hot Spots within
the Deviation Probability Map
Günther Schuh, Stefan Rudolf,
Christian Doelle, Michael Riesener
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Knowledge Management
Maturity and Organizational
Performance in Project-Based
Organizations: Initial Evidence
from Indonesia
Budi Hartono1, Vicky Ramadhani1,
Yunitha Ratnadilla1, Nurul Indarti1,
Kah-Hin Chai2
1Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
2National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Methodology for the Evaluationand Selection of the Suitabilityof Highly Iterative ProductDevelopment Methods for
Individual Segments of an
Overall Development Project

Michel Aldanondo
Godwin Tennyson

Abstracts: see page 61

Modeling Driver Lane
Selection Decisions in a Toll
Plaza
Godwin Tennyson
Indian Institute of Management
Tiruchirappalli, India

On Controllability of Discrete
Systems in Probabilistic Spaces
Manuel De la Sen
University of the Basque Country, Spain

A Study for Establishing Ideal
CRM System Function
Structure
Te-King Chien 1, Hon-Yu Ma2, Kai-Lun
Hou1
1National Formosa University, Taiwan
2Ten-In Food Co., Ltd, Taiwan

Analysis of Dynamic Contact
Mechanical Response andContact Life of Low Speed Spur
Gear
Yangyang Xin1, Yunxia Chen 1, Rui
Kang1, Jiyu Wu2
1Beihang University, China
2Pera Global Polytron Technologies Inc,
China

Thermal Estimations to Support
Buildings Retrofit: Which
Envelope to Manufacture?
Andres Felipe Barco Santa, Elise
Vareilles, Michel Aldanondo
Université de Toulouse - Mines d'Albi,
FranceVehicle Routing and
Scheduling for Bushfire
Emergency Evacuation
Shahrooz Shahparvari, Babak Abbasi,
Prem Chhetri, Ahmad Abareshi
RMIT University, Australia

Juha Puustjärvi
Chibli Joumaa

Abstracts: see page 62

Posture Analysis in Ergonomic
Study for Bus Station Design
Seng Fat Wong, Qili Chen
University of Macau, Macau

Selective Dissemination ofClinical Guidelines in
Healthcare Communities
Juha Puustjarvi1, Leena Puustjarvi 2
1University of Helsinki, Finland
2The Pharmacy of Kaivopuisto, Finland

Deciding the Minimum
Staffing Level in an Emergency
Medical Center During
Sandstorms
Chibli Joumaa, F. Al-Ajeel, L.
Al-Thuwaini, M. Al-Qallaf, N. Al-Faraj,
S. Al-Muzayan
American University of the Middle East,
KuwaitGreen Logistics Optimization
Model for Forward and Reverse
Logistics Using Genetic
Algorithm
Manoj Kumar, Dinesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
India

Capacity Allocation for
Balancing Cost and Fairness ina Imaging Facility Setting
Liping Zhou, Zhibin Jiang, Na Geng,
Xiuxian Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Analytical Framework to
Establish Requisite Bed
Capacity When Cohorting
Paediatric Patients
Leslie Chia1, Weidong Lin 2
1KK Women's and Children's Hospital,
Singapore
2Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

Günther Schuh, Stefan Rudolf, Frederic
Diels
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Indices to Critical Activities in
Stochastic PERT Networks
Koichi Nakade, Takahito Narumi
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan22

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Reliability and MaintenanceEngineering 3

Poster 1

7/12/2015 14:00 - 15:30
Room: Summit 2

7/12/2015 16:00 - 17:30
Room: Summit 2

7/12/2015 15:30 - 16:00
Room: Nicoll 1-2

Chairs:Chairs:Yoshinobu Tamura
Qingpei Hu

Abstracts: see page 63

A Method of Reliability
Assessment Based on Hazard
Rate by Clustering Approachfor Cloud Computing with Big
Data
Yoshinobu Tamura1, Yumi Nobukawa2,
Shigeru Yamada2
1Yamaguchi University, Japan
2Tottori University, JapanUse of AHP for Risk Based
Fatigue Degradation Inspection
Analysis of Topside Piping on
Offshore Production andProcess Facilities
Arvind Keprate, R.M. Chandima
Ratnayake
University of Stavanger, Norway

Evaluation of Product Maturity
Based on Quality Characteristic
Xiaohong Wang, Yuxiang Li, Wenhui
Fan, Jinquan Xuan, Lizhi Wang,
Manman Mu
Beihang University, China

An Integrated Maintenance
Optimization for Multi Parallel
Machines Under Withdrawal
Right
Tarek Askri, Zied Hajej, Nidhal Rezg
University of Lorraine, France

A PSO Identification Algorithm
for Temperature Adaptive
Adjustment System
Qian Zhang, Sa Wu, Qi Li
Beihang University, China

Reliability Modeling for
Dependent Competing Failure
Processes with Damage
Self-Recovery Phenomenon
Hanlin Liu1, Ruey-Huei Yeh 2, Baoping
Cai3
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR
2National Taiwan University of Science andTechnology, Taiwan
3China University of Petroleum, China

Masdi Muhammad
Hennie Husniah

p.66

Abstracts: see page 64

Reliability Modeling of
Successive Release of Software
Using NHPP
Amir Hossein Soleiman Garmabaki1,
Abbas Barabadi2, Yuan Fuqing2, Jinmei
Lu2, Yonas Zewdu Ayele2
1Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
2University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

Work Place Factors Effect on
Maintainability in Challenging
Operating Conditions
Mojgan Aalipour1, Abbas Barabadi2
1LuleĂĄ University of Technology, Sweden
2University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

Linbo Wang, Yihai He, Zhenzhen He
Beihang University, China

p.66

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p.66

Methodology for Short-Term
Performance Prognostic of Gas
Turbine Using Recurrent
Neural Network
Masdi Muhammad, Mohammadreza
Tahan, Zainal Ambri Abdul Karim
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia

Imperfect Repair Model for
Complex Repairable System A Literature Survey with
Discussion
Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

p.66

Suitability of Wiener Process
Based Model for Prediction of
Temperature Dependent Super
Capacitor Availability
David Vališ1, Ondrej Nováček2, Jiri
Chaloupka3
1University of Defence, Czech Republic
2Masaryk University, Czech Republic
3Military Technical Research Institute,
Czech Republic

Performance Evaluation for
Maximum Likelihood andMoment Parameter Estimation
Methods on Classical Two
Weibull Distribution
Yuan Fuqing1, Abbas Barabadi1, Jinmei
Lu1, A.H.S. Garmabaki2
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway
2Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Reliability Analysis and
Identification of Critical
Components Using Markov
Model
Gajanand Gupta, Rajesh P Mishra,
Pranjal Jain
Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences,
India

Maintainability Analysis of
Equipment Using Point
Process Models
Abbas Barabadi1, A.H.S. Garmabaki2,
Yuan Fuqing1, Jinmei Lu1
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway
2Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Importance Measures forControl Systems with
Degrading Components
Huadong Mo, Bin Liu, Xun Xiao
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR

Research on the Structural
Model of Quality Variations in
Manufacturing and its Impact
on Product Infant Failure Rate

An Evaluation Method of
Step-Down Stress Accelerated
Life Test Based on Amsaa
Model
Jingyue Yang1, Jun Yao1, Yan Song2,
Honghua Hu1, Yanlin Zhao1
1Beihang University, China
2Institute of Space Radio Technology, China

p.66

Maintainability Managementof Production Facilities inComplex and Challenging
Operating Conditions
Abbas Barabadi
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

p.66

Anisotropic Coupling Damage
Model for Reliability Life
Assessment
Peng Lai, Weiwei Hu, Yufeng Sun
Beihang University, China

p.67

A Novel Multi-Class Fault
Diagnosis Approach Based on
Support Vector Machine ofParticle Swarm Optimizationand Huffman Tree
Fan Wu, Weiwei Hu, Yufeng Sun
Beihang University, China

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An Overview of Application of
E-Maintenance for Arctic
Production Facilities

p.68

Rezgar Zaki, Abbas Barabadi
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

p.67

A Data-Driven Method for Life
Prediction Based on
Performance Degradation Data
Under Complicated Stress

Overall Handling Equipment
Efficiency and Maintenance
Systemsp.68

A Heuristic Algorithm for the
Load-Dependent Capacitated
Vehicle Routing Problem withTime Windows

p.68

p.65

Offline Time-Sensitive Travel
Time Estimation in an Urban
Road Network
Qing Guo1, Chen Kim Heng2, Yin Leng
Theng1, Yew Soon Ong1, Puay Siew
Tan2
1Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
2Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

p.67

p.68

p.68

Survey on Applications ofBiased-Random Key Genetic
Algorithms for Solving
Optimization Problems
Hari Prasetyo1, Gusti Fauza2, Yousef
Amer2, Sang-Heon Lee2
1Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta,
Indonesia
2University of South Australia, Australia

p.67

p.65

Risk Assessment of Supply
Chain Based on Combination
Weighting Method and Grey
Theoryp.65

Supplier Selection
Decision-Making in Supply
Chain Risk Scenario Using
Agent Based Simulation

p.67

Procurement Model Under
Suppliers’ Capacity
Investments and Competition
Tarun Jain, Jishnu Hazra
Indian Institute of Management, India

Integrated Model for
Analyzing Industrial Energy
Potential
Oludolapo Olanrewaju, J. L. Munda
Tshwane University of Technology, South
Africap.69

Study on Inline OVL Control
MethodJuan Juan Cai, Ying-Jie Ivy Jiang,
Gui-Hong Dany Deng, Sheng Randy
Kang, Xin Cindy Lee, Hailin Gao
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

p.69

Monitoring the Frequency andMagnitude of an Event with a
Ratio Chart
Yuan Cheng1, Sven Knoth 2, Min Xie1
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR
2Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

p.69

Performance Gains with the
Quality, Health, Safety andEnvironment (QHSE)Management in Works ofRetrofit
Jorge Santos, Ana Catarina Evangelista
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

p.69

Zheng Ping Li1, Gilbert Lim2, Xianshun
Chen3, Chin Sheng Tan1
1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore
2National University of Singapore,
Singapore
3Meme Analytics, Singapore

p.65

Supply Chain Analysis withExport Tax Rebate Policy
Jing Liu1, Ke Fu1, Pingping Lu1, Weixin
Shang2
1Sun Yat-sen University, China
2Lingnan University, China

Linqiao Yang, Xuedong Liang, Fumin
Deng, Zhaoxia Guo
Sichuan University, China

Application of Heuristic
Algorithms on Groundwater
Pumping Source Identification
Problems
Jin-Long Wang, Yu-Hao Lin, Min-Der
Lin
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

p.65

The Research on Supply Chain
Portfolio Default Risk ofFinancial Enterprises Based on
Archimedean No.12 Copula
Yue Teng1, Liguo Zhou1, Jinliang Chen2
1Central University of Finance andEconomics, China
2central university of finance andeconomics, China

Multi-Objective
Embarrassingly Parallel Search
for Constraint Programming
Masato Yasuhara1, Toshiyuki
Miyamoto1, Kazuyuki Mori2, Shoichi
Kitamura2, Yoshio Izui2
1Osaka University, Japan
2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

Relationship Between
Characteristics of Human
Factors Based on Marine
Accident Analysis
Masumi Nakamura1, Takashi Miwa2,
Makoto Uchida2
1Yuge National College of Maritime
Technogy, Japan
2Kobe University, Japan

Ran Liu, Zhibin Jiang, Biao Yuan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

p.67

Effect of Different
Presentation Orders on
Processing Time and Time
Estimation of Verbal Working
MemoryAn Inventory Model of
Production-Inventory Policy
for Food Products Considering
Quality Loss in Raw Materials
Gusti Fauza1, Yousef Amer1,
Sang-Heon Lee1, Hari Prasetyo2
1University of South Australia, Australia
2Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta,
Indonesia

Mengjie Li, Xin Li, Yiwen Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Tomas Kamaryt, Jana Kleinova
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen,
Czech Republic

p.67

p.65

Zhiqiang Sun, ErLing Gong, Wei Liu
National University of Defense
Technology, China

Jieru Meng, Jing Feng, Tianyu Liu,
Quan Sun, Zhengqiang Pan
National University of Defense
Technology, China

p.66

Importance Measurement of
Performance Shaping Factors
using Dynamic Reliability
Indices

The Investigation of
Semiconductor Shipping Bag
Reliability
Hailin Jonson Gao, Xueliang Ruben
Zhang, Yanju Lisa Yu, Kaiyuan Kevin
Chang, Wei-Ting Kary Chien
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

p.69

Wafer Level Package Wafer
Probing Shift Error-Proof
Quality Control
Morn Jin, Wenwen He, John Qiao,
Wei-Ting Kary Chien, Shirley Zhao
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

Modeling and Forecasting
Product Returns: An Industry
Case Study
Alexandra Canda, Xue-Ming Yuan,
Feng-Yu Wang
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

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Advanced Quality Control at
Raw Material Kickoff Stage

p.68

Xiaofeng Shui, Aoyu Shangguan, Yanju
Lisa Yu, Hailin Gao
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

p.65

Industrialized Building
Renovation: Manufacturing
Through a Constraint-BasedOn-line Support System
Andres Felipe Barco Santa1, Elise
Vareilles1, Paul Gaborit2, Michel
Aldanondo1
1Université de Toulouse - Mines d'Albi,
France2Université de Toulouse-Mines d'Albi,
Francep.66

Evaluation of Improvement
Actions Impact on
Manufacturing Operational
Performance

Mohammad Tondro Aghmyoni1, Hoda
Salimi2
1Multimedia University, Iran
2Allameh-Tabataba’i University, Iran

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R&D Performance
Measurement: A Process
Perspective Revisited
Rasa Laliene1, Ville Ojanen2
1Kaunas University of Technology,
Lithuania
2Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Finland

Global Patent Analysis ofPower Lithium-Ion Battery
Separator
Na Li, Quan Guan, Siming Tan, Yunfei
Wang, Zhiyong Chu, Jin Liu
Qingdao Institute of Scientific andTechnical Information, China

An Analysis on Affective
Expression in Articles ofPopular Science by Text
MiningKuei-Chen Chiu1, Chun-Lin Liu2,
Ruey-Lin Chen2
1Fortune University, Taiwan
2National Chung Cheng University,
TaiwanCátia Barbosa, Américo Azevedo
University of Porto, Portugalp.69

A New Applicable Knowledge
Management Model toDevelop Innovativeness in a
Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprise Research andDevelopment Centerp.68

A Bibliometric Analysis of
Project Management Research
Jun Jie Ng, Kah-Hin ChaiNational University of Singapore,
Singapore

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Reliability and MaintenanceEngineering 5

Reliability and MaintenanceEngineering 6

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR323

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR323

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR323

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Bimal Nepal
Baoping Cai

Abstracts: see page 70

Hydrostatic Transmission
System Failure Analysis andUtilization of Failure
Knowledge: A Case Study
Shah Limon1, Om Prakash Yadav1, Jason
Muscha2, Bimal Nepal3
1North Dakota State University, UnitedStates2Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment,
United States
3Texas A&M University, United States

A Model for Degradation
Prediction with Change Point
Based on Wiener Process
Xiaojie Ke, Zhengguo Xu
Zhejiang University, China

Double Response Surface
Method of Reliability Analysis
for Mechanism
Chun-Yi Zhang, Jing-Ya Liu, Cheng Lu,
Bao-Sheng Liu, Ai-Hua Wang,
Ming-You Bai
Harbin University of Science & Technology,
China

A Design Method forForce-Limited Vibration Testing
Conditions
Ming Cheng1, Hongjie Yuan 1, Zhenya
Cao1, Changyu Mo2
1Beihang University (BUAA), China
2Beijing CETC System Engineering Co.
Ltd,, China

Strategy for Reliability Testingand Evaluation of Cyber
Physical Systems
Zi Li, Rui Kang
Beihang University, China

Integrated Model of Production
Plan and Preventive
Maintenance Based on a
Game-Theoretic Framework
Jiawen Hu, Zuhua Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Om Prakash Yadav
Masdi Muhammad

Abstracts: see page 71

A New Reliability Assessment
Model for Power Electronic
Modules
Xing Zhuang, Om Prakash Yadav
North Dakota State University, UnitedStatesA Simulation-Based Method for
EMR Assessment of Aviation
Electronic Products
Zenghui Yuan, Ying Chen, Lei Gao
Beihang University, China

Tolerance Limits for Gamma
Distribution Based on
Generalized Fiducial Method
Piao Chen, Zhi-Sheng Ye
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Passenger Perceptions on
Reliability of an Inter-Campus
Bus System
Michael Sizwe Mkwanazi, Charles
Mbohwa, Takalani Nemarumane
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Reliability Model of theRailway Transportation System
With Respect to Hazard States
Franciszek Restel, Mateusz Zajac
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Study on Reliability
Assessment Method for
Step-Down-Stress Accelerated
Life Test Based on Bayesian
TheoryHonghua Hu1, Jun Yao1, Jingyue Yang1,
Shuizhuang Miao1, Shouzhen Wang2
1Beihang University, China
2The Second Artillery Equipment ResearchInstitute, China

Qingpei Hu
Indra Gunawan

Abstracts: see page 72

An Investigation on Imperialist
Competitive Algorithm for
SolvingReliability-Redundancy
Allocation Problems
Hadi Khorshidi1, Indra Gunawan2,
Agung Sutrisno3, Sanaz Nikfalazar1
1Monash University, Australia
2Federation University, Australia
3Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia

Bayesian Analysis for
NHPP-Based Software Fault
Detection and Correction
Processes
Lujia Wang1, Qingpei Hu1, Min Xie2
1Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR

Optimal Maintenance Service
Contract Involving Discrete
Preventive Maintenance Using
Principal Agent Theory
Eka Pakpahan1, Bermawi P. Iskandar2
1Harapan Bangsa Institute of Technology, ,Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Marine Activities in the Arctic:
The Need for Implementationof a “Buddy System”
Andreas Albrigtsen 1, Ove Tobias
Gudmestad2, Abbas Barabadi1
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Performance-based
Aggregation of Expert Opinions
for Reliability Prediction of
Arctic Offshore Facilities
Masoud Naseri, Yuan Fuqing, Javad
Barabady
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

Optimal Preventive
Maintenance for a Fleet ofDump Trucks with
Two-Dimensional Lease
Contract
Hennie Husniah1, Udjianna S. Pasaribu 2,
Bermawi P. Iskandar2
1Langlangbuana University, Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

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Human Factors 2

Manufacturing Systems 3

Human Factors 3

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR328

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR328

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR328

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Chih-Hsing Chu
Lei Chen

Abstracts: see page 73

Virtual Try-On of Footwear in
Augmented Reality Using
RGB-D Cameras
Yu-I Yang1, Chih-Kai Yang1, Xin-Lan
Liao2, Chih-Hsing Chu3
1National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
2Industrial Technology Research Institute,
Taiwan3National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Hand Anthropometry of Czech
Population
Marek Bures, Tomas Gorner, Blanka
SedivaUniversity of West Bohemia, Czech
Republic

Evaluation of Subjective
Fatigue Tool – A Study
Addressing Restaurant
Employees in Indonesia
Rida Zuraida1, Hardianto Iridiastadi2
1Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Analysis of Performance
Assessment for Teachers of
Independent Colleges in China
Ai-Qun Yu
Beijing Technology and Business
University, China

Oculomotor Response in
Measuring Driving Fatigue
Maya Arlini Puspasari, HardiantoIridiastadi, Iftikar Zahedi Sutalaksana,
Yassierli Yassierli
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

A Study on Affective Feeling
Evaluation for Automotive
Wiper Switch Based on
Multiple Regression Model
Noh-Hoon Park1, Chang-Kyu Han 1,
Hun Jung1, Byung-Ki Jin 2,
Myung-Hwan Yun 2
1Daesung Electric Corporation Co., Ltd,South Korea
2Seoul National University, South Korea

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Alan Pilkington
Michel Aldanondo

Abstracts: see page 74

Development of a Rule Baseand Algorithm for a Quotation
Preparation Process: A Case
Study with a VSM Approach
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima
Ratnayake2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Resolution of Deadlocks in a
Robotic Cell Scheduling
Problem with Post-Process
Inspection System: Avoidanceand Recovery Scenarios
Mehdi Foumani1, Indra Gunawan2, Kate
Smith-Miles1
1Monash University, Australia
2Federation University, Australia

Potential for Improving
Performance through Designfor Environment (DFE) in a
Ferrous Foundry
Ignatio Madanhire, Charles Mbohwa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Reducing Variability in
Micro-Milling Process Using
Six Sigma Methodology
Erika García-López, H. R. Siller, Ciro
Rodriguez
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Remote Supervision of
Production Processes in the
Food Industry
Jorge Lima, Francisco Moreira, Rui
Sousa
University of Minho, Portugal

Redesign of the Production
System: A Hard
Decision-Making Process
Anabela Alves, Rui Sousa, J. Dinis
Carvalho
University of Minho, Portugal

Bingwen Yan
Chan Wai Lee

Abstracts: see page 75

Accessing Bank Finance in
Relation to Human Capital,
Gender and Race Among
SMMEs in a Developing
EconomyPradeep Brijlal1, Bingwen Yan 2
1University of the Western Cape, South
Africa2Cape Peninsula University of Technology,
South Africa

Drillis and Contini Revisited
Using Correlation Analysis forIndonesian Adults
Anthropometry
Markus Hartono, Linda Herawati
Gunawan
University of Surabaya, Indonesia

An Improved System Safety
Analysis Method Based on
Accimap
Juanjuan Gao, Jin Tian, Tingdi Zhao
Beihang University, China

An Empirical Study of Intuition
and its Context
Said Elbanna, Yasir Fadol
Qatar University, Qatar

Comparing Psychological
Empowerment Levels of Field
Employees in Small and Large
Companies of the Oilfield
Service Industry
Ngozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee, K. A.
Yap
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Airport Security Screeners
Reliability Analysis
Artur Kierzkowski, Tomasz Kisiel
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Operations Research 4

Big Data and Analytics

Operations Research 5

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR329

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR329

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR329

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Christine Shoemaker
Alyaa Abdelhalim

Abstracts: see page 76

Global Sensitivity Analysis for
Computationally Expensive
Models Based on Radial Basis
Function Interpolationand
Optimization
Christine A. Shoemaker1, Yilun Wang2
1National University of Singapore,
Singapore
2Cornell University, United States

The Multiple Vehicle Inventory
Routing Problem for Perishable
Products
Alyaa Abdelhalim1, Amr Eltawil2, M.
Nashat Fors1
1Alexandria University, Egypt
2Egypt-Japan University of Science andTechnology (E-JUST), Egypt

The Robust Quay Crane
Allocation for a Discrete Bulk
Material Handling Port
Saurabh Pratap1, Manoj Kumar B1,
Naoufel Cheikhrouhou2, M. K. Tiwari1
1Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,
India
2University of Applied Sciences Western
Switzerland, Switzerland

Solving the Robotic Cell
Problem with Controllable
Processing Times
Mohammed Al-Salem, Mohamed
Kharbeche, Wael Khallouli, Mohamed
Haouari
Qatar University, Qatar

Combinatorial Auction
Algorithm with
Price-Adjustment Mechanism
for Airline Crew Scheduling
Problems
Daiki Sasaki, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, Japan

Multi-Objective Constrained
Vehicle Refueling Planning:
Complexity and
Polynomial-Time
Approximation Schemes

Philipp Baumann
Shino Iwami

Abstracts: see page 77

Babak Abbasi
Siana Halim

Abstracts: see page 78

Data Analysis of Social
Community Reputation: Good
Questions vs. Good Answers

Material Ordering with
Discount Policy Integrated witha Project Scheduling Problem

Jwen Fai Low, Davor Svetinovic
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology,
United Arab Emirates

Aria Shahsavar1, Babak Abbasi2, Nima
Zoraghi11Islamic Azad University, Iran2RMIT University, Australia

Comparative Bibliographic
Analyses of the Global andJapanese Databases in the Fieldof Solar Cell

Development of OmniPlusTM
Methodology for Sustaining
Continuous Improvements

Shino Iwami1, Yasuhiro Yamashita2
1The University of Tokyo, Japan
2Japan Science and Technology Agency,
Japan

Amrik Singh Bhullar, Chin Wei Gan,
Roland Lim, Ming Hon Toh, Bin Ma
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

Production Data Analytics for
Production Scheduling

An Iterative Three-Stage
Algorithm for the
Pre-Marshalling Problem inContainer Terminals

Qiyi Li1, Lei Wang1, Jingjing Xu2
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2East China Normal University, China

Index Tracking Using
Data-Mining Techniques andMixed-Binary Linear
Programming
Oliver Strub1, Philipp Baumann 2
1University of Bern, Switzerland
2University of California, Berkeley, UnitedStatesSoftware Analytics Study ofOpen-Source System
Survivability Through Social
Contagion
Jwen Fai Low, Tennom Yathog, Davor
Svetinovic
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology,
United Arab Emirates

An AIS-Based Framework forReal Time Monitoring ofVessels Efficiency
Hongtao Chi, Giulia Pedrielli, Thomas
Kister, Szu Hui Ng, Stephane Bressan
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Zijie Ren, Canrong Zhang
Tsinghua University, China

Loading Sequencing with
Consideration of Container
Rehandling
Yanwei Shen, Canrong Zhang
Tsinghua University, China

An Iterated Local Search
Algorithm for the Multi-Vehicle
Covering Tour Problem
Yosuke Takada1, Yannan Hu1, Hideki
Hashimoto2, Mutsunori Yagiura1
1Nagoya University, Japan
2Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, Japan

Improving Fairness in Staff
Assignment: An Approach for
Lexicographic Goal
Programming
Tom Rihm1, Philipp Baumann2
1University of Bern, Switzerland
2University of California, Berkeley, UnitedStatesShieu-Hong Lin
Biola University, United States28

Systems Modeling and Simulation 2

Project Management 2

Healthcare Systems & Management 2

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR330

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR330

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR330

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Suthep Butdee
Manuel de la Sen

Abstracts: see page 79

An Optimization Approach forCongestion Management for
Traffic Signal Control Systems
via First-Order Hybrid PetriNets
Ryotaro Yamazaki, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, JapanA Modeling and Simulation
Approach for Support Network
Considering Multi-Service
Flows
Xiang Li1, Lin Ma1, Lan Peng1, Jingfu
Wang2
1Beihang University, China
2China Academy of AerospaceStandardization and Product Assurance,
China

Dedicated Refurbishing Line
Optimization by Simulation
Kevin Calvi1, Sung Hoon Chung1,
Manthos Economou2, Rohan Kulkarni2,
Ross Havens1
1Binghamton University, United States
2Google Inc., United States

Impact of Input Data Parameter
Uncertainty on
Simulation-Based Decision
MakingL. Sathishkumar, Jayendran
Venkateswaran
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
India

Bayesian Network and System
Thinking Modelling to Manage
Water-Related Health Risks
from Extreme Events
Edoardo Bertone1, Oz Sahin 1, Russell
Richards2, Anne Roiko1
1Griffith University, Australia
2University of Queensland, Australia

Cold Forging Deformation
Analysis for Stainless SteelUsing DEFORM
Suthep Butdee, K. Uten
King Mongkut’s University of Technology
North Bangkok, Thailand

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Ralph Riedel
Zhe Zhang

Abstracts: see page 80

Management of “Soft” Success
Factors in Projects
Mandy Thurm, Ralph Riedel, Egon
Mueller
Chemnitz University of Technology,
Germany

A Hybrid DEA-ANP Method
for Measuring Complexity in
Engineering Projects
Meng-Xuan Cui, Chao Fang
Wuhan University, China

Acceptance and Usage of ERP
Systems: The Role ofInstitutional Factors in ERP
Post-Implementation
Rajesri Govindaraju1, Revi T. Salajar2,
Dissa Riandaso Chandra 1, Iman
Sudirman1
1Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
2Indonesian Ministry of Energy andMineral Resources, Indonesia

A Bid & Auction Mechanism
for Resource Management in
Project Portfolios
Minghui Chen, Zhe Zhang
Nanjing University of Science andTechnology, China

Causal Analysis of System
Failures from IT Project
Trouble Reports
Atsushi Shimoda
Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan

Assignment of Critical Path fora Building Site Based on
Multicriteria Approach
Camila Famá1, Luciana Alencar2, Adiel
Almeida2
1Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência eTecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB), Brazil
2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco,
BrazilNa Geng
Amr Eltawil

Abstracts: see page 81

MDP-Based Outpatient
Scheduling for Multiple
Examinations
Yang Liu1, Na Geng1, Yanhong Zhu2
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2Shanghai General Hospital, China

Solution Methods for the
Planning and Scheduling
Problems of Outpatient
Chemotherapy Units
Mahmoud Heshmat, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University of Science andTechnology (E-JUST), Egypt

A Weighted Multi-Objective
Therapist Assignment Problem
in Hong Kong
Meiyan Lin, Kwai-Sang Chin, Kwok
Leung Tsui
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR

Efficiency and Productivity of
Publicly-Traded
Bio-Pharmaceutical Companies
in Taiwan
Yi-Hsing Lin, Chun-Fu Hong
National Quemoy University, Taiwan

Process Optimization for
Operating Room Base on
Pro-Model
Qinglian Lin 1, Long Liu2, Duojin Wang3,
Yan Li1
1Xiamen University, China
2Tongji University, China
3University of Shanghai for Science andTechnology, China

Workforce Modelling, Analysis
and Planning: A Feasibility
Study in a Local Nursing Home
P. P. L. Leung, C. H. Wu, G. T. S. Ho, W.
H. Ip, W. L. Mou
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR

Information Processing and Engineering 2

Quality Control and Management 3

Quality Control & Management 4

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR332

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR332

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR332

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Christian Huemer
Naraphorn Paoprasert

Abstracts: see page 82

Abstracts: see page 83

A Standards Framework for
Value Networks in the Context
of Industry 4.0
Alexandra Mazak, Christian Huemer
Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Optimization of the Rubber
Coagulation Process for
Wastewater Treatment in Latex
Separator Disc Cleaning
SystemNaraphorn Paoprasert 1, Sasitorn
Srisawadi2, Jomkwun Munnae2, VajawinChampeeratana1, Nuttanit
Techapreechawong1
1Kasetsart University, Thailand
2National Science and Technology
Development Agency, Thailand

Modeling Tunnel Profile using
Gaussian Process
Linmiao Zhang , Yong Lei , Nan Chen
1National University of Singapore,
Singapore
2Zhejiang University, China
1

Ville Isoherranen
Jianjun Wu

2

1

Multi-Resolution Modeling onComplex System Integrated
Logistic Support
Fang Li, Peng Di, Yifan Xu, Jianwei Lv
Naval University of Engineering, China

Practical Design of 13.56MHz
Near Field Communication(NFC) and Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) Antennausing Ferrite Sheet on Metallic
Surface by Network Analyzer
Siow Shyong Lau
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

An Action Design Research on
Development and Deploymentof a Computer- Based Group
Discussion Support Tool for
Achieving Consensus andCulture Change at an
Educational Institution

Dinh Son Nguyen
Liang Gao

Abstracts: see page 84

Operational Excellence Driven
by Process Maturity Reviews: A
Case Study of the ABB
Corporation

Application of Bayesian
Networks for Product Quality
Management in a Multistage
Manufacturing Process

Ville Isoherranen, Minna Katariina
Karkkainen, Pekka Kess
University of Oulu, Finland

Dinh Son Nguyen
The University of Danang, Viet Nam

Kriging Surrogate Model for
Compliant Mechanism Six
Sigma Robust Optimization
DesignJianjun Wu, Liang Qi Wan, P. F. Nie
Jiangxi University of Science andTechnology, China

A Study of Multivariate Process
Capability Indices in
Manufacturing Processes
Subhas Chandra Mondal
Indian Institute of Engineering Science andTechnology, India

Confidence Based Quality
Evaluation for Total
Manufacturing Process Using
Comprehensive Process
Capability
Kongjun Gao1, Yihai He2, Linbo Wang2
191872 PLA Troops, China
2Beihang University, China

COQ Math Model Case Study
for Self-Brand Automobile
Industry
Zhou Fuli, Wang Xu, Chen Shan, Ni Lin
Chongqing University, China

Statistical Monitoring ofLongitudinal Categorical
Survey Data

Probabilistic Analytical Target
Cascading Combined with
Kriging Metamodel for
Multidisciplinary Robust
Design Optimization
Fengxiang Wang, Mi Xiao, Liang Gao
Huazhong University of Science andTechnology, China

An Improved Switching Rule in
Variable Sampling Interval
Hotelling
Yiing Chee Tan, Ming Ha Lee, Winnie
Wei Wan Lam
Swinburne University of Technology
Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

Comprehensive Wafer Level
Package Die Processing Service
Quality Control Enhancement
John Qiao, Morn Jin, Wenwen He,
Wei-Ting Kary Chien, Shirley Zhao
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

Key Performance Indicators forOperational Quality in the Oil
and Gas Industry A Case Study
ApproachNgozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee,
Muhammad Iqbal
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Chen Zhang, Nan Chen
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Jaclyn Lee1, Jos van Hillegersberg2,
Kuldeep Kumar2
1Singapore University of Technology and
Design, Singapore
2University of Twente, Netherlands

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Production Planning and Control 2

Facilities Planning & Management

Engineering Education and Training

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR334

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR334

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR334

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Laith Hadidi

Abstracts: see page 85

Markus Hartono
Danping Lin

Abstracts: see page 86

Abstracts: see page 87

Multi-Objective Optimization
for Inspection Planning Using
NSGA-II

Evaluating Design Alternativesof Constructed Storm-Water
Treatment Wetlands

Elnaz Asadollahi-Yazdi1, Alaa Hassan 1,
Ali Siadat1, Jean-Yves Dantan1, Ali
Azadeh2, Abbas Keramati2
1Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, France
2University of Tehran, IranOz Sahin, Edoardo Bertone, Matthew
Baker
Griffith University, Australia

Improving Overall Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE) ThroughIntegration of MaintenanceFailure Mode and EffectAnalysis (Maintenance-FMEA)
in a Semiconductor
Manufacturer: A Case Study
Kuan Eng Chong1, Kam-Choi Ng2,
Gerald Guan Gan Goh3
1Technical University Malaysia, Malaysia
2Infineon Technologies, Malaysia
3Multimedia University, Malaysia

Gap Analysis of Required andAvailable Capacity
Ryanto Hartono, Laurence Laurence
University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia

A Mathematical Model toDetermine the Optimal Size ofa Product Line from the
Perspective of Manufacturing
Companies
Jungju Park1, Ji Hyoun Lim2, Jeonghoon
Mo1
1Yonsei University, South Korea
2Ulsan National Institute of Science andTechnology, South Korea

Spiral-Evolutional Production
Scheduling System
Shigeru Fujimura, Wei Weng
Waseda University, Japan

Automating Scheduling Tasks;
Experience of a Real Case
J.C. de Man, Taravatsadat Nehzati,
Emrah Arica, Kasper Kiil
Norwegian University of Science andTechnology, Norway

Chien-Sing Lee
James K. C. Chen

Modeling of Periodic Location
Routing Problem with Time
Window and Satisfaction
Dependent Demands
Nasim Nasherahkami , Mahdi Bashiri ,Jafar Bagherinezhad3
1Payam Noor University, Iran
2Shahed University, Iran
3Alzahra University, Iran1

2

Ground Crew Rostering for the
Airport Check-In Counter
Danping Lin 1, Zhuo Xin2, Youfang
Huang3
1Shanghai Maritime University, China
2School of Management, Xiamen
University, China
3Engineering Research Centre of Container
Supply Chain Technology, Shanghai
Maritime University, China

The Effect of Soft PowerInvestment on Shanghai Port
Competitiveness Using DEA
Danping Lin, Daofang Chang, Zhen
Wang
Shanghai Maritime University, China

Performance Improvement of
Oil and Gas Industry via Lean
Concept: A Case Study from
Valves Requisition
R.M. Chandima Ratnayake, M. Osman
Chaudry
University of Stavanger, Norway

Creation of a Mentoring
Program for Improving the
Education of Industrial
Engineers
Maria da Gloria Diniz de Almeida 1,
Andreia Maria Pedro Salgado1, Gessica
Naira Diniz Baronto2
1Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
2Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil

Knowledge Loss at Institute ofHigher Learnings inTechnologies in India
Kalyan Kumar Bhattacharjee, Ravi
Shankar, M. P. Gupta
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Educating Tomorrows
Engineers: Reinforcing
Engineering Concepts ThroughVirtual Reality (VR) Teaching
Aid
Opeyeolu Laseinde1, Samuel
Adejuyigbe2, K. Mpofu1, Harold
Campbell1
1Tshwane University of Technology, South
Africa2Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

Systems Thinking - Innate or
Learned? Recent Study
Findings
Sigal Koral-Kordova, Moti Frank
HIT- Holon Institute of Technology, Holon,
IsraelA Framework for Human
Collaborative Robots,
Operations in South African
Automotive Industry
Pheladi Masinga, Harold Campbell, J.A.
TrimbleTshwane University of Technology, South
AfricaThe Study on Competency
Characteristic of JAVA Software
Engineer of the Internet
EnterpriseAnshi Wang1, Xin Li2, Yiwen Chen2
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China
2Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Technology and Knowledge
Management 2

Technology and Knowledge
Management 3

Service Innovation andManagement 2

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR335

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR335

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR335

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:James K. C. Chen
Michael Gepp

Abstracts: see page 88

Ataur Rahman
Panagiotis Ganotakis

Abstracts: see page 89

Pei-Lee Teh
Shin-Guang Chen

Abstracts: see page 90

Studying the Continuance
Intention and Success Factor of
E-Learning Systems

The Prospects of Panel Style
Nano-Battery Technology for
EV/HEVAre Older Adults Really That
Different? Some Insights from
Gerontechnology

James K. C. Chen 1, Nila Armelia
Windasari2, Sheng-Lung Lee1
1Asia University, Taiwan
2National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Ataur Rahman, Mahbubur Rashid,
A.K.M. Mohiuddin, Hannan MoktarInternational Islamic University Malaysia,
Malaysia

Study on TechnologicalInnovation Efficiency Based on
Dea-Malmquist: Empirical
Analysis of 15 Chinese Listed
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Firms

The Role of Universities inFostering Knowledge-Intensive
Start-Ups -According toGerman Experiences-

Weng Marc Lim1, Pei-Lee Teh 1, Pervaiz
Khalid Ahmed1, Alan H.S. Chan 2,
Soon-Nyean Cheong3, Wen-Jiun Yap3
1Monash University, Malaysia
2City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR
3Multimedia University, Malaysia

Zhongyuan Xu, Wei Chen
Harbin Engineering University, China

Patent Survival Analysis of
China's Communication
Industry
Suli Zheng, Xiaowei Hu, Shuang Hu
China Jiliang University, China

Strategy Framework forTechnology Platforms within
the Context of Diversified
Companies
Günther Schuh1, Simon Ryschka2
1RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2Fraunhofer Institute for Production
Technology IPT, Germany

Research of Continue Using
Behavior of Electronic
Knowledge Repositories Basing
on a Comprehensive Model

Reza Asghari, Oktay Erol
Braunschweig University of Technology,
Germany

Effect of Domestic and Foreign
Technological Collaborations
on Different Level of ProductInnovation Radicalness
Panagiotis Ganotakis, M. Kafouros
University of Wollongong in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates

ERP Pre-Implementation
Framework for Higher
Education Institution: A Case
Study in Purdue University
Lin Qian, Edie Schmidt, Regena Scott
Purdue University, United States

Necessity of the Considerationof Strategic Aspects in Variant
Decisions of Modular ProductArchitectures

Shujuan Zhang, Zhongqu Tian, Yajuan
Jin
Northwestern Polytechnical University,
China

Ann-Katrin Weiser , Bernd Baasner ,Jivka Ovtcharova1
1Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Germany
2Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH, Germany

Engineer-to-Order Companies
are Reserved on Adoption of
Current Engineering Trends –An Empirical Study

How Much is Too Much –Equilibrium Points for Good
Export and R&D Intensity: Dataof World Top 2000 Companies

Michael Gepp , Philipp Goelzer , Boris
Grobholz1
1Siemens AG, Germany
2University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
1

2

1

2

Mait Rungi, Andres Ida
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Sustainable Innovation: A
Consumer Perspective
Bjoern Frank1, Boris Herbas Torrico2,
Shane J. Schvaneveldt 3
1Sophia University, Japan
2Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo,
Bolivia
3Weber State University, United States

A Study on Flight Combinationin Terms of Timed
Stochastic-Flow Network
Shin-Guang Chen
Tungnan University, Taiwan

The Quality Function
Deployment (QFD) – Based
Evaluation of Malang Waste
Bank Management
Lalu Tri Wijaya Nata Kusuma, Annisaa
Adi Ramadhan, Harizka Dwi Putri
Anggriyanti
University of Brawijaya, Indonesia

Performance Based Contracting
for the Manufacturing Industry
by Using Integrated Platformand Dynamic Pricing Model
Lindawati Lindawati1, Aldy Gunawan2
1SAP Innovation Center Singapore,
Singapore
2Singapore Management University,
Singapore

Comparison of IT Services
Organizational Units on thebasis of Human Capital
Measures
Mangesh Gharote, Abhay Sodani,
Girish Palshikar, Rajiv Srivastava
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India

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Supply Chain Management 3

Safety, Security & Risk Management 2

Supply Chain Management 4

8/12/2015 09:00 - 10:30
Room: MR336

8/12/2015 11:00 - 12:30
Room: MR336

8/12/2015 13:30 - 15:30
Room: MR336

Chairs:Chairs:Chairs:Premaratne Samaranayake
Haiyan Xu

Abstracts: see page 91

Abstracts: see page 92

Nunzia Carbonara
Egon Mueller

Abstracts: see page 93

Green Supply Chain
Management, Triple Bottom
Line, and Organizational
Theory – Prioritization with
Fuzzy AHP Method

Risk Assessment Method for
Cybersecurity ofCyber-Physical Systems Basedon Inter-Dependency ofVulnerabilities

Assessing the Benefits of the
Product Postponement Strategy
to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks:
A Real Options-Based
Computational Model

Poomporn Thamsatitdej1, Metinee
Jongpaiboon 2, Premaratne
Samaranayake3, Tritos
Laosirihongthong2
1Mahidol University, Thailand
2Thammasat University, Thailand
3University of Western Sydney, Australia

Wenbo Wu, Rui Kang, Zi Li
Beihang University, China

Nunzia Carbonara, Nicola Costantino,
Roberta Pellegrino
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

A Model to Evaluate Risk
Propagation Considering Effectof Dynamic Risk Information
Sharing and Multi-Sourcing in
Supply Chain Networks

Yonas Zewdu Ayele, Abbas Barabadi,
Javad Barabady
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

Hai-Yan Xu1, Xiuju Fu1, Loganathan
Ponnambalam1, Akira Namatame2, Xiao
Feng Yin 1, Rick Siow Mong Goh 1
1Institute of High Performance Computing,Singapore
2National Defense Academy, Japan

Waste Reduction of Returnable
Packaging: A Case Study ofReverse Logistics in an Auto
Parts Company
Nophanut Katephap, Sunpasit
Limnararat
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology
Ladkrabang, Thailand

A Solution Procedure based on
Lagrangian Relaxation for
Supply Chain Planning
Problem with CSR Investment
Takuya Aoyama, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, JapanThe Governance of Cloud
Based Supply Chain
Collaborations
Dissa Riandaso Chandra, Jos vanHillegersberg
University of Twente, Netherlands

Mitigating Risks in the
Sourcing of Transportation
Services: A Real Option-BasedApproachNicola Costantino, Roberta Pellegrino,
Danilo Tauro
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

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Yoshinobu Tamura
Om Prakash Yadav

Performance-Based Risk
Management Systems (PBRMS)
in the Arctic Drilling Waste
Handling Operation

The Improved Methodology of
Safety Assessment with System
Simulation
Yabing Guo, Wenbingg Chang,
Shenghan Zhou
Beihang University, China

Improved Condition
Monitoring System to Protect
Railway Axle Bearing Safety
from Electric Corrosion
Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic
University of Norway, Norway

Extreme Waves Generated in a
Future Arctic Ocean
Dimitrios Kostopoulos, Ove Tobias
Gudmestad
University of Stavanger, Norway

Life Assessment of Organic
Coating Based on Accelerated
Degradation Test and Modeling
Liwei Sun, Xiaohui Wang, Guilin
Zhang, Qingming Xu
Beihang University, China

A Taxonomy of Integrative
Technologies
Ping-Kuo Chen
Aletheia University, Taiwan

The Mechanism of China
Textile Industry Shift:Strategies and Behaviors of
Buyers and Suppliers
Caixia Chen, Jun Yang, Yixiong Yang,
Qingliang Gu
Donghua University, China

Service Oriented Architecture
Led Producer Centric Supply
Chain: Learning in IndianContext
Harekrishna Misra
Institute of Rural Management Anand,
India

Quantifying Disruptions
Propagation in a Supply Chain
Chin Sheng Tan 1, Puay Siew Tan1, Siang
Guan Lee2
1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore
2Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Supply Chain Management
Information Systems andOrganisational Performance inEconomic Turbulent
Environments
Maria Argyropoulou 1, Roula
Michaelides2, Iain Reid3, George
Ioannou1
1Athens University of Economics andBusiness, Greece
2University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
3University of Huddersfield, United
KingdomPoster 2

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Feature Model Augmentation
with Sentiment Analysis for
Product Line Planning
Feng Zhou, Roger Jiao
Georgia Institute of Technology, UnitedStates

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A Time-Variant Reliability
Modeling and Analysis
Method of Multi-State
Complex Electromechanical
Systemp.98

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Triggering an Internal Service
Innovation in Manufacturing
Firms
Yang Yang Zhao, John Kafka
Buskerud and Vestfold University College,
Norwayp.97

Enterprise’s WeChat Use andits Impact on Firm
Performance – From the
Perspective of Value
Co-Creation

p.98

Impact of Risk-Taking
Leadership on Organisational
Performance andSustainability in SMEs
Wilson Maladzhi
University of South Africa, South Africa

p.97

The Processing Method of
Temperature Drift Data for
Prediction Based on Wavelet
TheoryLizhi Wang, Xinlei Zhao, Xiaohong
Wang, Xinlan Li, Yuxiang Li
Beihang University, China

p.98

Utilizing ProductConfiguration Systems for
Supporting the Critical Parts ofthe Engineering Processes
Katrin Kristjansdottir, Sara Shafiee,Lars Hvam
Technical University of Denmark,Denmarkp.97

The Information Security in
Semiconductor Industry
Shirley Zhao, Sherry Zhu, Sherry Guo
Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation, China

p.98

Real-Time Scheduling Home
Caregivers Based on
Disruption Management
Biao Yuan, Ran Liu, Zhibin Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

p.98

Jifan Ren, Ruo Nan Li
Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
Graduate School, China

p.97

The Impact of Plan Form of
Circulation Systems in
Large-Scale Environments on
Space Cognition: Case Study in
Two Shopping Malls in China
Rui Zhao, Xin Li, Yiwen Chen
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academyof Science, Beijing University ofTechnology, China

Project Management Approachfor Turbine Maintenance inPower Utility Plants: The Caseof a South African
Maintenance Company
Teddy Mtembi, Grace Kanakana
Tshwane University of Technology, South
AfricaCredit Risk Assessment Modelof Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprise Based on Logistic
Regression
Hui Sun, Mingyuan Guo
Tianjin University, China

A New Approach inConsidering Vagueness andLack of Knowledge for
Selecting Sustainable Portfolioof Production Projects

Evaluation of the Reliability
Performance of anInter-Campus Bus System
Michael Sizwe Mkwanazi, Charles
Mbohwa, Takalani Nemarumane
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

AHP Based Weighting System
for BIM Implementation &Assessment Framework

V. Mohagheghi1, S. M. Mousavi1, Ali
Siadat2
1Shahed University, Iran
2Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, France

Development of Firing on
Board System of an Armored
Vehicle Using Active Front
Wheel Steering System
Vimal Rau Aparow, Khisbullah
Hudha, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Megat Ahmad, Shohaimi Abdullah
National Defense University of Malaysia,
Malaysia

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Simulation of Fire Evacuation
in a High-Rise Office Building
Bai Wen, Huo Yan, Zou Gaowan, Gao
Ye
Harbin Engineering University, China

p.97

Keyu Chen, Haijiang Li
Cardiff University, United Kingdom

A Behavioral Choice Model for
Product Demand Estimation
Shuli Wu, Songlin Chen
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

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Identification of Critical
Success Factors for Emerging
Market Entry Planning
Processes in the Automotive
Industry
Thillai Sivakumaran1, Florian Köhne2,Michael Toth3
1Technical University of Dortmund,
Germany
2Audi AG, Germany
3Bochum University of Applied Sciences,
Germany

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Anant G. Kulkarni1, Mohammad
Farukh Qureshi2, Manoj Jha3,
Vivekkant Jogi4
1Dr. C. V. Raman University, India
2Government Polytechnic, India
3Rungta Engineering College, India
4Shri Hari Advance Nano Science Pvt.
Ltd., India

LP-Relaxation-Simulated
Annealing Manpower
Scheduling Algorithm forService Industry
Hendra Teja Wirawan, Ping Chong
Chua
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology, Singapore

Design and Development of
GUI Based Model for Fault
Diagnosis of Induction Motor

Efficiency of Publicly-Traded
Medical Device Companies in
Taiwan – An Analysis Using
Window-DEA
Chun-Fu Hong, Yi-Hsing Lin
National Quemoy University, Taiwan

p.98

Constructing a Framework to
Manage High Utilizers In
Health and Social Care
Tomi Malmstrom, Antti Peltokorpi,
Markus Lappalainen
Aalto University, Finland

TRIZ-PUGH Model, New
Approach for Creative Problem
Solving and Decision Making
Jakrapong Karnjanasomwong, Natcha
Thawesaengskulthai
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Qian Wang, Jianguo Zhang, Linjie Kan,
Pidong Wang
Beihang University, China

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A Game Theory Based
Resource Scheduling Model
for Cost Reduction in Home
Health Care
Zhijie Xie1, Nimisha Sharath2, Chun
Wang1
1Concordia University, Canada
2National Institute of Technology, India

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Lei Chen, Bin Shen, Qingying Li
Donghua University, China

p.96

A Genetic Algorithm Based
Solution for the Online
Cutting Problem with Defects

Agent Based Modeling in
Factory Planning and Process
Control

p.96

Mohamed Negmeldin, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University of Science andTechnology (E-JUST), Egypt

p.94

A New Multi-Objective
Scheduling Problem on Batch
Parallel Machines with
Maximum Allowable
Incompatibility for Jobs
Bahare Shahidi-Zadeh 1, Farshid
Evazabadian 2, Reza
Tavakkoli-Moghaddam2
1Islamic Azad University, France
2University of Tehran, Iran

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Intelligent Fixture Structure
Design Based on Knowledge
Ontology

Selection of Supplier Portfolio
in the Presence of Operational
Risk and Disruption Risk
Xiangxiang Liao, Chao Fang
Wuhan University, China

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The Influence Factors on
Channel Selection: A Study on
Online Shopping for Infant
Milk Powders
Xuejing Yang1, Wei Guo1, Xin Li2,
Yiwen Chen2
1University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China
2Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Applying Social Marketing
Theory to Develop Retargetingand Social Networking
Advertising Website
Keng-Chieh Yang1, Chia-Hui Huang2,
Conna Yang3, Chen-Wei Tsai4
1Hwa Hsia University of Technology,
Taiwan2Taipei University of Business, Taiwan
3National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
4Hwa Hsia Technology of Univeristy,
Taiwanp.97

Latent Customer Needs
Elicitation for Big-Data
Analysis of Online Product
Reviews
Feng Zhou, Roger Jiao
Georgia Institute of Technology, UnitedStatesp.95

Faping Zhang, Tianhui Zhang , Yan
Yan
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

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The Impact of Channel
Integration on Channel
Reciprocity in theMulti-Channel RetailingContext
Kan Jiang, Liuyan Xu, Xiaoning Bao
Guangxi University, China

Bahadir Durak, Dilek Tuzun Aksu
Yeditepe University, Turkey

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Reviews on Third-Party
Website and E-Commerce
Overseas Expansion Strategy

Research on IoT Based Cyber
Physical System for Industrial
Big Data Analytics
Carman Ka Man Lee, Charlie Yeung,
Meina Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR

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Applying Large-Scale Linear
Programming in Business
Analytics
William Chung
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR

Abstracts
Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR323
David Valis, Baoping Cai

Using Oil Quality Indicators as System Technical Life
Characteristics and Maintenance Optimizers
David Vališ1, Libor Zak2, Jiri Chaloupka3
1University of Defence, Czech Republic
2University of Technology, Czech Republic
3Military Technical Research Institute, Czech Republic

Using the information from oil which is a part of a technical system has
been presented a couple of times. The results introduced so far usuallydealt with wear metals which get into the oil. However, this paper isbased on a different approach. We have assessed oil particles whichprimarily determine oil quality. These are Anti-Oxidant and Anti-Wear
Particles (AOWP). These particles are additives in the oil and theiramount depends both on operating time and calendar time. The aim of
the article is to introduce selected mathematical approaches used assess
how the number of these particles affects residual useful life (RUL) andmaintenance optimizing.

