Proceedings of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013, 2013

This book is based on the research papers presented during The Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013 held at Taipei in July 2013. It presents information on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices in industrial and systems engineering. Key topics include:
Engineering and Technology Management
Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
Engineering Education and Training
Facilities Planning and Management
Global Manufacturing and Management
Human Factors
Industrial & Systems Engineering Education
Information Processing and Engineering
Intelligent Systems
Manufacturing Systems
Operations Research
Production Planning and Control
Project Management
Quality Control and Management
Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
Safety, Security and Risk Management
Supply Chain Management
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Large scale complex systems

Engineering and Technology Management.- Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis.- Engineering Education and Training.- Facilities Planning and Management.- Global Manufacturing and Management.- Human Factors.- Industrial & Systems Engineering Education.- Information Processing and Engineering.- Intelligent Systems.- Manufacturing Systems.- Operations Research.- Production Planning and Control.- Project Management.- Quality Control and Management.- Reliability and Maintenance Engineering.- Safety, Security and Risk Management.- Supply Chain Management.- Systems Modeling and Simulation.- Large scale complex systems.

Dr. Yi Kuei Lin is currently a Chair Professor and the Chairman of Industrial Management Department, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China. He has the honor to get the Outstanding Research Awards from National Science Council of Taiwan in 2008 and 2010, respectively. His research interest includes performance evaluation, stochastic network reliability, operations research, and project management. He has published over 140 papers in refereed journals.

Dr. Yu Chung Tsao is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Industrial Management at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He was an associate professor in Sino-US Global Logistics Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and in Department of Business Management at Tatung University. He was a visiting scholar in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the areas of decision sciences, supply chain and logistics management, business analysis, production and operations management.

Dr. Shi Woei Lin is an Associate Professor in Department of Industrial Management at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include the application of game theory to risk-informed regulation, and the use of mathematical model to aggregate experts’ uncertainty judgment. Other interests include decision biases and methods for effective risk communication, both to decision makers and to the general public.

Presents high-quality peer-reviewed research papers in the field Discusses current developments in interdisciplinary areas of industrial and systems engineering Presents research papers by leading experts in the field Serves as a guide to experts and non-experts in the field of Industrial engineering Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras