Representative Research Papers

[1] “Multi-objective Optimization for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Outsourcing and Profit Balancing”, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin and Yanzhi Li, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Forthcoming, 31 March 2019.

[2] “Exact Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Combinatorial Auction”, Zhenzhen Zhang, Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, Transportation Science, Volume 53, Issue 2, March-April 2019, Pages 319 - 622.

[3] “A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Two-echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Grouping Constraints”, Tian Liu, Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 266, Issue 2, 16 April 2018, Pages 487 - 497.

[4] “Manpower allocation and vehicle routing problem in non-emergency ambulance transfer service”, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin, Kai Wang, Huang He and Tian Liu, Transportation Research Part E, Volume 106, October 2017, Pages 45 - 59.

[5] “A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Two-dimensional Vector Packing Problem with Piecewise Linear Cost Function”, Qian Hu, Wenbin Zhu, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 260, Issue 1, 1 July 2017, Pages 70 - 80.

[6] "Branch-and-Price-and-Cut for the Split-delivery Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Linear Weight-related Cost", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin, Wenbin Zhu and Andrew Lim, Transportation Science, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2017, Pages 668 - 687.

[7] "Pickup and Delivery Service with Manpower Planning in Hong Kong Public Hospitals", Andrew Lim, Zhenzhen Zhang and Hu Qin, Transportation Science, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2017, Pages 688 - 705.

[8] "Travel time analysis of the dual command cycle in the split-platform AS/RS with I/O dwell point policy", Tian Liu, Xianhao Xu, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, Volume 28, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 442 - 460.

[9] "An Enhanced Branch-and-bound Algorithm for the Talent Scheduling Problem", Hu Qin, Zizhen Zhang, Andrew Lim, Xiaocong Liang, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 250, Issue 2, 16 April 2016, Pages 412 - 426.

[10] "Branch-and-Price-and-Cut for the Manpower Routing Problem with Synchronization Constraints", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin, Wenbin Zhu and Andrew Lim, Naval Research Logistics, Volume 63, Issue 2, March 2016, Pages 138 - 171.

[11] "Coordinated Scheduling of Production and Transportation in a Two-Stage Assembly Flowshop", K. WANG, W.Q MA, H. LUO, Hu QIN, International Journal of Production Research, Volume 54, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 6891 - 6911.

[12] "A Fuzzy Logic-based Hybrid Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Distributed Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problems under Machine Breakdown", Kai Wang, Yun Huang and Hu Qin, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Volume 67, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68 - 82.

[13] “An Efficient Intelligent Search Algorithm for the Two-dimensional Rectangular Strip Packing Problem”, Lijun Wei, Hu Qin, Brenda Cheang and Xianhao Xu, International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 23, Issue 1-2, January-March, 2016, Pages 65 - 92.

[14] "Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands and Weight-related Cost", Zhizing Luo, Hu Qin, Dezhi Zhang and Andrew Lim, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 85, January 2016, Pages 69 - 89.

[15] "A Study of Perturbation Operators for the Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem with LIFO or FIFO Loading", Lijun Wei, Hu Qin, Wenbin Zhu, Long Wan, Journal of Heuristics, Volume 21, Issue 5, October 2015, Pages 617 - 639.

[16] “A Tabu Search Algorithm for the Multi-period Inspector Scheduling Problem”, Hu Qin, Wei Ming, Zizhen Zhang, Yubin Xie, Andrew Lim, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 59, July 2015, Pages 78 - 93.

[17] "On Service Consistency in Multi-period Vehicle Routing", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, Chanhou Che, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 243, Issue 3, 16 June 2015, Pages 731 - 744.

[18] "An Efficient Forest-based Tabu Search Algorithm for the Split-delivery Vehicle Routing Problem", Zizhen Zhang, Huang He, Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin and Songshan Guo, the Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15), January 25-30, 2015 Austin, Texas, USA.

[19] “An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling under Stochastic Processing Times”, Kai Wang; S.H., Choi and Hu Qin, International Journal of Production Research, Volume 52, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7360 - 7376.

[20] "Branch-and-Price-and-Cut for the Multiple Traveling Repairman Problem with Distance Constraints", Zhixin Luo, Hu Qin*, Lim Andrew, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 234, Issue 1, 1 April 2014, Pages 49 - 60.

[21] “The Freight Consolidation and Containerization Problem”, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim and Zizhen Zhang, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 234, Issue 1, 1 April 2014, Pages 37 - 48.

[22] “A Memetic Algorithm for the Capacitated m-Ring-Star Problem”, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, Applied Intelligence, Volume 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305 - 321.

[23] “A Memetic Algorithm for the Multiperiod Vehicle Routing Problem with Profit”, Zizhen Zhang, Oscar Che, Brenda Cheang, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 229, Issue 3, 16 September 2013, Pages 573 - 584.

[24] “A Cluster-based Scheduling Model Using SPT and SA for Dynamic Hybrid Flow Shop Problems”, Kai Wang, Shiu Hong Choi, Hu Qin, Yun Huang, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, August 2013, Volume 67, Issue 9-12, Pages 2243 - 2258.

[25] "A Tree-based Tabu Search for the Manpower Allocation Problem with Time Windows and Job-Teaming Constraints", Yilin Cai, Zizhen Zhang, Songshan Guo, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013), August 3-9, 2013, Beijing, China.

[26] "Multiple Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem with Last-in-first-out Loading and Distance Constraints", Brenda Cheung, Xiang Gao, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin and Wenbin Zhu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 1, 16 November 2012, Pages 60 - 75.

[27] "Iterative Deepening A Algorithms for the Container Relocation Problem", Zhu, Wenbin, Qin, Hu, Lim, Andrew and Zhang, Huidong, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 4, October 2012, Pages 710 - 722.

[28] “A Two-stage Tabu Search Algorithm with Enhanced Packing Heuristics for the 3L-CVRP and M3L-CVRP”, Wenbin Zhu, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim and Lei Wang, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2012, Pages 2178 - 2195.

[29] "The Freight Allocation Problem with All-units Quantity-based Discount: A heuristic algorithm", Hu Qin, Meifeng Luo, Xiang Gao and Andrew Lim, Omega—The International Journal of Management Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 415 - 423.

[30] "The Freight Allocation Problem with Lane Cost Balancing Constraint” Andrew Lim, Hu Qin and Zhou Xu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 217, Issue 1, 16 February 2012, Pages 26 - 35.

[31] "Example-based Learning Particle Swarm Optimization for Continuous Optimization", Han Huang, Hu Qin, Zhifeng Hao and Andrew Lim, Information Sciences, Volume 182, Issue 1, 1 January 2012, Pages 125 - 138.

[32] "The Tree Representation for the Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem with LIFO Loading", Yongquan Li, Andrew Lim, Wee-Chong Oon, Hu Qin, Dejian Tu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 212, Issue 3, 1 August 2011, Pages 482 - 496.

[33] "The Tree Representation of Feasible Solutions for the TSP with Pickup and Delivery and LIFO Loading", Dejian Tu, Songshan Guo, Hu Qin, Wee-Chong Oon, Andrew Lim, the Twenty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-10), July 11-15, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

Teaching (2014-2018)

Undergraduate:

Current Issues in Management Subject, 20 Teaching Hours

Operations Research, 84 Teaching Hours

Optimization Theory and Algorithms, 96 Teaching Hours

Graduate:

Management Research Methodology, 16 Teaching Hours

Optimization Theory and Application in Management, 32 Teaching Hours

Operations Research, 92 Teaching Hours

Optimization Theory and Algorithms, 200 Teaching Hours