An Improved Prediction Model for Equipment Performance
Degradation based on Fuzzy-Markov Chain
Wen-zhu Liao, Dan Li
Chongqing University, China

In this paper, a practical prognostics tool is given to better realize
effective condition-based maintenance. First, a brief overview ofprognostics techniques is provided. Accordingly, a prediction model
combining fuzzy sets and Markov Chain is proposed for equipment
performance degradation. This model can improve these traditional
state division methods based on personal subjective experience, andincrease the prediction accuracy. Then, a numerical example is provided
in which the exhaust gas temperature margin is considered as theperformance indicator. Through the computation results, it can beverified that the Fuzzy-Markov chain simplifies the calculation process,and achieves accurate prediction results with small sample andincomplete information. Moreover, compared with linear regression
model, nonlinear regression model and GM (1, 1) model, thecomputation results illustrate that this prediction model performs
better in dealing with the degradation data with high nonlinearity andrandom fluctuation.

Implementation of System-Based Hazard Analysis on
Physical Safety Barrier: A Case Study in Subsea HIPPS
Andika Rachman, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake
University of Stavanger, Norway

Physical safety barriers are provided in industrial systems toprevent/control/mitigate undesired events. However, despite theirhighly redundant and reliable design, multiple barriers can bepenetrated simultaneously as shown by the Deepwater Horizon
blowout accident. Their functionality was degraded, not only becauseof components failures, but also due to management and organizational
factors, e.g. inadequate operator training, ineffective maintenance, andpoor safety culture. These factors are sourced from management’s
decisions and actions to prioritize profitability over safety, which
covertly generate hazards to the system. However, conventional hazard
analyses are unable to identify these hazards. A hazard analysis called
System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is believed to enable theidentification of hazards that are rooted from management’s unsafe
decisions and actions, thus preventing degradation of physical safetybarriers in a broader perspective. This paper will discuss the applicationof STPA for the High-Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) in
subsea production system.

Identifying Critical Success & Failure Factors for TQM
Implementation: Extract from Case Studies
Vimal Kumar, R. R. K. Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Seminal article [14] on “Building theories from Case Study Research”
has motivated researchers of diverse areas to adopt case study
methodology to build concepts and theories and case research on TQM
implementation concepts is no exception. The purpose of this paper is
to identify the critical success & failure factors for TQM Implementationfrom the real case analysis. It has been found that successful
implementation of TQM system has taken the organizations to newheights of profitability while failure has often led organization out of
the market. The criterion used to select the company for our case study
was that each of the companies implemented TQM vigorously. The
findings of the study provide critical input for TQM implementation
with firms being more proactive and better prepared for TQM
implementation. The successful TQM implementation set comprised
seven companies and failed one with five companies.

A Reliability Analysis Framework Based on Time-Varying
Dynamic Bayesian Network
Yu Liu1, Baoping Cai2
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2China University of Petroleum, China

In the last decade, Bayesian Networks have become more and more
popular in solving statistical problems. This method also attracts a lot of
attention in reliability analysis community. In this paper, a time-varying
Dynamic Bayesian Network modeling framework extended from basic
Dynamic Bayesian Network model was proposed to analysis thereliability of non-stationary system. And the model is illustrated withthe reliability analysis of PV power system.

A Framework of Bayesian Lifetime Demonstration Based on
Degradation
Zhengqiang Pan, Tianyu Liu, Quan Sun, Jing Feng
National University of Defense Technology, China

In order to validate the lifetime of long-life product, the concept oflifetime demonstration testing (LDT) based on degradation is presented
in this paper. For shortening test time as far as possible, the priorinformation of similar products is considered. Therefore, a frameworkof Bayesian lifetime demonstration based on degradation is developedby considering the prior information of products. Firstly, we present a
Bayesian reliability model based on a generalized degradation process,and take a linear form for example to infer the posterior cumulative
distribution function (CDF). Due to the prior information considered,the Bayesian sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) method is used todemonstrate lifetime of the product at test censored time. And thecorresponding decision rules are given under the producer’s risk α andconsumer’s risk β. Finally, for an illustration of the proposed model andmethod, an example about the self-healing metallized film pulse
capacitors is discussed and some interesting and exciting analyticalresults are presented.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsEngineering Economy and Cost Analysis
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR323
David Valis, Edwin Cheung

Cleaner Production as a Tool to Mitigate Pollution in Leather
Processing: Case Study
Ignatio Madanhire, Charles Mbohwa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

This research study explored environmental pollution problems in theleather processing industry. It presents plant-level assessment results
and possible benefits of cleaner production (CP) in various leather
processing stages. Chemicals which were used for hide tanning wouldfind their way into the environment resulting in the presence of salts inthe tannery effluent. This work sought to reduce salts in the effluents byincorporating a number of CP measures including installation of achilling unit to the tannery system.

Multivariate Bayesian VSI Control Chart
Xing Zhang, Jian Liu, Chao Tan
Hunan University, China

In this paper, research was conducted on a multivariate Bayesianvariable sampling interval (VSI) control chart to address the problem of
insufficient research in the area of Bayesian multivariate control chartswith variable parameters. Bayesian multivariate control chart wasconstructed and control strategies on variable sampling interval andvariable control limits were designed. Cost model was built and thecorresponding parameters of cost and control chart were determinedthrough researching in enterprise. Monte Carlo stochastic simulation
was adopted to verify the economical and statistical advantages ofBayesian multivariate control chart. This study provides supports forin-depth study on Bayesian multivariate control chart with variable
parameters.

A New Method of Cost Contingency Management
Mohammed Wajdi Hammad, Alireza Abbasi, Michael J. Ryan
University of New South Wales, Australia

Controlling the progress and performance of a project is pivotal toachieve its planned goals. Schedule and cost are often used to make abaseline for managing projects’ progress, but there are always
uncertainties in planning and estimating the schedule and cost of
projects. Therefore, a contingency reserve is needed to manage
uncertainties and risks. In this paper, we present a new cost
contingency management method. To show the benefit of our new
proposed method, it is applied to a real-life bridge maintenance project,
and then it is compared with an existing cost contingency management
method. The comparison shows that our new method can help the
project manager obtain more detailed information about the financial
status of the project.

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An Empirical Study of the Impact of Project Factors on
Software Economics
Jianglin Huang1, Hongyi Sun 1, Yan-Fu Li2
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2CentraleSupelec, France

Software economic analysis supports practitioners making decisions
during the development process. Effective analysis requires considering
higher productivity and quality while maintaining lower effort andtime-to-market for business demands. Former studies have identified
multiple factors of team and project that determine software economics.
However, there is serious conclusive inconsistency. Experts are callingfor more empirical evidence with objective data. This study aims at
validating the empirical relationships between team/project factors andsoftware economic measurement, including productivity, quality, effort,
and time-to-market. The data analysis bases on a renowned dataset,
ISBSG. Our findings indicate multiple factors, including team size,
language type, and organization type, turn out to have a significant
impact on software economics.

Two-Way Substitution Effects on Inventory in
Configure-to-Order Production Systems
Anna Myrodia, Martin Bonev, Lars Hvam
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

In designing configure-to-order production systems for a growing
product variety, companies are challenged with an increased
complexity for obtaining high productivity levels and cost-effectiveness.
In academia several optimization methods and conceptual frameworks
for substituting components, or increasing storage capacity have been
proposed. Our study presents a practical framework for quantifying theimpact of a two-way substitution at different production stages and its
impact on inventory utilization. In a case study we quantify the relation
between component substitution, and inventory capacity utilization,
while maintaining the production capacity as well as the external
product variety.

An Evaluation of Life Long Fly Ash based Geopolymer
Cement and Ordinary Portland Cement Costs Using
Extended Life Cycle Cost Method in Australia
Clifford Chan, D. Thorpe, M. IslamThe University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Numerous researchers focused on the life cycle costing assessment ofprocurement events for facilities and they have less concerned material
and manufacturing costs, particular in cement industry, which has been
identifying as one of the major air pollution sources, intensively used
raw materials and energy in terms of cost. This paper adapted andextended the life cycle cost assessment including capital, maintenance,
manufacture, material, disposal, environment and residue value basedon 20 years life-long for evaluation fly ash based geopolymer cement
and ordinary Portland cement manufacture. The outcome of productionof fly ash based geopolymer cement is more expensive than ordinary
Portland cement manufacture using proposed extended life cycle cost
methods.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsIntelligent Systems
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR323
Linda Zhang, Babak Abbasi

Implications of Product Configurator Applications: An
Empirical Study
Linda Zhang1, Petri Helo2, Arun Kumar3, Xiao You4
1IESEG School of Management, France
2University of Vaasa, Finland
3RMIT University, Australia
4Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Product configurators have been widely applied in practice fordelivering a right amount of product variety. Based on a survey, thisstudy empirically investigates the implications of product configurator
applications for companies’ business activities. The purpose is to help
companies better plan actions and make changes to embrace theimplementation of product configurators with an understanding of theapplication implications. The results indicate (i) how productconfigurator applications affect companies’ business activities, (ii) the
difficulties in designing, developing, and using product configurators,and (iii) the potential barriers preventing companies from effectively
applying product configurators in the future. With the results, we
further highlight several improvement areas for companies toinvestigate in order to reap, to the largest extent, the benefits ofimplementing product configurators.

Agent-Based General Environment with Market Mechanism
Bingcong Zeng
HP Enterprise, Hong Kong SAR

The rapid development of e-commerce calls for an immediate need of
an autonomous and robust agent system with market intelligence thatcan offer various types of services to both buyers and sellers. In thispaper, Agent-Based General Environment with Market Mechanism(ABGEM) is proposed, with intention to provide a feasible solution to it.
The key elements of ABGEM include an agent interaction model
inspired from the idea of "Forum", a set of standard agent types withmarket mechanism, and the related rules that instruct agents' activities.
To test the feasibility of the proposed solution, an application isdeveloped on ABGEM, simulating two market scenarios. In theexperiments, special interest is placed on agent learning of pricing
strategies. The result generates valuable findings, which demonstrate
the great potential of ABGEM in practical use

Functional and Technological Evolution of Enterprise
Systems: An Overview
Kourosh Yazdani Rashvanlouei1, Rainer Thome1, Khashayar Yazdani2
1University of Wuerzburg, Germany
2Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Malaysia

A considerable demand of real-time business intelligence analysis
persuade enterprise application vendors to cope with state-of-the-art
computing technologies such as cloud computing and in-memory data
management systems, to provide business owners with systems"predicting the future". A general review and study of enterprisesystems' history helps to better understand what such systems will bein close future. This abstract review demonstrates that the evolution ofthese software solutions has two major aspects; functional evolution
and computation revolutions.

A Binary Firefly Algorithm for Knapsack Problems
Kaushik Kumar Bhattacharjee, Sarada Prasad Sarmah
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Knapsack problems are one of the classical NP-hard problem and it
offers many practical applications in vast field of different areas. Several
traditional as well as population based metaheuristic algorithms areapplied to solve this problem. In this paper we introduce the binary
version of firefly algorithm (CSA) for solving knapsack problems,
specially 01 knapsack problem. The proposed algorithm utilizes thevariable distance move and repair operator of local search for solving
knapsack problems. So far FA is generally applied to continuous
optimization problems. In order to investigate the performance of FA on
combinatorial optimization problem, an attempt is made in this paper.
To demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm an extensive
computational study is provided with standard bench mark problem
instances and comparison with particle swarm optimization is also
carried out.

Data-Driven Model Development Using Support Vector
Machine for Railway Overhead Contact Wire Maintenance
Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

The fault on Overhead Contact Wire (OCW) causes traffic disruptions
in railway transportation. The inspection and maintenance on OCW isinconvenient as it locates highly above the ground. Condition
monitoring system has been installed to monitor the status of the OCW
automatically. Huge amount of data have been collected by thesesystems. However, a general problem of these systems is the analysis onthese data is weak. The condition monitoring system has been devalued
due to this. This paper aims to develop data driven Support Vector
Machine (SVM) model to extract useful information from the hugeamount of data. This data driven model evaluate the OCW status
without requiring understanding the physical background.
Maintenance points are suggested based on the output of the SVM
model.

A Reliability Allocation Method Based on Bayesian
Networks and Analytic Hierarchy Process
Zheng Ma, Yi Ren, Linlin Liu, Zili Wang
Beihang university, China

Reliability has been greater concerned in recent years and allocating
proper reliability value to each component of a complex system as an
optimization process to reduce cost and rise productivity is very
important. This paper presents a reliability allocation method based on
Bayesian networks (BNs). In this paper, the approach are presented in
two main aspects: modelling aspect and analysis aspect. At modellingaspect, three main steps are descried. Build model by Reliability Block
Diagram (RBD) and transform it into BNs with special weight nodes
converted by the weight vector calculated in Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP). At analysis aspect, the procedure of algorithm is based on theBayesian approach to interfere and iterate until the value of the leaf
node attains the reliability target. To demonstration of this method
capability, an example from the literature was described, and the resultshows that presented method is convincing and practicable.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsManufacturing Systems 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR328
R.M. Chandima Ratnayake, Subhas Chandra
MondalSimple Approach for Value Stream Mapping for Business
Process Analysis
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

In order to achieve fast deliveries via short lead times, companies haveto look for different manufacturing possibilities. Inherently, Value
Stream Mapping (VSM) aids in identifying waste in manufacturing
processes as well as related business processes focusing on minimizing
possible time wastages. There is a trade-off between costs vs. shorter
manufacturing or overall lead time. The main challenge is theelimination of waste to shorten overall manufacturing or businessprocess (BP) time and related costs. The VSM has been conventionallyutilized for manufacturing process analysis. It is typically observed that
personnel in industrial organizations trying to optimize the overall
price and lead time focus only on manufacturing related waste
reduction. There are significant wastages generated from overall BP,
which also directly or indirectly influence lead time to move beyond theanticipated threshold limits. Hence, this manuscript puts effort intodeveloping a simple approach for VSM for analyzing and investigatingdrawbacks in the overall BP. A case study has been performed incollaboration with an aircraft-spare-parts manufacturing firm (AMF). A
simple approach has been developed using the case study to investigate
the inefficiencies present in the quotation preparation process (QPP). In
addition to the approach, the resulting current state map (CSM), futurestate map (FSM), lead time (LT), processing time (Tp), process cycle
efficiency (PCE), value added activity improvement (VAI) andnon-value added activity improvement (NVAI) have all been analyzed.

Determining the Optimal Manufacturing Tolerance for aSingle Machine with Deteriorating Processing Times
Laith Hadidi
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

This paper examines a manufacturing system that deteriorates withmachine age. The deterioration effect is shown as an increase on the
rework percentage due to increased product quality rejection rates.
Hence, the job processing time will be the planned time in addition to
the rework time defined by total actual processing time of jobs in frontof it in the sequence. The scheduling problem is intended to provide theoptimal job sequence and manufacturing tolerance for quality
characteristic. The objective of this work is to formulate a model thatjointly determines the optimal sequence under deteriorating
manufacturing times. Product rework economics will be considered
explicitly in the model by using the quality loss function. Morespecifically, product outcome quality empirical relations will beconsidered in an explicit way in the sequence objective function.

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Design of Fuel Valve Automatic Performance Test System
Based on LabVIEW
Jinyong Yao, Chao Du
Beihang University, China

In order to detect the nonlinear characteristics (flow hysteresis) ofaviation fuel valves and to improve the accuracy and efficiency of fuelvalve performance test, a computer aided fuel valve automatic test
system is designed. The test system mainly consists of industrial control
computer, data acquisition card, signal conditioning circuit and test
software developed on the LabVIEW virtual instrument platform.
Independent adjustable constant current source module with high drive
capacity is designed to output stable current for the coil of fuel valve, so
as to realize closed-loop control. Besides, the method of grouping test is
taken for actual testing and debugging, which help find out potential
problems and improve the development process of the test system. The
experiment results show that the system not only has an accurate andefficient test result, but also has the steady ability to detect the flow
hysteresis of aviation fuel valve.

Dynamic Scheduling of Diffusion Furnace in Semiconductor
Manufacturing with Real Time Events
M. Vimala Rani, Muthu Mathirajan
Indian Institute of Science, India

This study is motivated by a scheduling problem observed in the
Diffusion Furnace (DF) of Semiconductor Manufacturing industry.
Most of the earlier research in dynamic scheduling of DF (a Batch
Processing Machine) considers only future arrival of jobs. This study
focuses dynamic scheduling of DF considering future arrival of jobs
along with job and resource related real time events to minimize thetotal weighted tardiness. In the literature there are some studies
addressing the dynamic real-time scheduling for discrete machine
environment. These studies are concentrating either on proposing newalgorithms and/or fine tuning the existing algorithms due to theoccurrence of real-time events while scheduling. In this study wehypothesis that no need to change any existing efficient dynamicscheduling algorithm(s) while real time events are occurring. This study
proves the hypothesis proposed both empirically and statistically onnine efficient variants of ATC/BATC based greedy heuristic algorithms.

Camera Based Monitoring System for Deep Hole
Measurement
Md. Hazrat Ali1, Akio Katsuki2
1Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
2Kyushu University, Japan

Camera based monitoring system has vital role in measuring deep holeparameters especially hole consists of long length and small diameter.
The monitoring will help to eliminate errors in measuring deep holeparameters such as roundness, cylindricity etc. This paper proposed acamera based monitoring system for deep hole measurement. The
camera is attached to the measurement head and rotates with therotation of the measurement unit. It captures images, records videos
and saves the measurement data in the storage. The monitoring system
is aimed to enhance system’s safety and reliability in measuring deepholes as well as to improve measurement accuracy.

Decision-Making Method of Reconfigurable Manufacturing
System's Reconfiguration Timing Based on Catastrophe
TheorySihan Huang, Guoxin Wang, Yan Yan
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

For the problem how to make the decision of RMS's reconfiguration
timing, a decision-making method based on information entropy andcusp catastrophe theory is proposed. The information entropy was used
to characterize the complexity of RMS, including the factors of machinestates, part states and so on. The RMS passive and positive information
entropies were used as control variables of cusp catastrophe. According
to the cusp catastrophe mutation determination condition, the RMS
mutation point was decided, which was the RMS's reconfiguration time.
A case study validated the effectiveness and practicability of themethod proposed, which guided the launch of RMS reconfiguration intime and improve the response ability of RMS.

Iterative Optimization of Tool Path Planning in Five-Axis
Flank Milling by Sampling Techniques
Chi-Lung Kuo, Chih-Hsing Chu
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Optimization of tool path planning using meta-heuristic algorithms
provides a feasible approach to reducing geometrical machining errors
in 5-axis flank machining of ruled surfaces. However, these algorithms
experienced unsatisfactory quality of optimal solutions and lengthy
search time in high-dimensional search space. To solve this problem, we
propose an iterative optimization framework by integrating samplingtechniques. First, significant factors are identified by Akaike
Information Criterion (AIC) from sample points generated by various
sampling techniques. Simplified solution space is constructed only withthose significant factors. Electromagnetism-like Mechanism (EM) is
then applied to search through the simplified solution spaceconstructed using those significant factors. Final optimal solutions are
obtained after several iterations of the previous three steps. The test
results of representative surfaces validate the effectiveness of the
proposed framework. The solutions are similar to those of previous
work while the number of calculations was significantly reduced.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsHuman Factors 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR328
Seng Fat Wong, Chan Wai Lee

A Study of Shoulder Rest’s Feet Height Variation on Upper
Trapezius Muscle Activity in Violinists
Seng Fat Wong, Iok Peng Lei
University of Macau, Macau

Violin is an important role in music history. Comfort of holding violin
also becomes a concern since this affects the ability and quality of
performance. Literature review pointed out that upper trapezius is therelated muscle when playing violin and proved that the performance ofplaying with a shoulder rest is greater than without it. However, theheight of shoulder rest’s two feet was only stated that all ‘high’ is better
then all ‘low’, none of any researches study the different combination ofheight variation of the two feet. In this study, eight subjects were invited
to participate the experiment and twelve shoulder rests were provided
to test by applying human factors. Surface electromyography was used
to collect the left and right upper trapezius muscle activities. The results
showed there were significant differences and it indicated that thevariation height of shoulder rest’s feet could affect the upper trapezius.

An Innovative Modeling Method to Evaluate Human FactorE
ects on the Performance of Manufacturing Systems
Ahmad Sobhani, M. I. M. Wahab, W. Patrick Neumann
Ryerson University, Canada

Poor working conditions in a workplace influence employee healthstatus that negatively reduce his/her performance level at work by
developing occupational illnesses. Operations research performance
optimization models rarely include employee health--related
performance variations. In contrast, Human factors (ergonomics)
studies have mostly focused on occupational health and safety aspects
without accounting for operational elements of the system. This paper
proposes an integrated consideration of human factors that can affectindividual, and hence system performance. It presents an innovative
approach to optimize the overall performance of a manufacturingsystem by quantifying occupational health consequences and including
other operational features of the system. Practitioners can used thismodeling approach to figure out how the performance of their systems
will be enhanced by investing in safer working conditions.

Psychological Empowerment as a Strategy for Personnel
Retention in the Oilfield Service Industry
Ngozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee, Saadeesh Gunasekaran
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

The intellectual gap experienced by the oil and gas industry has createda hyper competitive environment forcing organizations to look for ways
to retain their best talents beyond the traditional benefit offerings. This
paper examines if components of psychological empowerment
contribute to employee retention. To examine this, a survey wasadministered to 37 oilfield service personnel from different companies
in Malaysia. The results indicate that psychological empowerment
components of role ambiguity, span of control, sociopolitical support,
access to information, access to resources, and participative unit climate
encourage employee retention suggesting that retention programs
which are cognitive in nature can yield intended result.

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The Linkages Among Horizontal Strategy,
Person-Environment Fit and Strategic Human Resource
Management
Pratima Verma, R. R. K. Sharma
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

The main purpose of this paper is to identify relationship among
horizontal strategy, person environment fit and strategic humanresource management. This paper shows that how important to aligned
corporate strategy to recruitment strategy or HR strategy fororganization’s long-term success and performance. Horizontal fit act as
the sustainable competitive advantage of horizontal strategy fororganization. More specifically, we present a conceptual framework, inwhich illustrates how person-environment fit, systematic fit andcompetitive potential HR strategy have impact on horizontal strategy
through horizontal alignment.

The Prediction of Human Error Probability Based on
Bayesian Networks in the Process of Task
Lin Mu, Boping Xiao, Weikang Xue, Zhen Yuan
Beihang University, China

With the increase of the reliability of equipment, more and more
accidents are caused by human error so that human reliability analysis(HRA) becomes more and more attention. The paper constructs aprediction method of human error probability (HEP) by integrating
performance shaping factors (PSFs) and Bayesian networks theory.
Firstly, conditional probability table (CPT) of each node of Bayesian
networks is determined through the simulation data, field operationand expert knowledge. Secondly, value of HEP is acquired by Junction
Tree inference algorithm based on the given network structure and the
known evidence, but PSF is a variable during task, so, the new HEP
should be gotten by updating Bayesian networks based on newevidence, curve of HEP change over time can be drawn based on this.
Finally, the paper takes pilots as example to elaborate application
process and validity of this method.

Variation of Friction Coefficient of Floors Under Five Liquid
Contamination Conditions for Prevention of Slip & Fall
Injuries in Restaurants
Chia Yu Chang1, Kai-Way Li1, Ching-Chung Chen2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

Slip and fall is one of the main occupational health and safety problems.
If the floor is contaminated with fluids, its slip resistance would be
reduced. In the working environment and in our daily life, the floors in
kitchens of restaurants are commonly contaminated by various liquids
and are often slippery. This research examined the effects of fivecommonly encountered liquids in kitchens on the coefficient of friction
on the floor. The Brungraber Mark II friction measurement device wasused. The Brookfield DVI-PRIME viscometer was used to measure theviscosities of the tested liquids. The research results show footwear
sample, liquid and their interactions all had significant effects on thecoefficient of friction. The higher the viscosity of the liquid, the lower
the coefficient of friction was. Treaded Neolite had higher coefficient offriction than flat Neolite under all liquid contaminated conditions.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsManufacturing Systems 2
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR328
R.M. Chandima Ratnayake, Alan Pilkington

Beyond the Obvious: A Framework for Exploiting the Impact
of 3D Printing
Alan Pilkington1, Thomas Frandsen 2, Märtha Rehnberg2
1University of Westminster, United Kingdom
2Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

This paper reports the development of an alternative framework to help
firms asses the role of additive manufacturing within their technology
management strategy. Despite much recent attention, there has been
little work to identify and classify the ways in which additive
manufacturing or 3D printing is used as a strategic weapon forcompetitive advantage. It is not just a way of reducing supply chain
lead time as striking examples are emerging of firms employing moreradical business opportunities and innovative design techniques
available. We review the existing literature on the technology
application, examine the classic nozzle case study to identify previously
undocumented opportunities from the technology, and add a new caseof a firm with a more holistic and strategic focus. We argue that a
multidimensional model is required to classify the various
opportunities available and current understanding needs to be widened
for firms to take full advantage.

Investigation of Process Approach Implementation in
Manufacturing Firms: A Methodology for Assessing Process
Excellence Level
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake2, Katarzyna Antosz2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

The process approach (PA) enables the improvement of manufacturingfirms’ (MFs’) effectiveness and efficiency in achieving the defined aims
via meeting clients’ requirements and enhancing clients’ satisfaction.
The PA facilitates management and control of the interactions between
different processes and interfaces between the functional hierarchies ofa MF. It is vital to investigate the level of the utilization of PA forcontinuous improvement of the performance of an MF. This manuscript
presents investigation results of the level of PA utilization in 46 MFs(out of 150 MFs which were invited to participate) based on tailor-madeassessment criteria. It also presents a methodology for assessing thelevel of PA excellence.

Comparison of Artificial Neural Model and Response
Surface Model During EDAG of Metal Matrix Composite
Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava 1, Avanish Kumar Dubey2
1AKS University, India
2Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) faces machining challenges due to its
superior mechanical properties. Hybrid machining processes (HMPs)
are gaining popularity for machining of MMCs and newly developed
advanced materials. Electrical discharge abrasive grinding (EDAG) is
such an HMP combines unconventional electrical discharge machining
and conventional grinding. In present research the experimental
investigation of the copper-iron-graphite MMC has been presented forone of the important quality characteristics; average surface roughness(ASR) during EDAG. The artificial neural network (ANN) andregression modeling have been used to develop the predictive models
for ASR. Both the models have been compared for their suitability to
predict ASR.

The Influence of Annealing on Material Properties ofRotary-Friction Welded Steel-Parts
Sirichai Torsakul1, Jakkarin Kongsib1, Alexander Brezing2
1RMUTT, Thailand
2King Mongkut's University of Technologz North Bangkok, Thailand

This research aims at examining the influence of annealing on thematerial properties of carbon steel that is welded in a rotary friction
welding process. The material used in this research is AISI 1045 steel
which has undergone an annealing process at different temperatures.
The considered variables of the friction welding process include friction
time, friction pressure, upsetting time and upsetting pressure which aresystematically examined in 380 welding experiments. The welded
specimens are analyzed regarding their tensile strength and thehardness of the weld seam. The quality of the weld seam and themicrostructure is checked by means of microscopic imaging. The study
shows that annealed and friction-welded AISI 1045 workpieces behave
significantly different from workpieces made from the unannealed
material. The tensile strength and hardness of the weld seam are higher
than with the base material, so that such workpieces do not fracture at
the weld seam as workpieces made from the un-annealed material do.

Fabrication of Graded Structures by Extrusion 3D Printing
John Giannatsis, Aggelos Vassilakos, Vassilis Canellidis, Vassilis Dedoussis
University of Piraeus, Greece

3D Printing allows the cost-effective and fast fabrication of parts withintricate/complex external and internal structure through the controlled
addition of thin layers of material. This way, heterogeneous structures,
i.e. structures with non-uniform density, can be constructed. In thepresent paper a method for the production of gradient structures withextrusion-type 3D Printing is discussed. The method involves threemain steps: defining the geometry and material distribution of eachlayer in the form of a grayscale image, generating a set of points
distributed according to the gray tone of the image and constructing acontinuous path through the points for guiding material deposition by
the 3D printer. In order to better present and test the method, two test
cases of gradient structures are examined.

Design Process Using Lean Six Sigma to Reduce the
Receiving Discrepancy Report of ACE Logistics
J. Bersamin, R. Drio, A.L. Lacibal, C. Manalastas, Sheily Mendoza, G.D.
Orallo, C.T. Tan
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Philippines

ACE Logistics, Inc. operates cross-dock procedures where products
from suppliers are distributed directly to the customers or retail chainswith marginal to no handling or storage time. The study will focus on
the dispatch process. It aims to reduce the cases of Receiving
Discrepancy Reports (RDR) that induce charges, to analyze the present
system, to identify the causes of RDR and to develop a proposed system
for the company. It was carried out using the DMAIC(Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) model of Lean Six Sigma.
The DMAIC Model identified that the factors that causes RDR are
facility, equipment, process and man. The proposed system, which
includes the improvement of the facilities layout and the cross dockoperation process, could be used in order to reduce the cases of RDR.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsOperations Research 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR329
Shih-Hsin Chen, Godwin Tennyson

Finding the Robust Quickest Path for Call-Taxis in a City
Road Network
Godwin Tennyson
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India

The increased number of vehicles on city roads has prompted a new
type of transportation logistics problem of finding the quickest path forcall-taxis through a city road network, where the travel times arestochastic. The stochastic nature of travel times are caused by various
obstacles in a road network such as traffic signals and speed breakers. A
Monte-Carlo simulation based approach is developed to identify
unique quickest paths between two locations in a stochastic road
network. A multi-criteria score is proposed to identify the time robust
path among the unique paths. The proposed solution approach can beembedded in the navigation system of call-taxis to help them identify apath that has a higher likelihood of reaching a location on time.

Bi-Criterion Single Machine Scheduling Problem with a
Past-Sequence-Dependent Setup Times and Learning EffectShih-Hsin Chen 1, V. Mani2, Y. H. Chen 3
1Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan
2Indian Institute of Science, India
3Asia University, Taiwan

This paper considers the bi-criterion single machine schedulingproblem of n jobs with a past-sequence-dependent setup times (PSD)
and learning effect (LE) together. The two objectives considered are thetotal completion time (TC) and total absolute differences in completion
times (TADC). When, we consider only the objective TC, we obtain an
unique optimal sequence (solution). Also, when consider only theobjective TADC, we obtain an unique optimal sequence (solution).
When, we consider both TC and TADC together, we obtain a set of
optimal sequences that performs well with respect to both the objectives
TC and TADC. This set of optimal sequences is the minimum set of
optimal sequences (MSOS). Our interest in this paper is to find thisminimum set of optimal sequences (MSOS) that performs well withrespect to both the objectives TC and TADC.

Placing a Liaison with Long Communication Lengths
Between Two Members in an Organization Structure
Kiyoshi Sawada
University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Japan

This study proposes a model of placing a liaison which forms relations
with long communication lengths to two members in the same level of apyramid organization structure such that the communication of
information between every member in the organization becomes themost efficient. When an added node of liaison gets adjacent to two
nodes with the same depth N in a complete K-ary tree of height H
where the lengths of edges between the liaison and the other members
are L (1 < L < 2) while those of edges between members except theliaison are 1, the total shortening distance which is the sum ofshortening lengths of shortest paths between every pair of all nodes in
the complete K-ary tree is formulated to obtain an optimal pair of two
members to which the liaison forms relations.

A Robust Optimization Approach to Postdisaster Relief
Logistics Planning Under Uncertainties
Yajie Liu, Ping Jiang
National University of Defense Technology, China

Considering the uncertainties on demand and transportation time, thispaper proposes a stochastic model with bi-objective for postdisaster
relief logistics, in order to guide the strategic planning with respect tothe mobilization levels of relief supplies, the initial deployment ofvehicles and the transportation plans within the disaster region. The
robust optimization approach is introduced to cope with uncertainties
and the robust counterpart of the proposed stochastic model is deduced.
An approximate lexicographic approach is used to convert thebi-objective robust model into two sequential single objective robustmodels. Numerical experiments show that the model can help
post-disaster managers to determine the initial deployment ofemergency resources, and the numerical results can express the tradeoff
between optimization and robustness.

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Search-Enhanced Job Dispatching in a Dynamic Permutation
FlowshopAhmed W. El-Bouri
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

A dynamic flowshop that continuously receives jobs at random points
in time is considered, with the objective of scheduling the jobs in anorder that minimizes the mean flowtime. A tabu search is proposed for
deciding which job to dispatch next to the flowshop, and the approachis then compared by means of a computational analysis with a numberof other competing dispatching rules. The results demonstrate that the
search-enhanced dispatching method achieves reductions of between
13% and 17% in the mean flowtimes in comparison to the otherdispatching rules. However, the proposed method is not as competitivein comparison to a more complex cooperative dispatching approach
when shop congestion levels are medium to low.

New Benchmark Results for the Stochastic
Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem
Roel Leus1, Salim Rostami2, Stefan Creemers3
1University of Leuven – KU Leuven, Belgium
2École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France
3IESEG School of Management, France

In this article we study the stochastic resource constrained projectscheduling problem or SRCPSP, where project activities have stochastic
durations. A solution is a scheduling policy, and we propose a new classof policies that is a super set of most of the existing classes that areavailable in the literature. A policy in this new class makes a number ofa-priori decisions in a pre-processing phase while the remaining
scheduling decisions are made on-line. A two-phase local-searchalgorithm is proposed to find high-quality policies within the class. Our
computational results indicate that the proposed procedure
outperforms all existing algorithms for large instances.

Selection of Base Fluid for Drilling Mud Using Analytic
Hierarchy Process
Gowri Rajagopal, Malliga Poosandaram
Anna University, India

Drilling fluid or fluid plays a major role during the drilling operation in
the upstream petroleum sector. Designing of these fluids is a difficult
process as it involves multiple parameters that need to be inappropriate proportion in order to achieve the requisite fluid property
suitable to drill through the formation. Selection of the base fluid must
be done in compliance with various factors like formation type,environment, cost, efficient operation, etc. Based on literature,
discussions with industry experts, and survey responses a drilling basefluid which is efficient in both operative aspects as well as
environmental aspects is identified. Using Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) a suitable base fluid was selected among the various alternatives.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsOperations Research 2
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR329
Philipp Baumann, Mohamed Haouari

Efficient Deployment of Mobile Detectors for Security
Applications
Philipp Baumann1, Reynold J. Cooper2, Dorit S. Hochbaum1, Nidhi Patel2,
Kunal Shalia1
1University of California, Berkeley, United States
2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

We present a real-world problem that arises in security threat detection
applications. The problem consists of deploying mobile detectors on
moving units that follow predefined routes. Examples of such units arebuses, coaches, and trolleys. Due to a limited budget not all available
units can be equipped with a detector. The goal is to equip a subset ofunits such that the utility of the resulting coverage is maximized.
Existing methods for detector deployment are designed to placedetectors in fixed locations and are therefore not applicable to the
problem considered here. We formulate the planning problem as abinary linear program and present a coverage heuristic for generating
effective deployments in short CPU time. The heuristic has theoretical
performance guarantees for important special cases of the problem. The
effectiveness of the coverage heuristic is demonstrated in acomputational analysis based on 28 instances that we derived fromreal-world data.

A PSO Approach for Robust Aircraft Routing
Mohamed Ben Ahmed1, Farah Zeghal Mansour2, Mohamed Haouari1
1Qatar University, Qatar
2Universit´e de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

To mitigate the impact of unpredictable disruptions, airlines are seeking
to proactively design schedules that incorporate some robustness
features. In this paper, we propose a novel simulation-optimization
approach using a particle swarm optimization algorithm for solving therobust aircraft routing and flight retiming problem. The approachrequires inserting buffer times between departure times of flights toimprove the robustness of both aircraft and passengers connections.
The proposed approach is based on discrete-event simulation for theevaluation of the solutions performance and a Particle Swarm
Optimization (PSO) routine for guiding the search towards enhanced
solutions. The results of computational experiments that were carriedout on a real data are presented.

Extension of the Dominance Properties for the Unrestricted
Block Relocation Problem
Shunji Tanaka
Kyoto University, JapanThe block (container) relocation problem is an optimization problem
that typically arises in container terminals. Its objective is to minimize
the number of relocation operations necessary for retrieving all blocks(containers) stacked in tiers according to a given order. In our previous
study, we considered the unrestricted version of the problem where no
restriction is imposed on relocatable blocks, and proposed two
dominance properties for it. However, they considered only two
successive operations. The purpose of this study is to extend them forany two operations. They enable us to improve the efficiency of the
branch-and-bound algorithm for the problem, which will be verified bynumerical experiment.

A Simulated Annealing Algorithm to the Stochastic Network
Interdiction Problem
Udom Janjarassuk1, Thawee Nakrachata-Amon2
1King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
2Khon Kaen University, Thailand

This paper proposes a solution algorithm for solving the stochastic
network interdiction problem (SNIP). The problem is formulated as a
two-stage stochastic integer program with an objective to minimize theexpected maximum flow through the network, given that the success ofinterdicting an arc on the work is a Bernoulli random variable. The
first-stage solution is obtained by using simulated annealing heuristic
algorithm. In the second-stage problem, each scenario is a maximum
network flow problem which is solved using the Ford-Fulkerson
algorithm. The results show that our solution values of test instances
are close to optimal. This is verified with a previous study in theliterature that solved the same exact test instances and provided lower
and upper bounds to their solutions. However, our average solution
time is significantly lower.

Minimization of the Makespan a Project in the Critical Chain
Project Management Framework Using a Max-Plus Linear
Representation
Hiroyuki Goto, Hajime Yokoyama
Hosei University, JapanThe minimization of the makespan of a project is targeted under thecritical chain project management (CCPM) framework. Although theconventional CCPM discipline does not pay attention to the optimalityof the solution, the execution sequence of tasks would highly affect the
makespan. We hence construct an optimization problem of minimizing
the makespan, and develop a solving method for this. In calculating theobjective function value, a discrete algebraic system referred to as
max-plus algebra plays a key role. The developed algorithm bases onbranch-and-cut and branch-and-bound methodologies, by which anexact optimal solution can be obtained.

Emergency Response Model of Stock-Prepositioning withTransportation Constraints
Prudensy Febreine Opit, Koichi Nakade
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

This paper proposes a stock pre-positioning model that integrates thedecisions of the maximum proportion of relief demand covered in
distribution centers and the maximum amount of relief supplies
delivered to a single disaster area within a certain period of time. Thismodel considers multi-items, multi-vehicles and multiperiods. First, theservice area for each distribution center is assigned. Afterward, in stage
I, we determine the minimum value of the lower bound of proportion of
unsatisfied relief demand by using the assigned service area of each
distribution center as an input. Next, in stage II, the output of stage I is
used as an input to determine the maximum amount of critical relief
supplies to be stocked in distribution centers. We apply this model toIndonesia with 34 disaster areas and 16 temporary distribution centers.
Sensitivity analysis is conducted by modifying the number of available
vehicles and the total planning period in order to improve the results ofproportions of relief demand satisfied. This model is intended tosupport the government in planning for emergency preparedness.

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Date
Time
Room
ChairsOperations Research 3
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR329
Raja Jayaraman, Amr Eltawil

A Deterministic IP Model for Optimizing Bus Scheduling in
a Private Transportation System
Mojahid F. Saeed Osman 1, Mowffq M. Al-Sanousi2
1American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Arabia

In this paper, we propose a deterministic optimization model for
selecting and scheduling a fleet of buses in a private transportation
system where buses are to be assigned to serve employees and theirfamilies on different trips along different routes from the main campus
and residential compound. The paper describes the development of an
integer programming formulation as a tool to help in the decision
making process of improving this private transportation system. The
decision problem is to determine the number and size of buses assigned
to particular trips in a particular interval so as to optimize a criterion
function, which includes such components as the fixed cost of renting
buses that varies depending on the size of the bus. A case example ispresented for illustrating the applicability and suitability of the
proposed approach.

A Goal Programming Model with Satisfaction Function
Applied to Sustainability Related Goals of the United ArabEmirates
Raja Jayaraman 1, Danilo Liuzzi1, Cinzia Colapinto2, Davide La Torre3
1Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
2Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
3University of Milan, Italy

Goal programming methodology provides a suitable framework forstudying multi-criteria problems involving conflicting objectives. Most
real world problems involving sustainable development strive toachieve futuristic goals. Goal programming models with satisfaction
function offer an attractive choice to express decision makers’
preferences over the model objectives. In this paper, we propose a goal
programming model with satisfaction function that integrates optimal
resource allocation to simultaneously satisfy prospective goals related
to GDP growth, electricity consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and number of employees. The model offers insights fordeveloping strategic plan and channelize investment allocations
towards achieving goals for sustainable development. We demonstrate
the validity and applicability of the model through a numericalexample applied to key economic sectors of the United Arab Emirates(UAE).

An Evaluation Carbon Footprint in Fly Ash BasedGeopolymer Cement and Ordinary Portland Cement
Manufacture
Clifford Chan, D. Thorpe, M. IslamThe University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Global warming is one of the main environmental worldwide issues
arising from industrialization and urbanization wherever countries andcities. An ordinary Portland cement production is accelerating this issue.
This paper compared the CO2 emission of producing one tonne of fly
ash based geopolymer cement and ordinary Portland cement in samemanner within defined boundaries by using global warming potential
and carbon dioxide emission equivalent methods. The outcome is36.514% and 63.486% with respect to carbon footprint.

Monarch Migration Algorithm for Optimization Problems
Kaushik Kumar Bhattacharjee, Sarada Prasad Sarmah
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

In this work, we intend to formulate a new metaheuristic algorithm,
called Monarch Migration Algorithm (MMA), for solving optimization
problems. This algorithm is based on the migratory behavior of themonarch butterflies. We validate the proposed algorithm against
various unimodal and multi-modal test functions. The performance ofthe proposed algorithm is also compared with the performance ofstandard swarm intelligence based metaheuristic algorithms.
Numerical studies and results suggest that the proposed algorithm ishighly efficient for different types of optimization problems. Possible
topics for further research are also discussed.

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Solving the Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness
Problem Using Bat-Inspired Algorithm
Wanatchapong Kongkaew
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

This paper aims to present an application of a recently proposed
metaheuristic approach, namely bat algorithm (BA), for solving thesingle machine with total weighted tardiness (SMTWT) schedulingproblem. In this paper, a guided population and two-swap local
search are introduced to integrate with the BA. Four variants of BA
methodology, including classical BA, BA with two-swap, BA withguided population, and BA with guided population and two-swap,
have been developed. All BA variants are executed on the selectedbenchmark instances for the SMTWT problem taken from OR-libraryand compared search performances on deviation of solution obtained
from best-known solution and computation time. The results showthat two proposed BAs with a guided population scheme achieve agood performance. The BA with guided population and two-swap
techniques outperforms among four proposed designs on solution
quality, and it can achieve a trade-off between solution quality andexecution time.

Adjusted Clustering Clarke-Wright Saving Algorithm for
Two Depots-N Vehicles
Siana Halim, Lydia Yoanita
Petra Christian University, Indonesia

In this paper we modeled the distribution of a single type of products,
which are distributed from two depots and use N-vehicles. This
problem can be modeled using Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problems(CVRP), and the common algorithm to solve that model is Clarke andWright Saving Algorithm (CWSA). The needed computational time forfinding the nearly global optimum of CWSA grows expo-nentially with
the numbers of the existed routes. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed
to combine the clustering algorithm with CWSA. Additionally, we
consider the largest item in the cluster, which has to be transported, as
the starting point to find the optimum solution.

Evaluation and Selection of Periodic Inventory Review
Policy for Irregular Demand: A Case Study
Fengyu Wang, Laura Xu Xiao Xia
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

Periodic inventory review systems are generally preferred byorganizations but the selection of right periodic inventory control
policy is a challenge especially when demand is irregular. In thisresearch, we classify irregular demand into erratic, slow moving andlumpy for a real industry case, and further develop three periodic
review policies for performance evaluation. The simulation results
show periodic review policy (r, Q) maintains the lowest holding
inventory for erratic and slow moving demand, meanwhile, it canachieve similar service level compared to (s, S) policy. Periodic review
policy (T, R) is superior for lumpy demand which can ensure highservice level. The impact of coefficient of variance, a standardized
measure of the dispersion of demand, on inventory policy performanceis evaluated in the first time in literature. The results suggest inventory
policies are rather insensitive to demand coefficient of variation underthe modeling condition.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSupply Chain Management 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR330
Peter Kuhlang, Chao Fang

Productivity Improvement in Logistical Work Systems of the
Genuine Parts Supply Chain
Peter Kuhlang1, Alexander Sunk2
1German MTM Association, Germany
2Vienna University of Technology/ Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH, Austria

Within the entire value stream of spare part supply, packing is one of
the main issues in the distribution system and its productivity is mainly
affected by a particularly high proportion of manual work. Considering
the total value stream of supplying original spare parts, picking andpackaging are two of the most important activities in the distribution
system and they are mainly performed by intensive manual tasks. As
practice shows, the methods Value Stream Design and Methods-Time
Measurement (MTM) have proven to be suitable for improvement workand consequently for increasing productivity especially in work
systems with manual work. This paper shows how the process building
block system 'MTM logistics data' contributes to planning andspecifying parameters of target-conditions of value streams. It alsopresents a methodical approach to support practical improvement workin logistical value streams and within their work systems.

A Pricing Strategy to Align Supply Chain Interests for
Product Recall
Hongyan Dai, Nan Yang, Nina Yan
Central University of Finance and Economics, China

Traceability systems are regarded as an effective way to address
product recalls. It cannot work effectively without the participation of
all the chain members. However, the incentives in the supply chain are
not naturally aligned, and may need interest-alignment mechanism tomotivate the chain members to participate. This paper thus proposes a
pricing strategy to avoid free-rider problems by correcting the liability
misallocation, therefore aligning the supply chain interests to improve
traceability. The trade-offs between the associated benefits and costs ofimproving traceability are investigated, in order to design acost-effective traceability system. Moreover, how to better manage
product recall by incorporating new technology, such as RFID, and theconditions that are conducive to its adoption are investigated.

SCM Logistics Scorecard: A Simplified Benchmarking Tool
for Supply Chain Operational Performance
Sadami Suzuki
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

This research intends to introduce SCM Logistics Scorecard (LSC) as asimplified benchmarking tool based on self-evaluations of SCM
operational performances. By utilizing LSC, SCM operational
performances in different East Asian countries, namely, Japan, China
and South Korea were investigated. The scores of assessment items in
LSC were compared among countries. Subsequently, a factor analysis
was conducted in order to identify significant influential factors that
represent the operational performance of SCM in each country. Similar
structure has been extracted in these three East Asian countries andfrom Japanese data, it has been verified that IT is necessary, but not
sufficient to lead to enhanced corporate financial performances such as
ROA, cash flow and inventory turnover.

Supply Chain Management in Service Industry: A Process
Capabilities Perspective
Sakun Boon-itt1, Chee Yew Wong2, Christina Wong3
1Thammasat Business School, Thailand
2Leeds University Business School, United Kingdom
3Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SARThis paper develops and tests the measurement scales for service
supply chain management (SSCM) process capability constructs. An
extensive literature review and interviews were conducted to define theconstructs and initial measurement items. The measurement items wererefined by using the Q-sort method. Confirmatory factor analyses of alarge-scale survey confirmed the unidimensionality, reliability, andvalidity of the multidimensional construct of SSCM process capability.
The findings show that SSCM process capability consists ofseven-dimensional constructs, each represented by a unidimensional
multi-item scale Practitioners may use the scales to benchmark anddevelop their capabilities in managing SSCM processes beyond thetypical internal service supply chain capabilities. The development of
measurement scales elevates the service operations field, which
previously relies on largely conceptual frameworks and descriptive
accounts of SSCM processes. The measurement scales of SSCM processcapability can be also used by future empirical studies to advancetheory in service supply chains.

Solving the One-Shot Decision Theory Based Newsvendor
ModelsXide Zhu, Peijun Guo
Yokohama National University, JapanThe one-shot decision theory has been utilized to solve newsvendor
models for innovative products. In fact, the one-shot decision theory
based newsvendor models are a special kind of bilevel programming
problems. The existing approaches may not be applicable for solving
these models since they include nonconvex nonsmooth lower level
optimization problems. In this paper, we translate these models into
general optimization models with considering the characteristics of the
optimal solutions, which effectively handle the difficulties of theoriginal newsvendor models. The theoretical results are given and anumerical example is used to show the effectiveness of the proposed
methods.

SD Modelling of Healthcare SC in Rural Parts of
Uttarakhand, India
Dinesh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

This paper presents the system dynamic modelling and simulation offolic acid tabs supply chain in rural areas in district Haridwar,
Uttarakhand, India. During the investigation and data collection, an
enormous shortage of folic acid tabs was observed at various stages
leaving a large population unserved. The stock out occurs due touncertain lead time and demand. Therefore the model is developedwith a safety stock at each stage on Stella® platform. The simulation has
been run for a time span of twelve months. Further sensitivity analysis
is performed showing the effects of lead time on the stock at women’s
hospital, schools and community health centers. The results show theelimination of stock out of medicine at all the downstream stages
maintaining a safety stock. The current work may support thestrategists to take essential steps to improve the sustainability of thehealthcare supply chain in parts rural of the state by diminishing theshortage of medicines.

A Mixed-Integer Programming Model for the
Production-Inventory-Distribution Routing Problem
Noha Mostafa, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology, Egypt

In this paper, a mixed-integer programming model is proposed to solve
the Production-Inventory-Distribution-Routing Problem (PIDRP), withthe objective of minimizing the total cost while satisfying the required
levels of demand and service. A generic problem description andmathematical model formulation are proposed to address the PIDRP.
The novelty of the model is that it deals with multiple products, allows
split deliveries, adopts a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles, and puts alimit on the duration of the route performed by each vehicle. The
proposed model is successfully validated and tested using small-sized
instances from literature.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSafety, Security and Risk Management 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR330
Zhiqiang Cai, Fuqing Yuan

Information Security Evaluation of System based on
Bayesian Network
Zhiqiang Cai, Jiangbin Zhao, Yang Li, Shubin Si, Mengni Ni
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

This paper proposed an information security Bayesian network (IBN)model to evaluate the system information security. First, an information
security hierarchy model is put forward with the analytical hierarchy
process based on the characteristics of equipment development
enterprises information systems and information security evaluation
criteria. Then, according to the definition of Bayesian network, the IBN
is built by transforming the information security hierarchy model into
Bayesian network with structure and probability distributions. Finally,a case study is implemented to demonstrate the proposed evaluation
method. The results show that the IBN model provides a convenient
framework to evaluate the system information security.

A Risk Management Methodology for R&D Project Risk
Based on AHP and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
MethodWenbo Jiang, Huaqi Chai
North Western Polytechnical University, China

R&D Projectrisks are not always independent, yet currently
dependencies between risks have not been managed by risk
management practices clearly. If risks with multiple fronts can be
identified and analyzed explicitly by a scientific risk management
method, it will be developed for better risk management strategies
and more effective risk planning decisions. A management
methodology, used with factor analysis and AHP is proposed to set up
project risk evaluation index system. Through fuzzy comprehensive
evaluation method in GD, it could be confirmed that risk factors doexist in R&D projects in full life time and can be identified, evaluatedand managed systematically. To deal with risk issues, communications
between knowledge management system and risk management teamshould be built in the entire risk management in R&D in full life time.

An Investigation to the Environmental Impacts of aLimestone Mine in Neka, IranAbbas Barabadi, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

The extractive nature of mining operations creates a variety of impacts
on the environment before, during and after mining operations. In thisstudy, the main environmental impacts of a limestone mine in Neka,
Iran were investigated. The investigated environmental impacts include
dust distribution, ground vibration from drilling and blasting and soil
erosion. Management methods were put forward based on the results.

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An Analysis of Floor Roughness & Slip Resistance of Floors
Wei Ting Mai1, Kai-Way Li1, Ching-Chung Chen2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

Slip and fall are the main cause of occupational injuries or fatalities atworkplace. Falls have been one of the top three occupational incidences
which reached a peak in 2013 with an incidence percentage of 17% in
Taiwan. Most falls were attributed to unsafe environment where thefloors were contaminated by the water and other liquids. This research
was focused on the relationship between floor slip resistance and floorroughness. The coefficient of friction (COF) of 13 floors under four floor
contaminated conditions were measured using two footwear pads. An
English XL friction measurement device was adopted. The results
showed that floors roughness, footwear sample, and floor surface
condition are all significant factors affecting the COF. All the floors withRa more than 25 μm had COF values higher than 0.5 when measured
using the flat footwear pad.

Critical Antecedents for Construction Organizational
Learning Concerning Safety Knowledge from Success andAccidents
Lianying Zhang, Haiyan Guo, Xiaoyan Huo
Tianjin University, China

To address the challenges of high accident rate in construction industry,
construction companies tend to capture safety knowledge by learningfrom success and accidents to improve safety performance. Thus, thispaper aims to extract critical antecedents affecting organizational
learning regarding safety knowledge (OLSK), from both successcompanies and accidents, and to recommend strategies for improving
this learning in construction companies. Multiple case studies wereconducted with focus group, semi-structured interviews andquestionnaires as primary data collection instruments. By adopting
Nvivo and PLS, analytical-contrast results indicate that the criticalantecedents influencing OLSK includes (1) external factors covering
market leadership, similarity, magnitude of accidents loss, information
quality; (2)internal factors incorporating leadership, strategy,
supportive culture, incentives and motivation, project requirement.
Additionally, internal factors present more effect on learning fromsuccess than accidents while external ones have opposite effect. The
research contributes to literatures of organizational learning byshowing critical antecedents for the construction context.

Effects of Footwear Sample Area on the Friction Coefficienton the Floor
Hung-Kai Tsai1, Kai-Way Li1, Ching-Chung Chen2
1Chung Hua University, Taiwan
2Hsing Wu University, Taiwan

Slips & falls are common. The coefficient of friction (COF) at footwear
and floor interface is one of the major term to determine the risk of slip
& fall. Past research has been focused on surface contamination,
footwear tread, and floor roughness, the footwear sample area has
rarely been discussed. This research was designed to investigate theeffects of footwear sample area on the COF on the floor. Five footwear
sample areas were tested on two floors and three floor surfaces
conditions. A Brungrber Mark II slipmeter was used. The results
showed that footwear sample area, floor, and surface condition were all
significant (p<0.05) factors affects the COF. On liquid contaminatedconditions, the larger the footwear sample was, the lower the COF ofthe floor was. This was consistent with the squeeze film equation by
Moore [11].

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSupply Chain Management 2
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR330
Jayendran Venkateswaran, Harekrishna Misra

Million Solar Urja Lamp Programme: A Supply Chain
Experience
Nikhil Sawal, Jayendran Venkateswaran, Chetan Singh Solanki, N.C.
Narayanan
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Many technological solutions for rural areas, even after successful
demonstrations, have not been able to reach the intended beneficiaries
at the scale and speed required to address their underlying problem.
The Million Soul Urja Lamp Program (MSP) is an effort to take solar
lamps to rural India to address their primary energy needs, throughlocalization and skill development. This paper outlines the supply
chain and operational challenges in achieving scale and speed, andsummarizes the performance of this project from an operations
perspective.

Facility Location Problem with Data Uncertainty for Quality
Rice Development
Wichitsawat Suksawat Na Ayudhya
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Thailand

Rice is one of the most important agriculture products for Thailand.
Thailand has exported rice since Ayutthaya period. Under a highly
competitive environment among rice exporters, Thailand’s low grade
rice is not competitive in the market. Thailand ‘exporters change theirstrategy by entering into niche market. To gain competitive advantage,quality and safety of rice must be maintained either for domestic
market or international market. The quality refining rice facility is an
important factor to improve quality of rice and ensure consumer’ssafety. The location of quality refining rice facility determines theoverall distribution cost. The paper first formulates the problem as
p-median and then presents a robust counterpart optimization model toaddress data uncertainty of rice production in farming area in Thailand.
The proposed model is tested against rice production data in Thailand
from 2008 to 2012. The results show that Bangkok, Chonburi, Nakorn
Ratchasima, and Nakorn Sawan are selected to be quality refining ricefacility sites.

Novel Approach to Optimize Milk-Run Delivery: A CaseStudy
Thi Hong Dang Nguyen, Thien-My Dao
École de Technologie Supérieure, CanadaThis article proposes a new approach to optimize a milk-run delivery insupply chain (SC) which was introduced by Zhou and Kelin (2011).
These authors particularly formulated the mathematical model of SC
total cost at operational level for milk-run delivery and used Ant
Colony Optimization (ACO) to find out the results in one specific casestudy. Yet, the solution found by this Meta-Heuristics did not obtain
optimal values. Hence, to improve the solution, the paper presents one
new method namely Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization and Tabu Search(HAT). To qualify new method, Tabu Search (TS) is taken into accountin testing stage. With the same data in the case study and random data,
the new method outperforms the original and TS regarding SC total
cost and milk-run distance.

A Study of Reverse Logistics Practices: A Case Study of theComputer Parts Industry in Thailand
Pornwasin Sirisawat 1, Tossapol Kiatcharoenpol1, Ninlawan Choomrit 2, Pilada
Wangphanich 2
1King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
2Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

The return of end of life products and waste is becoming an important
logistics activity due to increasing environmental awareness andgovernment legislation. The main aim of this research is to investigate
current process and activities of reverse logistics practices in thecomputer parts industry of Thailand. Five groups of manufacturers arecase studies of this research in which in-depth interviews andunstructured questionnaires are used to discover the current situation,
process and activities under reverse logistics practices. The results of
the research, interesting situations, problems and directions of thereverse logistics of the computer parts industry were found. The resultspresented in this research will help researchers and practitioners
understand more about reverse logistics practices in the computer partsindustry of Thailand and could be a guideline for further research in thecomputer parts industry and other related industries.

The Complexity of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Compliance for Automotive Supply Chain
Jardini Bahija1, Elkyal Malika1, Amri Mostapha2
1Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
2Hassan II University, Morocco

The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a fast and efficient way totransfer business documents. It allows optimization of logistic
information flows and their synchronization with the physical flows.
This study aims to explore how the automotive industry in Morocco isusing the EDI technology to optimize flows and ensure in-time
production (JIT) and how to avoid waste during the manufacturing
process (Lean). It will compare the EDI practices in Morocco withinternational standards in Europe and Asia and deduct the difficulties
and the implications for Moroccan SMEs.

Allocation and Proportion Decision in Multi-Tier Supply
Network
Avinash Bagul, Indrajit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Supply network of any manufacturing product is generally multi-tier innature. Suppliers to manufacturer are called Tier-I suppliers, andsuppliers to Tier-I supplier are referred as Tier-II suppliers. In general,decisions on order quantity allocation at each level of sourcing are
independent. Thus, overall cost performance of supply network may be
sub-optimal in presence of dependency. In this paper, considering
dependency, a generalized solution approach is proposed for a single
product sourcing. The approach consists of two steps i.e. supplierselection and order quantity allocation at different stages. Mixed
Integer Nonlinear Programming is used to determine solution
assuming multi-echelon inventory policy. Specific cost advantage
metric considering independent decentralized and a multi-tiercentralized decision policy is compared and contrasted. A full factorial
simulation experiment is used to identify key decision variables andassociated interactions.

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Session
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Time
Room
Chairs

Quality Control and Management 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR332
Chen-ju Lin, Wassanai Wattanutchariya

Process Selection Based on Overall Process Yield
Y. J. Lan, Chen-Ju Lin
Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Comparing the capability of processes is an essential task in the
manufacturing industry. Selecting the process with a higher yield iscritical to maintaining production quality and cost. With theminiaturization of physical dimensions and lower power consumptions,microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are widely applied in various
domains. This research compares two processes that produce thepre-amplifier of MEMS sensors. Three quality characteristics were
investigated: pre-amplifier gain, absolute reference voltage, andmodule quiescent current. To integrate process capability in multiple
dimensions, a measurement for evaluating the overall performance isrequired. This research applies the overall process yield index to
identify the process with a higher overall yield when simultaneously
monitoring the three features.

Hurdle Model with Random Effects for the Study of Copper
Hillocks Growth in Integrated Circuits Manufacturing
Guilin Li, Royston Tan, Szu Hui Ng, Daniel Chua
National University of Singapore, Singapore

During manufacturing process of integrated circuits (ICs), copper
hillocks grow vertically from the metal lines and cause inter layer
metallic shorts and reliability issues. Uncovering the impact of design
factors on the formation of copper hillocks is of vital importance for
reducing shorts and improving the ICs design. An experiment was
conducted to collect the wafer defective counts (shorts) data fordifferent design settings. Our preliminary analysis identified two
characteristics of the observed defective counts: zero-inflation andmulti-level clustering/variability (layer-to-layer, wafer-to-wafer,lot-to-lot). In this work, a hurdle model with random effect that
handles both these complex characteristics together is adopted andprovides us with a better understanding of how to monitor and reduce
the effects of copper hillocks by recommending design rules.

The Classification Methodology of Chip Quality Using
Canonical Correlation Analysis-Based Variable Selection on
Chip Level Data
Ki-Hyun Kim, Hyung-Shin Kwon, Hee-Il Hong, Hong-Sun Hwang,
Kang-Yong Cho, Gyo-Young Jin
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., South Korea

The semiconductor manufacturing industry produce lots of information
about performance of chips. Among them, process control monitoring(PCM) data that are measured at test element group before probe test
are multiple-dimensional information. PCM data are including thedevice characteristics such as a resistance, capacitance, current, and soon. Fail bit count (FBC) that is the number of defective cells failed byfunction items of probe test is also multi-dimensional information andgives a direct impact on the yield loss at the probe test step. In this study,
we proposed classification methodology using a canonical correlation
analysis as variable selection method on chip level data. Through this
proposed method, we were able to extract important 22 variables from77 PCM variables by using the correlation between the multiple FBC
variables and PCM variables. As a result, the accuracy of quality
classification for a chip is dramatically improved on the probe test.

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A Combined Synthetic and Generalized Variance Control
Chart for Bivariate Case
Ming Ha Lee, Yiing Chee Tan, Winnie Wei Wan Lam
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

This study proposes a combined scheme, denoted as the combined
syn-|S| control chart, which comprises a synthetic |S| sub-chart and astandard |S| subchart. This proposed control chart can be used todetect shifts in the covariance matrix of bivariate process (i.e.
multivariate process with quality characteristics p = 2). It is assumed
that the underlying process data follow a bivariate normal distribution.
The design, performance and implementation of the combined syn-|S|control chart are provided. From the results of the performancecomparison, it can be shown that the combined syn-|S| control chart
performs better than the standard |S| control chart, the adaptive |S|control chart and the synthetic |S| control chart for monitoring process
variability in terms of the average run length.

Optimization Design of X^bar&EWMA Control Chart for
Minimizing Mean Number of Defective Units per
Out-of-Control Case
Mohammad Shamsuzzaman1, Imad Alsyouf1, Ahad Ali2
1University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2Lawrence Technological University, United States

This article develops an algorithm for the optimization design of the
combined Shewhart Xbar chart and Exponentially Weighted Moving
Average (EWMA) chart for minimizing the mean number of defective
units (denoted as MD) produced per out-of-control case. The resultant
chart is therefore named as the optimal MD Xbar&EWMA chart. The
design algorithm not only optimizes the sample size, sampling intervaland control limits of the Xbar chart and EWMA chart, but also
optimizes the allocation of detection power between the two charts'
elements based on random process shift. The probability distribution of
the random process shifts (e.g. mean shift) is taken into account and ismodeled by a Rayleigh distribution. Unlike the economic control chart
designs, the design of the MD Xbar&EWMA chart only requires limited
number of specifications that can be easily determined. A comparative
study shows that the optimal MD Xbar&EWMA chart is significantly
superior to its main competitor, a traditional MD Xbar&EWMA chart.

Purple Rice Dessert Product Development by Quality
Function Deployment Technique and Mood Consumption
Concept
Wassanai Wattanutchariya, Panitnart Krutasood
Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Purple rice has been used for generations among northern Thai people
as part of ancient wisdom in agricultural nutrition and primitive
medical treatment. The objective of this research is to develop purple
rice dessert products to satisfy customer requirements and to generally
add value to the purple rice by Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
technique and Mood Consumption concept. Questionnaires andin-depth interviews were conducted to collect customers’ needs and toclassify the customer into each mood consumption group. Then, QFD
was implemented to transform customer requirements into technicalspecifications for each categorized consumer. The results showed thatof all the product types, the important ratings were for price, package
characteristics, and product’s texture. In addition, Analytic Hierarchy
Process (AHP) was implemented to identify proper packaging
corresponding to each mood consumption group. Finally, the result of
the product testing showed that the prototypes can satisfy the needs ofconsumers at a good level.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsInformation Processing and Engineering 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR332
SC Johnson Lim, Shane Xie

A Collaborative Tagging System Design Framework for
Supporting Affective Design
S. C. Johnson Lim, Anies Faziehan Zakaria
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia

Affective or kansei design engineering is a design approach that canhelp designers to produce emotionally pleasing products. One of theresearch challenge of this approach lies in understanding customers'
affective needs and how to associate such needs with product design
features. Previously, we have proposed a collaborative tagging
methodology towards understanding associations between affective
needs and product design features through analyzing product reviews.
In this paper, we proposed a framework for collaborative tagging
system design as an extension of our previous work and actual
web-based implementation of our approach. We showcase the design of
our web-based system which includes client interface layer, web
application layer and back-end application processing layer withdetailed elaboration on essential system components and modules.
Some potential benefits of implementing such a collaborative platform
are also briefly discussed.

Towards Future Information Management for High Value
Component Manufacturers
Danqing Jessie Cai, Lindawati Lindawati
SAP Innovation Center Singapore, Singapore

Manufacturers across the globe are transforming from productsuppliers to service providers. They face numerous challenges, inparticular the staggering amount of heterogeneous information
generated out of a growing number of functional or operational silos,
which often lead to redundancies and conflicts that compromise systemefficiency. In this paper, we look into the problems and opportunities ofhigh value component manufacturers on their change initiative towards
higher level service provisioning. The need for lean and flexible
information management is discussed to accommodate futuretechnology inclusions. A preliminary approach of cost and benefit
analysis which incorporate two novel leanness measurements, is
proposed to assist manufacturers in this industry to get the best out of
the investment. More focused study shall be reported along the journeyof joint exploration.

An Active Learning Variable-Fidelity MetamodelingApproach for Engineering Design
Qi Zhou, Ping Jiang, Hui Zhou, Leshi Shu
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

Computational models with variable fidelity have been widely used inengineering design. To make a trade-off between high accuracy and low
expense, variable fidelity (VF) metamodeling approaches that aim tointegrate information from both low fidelity (LF) and high-fidelity (HF)
models have gained increasing popularity. In this paper an active
learning variable-fidelity (VF) metamodeling approach (ALVFM) basedon a Kriging scaling function is proposed, in which the one-shot VF
metamodeling process is transformed into an iterative process to utilize
the already-acquired information of the difference characteristics
between the high-fidelity (HF) models and low-fidelity (LF) models. An
analytic nonlinear numerical case and a long cylinder pressure vessel
optimization design problem verify the applicability of the proposed
VF metamodeling approach.

Structuring the Engineering Change Management Process
Around Change CarriersPeter Sjögren, Bjorn Fagerström
Mälardalen University, Sweden

Prior research in the field of offshore platform project execution has
mainly focused on early project phases and planning, as a means toincrease project reliability for offshore installations. Later phases,
however, as fabrication, transport and installation have not been given
the same attention. Projects of this kind frequently suffer both large andsmall deviations and as projects progress deviations accumulate.
Deviations then have to be resolved in a timely manner not to impair
quality and scheduling of an overall project. Empirical data wasgathered from two offshore platform projects in the form of archival
data, observations and interviews. The findings revealed thatengineering change, as a tool, should preferably be used sparingly inearly phases and as necessary in later phases. This research alsosuggests that engineering change can be organized around change
carriers. In this way, it is predicted that the processes of change canbecome more stable and predictable.

Reconstruction of Smooth Contours from Low Resolution
Digital Elevation Model Data
Hiroyuki Goto1, Tatsuya Ishige1, Yoichi Shimakawa2
1Hosei University, Japan
2Salesian Polytechnique, Japan

Using low resolution digital elevation model (DEM) data,
reconstruction of cartographic contours is focused on. With a small
number of control points, we aim to draw a smooth curve as well as tocompute the area and perimeter of a closed contour accurately. The
input data forms an oriented contour, each control point of which
consists of three values: x, y, and tangent angle. An interpolation
method based on arc spline is developed. The method can reproduce
G1 continuous curves,in which the exact area and perimeter can becalculated. In a numerical experiment for analytically defined curves,
accurate computation of the area and perimeter was achieved with asmaller number of control points. In another experiment using a DEM
data, the reconstructed contours were smoother than those by aconventional method.

Cloud-Based Data Exchange and Messaging Platform
Implementation for Virtual Factory Environment
Yuqiuge Hao, Petri Helo, Ahm Shamsuzzoha
University of Vaasa, Finland

Recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs) have allowed manufacturing enterprises to improve businesscollaboration both within an enterprise and among enterprises, forachieving mutual benefits. The companies can achieve such businessbenefits through a formation of new business domain known as Virtual
Factory (VF), which is particularly beneficial and applicable within
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). In this research paper, we
introduce a Cloud-based data exchange and messaging platform tofacilitate the integration and interoperability within VF partners. This
information exchange is considered as a critical factor to face challengesof VF domain. Within this data exchange and message platform threeessential components are included such as: message routing, message
transformation and gateways. To realize a high degree of performance,
reliability, scalability and stability, this platform is designed as
cloud-based. In this paper, we also discussed technologies, challenges,
trends and issues that must be addressed to implement thisCloud-based Data Exchange and Messaging Platform.

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Quality Control and Management 2
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR332
Subhas Chandra Mondal, Ville Ojanen

Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) for Small
Medium Industries
Pregiwati Pusporini1, Kazem Abhary2
1University of Muhammadiyah Gresik, Indonesia
2University of South Australia, Australia

Due to the increasing demand for green manufacturing andenvironmentally friendly products, environmental performance
evaluation (EPE) is now a necessity for manufacturing companies.
Environmental performance evaluation is an internal process of any
manufacturing organisation through which they can identify theirenvironmental indicators (such as energy consumption, solid waste andreprocessed materials) with highest negative impact on theenvironment. This paper presents the model of environmental
performance evaluation which can be applied by small medium
industries and also it can accommodate different environmental
indicators as input, produces the environmental performance inlinguistic terms (e.g. moderate, satistisfied, and optimum) as output.
This helps the company continuously monitor their environmental
impacts via controlling their environmental indicators.

Fatigue Life Analysis and Life Expectancy Design Strategy
for Flexible Hinge Under Random Variable Amplitude
Loading
Jianjun Wu, Jiawei Wu, L. Q. Wang, X. M. Wu
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

Aiming at the flexible hinge is often affected by external randomvariable loading operating noise fluctuation and complex factors, thefatigue degradation or failure is lack of analysis methods and thatcauses weak link of fatigue life analysis is difficult to find in theengineering practice. This paper introduces fatigue analysis method
combines the fatigue of rain flow counting method and Pam Glen
palmgren Miner theory. The article uses random load-time history todeal with cyclic loadings by rain flow counting method. Calculate theflexible hinge fatigue damage with the S-N curve in different stress. The
fatigue life and the design of the weak link are obtained under randomvariable loading through simulation with ANSYS. The strategies are
given to improve the anti-fatigue for rectangular flexible hinge which
improve the deficiencies in the design. This method has instruction andreference value to actual project.

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Dynamics of a Relationship Between Quality andProductivity in the Automotive Manufacturing Industry
Tshepo Mpshe, Grace Kanakana
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Management of quality and productivity as key performance areas inautomotive industry is important for the success of companies in theindustry. Conflict that is left unmanaged between quality andproduction departments can lead to overall deterioration of objectives
and failure to protect the interests of investors. This study uses datafrom an automotive components manufacturing company to determine
the nature and strength of a relationship between quality andproductivity. Product recalls from customers and warranty costs are anembodiment of this conflict and costly to all involved.
Results obtained show a positive relationship between the two variables:
quality and productivity. Feedback obtained from interviews support
the data analysis results and make recommendations for improvements
to both variables.

Bayesian Sampling Plans with Interval Censoring
Wanbo Lu1, Tzong-Ru Tsai2
1Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
2Tamkang University, Taiwan

In this paper, the Bayesian approach is employed to establish
acceptance sampling plans for life tests with interval censoring. Assume
that interval data have a multinomial distribution, and the interval
probabilities are random and vary from lot to lot according to a
conjugate prior of Dirichlet distribution. A Bayes risk is defined with asuitable loss function and a predictive distribution. Optimal Bayesiansampling plans are determined by minimizing the Bayes risk per lot. An
example is used and some optimal Bayesian sampling plans with threeequally-spaced intervals are tabulated for illustration. Sensitivity
analysis are conducted to evaluate the influence of the parameter ofprior distribution, the cost per sampled item and the cost per used unit
time on the proposed Bayesian sampling plans.

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Decision Analysis and Methods 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR334
Egon Mueller, Mei-Chen Lo

Scaffolds and Design Factors to Increase Creative Outcomesin Teaching Software Design and Testing
Chien-Sing Lee1, K. Daniel Wong2, Simon Boung-Yew Lau3
1Sunway University, Malaysia
2Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Singapore
3University College of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia

Graduates are expected to be able to provide holistic solutions, capableof meeting diverse objectives simultaneously. We aim to investigate
how students would conceptualize, make sense, desire to know, findsolutions and subsequently progress to collaborate, communicate andcreate new artefacts. We hypothesize that there would be a higher
likelihood of better quality design process, explanations as well as
modelling outcomes if first, students can relate between the ability toanalyse problems with the ability to conceptualize/model and second,the design of the task focuses on not only functional but more
importantly sustaining positive user experience. Findings highlight theimportance of key design factors likely to contribute to more creative
outcomes.

Entrepreneur’s Priority Traits on Creative and Innovative
Behavior in Technology Era – Case of Innovative New
Start-Up Businesses
Mei-Chen Lo1, Yi-Chuan Hsu1, Martin Drozda2
1National United University, Taiwan
2Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

Creativity and innovation activities become an important way ofentering new business mode. And it becomes a tool in the process of
introducing new technologies to production and commercial phases.
This paper presents a theoretical exploration of the construct ofcorporate entrepreneurship and demonstrates different aspects ofentrepreneurship on creative and innovative behavior and their relative
importance in technology era. A hierarchical model is developed withmultiple criteria to evaluate the alternative concepts in approachingcreativity and innovation process on the corporate level. The presented
model appears to be comprehensive, flexible and easy to implement inmanagerial practice. The illustrative example shows that in the cases ofmature companies, the self-cultivation becomes a focus point of theinnovation and creativity process.

Organizational Structure and the Dynamics of Collaboration
Relationship
Xiao-Li Chen 1, Antonia Mahling1, Ralph Riedel2, Egon Mueller2
1Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
2Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Organizational structure is of great importance for the governance ofthe collaboration process. In this paper, in order to support substantial
governance, a holistic collaboration organizational structure isestablished.
Three
dimensions
includingspecialization,
institutionalization and centralization are highlighted for theinterpretation, where types of collaboration are further classified as
improvised and organized.
Moreover, relationships between
organizational structure and the dynamics in collaborations are clearly
identified, to shed some light on the theory of collaboration
management. A survey based on the experience of organizations was
further conducted for the analysis. In the end, the general organization
structure system of this work was confirmed to hold high reliable
properties and the hypotheses regarding the impacts of organizational
structure on the collaboration trust and commitment can also be proved.
All these are composed as a theoretical basis which helps to bringsound decision support for the strategies of collaboration.

The Effect of Buy-Back Policy in Air Cargo Revenue
Management
Danping Lin 1, Carman Ka Man Lee2, Jiin Yang2
1Shanghai Maritime University, China
2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

In order to hedge against demand fluctuation after an intermediary has
booked cargo space from an asset provider, buy-back policy has been
applied in revenue management. This practice allows both the asset
provider and the intermediary to buy back or sell reserved capacity
options. This study seeks to apply the financial buy-back concept into
the logistics domain by incorporating the Hellermann’s capacity option
model into the Black-Scholes pricing model. The proposed model was
verified by practical air cargo booking data. The experiment results
showed that the buy-back policy is capable of increasing the revenues
from both the aspects of asset provider and intermediary. The
developed model serves as a potential framework for the air cargoparticipants to handle their booking capacity during the period of orderrelease and order execution.

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The Optimal Ordering Quantity Model Under the Uncertain
Food Safety Environment with a Risk Aversion Concept

Energy for 2030 Scenarios for a Sustainable Future: A Case of
Sri Lanka

Shu-Yen Hsu, Tyrone T. Lin, Chiao-Chen Chang
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

Amila Withanaarachchi, Julian Nanayakkara, Chamli Pushpakumara
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Under the deterioration of the food safety environment of foodsuppliers and the uncertainty of the food safety of the purchased foodby individual manufacturers, this study aims to establish amathematical model standard basis as a reference for decisionevaluation on the optimal order quantity of food raw materials tosatisfy the maximum expected returns, according to the food safety
situations and market acceptance (optimistic/normal/pessimistic), thus
affecting procurement costs and selling prices. Assume that productcosts and selling prices under different market environments willchange; at the same time, importers are allowed to urgent orderprocessing when out of stock issues and surplus products will be sold at
discounted prices. Under the importers' attitudes to risk aversion,
mathematical models are established to meet the importers' maximum
gain and maximum utility function of optimal order quantity decision.

Employing a Bridge Triage Method in Municipalities with
Decreasing Populations: An Empirical Analysis of the
Characteristics of Road Networks
Takaaki Kawanaka1, Masanobu Matsumaru2, Shuichi Rokugawa1, Hirohito
Suzuki2
1The University of Tokyo, Japan
2Kanagawa University, Japan

Japan's ageing population is depopulating the country and causing
severe levels of debt. A consequence of these problems is that it has
become difficult to maintain Japan's many bridges. Given the challengeof maintaining these bridges, we believe it is necessary to formulate
plans that include discontinuing the maintenance on certain bridges.
Therefore, we propose a triage method for managing bridges (e.g.,
highway bridges), much like the triage used by medical institutions tohandle the large number of injured people after a severe disaster. The
road network patterns can be used to decide whether to rebuild abridge after the current one is decommissio-ned, as well as to calculate
the demographic energy, the integrated time value of demographic
energy, and the costs of operating and maintaining the bridge. We cancreate sequences for the decommissioning of each bridge using them as
an index.

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Literature states that most successful corporations and nations haveused scenarios as a tool tolead the energy sector. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is todevelop scenarios of Sri Lankan energy future to picture the Sri Lankan
renewable energy sector by year 2030. This study presents a seven step
scenario development model to develop scenarios. The seven steps
comprises defining objective of scenario planning, environmental
scanning, key factor analysis, prioritizing the key factors, define theassumptions in writing scenarios, framework scenarios, and finallyelaborate scenarios. Following the stated seven steps four scenarios
named ‘Land of Republic,’ ‘Green Paradise,’ ‘Drowning Island’ andBlack Island’ were developed. The scenarios were developed base on
two key variables. The path to the scenario, the outcome of the scenario
and finally the early warning signals were presented when describing
the scenarios.

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Production Planning and Control 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR334
Mojahid Saeed Osman, Laith Hadidi

Dynamic Job Sequencing in Two Parallel Two-Machine Flow
Shop
Mojahid F. Saeed Osman
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

In this paper, the case where there are two parallel two-machine
flow-shops available to process jobs is considered. We developed amethod that creates sequences intended to dynamically minimize themakespan while jobs are added overtime. The solution proceduredeveloped in this research is demonstrated using an illustrative
example. The results revealed the effectiveness of the proposed
approach for solving dynamic sequencing problem with two parallel
two-machine flow-shops.

Research on Single-Level Lot-Sizing Problem under theTime-Varying Environment
Jie Zhang, Jianrui Dong, Yiyong Xiao
Beihang University, China

Lot-sizing problem is one of the most important issues in the
production planning area and a large number of related research works
can be found in literature. However, most of the works only consider
the problem in a steady environment, without taking into account the
time-varying production conditions that may change timely in someindustrial applications. In this paper, we present the time-varying
single-level lot-sizing (TV-SLLS) problem and describe it with amathematical programming model. New properties of this problem has
been analyzed, and several theorems have been developed. We proposea dynamic programming algorithm as an exact solution approach for
the TV-SLLS. Problem examples and numerical calculation have been
provided to evaluate the solution approach and the optimality.

An Integrated Non-Cyclical Preventive Maintenance andProduction Planning Model for a Multi-Product Production
System
Xuejuan Liu1, Wenbin Wang1, Tian Zhang1, Qingqing Zhai2, Rui Peng1
1University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
2Beihang University, China

This paper integrates non-cyclical preventive maintenance and tacticalproduction planning into a multi-product production system. In such asystem, a set of products needs to be produced in lots during a specified
finite planning horizon. Non-cyclical preventive maintenance is carriedout at the end of some production periods and corrective maintenanceis always performed at a failure. Both maintenance activities and setup
result in downtime during the planning horizon. Procedures areproposed to discover the optimal production plan and preventive
maintenance sequence simultaneously, our objective being to minimize
the sum of maintenance, production, setup, inventory and backordercosts within the planning horizon. A real case from a steel factory ispresented to illustrate the model.

Factors Affecting Schedule Nervousness in the Production
Operations of Airline Catering Industry
Narat Hasachoo, Ruedee Masuchun
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

The airline catering industry is one of the most complex operational
systems since caterers need to serve an average of one hundred
thousand meals daily with the challenge of unavailability of exact ordernumbers right up until departure time. Typically, an optimally planned
operation schedule is issued that seeks to utilize resources usage, e.g.
manpower and machines. Due to the existence of schedule nervousness,
operations schedules are unavoidably sub-optimally executed. The aimof this research was to identify operations-related factors that affectedschedule nervousness in the production operations of an airline
catering company in Thailand. Total data of 5,572 orders from twoplanning horizons was collected for analysis. Nervousness wasquantified by the revision in initial planned schedule and tested with
operation-related factors for the relationship. Results showed that
forecasting inaccuracy has a positive correlation with schedule
nervousness, while an occurrence of buffer stock has a negative
relation.

Comparative Research on Operation Models of Reverse
Logistics
Yan Peng, Yuan Zhao
Tianjin University, China

Through mathematical modeling, this paper analyzes three operation
models of reverse logistics including manufacturer take-back, retailer
take-back and third party take-back. The optimal solutions of the
take-back price, the take-back quantity and the profit of manufacturer aresolved from these models, and two inferences are obtained from thecomparative analysis of these optimal solutions. Furthermore, because
the take-back market competitive situation is influenced by the residual
value of take-back products, the market environment can be divided
into two different styles that are referred as to competitive market andregulative market. The brief analysis of the two markets characteristics
shows that the two inferences are suitable for both them.

A Spreadsheet Based Genetic Algorithm Model for Hybrid
Flowshop with Batch and Discrete Processors
Siew-Chein Teo
Multimedia University, Malaysia

This paper proposed a spreadsheet based genetic algorithm (SGA)model as a practical approach to solve a complicated hybrid flowshop(HFS) with multiple unrelated batch and discrete processors, stage
skipping behavior, setup times, and machine eligibility restrictions. The
proposed model is capable to handle three crucial and inter-dependent
decisions which include batching, loading and sequencing. The
scheduling problem involved sequence dependent setup times indiscrete stages; parallel batch processors with incompatible andcompatible job families at the first and last stages of the HFS,
respectively. The computational results show that the model can
provide good solutions in a reasonable CPU times for the HFS understudy.

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Decision Analysis and Methods 2
7/12/2015

Eiji Mizutani
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

16:00 - 17:30
MR334
Chien-Sing Lee, Zhisheng Ye

Building Priority Strategies of Brand Equity Measurementwith AHP – Case of Mobile Companies in Taiwan
Mei-Chen Lo1, Yi-Chuan Hsu1, Martin Drozda2
1National United University, Taiwan
2Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

The complexity of enterprise has increased along with advance intechnology and increases in development speed. Branding concerns inboth producer and customer for market feedback are the keys torunning an efficient branded company. Therefore, this paper uses uponbrand equity theory to propose a model from two different aspects (byproducers and by customers) to view product/service branding
behavior features. This is done by aggregating the synthetic
performance value of all possible alternatives and strategies in multiple
attribute decision-making (MADM) problems. This process is based on
the results of an empirical study where the Analytical Hierarchy
Process (AHP) technique was employed to survey the performance ofbrand equity measurement system upon strategy management enquiry.
This study aims at quantifying relative priorities for a given set ofalternatives, based on the intuitive judgments of the decision-maker inseeking consistency within the comparison of alternatives in thedecision-making process. From the overall synthesis performance value,
the results demonstrate consistent results of the top five alternatives,indicating that perceived quality, brand knowledge, brand credibility,
brand image and brand identity are the issues of the mostimprovement.

Contractor Selection in Construction Industry: A
Multicriteria Model
Maria Creuza Borges de Araújo, Luciana Alencar, Caroline Mota
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

Contractor selection is a strategic question for the construction industry
since the suppliers have an important role in projects performance. Twoessential issues in this process are the choice of adequate criteria andmethods of supplier's evaluation. Therefore, this paper proposes amodel for contractor selection in the construction industry. Normally,
this selection is considering a group decision problem, since various
departments are influenced for this choice and its managers participateof the process. Moreover, this paper focuses on the situation in which
the company wants to select a set of contractors, maximizing the use ofresources according with the constraints imposed. In this context, themodel proposed considers the interaction between a Group Decision
and an Integer Programming models. Afterward, it was made anumerical application of the proposed model. The criteria used in thissimulation were identified from a literature review in papers related tothe supplier's selection in the construction industry.

Classification of Areas Using a Multiple Criteria Approach
for a Public Security Problem
Ciro Figueiredo , Caroline Mota , Debora Pereira
1Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
121This study presents a multiple criteria decision model, integrated with ageoreferencing information systems, to identify and classify the mostviolent areas from a previously defined region. For this study, we
analyzed a neighborhood called Boa Viagem, in Pernambuco, Brazil,
where a set of factors influencing criminality were considered toindicate an increase of violence. We applied the multiple criteria
Dominance-based Rough Set Approach in order to classify sites fromthis neighborhood. Subsequently, we present alternative strategies toprevent crime according to each region, as the result of the finalclassification. Therefore, the proposed approach can be combined witha georeferenced graphical environment, revealing a valuable approachto propose solutions and strategies to combat crime.

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On a Staged Successive Approximation Procedure forApproximate Dynamic Programming Solutions to Board
Game Playing
In board game playing, many endgames may be solved based on
dynamic programming (DP) with value-to go functions that evaluateeach state towards final winning positions.We first identify all positions
to win in one move; next, recognize the next set of positions to win in
two moves; and then do so in three moves, and so on. In this way, thesets of constant values (moving towards winning) are produced
sequentially. This observation motivates our interest in what class ofboard game problems does the computation of starting points ofconstant value work efficiently. Furthermore, certain situations may
arise repeatedly during the play; this corresponds to a problem wheresome values on the right-hand side of Bellman’s DP optimality equation
are unknown when the specific value function on the left-hand side isevaluated. To resolve this issue, one may typically employ Bellman’s
successive approximation procedure directly on a whole large problem,
but we could exploit the aforementioned observation; that is, weorganize the procedure in a sequentially stagewise fashion, startingwith an initial smallest sub-problem to final outcome; then, advance tothe next smallest local sub-problem, using approximate solutions of theprevious sub-problems. Proceed in this manner until the desired
problem scale is reached. We demonstrate this local-search idea (calledstaged successive approximation procedures) in a two-player board
game found in the literature.

Decision Evaluation and Analysis of Optimal Functional
Training Time Investment in Aesthetic Medicine
Hui-Tzu Yen, Tyrone T. Lin
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

This paper aims to establish the optimal training investment time
criteria for aesthetic medicine practitioners. We built a cost analysis
mathematical model taking into consideration the maximum benefit ofbusinesses in the aesthetic medicine industry and the incidence of
medical errors and disputes. Specific functions are assumed for medical
errors/disputes, training costs, and profits. This model optimal training
time investment is constructed as a reference for industry, with the hopeof reducing risks appropriately to obtain maximum benefit.

Application of the Binomial Switch Option in a Decision
Analysis for an Art Exhibition
Wen-Tsung Wu, Chie-Bein Chen
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

This study investigates the feasibility of the Picture Book Kingdom
Exhibition featuring works by the “Magician of Colour” Květa
Pacovská. Net present value was introduced into a switch options
binomial valuation model to analyse the feasibility and the effect ofproject value on city exhibition investment. A mathematical model
was also applied to construct investment strategies in order to obtain
the greatest economic value and provide curators with a reference forthe future selection of cities for exhibitions.

A Rough Set Based Fuzzy Axiomatic Design Approach in
Evaluating Customer-Centric Design Alternatives
Pai Zheng, Shane Xie
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Nowadays, companies strive to provide products that meet individual
customer needs and expectations to achieve high profits. Customers’
perceptions play a significant role in the design process. However, they
are normally expressed using linguistic words which are hard tointerpret, especially when trying to evaluate the best design solution
among multiple design alternatives. This paper proposes a rough set
based fuzzy axiomatic design (AD) approach to guide the design
decision-making process which contains imprecise information. It aims
to overcome the subjectivity of fuzzy membership functions selection
by using rough method instead, to deal with vagueness. The approach
utilizes the information axiom of AD principles and extends it to
support customer-centric multi-attribute decision making. A
comparative case study on bicycle frameset is conducted to validate theapproach. The result shows that it has advantages compared to thefuzzy approach in processing linguistic assessments and is better suitedfor customized product design decision support.

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ChairsService Innovation and Management 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR335
Yongrae Cho, Lindawati

The Competitive Strategy in Global Engineering Industry:
Strategic Group Analysis
Yongrae Cho1, Jongpil Lee2, Kyutae Kim3
1STEPI - Science and Technology Policy Institute, South Korea
2KITECH - Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea
3COMPA - Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D Outcome, South Korea

The engineering is an advanced and complex field which is highly
based on experiential technological knowledge, subject to construction
and plant industry. Engineering also has spillover effects on relevant
industries. Although upstream stages of engineering account only for
5-10% of total project values, they influence entire value chain processes
in construction/plant projects. The government also recognizes theimportance and pays attention to engineering industry.
Nevertheless, there are very few studies that identify and analyze
behavioral characteristics of engineering firms. Accordingly, this study
identifies the behavioral patterns of firms engaged in global
engineering industry and infers their strategies. We collected statistical
data and developed indicators of Globalization and Diversification to
examine corporate activities. Then, we visualized a strategic group map
to analyze behavioral patterns by using the indicators. The analyticalframework and methodology proposed in this study can be used as animportant tool for strategic decision making and policy development.

Understanding Household Electricity Saving in Taiwan
Through the Theory of Planned Behavior: Focusing on
Differences Between User Types
Pei Ling Liu, Hung Chih Lai, Yao Cheng Yu, Iris Hsia-Pei Liu, Poyi Chen,
Chia-Chun Chen, Yi-Min Tuan, Hui Shan Kuo
National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Through a large-scaled quantitative research based on the theory ofplanned behavior, we intended to find out why people in Taiwan
usually do or don’t do electricity-saving behaviors at home. Four user
types were discovered based on their goal, attitude, and behavior ofelectricity usage. By understanding the needs of different user types, we
can take advantage of knowing users’ needs to try to change theirattitudes or to increase their energy-saving intentions.

Explore the Effects of Interfirm Cooperation and
Collaboration Between Supply Chain Integration andService Innovation Performance
Tsai Wei-Chen
Aletheia University, Taiwan

This paper examines the impact of key supplier and buyer integration
activities as product co-design and information sharing with supplierand buyers as well as their impact on service innovation performance. It
contributes to existing studies by asking how such integration activities
affect service innovation performance in both direct and indirect ways.
Among a sample of 215 logistics service firms in Taiwan by thequestionnaires survey were collected, the principle findings indicatethat the supply chain integration are positively related to the interfirm
cooperation and collaboration. Product co-design and information
sharing are also important in interfirm cooperation and collaboration
activities with supplier and buyer. More importantly the data show thatthe interfirm cooperation and collaboration with supplier and buyer
have the significant effect on the relationship between supply chain
integration and service innovation performance. We hope these results
have implications for both education and practice.

Design and Development of a Performance Evaluation
System for Aircraft Maintenance Industry
Kam Hung Ng, Hau Man Tang, Carman Ka Man Lee
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SARThis paper aims at developing procurement Key Performance
Indicators (KPI) system for Maintenance, Repair and Operation (MRO)
items using a Business Intelligence tool. A set of typical KPI has been
established in an aircraft maintenance enterprise through a case study.
The result analyzed by business intelligence tools, has become a criticalfactor in evaluating the success of financial performance, quality
assurance, order fill rate, utilization of productivity and development ofknowledge hubs in the procurement sector. An effective and efficient
procurement strategy evaluation system is proposed in order to resolve
corporate problems, with solid supporting data, improved procurement
performance management, facilitation of decision making andprocurement evaluation by saving resources and time. The significanceof this paper is that we delivers a proactive approach by integrating KPI
and BI tool for an aviation maintenance enterprise to accesscomprehensive external data directly, and to visualize the company
performance for formulating strategies and analyzing industrial
informatics.

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Digital Services Innovation for Aging-in-Place
Q.Z. Yang, C.Y. Miao, Z.Q. Shen
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The world is aging, and aging fast. One of the fundamental challenges
facing the aging world is the increasing demand for elderly careservices. Digital services innovation, as a key enabler to satisfy thisdemand, has been emerging to provide higher convenient, more
efficient and cost effective access to aged care services in elders' homes
and communities for them to age-in-place. Despite the surge in digital
innovations, research on their implementation for aging-in-place has
been limited. The objective of this review is to examine and synthesize
research findings in literature and, based on this and our aging project
knowledge, develop an implementation framework to provide
guidance for aging-in-place efforts. The guidance is focused on five core
implementation concepts (the process; key stakeholders; ICT platforms;
implementation environments/settings; and iterations of influencing
factors, their addressing strategies, and evaluations) for successful
implementation of digital services innovation into aging-in-place
practice.

Impact of Values on Subjective Well-Being of the Post-80s
Generation
Yang Zhang1, Ya-ting Wang1, Li-ting Kang2, Yong Wang3
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Wuhan College, China
3Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

This study explored the value priorities of the post-80s generation in
China major cities and its impact to individuals' subjective well-being(SWB). Data were collected using questionnaires about values and SWB.
Samples of 249 adults who were born in 1980s from Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Shenzhen participated in online questionnaire survey. The
results show that: (1) Top to down, value priorities are: family, security,
harmoniousness, virtue, freedom, enjoyment, relationship, tradition,
success and innovation. (2) Virtue, family and relationship are
positively correlated with SWB. Success and enjoyment are negatively
correlated with SWB. (3) The SWB of feminine values dominated groupis higher than masculine values dominated group (feminine values:
harmoniousness, virtue, tradition, security, family and freedom;masculine values: success, innovation, relationship and enjoyment). The
implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.

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Service Innovation Development through China’s New
Urbanization: An Economic Policy Perspective
Weilin Zhao
Fujitsu Research Institute, Japan

Although there is no agreed-upon definition of service innovation, its
impact on society and firms has been considered to be generally
significant. To date, many researches have been conducted on service
innovation or service-based strategies for firms, but relative to the many
discussions on firm-layer service innovation, there are few on therelationship between service innovation and country-specific economic
policy.
Following China’s rapid economic growth, industrialization, andurbanization over the past 30 years, the Chinese government has beenpromoting new urbanization in recent years as the engine for its
sustainable economic development and the source of innovation indifferent areas.
This paper discusses the development of service innovation under
China’s new urbanization from an economic policy perspective andaims to contribute to research on innovation and economic policies.

Session
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Time
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ChairsTechnology and Knowledge Management 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR335
Chia-Nan Wang, Keng-Chieh Yang

MOD Traffic Packet Loss in Video Streaming for End-Users'
Continuous Using Willingness
Tze-Jen Wang, Chie-Bein Chen, Chia-Sheng Lu
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

In Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom MOD launched first connected TV for
IPTV, however, they faced a great challenge at the same time. Theirprimary task is to provide good quality service to clients, in other words,
the quality and content of IPTV must meet and exceed the current
traditional TV broadcast (for example satellite and cable TV providers.)
To reach the goal, the Quality of Service (QoS) of video streaming plays
a significant role which leads to a more complex internet construction.
In this study, the packet loss type is the variable and we try toinvestigate the influence of packet loss type for end-users’ continuous
willingness to use MOD. Here, the results are:(1) There is significant influence between the frequency of packet loss
and end-users’ continuous willingness of using MOD;(2) The low frequency of losing packet results in higher continuous
willingness of using MOD

Tacit Knowledge Transfer and its Implementation on Smalland Medium Enterprises
Augustina Asih Rumanti, Trifenaus Prabu Hidayat, Yeremia Dwi Saputro
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Tacit knowledge is one of the most crucial factors in the SME (Small andMedium Enterprises) business, including in the field of production. The
production comes from the work force who possesses certain amount oftacit knowledge. A model of the transfer of tacit knowledge to empower
SME will help workforce to extract it easier. This research explains amodel of the transfer of tacit knowledge that focuses on the transfer ofknowledge at organizational level of SME. The models consist of six
constructs: sources characteristics, receiver characteristics, tacitknowledge characteristics, organization context, media characteristics,
and the effectiveness of the transfer of tacit knowledge. The validationof this model is conducted in Surya Usaha Mandiri SME that create
coconut shell handicrafts in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data
computation is conducted through Structural Equation Modelingmethod. The result shows that the data influential factor towards thesources characteristics, receiver characteristics, tacit knowledge
characteristics, organization context, media characteristics, and theeffectiveness of the transfer of tacit knowledge. Conceptual modelneeds to be improved.

Evaluation of Smartphone Feature Preference by a Modified
AHP Approach
Faith Ho, Chia-Nan Wang, Chengter Ho, Yu Cheng Chiang, Ying-Fang
Huang
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan

This research aims to study the customers' preferences ranking ofsmartphone attributes and the price range preferences amongcustomers. A modified AHP is conducted in order to meet the research
objective. Smartphone features were selected from previous research toconstruct the hierarchy structure. The AHP scale between two criteria
was simplified to 0 ~ 1 in order to conduct an online survey. 389 samples
were collected through the survey. The weighting of the criteria werethen calculated to sort out the ranking.
The results showed that the performance of the processor is regarded as
the most important element when purchasing a smartphone, following
by the price and battery endurance. The most preferred purchase priceis NT$6,001~15,000, which might due to the compromise between
processor and price.

An Application of Text Mining to Understand theProductivity Challenges in Singapore
Andy Ang, Boon Yong Ong, Puay Siew Tan
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

The issue of low productivity growth and reliance on foreign labour are
major concerns in Singapore. Traditionally, identifying productivity
issues usually involves an expert’s opinion or market surveys. Thesemethods might be biased or labour intensive. In this paper, we consider
an alternative method, a data-driven approach using text mining.
Various text mining techniques are applied on the data collected from87 companies that participated in an operational excellence programme.
The results indicated that even though the set of productivity issues forcompanies residing in Singapore are similar, the severity of the
problems differs across different types of industries. Furthermore, we
also found that companies from different industries tend to adopt
different methods to solve their productivity issues.

Unpacking the Developmental Process of Shared Mental
Model Between Technologists and Artists
Han-Chang Ling1, Chao-Tung Wen1, Hsueh-Liang Fan 2
1National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

It is desirable to integrate knowledge of team members toward
performance. However, a smart team does not always perform as
expected, especially when the team members differ in their knowledge
backgrounds. Previous literature has indicated that team members
must develop a shared mental model (SMM) such that their actions are
effectively coordinated and innovations are induced. Scholars notedthat SMMs did not become more similar as predicted in work teams
with complex task however. This inconsistency has yet been resolved.
This study conducted a case study to explore how multiple SMMs weredeveloped in a heterogeneous work team in the process of achieving acomplex goal. The results of this study showed that SMMs are grown asa hierarchical structure. In such a structure, superordinate SMMs work
as a more robust frame in which subordinate SMMs are developed.
Based on such a robust frame, subordinate SMMs are more locallydeveloped and thus enhance team efficiency. Superordinate SMMs arerevisited when the team appeals for innovations.

Managing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters
Sarah Müller, Thomas Thiele, Claudia Jooss, Anja Richert, Rene Vossen,
Ingrid Isenhardt, Sabina Jeschke
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

The complexity and dynamicity of interdisciplinary research clusters
requires an efficient management in order to ensure a good
performance. Therefore, this paper presents an iterative regulatory
process for managing interdisciplinary research clusters which has been
implemented at the two clusters of excellence at RWTH Aachen
University. Thereby, an annual evaluation of the cluster performancethrough a cluster-specific employee survey forms the basis for thederivation and implementation of different measures. By evaluating theperformance again, the loop of organizational learning starts anew. As
one example of these measures, the colloquia of employees aredescribed in further details because the adaptation and optimization ofconcepts illustrate the effects of the continuous improvement.
Furthermore, the general performance development of the cluster was
analyzed to show the comprehensive effects of the regulatory process.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
Chairs

E-Business and E-Commerce
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR335
Lei Chen, Keng-Chieh YangIntelligent Mining on Purchase Information andRecommendation System for E-Commerce
Weikang Xue, Boping Xiao, Lin Mu
Beihang University, China

As an important marketing tool, recommendation systems for
e-commerce offer an opportunity for merchants to discovery potential
consumption tendency. This paper puts forward a novel
recommendation algorithm to make the recommendation system moreaccurate, personalized and intelligent. Firstly, we use intelligent mining
on purchase information, and regress consumer preference rating on
click behavior. Secondly, we use Bipartite Network Recommendation
model based on resource allocation and improved collaborative
filtering model; the former abstracts products and consumers into
nodes in the graph, and finds the correlation of products thatrecommend to others using alternative relation; and the latter solves the
problem, caused by sparse data, by compressing rating matrix andpredicting null values. Finally, according to Alibaba e-commercecustomers purchase data, we verify that Hybrid Recommendation
Model optimizes the accuracy and coverage of the recommendation
results.

Why is Your E-Store Popularity Always Lower?
Te-King Chien 1, Hon-Yu Ma2, Kai-Chi Yang1
1National Formosa University, Taiwan
2Ten-In Food Co., Ltd, Taiwan

Due to improper operational activity the failure rate of online store is
still high. By investigating the main cause, it is that the operators cannot
grasp the E-store popularity, websites industry type and attributecategory.Therefore, this research (1) grasps the website attribute of
E-store by reviewing literature; (2) sets up “E-store website attributestructure”, through qualitative method; (3) establishes “industry
breadth and depth graph”, so as to find the website content equilibrium
degree of various industries’ E-store; (4) constructs “the attributecategory decision index of industry types”, to find the difference inperformance adequacy of various attribute categories under various
industry types, and further obtain improvement strategy. It is believedthat this research result not only assist enterprise clearly grasp
advantageand strategy of E-store website attribute, but moreaccordingly promote the effectiveness in resource utilization and theprobability of success.

Humanizing Websites: Website Personality for E-Services
Jessica Sze Yin Ho1, Kok-Wai Chew2, Nasreen Khan2
1Sunway University Business School, Malaysia
2Multimedia University, Malaysia

Unlike physical services, e-services lack human interaction, which calls
for them to be designed in a more human-like way. From theconventional marketing perspective, the concept of brand personality isused to explain the human characteristics associated with a brand.
Regrettably, existing brand personality dimensions are context-specificand are often developed using physical products and services. This
study advances the field of humanizing websites by identifying the setof website characteristics appropriate for e-services, specifically intermsof
onlinebanking
services.
Drawingfromtheinterpersonal-relationship theory, this study further examines therelationship between website personality and how the customer relates
to the website in terms of trust, commitment and satisfaction towards
their online banking website services. In order to complete thisinvestigation, 397 accounts of usable data have been gathered fromonline banking customers. A two-steps analysis using PCA and
PLS-SEM resulted in the identification of three website personality
dimensions that are unique to online banking services, with a varying
degree of effect on customer trust, commitment and satisfaction.

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The Impact of IT Governance on Performance of IFRSConversion Under ERP Systems
Wen-Hsien Tsai, Po-Yuan Chu, Jui-Chu Chang, Hsiu-Li Lee, Yi-Chin Huang
National Central University, Taiwan

In response to the international trend, in recent years companieshave
officially adopted the International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRSs) and need to perform upgrade or adjustment to their Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) systemsfor the IFRS conversion. Information
technology (IT) governance in an ERP system environment will become
akey that cannot be ignored by the management. To investigate theimpact of implementing IT governance in an ERP environment on theeffectiveness of ERP implementation and IFRS conversion The findings
are as follows: Effective IT governance in a company can improve theproject performance of ERP implementation; The improvement of theinformation quality and system qualityofan ERP systemcandemonstrate the effectiveness of the IFRS conversion through the
ERP system; The project performance of ERP implementation can
improve the information quality and system quality of the ERP system
as well as the effectiveness of the IFRS implementation.

The Impact of IT Management Process of COBIT 5 on
Internal Control, Information Quality, and Business Value
Wen-Hsien Tsai, Chu-Lun Hsieh, Chung-Wei Wang, Chuan-Tu Chen,
Wei-Hsiang Li
National Central University, Taiwan

COBIT 5 is a framework, released in 2012 by ISACA, which can help
enterprise set governance objective and plan strategy effectively, tomake enterprise create business value. It can be used to identify andmanage risk and intensify the IT services. COBIT 5 framework can alignIT objectives with business objectives, and minimize the IT risk to get
the final objective of creating business value. This study investigate theimpact of management process of COBIT 5 on internal control, IT
governance objectives, information quality, and business value. The
main findings of this study could help enterprise understand that: (1)The IT management process of COBIT 5 has a significant direct impact
on internal control, IT governance objectives, information quality, andbusiness value; (2) The IT management process of COBIT 5 can also
influence the business value through internal control, IT governanceobjectives, and information quality; and (3) The successful IT
management process of COBIT 5 can help enterprise achieve COBIT 5
governance objectives, and then realize the ultimate goal of creating
business value.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Product Planning and
Layout Tools in Online Apparel Shopping
Kin Meng Sam1, Chris Chatwin 2
1University of Macau, China
2University of Sussex, United Kingdom

In online businesses, each product item has its specific product page
where online consumers can adopt different online product planningand layout tools (OPPLTs) to select their most suitable product items.
The product page is usually the first page that online shopping agentsare directed to. As a result, a product page plays an important role inthe success of online businesses. In this research, the impact of online
consumers’ perceptions about the usefulness of different OPPLTs on
consumers’ intention towards online apparel shopping is analyzed. The
purpose is to obtain knowledge about the effectiveness of each OPPLT
in influencing online consumers’ shopping intentions. The results canprovide guidance for online businesses so that their product pages canbe designed effectively.

Applying Fuzzy Delphi method and Fuzzy AHP for
Performance Measurement of the Government Information
Unit
Yi-Hui Liang
I-Shou University, Taiwan

Government departments must consistently improve public services tomatch the rapidly changing information technological environment andgrowth in numbers of users, and information units is the mostchallenging among the various required adjustments. The purpose ofthis study is to establish a model for performance measurement of thegovernment information unit based BSC (Balanced Scorecard), and uses
the fuzzy Delphi method and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process tomeasure the government information unit performance. This model canbe utilized by the information units of the elementary and secondary
schools for performance measurement.

Session
Date
Time
Room
Chairs

Project Management 1
7/12/2015
11:15 - 12:45
MR336
Leon Pretorius, Norbert Trautmann

Effects of Culture on Project Management Contributing to
the Success of Managing Culturally Diverse Engineering
Teams in a Global Environment
Larno Meyer1, Jan Harm Pretorius1, Leon Pretorius2
1University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2University of Pretoria, South Africa

The research in this paper measured the Cultural Intelligence capabilityof engineering project leaders and team members from around theworld, and their awareness of cultural influences on project
management. The focus was on comparing South African engineers to
those in other countries. It was concluded that interculturalcommunication and differences in decision-making were two primarycultural factors influencing the success of managing culturally diverse
engineering teams.

On an Application of Microsoft Excel’s Evolutionary Solver
to the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem
RCPSP
Norbert Trautmann, Mario Gnaegi
University of Bern, Switzerland

The Solver Add-in of Microsoft Excel is widely used in courses on
Operations Research and in industrial applications. Since the 2010
version of Microsoft Excel, the Solver Add-in comprises a so-called
evolutionary solver. We analyze how this metaheuristic can be applied
to the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP). We
present an implementation of a schedule-generation scheme in a
spreadsheet, which combined with the evolutionary solver can be used
for devising good feasible schedules. Our computational results
indicate that using this approach, non-trivial instances of the RCPSP
can be (approximately) solved to optimality.

Preventive Controlling of Product Development Projects by
Aid of Predictive Analytics - Identifying Hot Spots within
the Deviation Probability Map
Günther Schuh, Stefan Rudolf, Christian Doelle, Michael Riesener
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

This paper presents a concept to anticipate deviations from the target
process and thus inefficiencies within development projects by aid ofpredictive analytics. It is stated that predictive analytics approaches canbe adapted to predict deviations in development projects, comparable
to the anticipation of crimes. Deviations in terms of time, costs andquality are seen as a result of waste and therefore a dimension for
inefficiencies. In this context the deviation probability map isintroduced as a part model of the superordinate methodology allowing
the intuitive identification of deviation hot spots and enhancing
preventive controlling of development projects.

Knowledge Management Maturity and Organizational
Performance in Project-Based Organizations: Initial Evidence
from Indonesia
Budi Hartono1, Vicky Ramadhani1, Yunitha Ratnadilla 1, Nurul Indarti1,
Kah-Hin Chai2
1Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
2National University of Singapore, Singapore

The aim of this research is to evaluate empirically the possible linkage
between‘knowledge
management
maturity’(KMM)
and‘organizational performance’. The study is carried out withinproject-based organizations, specifically targeting construction firms inIndonesia. Prior to the main study, an instrument to measure the two
key variables are developed and tested for validity and reliability. Topor senior management representing the respective organizations areinvited to the study (response rate=25.3%, n=117 after data preparation).
Initial result suggests a positive association between KMM andperformance. A cluster analysis is also performed to identify profiles ofidentified groups of construction organizations.

Methodology for the Evaluation and Selection of the
Suitability of Highly Iterative Product Development
Methods for Individual Segments of an Overall
Development Project
Günther Schuh, Stefan Rudolf, Frederic Diels
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Today’s challenge for manufacturing companies is the fulfillment ofconstantly growing heterogeneous customer requirements bysimultaneously delivering highest quality standards within shortest
time. One way to face this challenge is the highly iterative productdevelopment approach. Its objective is the distribution of the current
development process in many short and iterative sub-processes. This
procedure enables a regular involvement of customers in thedevelopment process and an early validation of the development status,
which jointly results in customer-specific and marketable products.
However, most companies do not know how this short-cycle concept
can be used in development projects. This is due to the fact that mostpublished papers just describe the highly iterative methods, however,
without considering the suitability of these methods for individual
development scopes. This paper aims at the presentation of amethodology for the evaluation and selection of highly iterative
product development methods depending on the individual
development scopes.

Indices to Critical Activities in Stochastic PERT Networks
Koichi Nakade, Takahito Narumi
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Measurement of activities in stochastic PERT Networks is important forallocating resources to important activities. There are several
well-known indices for measuring the importance of activities, but they
have some drawbacks and weak theoretical backgrounds. In this paper,
the theoretical meaning of the known indices are discussed by using
two-value activity stochastic PERT Network, and new indices onimportance of activities are proposed. Throughout numericalexperiments the properties of proposed activities are compared withknown indices, and one of new indices has no drawback for the cases
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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSystems Modeling and Simulation 1
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
MR336
Michel Aldanondo, Godwin Tennyson

Modeling Driver Lane Selection Decisions in a Toll Plaza
Godwin Tennyson
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India

A toll plaza consists of several parallel counters and an incoming driver
selects a lane that minimizes waiting time. This lane selection decision
is often based on the physical length and the number of vehicles in eachcounter. Designing a toll plaza to determine the number of counters is acomplex task due to the intelligent lane selection by an arriving vehicle.
A simulation model of a toll plaza with identical counters is developed
and various lane selection rules are analyzed. The insights gained fromthe study could be used for regulating the incoming vehicles to thecorrect lane as well as for designing a toll plaza to provide a required
level of service.

On Controllability of Discrete Systems in Probabilistic
SpacesManuel De la Sen
University of the Basque Country, Spain

This paper investigates some controllability properties of probabilistic
discrete dynamic systems. Related approximate probabilistic
controllability properties are also dealt with for the case when anominal controllable system is subject to either parametricalperturbations or unmodeled dynamics.

A Study for Establishing Ideal CRM System Function
Structure
Te-King Chien 1, Hon-Yu Ma2, Kai-Lun Hou1
1National Formosa University, Taiwan
2Ten-In Food Co., Ltd, Taiwan

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is highly used in enterprise,
it cannot meet the expectations of companies. Software system vendors
provide services to meet enterprises’ needs, but they still feel terrible
disappointment.
Forthis reason,
someenterprises takeself-development, but its functions and structures are incomplete and ina mess.
To work out these issues, this study presents “Academic CRM
structure”, “Commercial CRM structure” and an “Ideal CRM structure”
through the literature review, specifications and Qualitative Interviews.
In order to expose the importance of each functional category in “Ideal
CRM structure”, this study establishes 4 evaluation criteria and uses
quantitative research methods (Fuzzy Delphi Method, TOPSIS, entropy
method and AHP) to show their differences. We believe that thisresearch result not only links academic and practical system structures,
but also leads CRM towards more valuable.

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Analysis of Dynamic Contact Mechanical Response andContact Life of Low Speed Spur Gear
Yangyang Xin1, Yunxia Chen 1, Rui Kang1, Jiyu Wu2
1Beihang University, China
2Pera Global Polytron Technologies Inc, China

The dynamic response of contact mechanics has significance importantfor durability and reliability design of gears. A finite element analysis
model for dynamic response of contact mechanics of gear pair isestablished, and then the contact fatigue life of gear pair is analyzed
based on the finite element model. The key parameters of contact finite
element model is determined through the contact finite element
analysis of thin cylinder. The precise finite element analysis model ofthe gear meshing is established and calculated by transient dynamics.
The contact force and contact stress of different position is obtained.
Through change friction coefficient of finite element model, theinfluence of friction coefficient for contact force and contact stress isobtained. Comparing the life of traditional risk point calculated in mostof the standard and dangerous point which has the max stress throughsimulation. The influence of friction coefficient on contact life isdetermined.

Thermal Estimations to Support Buildings Retrofit: Which
Envelope to Manufacture?
Andres Felipe Barco Santa, Elise Vareilles, Michel Aldanondo
Université de Toulouse - Mines d'Albi, France

In order to reduce energetic consumption, buildings may be retrofitted
by covering them with an insulation envelope composed of rectangularparameterizable panels. In such scenario different envelopes
configurations are possible to cover the same building. Thus, a crucial
aspect of the retrofit is to select, among potential solutions, those ones
providing good thermal performance at reasonable cost. In this paper
are discussed which characteristics are part of a panels-made envelope,
how to compute their performance and associated cost, and a bi-criteria
function evaluating the envelope. We compute thermal and costestimations with respect to the spatial positioning of panels configuring
the layout. The aim of our contribution is to assist architects in theirdecision-making process. Conception and implementation of thethermal retrofit are then supported by our estimations.

Vehicle Routing and Scheduling for Bushfire Emergency
Evacuation
Shahrooz Shahparvari, Babak Abbasi, Prem Chhetri, Ahmad Abareshi
RMIT University, Australia

Quick response to evacuate residents within a short-notice bushfire
situation is vital, which can save lives. This translates to make decisionon selecting shelters, assigning the vehicles, finding the optimal routes
and schedules for evacuation. This study proposes a model as adecision support system that can determine the required vehicles theirschedule and routes to evacuate late evacuees within the given time
windows and fire propagation scenarios. Our model also considers
roads availabilities and disruptions. A heuristic solution method isdeveloped to cope with the complex nature of the Vehicle Routing
Problem (VRP) based problems. To evaluate the effectiveness of the
proposed model, a real case study from Australia is presented.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsHealthcare Systems and Management 1
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
MR336
Juha Puustjärvi, Chibli Joumaa

Posture Analysis in Ergonomic Study for Bus Station Design
Seng Fat Wong, Qili Chen
University of Macau, Macau

Bus station is one of the important facilities in mass transportation
service. Nevertheless, when people are waiting for bus, they will choose
different standing posture such as upright standing and leaning against
wall, referring to different bus station construction. Hence the study ofdifferent standing posture provides ergonomic perspective to design
bus station. The postural control in leaning-against-wall posture during
prolonged standing is investigated. In present paper 20 healthy
volunteers were instructed to upright stand or lean against wall for 15
minutes. The pressure distribution of foot was collected, and thestandard deviation of center of pressure (CoP) in AP and ML direction
and asymmetrical standing condition were analyzed. The result
indicated that in leaning-against-wall posture, the percentage time andfrequency of asymmetrical standing and standard deviation of CoP in
AP direction are significantly different between two postures.

Selective Dissemination of Clinical Guidelines in Healthcare
Communities
Juha Puustjarvi1, Leena Puustjarvi2
1University of Helsinki, Finland
2The Pharmacy of Kaivopuisto, Finland

Selective dissemination of information (SDI) refers to tools andresources used to keep a user informed of new information on specified
topics. In this paper, we deal with SDI in healthcare communities,
which members include healthcare authorities, medical societies andhealthcare organizations. We have restricted ourselves on SDI within
the scope of Evidence Based Medicine (EMB). It emphasizes the use ofevidence from well designed and conducted research in healthcare
decision-making Further, each clinician is obliged to know the clinicalguidelines of his or her profession. Our research has focused on thisrequirement, i.e., ensuring that clinicians are aware of the relevant
clinical guidelines. We have analyzed how modern ICT-technologies
such as Semantic web technologies can be exploited in this problem.
The corner stones of our solution are two overlapping ontologies called
the Profile ontology and the Guideline ontology. The former models
clinicians’ job specific aspects such as their roles, skills and competences
while the latter models clinical guidelines as well as their relationships
to roles, skills and competences. By means of these ontologies and aquery processor (a SPARQL engine) we can connect guidelines torelevant clinicians, and vice versa.

Deciding the Minimum Staffing Level in an Emergency
Medical Center During Sandstorms
Chibli Joumaa, F. Al-Ajeel, L. Al-Thuwaini, M. Al-Qallaf, N. Al-Faraj, S.
Al-Muzayan
American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

This paper presents a case study of a discrete-event simulation (DES)model of an emergency department (ED) unit in a governmental
hospital in Kuwait. The emergency department operations weremodeled using Arena software. The simulation model was reinforced
through verification and validation. Some scenarios in an attempt todetermine the minimum staff level were evaluated. These scenarios
show that major improvement in patient waiting time can be obtainedby minor changes in the number of resources. These changes reduced
the waiting times of patients by 29% in the Female Observation, by 62%
in the Male Observation, by 15% in the first Examination Room, and by
23% in the second Examination Room. The relationship between
sandstorm occurrences and the number of visits to the emergency
department was also investigated using correlation and regression
analysis. The result of the analysis was that there is a strong linear
relationship between sandstorm occurrences and the number of visits tothe emergency department.

Green Logistics Optimization Model for Forward andReverse Logistics Using Genetic Algorithm
Manoj Kumar, Dinesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Green logistics has been receiving much attention due to more focus
mainly on environmental protection and conservation, green
legislations, customer’s increased awareness for clean environment, andsustainability and this drives to more importance given toenvironmental conservation and protection practices like recycle,
reprocess , reuse and emission control to minimize economic cost andenvironmental effects. The reverse logistics is a key constituent of green
logistics. Reverse logistics deal with the collection re-usable packaging
and end of life goods for recycling or remanufacturing. The present
research is encouraged by the practice oxygen delivery to the hospitals
in a predefined time window. Here a genetic algorithm is applied inproposed logistics optimization model for generating routes of twomodels of VRP for simultaneous pickup and delivery with time
window and two pick up strategies full pickups and partial pickups.
Then routes are selected after comparison based on a set of economicand environmental cost factors. The experimental results show that the
total cost is lower for full pickup strategy.

Capacity Allocation for Balancing Cost and Fairness in a
Imaging Facility Setting
Liping Zhou, Zhibin Jiang, Na Geng, Xiuxian Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Due to expensive procurement cost and high operating cost, Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) is usually one of bottleneck resources in
hospitals. As MRI is shared by multi-types of patients with different
requirements of examinations, setup time is needed to change coilbetween different patient types. Therefore, the same type patients arearranged in a sequential order to reduce setup time. This paper
proposes an integer linear programming model based on a long sample
path of patient arrivals for optimizing the capacity allocation. The
problem consists in determining the amount of capacity allocates toeach type with the objective of balancing total cost and medical service
fairness. Numerical experiments with various machine daily working
time and setup time are performed to show the efficiency of the
proposed approach and demonstrate that the proposed capacity
allocation solution is better than the widely used capacity poolingsolution.

Analytical Framework to Establish Requisite Bed Capacity
When Cohorting Paediatric Patients
Leslie Chia1, Weidong Lin 2
1KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
2Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

This paper describes an analytical framework for establishing requisite
bed capacity when cohorting paediatric patients by defined
characteristics. As guided by the analytical framework, asimulation-based lean six-sigma approach is applied to analyze theoperational data and processes when cohorting patients, andopportunities are identified for process improvement. The analyticalframework is illustrated through a case study to cohort paediatricpatients by medical specialty, bed class, age, gender, given number ofbeds-in-service etc. to minimise or avoid: (a) interchanging bed types
when a patient is of an age that requires use of a different bed type; (b)mixed gender sharing of cubicles by teenaged patients; (c) crying
infants and young children being housed with older patients. The
outcomes show that the hospital can better assess the feasibility ofdifferent cohorting scenarios based on the resulting impact before
implementing a change.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 2
7/12/2015
14:00 - 15:30
Summit 2
Yoshinobu Tamura, Qingpei Hu

A Method of Reliability Assessment Based on Hazard Rateby Clustering Approach for Cloud Computing with Big Data
Yoshinobu Tamura1, Yumi Nobukawa2, Shigeru Yamada2
1Yamaguchi University, Japan
2Tottori University, Japan

Many software services based on the cloud computing with big data areused by many users. Considering the software reliability of cloudcomputing, it is important for the software managers to assess therelationship between the database software and cloud software,because the cloud software collaborate closely with the databasesoftware by using the internet network. Also, it will be important toconsider Apache HTTP server served as the backbone of cloud software.
In this paper, we propose a method of software reliability assessment
based on three–dimensional fault data clustering in cloud computing
environment with big data. We perform a cluster analysis for thesoftware fault data by using k–means clustering. Also, we propose thehazard rate model by using the results of three-dimensional cluster
analysis. Moreover, we show several numerical examples of software
reliability assessment in the cloud computing environment with big
data.

Use of AHP for Risk Based Fatigue Degradation Inspection
Analysis of Topside Piping on Offshore Production andProcess Facilities
Arvind Keprate, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake
University of Stavanger, Norway

Currently, a three-staged, risk-based approach given in the Energy
Institute (EI) guidelines is employed to identify fatigue critical locations
on topside piping. EI guidelines provide guidance for various stages of
the risk assessment. However, authors feel that the qualitative
methodology employed during stage 1 for identifying fatigue criticalsystem is cumbersome. The paper thus proposes an alternative
methodology to prioritize inspection of Potential Fatigue Critical
Locations (PFCLs) on topside piping based on the Composite Priority
Weights (CPWs) obtained from Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). An
illustrative case study is performed, within which the hierarchy tree
structure is developed. Thereafter, the CPWs of piping locations indifferent units are obtained. Thereby, the locations with high CPWs areprioritized for the quantitative assessment during the stage 2 of the risk
assessment.

Evaluation of Product Maturity Based on Quality
Characteristic
Xiaohong Wang, Yuxiang Li, Wenhui Fan, Jinquan Xuan, Lizhi Wang,
Manman Mu
Beihang University, China

In order to understand the progress and fulfillment of productdevelopment promptly, an evaluation method for product maturity is
proposed. At present, most study methods of product maturity arebased on product readiness level from the perspective of management.
The proposed evaluation framework of product maturity is to quantify
the product’s inherent quality and reliability without considering the
product readiness level. Firstly, the basic evaluation index system isestablished and for a specific product, Quality Function Deployment(QFD) would be used to build the evaluation index system based on thecustomer needs. Secondly, different evaluation methods are selected for
different types of indexes. Thirdly, expert evaluation method or theback propagation neural network theory is used to decide the weights
of indexes. Then with the evaluation values and weights of indexes, thecomprehensive evaluation of product maturity would be obtained.
Finally, the proposed method is demonstrated by a practical example.

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An Integrated Maintenance Optimization for Multi Parallel
Machines Under Withdrawal Right
Tarek Askri, Zied Hajej, Nidhal Rezg
University of Lorraine, FranceThis paper treaties an integrated maintenance problem of
manufacturing system with considering a withdrawal and leasing
constraints. We have developed an economical production policy andan optimal maintenance strategy for a manufacturing system composedby several identical parallels machines. The problem consists a
numerous machines unable to satisfy a random demand over a finite
time horizon, under given service level and taking into account the
product returned (withdrawal right). Firstly, to obtain an economical
production planning, we minimize the total production cost. Secondly,
according to obtained production plan, we determine the optimal
maintenance strategy for different leased machines. The key of thisstudy is to show the impact of the product returned on the production
plan and the production rates on the degradation degree of machines.
An analytical study and a numerical example are presented in order toprove the developed approach.

A PSO Identification Algorithm for Temperature Adaptive
Adjustment System
Qian Zhang, Sa Wu, Qi Li
Beihang University, China

In the field of reliability and environmental testing, temperature systemis essential for simulating temperature conditions. The temperaturesystem is a time-varying, large time-delay and nonlinear system. Whenthe system parameters are changed, the target value can not reach the
set-target value. The closed-loop identification is always one of themain contents in the field of industrial advanced control, the Particle
Swarm Optimization algorithm is an effective clustering algorithm forsolving optimization problems. In this paper, the Particle Swarm
Optimization algorithm is applied to the parameter identification of thetemperature system model, and the accuracy of the simulation can meetthe engineering requirements.

Reliability Modeling for Dependent Competing Failure
Processes with Damage Self-Recovery Phenomenon
Hanlin Liu1, Ruey-Huei Yeh 2, Baoping Cai3
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
3China University of Petroleum, China

Systems experiencing multiple dependent competing failure processes(MDCFP) have attracted much attention in the recent years. A system
subject to MDCFP with damage self-recovery phenomenon isconsidered in this paper. Due to the intrinsic resistance to abrupt
damage, the damage self-recovery exists in many systems and products.
A new reliability model subject to MDCFP by considering the damage
self-recovery phenomenon is developed. For each random shock, we
propose recovery time and recovery level concept to describe theself-recovery process. The model is practical and realistic for many
complex systems such as electrical devices or microelectronic polymericcomponents. Due to complexity of the model, there is no analyticalform of the reliability function. However, we estimate the system
reliability efficiently by using simulation method.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 3
7/12/2015
16:00 - 17:30
Summit 2
Masdi Muhammad, Hennie Husniah

Reliability Modeling of Successive Release of Software
Using NHPP
Amir Hossein Soleiman Garmabaki1, Abbas Barabadi2, Yuan Fuqing2, Jinmei
Lu2, Yonas Zewdu Ayele2
1Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
2University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

This paper presents an effective reliability model for multi-release open
source software (OSS), which derived based on software lifecycle
development process (SDLC) proposed by Jørgensen [1]. Most of OSS
reliability models are based on closed-form methodology and do notconsider the properties of OSS in the model structure. The proposedmodel, incorporate bugs removed from pre-commit test and parallel
debugging test phases. Furthermore, the proposed model is based on
the assumptions that the overall fault removal of the new releasedepends on the reported faults from the previous release and on thefaults generated due to adding some new functionalities to the existing
software system. The parameters of model have been estimated on real
failure of three releases of software and goodness of fit of values havebeen calculated. Results show that the proposed model fits the datareasonably well and present better accuracy in comparison with othermethods.

Work Place Factors Effect on Maintainability in Challenging
Operating Conditions
Mojgan Aalipour1, Abbas Barabadi2
1LuleĂĄ University of Technology, Sweden
2University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Some industries such as mining industry create complex andchallenging work place for maintenance crews. For example in anunderground mine, for some machines, heavy maintenance tasks mustbe performed on site in a limited workspace in a harsh environment,
including dust and improper illumination. Such operating conditions
can increase the health, safety, and environment (HSE) risk, reduce theavailability of the machines and increase the life cycle cost of equipment.
A review of current mining equipment design and maintenanceprocedure confirms that considerable reduction in HSE risk, as well as
substantial cost savings, can be achieved by considering human factors.
This study discusses the effect of workplace factors on themaintainability of mining equipment. It presents the results fromquestionnaires on the effect of work place factors on maintainability
performance given to maintenance staff at two mines, one in northern
Sweden and the other in Iran.

Reliability Analysis and Identification of Critical
Components Using Markov Model
Gajanand Gupta, Rajesh P Mishra, Pranjal Jain
Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, India

This paper presents a mathematical model based on continuous time
Markov chain for performing availability and reliability analysis of arepairable system consisting of n components. It also describes amethodology for identifying a critical component based on CTMC state
probabilities of a n-component repairable and non-repairable system.
As an illustration, a 3-component repairable system has been modelled.
A case study of conventional lathe machine has been presented to solve
for state probabilities and analysed to find reliability indices, MTTF,
MTBF, MTTR and Availability to provide insights and guidance on
improving upon the reliability and maintainability.

Suitability of Wiener Process Based Model for Prediction of
Temperature Dependent Super Capacitor Availability
David Vališ1, Ondrej Nováček2, Jiri Chaloupka3
1University of Defence, Czech Republic
2Masaryk University, Czech Republic
3Military Technical Research Institute, Czech Republic

In this paper we focus on the estimation of the essential availability andreliability characteristics of super capacitors. The estimation is based on
experimental data calculation using a Wiener process. The experimental
data were acquired when performing the accelerated tests of super
capacitors in the thermal climatic chamber Vötsch VC3 7034. Threethermal levels were used when performing the accelerated tests. Our
approach presented in the paper is predominantly not focused on a
failure occurrence but on performance durability and availability
assessment such as functional stability. We will assess correctfunctioning and first hitting time if the super capacitor loses its power
capacity.

Methodology for Short-Term Performance Prognostic of Gas
Turbine Using Recurrent Neural Network
Masdi Muhammad, Mohammadreza Tahan, Zainal Ambri Abdul Karim
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia

The issue of performance prognosis has been a topic of considerable
interest in industrial condition monitoring applications. An innovative
data driven prognostic methodology has been introduced in the current
study by utilizing artificial recurrent neural network (RNN) approach
which intends to improve the capability of equipment performance
prediction within a specified short time bound even with limited
available data. The ability of the approach is demonstrated using
condition monitoring parameters collected from a 20 MW industrial gas
turbine. An appropriate selection and fusion of measured variables has
been employed to feed RNN with the most influential performance
information. The analysis demonstrated that the developed prognostic
approach has a great potential to provide an accurate short term
forecast of equipment performance which can be invaluable formaintenance strategy and planning.

Importance Measures for Control Systems with Degrading
Components
Huadong Mo, Bin Liu, Xun Xiao
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARThis paper addresses the issue of importance analysis for control
systems. The control system is a complex system consisting of multiple
components, where its components interact with each other incomplicated mechanisms. Different form traditional systems, a
feedback channel exists in the control system which dominates thesystem behavior in a complicated way. For such a complex system,
importance measures are desired to provide insights of the dominatedcomponents and simplify performance analysis of the system. In thispaper, we perform importance analysis on several typical componentsof the control system, namely, the controller, actuator and sensor. These
components are subject to deterioration during system operation. We
firstly describe the system behavior by analyzing the forward channel
and feedback channel, followed by the reliability model and importanceanalysis. Monte Carlo simulation is adopted to compute system
reliability and component importance, owing to the fact that the control
system exhibits complex behaviors and no analytical solution can beachieved. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate thereliability model and importance metrics.

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Date
Time
Room

Poster 1
7/12/2015
15:30 - 16:00
Nicoll 1-2

The Research on Supply Chain Portfolio Default Risk ofFinancial Enterprises Based on Archimedean No.12 Copula
Yue Teng1, Liguo Zhou1, Jinliang Chen2
1Central University of Finance and Economics, China
2central university of finance and economics, China

In the view of supply chain finance, the default risk of the enterprise not
only exists within the enterprise, but also gets along with between twoenterprises, which makes it more essential to evaluate the default risk of
the whole supply chain. This paper addresses on the contagion of therisk between two enterprises, selecting the financing enterprises as theresearch object and taking two enterprises which in the same supply
chain of Chinese auto industry as sample. Then establish the Logit
model based on the financial data of enterprises. Taking the probability
as basis, it is possible to get the enterprise combination default
probability using Copula function. Then compare it with single
enterprise default probability to enhance the accuracy of supply chain
financial default risk assessment. At last, provide a basis for improving
the accuracy of supply chain enterprise default risk assessment.

Risk Assessment of Supply Chain Based on Combination
Weighting Method and Grey Theory
Linqiao Yang, Xuedong Liang, Fumin Deng, Zhaoxia Guo
Sichuan University, China

In view of the problem that it is difficult to truly quantify the evaluationindex with human factors' influence in supply chain risk. To solve thisproblem, a method of supply chain risk assessment was proposed inthis paper based on combination weighting method and grey theory.
Firstly, the indexes weight was determined by the analytic hierarchy
process (AHP) and variation coefficient method. Then, using theclustering assessment function of grey theory, the composite score ofeach assessment object was calculated by building evaluation of grayclasses and whitenization weight function. Finally, the applicability andfeasibility of this method was demonstrated by a case study.

Supplier Selection Decision-Making in Supply Chain Risk
Scenario Using Agent Based Simulation
Zheng Ping Li1, Gilbert Lim2, Xianshun Chen3, Chin Sheng Tan1
1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
2National University of Singapore, Singapore
3Meme Analytics, Singapore

Selecting the right suppliers for a supply chain is important as it canhave great significance on the operating performance of the supply
chain. The supplier selection problem can be quite complex as it usually
involves numerous variables and uncertainties, which frequently comein the form of disruptions. This paper examines the existing approaches
for supplier selection with focus on their advantages and limitations.
The paper then proposes an ew approach for supplier selection basedon selection criteria and agent-based simulation (ABS) to address someof the limitations.ABS models are developed for the selection based on aset of defined criteria and the scenarios of a distribution supply chain.
Profit and customer service level (CSL) are used as key performanceindicators (KPI)to rank the suitability of the selections. The results
reveal the impacts of supplier profiles on KPIs, and these help firms to
make the right decision on supplier selection.

Procurement Model Under Suppliers’ Capacity Investments
and Competition
Tarun Jain, Jishnu Hazra
Indian Institute of Management, India

In this research, we consider a supply chain where two suppliers firstcompete to win a contract from a buyer. The supplies also haveindividual alternate markets to sell capacity. Production costs ofsuppliers are private information. The winner of the contract invests incapacity for the buyer as well as his alternate market. The other supplier
only invests to serve his alternate market. We determine buyers’
optimal sourcing strategy and the supplier’s capacity decisions undersuch a scenario.

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An Inventory Model of Production-Inventory Policy for Food
Products Considering Quality Loss in Raw Materials
Gusti Fauza1, Yousef Amer1, Sang-Heon Lee1, Hari Prasetyo2
1University of South Australia, Australia
2Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia

The majority research on inventory model for deteriorating items in
multi-echelon system assumes that a physical depletion of someinventories occurred over time. It means that the inventory is depleted
not only due to the demand but also due to some deteriorated items. In
food products, however, during a certain period, its quantity remains
the same while its quality does degrade over time. Therefore, this study
is aimed at developing a more representative inventory model inmimicking food deterioration characteristics. A mathematical model isestablished to represent the integrated inventory policy of
procurement-production-delivery in which the total profit of the wholesystem is the objective function. The length of the production cycle, thefrequency of raw material procurement and finished goods deliveries
over the production cycle are the controlling variables. The numericaltest indicates that the proposed model yields to a better profit
compared to the benchmark model.

Supply Chain Analysis with Export Tax Rebate Policy
Jing Liu1, Ke Fu1, Pingping Lu1, Weixin Shang2
1Sun Yat-sen University, China
2Lingnan University, China

With transnational trade becoming an important part of economic
development, the related tax issue raises more concerns about
multinational corporations. In recent years, tax-effective supply chain
management (TESCM) is becoming an increasingly important aspectwhen some multinational corporations design their corporate strategies.
This paper modifies the news vendor model for two different patterns(centralized and decentralized) to investigate supply chain decisions for
Chinese enterprises under China’s value-added tax policies andexport-oriented tax policies. We find that the optimal order quantity
and the profit allocation in the two patterns are both affected by theexport tax rebate policy. One important observation is that thedecentralized supply chain can perform better than the centralized one
under certain conditions, which is different from conventional wisdom.

Industrialized Building Renovation: Manufacturing Througha Constraint-Based On-line Support System
Andres Felipe Barco Santa1, Elise Vareilles1, Paul Gaborit2, Michel
Aldanondo1
1Université de Toulouse - Mines d'Albi, France
2Université de Toulouse-Mines d'Albi, France

We present the coupling of two constraint-based environments into an
on-line support system for facade-layout configuration in the context ofbuilding renovation. The configuration consists on the definition andallocation of a set of rectangular parameterization panels over a facadesurface. The coupling allows solving two configuration tasks: To
configure a set of questions relating the renovation model needed todetermine limits for panels' size and panels' weight and to configure a
constraint satisfaction model for each of the facades to renovate. Twoconstraint-based systems handle the filtering of incompatible values
and the generation of layout plans in a web-service setup. The firstservice performs initial filtering to set panels' limits, based on thequestionnaire, using a constraint filtering engine called CoFiADe. The
second service uses several facade-layout configuration algorithms,
using as underlying engine the constraint solver Choco, to generatecompliant layout-plan solutions. We show that by dividing filtering andsearch, and by coupling the two constraint-based systems, we gain
modularity and efficiently as each service focuses on their own
strengths.

Evaluation of Improvement Actions Impact on
Manufacturing Operational Performance

Imperfect Repair Model for Complex Repairable System - A
Literature Survey with Discussion

Cátia Barbosa, Américo Azevedo
University of Porto, Portugal

Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Due to the current demands from the market, the technologicalimprovements and action of competitors, manufacturing companies arepushed to compete in shorter product development cycles. This poses agreat challenge, as the conventional product development cycle isshortened. Hence, companies are forced to introduce some
improvement action plans and adopt certain manufacturing operational
strategies to remain competitive and achieve a good market share. Dueto the importance of this topic, in this paper we revise current
manufacturing improvement plans in the literature, to establish thebasis of our future research work. The findings of this work point
towards the need to develop a system that integrates the evaluation of
the manufacturing improvement plans in the future overall
performance of the manufacturing plant and aid in the process ofdecision-making.

Research on the Structural Model of Quality Variations in
Manufacturing and its Impact on Product Infant Failure Rate

Complex repairable system models address the dynamics of the failure
and repair process. These models are critical to the maintenanceoptimization. This paper firstly discusses different repair effectiveness.
Imperfect repair is considered as the most frequently occurred repair
effectiveness. Later on this paper surveys the developed imperfectrepair models in state of art. It reveals current models are more complex
and they are more general. Some of them can generalize other models.
However, in general, the implementation of most models are not readily,
as evaluating unknown parameters, and predicting number of failures
are difficult.

An Evaluation Method of Step-Down Stress Accelerated Life
Test Based on Amsaa Model
Jingyue Yang1, Jun Yao1, Yan Song2, Honghua Hu1, Yanlin Zhao1
1Beihang University, China
2Institute of Space Radio Technology, China

Quality variations in manufacturing are the root causes for producthigh infant failure rate. A structural model of quality variations in
manufacturing composed of part-level, component-level andsystem-level is put forward firstly. Then the bi-variant Gumbel Copula
for positive correlation quantification is tailored to obtain thecorrelation dependence of the three levelled variations, and the impactof the structural but correlated quality variations on product infant
failure rate is conducted systematically under Weibull distribution.
Finally, a case study is carried out to verify the proposed method.

Life evaluation method of complex systems is facing main difficulties
including selection of multiple failure modes or competition failuremode, and expensive test equipment and high testing costs currently. To
solve this problem, a multiple step-down stresses accelerated life test
ecaluation method of complex systems. We reduce the comprehensive
stress to an equivalent single stress by properly designing thecomprehensive stress profile. We further use the similarity between thegrowth test and step-down stress accelerated life test to evaluate thereliability of the step-down stress ALT using the Amsaa model. The
Amsaa model overcomes the difficulties of choosing from multiple theaccelerated models of step-down stress. Finally, the simulation results
verify the feasibility if the method.

Maintainability Analysis of Equipment Using Point Process
ModelsOverall Handling Equipment Efficiency and Maintenance
Systems

Linbo Wang, Yihai He, Zhenzhen He
Beihang University, China

Abbas Barabadi1, A.H.S. Garmabaki2, Yuan Fuqing1, Jinmei Lu1
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
2Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

The maintenance cost can be reduced significantly by applying themaintainability principle in the design and operation phase. An
effective maintainability prediction procedure can highlight thedesigner, those areas of poor maintainability that justify productimprovement, modification, or a change of design. Moreover, theanalysis of field repair data is useful for a better understanding of therepair process and required time and resources that influenced thedecision-making process concerning the planning of operation andmaintenance activities of the plant. However, the literature on field
repair data is quite scarce and they are not detailed. This paper will try
to provide step by step guideline for field repair data by a case study.

Performance Evaluation for Maximum Likelihood andMoment Parameter Estimation Methods on Classical Two
Weibull Distribution
Yuan Fuqing1, Abbas Barabadi1, Jinmei Lu1, A.H.S. Garmabaki2
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
2Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

The two-parameter Weibull distribution is the most widely used
distribution in reliability engineering. Parameter estimation is a key
issue to apply the Weibull to practical engineering. This paper aims tocompare the performance of the maximum parameter estimation
method (MLE) and the moment parameter method. It firstly
investigates some mathematical properties such as solution uniqueness,
estimator’s equivariance and the confidence interval, that are importantto practice. Later on their performances have been evaluated by using
simulation. In the simulation, data sets ranged from extreme small tolarge have been considered. Weibull distribution with increasing,constant and deceasing failure rate have been chosen in the simulation
to ensure the simulation’s results concrete.

Tomas Kamaryt, Jana Kleinova
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

The maintenance of handling equipment is an area with a huge
potential for increasing availability and reliability and to reduce costs
and losses. Several maintenance approaches and systems have beendeveloped, such as reactive, proactive or aggressive systems, etc.
However the validity of these systems could be question able if is usedwhile collecting wrong data, e.g. using OEE index for handlingequipment. Therefore it is necessary to establish a versatilemethodology which can serve as a consistent tool for evaluating theirefficiency and which provides us information about the state ofhandling equipment. This paper proposes a consistent tool forevaluating the efficiency of handling equipment and joins together
maintenance approaches and systems. There is also shown acomparison of the most common maintenance approaches for handlingequipment.

Maintainability Management of Production Facilities inComplex and Challenging Operating Conditions
Abbas Barabadi
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

As products become more complex, failures and faults become harderand more time-consuming to repair. Maintainability engendering aim is
to facilitate the repair process. Maintainability is a design characteristicthat affects accuracy, ease, and time requirements of maintenanceactions.
The effective practice of maintainability design andengineering requires a systematic management approach. This paper isdeveloped a systematic guideline for maintainability management asengineering discipline for challenges operational condition.

Anisotropic Coupling Damage Model for Reliability Life
Assessment
Peng Lai, Weiwei Hu, Yufeng Sun
Beihang University, China

An isotropic continuum damage mechanics (CDM) framework, which
is developed in this paper, can provide sufficient theory of interaction
mechanism of multi-damage such as brittle damage, ductile damage
and creep damage. Principle of linear superposition of these different
types of damage applying in engineering, which considered that thesedamage are independent, is not always accurate. A new creep-fatigue
model which can help reliability life assessment is proposed in thispaper, considering the coupling effect of fatigue damage and creep
damage based on CDM.

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A Novel Multi-Class Fault Diagnosis Approach Based on
Support Vector Machine of Particle Swarm Optimization andHuffman Tree
Fan Wu, Weiwei Hu, Yufeng Sun
Beihang University, China

Based on VC dimension theory and structural risk minimization
principle of statistical learning theory, Support vector machine (SVM)
has a prominent advantage in solving classification and fault prediction
problems, specifically suitable for small sample, nonlinear and highdimensional pattern recognition problems. However, SVM is originallycreated for solving binary classification problems. The efficient
application of SVM on multi-classification has always been a hotspot.
This paper represents a novel approach to the multi-class fault
diagnosis based on support vector machine of particle swarm
optimization method. Besides the one-against-one, one-against-other,
directed acyclic graph and binary tree, the Huffman tree is introduced,
and the priority of the classification is determined by calculating
dissimilarity degree of each two class. Thus, a multi-classification
model based on Huffman tree is built. When the sample amount of eachclass varies greatly, using the same penalty parameter for each class will
lower the classification accuracy. Thus, the penalty parameters ofdifferent class is optimized by particle swarm optimization method,which guarantee each SVM is the optimal result. Finally, a database of
power transformer is used to demonstrate the superiority of this new
method.

A Data-Driven Method for Life Prediction Based on
Performance Degradation Data Under Complicated Stress
Jieru Meng, Jing Feng, Tianyu Liu, Quan Sun, Zhengqiang Pan
National University of Defense Technology, China

This paper presents a novel life prediction approach for degraded
components under complicated stress. The approach mainly consists of
two parts: a data discretization method for computing degradation
rates and a clustering analysis rule to divide the complicated stress into
several categories. An empirical model is built to describe therelationship between the center of stress and the degradation rate.
Finally, life prediction under any given stress level can be conductedbased on the empirical model. The data-driven method in this paper
can avoid the difficulty of degradation modeling under complicatedstress profiles. The effectiveness of the proposed method isdemonstrated by a case study.

An Overview of Application of E-Maintenance for Arctic
Production Facilities
Rezgar Zaki, Abbas Barabadi
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

An industry with a high level of investment, such as Arctic offshore oiland gas, the costs of the production losses due to a long downtime aresubstantial which can affect business performance. Thus the selection of
the maintenance policy for the Arctic is one of the most important
decisions of strategic maintenance management. It guarantees not only
adequate control of the maintenance costs but also competitive
performances of the production system in terms of safety, availability
and quality. Development of the communication and information
technologies provides the opportunity for a new maintenancegeneration named e-maintenance. E-maintenance for the Arctic withhigh demand for efficient maintenance, remote maintenance, real-time
information access and condition monitoring can be as a solution. This
paper presents the opportunities and challenges with e-maintenance in
the Arctic.

Integrated Model for Analyzing Industrial Energy Potential
Oludolapo Olanrewaju, J. L. Munda
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

It is a commonplace that integrated models work better in various
analyses to force the quantification of intended variables in energy
phenomenon and dynamics. This study presents a developed
integrated index decomposition analyses (IDA), artificial neuralnetwork (ANN) and data envelopment analyses (DEA) to assist in thequantification of possible energy potentials in the industrial sector.
Activity, structure and intensity variables are used as inputs to thedeveloped integrated model. Comparison of results in various
applications of the model is presented.

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Modeling and Forecasting Product Returns: An Industry
Case Study
Alexandra Canda, Xue-Ming Yuan, Feng-Yu Wang
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

The paper presents an industry case study on modeling and forecastingproduct returns in remanufacturing industry. Based on return patternsof 36 products over 20 months, Holt’s and ARIMA methods are
identified as the appropriate methods to forecast the future returns of
36 products. To decide which method is more accurate for forecasting
the future return of each product, we use MAE, MAPE, and RMSE toevaluate the forecasting accuracy. The accurate method isrecommended for forecasting each product.

A Heuristic Algorithm for the Load-Dependent Capacitated
Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Ran Liu, Zhibin Jiang, Biao Yuan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

In this paper we introduce an extension of the vehicle routing problem
with time windows (VRPTW) called the Load-dependent Capacitated
Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (LDVRPTW). This
problem differs from the classical VRP and VRPTW on thetransportation costs, which are calculated not only on the travel
distance, but also the loads on the arcs. We propose a metaheuristic toaddress this LDVRPTW problem. The proposed algorithm is tested onbenchmark instances on special case problems of LDVRPTW.
Numerical results show that the on some LDVRPTW variants ourmetaheuristic outperforms the available state-of-the-art exact andheuristic methods.

Offline Time-Sensitive Travel Time Estimation in an Urban
Road Network
Qing Guo1, Chen Kim Heng2, Yin Leng Theng1, Yew Soon Ong1, Puay Siew
Tan2
1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

In line with the advent of the Knowledge Age, logistic companies areharnessing the power of knowledge derivation from raw data toperform Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery. However, the uncertainty involvedin estimation of future travel time and a lack of benchmarks designedwith travel time as primary cost in mind hamper development towards
an optimal logistics planning system. To this end, a modified Dijkstra's
algorithm for time sensitive offline travel time estimation between two
locations connected by an urban road network is introduced. An
analysis of the absolute errors of estimation results shows that the
proposed algorithm is satisfyingly accurate for the purposes ofbenchmark design and logistics route planning.

Multi-Objective Embarrassingly Parallel Search forConstraint Programming
Masato Yasuhara1, Toshiyuki Miyamoto1, Kazuyuki Mori2, Shoichi Kitamura2,
Yoshio Izui2
1Osaka University, Japan
2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan

Optimization plays an important role in various disciplines ofengineering. Multi-objective optimization is usually characterized by aPareto front. In large scale multi- objective optimization problems,
determining an optimal Pareto front consumes large time. Thus,
parallel computing is used to speed up the search. Constraint
programming is one of the logic-based optimization techniques forsolving combinatorial optimization problems. Kotecha et al. proposed a
constraint programming-based strategy to determine an optimal Pareto
front. Regin et al. proposed a parallel search for constraint
programming, called the embarrassingly parallel search. In this paper,
we propose the multi-objective embarrassingly parallel search formulti-objective constraint optimization, which combines the two
strategies.

Application of Heuristic Algorithms on Groundwater
Pumping Source Identification Problems

Relationship Between Characteristics of Human Factors
Based on Marine Accident Analysis

Jin-Long Wang, Yu-Hao Lin, Min-Der Lin
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Masumi Nakamura1, Takashi Miwa2, Makoto Uchida2
1Yuge National College of Maritime Technogy, Japan
2Kobe University, Japan

This study investigates the application of heuristic algorithms on
groundwater pumping source identification problem. Unknown
groundwater extraction site is located by analyzing the hydraulic headsof the observation wells. Genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm
optimization (PSO), mutated PSO (MUPSO), their hybrid models
GA-MUPSO, and groundwater simulation models are employed tosolve the problems afore mentioned. The results indicate that all
optimization models developed here can successfully locate thepumping source. Especially the GA-MUPSO hybrid model illustrated
the best performance and efficiency, not only located the pumping
source with a 100% success rate, but also required a far less CPU timethan GA and PSO.

Survey on Applications of Biased-Random Key Genetic
Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems
Hari Prasetyo1, Gusti Fauza2, Yousef Amer2, Sang-Heon Lee2
1Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia
2University of South Australia, Australia

This paper presents a survey on studies devising biased-random key
genetic algorithms (BRKGAs), a novel variant of the ordinary genetic
algorithms (GAs) introduced in 2000s, for solving numerous
optimization problems up to 2015.
The aim is to provide acomprehensive picture of the development of the algorithms and theareas of implementation in literature yet. From the survey, a number offindings include: (1) number of studies tends to increase over the last
five years dealing with various combinatorial optimization problems,
however limited research deals with continuous variables, (2) local
search procedure is the typical hybridization method used to enhance
the performance of the algorithms, hence others improvement methods
are still potential avenues for future research.

Importance Measurement of Performance Shaping Factors
using Dynamic Reliability Indices
Zhiqiang Sun, ErLing Gong, Wei Liu
National University of Defense Technology, China

The component dynamic reliability index (CDRI) for the multi-statesystem is transplanted to human reliability domain, and used toevaluate the importance of performance shaping factors (PSF). The
concepts about PSFs and CDRI are overviewed firstly. The importanceof some PSF, namely, CDRI is the probability of human error probability(HEP) changing from one level to another level caused by the PSF’s state
shifting. In basic version of CREAM, HEP is predefined as four intervals.
So the CDRI is the probability of HEP increasing from lower interval toupper interval caused by the degradation of common performance
conditions (CPCs). It is concluded that 3-level CPC has higher CDRI
than 2-level CPC does. In SPAR-H, the continuous HEP is classified ashigh value, medium value and low value intervals first of all. The CDRI
of some PSF is the probability of HEP decreasing from high value tomedium or low value because of the improvement of the PSF state. It isfound that the PSFs, such as Available time, Fitness for duty,
Ergonomics/HMI and Procedures with much higher or smaller
multiplier may have greater CDRI. The more importance one PSF is, themore emphasis should be given. With the help of the conclusion, therisk caused by human error in nuclear power plant, space task or otherrisk-critical domains can be reduced more effectively.

Effect of Different Presentation Orders on Processing Timeand Time Estimation of Verbal Working Memory
Mengjie Li, Xin Li, Yiwen Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

This research explored the effect of different presentation orders on
processing time and time estimation, from the perspective of verbal
working memory dual-task mode task. 108 participants took part inmemorizing order or disorder French word, it showed that thepresentation order significantly shortens the processing time andestimation time, thus it proved that the orderly presentation canenhance the work efficiency compared with the disorderly presentation.
This research highlights the impact of presentation upon the verbal
working memory, which had important theoretical and practical
implications.

Most marine engine accidents are caused by human errors, such as
misperception, misjudgment and misoperation. It is essential tocomprehensively analyze human errors occurred during marine engine
plant operation, and to investigate more effective measures to preventthe similar errors. The Engine-room Resource Management training has
become more important for marine engineers working in a complex
system. In this paper, first, characteristics of total human errors areinvestigated by taking 298 marine accidents records from Japan Marine
Accident Inquiry. Second, the latent factors which are common factors
in accident records are determined using covariance structure analysis.
Moreover, the relationships between latent factors and onshore
management personnel were investigated using System Dynamics. In
this work, a basic model for effective education and support method
which improve the marine engineers' skills is considered.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Project Management Research
Jun Jie Ng, Kah-Hin ChaiNational University of Singapore, Singapore

Our study employs quantitative bibliometric techniques including
citation and co-citation analysis through social network realisation andGephi clustering of articles from the Project Management Journal
published by Project Management Institute (PMI). We identified thecore themes to be Project Success/Failure, Portfolio/ProgrammeManagement, Knowledge Management, Qualitative Research, Complex
Projects, Project Leadership and Best Practice. Our analysis shows thatthe majority of the literature is still academic in nature, and there isroom for researchers to conduct future studies that is of morepracticed-based relevant. However, the topics we discern suggest thestart of divergence away from the PMI BoK (PMBOK) and researchers
are developing tools which manage the specific issues in thisinformation's age.

An Analysis on Affective Expression in Articles of Popular
Science by Text Mining
Kuei-Chen Chiu1, Chun-Lin Liu2, Ruey-Lin Chen2
1Fortune University, Taiwan
2National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

This paper aims to analyze affective expressions in articles of popularscience by text mining with the keywords “Cancer” and “Immunity”.
This study selects 145 articles from the website of a magazine andsegmented them into 410,919 terms. And the study uses an automatic
system to classify the terms into vocabulary categories, selecting theaffective terms with specific vocabulary categories. The results show
those the affective terms in the analyzed articles of popular science are
not significantly differential with year and decade. But there is asignificantly negative correlation with the quantity of articles that are
published in the same year. That is, the more articles are published theless proportion of affective terms to the summary terms occurs on thearticles.

A New Applicable Knowledge Management Model toDevelop Innovativeness in a Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprise Research and Development Center
Mohammad Tondro Aghmyoni1, Hoda Salimi2
1Multimedia University, Iran
2Allameh-Tabataba’i University, IranIn this paper, a new applicable knowledge management model isintroduced. The intended model is obtained through analyzing theachieved results in a research developing center to expand theinnovativeness and knowledge creation, sharing and distributing
process among the employees from a small and medium-sizedenterprise research and development center (SME R&D center) as a casestudy. There are three main themes to be identified based on theanalyzed and achieved results. These themes are classified based on thegathered information. In fact, these themes are the Nodes, based on
which achieved codes are categorized and organized.

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Global Patent Analysis of Power Lithium-Ion Battery
Separator
Na Li, Quan Guan, Siming Tan, Yunfei Wang, Zhiyong Chu, Jin Liu
Qingdao Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, China

The development of technologies related to power lithium-ion battery
separator has been taken place in recent years. In order to provide
appropriate decision references for the industry development, patent
analysis was carried out. On the basis of Derwent Innovation Index(DII), global patents related to power lithium-ion battery separator
were analyzed from aspects of global development scale and trend,
technology fields, geographic distribution, top assignees. The findings
show that power lithium-ion battery separator industry has entered
fast-growth stage. In branch technology fields, raw materials are thepriority research and development (R&D) areas of power lithium-ion
battery separator. Japan has applied for a large number of patents andoccupied the leading position. Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation,
Toray industries, Tonen Chemical Corporation possess strategic
advantages over other enterprises in the current competitive situationof international separator market.

R&D Performance Measurement: A Process Perspective
Revisited
Rasa Laliene1, Ville Ojanen2
1Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
2Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

When assessing Research and development (R&D) activity onorganizational level, it is extremely important to select the most suitable
and accurate indicators for a valid evaluation of activity efficiency,
productivity or effectiveness. It is the case that R&D activity differsfrom a regular activity of a business company by the nature and valueof the output as well as the specificity of the R&D process itself. That is
why its measurement requires the special attention. This paper presents
the constructed comprehensive framework of R&D performancemeasurement at organizational level. It has been modelled using a baseof R&D key processes chain: Input – In-Process – Output – Transfer
system – Outcome. Such platform designed to present R&D activity
indicators is considered as the most effective way to group themeasures, as it can combine all the other measurement perspectives,
such as financial, innovativeness and others.

The Investigation of Semiconductor Shipping Bag
Reliability
Hailin Jonson Gao, Xueliang Ruben Zhang, Yanju Lisa Yu, Kaiyuan Kevin
Chang, Wei-Ting Kary Chien
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

The shipping bag used in semiconductor industry is very important as aprotection guard of products. It provides good protection for finishedproducts after shipping and the handling by the final users. Among
various shipping bags, Moisture Barrier Bag (MBB) is the most widelyused type in the semiconductor industry because of its high reliability.
However, with the technology advancement, the packing of a large sizeof IC wafers is inevitable, which brings a new challenge to its resistanceto a greater load of shipping and dropping. To reduce the failure rate of
MBB leakage during shipment, we evaluate the physical and tensile
strength of the shipping bag composed of different films. We
significantly improved MBB by optimizing its raw material, which isthe first time such approach with plausible results is reported.

Study on Inline OVL Control Method
Juan Juan Cai, Ying-Jie Ivy Jiang, Gui-Hong Dany Deng, Sheng Randy Kang,
Xin Cindy Lee, Hailin Gao
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

In this paper, we study on Overlay (OVL) control method for inline
OVL measurement. In semi conduct manufacturing industry,
Lithography (Litho) OVL is defined as the positional accuracy, a criteria
parameter and to detect possible inline nonconformance from recipe
and equipment shifts [1]. Generally, most control limit setting are basedon the engineering judgment, tolerance about 1/3 critical dimension,and no statistical control assurance.
The goal of this work is to find a statistic method for inline OVL chart
control limit setting, by setting up a reasonable control of OVL chart, a
new control method of OVL chart is defined. It is based on a study ofthe statistic method “t-distribution & chi-squared distribution”.
Through studying on Inline OVL mean data and standard deviation
data, we found these data are offside data, and does not follow normal
distribution. Control charts of these data don’t suit be controlled byn*sigma, we study and promote to use t-distribution and chi-squared
distribution to control OVL chart. Then we calculate the new control
limit with this method, which can provide reasonable control limit and
OCAP ratio, thus control OVL process effectively.

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Advanced Quality Control at Raw Material Kickoff Stage
Xiaofeng Shui, Aoyu Shangguan, Yanju Lisa Yu, Hailin Gao
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

The quality requirement for raw material is becoming more and stricter
along with technical development of semiconductor industry. To meetthe high technical requirement, effective quality control at raw material
kickoff stage can remarkably reduce quality risk during manufacturing
process. This paper will focus on the application of advanced quality
control at raw material kickoff stage. The purpose is to reduce
manufacturing risk by implementing the advanced quality control
methodology at raw material kickoff stage and strictly following thedefined requirements during mass production at both supplier plantand foundry.

Wafer Level Package Wafer Probing Shift Error-Proof Quality
ControlMorn Jin, Wenwen He, John Qiao, Wei-Ting Kary Chien, Shirley Zhao
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

Wafer level package (WLP) is one of the fastest growing segments in thesemiconductor packaging industries. Low costs, small sizes, and theease of logistics make WLP a main-stream packaging solution for asingle chip. However, different from conventional packages, WLP has
no final test (FT) and only relies on wafer level probing for functionaltest, which may induce the trouble that once wafer probing map shifts,
the functionally failed dice will be shipped as good ones and result inhuge economic compensations. In such situation, based on
manufacturing experiences and actual experimental data, this paper
provided preventive guidelines and detecting solutions to eliminate theimpact from wafer probing shifts.

Monitoring the Frequency and Magnitude of an Event with a
Ratio Chart
Yuan Cheng1, Sven Knoth 2, Min Xie1
1City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2Helmut Schmidt University, Germany

Control charts for monitoring the event has attracted many researchers’interests and many works have been done in recent years. However,previous works always neglect the dependence between event
frequency and event magnitude and this kind of ignorance may makethe control chart not suitable in some real applications. In our work, thefrequency and magnitude of an event is characterized by a bivariate
gamma distribution with a dependence parameter. And the ratio of theevent magnitude and event frequency is introduced and the EWMA
type of the ratio is considered as the monitoring statistic. The
implementation procedure of the introduced chart is discussed with an
example.

Performance Gains with the Quality, Health, Safety andEnvironment (QHSE) Management in Works of Retrofit
Jorge Santos, Ana Catarina Evangelista
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The recycling of materials is increasingly being used by the
manufacturing industry. It is an attitude in response the growing
charges that society has imposed the producer market. In theconstruction industry this demand is even more intense due to the large
volumes of raw materials consumed for the execution of new buildings,
the generation of waste during the construction process and finally thegeneration of wastes at the end of the useful life of the building. In thisregard the adoption of the retrofit in buildings as a way to adapt themto new uses and thus prolong their life has grown considerably in theconstruction market. The implementation of the retrofit in buildings
requires the use of specialized teams, adequately trained and modern
construction techniques with emphasis on the highest possible
utilization of materials already available in the building retrofit of theobject. In this sense this work presents the implementation of theintegrated quality management methodology, safety, environment andhealth in construction of buildings retrofit as a tool to achieve gains in
performance in recycling the use of buildings.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 4
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR323
Bimal Nepal, Baoping Cai

Hydrostatic Transmission System Failure Analysis andUtilization of Failure Knowledge: A Case Study
Shah Limon1, Om Prakash Yadav1, Jason Muscha2, Bimal Nepal3
1North Dakota State University, United States
2Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment, United States
3Texas A&M University, United States

The hydrostatic transmission system is widely used in heavy industrial
equipment for energy or power transmission. A systematic failure
analysis of the hydrostatic system is presented in this work, whichmaps failure mechanisms and root causes of failures into appropriate
physics of failure models. Finally, the usefulness of knowledge
generated through failure analysis process is recommended in
improving product design and other operations such as, warranty andmaintenance management.

A Model for Degradation Prediction with Change Point
Based on Wiener Process
Xiaojie Ke, Zhengguo Xu
Zhejiang University, China

Prediction of degradation paths is important to condition-based
maintenance (CBM). To address the detection of the existence of asudden change point in a degradation path, a piecewise model based on
Wiener process with a linear drift is proposed. Two different
degradation drifts are introduced in the model as hidden states. Basedon the Bayesian theorem, the likelihood function is given and thealgorithm of parameter estimation is presented subsequently.
Meanwhile, the Kalman filter and the smoother algorithm are used toestimate the hidden states. And we detect the change point of thetwo-stage degradation according to the concordance correlation
coefficient. To validate the proposed method, a numerical simulation
and a case study of bearing are presented at last.

Double Response Surface Method of Reliability Analysis for
Mechanism
Chun-Yi Zhang, Jing-Ya Liu, Cheng Lu, Bao-Sheng Liu, Ai-Hua Wang,
Ming-You Bai
Harbin University of Science & Technology, China

A new method for analyzing the reliability of mechanism is proposed.
The proposed method suggests the use of two response surfacefunctions to evaluate the reliability probability. Structural reliability canbe calculated through the analysis of the maximum stress and the
maximum deformation of crank-rocker mechanism to establish its limit
states equations respectively and then ganged sample these response
surfaces that is double response surface, structural reliability can becalculated. Aiming at analyzing reliability of mechanical system withmultiple components which have multiple failure modes, this method
can realize the whole reliability analysis under the consideration of thecorrelation of these failure modes. The example result indicates that
calculation velocity of this method is high; precision of this method isexact. It can be used in other researches and projects.

A Design Method for Force-Limited Vibration Testing
Conditions
Ming Cheng1, Hongjie Yuan 1, Zhenya Cao1, Changyu Mo2
1Beihang University (BUAA), China
2Beijing CETC System Engineering Co. Ltd,, China

This paper proposed a design method for force-limited vibration testing
conditions based on the complex two degrees of freedom system (TDFS)
model. This method adopted the dynamic sub-structure theory to
calculate the modal effective mass and the residual mass of the test
article structure and the supporting structure, determined the specificparameters of the complex TDFS model in different bands dependingon their distributions. The force spectrum and the acceleration
spectrum of the contact surface between test article and supporting
structure were defined with the excitation conditions of supporting
structure. On the basis of the envelope, the force limited vibration test
profile was obtained. Simulation results showed that the force-limited
vibration testing conditions given by this method reflect the vibration
environment of the test article much more realistically compared to theconservative testing conditions of the traditional acceleration-controlled
vibration test.

Strategy for Reliability Testing and Evaluation of Cyber
Physical Systems
Zi Li, Rui Kang
Beihang University, China

Internal and external factors that influence reliability of CPSs areanalyzed in this paper. A strategy for reliability testing and evaluationof CPSs is put forward in the consideration of these factors, including
the technology framework and processes. The main work comprises thetesting and evaluation of component reliability covering hardware,
software, and architecture, as well as the performance reliability
including service reliability, cyber security reliability, resilience &elasticity reliability and vulnerability reliability. To give a general lookof the system reliability, the four indices of performance reliability aresynthesized by the multi-index method. The strategy proposed in thepaper will make a great contribution to the complete, dynamic andcontinuous testing and evaluation for the CPS.

Integrated Model of Production Plan and Preventive
Maintenance Based on a Game-Theoretic Framework
Jiawen Hu, Zuhua Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

A joint model for integrating preventive maintenance (PM) with thecapacitated lot sizing problem (CLSP) based on a game-theoretic
framework has been proposed. Assume the production rate varies fromperiod to period according to total lot size of each production period(PP). An imperfect PM model is established for system running withdynamic production rate, which is performed at scheduled times, andminimal repair (MR) is adopted to restore the system to work without
altering hazard rate when failure happens. Considering availability
reduction caused by maintenance and effect of production rate on
hazard rate function of system, a Stackelberg game theory model isadopted to handle the interactive effect between production plan and
PM schedule. The optimal production rate of each PP and PM
sequences are obtained simultaneously. An example is studied tovalidate the model, also the results are discussed.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 5
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR323
Om Prakash Yadav, Masdi Muhammad

A New Reliability Assessment Model for Power Electronic
Modules
Xing Zhuang, Om Prakash Yadav
North Dakota State University, United States

The reliability of power electronic modules is investigated in a seriessystem configuration. The impact of the increased junction temperature,caused by initiation of degradation process, is studied and captured toassess the effect on other component degradation processes: wire bondlift-off and the chip solder joint delamination. The proposed reliability
model combines physics of failure modeling and probabilistic modelingto demonstrate the degradation processes affecting power electronic
module lifetime. The effectiveness of the proposed model is further
demonstrated by a numerical example.

A Simulation-Based Method for EMR Assessment ofAviation Electronic Products
Zenghui Yuan, Ying Chen, Lei Gao
Beihang University, China

With the application and development of electronic devices, theelectromagnetic energy in our surrounding space is gaining rapidly.
Especially for those aviation electronic products in the limited space,
their characters, such as variety, high density, sensitivity and power,
make them susceptible to electromagnetic interference. Traditional
electromagnetic compliance (EMC) analysis focuses on EMC design,
targeting passing the EMC tests. There are few researches on EMC
reliability or even the reliability index. Concerning this issue, this paper
puts forward to a complete theory to assess the electromagnetic
reliability (EMR) of the aviation electronic product. It combines
stress-strength interference (SSI) model, probabilistic physics of failure(PPoF) method and simulation analysis, which provides theory support
to solve the EMC problems and improve its reliability.

Tolerance Limits for Gamma Distribution Based on
Generalized Fiducial Method
Piao Chen, Zhi-Sheng Ye
National University of Singapore, Singapore

This study proposes methods for constructing tolerance limits for the
gamma distribution. The gamma distribution is found to be useful inmany areas and the tolerance limits are often desirable in somemonitoring and control problems. Existing inference methods either
assume some parameters known or does not work well for one-sided
tolerance limit case. In this study, the generalized fiducial method isused for constructing the tolerance limits for the gamma distribution.
The proposed methods are assessed by a simulation study. An
illustrative example demonstrates the inference methods.

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Passenger Perceptions on Reliability of an Inter-Campus Bus
SystemMichael Sizwe Mkwanazi, Charles Mbohwa, Takalani Nemarumane
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Passenger perceptions about reliability are influenced by a number offactors. These factors include average lateness, excess wait time, andbuses arriving on time, buses cancelled and buses departing on time.
Literature, informs us that passengers have different perceptions about
lateness, excess wait time, and buses arriving and departing on timeand cancelled buses. Over 60 % of employed South Africans rely on
public transport. The research question is, what are the importantreliability indicators are for passengers of a University transport system?
Extensive research has been done in the areas of transport reliability,
but not in the field of transport designated for students. Engineered
systems may fail, especially in passenger transport if the perceived
value is not experienced by passengers. Among other findings, is thatpassengers place a great value on the bus schedule times and how thoseare communicated.

Reliability Model of the Railway Transportation System
With Respect to Hazard States
Franciszek Restel, Mateusz Zajac
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

In this paper, the authors’ research work is focused on modeling ofrailway transportation system’s reliability and safety with respect tohazards. The paper begins with an introduction related to a literature
review on railway transportation system reliability and safety modeling.
A state-transition model was proposed. Defining states in terms ofrailway transportation system is a complex issue, therefore the stateclassification into availability and failure is not sufficient. In addition to
the technical effects associated with incorrect operation of systemcomponents, traffic consequences (traffic disruptions) of events areimportant, especially in case of railway transportation system. The
Markov model was built is described in relation to the parameters
above. The paper ends with validation of the model, conclusions of theanalysis, dealing with applicability of the model to solve problems forthe real system and a summary with prospects for further research.

Study on Reliability Assessment Method for
Step-Down-Stress Accelerated Life Test Based on Bayesian
TheoryHonghua Hu1, Jun Yao1, Jingyue Yang1, Shuizhuang Miao1, Shouzhen Wang2
1Beihang University, China
2The Second Artillery Equipment Research Institute, China

An assessment method for Step-down-stress accelerated life test data
based on Bayesian theory is proposed in this paper. For the problem of
the limited test information gained in the small sample life test, theassessment result is may not accurate enough. In this paper, we assume
a certain prior distribution, according to prior information. Then,establish the posterior distribution combined with the accelerate life test
data. Finally calculate the parameters of the accelerated model and life
distribution. The simulation case of extreme small sample test verifies
the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsReliability and Maintenance Engineering 6
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR323
Qingpei Hu, Indra Gunawan

An Investigation on Imperialist Competitive Algorithm for
Solving Reliability-Redundancy Allocation Problems
Hadi Khorshidi1, Indra Gunawan2, Agung Sutrisno3, Sanaz Nikfalazar1
1Monash University, Australia
2Federation University, Australia
3Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia

Reliability-redundancy allocation problems (RRAPs) are optimization
models that try to find the optimal number of redundant components
and their reliability levels simultaneously. Many studies have beendeveloped to solve RRAPs in recent years. There are some specific
RRAP models for various system structures to maximize system
reliability subject to cost, volume and weight constraints. Different
meta-heuristic algorithms have been used in order to reach the best
objective function value. In this study, an investigation is done on
imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) to maximize models for series
and bridge systems. ICA is used by adjusting different values toalgorithm’s parameters. This investigation recognizes which
combination is the most suitable for solving the RRAPs by ICA. Eachcombination has been run for 35 times. Therefore, the combinations arecompared by descriptive statistics’ measures and analysis of variance(ANOVA). Furthermore, the best obtained solution is compared withthe previous studies.

Bayesian Analysis for NHPP-Based Software Fault Detection
and Correction Processes
Lujia Wang1, Qingpei Hu1, Min Xie2
1Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Many software reliability methods have been proposed for estimating
and predicting reliability, and the method based on Bayesianframework is a popular one. However, the present Bayesian approaches
are all based on the impractical assumption that the detected faults arecorrected immediately with no debugging time delay. In this paper, wederive effective parameter estimation algorithms based on Bayesianframework not only for fault detection process, but also for combined
detection and correction processes. To have a better understanding of
the estimation performance, a simulation study and a practical example
are conducted to investigate the performance of the proposed Bayesian
approach.

Optimal Maintenance Service Contract Involving Discrete
Preventive Maintenance Using Principal Agent Theory
Eka Pakpahan1, Bermawi P. Iskandar2
1Harapan Bangsa Institute of Technology, , Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Maintenance subcontracting has been widely implemented. The ownerof equipment hires an agent to perform maintenance actions with apredetermined availability target to be met. The traditional payment
scheme such as a fixed price, a cost reimbursement is effective only toensure the achievement of the availability target. However, there arecircumstances where pushing the agent to exceed the target will be
rewarding, especially in high operational revenue such as in mining
industry. To get this reward, a new payment scheme is needed. This
research aims to study maintenance contract payment schemes thatwould motivate an agent to achieve a higher performance which isbeyond the target. A principal agent theory is used as it allows to model
the owner’s and the agent’s decision making process simultaneously.

Marine Activities in the Arctic: The Need for Implementationof a “Buddy System”
Andreas Albrigtsen 1, Ove Tobias Gudmestad2, Abbas Barabadi1
1University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Because of the large distances, low temperatures and unpredictable
weather in the Arctic, the existing search and rescue (SAR) resources
will not be sufficient in certain situations and large loss of lives are at
risk. Moreover, it is impossible to raise the SAR capacity of the entire
region to an acceptable level, and therefore it might be beneficial tothink outside the box. This paper wants to investigate the possibility for
implementation of a “buddy system”, a system where two or moreunits work in parallel to support each other in case of emergency, under
Arctic conditions as a buffer during an unwanted situation in order tobuy time for sufficient SAR resources to come to aid. Two case studies
are investigated: The fate of a sinking cruise liner and the support to an
offshore rig drilling for oil and gas in arctic conditions. In bothsituations, a buddy system will improve the possibility to rescue people
in an emergency.

Performance-based Aggregation of Expert Opinions for
Reliability Prediction of Arctic Offshore Facilities
Masoud Naseri, Yuan Fuqing, Javad Barabady
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

One of the major challenges in reliability assessment of the Arctic oil
and gas facilities is lack of adequate life data. In order to use theavailable life data obtained in normal climate regions, somemodifications are required to include the ad-verse effects of Arctic
operating conditions on equipment reliability performance. In thisstudy, a methodology, based on expert judgement concept, is presented
to modify the available mean time to failure (MTTF) data and thus to
use for the reliability assessment of Arctic oil and gas facilities. For thispurpose, expert opinions on the potential amount of decrease in MTTF
of a set of components are elicited. Such opinions are further
aggregated using arithmetic averaging rules. A performance-based
method is used to assign a weight for each expert based on his/her
opinion on some calibration questions. A case study illustrates the
proposed methodology.

Optimal Preventive Maintenance for a Fleet of Dump Trucks
with Two-Dimensional Lease Contract
Hennie Husniah1, Udjianna S. Pasaribu 2, Bermawi P. Iskandar2
1Langlangbuana University, Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

This paper develops a mathematical model of optimal fleet number oflease product. The lease coverage is characterized by two parameters –age and usage. We use one dimensional approach to model the age
and usage of a repairable equipment. The lessor will give preventive
maintenance, and a penalty cost incurred when the time required toperform an imperfect repair exceeds a target. This strategy will reduce
equipment failures and hence decreasing the penalty cost andmaintenance cost during the leased contract. We find the optimal
maintenance degree and time between preventive maintenance suchthat the expected total cost is minimized.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsHuman Factors 2
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR328
Chih-Hsing Chu, Lei Chen

Virtual Try-On of Footwear in Augmented Reality Using
RGB-D Cameras
Yu-I Yang1, Chih-Kai Yang1, Xin-Lan Liao2, Chih-Hsing Chu3
1National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
2Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
3National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

This paper presents a novel system for personalized design of footwear
using commercial depth-sensing technologies. The system allows users
to virtually try on 3D shoe models in a live video stream. A two-stage
object tracking algorithm was developed to correctly align shoe models
to moving feet during the try-on process. Tracking was driven by an
iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm that superimposed the captured
depth data and predefined reference foot models. Test data showed thatthe two-stage approach produced increased positional accuracy
compared with tracking using only surface registration. Trimming thereference model using the instant view angle improved thecomputational efficiency of the ICP algorithm. The developed virtual
try-on function is an effective tool for realizing human-centered design.
This study also showed a new application of RGB-D Cameras toproduct design.

Hand Anthropometry of Czech Population
Marek Bures, Tomas Gorner, Blanka Sediva
University of West Bohemia, Czech RepublicThis paper presents results of hand anthropometric study performed on
586 males and 446 females of different age groups of Czech Republic
population. Eight dimensions on each hand were measured together
with body height and weight. The mean, standard deviation and 5th,
50th and 95th percentile values are summarized and tabulated in thepaper. Comments on differences between genders, right and left hand,age groups and others are given. The purpose of the study was to obtainenough data for efficient hand tool design or to be able to determine thedimensions required for openings for hand access into machinery as
there is a lack of those information for Czech population. Also a
comparison with anthropometry data of other world populations was
performed to evaluate potential differences.

Evaluation of Subjective Fatigue Tool – A Study Addressing
Restaurant Employees in Indonesia
Rida Zuraida1, Hardianto Iridiastadi2
1Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
2Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Fatigue is a complex phenomenon, which may interfere productivity inmany occupational settings. Nowadays, restaurant industry does not
only offer good food, but also a pleasant experience and hospitality. To
assess how restaurants employees in Indonesia perceived fatigue
related to their job, assessment conducted using Swedish Occupational
Fatigue Index (SOFI) in Indonesian language. The study involved 180
employees from 9 casual dining restaurants. Translated SOFI has good
reliability and validity test result based on Cronbach Alpha value andinternal consistency coefficient. Using F-test, the null hypothesis isrejected, and it can be concluded that the fatigue level of eachdimension and employees from each restaurant is different. The
greatest level of fatigue experienced by employees from restaurant
ninth and employees from restaurant first is the lowest. Level of fatigue
was acceptable (light to moderate), as indicated by the average value formost dimensions (less than 3.5 on scale of 1-7).

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Analysis of Performance Assessment for Teachers of
Independent Colleges in China
Ai-Qun Yu
Beijing Technology and Business University, China

The quality of teaching performance is a primary index for theassessment of high-grade education in China and/or in other countriesof the world. As a new type of high-grade educational institutions in
China, independent colleges have been confronting many difficulties
and blocks in practice, which greatly affects the teaching quality of the
independent colleges. By analyzing the teaching-evaluation process of
our college in recent years, the author pointed out the existing
deficiencies in the performance assessment for independent college
teachers and suggested countermeasures to the problems.

Oculomotor Response in Measuring Driving Fatigue
Maya Arlini Puspasari, Hardianto Iridiastadi, Iftikar Zahedi Sutalaksana,
Yassierli Yassierli
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Fatigue is a major factor that affects road safety. In Indonesia, thenumber of accidents seems to increase every year. Unfortunately,
research that focuses on fatigue while driving is still limited. This study
focuses on discussing oculomotor responses in measuring fatigue
associated with driving. Experimental design used in this research,
consisted of various factors of fatigue based on literature, and measured
several indicators of oculomotor response. The experimental design inthis research was modeled according to the real working condition ofcommercial drivers in Indonesia, with fairly long working hours (15-16
hours/day). The benefit of this study is to develop a valid method for
detecting fatigue based on oculomotor response. It is expected that thefinding can help to minimize the level of accident in Indonesia. In
conclusion, there is still disagreement from literature on good
oculomotor response for measuring fatigue, which warrants further
investigations such as the present study.

A Study on Affective Feeling Evaluation for Automotive
Wiper Switch Based on Multiple Regression Model
Noh-Hoon Park1, Chang-Kyu Han 1, Hun Jung1, Byung-Ki Jin 2, Myung-Hwan
Yun2
1Daesung Electric Corporation Co., Ltd, South Korea
2Seoul National University, South Korea

Recently, newly launched vehicles have been more luxurious than pastcars. Also, these cars will be simultaneously satisfied between
functional operation and aspect of affective feelings. Accordingly, whendeveloping auto parts, many suppliers should consider between
functional operation and affectiveness for drivers. Affective engineering
in nowadays is studied to evaluate driver's affective feeling by parts
suppliers. Regarding automotive business trends, emotional feelingstudies have been increasing. This study's aim is to analyze operational
feeling for wiper switch in automotive combination switch module.
According to this study, it's possible to attract design variables toimprove feeling based on various factors. Consequently, it's available toconfirm feeling improvement through the statistic analysis based on
significance probability and measured data of 15 samples. From now on,
result of this study will be applied for development of more satisfiableswitch after considering evaluation and factors for consumers.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsManufacturing Systems 3
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR328
Alan Pilkington, Michel Aldanondo

Development of a Rule Base and Algorithm for a Quotation
Preparation Process: A Case Study with a VSM Approach
Dorota Stadnicka1, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake2
1Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland
2University of Stavanger, Norway

Quotation preparation lead time plays a significant role in the aircraftcomponents manufacturing (ACM) industry. This is especially due tothe fact that on each occasion the sub-contracting suppliers have tomanufacture component(s) of which they have no previous experiencebased on the external demand. The quotation preparation takes place
between different actors once the request for a manufacturing proposal
has been met. Also, a particular ACM organization investigates thepotential capabilities of the selected sub-contracting manufacturers andtheir suppliers. The sub-contracting manufacturers have to selectsub-suppliers to purchase necessary semi-finished goods and raw
material to meet the anticipated quality requirements posed by the
ACM organization. The waste in terms of time is significantly high dueto the possible delays in data and information flow during thequotation preparation process (QPP). The time wastages are mainly
caused by the delays within the same manufacturing organization
between different functional units (i.e. internal time wastages) as well as
between suppliers and the client (i.e. external time wastages). This
manuscript suggests an approach with the help of tailor-made value
stream mapping (VSM) to investigate the challenges and mitigate thedelays caused during the QPP.

Resolution of Deadlocks in a Robotic Cell Scheduling
Problem with Post-Process Inspection System: Avoidanceand Recovery Scenarios
Mehdi Foumani1, Indra Gunawan2, Kate Smith-Miles1
1Monash University, Australia
2Federation University, Australia

The phenomenon of deadlock in robotic cells has been long ignored bymost scheduling literature. A deadlock situation arises if a part cannotchange its current state indefinitely since the destination machine is
occupied by another part. The probability of the deadlock occurrence islikely to be large when the processing route cannot be predicted withcertainty due to inspection processes. Our focus here is on a specificrobotic cell with a post-process inspection system where the inspection
is performed on an independent inspection machine. Avoidance andrecovery policies are applied to overcome deadlocks originated fromthis cell. We develop these policies to prevent deadlock or alternatively
resolve it during the online implementation of cycles. The former policy
minimizes the storage cost, whereas the later policy minimizes the
expected cycle time. An analysis of the scheduling problem thatinvolves timings and costs is also carried out for comparing policies.

Potential for Improving Performance through Design forEnvironment (DFE) in a Ferrous Foundry
Ignatio Madanhire, Charles Mbohwa
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Reducing Variability in Micro-Milling Process Using Six
Sigma Methodology
Erika García-López, H. R. Siller, Ciro Rodriguez
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

Micro-milling is a manufacturing process used as an alternative for the
fabrication of Lab-on-a-Chip components among other medical
applications. In the work presented here, the six sigma methodology
was used for evaluating micro-milling process parameters and theirimpact on the generation of geometrical errors such as tool wear,
vibrations and burr formations. These critical variables affect surface
quality and geometrical features for Lab-On-a-Chip microfluidic
performance. This paper presents the application of DMAIC (Define,Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) methodology inmicro-milling process in order to study cutting parameters and theirinfluence on surface quality. Finally, improvements are implemented toenhance process capability as related to surface roughness.

Remote Supervision of Production Processes in the Food
Industry
Jorge Lima, Francisco Moreira, Rui Sousa
University of Minho, Portugal

This paper presents a remote monitoring system based on the SCADA
model (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition), specificallydeveloped for automated production processes in a food company.
The goals defined for this project were the monitoring of three
production lines and six silos of raw materials, along with theindication / evaluation of three performance measures demanded by
the company: production rate, packed quantity and OEE (Overall
Equipment Effectiveness). The developed system should also include
other typical SCADA functionalities, namely alarms management,
process trending and data logging. The applied methodology involved
the detailed analysis of the existing automation systems, the functional
specification of the remote monitoring system and the corresponding
implementation (using the LabVIEW platform), test and validation. The
project took about six months and the system was successfully
implemented in one of the company's factories. All the objectives wereachieved.

Redesign of the Production System: A Hard
Decision-Making Process
Anabela Alves, Rui Sousa, J. Dinis Carvalho
University of Minho, Portugal

Lean production is an organizational methodology that has beensuccessfully adopted by many companies, of goods and services,aiming to improve their performance. Nevertheless, theimplementation of lean involves challenges and problems that many
companies are not prepared for. The main challenge is the need for acultural change (mindset). A very common problem is thedecision-making process on the need to redefine the production system.
In fact, the production systems of many companies are obsolete andtherefore not suited to the current market needs, but, even though, thedecision-making process is not easy.
This paper presents and analyzes eight industrial projects involving theredesign of production systems, providing a discussion on the main
enablers and inhibitors of the referred decision-making process. Eachproject was developed by a student, in the ambit of his/her Master
Thesis on Industrial Engineering and Management, under supervisionof one of the authors.

The study dwelled on how to develop an implementation procedure fordesign for environment (DFE) management program. A ferrous
foundry manufacturing organization was the subject of comprehensive
assessment and recommendations in this research. The main thrust of
this work was to develop theory on how DFE could be comprehensively
and consistently managed in daily business situation of productdevelopment. The use of DFE for foundry industry would go a longway in preserving the environment and improving plant performance.

74Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsHuman Factors 3
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR328
Bingwen Yan, Chan Wai Lee

Accessing Bank Finance in Relation to Human Capital,
Gender and Race Among SMMEs in a Developing Economy
Pradeep Brijlal1, Bingwen Yan 2
1University of the Western Cape, South Africa
2Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Small, Micro and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) contribute to thenational economy significantly. However, many SMMEs havedifficulties in accessing bank finance due to the lower level of their
human capital and scarce financial resources in the context ofdeveloping economies. This study aims to investigate the key factors ofhuman capital and associated issues with access to bank finance fromgender and race perspectives. A survey design combined qualitativeand quantitative research approaches were employed in this study.
Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire and anumber of interviews. A group of SMME owners (n=532) wererandomly selected from the Western Cape, South Africa. The findings
demonstrated that the human capital and gender of SMMEs is notstrongly associated with success in securing bank finance. From a race
perspective, white entrepreneurs are more likely to be approved forbank finance than other race groups.

Drillis and Contini Revisited Using Correlation Analysis forIndonesian Adults Anthropometry
Markus Hartono, Linda Herawati Gunawan
University of Surabaya, Indonesia

Research on anthropometry, nowadays, becomes more essential andimportant due to the complexity of products, devices, equipment andsystems for users. The most challenging part in anthropometry study isthat the lack of sufficient valid, reliable and sustainable anthropometricdata for certain nationalities. According to recent studies, an attempt toprovide a comprehensive anthropometric measurement system has
been conducted. Following to the previous study by Drillis and Contini,this study uses a similar methodology on how to predict any
anthropometric measures through sufficient accuracy from a single
measure of stature and weight, taken from 119 Indonesian adults. The
expected contribution of this study is that to find which measures are
significantly associated with stature and weight, respectively. It is ofhighly beneficial for product designers and any human-work systeminteractions.

An Improved System Safety Analysis Method Based on
Accimap
Juanjuan Gao, Jin Tian, Tingdi Zhao
Beihang University, China

As a systems-based technique for accident analysis, Accimap involves
the construction of a multi-layered diagram in which the various causesof an accident are arranged according to their causal remoteness fromthe outcome. Though there is systematic research and development forthis technique, Accimap is inadequate in terms of the contributory
factors identified. This paper presents a modified Accimap byintegrating a representative second generation human reliability
analysis method(CREAM: Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis
Method) into the traditional Accimap, using the methodology of trace
analysis. This paper applies the modified method to analyse the Black
Hawk Fratricide Incident from a more comprehensive view of theaccident and also for the effectiveness and validation of themethod.Within the innovative views of the contributory factors inhierarchy such as the planning, management, and regulatory bodies,
the modified Accimap will be more advisable to be used for analyzing
accidents in the complex social-technical system.

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An Empirical Study of Intuition and its Context
Said Elbanna, Yasir Fadol
Qatar University, Qatar

Our knowledge of what determines intuitive decision making is still in
its early stages, although there is an increasing interest in intuition in
the last decade. In order to fill this gap, this study examines thedifferential contribution made by different perspectives on context(decision, environment and firm) toward explaining intuition. The
results indicate that the characteristics specific to the firm and to theenvironment appear to be more significant to intuition than does thenature of the decision; and that the impact of contextual variables varyfrom one dimension to another.

Comparing Psychological Empowerment Levels of Field
Employees in Small and Large Companies of the Oilfield
Service Industry
Ngozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee, K. A. Yap
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

This paper examines the difference in levels of psychologicalempowerment in Malaysian small and large oilfield service company’s
field employees in order to understand in which of the settings
psychological empowerment strategy is most effective to the point theemployees really feel empowered. According to [1], size relatedcharacteristics of small companies usually manifest in challenges suchas ability to offer career paths or reward packages equitable with largeorganizations. A total of 41 oilfield service field employees were
investigated from 4 different oilfield service companies. The results
indicate that field employees in smaller oilfield service companies
experience less psychological empowerment compared to the field
employees in the larger companies, suggesting that small oilfield
service companies need to do more to empower their employees.

Airport Security Screeners Reliability Analysis
Artur Kierzkowski, Tomasz Kisiel
Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

The article presents guidelines for maintaining the level of safety in airtransport. Methods of determining the reliability of the security
screener at the airport were presented. An analysis was performed
using the following HRA methods: TESEO, HEART, HCR and THERP.
The authors present a comparison of methods and an assessment of thepossibility of using them to determine the reliability functions of the
security control operator. Were presented and compared the results
obtained for a real system (for qualified operators of security control at
the airport) with theoretical results obtained from above mentioned
methods.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsOperations Research 4
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR329
Christine Shoemaker, Alyaa Abdelhalim

Global Sensitivity Analysis for Computationally Expensive
Models Based on Radial Basis Function Interpolationand
Optimization
Christine A. Shoemaker1, Yilun Wang2
1National University of Singapore, Singapore
2Cornell University, United States

We present a surrogate and optimization-assisted global sensitivity
analysis framework for multimodal and computationally expensive"black box" objective functions f(x), which could be a simulation orcomputer code. A surrogate surface s(x) based on an affordable numberof evaluations of f(x) creates an approximation of f(x) for all x. The
evaluation-intensive global sensitivity analysis (Extended FAST) is
performed on s(x). We compare 4 algorithms including a) optimization
plus RBF surrogate, b) optimization plus polynomial regression
surrogate, c) RBF based on Latin Hypercube (LHD) sampling with no
optimization, and d) conventional application of Extended FAST global
optimization (with no surrogate). In cases a) and b) the optimization
points are supplemented with LHD evaluations. In all cases a) (which isan algorithm called SA_SO-GRBF) substantially outperformed thealternatives by having the smallest error on both total global sensitivity(with parameter interactions) and first order sensitivity (withoutparameter interaction).

The Multiple Vehicle Inventory Routing Problem for
Perishable Products
Alyaa Abdelhalim1, Amr Eltawil2, M. Nashat Fors1
1Alexandria University, Egypt
2Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt

In the last decade many companies have recognized that important costsavings and improved service levels can be achieved by effectively
integrating production plans, inventory control and transportation
policies throughout their supply chains. In this paper, an integrated
multi-commodity production and distribution planning model ispresented. A proposed Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) model isdeveloped with the objective of producing an optimum integrated
production and distribution plan. The model considers the number of
products to be produced and distributed in the different planning
periods. It takes into account the production capacity, the vehicles
capacity, the demand of each product, and the total costs associatedwith production, inventory, and transportation. An illustrative
numerical example is presented.

The Robust Quay Crane Allocation for a Discrete Bulk
Material Handling Port
Saurabh Pratap1, Manoj Kumar B1, Naoufel Cheikhrouhou2, M. K. Tiwari1
1Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland

This study investigates the quay crane allocation problem with respect
to vessel assigned to a particular discrete berth at a bulk material
handling port. In the proposed model,vessels at the anchorage areberthed on a First in, first out (FIFO) basis at the port, and then the quay
cranes are assigned to the berth dynamically before berthing andduring unloading of the vessel. To solve the model, we used the Block
Based Genetic Algorithm (BBGA) and Genetic Algorithm (GA).
Computational study is conducted using the real data provided by aport located on the Eastern Coast of India.

Solving the Robotic Cell Problem with Controllable
Processing Times
Mohammed Al-Salem, Mohamed Kharbeche, Wael Khallouli, Mohamed
Haouari
Qatar University, Qatar

We investigate the Robotic Cell Problem with Controllable Processing
Times (RCPCPT). This problem arises in contemporary automatedmanufacturing systems and requires simultaneously scheduling jobs,
machines, and the transportation device. The RCPCPT is modeled as aflow shop problem with a blocking constraint, a single transport robot,
and controllable processing times. This latter feature of the model refers
to the fact that the processing times are not fixed but vary linearly withthe acceleration cost and therefore should be determined as part of thesolution problem. We propose a nonlinear mixed-integer programming(NMIP) formulation as well as its linearization. Next, we use the newlinear model for the RCPCPT to derive a LP-based and MIP-basedheuristics. Finally, we present a computational study of the proposed
formulation and the heuristics and we show the MIP based heuristic
delivers high quality solutions for large instances while requiring very
short CPU times.

Combinatorial Auction Algorithm with Price-Adjustment
Mechanism for Airline Crew Scheduling Problems
Daiki Sasaki, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, Japan

In this paper, we propose a combinatorial auction algorithm for airlinecrew scheduling problems. The objective is to achieve the equalizationof working time for crew members. In the combinatorial auction
algorithm, each crew member is regarded as a bidder and the
combination of the rosters is considered as the packages of items that a
bid can be placed. A new combinatorial auction algorithm withprice-adjustment mechanism is proposed. Two types of bidding
algorithms are combined. One is the random bids with neighborhood
search, and the second one is the solution derived by the Lagrangian
relaxation with subgradient optimization, which is called as the priceadjustment mechanism. The effectiveness of the proposed method isshown from the computational results.

Multi-Objective Constrained Vehicle Refueling Planning:
Complexity and Polynomial-Time Approximation Schemes
Shieu-Hong Lin
Biola University, United States

For point-to-point direct delivery over the transportation network,
timely delivery of commodity and reduction of total fuel cost are both
important objectives to consider. Since fuel prices can vary significantly
over a broad region, often there is a tradeoff between fuel cost andtravel time. A short path may not be economical in terms of fuel cost
while routing through regions with lower fuel prices may take moretime. In this paper, we consider multi-objective constrained vehicle
refueling planning in two settings: (i) minimizing the fuel cost given an
upper bound on travel time or (ii) minimizing travel time given an
upper bound on the fuel cost. We prove that the computational task is
NP-Complete even when the fuel price is fixed or when the amount offuel consumption and the travel time are linearly dependent. We thenshow fully polynomial-time approximation schemes for multi-objective
vehicle refueling planning in these two situations.

76Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsBig Data and Analytics
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR329
Philipp Baumann, Shino Iwami

Data Analysis of Social Community Reputation: Good
Questions vs. Good Answers
Jwen Fai Low, Davor Svetinovic
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

Developing an understanding of the behavior and reputation ofcommunity members, and the relationships between them, can help
community developers and managers to build and maintain better
communities. We analyzed Stack Overflow, currently one of the mostpopular Q&A communities for developers, in order to understand therelationship between user behavior and reputation. Our data analysis ofuser activities, as well as our analysis of the each behavior's reputation
impact, has revealed that asking good questions is an importantbehavior in Stack Overflow. Good questioners have higher reputation,in spite of the reputation system's design, and they are also more likely
to engage in other reputation-positive behavioral activities.

Comparative Bibliographic Analyses of the Global andJapanese Databases in the Field of Solar Cell
Shino Iwami1, Yasuhiro Yamashita 2
1The University of Tokyo, Japan
2Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

The purpose of this research is to confirm that domestic database, in thecase of J-GLOBAL, will be able to be used for strategies of science andtechnology in the same way as global database, such as Web of Science.
Domestic databases have potentials to provide unique cutting edges,
due to the custom of presenting it in local conferences before publishingit in global academic journal. In addition, differences between Japanesedataset and other language’s dataset are extracted. Consequently, it wasproven that J-GLOBAL can be used to identify emerging researches in
the field of solar cell. As one of emerging fields, "perovskite solar cell" isdetected.

Production Data Analytics for Production Scheduling
Qiyi Li , Lei Wang , Jingjing Xu
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2East China Normal University, China
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Nowadays, production scheduling researches mainly focus ondeveloping various optimization models and algorithms, but the
problem how to determine parameters in the models and algorithms
has not attracted enough attention from researchers. It leads to thatscheduling results do not fit to the manufacturing practice very well nor
are accepted by the workers. As IT technology develops, abundant
low-level data has been collected. By analyzing low-level operation data,
more accurate values for the parameters in production schedulingmodels and algorithms can be estimated, making the scheduling results
fit the actual manufacturing implementation better. Moreover, workers’
preference can also be generalized and reused in scheduling, making
the scheduling results accepted by the workers more easily. Therefore,
this paper proposes a production data analytics method for estimating
parameter values and generalizing humanized scheduling rules for
production scheduling. The research is implemented on the basis ofdata from an oil refinery.

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Index Tracking Using Data-Mining Techniques andMixed-Binary Linear Programming
Oliver Strub1, Philipp Baumann 2
1University of Bern, Switzerland
2University of California, Berkeley, United States

Index tracking has become one of the most common strategies in asset
management. The index-tracking problem consists of constructing aportfolio that replicates the future performance of an index byincluding only a subset of the index constituents in the portfolio.
Finding the most representative subset is challenging when the numberof stocks in the index is large. We introduce a new three-stage approachthat at first identifies promising subsets by employing data-mining
techniques, then determines the stock weights in the subsets using
mixed-binary linear programming, and finally evaluates the subsets
based on cross validation. The best subset is returned as the tracking
portfolio. Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in termsof out-of-sample performance and running times.

Software Analytics Study of Open-Source System
Survivability Through Social Contagion
Jwen Fai Low, Tennom Yathog, Davor Svetinovic
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates

Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) development has grownin prominence in recent years as the software development approach of
choice. However, the factors responsible for maintaining development
interest in them are still poorly understood, as FLOSS projects differ
significantly from traditional for-profit closed-source softwaredevelopment. To address that knowledge gap, we have analyzed datafrom GitHub, an open source code repository which provides extensive
records on a multitude of collaborative software engineering projects.
Using machine learning algorithms, we sought out patterns in the datathat might help us understand how projects survive. Our findings
suggest that the impressions propagated by the users of software
projects to other users strongly influence the projects' survival, as one
would expect in a social contagion model.

An AIS-Based Framework for Real Time Monitoring ofVessels Efficiency
Hongtao Chi, Giulia Pedrielli, Thomas Kister, Szu Hui Ng, Stephane Bressan
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Maritime transport is one of the most energy efficient and one of thelowest CO2 emitting modes of transport. Nonetheless, the industry’s
carbon footprint is significant. Stakeholders recognize the need forcontinuing efforts to curb CO2 emissions. Such efforts require theability to measure individual vessels’ energy efficiency. To this end,
several energy efficiency metrics/indices have been developed for
tracking real time CO2 emissions by marine vessels.
We propose a new methodology to calculate and monitor individual
vessel’s energy efficiency and carbon emissions in real time through theReal-Time Energy Efficiency Operating Index (RT-EEOI).We
demonstrate the practicality of the proposed methodology bypresenting a software architecture implementing it.Specifically, by
combining a vessel database with live data from the Automated
Identification System (AIS), we calculate the RT-EEOI index.The system
has been deployed to monitor traffic in the Southwest part of the port
and strait of Singapore. We propose an example of implementation of
the proposed framework in the Singapore waters to show how it can be
deployed in the scenario of real time efficiency tracking.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsOperations Research 5
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR329
Babak Abbasi, Siana Halim

Material Ordering with Discount Policy Integrated with a
Project Scheduling Problem
Aria Shahsavar1, Babak Abbasi2, Nima Zoraghi1
1Islamic Azad University, Iran2RMIT University, Australia

In this study, the integration of the total quantity discount policy inmaterials procurement of a project scheduling problem is considered.
The problem is mathematically formulated and a hybrid meta-heuristic
method is developed for the problem. The proposed algorithm is tested
on 810 benchmarks and is compared with optimal or near optimal
solutions.

Development of OmniPlusTM Methodology for Sustaining
Continuous Improvements
Amrik Singh Bhullar, Chin Wei Gan, Roland Lim, Ming Hon Toh, Bin Ma
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

Productivity has been identified as a key strategy by the Singapore
government to drive economic growth for the next 10 years. However,most of the efforts have been focused on developing and adopting tools
and techniques as point solutions to improve productivity. A new
methodology is needed that automates making improvements
everyday as part of the job routine of every employee and has an
explicit emphasis on leadership commitment. In this paper, we improveon our current OmniMethodologyTM by introducing a new
OmniPlusTM methodology to include focus on improving the people
while maintaining the need to improve the process. The paper explains
the stages and sections of the new methodology. Results of initial
testing show how some companies have used it effectively to change
the behavior of their employees towards sustaining continuous
improvements.

An Iterative Three-Stage Algorithm for the Pre-Marshalling
Problem in Container Terminals
Zijie Ren, Canrong Zhang
Tsinghua University, China

The pre-marshalling problem converts an initial layout of a bay into a
desired final layout in which no higher-priority containers with smaller
container type are buried under those with larger container type. Afterdefining different clusters and groups of containers, an iterative
three-stage algorithm is proposed to this problem: in the first stage, a
local optimization is applied; in the second stage, one stack is selected
and then emptied out; and in the third stage, the emptied stack selectedin the second stage is refilled. Public data is applied to compare ouralgorithm with the existing ones in literature, and the experimentresults show that our algorithm outperforms others in terms of thenumber of re-handling movements.

Loading Sequencing with Consideration of Container
Rehandling
Yanwei Shen, Canrong Zhang
Tsinghua University, China

During the loading operations in container terminals, the handling timeof yard cranes for retrieving a container depends on the stacking
relationship between containers, which changes once rehandling occurs.
Since rehandling is hard to be prevented in practice, the handling time(especially the setup time) of yard cranes for each container isdynamically changing. This research takes this dynamic property into
consideration whereas previous work generally considered thehandling time is deterministic. A mathematical model is constructed forthis problem. An algorithm based on Greedy Randomized Adaptive
Search Procedure (GRASP) is developed. The numerical experiments
show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. In
addition, the cases with and without consideration of rehandling havebeen compared through numerical experiments.

An Iterated Local Search Algorithm for the Multi-Vehicle
Covering Tour Problem
Yosuke Takada1, Yannan Hu1, Hideki Hashimoto2, Mutsunori Yagiura1
1Nagoya University, Japan
2Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan

Given two sets of vertices V and W, where each vertex in V covers asubset of W, the multi-vehicle covering tour problem asks to determine
a number of vehicle routes on a subset of V so as to minimize the total
distance under the constraint that every vertex in W must be covered byvertices in the routes. We propose an iterated local search algorithm thatfeatures two procedures to improve solutions: one consists of threeoperations to remove or insert vertices from or into a route; the other ispath reconstruction that replaces a partial path with an optimal one, forwhich we propose a dynamic programming algorithm. We also propose
efficient methods to reduce the computation time to search for
improved solutions in neighborhoods. The computational results onbenchmark instances show that our algorithm performs better thanexisting methods and is efficient for large-scale instances.

Improving Fairness in Staff Assignment: An Approach for
Lexicographic Goal Programming
Tom Rihm1, Philipp Baumann2
1University of Bern, Switzerland
2University of California, Berkeley, United States

In many staff-assignment problems, a large variety of requirements has
to be considered when assigning employees to work shifts. As theimportance of the requirements is often described in a hierarchicalmanner, lexicographic goal programming has been used to minimize
the number of requirement violations. The resulting schedules are in
general of high quality with respect to requirement violations but maylack acceptance by employees because of an unfair distribution of theviolations. We introduce a novel approach for lexicographic goal
programming that allows to improve an existing schedule in terms offairness without deteriorating its quality with regard to requirement
violations. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated
for a test set derived from real-world data.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSystems Modeling and Simulation 2
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR330
Suthep Butdee, Manuel de la Sen

An Optimization Approach for Congestion Management for
Traffic Signal Control Systems via First-Order Hybrid PetriNets
Ryotaro Yamazaki, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, Japan

In this paper, we study an optimization approach for congestion
management of traffic signal control systems via first-order hybrid Petrinets. The traffic signal control problem is represented by the optimal
firing sequence problem for the first-order hybrid Petri net (FOHPN).
In order to solve large scale problems, the Petri net decomposition
approach for FOHPN is developed. The computational results showthat the computation time can be reduced by the proposed approachand the outcome of the FOHPN decomposition approach for congestion
management.

A Modeling and Simulation Approach for Support Network
Considering Multi-Service Flows
Xiang Li1, Lin Ma1, Lan Peng1, Jingfu Wang2
1Beihang University, China
2China Academy of Aerospace Standardization and Product Assurance, China

Under the integrated joint operations background, the support system
is required to exchange logistics and information flow with theenvironment more accurately, rapidly and frequently. The equipment
support system has gradually evolved to the network structure due tothe versatile mission requirements. This paper focuses on developing asimulation model for the support network covering influences ofmulti-service flows on network node states. Based on the characteristics
of equipment supply support and maintenance support, a networkmodel including support nodes and demand nodes is established. A
new modeling and simulation method of support system is designed.
Discrete event simulation method and process interaction simulation
strategy are used to study the performance variation of equipment
support network, and the results show that it is efficient. This modelingand simulation approach has certain value for the further study on
Network-centric equipment support system.

Dedicated Refurbishing Line Optimization by Simulation
Kevin Calvi1, Sung Hoon Chung1, Manthos Economou2, Rohan Kulkarni2,
Ross Havens1
1Binghamton University, United States
2Google Inc., United States

Simulation has gained importance in the consumer electronics After
Market Service (AMS) industry, due to factors such as uncertainty inproduct returns, stochastic processing times, and unknown or
hard-to-predict product demand. Remanufacturing and refurbishingsystems may not be analyzed using closed-form expressions due to thecomplexity caused by above-mentioned factors. In this pa-per, adetailed simulation optimization study is proposed to better allocate
resources within the testing and refurbishing processes. Time studies
have been conducted to identify the probability distributions that will
be used in the simulation. Also a detailed simulation model using
SIMIO® is presented to reflect the complete refurbishing process. We
present a framework that can be used in decision-making sequences,
allowing us to identify current bottlenecks and evaluate alternate
scenarios to improve the system performance.

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Impact of Input Data Parameter Uncertainty on
Simulation-Based Decision Making
L. Sathishkumar, Jayendran Venkateswaran
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Simulation-based optimisation is popularly employed to determine thebest system configuration of complex simulation models. However, it isassumed that the input distribution and parameters are known. In thispaper, the input distribution parameter is assumed to be unknown andthe impact of the same on the optimal system configurations obtained isinvestigated. Bootstrapping of the sample data is performed to generate
multiple parameter estimates, each of which is used to obtain an
optimal solution using regression based simulation-optimisation. It is
proposed that the convex combination of the multiple optimal solutions
got using different regression models gives a better estimate of the`true' optimum. The above approach is illustrated using the classical(s,S) inventory policy.

Bayesian Network and System Thinking Modelling toManage Water-Related Health Risks from Extreme Events
Edoardo Bertone1, Oz Sahin 1, Russell Richards2, Anne Roiko1
1Griffith University, Australia
2University of Queensland, Australia

A combination of Bayesian Network (BN), System Dynamics (SD) andparticipatory modelling to develop a risk assessment tool for managing
water-related health risks associated with extreme events has beendeveloped. The risk assessment tool is applied to the Prospect water
filtration plant system, main source of potable water for the Sydney
metropolitan region. Conceptual models were developed by the
stakeholders around the key indicator parameters of turbidity, water
colour and cryptosporidium. These three conceptual models were andused for developing separate BN and SD models. Here we present thedevelopment of a BN designed to understand the risk of extreme eventson the ability to provide drinking water of a desired quality. The model
has undergone development and preliminary parameterization via twoparticipatory workshops. However, its development is an ongoingprocess with the next stage involving supplementing the ‘expert
opinion’ used to parameterize the model so far with ‘hard’ data.

Cold Forging Deformation Analysis for Stainless Steel Using
DEFORM
Suthep Butdee, K. Uten
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand

Head cold forging is a widely common production used to achieve
economical processes and less energy consumption especially using toform a hard material like stainless. Lots of previous studies have shownon the various results of using DEFORM 3D. This paper purposes theforging deformation analysis for stainless steel SUS 302 based on anindustrial conditions of manufacturing process. The study result has
founded that the five punches and five dies with 64 stokes are optimalfor the specimen, a fastener production. The details are illustrated anddiscussed.

Session
Date
Time
Room
Chairs

Project Management 2
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR330
Ralph Riedel, Zhe Zhang

Management of “Soft” Success Factors in Projects
Mandy Thurm, Ralph Riedel, Egon Mueller
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Success of projects depends on a multitude of factors. Whereas, thediscipline of project management covers mainly “hard” (quantitative)
factors. It is common knowledge that there is also a big portion of
intangible “soft” factors which can hardly be captured, modelled andcontrolled. That represents a gap in project management research aswell as in practice. Therefore, a novel conceptual approach formodelling and controlling such factors is presented in this paper. Its
general idea is based on the combination and advancement of existing
methods from decision theory and systems dynamics. The result of theresearch is a methodology for the control of intangible project successfactors validated in a plant engineering case study. The approachcontributes to the toolbox of project management and goes beyond its
existing limitations, hereby, reflecting the real world to a bigger extend.

A Hybrid DEA-ANP Method for Measuring Complexity in
Engineering Projects
Meng-Xuan Cui, Chao Fang
Wuhan University, China

With the increasing influence of complexity in engineering projects,
managers now realize that it is essential to measure complexity
quantitatively. Based on a literature review regarding the existing
complexity measurements, the criteria, subcriteria and theirinterdependencies are identified. Then, we propose a new approach
involved of the analytical network process and data envelopment
analysis. The hybrid DEA-ANP method permits to assess the relativecomplexity scores of engineering projects. A numerical example ofapplying the proposed approach is illustrated.

Acceptance and Usage of ERP Systems: The Role ofInstitutional Factors in ERP Post-Implementation
Rajesri Govindaraju1, Revi T. Salajar2, Dissa Riandaso Chandra 1, Iman
Sudirman1
1Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
2Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia

One important challenge in ERP implementation is the acceptance andusage of ERP systems by their users. This study aims to identify
important antecendents of ERP acceptance and usage among individual
users, considering specifically the complex nature of ERP systems. A
research model was developed, incorporating two antecedents from
DeLone and McLean IS success model, two technological related
antecedents and three antecedents related to institutional s upport in
the post-implementation stage. A total of 173 sample was collected
through a survey among ERP users working in three large firms inIndonesia. The model was validated and 14 hyphoteses were
empirically tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique.
The results support the proposed model to a large extent, highlighing
the importance ERP symbolic adoption for ERP use, managerial
commitment and technical support as the antecedents related to
institutional support, and perceived fit and perceived dependability as
the antecedents related to technology characteristics.

A Bid & Auction Mechanism for Resource Management in
Project Portfolios
Minghui Chen, Zhe Zhang
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

This paper develops a bid & auction mechanism to help decision
making in project portfolio management, either to allocate global
resources, or to decide whether a new project should be accepted or not.
This mechanism is developed based on a multi-agent system model
which is inherently a bi-level structure. In the upper level, an auction
agent is employed to represent the benefit of the portfolio throughallocating global resources. In the lower level, project agents are
employed to represent the benefit of corresponding projects (orprograms) through managing specific schedules. Moreover, cash is
employed as the bid target here to ensure the truthfulness of
information.

Causal Analysis of System Failures from IT Project Trouble
Reports
Atsushi Shimoda
Chiba Institute of Technology, JapanOne of the leading causes of IT system failures is the failure of IT systemdevelopment or operational projects. These developmental or
operational failures may result from software faults or erroneous IT
system setups or operation. To prevent such failures and theirrecurrence, it is essential to clarify the reasons for past failures. This
paper proposes a method to clarify the causes of IT systemdevelopment or operational project failures that lead to system failures.
The proposed method extracts the causal relationship between a project
failure item and a system failure using a statistical operation.
Furthermore, structural information on the causes of failure is
generated using interpretive structural modeling. Eleven failure items
were structurized in an experiment that analyzed 40 trouble reports
from IT projects. Consequently, a general pattern relating project
failures to system failures was extracted.

Assignment of Critical Path for a Building Site Based on
Multicriteria Approach
Camila Famá1, Luciana Alencar2, Adiel Almeida2
1Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba (IFPB), Brazil
2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

The project management involves control through performancemeasurement. For this, it is necessary to study the project from thepoint of view of multiple aspects. In the construction sector, there is alack of suitable methods to assess the activities that must be performed
for the fulfillment of a project. This article seeks to evaluate the critical
path of a building site using SMARTS, a multicriteria decision aid
method. Results show that the analysis of PERT/CPM network only
through their perspective of time does not give a comprehensive andglobal view of other important attributes to be controlled by a project
manager. It is necessary a focus on multiple aspects.

80Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsHealthcare Systems and Management 2
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR330
Na Geng, Amr Eltawil

MDP-Based Outpatient Scheduling for Multiple
Examinations
Yang Liu1, Na Geng1, Yanhong Zhu2
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
2Shanghai General Hospital, China

Timely examinations are important for the patients to be properly
diagnosed and treated. Different urgency levels of patients, different
requirements of examinations and patients’ behavior make the patientsscheduling difficult to solve. To deal with this problem, this paper starts
from two examinations, and proposes a Markov Decision Process (MDP)model for scheduling six types of outpatients by considering two
different waiting time targets and no-shows. The objective is tomaximize the expected revenue of accepting outpatients and minimize
the expected overtime penalty. Numerical experiments are conducted toshow the optimal policy for each type of patients. Based on theobservation, a heuristic rule is proposed for scheduling patients.
Numerical experiments show that the performance of the proposed
heuristic rule is quite close to the optimal control policy and muchbetter than first-come-first-serve rule, especially when the workload of
the system is heavy.

Efficiency and Productivity of Publicly-Traded
Bio-Pharmaceutical Companies in Taiwan
Yi-Hsing Lin, Chun-Fu Hong
National Quemoy University, Taiwan

The biopharmaceutical industry has been rapidly growing these lastfew decades due to the breakthroughs in molecular biology since the1970s. The Taiwan government initiated a program for developing thebiotech industry as early as the 1980s. However, Taiwan’sbiopharmaceutical companies have failed to deliver any new drugs to
the market in the last 30 years. Therefore, the managerial efficiency ofthese biopharmaceutical companies in Taiwan needs further
examination. Traditional managerial efficiency measurements are either
output-oriented or input-oriented, respectively. In this study we apply
the directional distance function to estimate the relative managerial
efficiency of eleven publicly-traded biopharmaceutical firms during theperiod 2012-2014. We also measure their productivity by means of the
Malmquist-Luenberger index. Our results show that, during 2013-2014,
the mean productivity of these companies declined, which can be
possibly explained by the significant reduction in mean gross sales dueto the occurrence of a serious food safety crisis in 2014. Taiwan’s
pharmaceutical firms have to pay more attention to their quality control
over ingredients that are being used in food and drug production.

Process Optimization for Operating Room Base on
Pro-Model
Qinglian Lin 1, Long Liu2, Duojin Wang3, Yan Li1
1Xiamen University, China
2Tongji University, China
3University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China

Chemotherapy outpatient planning and scheduling is a complex
problem. Many factors feed this complexity, such as the variability
inherited in all the stages of the oncology and infusion process anduncertainty in some of its parameters. This paper explains the problem
and identifies the different solution methods. Related literature is
combined and summarized with focusing on their contributions.
Moreover, current gaps in literature are identified and possible research
directions are proposed.

This paper deals with the optimization of operating room (OR) process.
This topic is especially of interest in view of the current attempts of
hospitals to improve the efficiency of OR. In this paper we introduce theconcept and methods of process, and do a research for OR process in
hospital A with the thought of process management. We use Pro-model
to build a model for the present and optimized process for OR tocompare the running results. The aim of this thesis is to bring forward
the optimization scheme through in-depth investigation and study for
OR process, to seek the humanization, standardization, efficiency, andinstitutionalization for OR management, and to broaden the applicationof process management through specific study in a concrete process,and to make a beneficial exploration to patient-oriented within medicalcare.

A Weighted Multi-Objective Therapist Assignment Problem
in Hong Kong

Workforce Modelling, Analysis and Planning: A Feasibility
Study in a Local Nursing Home

Solution Methods for the Planning and Scheduling Problemsof Outpatient Chemotherapy Units
Mahmoud Heshmat, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt

Meiyan Lin, Kwai-Sang Chin, Kwok Leung Tsui
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

Recently, Home Health Care (HHC) services systems have attracted
increasing attentions from researchers because of its growing demands
from elderly, disable and chronical people. Rehabilitative service is oneof the most important types of HHC services and provided by skilled
therapists who work at different healthcare facilities. This article
presents a multi-objective optimization mathematical model for
constructing weekly assignment for therapists who provide rehab careservice and aims to satisfy the demand for service at minimum cost(delay cost, reassignment cost, overtime cost) subject to a variety of
constraints related to continuity of care, priority rules, overtime rules,
and workload utilization requirements. By minimizing cost andsatisfying requirements of patients and therapists, high service quality
can be achieved. The assignment problem is solved with CPLEX in
terms of the real instance. By adjusting the weights associated withdifferent objectives, the operators will make decisions easily andpropose proper strategies.

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P. P. L. Leung, C. H. Wu, G. T. S. Ho, W. H. Ip, W. L. Mou
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

Hong Kong is becoming an ageing society. The growth in the demandof residential care places, together with the increasing complexities of
illnesses and varieties of procedures, result in heavy workloads andpressures of local nursing staff. In particular, nursing homes areexperiencing high nursing staff turnover and continual manpower
short-age. Despite the increasing demand from academic, commercial
and political aspects for better healthcare resources allocation, studies
conducted on nursing homes' workforce planning are limited. Also,
existing studies seldom formulate the nursing workforce planningproblem or propose feasible models for practical usage. In this paper, an
optimization-based nursing workforce planning model is proposed forenhancing the service capacity of local nursing homes. In order to show
the feasibility, a simplified model has been solved by Excel Solver while
the proposed model will be solved by other algorithms in thenear-future.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsInformation Processing and Engineering 2
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR332
Christian Huemer, Naraphorn Paoprasert

A Standards Framework for Value Networks in the Context
of Industry 4.0
Alexandra Mazak, Christian Huemer
Vienna University of Technology, Austria

The German initiative Industry 4.0 will involve amongst other issues
networking and integration of several different parties (e.g.,
manufacturing companies, suppliers, customers, sub-contractors)
through value networks. This initiative underpins that thiscollaborative partnership will only be feasible if standardization andopen standards are available. For this purpose a reference architectureis needed to provide a technical description of these standards. In thiscontext interoperability plays a major role for the seamless exchange ofdata and information among partners in these value networks.
Interoperability involves the interaction of different systems and theirusers. Information modeling is a key concept for providing
interoperability. In this paper, we present a standards framework thathighlights how existing standards intertwine to establish value
networks in an Industry 4.0 context.

Optimization of the Rubber Coagulation Process for
Wastewater Treatment in Latex Separator Disc Cleaning
SystemNaraphorn Paoprasert 1, Sasitorn Srisawadi2, Jomkwun Munnae2, VajawinChampeeratana1, Nuttanit Techapreechawong1
1Kasetsart University, Thailand
2National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

The objective of this study is to find the optimal combination of factors
used in the process of wastewater treatment to collect the suspended
rubber content from the disc cleaning process. The factors include theamount of GRASS2 and the waiting time required for the rubber tocoagulate. The study was conducted using two sets of experiments. One
is to find the deterministic optimal amount of GRASS2 and waiting time,
and the other one is to find whether it is practical to use the fiber optic
sensor as a tool to indicate the sufficient amount of GRASS2 required.
The results from the experiments show that using the fiber optic sensor
requires a greater amount of GRASS2 than the deterministic method
since the objective function of the sensor model was to maximize lightintensity in the wastewater, while the objective function of thedeterministic model was to maximize the percentage of the achieved
rubber contents.

Modeling Tunnel Profile using Gaussian Process
Linmiao Zhang1, Yong Lei2, Nan Chen1
1National University of Singapore, Singapore
2Zhejiang University, China

Tunnel profile is an important quality measure for deformation
monitoring throughout lifetime of a tunnel.Recently, statistical models
such as cylindrical regression have been introduced to model the tunnel
profile with the help of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) surveyed point
cloud data. However, these models cannot capture the local variabilityof tunnel surface, which is important for deformation monitoring. This
paper presents a Gaussian process (GP) based approach to model thetunnel profile. We introduce a reading-surface profile which uniquelydetermines a three-dimensional tunnel model in Cartesian coordinate
system. Based on the reading-surface, we can fit the GP model andobtain continuous prediction of the tunnel surface. We present a casestudy to demonstrate that our model is flexible to capture the local
variability of the tunnel surface, and therefore has great potential for
deformation monitoring.

Multi-Resolution Modeling on Complex System Integrated
Logistic Support
Fang Li, Peng Di, Yifan Xu, Jianwei Lv
Naval University of Engineering, China

The development of complex system, such as complex ship or warship,
usually contains concurrent, iterative and coupling processes. Based on
multi-resolution modeling, this paper presents a new approach on
thinking and implement for analysis and organization in Integrated
Logistic Support (ILS). At high system level, a macro low resolution
model is presented by System Dynamics, indicating whole relationshipbetween life cycle stages and advantages of early consideration on ILS.
Secondly, the model is built by structure matrix and with variable
resolution according to system disaggregation and ILS task needs. The
model with variable resolution includes techniques of Design Structure
Matrix (DSM) to analyze complex interactions between systemcompositions and task procedures. Finally taking ILS analysis for
instance, an integrated technique is designed for aggregation.

Practical Design of 13.56MHz Near Field Communication(NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Antennausing Ferrite Sheet on Metallic Surface by Network Analyzer
Siow Shyong Lau
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication(NFC) technology is popular for item tracking and secured
communication system. Both technologies make use of 13.56MHz radio
wave and loop antenna. Most of the application needs to be
implemented in small mobile devices which make the loop antenna
deign a relatively challenging job. Furthermore, if the Tag Antenna or
the Writer/Reader loop antenna needs to be placed on metallic surface
in a small casing. The magnetic field will be attenuated and the loop
antenna efficiency will drop. Hence, data transmission distance will be
reduced drastically. A way to counter the metallic surface effect on theloop antenna is by using ferrite sheet with high permeability µ in
between the loop antenna and the metal surface. A practical example ofdesigning a 13.56MHz loop antenna with ferrite sheet on metal plate by
Network Analyzer will be discussed here.

An Action Design Research on Development and
Deployment of a Computer- Based Group Discussion
Support Tool for Achieving Consensus and Culture Change
at an Educational Institution
Jaclyn Lee1, Jos van Hillegersberg2, Kuldeep Kumar2
1Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
2University of Twente, Netherlands

Organisational culture change is a long and complex process thattypically takes years to complete and has a very low success rate. This
project addresses the problem by the proposed use of an Action Design
Research Methodology to build and deploy an IT artifact named
Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument-Spilter (OCAI-Spilter)to speed up cultural change while reducing failure rate. OCAI-Spilter
should be able to fast-track culture change by addressing the problemof scalability and process losses encountered in most change projects
involving large numbers of people. We used an iterative prototyping
process to continuously refine the tool in use. We also reviewed thedesign principles in Action Research Design to improve the usability ofthe tool. New design principles and learning were derived from thisprocess. Finally, we showed the effectiveness of the artifact bymeasuring the results of the tool in use through culture surveys andalignment, as well as idea generation that was administered throughthe tool.

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Quality Control and Management 3
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR332
Ville Isoherranen, Jianjun Wu

Operational Excellence Driven by Process Maturity Reviews:
A Case Study of the ABB Corporation
Ville Isoherranen, Minna Katariina Karkkainen, Pekka Kess
University of Oulu, Finland

World-class operations need to be efficient and cost effective. Maturity
models are examined in this research as a tool for operational
development in manufacturing companies. Several leading frameworks
are analysed. These models provide baseline to develop companies
operations and ultimately the creation of competitive advantage overcompetitors. The use of maturity models allows organizations to assessorganizational methods and processes according to management bestpractices and against a clear set of external benchmarks. An industry
example is presented from the ABB Corporation to showcase the usageof process maturity reviews in an industry context. To succeed in global
competition, the ABB Corporation has strongly emphasized a culture ofcontinuous improvement. Case company uses maturity models as astart of the continuous improvement loop, with aim to achieve
world-class operations.

Kriging Surrogate Model for Compliant Mechanism Six
Sigma Robust Optimization Design
Jianjun Wu, Liang Qi Wan, P. F. Nie
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

Owning to the shortages of the compliant mechanisms based on
traditional optimization design, such as little consideration of theinfluence induced by design variables and external load, could lead tothe low solution efficiency of iterative optimization. Thus a new
approach for the robust optimal design based on the concept of DFSS
(Design for Six Sigma) was proposed in present study, which combined
experimental design with Kriging surrogate model as well. And theflexibility and the stability of compliant mechanisms based on thecompliant plate was optimization designed in detail. Against to the
traditional optimization design, the proposed method can not only
improve the robustness and reliability of flexible cantilever but enhance
optimization efficiency. Summary, the proposed method plays anessential role in strengthen the robustness and reliability of
optimization design. Furthermore, it provide a approach to study the
expansion the application of compliant mechanisms in enhancing theinterference resistance in cutting edge such as, micro electro-mechanicalsystem, bioengineering and so on.

A Study of Multivariate Process Capability Indices in
Manufacturing Processes
Subhas Chandra Mondal
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, India

Process capability indices are considered as one of the effective tools tomeasure performance in manufacturing processes. Univariate processcapability indices (UVPCI) such as Cp, Cpk and Cpm consider single
quality variable at a time and multivariate process capability indices(MVPCI) such as MCpm, multivariate process capability vector
consider multiple quality variables. UVPCIs are extensively studied bya large number of researchers and practioners. However, till now noappropriate MVPCI is developed based on some unique well defined
methodology for assessing capability with appropriate utility andapplication in manufacturing processes. This study therefore focusedon the application of the different multivariate process capability
indices developed so far in three case studies, forging, centrifugal
casting, and hardening and tempering processes. The results arecompared with percentage conforming products as well as amongst theindices themselves. The results show that hardening and tempering is
the most and forging is the least capable process.

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Confidence Based Quality Evaluation for Total
Manufacturing Process Using Comprehensive Process
Capability
Kongjun Gao1, Yihai He2, Linbo Wang2
191872 PLA Troops, China
2Beihang University, China

In view of the uncertainty in the quality evaluation for manufacturing
process and multivariate process capability, a comprehensive
evaluation approach is proposed by extending classic process capability
index with considering variations of key quality characteristics among
the whole manufacturing process, which includes the procurement,machining, assembling and delivery inspection processes. Meanwhile,
to avoid the influence of uncertainties, the test, feedback and correction
processes for the evaluation approach are added based on the Structure
Equation Model (SEM). Then, after the evaluation result is calculated
according to the evaluation approach, a method to monitor thedeviations of the evaluation results is introduced based on theconfidence interval. At last, the quality level of total manufacturing
process is evaluated by combing the evaluation results and theirconfidence interval. Finally, a case study is carried out to verify the
proposed method.

COQ Math Model Case Study for Self-Brand Automobile
Industry
Zhou Fuli, Wang Xu, Chen Shan, Ni Lin
Chongqing University, China

With continues quality improvement program (QIP) implemented inself-brand automotive firms, the quality-related cost need to be
identified correspondingly. Quality cost math model provides thepossibility for research on trade-off between quality level and quality
cost. The R/1000@3MIS index is selected as quality performance
representative via Pearson coefficient within warranty period, related
cost has been interviewed as well. Practical information, a self-brandautomotive firm, has been investigated to test the typical four COQ
models with regression analysis via curve fitting process. The results
verify that all the four COQ models show their excellent performance,
which show the optimal quality level and correct implementation on
CQIP.

Statistical Monitoring of Longitudinal Categorical Survey
Data
Chen Zhang, Nan Chen
National University of Singapore, Singapore

The longitudinal survey is conducted to collect responses from thetarget population repeatedly over long periods of time, aiming toanalyze and monitor the response development as time goes on.
However so far systematic detection methodology for survey responsechanges is still in its infancy. In this regard, this paper sheds light on thisfield by applying statistical process control (SPC) methodology into
monitoring of longitudinal survey responses. Specifically, since
generally the longitudinal survey responses are categorical variables
which have temporal dependence on their previous values, i.e.,
autocorrelation, this research firstly proposes a hierarchical model todescribe these categorical time series. The model can provide flexible
autocorrelation structures for the categorical time series and therefore
can be widely applied. Based on this model, this research secondly
designs a SPC scheme using likelihood ratio test to monitor the survey
responses. Estimation of the in-control (IC) response distribution is also
discussed. Numerical studies demonstrate the satisfactory monitoring
performance of the proposed scheme. Finally as an empirical evaluation,
the scheme is applied to a real survey dataset to detect changes ofconsumer attitudes towards the economic conditions during aeconomic crisis.

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Quality Control & Management 4
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR332
Dinh Son Nguyen, Liang Gao

Application of Bayesian Networks for Product Quality
Management in a Multistage Manufacturing Process
Dinh Son Nguyen
The University of Danang, Viet Nam

Nowadays, requirements of clients and customers for the quality of
product are more and more tightened and complicated. The quality
assurance of manufactured product is a key to success in the context ofglobal and competitive economy. Many different parts of final productare made from raw material by multistage manufacturing processes indifferent places. The risk is that the final manufactured product does
not fully meet the requirements. Thus, the paper proposes a method
based on Bayesian networks that allows to model impact factors in a
multistage machining process on product quality. The root cause
analysis can be implemented by using the Bayesian network model. As
a result, product quality predicted earlier at design stage can help
product designer adjust the product designed and manufacturing
processes in order to obtain a robust design with promised quality.

Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading Combined with
Kriging Metamodel for Multidisciplinary Robust Design
Optimization
Fengxiang Wang, Mi Xiao, Liang Gao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Comprehensive Wafer Level Package Die Processing Service
Quality Control Enhancement
John Qiao, Morn Jin, Wenwen He, Wei-Ting Kary Chien, Shirley Zhao
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

Wafer Level Package (WLP) is one type of advanced package with arapid growth and wide applications in many consumer electronic
markets. However, it is different from conventional assembly that after
wafer probing, there is no final electrical test to identify the defects
produced by WLP Die Processing Service (DPS). This paper focused on
three key processes of DPS which are backside grinding, wafer dicing,
and tape and reel (TnR) to study the methods of minimizing process
and quality risk, and provided a comprehensive solution based oncapable processes and intelligent in-process inspections. WLP DPS canachieve the goal of delivering defect-free products to customer byimplementing the methods introduced in this paper.

Key Performance Indicators for Operational Quality in the
Oil and Gas Industry A Case Study Approach
Ngozi Onyemeh, Chan Wai Lee, Muhammad Iqbal
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

The aim of this study is to identify the key performance indicators (KPIs)
used to monitor and measure operational quality performance in the oiland gas industry. To investigate this, a face-to-face interview wasadministered to nine subject matter experts in oil and gas industry fromdifferent oil and gas companies in Malaysia, together with a study of
two case companies -a service provider and an operator. The results
indicate that key performance indicators for oilfield service companies(the service provider)are mostly operational in nature whereas that of
the operator is strategic. This result can serve as a guide for businesses
trying to adopt KPI in the oil and gas industry.

Robust design under a multidisciplinary environment is a challenging
problem in modern quality engineering because of the organizationaland computational burden. In this paper, a probabilistic analyticaltarget cascading (PATC) methodology combined with Kriging
metamodel (PATC-KRG) is proposed for robust design of engineeringsystems considering both objective robustness and feasibility
robustness. PATC is an effective methodology for hierarchicalmultilevel optimization under uncertainty. However, whenmathematical models are complex and highly nonlinear, especiallywhen simulations are used, multidisciplinary robust design
optimization (MRDO) will be highly computationally expensive. To
obtain better computational efficiency, in the PATC-KRG method,
Kriging metamodels are used to replace the complicated models, andan exponential penalty function (EPF) formulation is employed fortarget-response coordination in PATC. A geometric programming
problem is used to demonstrate the feasibility and computational
efficiency of the PATC-KRG method. Results indicate that the
PATC-KRG method can achieve a higher efficiency in support of
MRDO.

An Improved Switching Rule in Variable Sampling Interval
Hotelling
Yiing Chee Tan, Ming Ha Lee, Winnie Wei Wan Lam
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia

In recent years, variable sampling interval (VSI) control charts havebeen shown to be more efficient than the corresponding fixed samplinginterval (FSI) control charts. However, the excessive number of switches
between the different sampling intervals is undesirable in theapplication of the VSI control charts. This paper examines an improved
switching rule based on the past and current sampling points for the
VSI Hotelling’s T2 control chart. The performance of the VSI Hotelling’s
T2 control chart without improved switching rule is compared with the
VSI Hotelling’s T2 control chart with the improved switching rule.

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Production Planning and Control 2
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR334
Laith Hadidi

Multi-Objective Optimization for Inspection Planning Using
NSGA-II
Elnaz Asadollahi-Yazdi1, Alaa Hassan 1, Ali Siadat1, Jean-Yves Dantan 1, Ali
Azadeh2, Abbas Keramati2
1Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, France
2University of Tehran, IranThis paper deals with proposing an inspection plan framework forserial manufacturing system with multiple objectives. The proposed
framework supports decision making during Monitoring Inspection(MI) and Conformity Inspection (CI) design. It provides amulti-objective mathematical model to find the optimal inspection planby considering the location, the type of inspection (MI and CI) and thefrequency of the inspection as decision variables. The objectivefunctions in this model are formulated to minimize both manufacturing
cost and time. In order to solve the model, a non-dominated sorting
genetic algorithm version II (NSGA-II) is used. To validate the proposedmodel and the solution approach, a numerical experiment is carried out
on a real industrial case.

Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) ThroughIntegration of Maintenance Failure Mode and Effect Analysis(Maintenance-FMEA) in a Semiconductor Manufacturer: A
Case Study
Kuan Eng Chong1, Kam-Choi Ng2, Gerald Guan Gan Goh 3
1Technical University Malaysia, Malaysia
2Infineon Technologies, Malaysia
3Multimedia University, Malaysia

In order to continue survive in today’s competitive businessenvironment, the key to success for many manufacturing companies is
productivity. In response to the external pressure of global competition,
many firms were compelled to implement and focus on productivity
improvement. Numerous quality management approaches and tools
such as Toyota Production System (TPS), Total Productive Maintenance(TPM), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Lean
Manufacturing had been developed in order to achieve operational
excellent. TPM is a world-class manufacturing strategy which helps
manufacturers to reduce production waste. Overall Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE) provides a quantitative metric to measureeffectiveness of TPM implementation. This paper presents theimplementation of maintenance-FMEA to improve OEE in asemiconductor manufacturing firm. The FMEA was conducted by using
five steps approach on a bottleneck process. Results from the FMEA
provide a list of prioritized corrective actions which the plant manager
can implement to improve equipment OEE.

Gap Analysis of Required and Available Capacity
Ryanto Hartono, Laurence Laurence
University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia

One of the common problems in running production facility is capacity
versus demand. Well production planning will provide considerable
advantages for companies, for instance: the company will be able tominimize losses due to over investment cost on the machine whichamounts exceed the needs and inability of the company to meet market
demand. The planning production capacity of a manufacturing
company itself, there are several alternative, for example, the additionof shift work and the use of overtime. The starting point of the researchis based on the failure to meet demand of the underwear manufacture.
This research focus on the calculation of available capacity based onstandard time, required capacity using forecasting method, the error
and the impact of deviation in the future.

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A Mathematical Model to Determine the Optimal Size of a
Product Line from the Perspective of Manufacturing
Companies
Jungju Park1, Ji Hyoun Lim2, Jeonghoon Mo1
1Yonsei University, South Korea
2Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

The product line optimization plays a key role to increase the revenue
by satisfying consumers’ various needs. While the extant studies havemade the approaches from the perspective of consumers, in this paper,
we propose a product line design problem from the perspective of
manufacturers. The concept of neighborhood is introduced thatparameterizes consumers’ tolerance on specification differences. In
addition, the maintenance costs are considered in order to cope with themulti-periodic characteristics of the problem. We demonstrated theapplicability of the proposed model to a major mobile phone
manufacturing company in Korea. The case study shows that thechosen manufacturing company could have reduced the size of its
product line by 64.2%, and saved 68.0% of its product line development
costs.

Spiral-Evolutional Production Scheduling System
Shigeru Fujimura, Wei Weng
Waseda University, Japan

Although many production scheduling systems are developed, it isdifficult to introduce for medium-sized enterprises, because of high costof initial and maintenance investment. However functions provided byit, such as available-to-promise under the restrictions of the own
process, resource leveling and so on, are required by all of enterprises tomake their profits. To realize a scheduling system which can be
introduced more easily for the small and medium-sized enterprises, anovel spiral-evolutional scheduling system is proposed in this paper.
This system is getting started with gathering of production informationin factories, and through progress monitoring a scheduling function is
installed and evolved in a spiral evolutional systemizing process. In thispaper, the concept of the spiral-evolutional production schedulingsystem is described, and the implementation of this system and themerit of introduction of it are shown.

Automating Scheduling Tasks; Experience of a Real Case
J.C. de Man, Taravatsadat Nehzati, Emrah Arica, Kasper Kiil
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

The fit between the off-the-shelf scheduling systems and the real life
scheduling task has been pointed out as one of the important reasons
behind the implementation challenge of advanced scheduling solutionsin practice. Recent studies indicate the need for scheduling tools that
focus on the actual work routine, characteristics of the schedulingenvironment, and cognitive tasks of the schedulers. This paper
represents results of an action research conducted in a dairy facility in
Norway to evaluate functionality and effectiveness of a developed
solution for scheduling routines of a case company. A scheduling tool isdeveloped and uses a heuristic approach to address all routinescheduling needs at the case company. The research team went throughthe tool execution phase. Based on this experience it is concluded that
automating scheduling tasks reduces the needed resources and humanerror, so custom automation of those tasks can be sufficient.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsFacilities Planning & Management
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR334
Markus Hartono, Danping Lin

Evaluating Design Alternatives of Constructed Storm-Water
Treatment Wetlands
Oz Sahin, Edoardo Bertone, Matthew Baker
Griffith University, Australia

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in publicawareness in regard to the issues related to climate change. This
increase in awareness, has led to the formation of the South East
Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative, with the primaryobjective to adapt the region for the impacts of climate change. As partof this initiative, this paper aims to select the best design alternatives forconstructed wetland design for treatment of storm-water runoff inorder to effectively treat storm-water runoff and subsequently to
prepare the South East Queensland, Australia for the expected impactsof climate change. In this context, to identify and evaluate preferred
adaptation alternatives, the authors have undertaken a multi-criteria
analysis by using the AHP technique. The combined results of this
exploratory study, display that across the three stakeholder groups;
Public Health and Safety, Flooding and Drainage Control of highest
priority respectively.

Modeling of Periodic Location Routing Problem with Time
Window and Satisfaction Dependent Demands
Nasim Nasherahkami1, Mahdi Bashiri2, Jafar Bagherinezhad3
1Payam Noor University, Iran
2Shahed University, Iran
3Alzahra University, IranIn most of real cases such as distribution of perishable food with shortlife time or medicine products, delivery in shortest time or in specifictime window is important, so ignoring these requirements may affectcustomer’s satisfaction. In some cases, customers have different specifictime windows in different periods and are eager to receive theirdemands in mentioned time windows. Therefore the predefineddemand of customers in each period may be decreased due to theviolation of time windows in previous periods. Since classical LRPs areunable to handle these kinds of assumptions simultaneously, so a newmodel of periodic location problem is proposed which minimizes thelost demand costs over the multiperiods. To show the verification ofmodel and comparison with classic PLRP, a numerical example is used.
The results show the efficiency of the proposed model.

The Effect of Soft Power Investment on Shanghai Port
Competitiveness Using DEA
Danping Lin, Daofang Chang, Zhen Wang
Shanghai Maritime University, China

In order to improve the overall performance of Shanghai port, thispaper proposes a systematic evaluation model to assess thecompetitiveness of Shanghai Port with 25 input indicators and 6 output
indicators. The proposed evaluation model reduces the dimensions of
the indices by Factor Analysis, and uses the data envelopment analysis(DEA) approach to validate the data from 2008 to 2013. By
implementing the cross-evaluation mechanism after the analysis offactor deviation, this paper is capable to recognize the pros and cons ofeach decision-making unit (DMU), and provide practical implications
for enhancing the competitiveness of Shanghai Port.

Performance Improvement of Oil and Gas Industry via Lean
Concept: A Case Study from Valves Requisition
R.M. Chandima Ratnayake, M. Osman Chaudry
University of Stavanger, Norway

The oil and gas (O&G) industry utilizes engineering contractors (ECs)to perform analysis, evaluations and recommendations. The ambitionof ECs is to create value for the O&G operators by minimizing the waste.
Inherently, the ECs’ organization operates in project mode. Due to thefrequently changing nature of: operators’ requirements; suppliers’
and/or manufacturers capabilities and restrictions; and lack ofstandardization in documentation as well as work processes (i.e. due todifferent engineering projects’ demands) the anticipated performance isjeopardized. The aforementioned inhibits the progress of theengineering projects, resulting in delays in delivery and causing
significant losses to the operators as well as fines (and loss of goodwill)to the ECs. This manuscript illustrates a case study to demonstrate thepossibility of performance improvement in the valves requisition
process (VRP) in a contractor organization utilizing the lean concept.
The case study deploys the value stream mapping (VSM) approach toinvestigate the under performing activities in the VRP using a current
state map (CSM). Finally, it proposes a future state map (FSM) with thepossible improvements in projects’ performance.

Ground Crew Rostering for the Airport Check-In Counter
Danping Lin 1, Zhuo Xin2, Youfang Huang3
1Shanghai Maritime University, China
2School of Management, Xiamen University, China
3Engineering Research Centre of Container Supply Chain Technology, Shanghai
Maritime University, China

The construction of ground crew rosters for the airport check-in
counters that satisfies all rostering constraints is a complex problem.
The rostering problem involves the decision of check-in counters to beopened and shift allocation of crew member over a roster period. In thispaper the problem is described based on the summary of the demand
characteristics and a linear programming model is built over a specifictime window. The proposed model is verified by a case study where theresults illustrated the superiority of the performance in terms of lessopen counters and decreased shift working hours.

86Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsEngineering Education and Training
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR334
Chien-Sing Lee, James K. C. Chen

Creation of a Mentoring Program for Improving the
Education of Industrial Engineers
Maria da Gloria Diniz de Almeida 1, Andreia Maria Pedro Salgado1, Gessica
Naira Diniz Baronto2
1Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
2Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil

This document aims to present the creation of a mentoring program tobe applied in developing industrial engineers students, while interns at
the companies, into future junior industrial engineers. Its objective is tocontribute to a better professional performance as engineers. It is acase-study for the RIP region (including the cities of Resende, Itatiaia
and Porto Real), which is located in an industrial area in Rio de Janeiro
State, in Brazil, better preparing the new junior engineers for the labormarket. This study is still under development. The PDCA cycle wasused as a base method to create the program, since this was developedin 4 semesters at the university. As a draft result, which needs to be
confirmed, 87% of mentors and mentees approved the program as
efficient, based on initial targets.

Knowledge Loss at Institute of Higher Learnings inTechnologies in India
Kalyan Kumar Bhattacharjee, Ravi Shankar, M. P. Gupta
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Institute of Higher Learning in Technologies (IHLTs) in India suffersfrom sufficient number of quality technical institutes and competentacademic staff, which is difficult to remove. Knowledge retention is
becoming a main challenge in most of the technical institutes across theglobe, as knowledge has become a main asset of organizations.
Moreover, prevention of “knowledge loss” enables a technical institutein better knowledge transfer thereby providing quality education to its
students. The research questions in this study are how IHLTs canminimize the loss of important knowledge while experiencing highlevels of retiree? The result reveals that special care must be dedicatedthroughout the process to: retaining best practices and unexpected
situations; knowledge sharing, educating the Top management of atechnical institute about the importance of KM practice and thereby
reducing knowledge loss.

Educating Tomorrows Engineers: Reinforcing Engineering
Concepts Through Virtual Reality (VR) Teaching Aid
Opeyeolu Laseinde1, Samuel Adejuyigbe2, K. Mpofu1, Harold Campbell1
1Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
2Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

The research focuses on the practicality of applying Virtual Reality (VR)as tool for conveying engineering concepts to first year engineering
students. It does this by presenting a VR platform aimed at achieving asimplified methodology for depicting and analyzing facility layout andproduction process. Current reality shows that Higher Education
Institutions (HEI's) are towing the electronic teaching path and morepractical concepts are delivered to learners, using digital e-learning
simulation tools. Equally, HEI's are adopting dynamic models forvirtual interaction with students, globally, via e-classrooms and VR
platforms. The article presents the developed teaching tool andvalidation method for conveying factory layout optimization concepts
and production process model, through a partially-immersive VR
design platform, developed using 3D Studio Max and complementary
high-level applications. The developed teaching aid has an interactive
user interface through which the building framework, sections andprototype schema of the industrial process may be visually analyzed.

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Systems Thinking - Innate or Learned? Recent Study
Findings
Sigal Koral-Kordova, Moti Frank
HIT- Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel

To perform successfully interdisciplinary engineering tasks, engineers
need a systems view, in other words, a high capacity for engineeringsystems thinking (CEST). Systems thinking is a major high-order
thinking skill that enables individuals to successfully perform systems
engineering tasks. Industrial engineers who work in complex,
multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary reality need to view systems
in a holistic manner or in another words need to implement systems
thinking. In the current study we identified the factors that influence
the development of systems thinking among engineers and found ways
to encourage this development. Moreover, we presented specificpersonality types that tend to naturally use the Systems Thinking
approach. According to the study findings, Systems Thinking is most
likely a combination of innate talent and acquired experience.

A Framework for Human Collaborative Robots, Operations
in South African Automotive Industry
Pheladi Masinga, Harold Campbell, J.A. Trimble
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

In this paper we investigate the future of human collaborative robots
within the South African automotive industry. Human robot
collaborative work has the potential to advance quality, efficiency andsafety in manufacturing. The global automotive industry is constantly
restructuring to yield the best out of its production, hence the labour
force in South Africa has to adjust and prepare for the upcoming futureof collaborative robots interaction. This Research will aim to address theissues concerned with the implementation of this innovation. Is South
Africa capable of executing this innovation? We investigate thestandardization essential to restructuring the automotive plants toaccommodate these changes and develop skills and training to assist
the labour force to be able to interact with the robots and increase
productivity. Furthermore we investigate the key issues around thehuman collaborative robots interaction.

The Study on Competency Characteristic of JAVA Software
Engineer of the Internet EnterpriseAnshi Wang1, Xin Li2, Yiwen Chen2
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Through three Internet software company 40 people were Behavioral
Event Interview (BEI), the establishment of a discriminative
Competency Model Java software engineers that companies needinnovation and strong emphasis on interpersonal communication,
softwaredeveloper,
interpersonalcustomer
service-oriented
communication, customer service orientation and innovation will
become the core of Internet software companies, a senior softwaredevelopment engineer competency. This model will help enterprises tostandardize the employment needs of Internet software to reconstruct
the employment strategy, by building a model of talent to build
organizational capacity to the business of the employer, selection,
training and development and even provide a theoretical basis for
performance assessment, evaluation methods and tools.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsTechnology and Knowledge Management 2
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR335
James K. C. Chen, Michael Gepp

Studying the Continuance Intention and Success Factor of
E-Learning Systems
James K. C. Chen 1, Nila Armelia Windasari2, Sheng-Lung Lee1
1Asia University, Taiwan
2National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

E-learning is facing large amount adoption and speed up growth onlong distance learning. This study aims to examine continuanceintention and success factors of E-learning systems. The scope of
research is focused on educational purpose not including corporate
training program. The results shows that service innovation,
information quality, and system quality was the key factors ofE-learning systems. These factors can helps the learner achieve better
performance which enabling the users continuance intention using it.
The findings offer to enrich system providers and instructors
perspective as well as practical implication in developing successful
E-learning systems.

Study on Technological Innovation Efficiency Based on
Dea-Malmquist: Empirical Analysis of 15 Chinese Listed
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Firms
Zhongyuan Xu, Wei Chen
Harbin Engineering University, China

This paper makes empirical analysis on technological innovation
efficiency of 15 Chinese listed pharmaceutical manufacturing firms
between 2012 and 2014, by DEA-Malmquist. The results showtechnological changeable efficiency and resource changeable efficiencyof Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, and indicate themain factors influencing technological innovation of Chinese
pharmaceutical manufacturing firms. Then it can provide advices intheory and practice methods.

Patent Survival Analysis of China's Communication Industry
Suli Zheng, Xiaowei Hu, Shuang Hu
China Jiliang University, China

Based on China's patent data of communication industry from 1985 to2009, and using the term of patent right as the measurement of patentquality, this paper presents a survival function of patent maintenance in
China and stratified cox regression model. It makes a comparison study
in terms of four aspects: the quality of domestic and foreign patentapplicants, different technical fields, different types of Chinese
applicants and different time periods.. The result shows that there is alarge gap in patent quality between domestic and foreign patentapplicant. With regard to technical fields, there is important difference.
Among all the Chinese applicants, patents filed by firms command
higher quality; those by individual possess lower quality, but not lower
than those filed by research institutions. About time periods, it is no
doubt that patent quantity is much better in later than in previous years.

Strategy Framework for Technology Platforms within theContext of Diversified Companies
Günther Schuh1, Simon Ryschka2
1RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, Germany

The significance of technology platforms as interconnected networks oftechnological knowledge is continually growing in diversified
companies. The reason is that technology platforms support diversified
companies to handle the conflicting priorities of fulfilling the customer
demand forindividualized innovations,while
generatingcompany-wide technological synergies. Hence, the success ofdiversified companies can be affected to a significant extent by the
implementation of technology platforms and a consistent strategy
framework that enables the description of technology platform
strategies. In practice however, a low degree of systematization
regarding the description of technology platforms and their strategies isnoticeable. This is due to the fact that there is no established opinion
about a strategy framework, which supports the description oftechnology platform strategies. Therefore, in this paper we develop amodel that characterizes a strategy framework for technology platforms
in diversified companies, in order to describe sustainable strategies fortechnology platforms.

Research of Continue Using Behavior of Electronic
Knowledge Repositories Basing on a Comprehensive Model
Shujuan Zhang, Zhongqu Tian, Yajuan Jin
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Based
on
Expectation-Confirmation
Model
(ECM)
and
Commitment-Based Model, a comprehensive model was established to
study the electronic knowledge repositories (EKRs) continue using(continuance) behavior. The results suggests that: (1) Emotional
commitment, satisfaction, calculative commitment and perceived
usefulness are positively associated with EKRs continuance behavior; (2)The positive influence of expect confirmation, emotional commitment
and perceived usefulness on satisfaction are confirmed ;(3)Expect
commitment has a positive influence on perceived usefulness; (4) Moralcommitment does not exhibit a positive influence on satisfaction and
EKRs continuance behavior, the influence of calculative commitment on
satisfaction isn’t verified.

Engineer-to-Order Companies are Reserved on Adoption of
Current Engineering Trends – An Empirical Study
Michael Gepp1, Philipp Goelzer2, Boris Grobholz1
1Siemens AG, Germany
2University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

The ability to identify trends is vital for engineer-to-order companies inorder to remain competitive and to enable an early response to changes.
However engineering trends have either been described from a
primarily theoretical point of view or the focus lied on a detailed
description of single trends. This contribution identifies 12 generaltrends in engineering based on a literature review. It also provides
practical insight by means of an internet survey with industrial
practitioners. The survey focuses on the practical potential of theidentified trends and assesses which methods, processes, IT-systems
and business models are implemented by companies to react on thetrends. The results show that the majority of the trends have highpotential and significant impact on engineering processes. However,companies only sporadically implement corresponding measures toreact on these trends. Especially measures which require high change
and integration efforts have a low degree of implementation inindustrial practice.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsTechnology and Knowledge Management 3
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR335
Ataur Rahman, Panagiotis Ganotakis

The Prospects of Panel Style Nano-Battery Technology for
EV/HEV
Ataur Rahman, Mahbubur Rashid, A.K.M. Mohiuddin, Hannan MoktarInternational Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

CO2 reduction is a fundamental driver for lightweight in automotive.
Reducing weight of automobile helps improve energy consumption
and reduction of CO2 emission. It is estimated that if the weight ofautomobile can reduced by 100 kg, it saves approximately 8.5 g of CO2
per 100 km travelling.The introduction of EVs is one of the initiatives
for the reduction of CO2 emission. This paper presents the prospects ofpanel style nano-battery technology for EV/HEV builds with CuO filler
epoxy resin (ER) sandwiched by Carbon Fiber (CF) and Lithium (Li)plate. The proposed body panel of EV/HEV would reduce the carweight about 20%, contribute on electrical energy storing and releasing
capacity of 1.5 kWh (10% of car total power requirement), and CuO
filler ER provides the heat insulation for the car which would saveabout 10% power consumption of air conditioning system. Aluminum
laminated polypropylene film has considered with the propsed body
panel to prevent EMC effect to the passenger cabin. It is expected thatthe proposed panel style nano-battery of EV would save 6.00 kWhbattery energy equivalent to 2.81 litre of petrol and prevent 3.081 kg of
CO2 emission for every 100 km travelling.

The Role of Universities in Fostering Knowledge-Intensive
Start-Ups -According to German ExperiencesReza Asghari, Oktay Erol
Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany

Academic spin-offs belong to a special form of technology transfer
through research institutions and generate sustainable positive
economic effects. They ensure that developed ideas can be transformed
into marketable products much faster and create better market
opportunities. They become an essential role in the competitiveness ofdeveloped economies. The Federal Government of Germany has
established a broad supporting program for spin-offs from publicresearch institutions in recent years. In 1997, the EXIST program started
with the aim of activating entrepreneurial thought and action,
supporting spin-offs and improving the start-up climate at Germany's
universities and non-university research institutes. Thus, the quantity
and success of young technology-oriented and knowledge-based
businesses should be increased. This paper shows the economic
relevance of academic spin-offs and describes the public support
program of the Federal Republic of Germany enhancing
knowledge-based spin-offs.

Effect of Domestic and Foreign Technological Collaborations
on Different Level of Product Innovation Radicalness
Panagiotis Ganotakis, M. Kafouros
University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Based on a sample of 1,684 manufacturing companies from the
Taiwanese Technological Innovation Survey for the period from2004-2006, the paper examines the relationship between different typesof domestic and foreign based collaborative partners and different
levels of product innovation radicalness. A complex network of
relationships emerges where the level of innovation radicalness is
associated with the type and geographic location of partners. A firmthat aims to develop radical innovations should consider collaboratingwith domestic universities and competitors but also with customers inforeign countries.

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ERP Pre-Implementation Framework for Higher Education
Institution: A Case Study in Purdue University
Lin Qian, Edie Schmidt, Regena Scott
Purdue University, United States

The costs associated with higher education continue to increase placing
even great emphasis on the need to understand and control costs. In
response to these needs, many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are
adopting business management models, processes and technologies.
With the increased business activities at HEIs, Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) vendors recognized this new market opportunity andquickly moved in to recommend business solutions. Purdue University
began implementation of SAP, one of ERP softwares, in 2005.
OnePurdue is one of the first universities to adopt SAP as the solution
to enhance its growth, improve services and increase collaboration
between departments. This study will focus on the OnePurdue – SAP
software pre-implementation phase. The study will provide aframework for ERP system pre-implementationin a higher education
institution.

Necessity of the Consideration of Strategic Aspects in Variant
Decisions of Modular Product Architectures
Ann-Katrin Weiser1, Bernd Baasner2, Jivka Ovtcharova 1
1Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH, Germany

The trend of today's companies to reverse the threat of an increasing
complexity, resulting from globalization effects, customer requests forindividualization or shorter product life cycles, by a modular productarchitecture, can be observed more and more often. However, theconcept of an alternative type of product structuring is novelty formany businesses. The risk of a recurring upsurge in complexity, whenrefining the implemented modular product architecture is high. This isdue to an insufficiently planned and executed reutilization of theexisting and newly developed modules and module variants. The
solution is the early consideration of all relevant strategic aspects on
module or module variant decisions. Therefore, an approach to collectthese strategies and to visualize them in the strategy-contribution-map
has been developed and tested at Bosch Thermotechnology.
Additionally, the subsequent deployment of this method is presented
and discussed.

How Much is Too Much – Equilibrium Points for Good
Export and R&D Intensity: Data of World Top 2000
Companies
Mait Rungi, Andres Ida
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Dynamic capabilities, as vehicles to cope with environmental changes,
have become extremely popular due to constantly high environmental
turbulence. There exist wide variety of capabilities, two most popular
ones in globalized and fast changing world are R&D and export. From
exploration-exploitation perspective of company, both capabilities have
explorative tendencies, interdependent to each-other and fighting forthe same resources – can they successfully co-exist? Data from theworld top 2000 companies – including Shell, Samsung and Johnson &Johnson – provide evidence for successful ambidexterity of capabilities.
As an interesting outcome, both capabilities independently have own
equilibrium point for successful operation. Findings indicate that top
companies’ equilibrium point for export intensity is around 61% and for
R&D intensity around 30%.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsService Innovation and Management 2
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR335
Pei-Lee Teh, Shin-Guang Chen

Are Older Adults Really That Different? Some Insights from
Gerontechnology
Weng Marc Lim1, Pei-Lee Teh 1, Pervaiz Khalid Ahmed1, Alan H.S. Chan 2,
Soon-Nyean Cheong3, Wen-Jiun Yap3
1Monash University, Malaysia
2City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
3Multimedia University, Malaysia

Gerontechnology is a promising area of research. This study aims toextend knowledge in the area by providing an effective targetingstrategy for gerontechnologies. Using near field communication(NFC)–enabled technology in the form of NFC light system (NLS), thestudy exposes a sample of older adults to this form of gerontechnology
and examines their ease-of-use and usefulness evaluations of NLS andthe subsequent impacts of these evaluations on their intentions to use
NLS. Given a resulting scenario in which older adults considered NLS
easy to use and useful, the study investigates whether demographic,
psychographic, and behavioral characteristics produce any differencesin their intentions to use NLS. The results reveal that older adults do notdiffer in their intentions to use NLS when demographics andpsychographics are considered. Instead, older adults with positive
attitudes toward NLS are more likely to use NLS than those withnegative attitudes toward NLS. Thus, these findings suggest that an
undifferentiatedtargetingstrategy
shouldbeusedforgerontechnologies, especially NFC-enabled technology, such as NLS,
and that further research should concentrate on eliciting positive
attitudes among older adults to persuade desired behaviors, such as
greater intention to use and actual use of gerontechnologies.

Sustainable Innovation: A Consumer Perspective
Bjoern Frank1, Boris Herbas Torrico2, Shane J. Schvaneveldt 3
1Sophia University, Japan
2Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo, Bolivia
3Weber State University, United States

In order for innovation to become sustainable, consumers need toactually purchase innovative products and services, even when thesehappen to be expensive. For these cases, this study addresses a gap in
the literature by developing the concept of sustainable consumer
innovativeness and by seeking to understand its determinants acrosscountries. Based on data collected from more than 3,000 consumers
across five countries, this study finds that sustainable consumer
innovativeness tends to be influenced negatively by female sex andsavings orientation, whereas it appears to be influenced positively byincome satisfaction, financial expectations, curiosity, uncertainty
avoidance, and status importance. It does not seem to depend on age.
While most of these effects are generally valid, their magnitude tends todiffer by country. These results may enable managers of innovative
firms to identify lead users and thus to improve marketing strategy
during the launch phase of innovative products and services.

A Study on Flight Combination in Terms of Timed
Stochastic-Flow Network

The Quality Function Deployment (QFD) – Based Evaluationof Malang Waste Bank Management
Lalu Tri Wijaya Nata Kusuma, Annisaa Adi Ramadhan, Harizka Dwi Putri
Anggriyanti
University of Brawijaya, Indonesia

Malang is one of the big cities in Indonesia in which its number ofcitizens is growing every year and the amount of waste which is also
increasing. One of attempts to overcome this problem is theestablishment of Malang Waste Bank (B.S.M.). The Quality Function
Deployment with House of Quality approach is implemented for theevaluation in this study. Data are collected by distributing survey
questionnaires to customers and by interviewing the B.S.M. to obtain
information about the current state of the B.S.M.. Based on thequestionnaire’s result, the five points of Voice of Customer obtained.
The relationship assessment between VoC and technical response
conclude the most powerful influences toward customer’s satisfactions.
Thus, further researches regarding them are required to meet B.S.M.’scustomer's needs, to attract more people to become the customers, andto succeed the B.S.M. program.

Performance Based Contracting for the Manufacturing
Industry by Using Integrated Platform and Dynamic Pricing
Model
Lindawati Lindawati1, Aldy Gunawan2
1SAP Innovation Center Singapore, Singapore
2Singapore Management University, Singapore

Although Performance Based Contracting (PBC) concept is not totallynew, PBC adaptation in Industrial Machinery and Components (IMC)
manufacturing, which produces high-value and long life machineries, israther slow and done with extra caution. Three main concerns for
manufacturers to implement PBC are the investment cost, themaintenance cost and a possible revenue loss. To handle these concerns
and accelerate the PBC implementation, we propose an integrated
platform that consists of three components: dynamic pricing, sensor
data feeding and machinery monitoring. Further focusing on the firstcomponent, we model the dynamic pricing as an optimization problem
and propose Genetic Algorithm to solve the problem. We run
experiment on generated data and show that GA gives a good pricing
solution with average difference of 5.64% from the traditional fixedleasing price.

Comparison of IT Services Organizational Units on the basisof Human Capital Measures
Mangesh Gharote, Abhay Sodani, Girish Palshikar, Rajiv Srivastava
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India

In this paper, we compare organizational units using Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) on the basis of Human Capital (HC) measures. HC
based performance measurement has become an important aspect fororganizations to sustain long-term growth. With the inclusion of HC
measures, the variable selection for DEA model becomes challenging.
We propose an automated model discovery method for variableselection. The guideline for variable selection is based on theinformation obtained from the executives about the variables. This
information about the variables could be complete, partial orincomplete. We demonstrate our method under these various scenarios.
The methodology is applied to compare 40 units of an IT service firm.
Further, we discuss in detail the managerial insights for improvementof the inefficient units.

Shin-Guang Chen
Tungnan University, Taiwan

The highly competitive airline market speeds up the needs in airline
alliance or flight combination to cost down the operation as well as toenlarge the market share. However, the low reliability in some flightcombinations may discourage the customer to buy such products. This
paper proposes a method to evaluate the reliability of flightcombination in terms of timed stochastic-flow network. A
stochastic-flow network (SFN) is a network whose flow has stochastic
behavior or probabilistic multi-states. A timed stochastic-flow network(TSFN) is a SFN whose flow spends time to go through the network.
Through this new model some undiscovered flight combinations may
be found out, and some unreliable flight combinations can be inspected.
A numerical example is presented for the explanation of the proposed
method.

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Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSupply Chain Management 3
8/12/2015
09:00 - 10:30
MR336
Premaratne Samaranayake, Haiyan Xu

Green Supply Chain Management, Triple Bottom Line, andOrganizational Theory – Prioritization with Fuzzy AHP
MethodPoomporn Thamsatitdej1, Metinee Jongpaiboon 2, Premaratne Samaranayake3,
Tritos Laosirihongthong2
1Mahidol University, Thailand
2Thammasat University, Thailand
3University of Western Sydney, Australia

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of green supply
chain management (GSCM) practices on triple bottom line (TBL)
measures. Fuzzy AHP is employed to reveal a relative weight ofimportance of each GSCM practice on TBL measures, based on inputs
from twenty experts from electronic parts and component
manufacturing industry.
Furthermore, this study provides
prioritization of enabling factors in implementing GSCM strategy fromthree prominent organizational theories: (i) institutional theory, (ii)resource-based view theory, and (iii) social network theory. GSCM
adoption in Thai electronic industry is best explained by organization
theory, where laws and regulations are the most influential factors
encouraging GSCM implementation. The research study, based on
findings enables recommendations for management team to allocate
necessary resources in effective strategic GSCM implementations andevaluations.

A Model to Evaluate Risk Propagation Considering Effect ofDynamic Risk Information Sharing and Multi-Sourcing in
Supply Chain Networks
Hai-Yan Xu1, Xiuju Fu1, Loganathan Ponnambalam 1, Akira Namatame2, Xiao
Feng Yin 1, Rick Siow Mong Goh 1
1Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
2National Defense Academy, JapanThe cost-optimal trend in global competitive environment has led tolean, complex and consequently vulnerable supply chains. Thisvulnerability is high due to the presence of increasing dependency inlean supply chain networks. Hence, it is essential for companies toregulate the supply chain network structure and information sharing
strategies so as to be more resilient to disruptions/risks. In order toachieve this objective, it is imminent to analyze as to how best toquantify and examine the robustness of their supply chain networks
under disruptions.
Here, we propose an analytical model to assist companies to evaluate
dynamic risk propagation and quantify likely disruption loss in supply
chain networks with the consideration of the effect of multiple sourcing
and information sharing on risk propagation. Mean loss and Value atrisk (VaR) is employed to quantify the potential loss due to disruptions.

Waste Reduction of Returnable Packaging: A Case Study ofReverse Logistics in an Auto Parts Company
Nophanut Katephap, Sunpasit Limnararat
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

The objective of this research is to study and reduce waste of reverse
logistics in an auto parts company. The result of this study shows thatthe main problem of packaging waste for packing auto parts used totransport among 3 countries is high. The studying start from collecting
data that need for waste analyzing such as export costs of auto parts,
packaging cost and export statistic of 2014. The new improvement
result by change material of packaging from disposable to be returnable
and propose new logistics model including Single trip and Round trip
shows that the export packaging waste can be reduced by 65%.

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A Solution Procedure based on Lagrangian Relaxation for
Supply Chain Planning Problem with CSR Investment
Takuya Aoyama, Tatsushi Nishi
Osaka University, Japan

In this paper, we consider a supply chain planning problem for a single
manufacturer with corporate social responsibility (CSR) investment
decision under demand uncertainty. The activity of CSR is modeled as
the investment to customers. In the mathematical model, we assume
that the average demand increases if the investment of CSR is increased.
The objective function is the total profit including the piecewise linear
investment costs. The supply chain planning problem is formulated as amixed integer nonlinear programming problem. An efficient solution
procedure based on Lagrangian relaxation is developed. The
effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed from computational
experiments.

The Governance of Cloud Based Supply Chain
Collaborations
Dissa Riandaso Chandra, Jos van Hillegersberg
University of Twente, Netherlands

Despite of the promising benefits of cloud computing in enabling
efficient, sustainable and agile Supply Chain Collaborations (SCCs),
this service does not eliminate governance challenges in SCCs. Cloudbased SCCs may flounder without a proper understanding of how togovern inter-organizational relations and insight into how the cloudservice will affect it. Using a case study method, this study aims to: (1)observe cloud based SCCs in practice and (2) get an overview of current
governance models that exist for cloud based SCCs. Five types ofcompany roles in cloud based SCCs are proposed to reduce ambiguity
in inter-organizational communication. Using this classification, thisstudy introduces market and shared governance for cloud based SCCs
besides the hierarchical governance, Network Administrative
Organization. This study’s contribution is to describe how cloud iscurrently used to enable diversity of the SCCs’ governance models.

Mitigating Risks in the Sourcing of Transportation Services:
A Real Option-Based Approach
Nicola Costantino, Roberta Pellegrino, Danilo Tauro
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

This present paper focuses on the mitigation of uncertainty-driven cost
increases specific to the sourcing of transportation services, impacted
by spot price volatility, uncertainty of demand and unreliability ofcarriers. We investigate the value of a specific mitigation strategy,
namely the possibility to contract an alternative carrier (AC), which
would take care of extra/emergency shipments, at a fixed agreed price,
instead of a volatile spot price from freight auctions (FA). We develop a
computational model that supports decision makers in assessing thevalue of this AC strategy compared to FA, in order to see which strategy
is more effective and efficient. The model will also guide the decision
maker in defining the fair price to be paid to the AC. The computationalmodel is applied to a numerical example, thus showing its value insupporting managers in charge of sourcing the transportation services
in the presence of risk and uncertainty.

Session
Date
Time
Room
ChairsSafety, Security and Risk Management 2
8/12/2015
11:00 - 12:30
MR336
Yoshinobu Tamura, Om Prakash Yadav

Risk Assessment Method for Cybersecurity ofCyber-Physical Systems Based on Inter-Dependency ofVulnerabilities
Wenbo Wu, Rui Kang, Zi Li
Beihang University, China

As cyber physical systems are used more extensively and thoroughly,
cyber-attacks have become one of the utmost threats to thecybersecurity of cyber physical systems (CPS). It is possible that anadversary can damage a physical component with cyber-attacks (eg.
The Stuxnet). Although many research has been done on risk
assessment method, limited work has been published to quantify
cybersecurity risk of CPS. This paper suggests a method to quantify thecybersecurity risk of CPS caused by cyber-attacks in terms of numericvalue. To help quantitatively measure the risk, we present two indices,
the successful-attack-probability index and the attack-impact index,
based on vulnerability dependency graph. Furthermore, thesuccessful-attack-probability index is calculated considering theinterdependent relationship between vulnerabilities and the calculationof attack-impact index takes the impact on the physical domain
resulting from cyber-attacks into account. Numerical example showsthat the potential risk of system and the optimal attack target can beobtained. The proposed method can be extended to security investment
analysis as well.

Performance-Based Risk Management Systems (PBRMS) in
the Arctic Drilling Waste Handling Operation
Yonas Zewdu Ayele, Abbas Barabadi, Javad Barabady
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

As the concerns about the potential environmental impacts of thedrilling wastes heighten in the Arctic, the environmental controls havebeen tightened by regulatory authorities. Hence, forecasts ofenvironmental and health risks, associated with the drilling wastes, canprovide the vital information’s needed for the sustainable resource
development decisions. The aim of this paper is to foster an integrated
interdisciplinary understanding of technical and operational risks
associated with drilling wastes and their management by implementing
the performance-based risk regime. The paper critically examines therole of performance-based risk assessment in drilling waste
management by scrutinising the methods used, as well as theunderlying theories and assumptions. Furthermore, the paper studies
the risk factors involved throughout the logistical chain of handling ofdrilling wastes in the Arctic region.

The Improved Methodology of Safety Assessment with
System Simulation
Yabing Guo, Wenbingg Chang, Shenghan Zhou
Beihang University, China

The paper aims to present an improved methodology of safetyassessment with system simulation. In this paper, the Monte Carlosimulation and uncertainty analysis will be applied to the research of
FMECA which is the basis of safety assessment. The improved
methodology will overcome the shortages of traditional method. At thesame time, the idea of the method will provide a comprehensive safety
analysis of the system. At last of the paper, an application case about thesafety assessment of the control system in unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) will be set up as typical example to demonstrate the applicationof the methodology.

Improved Condition Monitoring System to Protect Railway
Axle Bearing Safety from Electric Corrosion
Yuan Fuqing, Jinmei Lu
University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Axle bearing is a critical machine element in the railway system to theoperation reliability and safety in the transportation. The failure of theaxle bearing can lead to derailment. In order to assure thetransportation safety, this paper discusses the cause of the axel bearing
failure, and proposes the counter measurement to reduce the risk. Dueto the failure of previous implemented counter-measurement, thispaper suggest implementing the condition monitoring system tomonitor the axle bearing, aiming to confine the bearing failure incontrol. In order to improve the failure diagnosis accuracy, this paper
suggests collecting signal from various perspectives, for example,
vibration, current, voltage, temperature etc. on the axle bearing for thecondition monitoring system. The various signals should be analysedby using physical model and data driven model, for the maintenancepolicy optimization.

Extreme Waves Generated in a Future Arctic Ocean
Dimitrios Kostopoulos, Ove Tobias Gudmestad
University of Stavanger, Norway

The Arctic Ocean is widely claimed to be an unpredictable environment.
In this paper, we examine this characterization from a coastal
engineering point of view.
Believing that one reason that makes the Arctic environment
unpredictable is the annual decreasing percentage of permanent ice, wehave focused on consequences for the design wave height in a case of anopen Arctic sea during the fall season. Assuming that the windconditions are almost the same as to day, we have calculated thegenerated waves for the longest possible fetches and have comparedthose results to the wave height estimates that are given today.
The results show a significant change in the characteristic wave heights.
Those changes will dramatically influence the coasts by accelerating
erosion effects but also any offshore operations that already exist in
Arctic seas, putting human lives in danger.

Life Assessment of Organic Coating Based on Accelerated
Degradation Test and Modeling
Liwei Sun, Xiaohui Wang, Guilin Zhang, Qingming Xu
Beihang University, China

The protective properties of organic coatings for internal applications ofplane cabin are generally evaluated by means of accelerated
degradation laboratory tests, including electrochemical techniques. The
coatings are stressed by different mechanical, chemical, thermal loads
and the effects on the protective properties can be measured by using
well established electrochemical techniques, like electrochemical
impedance spectroscopy, Insulation resistance, etc. An absence ofconcerned question is how to estimate the life of organic coatings ofpanel and therefore determine the repair period. The coatings were
tested in the laboratory using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy,
in order to quantify the damage, after accelerated degradation test. The
test data are then used to fit degradation paths by linear regression
models. Extrapolation to the failure threshold allows the prediction of
the Time-to-Failure of coating. Finally, the reliable lifetime of thecoating is predicted by an accelerated degradation model.

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Date
Time
Room
ChairsSupply Chain Management 4
8/12/2015
13:30 - 15:30
MR336
Nunzia Carbonara, Egon Mueller

Assessing the Benefits of the Product Postponement Strategy
to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks: A Real Options-Based
Computational Model
Nunzia Carbonara, Nicola Costantino, Roberta Pellegrino
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model for the quantification of
the costs and benefits associated to a specific supply chain risk
management strategy, namely the product postponement strategy (PP).
To do this we adopt a real option-based approach and apply the model
to a numerical example. The application will show the usefulness of themodel in supporting the managers’ decision making process on
assessing the probabilistic advantages of adopting the PP in risky
environments, specifically under conditions of demand and supply
disruption.

A Taxonomy of Integrative Technologies
Ping-Kuo Chen
Aletheia University, Taiwan

This paper describes the development and analysis of a numericalalternative taxonomy of integrative technologies. Based on thisresearch’s purpose, four clusters are identified, as follows:
communication and organization integration improvement, negative
integration improvement, positive integration improvement, andmanufacturing process standardization improvement. The taxonomy
approach was the main methodology in this study. Empirical data fromthe International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) were used totest this research question.

The Mechanism of China Textile Industry Shift: Strategies
and Behaviors of Buyers and Suppliers
Caixia Chen, Jun Yang, Yixiong Yang, Qingliang Gu
Donghua University, China

This paper employs a perspective of company behavior to analyze theChina textile industry shift. In order to maximize profits, internationalbuyers procure products in the global textile network. The sourcing
strategy affects behaviors of enterprises in the supply chain.
Questionnaire surveys and interviews are conducted to figure out the
influence factors of the international buyers’ sourcing strategy. It
appears that “cost” is the most important factors. Furthermore, several
external indicators such as “political environment”, “import procedures
and channels” etc., are vital in selecting the original countries.
Regarding to the selection of suppliers, “price”, “quality” and “quick
response and lead time” are regarded as the key determinants. The
competitiveness of Chinese suppliers is also proposed in the paper.

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Service Oriented Architecture Led Producer Centric Supply
Chain: Learning in Indian Context
Harekrishna Misra
Institute of Rural Management Anand, India

Study on Supply Chain Management provides insights to theunderlying philosophy of bringing together various agents for its
sustenance. Dairy sector in India, despite being the largest milk
procuring country in the world, faces enormous challenges inmanaging sustainable supply chains. One of the problems critical todairy sector is to bind the dairy producers in the supply chain. In orderto manage this complex task it is argued that effective supply chain
with milk producer centric service orientation will be necessary. This
paper develops a conceptual model and discusses various metrics based
measurements to support this argument in Indian scenario.

Quantifying Disruptions Propagation in a Supply Chain
Chin Sheng Tan 1, Puay Siew Tan1, Siang Guan Lee2
1Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore
2Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Today's supply chain (SC) is highly complex and inter-connected so
disruption at one company can propagate to other companies in an
unexpected manner. However, most approaches in the area of risk
management provide only static analysis of the SC risk but not the
propagation of disruption through the SC network. Thus, in this paper,
we propose a time-based model that quantifies the magnitude of the
propagation based on the concept of water ripples. The proposed time
based model quantifies the disruption caused by both supply anddemand in terms of time and intensity.

Supply Chain Management Information Systems andOrganisational Performance in Economic Turbulent
Environments
Maria Argyropoulou1, Roula Michaelides2, Iain Reid3, George Ioannou1
1Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
2University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
3University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Supply Chain Information Systems (SCIS) and their impact onorganisational performance has been studied by a number of studies.
This research seeks to extend this body of knowledge by adopting a
fresh lens to explore empirically the relationship between
organisational performance and SCIS in circumstances of economic
downturn and financial turbulence. The statistical relationship between
Supply Chain Informat ion Systems’ (SCIS) ‘Effectiveness’ and‘Organisational Performance’ is tested and measured by financial andnon-financial variables. So, even though complexities associated withmeasuring SCIS efficiency and Organisational Performance continue todominate research discussions, these are somewhat limited to justexplaining the phenomenon without addressing the misalignment of
the information provided by SCIS, business expectations andOrganisational Performance. In consequence, this paper reports
findings from a large survey of 168 SCIS managers in Greek SMEs
where, even during economic downturn, a strong correlation between
SCIS and non-financial Organisational Performance is evidenced. In
considering the findings, this study proposes guidance to enhance SCIS
Effectiveness and Organisational Performance.

Session
Date
Time
Room

Poster 2
8/12/2015
10:30 - 11:00
Nicoll 1-2

Selection of Supplier Portfolio in the Presence of Operational
Risk and Disruption Risk
Xiangxiang Liao, Chao Fang
Wuhan University, China

In a make-to-order environment, manufactures should makepreparations for production to fulfill stochastic customers’ demand at
low costs and risk levels. This research focuses on two risk levels:
operational risks and disruption risks. Value-at-risk (VaR) is used tomeasure operational risks which have high frequency but low damage,while conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) is used to evaluate disruption
risks that don’t happen frequently but may cause significant damage. A
mixed integer programming model is presented to incorporate thesehybrid risks with conventional criteria. The proposed GA-based
approach is able to balance these objectives during supplier portfolio
selection and order allocation. Finally, computational examples arepresented to illustrate how the decision is made.

A Genetic Algorithm Based Solution for the Online Cutting
Problem with Defects
Bahadir Durak, Dilek Tuzun Aksu
Yeditepe University, Turkey

In flat glass production, glass products of various sizes and quality
classes are cut from a continuously moving glass ribbon. If a productis placed on a part of the glass ribbon that has more defects thanallowed by that product's quality class, it is discarded as scrap. Scrap
glass is sent back to the furnace to be recycled. This process creates
additional production costs and reduces the productivity of the line.
Therefore, the main objective of the cutting process is the minimizationof scrap glass. In this study, we propose an online solution approachthat uses a look-ahead mechanism to make cutting decisions in realtime. This approach solves a series of static cutting problems over arolling horizon using a genetic algorithm. The proposed approach has
been tested successfully on realistic problem instances that are based onparameters of contemporary glass production lines.

Agent Based Modeling in Factory Planning and Process
Control
Mohamed Negmeldin, Amr Eltawil
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt

Nowadays the need for autonomous distributed manufacturingsystems is increasing. Due to the rapid change of technology and theneed of more customer oriented products, manufacturing systems need
to be more dynamic. In the past few years, Agent Based Modules (ABM)
were introduced to optimize autonomous distributed systems as well as
for process control. In this paper we review the literature addressing
ABM in manufacturing strategy and dynamic process control between
2009 and 2015 to provide an up-to-date picture of the role of ABM tosolve such problems and its efficiency as well as its future challenges.

Intelligent Fixture Structure Design Based on Knowledge
Ontology
Faping Zhang, Tianhui Zhang , Yan Yan
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

A New Multi-Objective Scheduling Problem on Batch
Parallel Machines with Maximum Allowable Incompatibility
for Jobs
Bahare Shahidi-Zadeh 1, Farshid Evazabadian 2, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam2
1Islamic Azad University, France
2University of Tehran, IranScience development and industry progress motivate researchers tosolve the problems of the real world. This paper presents a new
multi-objective mathematical model on identical batch processors
arranged in parallel in order to minimize three objective functions
including time, cost and jobs incompatibility simultaneously. The
concept of jobs incompatibility used to classify the previous studies canbe considered in many different ways. Since the jobs have been divided
into compatible or incompatible ones, we should consider a certain
parameter (i.e., maximum allowable incompatibility of each job), thenjobs are assigned into batches by observing the relative constraints.
Because of its impact on other functions, we express it as a new
objective. The presented model is solved for a small-sized problem bythe Îµ-constraint â€Śapproach coded in GAMS software. By using thedata envelope analysis (DEA) method, the most efficient optimal-Pareto
solution is determined among all Pareto solutions.

LP-Relaxation-Simulated Annealing Manpower Scheduling
Algorithm for Service Industry
Hendra Teja Wirawan, Ping Chong Chua
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

In the increasingly competitive service industry, utilization of precious
manpower resources can make the difference in terms of profitability oreven survivability. Current scheduling methods and solutions aredesigned to suit particular case or class of problems; in whichsignificant modification are often required when they are to be applied
to different class of problems. In this paper, a general manpowerscheduling model with flexible algorithm to provide consistent near
optimal solution is proposed. The general set covering model is able tocater for overtime works, part time workers, flexible shift length, andmulti-skilled workers; whereas the algorithm based on LP-relaxationand simulated annealing was consistently giving ~1% deviation from
optimal solution, based on computational experiment on various
distribution pattern of required staffing level with increasing
complexity and problem size.

Feature Model Augmentation with Sentiment Analysis for
Product Line Planning
Feng Zhou, Roger Jiao
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

A feature model helps to discover commonality and variability within a
product family, helping stakeholders configure product lines andidentify opportunities for reuse. However, no direct customer
preference information is incorporated in the feature model when it
comes to the question—how many product variants are needed in orderto satisfy individual customer needs. This paper proposes to minecustomer preference information for individual product features bysentiment analysis of online product reviews. The features commented
by the users of a product are used to augment a simple feature model
predefined with customer opinionated preference information. In sucha way, the customer preference information is considered as one
attribute of the features in the model, helping designers make informed
decisions when trading off between commonality and variability of a
product line. A case study of Kindle Fire HD tablets is used to illustrate
the potential and feasibility of the proposed method.

Fixture configuration is an important stage in the whole fixture design
process. Because of the complexity in fixture elements selection andassembling the selected as an entire fixture, it is still a challenge toimprove the efficiency of the fixture configuration. By knowledge
ontology modeling this paper presents a new methodology for fixture
configuration. Firstly, the ontology models of fixture and workpiece are
given to represent them respectively. Secondly, combined with therule-based reasoning (RBR), the case-based reasoning (CBR) and theanalytic hierarchy process (AHP), an intelligent fixture selection
method is proposed to get the suitable fixture by matchingcorresponding entities of fixture ontology and workpiece ontology.
Then a parameter driven method is used to get fixture and its elements
geometry and an automatic assemble method for assembling thoseelements to an entire fixture. Finally, the modeling, method and system
are tested and verified by conducting a typical case.

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Identification of Critical Success Factors for Emerging
Market Entry Planning Processes in the Automotive Industry

Development of Firing on Board System of an Armored
Vehicle Using Active Front Wheel Steering System

Thillai Sivakumaran1, Florian Köhne2, Michael Toth3
1Technical University of Dortmund, Germany
2Audi AG, Germany
3Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Vimal Rau Aparow, Khisbullah Hudha, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Megat
Ahmad, Shohaimi Abdullah
National Defense University of Malaysia, Malaysia

A Behavioral Choice Model for Product Demand Estimation

Credit Risk Assessment Model of Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprise Based on Logistic Regression

The sales potentials for automotive companies in Europe are decreasing
and emerging markets, such as the BRIC-states or the ASEAN countries,
are in the focus of European automobile manufacturer’s attention.
However, the OEMs have to face different challenges in the market
development process of these high potential markets. Car
manufacturers and suppliers struggle with the decision of following a
local manufacturing strategy and the related set up of regional supply
chain networks or following complex knocked-down production
strategies. But the decision finding process shows different deficits.
Especially the heterogeneous market situations and differentiallydeveloped local industries require a deep market and manufacturing
footprint analysis. This paper focuses on the identification of critical
success factors of emerging market entry planning processes in theautomotive industry. Through literature review and expert interviews
the main critical success factors in this context were identified andoperationalized through adequate key performance indicators.

Shuli Wu, Songlin Chen
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Traditional choice models assume that consumers have well-defined
preferences and are not influenced by additional information. However,consumers do not always behave rationally in making purchasedecisions. This paper reports the development of a behavioral choicemodel that covers reference dependence, diminishing sensitivity andloss aversion in assigning value to each product attribute. The utility ofa product is formulated as a weighted sum of all interested attributevalues and an unobserved noise factor. A choice probability is thenderived from the utility function under the first choice rule with theassumption that unobserved factors are independently identically
distributed extreme values. A case study is conducted and the
behavioral choice model is demonstrated to outperform logit choicemodel with smaller squared error for predicting product demand.

Research on IoT Based Cyber Physical System for Industrial
Big Data Analytics
Carman Ka Man Lee, Charlie Yeung, Meina Cheng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SARThis purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive solution forindustry through research and development of an Internet of Things(IoT) based Cyber Physical System for Industrial Informatics Analytics
with the following objectives. This study conduct a review regarding
big data analytics in industry and design a physical cyber system with
the integration of various existing and proprietary data analytics
systems based on their business needs so that the modules can bereconfigurable and interchangeable. The paper designs a new context
intelligence framework to handle industrial informatics regarding
location, sensor and unstructured data for big data mining. A caseexample will be shown to demonstrate the concept of the proposed
physical cyber system. Further study on system integration andmigration from existing factory to smart factory should be conducted so
as to realize the next industrial paradigm shift.

Simulation of Fire Evacuation in a High-Rise Office Building
Bai Wen, Huo Yan, Zou Gaowan, Gao Ye
Harbin Engineering University, China

In order to find out the evacuation process of people when fire occurs ina high-rise building, the evacuation process in a ten-storey telecom
office building is simulated under different opening conditions byusing FDS+Evac software. The temperature field, smoke layer height
and toxic gas index are analysed quantificationally. The results provethat about 70% of time is wasted in the stairs because of the stoppage
during people evacuation. The exit numbers have little effect on theevacuation time if the number of people is small and they are familiar
with the exits. However, adding another stair case in the building is able
to reduce 1/3 time of evacuation.

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The aim of this paper is to minimize the unwanted disturbanceoccurred in a wheeled armored vehicle during firing. An unwanted
yaw moment occurred at the Center of Gravity (CG) of the armoredvehicle caused by the impulse force generated during firing. This firing
force tends to create instability conditions for the armored vehicle
during firing. Therefore, an active safety system known as Active Front
Wheel Steering (AFWS) is implemented to provide steering correction
as a counter action of the firing disturbance and return the armoredvehicle back to its initial travelling direction after firing moment. The
AFWS is developed based on various control strategy known as yaw
rate feedback, side slip feedback and firing moment estimator feedback
with summation moment reference (SuM-FME) controls. Each control
strategies are evaluated using two types of vehicle speed, 40 and 60
km/h in order to study the performance of AFWS while in dynamic
condition. A suitable control strategy is selected as the firing on board
system (FoBS) to enhance the dynamic performance of the armoredvehicle during firing.

Hui Sun, Mingyuan Guo
Tianjin University, China

Small and medium-sized enterprises play a very important role in
China's economic and social development. Their development is
inseparable from the financial support, and the development of credit
business is also an important aspect of bank's operation. At the time ofsolving the problem of financing difficulties of small and medium-sizedenterprises, how to manage credit risk will become an important subject
to study. In this paper, we choose 50 money-borrowing enterprises'
financial data in a commercial bank as samples to construct logistic risk
assessment model. We make regression analysis, Hosmer-Lemeshow
test and Hosmer-Lemeshow randomness test. The empirical results
show that the logistic risk assessment model has good fitness of thedata.

A Time-Variant Reliability Modeling and Analysis Methodof Multi-State Complex Electromechanical System
Qian Wang, Jianguo Zhang, Linjie Kan, Pidong Wang
Beihang University, China

Complex electromechanical systems considering performancedegradation are multi-state systems which cannot be described bytraditional reliability theories based on the binary states assumption.
Generally, such systems contain both electronic and mechanicalcomponents that have different failure mechanism and characteristics.
In addition, states of the system and its components are time-variant,which makes reliability modeling and analysis challenging. To
overcome these difficulties, a hierarchical modeling approach is
proposed in this paper. At the component level, we adopt a
homogeneous Markov chain model for electronic components and amulti-state physical model based on Monte Carlo simulation formechanical components respectively. After that, we extend an original
multi-state multi-valued decision diagram (MMDD) method to atime-variant MMDD method for representing the system structure
function at the system level. A practical engineering example of a space
drive system is provided to illustrate the proposed method.

Design and Development of GUI Based Model for Fault
Diagnosis of Induction Motor
Anant G. Kulkarni1, Mohammad Farukh Qureshi2, Manoj Jha3, Vivekkant
Jogi4
1Dr. C. V. Raman University, India
2Government Polytechnic, India
3Rungta Engineering College, India
4Shri Hari Advance Nano Science Pvt. Ltd., India

Modeling and fault diagnosis of induction motor are main objective of
this paper. This paper focused on the motor current signature analysis(MCSA) which utilizes the results of spectral analysis of the statorcurrent. FFT is used for spectrum analysis and frequency of statorcurrent observed for healthy and faulty induction motor. With the helpof Matlab Simulink, KQJJ –IMFD model is developed for fault diagnosis
of induction motor using FFT. KQJJ-IMFD model is new, simple, andunderstandable and detects various faults. In this paper various
induction motor faults like voltage unbalance, rotor fault, and stator
fault are simulated and detected with the help of current spectrum
through FFT analysis on the stator current.

The Influence Factors on Channel Selection: A Study on
Online Shopping for Infant Milk Powders

AHP Based Weighting System for BIM Implementation &Assessment Framework

Xuejing Yang1, Wei Guo1, Xin Li2, Yiwen Chen2
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Keyu Chen, Haijiang Li
Cardiff University, United Kingdom

This paper studied the key factors influencing consumer purchasedecision on infant milk powders under the context of e-commerce. In
recent years there have been several scandals exposed about Chinese
milk powders, causing major concerns among consumers and scholars.
Meanwhile, e-commerce is fast developing in China, this study is aimed
to understand what are the key factors influencing the consumerpurchase intention in e-commerce and the correlations between the key
variables. We first interviewed 30 parents (having kids 0-3 years old)and found that the following factors influence consumer purchasedecisions: familiarity, trust and satisfaction. We then tested the relations
among these factors with purchase intention with questionnaires. The
study extended the theoretical framework on Trust, trust tendency,
satisfaction, familiarity and their effects on Purchase intention, and also
provided some guidance to the business managers on effectively
communication in e-commerce to promote business.

Reviews on Third-Party Website and E-Commerce Overseas
Expansion Strategy
Lei Chen, Bin Shen, Qingying Li
Donghua University, China

E-Commerce is nothing new to our world. The recent growing trend
shows that firms employ e- commerce not only as marketing andvending tools but also as a main international expansion instrument.
Today, progressively more consumers purchase foreign goods though
online B2C website. Despite the sharp growth of oversea online
shopping, there appears to be a lack of comprehensive research for its
mechanism. We conducted a survey of 292 consumers in China who
had at least once overseas online shopping experience. We found thatin-depth user generated reviews (UGR) in the third-party website
significant influence consumersâ€™ intention on participating oversea
online shopping. This research proposed a theoretical model to explain
the behavior of oversea online shopping. We then discussed
international develop strategy by utilizing e-commerce.

The Impact of Channel Integration on Channel Reciprocity
in the Multi-Channel Retailing Context
Kan Jiang, Liuyan Xu, Xiaoning Bao
Guangxi University, China

This study explores how to create a reciprocal relationship between
online and offline channel by improving channel integration. Data forthis study were collected from 552 Chinese customers who completed aquestionnaire. Participants were asked to have purchased products orservices with the use of at least two channels operated by a same retailer.
The partial least square (PLS) structural equation modeling was
conducted to test hypotheses. The results illustrate that channel
integration has a direct influence on channel reciprocity and it also
influences channel reciprocity indirectly through online or offline trust.
Three constructs of channel integration are identified: integrated
information, integrated channel access and integrated customer service.
Trust transference, bidirectional channel referrals and imagetransference are found to construct channel reciprocity. Implications for
multi-channel retailers are discussed based on these findings.

Applying Social Marketing Theory to Develop Retargetingand Social Networking Advertising Website
Keng-Chieh Yang1, Chia-Hui Huang2, Conna Yang3, Chen-Wei Tsai4
1Hwa Hsia University of Technology, Taiwan
2Taipei University of Business, Taiwan
3National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
4Hwa Hsia Technology of Univeristy, Taiwan

BIM is a newly emerged concept improves the productivity andsustainability of Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC)
projects. The recent evolution of Building Information Modelling (BIM)
reached a bottleneck, where BIM’s effectiveness need to be identified forfurther improvement. It also provides users with a guidance andassistance, with priorities of implementation, is urgently needed. In
previous research, a BIM implementation model has been proposed
based on existing documentations and verified by Delphi methods fordeep exploration in a particular context. As part of this continuous
research, the AHP method has been adopted as a follow-up researchmethod which will be presented in this paper. An analytical hierarchymodel was concluded for a leading design organisation, including
project management, organisational management, BIM application andstakeholder involvement. Ten experienced senior engineers from the
management team have participated in the AHP questionnaire.
Sensitivity analysis has also been adopted to balance resource input inorder to meet specific corporate strategies.

A New Approach in Considering Vagueness and Lack ofKnowledge for Selecting Sustainable Portfolio of Production
Projects
V. Mohagheghi1, S. M. Mousavi1, Ali Siadat2
1Shahed University, Iran
2Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, France

Today’s changing and competitive market forces the organizations to
consider uncertain factors in any production related decision making
efforts. On the other hand, considering sustainability in choosing aportfolio of production projects to make justice between generations isessential. Achieving satisfactory results in sustainable goals without
considering uncertainty is almost out of the question. Therefore, in thispaper a new approach in considering uncertainty in sustainabledecision making is introduced that is based on Atanassov fuzzy sets.
This new model of sustainable project portfolio selection withapplication in production projects has two main phases: first, a newdecision index is extended to evaluate the proposed projects. Second, amathematical model is proposed to consider sustainability and risk.
Moreover, a highly flexible method of ranking is introduced. Eventually,
to depict the effectiveness and efficiency of the approach, it is used tosolve a practical example and the results are presented.

Project Management Approach for Turbine Maintenance inPower Utility Plants: The Case of a South African
Maintenance Company
Teddy Mtembi, Grace Kanakana
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

The current challenging environment in the power generation sector inSouth Africa is not unique to the country. Many other countries facesimilar challenges characterized by unreliability of power supply, lowcapacity utilization and availability factor, deficient maintenance, poor
procurement of spare parts, and high transmission and distribution
losses among other problems. The need for a disciplined andtailor-made project management approach to ensure maintenanceprojects are effective and efficient has never been more apparent. In thisstudy the case of a Turbine and Generator Maintenance Company wasevaluated to assess the state of project management within this sector,
and to determine some of the barriers to project implementation. A
project management approach for efficient implementation wasdeveloped and delays in the procurement process are found to be themain barrier for project implementation success.

Retargeting advertising is a new technique applied for online marketing.
In the past few years, retargeting advertising had been used in online
advertisement. It explored the product information for visitors andfocused advertising spending on people who are already familiar withyour brand and have recently demonstrated interest. This study applies
Social Marketing Theory to develop retargeting advertising system andcombines it with social networking advertising. We also develop an
E-commerce website to include these two kinds of advertising. Our
experimental website was developed by Microsoft ASP.Net 4.0 in C#
and JavaScript program. We also use focus group analysis to analyze
the conceptual model of our study. Our findings can provide references
for practitioners and researchers.

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Triggering an Internal Service Innovation in Manufacturing
Firms

Evaluation of the Reliability Performance of anInter-Campus Bus System

Yang Yang Zhao, John Kafka
Buskerud and Vestfold University College, Norway

Michael Sizwe Mkwanazi, Charles Mbohwa, Takalani Nemarumane
University of Johannesburg, South Africa

The importance of a service innovation as a result of increasing
competition and customer demands in manufacturing firms has been
widely recognized. Especially, a service innovation can be incorporated
internally to sustain a firm’ competitive advantage. In the context ofmanufacturing firms, this study investigates the triggering factors of aninternal service innovation and its corresponding implementation
strategy. This study adopts a multiple case studies method andexamines the critical factors: internal user involvement and top
management support. It is found the internal user involvement isneither the trigger nor significantly contributing to an internal service
innovation’s success. On the other hand, the top-management support
is ascertained to be crucial for such a success; top-down approach ismore likely to happen to implement the new internal service.
Additionally, a new factor, economic freedom, is found to have asignificant impact (positive) on an internal service innovation’s success.

Enterprise’s WeChat Use and its Impact on Firm Performance– From the Perspective of Value Co-Creation

Performance evaluation is important especially in the field ofoperations management in order to suggest or to find ways to improveexisting systems. This research study is part of a large qualitative andquantitive mini-dissertation study and seeks to unpack the reliability
performance indicators for an intercampus bus system. Travel time andservice reliability measure the performance of any passenger transportsystem. These look at the time spent on waiting, time spent in transit,
panctuality and adherence to the time schedule. This study results are
drawn from 121 questionnaires which were successfully completed.
Recommendations on the use of Six Sigma and involving otherdivisions in the operation of the University of Johannesburg
Intercampus bus shuttle service in order to improve performance arepresented in this study

The Information Security in Semiconductor Industry
Shirley Zhao, Sherry Zhu, Sherry Guo
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China

As an emerging social media, WeChat has brought a shock boththeoretically and practically, which caused the shift of service mode andcontent. However, research on WeChat application and its impacts on
performance at firm level are rare. This study examines how WeChat
use influence firm performance through customer relationshipmanagement (CRM) capability, and value co-creation. Partial leastsquares (PLS) were used to analyze the 240 data collected. Results
indicate that Wechat use has a significant impact on value co-creation,and both value co-creation and CRM capability are significantly related
to firm performance. Implications and conclusions and discussed.

With the further development of computer and network technologies,
information security requirements in semiconductor field has been
elevated to a new stage. Owing to the developments of advanced (e.g.,
28nm and 14nm) technologies and the applications in highconfidentiality arenas, more and more semiconductor design andmanufacture companies realize the needs of tighter and more
systematic controls on company information. The question is what are
the effective controls? It has become a hot topic in recent years. To better
control information security, the companies should not only use
technologies but also apply effective management regulations tosystematically ensure information security. This paper gives a brief
introduction of technology protection and physical management
method to protect IC field information assets safety.

Impact of Risk-Taking Leadership on Organisational
Performance and Sustainability in SMEs

Applying Large-Scale Linear Programming in Business
Analytics

Jifan Ren, Ruo Nan Li
Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, China

Wilson Maladzhi
University of South Africa, South Africa

In South Africa, innovation culture is relatively at a slow pacecompared to other countries of the world. Studies showed competentleadership should be able to achieve higher innovativeness throughrisk-taking. Thus, this study aims to analyse the impact of risk-taking
leadership on the innovativeness within Small and Medium-sizedEnterprises (SMEs) in the Western Cape, South Africa. A risk-taking
leadership model was proposed to demonstrate the relationshipbetween leadership and innovativeness. A quantitative approach was
employed and a self-administered questionnaire for data collection. The
sample included 366 employees and 57 leaders from 50 SMEs in theWestern Cape. The findings depicted that the leaders did not strongly
possess risk-taking qualities. The proposed model proved that leaders
who possess risk-taking characteristics are capable to create aninnovative environment.

TRIZ-PUGH Model, New Approach for Creative Problem
Solving and Decision Making
Jakrapong Karnjanasomwong, Natcha Thawesaengskulthai
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

The challenge of manufacturing firm today is to maintain competitive
advantage in rapid market and customer requirements change
environment. Respond to the problems quickly, accurately withbreakthrough ideas and make decision from available various
alternatives will be crucial. TRIZ-PUGH model which incorporate
between TRIZ methodology and Pugh’s matrix is created. TRIZ is thesystematic methodology for creating unusual alternative solutions toresolve technical contradiction in engineering area and Pugh’s matrix
aim to logically establish meaningful criteria then deliberately select thebest known ideas for efficiently support manufacturing strategies. The
application of TRIZ-PUGH model is shared in the case study of solving
the problem at selected process in magnetic recording head
manufacturing factory.

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William Chung
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARThis paper is to discuss how to apply large-scale linear programming(LP) in business analytics. Two types of scenario-based LP problems aredescribed, which would become very large-scale LP problems due tothe availability of big data. Possible solution approaches are discussed
according to the special structure of the problems. Further developmentof the solution methods is also included.

Latent Customer Needs Elicitation for Big-Data Analysis of
Online Product Reviews
Feng Zhou, Roger Jiao
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Traditional customer needs elicitation methods are often time and costconsuming due to the linguistic analysis of customer needs.
Furthermore, many of them are unable to identify latent customer
needs, such as interviews and focus groups. This paper proposes a newparadigm of customer needs elicitation based on sentiment analysis ofindividual product attributes of online product reviews. Support vector
machines are used to build prediction models built on the features
extracted from a list of affective lexicons based on affective norms forEnglish words and WordNet. The proposed method is able to compile
sentiment information on individual product attributes, attribute levels,
and/or sub-attributes. Such information greatly facilitates the process toelicit customer needs, especially latent ones. A case study of Kindle FireHD 7 inch tablet is used to illustrate the potential and feasibility of the
proposed method.

The Impact of Plan Form of Circulation Systems in
Large-Scale Environments on Space Cognition: Case Study in
Two Shopping Malls in China
Rui Zhao, Xin Li, Yiwen Chen
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing University ofTechnology, China

The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of different plan formof circulation systems on spatial information processing and orientation
abilities of newcomers in unfamiliar large-scale commercial
environments. Two shopping malls in Beijing were chosen to apply thesame field experiments，which were in the same conditions except
different types of circulation systems---- one with multi-atriums andlinear serial type of circulation system and the other with single-atrium
centric radiation type of circulation system. Space transition nodes fromhorizontal route to vertical route in each circulation system werevarious as well. A total of 69 participants were divided randomly into
two groups and complete 4 separate tasks to explore the correlation
between different types of circulation systems and space orientation
performance. Personal difference in cognitive styles and spatial abilities
were examined as well to explore the correlation with space orientation
behavior. The main conclusion was that performance of space cognition
tasks of space users in multiatriums and linear serial type of circulation
system is superior to single-atrium centric radiation type of circulation
system. Cognitive style of space users was correlated with performancein space cognitive sketch-map tasks and the answers to a questionnaire.

The Processing Method of Temperature Drift Data for
Prediction Based on Wavelet Theory
Lizhi Wang, Xinlei Zhao, Xiaohong Wang, Xinlan Li, Yuxiang Li
Beihang University, China

To solve the problem in the temperature drift data processing ofphotoelectric products based on temperature modeling compensation
method, a new temperature drift data processing method is proposed.
This method can analyze the data in different frequency with thewavelet theory, and then process the data and reject the temperature
influence. The degradation data is taken as a research example, then themethod is described minutely and the simulation method is used toverify its effectiveness. The research indicates the proposed method inthis paper is useful to the photoelectric products’ temperature drift dataprocess, and is helpful to improve its reliability evaluation accuracy.

Utilizing Product Configuration Systems for Supporting the
Critical Parts of the Engineering Processes
Katrin Kristjansdottir, Sara Shafiee, Lars Hvam
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Engineering-To-Oder (ETO) companies have to respond to increasing
demands to provide highly customized and complex products withhigh quality at competitive prices. In order to respond to thosechallenges ETO companies have started to implement productconfiguration systems (PCS) to increase efficiency of the specification
processes. Due to complex products and processes in ETO companies
PCS are usually gradually implemented where only subset of the
products are included to support specific processes. However, asystematic way to identify and evaluate the products and the processes
to be supported with the PCS is not described in the current literature.
This paper aims to pursue that research opportunity by presenting aframework to identify the critical parts of the engineering processes so
the most promising business cases for the implementation of PCS canbe found and used to prioritize the future projects.

Real-Time Scheduling Home Caregivers Based on Disruption
Management
Biao Yuan, Ran Liu, Zhibin Jiang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Unexpected disruptions often occur when home caregivers provide
service for customers, such as new requests of customers, cancellationsof customers' services, and changes of customers' time windows. These
disruptions sometimes may make the original plan non optimal or eveninfeasible. In practice the strategy of rescheduling is usually utilized toobtain a new plan with minimal operational cost, but largely deviatesfrom the original one. To address this kind of situation, we introduce
the principle of disruption management into the real-time or disrupted
home caregiver scheduling problem. We first define the disruption
measurements on customers, caregivers and companies, then take themas the minimization objective, and finally employ a tabu searchalgorithm with a cost record mechanism to solve the proposed problem.
The performance of the strategies of rescheduling and disruption
management is compared and discussed in the case study.

Efficiency of Publicly-Traded Medical Device Companies in
Taiwan – An Analysis Using Window-DEA
Chun-Fu Hong, Yi-Hsing Lin
National Quemoy University, Taiwan

Owing to the limitations of the data collected, this study has applied
window-DEA to estimate the managerial efficiency of medical devicecompanies in Taiwan. Six publicly-traded medical device companies
were recruited for this study over the 2005-2014 period. The results
show that Excelsior, the most efficient company, has the potential tofurther improve its average efficiency by 14.5%, and SVBI, the worst
company, has the potential to further improve its average efficiency by
92.6%. The average efficiency improvement potential of thesecompanies ranged from 51.5% (2011) to 68.4% (2008) during the
2005-2014 period. In addition, we found that the exchange rate for the
U.S. and Germany exerted significant impacts on the efficiency of these
medical device companies in Taiwan. The managerial efficiency
increased by 1.727% when the U.S. dollar exchange rate increased by
1% and the efficiency increased 1.697% when the Deutsche markexchange rate decreased by 1%.

Constructing a Framework to Manage High Utilizers In
Health and Social Care
Tomi Malmstrom, Antti Peltokorpi, Markus Lappalainen
Aalto University, Finland

In health and social care highly skewed consumption of expenditures
are reported, where 10% of the population consume over 80% of thetotal care costs. This research aims to understand the high utilization of
combined social and health services more profoundly and identify whatshould be taken into account when planning services for high utilizers.
Varied demographic details and variations in the persistence suggestthat efforts to curb high utilization should be diverse and specifictowards thing they want to prevent. Finding feasible solutions for highuse is a multidisciplinary task that requires timely use of information ina service delivery system that promotes proactivity.

A Game Theory Based Resource Scheduling Model for Cost
Reduction in Home Health Care
Zhijie Xie1, Nimisha Sharath2, Chun Wang1
1Concordia University, Canada
2National Institute of Technology, India

This paper proposes a game theoretic scheduling model for reducing
service cost in home health care. We focus on a setting where a group of
independent health care practitioners need to be assigned to home
visits within a time window. The practitioners have different skill sets,time constraints and client preferences. They also expect reasonable
payments given their skill levels and cost incurred in order to provide
the services. On the other hand, the home health agency wants toschedule practitioners to the visits such that all planned visits arecovered with qualified practitioners and, at the same time, the overall
service cost are minimized. We study the home health care resourcescheduling problem in an economic setting where practitioners aremodeled as self-interested agents. We present an iterative bidding
framework as a decentralized decision support tool which enables
automated negotiation between the home health agency and thepractitioners. The effectiveness of the framework is evaluated through a
computational study. The results show that the proposed frameworkcomputes high quality schedules in the decentralized home health careenvironment.

98Author Index
A
AALIPOUR, Mojgan p.64
ABARESHI, Ahmad p.61
ABBASI, Alireza p.37
ABBASI, Babak p.61, 78
ABDELHALIM, Alyaa p.76
ABDUL KARIM, Zainal Ambri
p.64
ABDULLAH, Shohaimi p.95
ABHARY, Kazem p.51
ADEJUYIGBE, Samuel p.87
AHMED, Pervaiz Khalid p.90
AL-AJEEL, F. p.62
ALBRIGTSEN, Andreas p.72
ALDANONDO, Michel p.61, 65
ALENCAR, Luciana p.55, 80
AL-FARAJ, N. p.62
ALI, Ahad p.49
ALI, Md. Hazrat p.40
ALMEIDA, Adiel p.80
ALMEIDA, Maria da Gloria Dinizde p.87
AL-MUZAYAN, S. p.62
AL-QALLAF, M. p.62
AL-SALEM, Mohammed p.76
AL-SANOUSI, Mowffq M. p.45
ALSYOUF, Imad p.49
AL-THUWAINI, L. p.62
ALVES, Anabela p.74
AMER, Yousef p.65, 68
ANG, Andy p.58
ANG, J. L. p.58
ANGGRIYANTI, Harizka Dwi
Putri p.90
ANTOSZ, Katarzyna p.42
AOYAMA, Takuya p.91
APAROW, Vimal Rau p.95
ARGYROPOULOU, Maria p.93
ARICA, Emrah p.85
ASADOLLAHI-YAZDI, Elnaz p.85
ASGHARI, Reza p.89
ASKRI, Tarek p.63
AYELE, Yonas Zewdu p.64, 92
AZADEH, Ali p.85
AZEVEDO, Américo p.66

B
BAASNER, Bernd p.89
BAGHERINEZHAD, Jafar p.86
BAGUL, Avinash p.48
BAHIJA, Jardini p.48
BAI, Ming-You p.70
BAKER, Matthew p.86
BAO, Xiaoning p.96
BARABADI, Abbas p.47, 64, 67, 66
72, 92BARABADY, Javad p.72, 92
BARBOSA, Cátia p.66
BARCO SANTA, Andres Felipe
p.61, 65
BARONTO, Gessica Naira Diniz
p.87
BASHIRI, Mahdi p.86
BAUMANN, Philipp p.44, 77, 78
BEN AHMED, Mohamed p.44
BERSAMIN, J. p.42
BERTONE, Edoardo p.79, 86
BHATTACHARJEE, Kalyan
Kumar p.87
BHATTACHARJEE, Kaushik
Kumar p.38, 45
BHULLAR, Amrik Singh p.78
BONEV, Martin p.37
BOON-ITT, Sakun p.46
BORGES DE ARAÚJO, Maria
Creuza p.55

99

BRESSAN, Stephane p.77
BREZING, Alexander p.42
BRIJLAL, Pradeep p.75
BURES, Marek p.73
BUTDEE, Suthep p.79

C
CAI, Baoping p.36, 63
CAI, Danqing Jessie p.50
CAI, Juan Juan p.69
CAI, Zhiqiang p.47
CALVI, Kevin p.79
CAMPBELL, Harold p.87
CANDA, Alexandra p.67
CANELLIDIS, Vassilis p.42
CAO, Zhenya p.70
CARBONARA, Nunzia p.93
CARVALHO, J. Dinis p.74
CHAI, Huaqi p.47
CHAI, Kah-Hin p.60, 68
CHALOUPKA, Jiri p.36, 64
CHAMPEERATANA,
Vajawin p.82
CHAN, Alan H.S. p.90
CHAN, Clifford p.37, 45
CHANDIMA RATNAYAKE,
R.M. p.39, 42, 74
CHANDRA, Dissa Riandaso
p.80, 91
CHANG, Chia Yu p.41
CHANG, Chiao-Chen p.53
CHANG, Daofang p.86
CHANG, Jui-Chu p.59
CHANG, Kaiyuan Kevin p.69
CHANG, Wenbingg p.92
CHATWIN, Chris p.59
CHAUDRY, M. Osman p.86
CHEIKHROUHOU, Naoufel
p.76
CHEN, Caixia p.93
CHEN, Chia-Chun p.56
CHEN, Chie-Bein p.55, 58
CHEN, Ching-Chung p.41, 47
CHEN, Chuan-Tu p.59
CHEN, James K. C. p.88
CHEN, jinliang p.65
CHEN, J-L. p.65
CHEN, Keyu p.96
CHEN, Lei p.96
CHEN, Minghui p.80
CHEN, Nan p.82, 83
CHEN, Piao p.71
CHEN, Ping-Kuo p.93
CHEN, Poyi p.56
CHEN, Qili p.62
CHEN, Ruey-Lin p.68
CHEN, Shih-Hsin p.43
CHEN, Shin-Guang p.90
CHEN, Songlin p.95
CHEN, Wei p.88
CHEN, Xianshun p.65
CHEN, Xiao-Li p.52
CHEN, Y. H. p.43
CHEN, Y. W. p.98
CHEN, Ying p.71
CHEN, Yiwen p.68, 87, 96, 98
CHEN, Yunxia p.61
CHENG, Meina p.95
CHENG, Ming p.70
CHENG, Yuan p.69
CHEONG, Soon-Nyean p.90
CHEW, Kok-Wai p.59
CHHETRI, Prem p.61
CHI, Hongtao p.77
CHIA, Leslie p.62
CHIANG, Yu Cheng p.58
CHIEN, Te-King p.59, 61
CHIEN, Wei-Ting Kary p.69,

84
CHIN, Kwai-Sang p.81
CHIU, Kuei-Chen p.68
CHO, Kang-Yong p.49
CHO, Yongrae p.56
CHONG, Kuan Eng p.85
CHOOMRIT, Ninlawan p.48
CHU, Chih-Hsing p.40, 73
CHU, Po-Yuan p.59
CHU, Zhiyong p.69
CHUA, Daniel p.49
CHUA, Ping Chong p.94
CHUNG, Sung Hoon p.79
CHUNG, William p.97
COLAPINTO, Cinzia p.45
COOPER, Reynold J. p.44
COSTANTINO, Nicola p.91,
93
CREEMERS, Stefan p.43
CUI, Meng-Xuan p.80

D
DAI, Hongyan p.46
DANTAN, Jean-Yves p.85
DAO, Thien-My p.48
DE MAN, J.C. p.85
DEDOUSSIS, Vassilis p.42
DENG, Fumin p.65
DENG, Gui-Hong Dany p.69
DI, Peng p.82
DIELS, Frederic p.60
DOELLE, Christian p.60
DONG, Jianrui p.54
DRIO, R. p.42
DROZDA, Martin p.52, 55
DU, Chao p.39
DUBEY, Avanish Kumar p.42
DURAK, Bahadir p.94

E
ECONOMOU, Manthos p.79
ELBANNA, Said p.75
EL-BOURI, Ahmed W. p.43
ELTAWIL, Amr p.46, 76, 81, 94
EROL, Oktay p.89
EVANGELISTA, Ana Catarina
p.69
EVAZABADIAN, Farshid
p.94

F
FADOL, Yasir p.75
FAGERSTRÖM, Bjorn p.50
FAMÁ, Camila p.80
FAN, Hsueh-Liang p.58
FAN, Wenhui p.63
FANG, Chao p.80, 94
FAUZA, Gusti p.68, 65
FENG, Jing p.36, 67
FIGUEIREDO, Ciro p.55
FORS, M. Nashat p.76
FOUMANI, Mehdi p.74
FRANDSEN, Thomas p.42
FRANK, Bjoern p.90
FRANK, Moti p.87
FU, Ke p.65
FU, Xiuju p.91
FUJIMURA, Shigeru p.85
FULI, Zhou p.83
FUQING, Yuan p.38, 64, 66, 72,
92

G
GABORIT, Paul p.65
GAN, Chin Wei p.78
GANOTAKIS, Panagiotis p.89
GAO, Hailin p.69
GAO, Hailin Jonson p.69
GAO, Juanjuan p.75
GAO, Kongjun p.83
GAO, Lei p.71
GAO, Liang p.84
GAO, Y. p.95
GAOWAN, Zou p.95
GARCÍA-LÓPEZ, Erika p.74
GARMABAKI, A.H.S. p.66
GENG, Na p.62, 81
GEPP, Michael p.88
GHAROTE, Mangesh p.90
GIANNATSIS, John p.42
GNAEGI, Mario p.60
GOELZER, Philipp p.88
GOH, Gerald Guan Gan p.85
GOH, Rick Siow Mong p.91
GONG, ErLing p.68
GORNER, Tomas p.73
GOTO, Hiroyuki p.44, 50
GOVINDARAJU, Rajesri p.80
GROBHOLZ, Boris p.88
GU, Qingliang p.93
GUAN, Quan p.69
GUDMESTAD, Ove Tobias
p.72, 92
GUNASEKARAN, Saadeesh
p.41
GUNAWAN, Aldy p.90
GUNAWAN, Indra p.72, 74
GUNAWAN, Linda Herawati
p.75
GUO, Haiyan p.47
GUO, Mingyuan p.95
GUO, Peijun p.46
GUO, Qing p.67
GUO, Sherry p.97
GUO, Wei p.96
GUO, Yabing p.92
GUO, Zhaoxia p.65
GUPTA, Gajanand p.64
GUPTA, M. P. p.87

H
HADIDI, Laith p.39
HAJEJ, Zied p.63
HALIM, Siana p.45
HAMMAD, Mohammed
Wajdi p.37
HAN, Chang-Kyu p.73
HAO, Yuqiuge p.50
HAOUARI, Mohamed p.44,
76
HARTONO, Budi p.60
HARTONO, Markus p.75
HARTONO, Ryanto p.85
HASACHOO, Narat p.54
HASHIMOTO, Hideki p.78
HASSAN, Alaa p.85
HAVENS, Ross p.79
HAZRA, Jishnu p.65
HE, Wenwen p.69, 84
HE, Yihai p.66, 83
HE, Zhenzhen p.66
HELO, Petri p.38, 50
HENG, Chen Kim p.67
HERBAS TORRICO, Boris
p.90
HESHMAT, Mahmoud p.81
HIDAYAT, Trifenaus Prabu
p.58

HO, Chengter p.58
HO, Faith p.58
HO, G. T. S. p.81
HO, Jessica Sze Yin p.59
HOCHBAUM, Dorit S. p.44
HONG, Chun-Fu p.81, 98
HONG, Hee-Il p.49
HOU, Kai-Lun p.61
HSIEH, Chu-Lun p.59
HSU, Shu-Yen p.53
HSU, Yi-Chuan p.52, 55
HU, Honghua p.66, 71
HU, Jiawen p.70
HU, Qingpei p.72
HU, Shuang p.88
HU, Weiwei p.66, 67
HU, Xiaowei p.88
HU, Yannan p.78
HUANG, Chia-Hui p.96
HUANG, Jianglin p.37
HUANG, Sihan p.40
HUANG, Yi-Chin p.59
HUANG, Ying-Fang p.58
HUANG, Youfang p.86
HUDHA, Khisbullah p.95
HUEMER, Christian p.82
HUO, Xiaoyan p.47
HUO, Y. p.95
HUSNIAH, Hennie p.72
HVAM, Lars p.37, 98
HWANG, Hong-Sun p.49

I
IDA, Andres p.89
INDARTI, Nurul p.60
IOANNOU, George p.93
IP, W. H. p.81
IQBAL, Muhammad p.84
IRIDIASTADI, Hardianto p.73
ISENHARDT, Ingrid p.58
ISHIGE, Tatsuya p.50
ISKANDAR, Bermawi P. p.72
ISLAM, M. p.37, 45
ISOHERRANEN, Ville p.83
IWAMI, Shino p.77
IZUI, Yoshio p.67

J
JAIN, Pranjal p.64
JAIN, Tarun p.65
JANJARASSUK, Udom p.44
JAYARAMAN, Raja p.45
JESCHKE, Sabina p.58
JHA, Manoj p.95
JIANG, Kan p.96
JIANG, Ping p.43, 50
JIANG, Wenbo p.47
JIANG, Ying-Jie Ivy p.69
JIANG, Zhibin p.62, 67, 98
JIANG, Zuhua p.70
JIAO, Roger p.94, 97
JIN, Byung-Ki p.73
JIN, Gyo-Young p.49
JIN, Morn p.69, 84
JIN, Yajuan p.88
JOGI, Vivekkant p.95
JONGPAIBOON, Metinee p.91
JOOSS, Claudia p.58
JOUMAA, Chibli p.62
JUNG, Hun p.73

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KAFKA, John p.97
KAFOUROS, M. p.89
KAMARYT, Tomas p.66
KAN, Linjie p.95
KANAKANA, Grace p.51, 96
KANG, Li-ting p.57

KANG, Rui p.61, 70, 92
KANG, Sheng Randy p.69
KARKKAINEN, Minna
Katariina p.83
KARNJANASOMWONG,
Jakrapong p.97
KATEPHAP, Nophanut p.91
KATSUKI, Akio p.40
KAWANAKA, Takaaki p.53
KE, Xiaojie p.70
KEPRATE, Arvind p.63
KERAMATI, Abbas p.85
KESS, Pekka p.83
KHALLOULI, Wael p.76
KHAN, Nasreen p.59
KHARBECHE, Mohamed
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KHORSHIDI, Hadi p.72
KIATCHAROENPOL,
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KIERZKOWSKI, Artur p.75
KIIL, Kasper p.85
KIM, Ki-Hyun p.49
KIM, Kyutae p.56
KISIEL, Tomasz p.75
KISTER, Thomas p.77
KITAMURA, Shoichi p.67
KLEINOVA, Jana p.66
KNOTH, Sven p.69
KÖHNE, Florian p.95
KONGKAEW, Wanatchapong
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KONGSIB, Jakkarin p.42
KORAL-KORDOVA, Sigal
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KOSTOPOULOS, Dimitrios
p.92
KRISTJANSDOTTIR, Katrin
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KRUTASOOD, Panitnart p.49
KUHLANG, Peter p.46
KULKARNI, Anant G. p.95
KULKARNI, Rohan p.79
KUMAR, Arun p.38
KUMAR, Dinesh p.46, 62
KUMAR, Kuldeep p.82
KUMAR, Manoj p.62
KUMAR, Vimal p.36
KUMAR B, Manoj p.76
KUO, Chi-Lung p.40
KUO, Hui Shan p.56
KUSUMA, Lalu Tri Wijaya
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KWON, Hyung-Shin p.49

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LACIBAL, A.L. p.42
LAI, Hung Chih p.56
LAI, Peng p.66
LALIENE, Rasa p.69
LAM, Winnie Wei Wan p.49,
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LAN, Y. J. p.49
LAOSIRIHONGTHONG,
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LAPPALAINEN, Markus p.98
LASEINDE, Opeyeolu p.87
LAU, Simon Boung-Yew p.52
LAU, Siow Shyong p.82
LAURENCE, Laurence p.85
LEE, Carman Ka Man p.52, 56,
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LEE, Chan Wai p.41, 75, 84
LEE, Chien-Sing p.52
LEE, Hsiu-Li p.59
LEE, Jaclyn p.82
LEE, Jongpil p.56
LEE, Ming Ha p.49, 84
LEE, Sang-Heon p.65, 68
LEE, Sheng-Lung p.88

LEE, Siang Guan p.93
LEE, Xin Cindy p.69
LEI, Iok Peng p.41
LEI, Yong p.82
LEUNG, P. P. L. p.81
LEUS, Roel p.43
LI, Dan p.36
LI, Fang p.82
LI, Guilin p.49
LI, Haijiang p.96
LI, Kai-Way p.41, 47
LI, Mengjie p.68
LI, Na p.69
LI, Qi p.63
LI, Qingying p.96
LI, Qiyi p.77
LI, Ruo Nan p.97
LI, Wei-Hsiang p.59
LI, Xiang p.79
LI, Xin p.68, 87, 96, 98
LI, Xinlan p.98
LI, Yan p.81
LI, Yan-Fu p.37
LI, Yang p.47
LI, Yuxiang p.63, 98
LI, Zheng Ping p.65
LI, Zi p.70, 92
LIANG, Xuedong p.65
LIANG, Yi-Hui p.59
LIAO, Wen-zhu p.36
LIAO, Xiangxiang p.94
LIAO, Xin-Lan p.73
LIM, Gilbert p.65
LIM, Ji Hyoun p.85
LIM, Roland p.78
LIM, S. C. Johnson p.50
LIM, Weng Marc p.90
LIMA, Jorge p.74
LIMNARARAT, Sunpasit p.91
LIMON, Shah p.70
LIN, Chen-Ju p.49
LIN, Danping p.52, 86
LIN, Meiyan p.81
LIN, Min-Der p.68
LIN, Ni p.83
LIN, Qinglian p.81
LIN, Shieu-Hong p.76
LIN, Tyrone T. p.53, 55
LIN, Weidong p.62
LIN, Yi-Hsing p.81, 98
LIN, Yu-Hao p.68
LINDAWATI, Lindawati p.50,
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LING, Han-Chang p.58
LIU, Bao-Sheng p.70
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LIU, Jian p.37
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MALIKA, Elkyal p.48
MALMSTROM, Tomi p.98
MANALASTAS, C. p.42
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MASINGA, Pheladi p.87
MASUCHUN, Ruedee p.54
MATHIRAJAN, Muthu p.39
MATSUMARU, Masanobu
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MAZAK, Alexandra p.82
MBOHWA, Charles p.37, 71,
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MEGAT AHMAD, Megat
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MENDOZA, Sheily p.42
MENG, Jieru p.67
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MIAO, C.Y. p.57
MIAO, Shuizhuang p.71
MICHAELIDES, Roula p.93
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MISRA, Harekrishna p.93
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MIZUTANI, Eiji p.55
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MOHAGHEGHI, V. p.96
MOHIUDDIN, A.K.M. p.89
MOKTAR, Hannan p.89
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MOSTAFA, Noha p.46
MOSTAPHA, Amri p.48
MOTA, Caroline p.55
MOU, W. L. p.81
MOUSAVI, S. M. p.96
MPOFU, K. p.87
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MUHAMMAD, Masdi p.64
MUKHERJEE, Indrajit p.48
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MUNDA, J. L. p.67
MUNNAE, Jomkwun p.82
MUSCHA, Jason p.70
MYRODIA, Anna p.37

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NARUMI, Takahito p.60
NASERI, Masoud p.72
NASHERAHKAMI, Nasim
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NEGMELDIN, Mohamed p.94
NEHZATI, Taravatsadat p.85
NEMARUMANE, Takalani100

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NEPAL, Bimal p.70
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NOVÁČEK, Ondrej p.64

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ORALLO, G.D. p.42
OVTCHAROVA, Jivka p.89

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PALSHIKAR, Girish p.90
PAN, Zhengqiang p.36, 67
PAOPRASERT, Naraphorn p.82
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PASARIBU, Udjianna S. p.72
PATEL, Nidhi p.44
PEDRIELLI, Giulia p.77
PELLEGRINO, Roberta p.91, 93
PELTOKORPI, Antti p.98
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PEREIRA, Debora p.55
PILKINGTON, Alan p.42
PONNAMBALAM, Loganathan
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PRETORIUS, Jan Harm p.60
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PUSHPAKUMARA, Chamli p.53
PUSPASARI, Maya Arlini p.73
PUSPORINI, Pregiwati p.51
PUUSTJARVI, Leena p.62
PUUSTJARVI, Juha p.62

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QURESHI, Mohammad Farukh
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RESTEL, Franciszek p.71
REZG, Nidhal p.63
RICHARDS, Russell p.79
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RIESENER, Michael p.60
RIHM, Tom p.78
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro p.74
ROIKO, Anne p.79
ROKUGAWA, Shuichi p.53
ROSTAMI, Salim p.43
RUDOLF, Stefan p.60
RUMANTI, Augustina Asih
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RYSCHKA, Simon p.88

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SALAJAR, Revi T. p.80
SALGADO, Andreia Maria
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SALIMI, Hoda p.68
SAM, Kin Meng p.59
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SANTOS, Jorge p.69
SAPUTRO, Yeremia Dwi p.58
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YU, Ai-Qun p.73
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YUAN, Xue-Ming p.67
YUAN, Zenghui p.71
YUAN, Zhen p.41
YUN, Myung-Hwan p.73

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ZHENG, Pai p.55
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The nearest MRT Stations are Esplanade Station (CC3) and Promenade Station (CC4/DT15) via the Circle Line
which will bring you directly to Suntec Singapore.
Alternatively, take the MRT to City Hall Station (NS25/EW13), followed by a five to ten minutes walk via an
underpass to Suntec Singapore.
Walking from MRT station• 1 min from Promenade and Esplanade MRT• 5 - 10 mins from City Hall MRT

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Transportation in Singapore
Singapore has one of the most extensive and efficient public transportation systems in the world. Travelling in
the city and suburbs is typically a quick and affordable affair.

Singapore Train Services
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) operates an extensive network of trains serving stations all across the island. It isa fast and cost-effective way of getting around Singapore. There are currently four main lines, the North-SouthLine (Red), East-West Line (Green), North-East Line (Purple), and Circle Line (Orange), with plans for future
expansion on the existing MRT system. Some MRT Stations are linked to several bus interchange stations, making
it even more convenient to continue your journey to areas in Singapore not covered but the MRT.

Bus
Also conveniently available are Singapore’s public bus services. There are currently more than 300 bus services
which run daily from 5.30 to midnight, even covering destinations that are less available. The two main bus
service providers in Singapore are SBS Transit and SMRT Buses.

Taxi
Taxis ply the island round the clock, bringing you wherever you want, anytime you want. However, do note thatpeak-hour, city area and ERP gantry surcharges apply. There are numerous taxi stands available island-wide, as
well as in hotels and shopping centres.
Here are the hotlines for various taxi services in Singapore, which will come in handy if you end up in a more
obscure part of the island where the traffic is sparse, or if you are unable to find a taxi during peak hours or any
other reason. If you’re coming from an entertainment or dining venue, most concierge services will also be happy
to call a taxi for you.
The city’s major cab companies are:Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd / CityCab Pte Ltd: (65) 6552 1111
Premier Taxis Pte Ltd: (65) 6476 8880
Maxi Cab: (65) 6535 3534
SMRT Taxis: (65) 6555 8888

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Around Singapore

Sentosa

Sentosa Island is home to the Resorts World Integrated Resort, as well asa theme park, wildlife reserves, gardens, animal parks, adventure rides,
restaurants and spas, enursing non-stop fun around the clock.
Getting There: Take the Sentosa Express from Sentosa Station located on
the 3rd level of Vivocity (next to Harbourfront MRT Station).
Operating Hours: Whole Day
Website: http://www.sentosa.com.sg

Universal Studios Singapore @ Resorts World Sentosa(Within Sentosa)

Sentosa Island is home to the Resorts World Integrated Resort, as well asa theme park, wildlife reserves, gardens, animal parks, adventure rides,
restaurants and spas, enursing non-stop fun around the clock.
Getting There: Alight at Harbourfront MRT station and transfer to RWS 8
or take the Sentosa Express then alight at Waterfront Station.
Operating Hours: 10am to 7pm
Website: http://www.rwsentosa.com/Attractions/UniversalStudiosSingapore

Gardens by the Bay

Take a walk in Singapore’s new award-winning horticultural attraction – Gardens
by the Bay. It houses over 380 thousand plants in Singapore’s new downtown –Marina Bay. Hungry after a long stroll? End the night for with a sumptuous feastof freshly grilled meat on sticks or satay, together with other local delights such as
chicken r ice & rojak at the food court - Satay by the Bay.
Getting There: Alight at Bayfront MRT Station and take a 5-minute walk.
Operating Hours: Ticketing Hub (9am to 8pm daily)
Website: http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/home.html

National Museum of Singapore

With a rich history dating back to its inception in 1887, the National Museum ofSingapore is Singapore’s oldest museum with the youngest and most innovativesoul. The galleries adopt cutting-edge and varied ways of presenting history andculture to redefine conventional museum experience.
Getting There: Alight at Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station and take a 5-minute walk.
Operating Hours: 10am – 6pm Daily
Website: http://www.nationalmuseum.sg

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Singapore Flyer

Officially launched in 2008, Singapore Flyer stands at 165 metres, with adiameter of 150 meteres, making it the tallest Giant Observation Wheel in theworld. Singapore Flyer offers a breathtaking panorama of the shimmering Marina
Bay waterfront and historical landmarks dotting the city skyline.
Getting There: Alight at Promenade Station (Circle Line, CC4) and take a
5-minute walk. Take Exit A and look out for the blue pedestrian signs to
Singapore Flyer.
Operating Hours: 8.30am – 10pm Daily
Website: http://www.singaporeflyer.com

Marina Bay Sands

Marina Bay Sands features three cascading hotel towers topped by an
extraordinary sky park, ‘floating’ crystal pavilions, a lotus-inspired Museum,retail stores featuring cutting-edge labels and international luxury brands, trendy
Celebrity Chef restaurants, endless entertainment at the theaters, the hottest nightclubs and a Las Vegas-style casino
Getting There: Alight at Bayfront MRT Station (CE1, Exit B, C, D, E) andtake a 5-minute walk.
Operating Hours: Whole day
Website: http://www.marinabaysands.com

Photo Sources:
http://www.bestselling.sg/wp-content/uploads/unversal-studio.jpeg
http://travelcie.com/media/Sentosa-Island-2013.jpg
http://media.timeoutsingapore.com/contentFiles/image/venues/national-museum-of-singapore-482x298.jpg
http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/field/image/6313619731_ec1f566f0b_z.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Marina_Bay_Sands_in_the_evening_-_20101120.jpg

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