Projects:

• Centralized versus Decentralized Manpower Resource Planning: the Case of Customer Support, CPHK strategic research grant, 1991. (Sydney CK CHU and Carrie KY Lin)

• A Before-and-After Study for Clinics Merging for a General Practice in HK, CPHK small-scale research grant, 1991. (Mary PP Ho and Sydney CK CHU)

• Product Storage Problem: Issues of Production Planning and Inventory Control, Vitasoy International Holdings, Ltd. (VIHL), 1991. (Sydney CK CHU, HP Lo, Michael KP NG and WW Li)

• Process Optimization of Surface Mount Technology (SMT): Mathematical Model and Implementation, UPGC grant, 1992. (Sydney CK CHU)

• An Integrated Simulation and Manpower Allocation Modelling for a Multi-branch Medical Practice in Hong Kong, CPHK small-scale research grant, 1992. (Mary PP Ho and Sydney CK CHU)

• Equipment Supply and Empty Repositioning Project, CXC Software Engineering and Orient Overseas Container Line, Ltd. (OOCL), 1992. (Sydney CK CHU, Stella LH Cheung and William W Ying)

• Packing and Container Loading Problem - Climax Paper Converters, Ltd., 1993. (Sydney CK CHU and WY Koo)

• Operation Crew Scheduling - Light Rail Division (LRD), Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), 1993. (Sydney CK CHU and Edmond CH Chan)

• Multi-Criteria Manpower Planning for Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Services in Hong Kong: a New Approach of Data & Optimization Modelling, CPHK strategic research grant, 1994. (Sydney CK CHU and Mary PP Ho)

• Operational Improvement in a Specialist Outpatient Clinic in Hong Kong, Health Services Research grant, Hospital Authority, 1995. (Mary PP Ho and Sydney CK CHU)

• Feasibility Study of Pneumatic Tube System (PTS) at the North District Hospital - NDH, HK Hospital Authority, 1995. (Sydney CK CHU and Carrie KY Lin)

• BIO (Business Information for Operations) Rhythm Project - Clipper Exxpress (Chicago), 1995. (James K Ho and Sydney CK CHU)

• Simulation Study of Hospital Lift System (HLS): a Performance Evaluator-Predictor (PEP), HK Hospital Authority, 1996. (Sydney CK CHU, Carrie KY Lin, Franklin SS Lam and Stella LH Cheung)

• Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Problems, CRCG-HKU research grant, Nov. 1996. (W. ZANG, Principal investigator)

• Application of Advanced Numerical Techniques to a BASIN Modelling Software, Ho Tung Industrial Research Grant, 1996. (W.K. CHING (Co-investigator) and T.M. Shih)

• Feasibility Study of Pneumatic Tube System (PTS) at the Tseung Kwan O Hospital - TKOH, HK Hospital Authority, 1997. (Sydney CK CHU and Franklin SS Lam)

• Hospital Location and Service Allocation Planning, Hospital Authority, 1997. (Sydney CK CHU and Lisa Chu)

• Graph Coloring: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, RGC earmarked research grant, July 1997. (W. ZANG, Principal investigator)

• A Study to the Mathematical Model and Parallel Algorithm of BASIN Simulation, (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Research Funds, 1997. (W.K. CHING (Co-investigator) and T.M. Shih)

• Computational and Statistical Methods for Data Mining Applications, CRCG-HKU research grant, 1997. (Michael NG, Principal investigator)

• Optimization in Traffic Planning, New T & T, 1998. (Sydney CK CHU and Franklin SS Lam)

• Ground Support Equipment Parking - Services Development Section, HK Airport Services, 1998. (Sydney CK CHU and Simon KY Lau)

• Airside Bus & Crew Scheduling - Busing Section, HK Airport Services, 1998. (Sydney CK CHU and Meko MC So)

• Resource Planning for Baggage Service - Baggage Services Section, HK Airport Services, 1998. (Sydney CK CHU and Christina SY Yuen)

• Resource Allocation with Incomplete Information, RGC earmarked research grant, July 1998. (X.T. Deng and W. ZANG (Co-investigator))

• Algorithms for Some Packing and Covering Problems, RGC earmarked research grant, 1999. (W. ZANG, Principal investigator)

• Optimization, Hardness, and Approximation, CRCG-HKU research grant, June 1999. (W. ZANG, Principal investigator)

• Models and Numerical Algorithms for Some Problems in Transportation Research, CRCG-HKU research grant, 2001. (W.K. CHING, Principal Investigator)

• Obstructions to Some Combinatorial Properties, RGC earmarked research grant, July 2001. (W. ZANG, Principal investigator)

• Customer Relationship Management to Dynamic Business Modeling: A Data Mining Approach, Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited, December, 2001. (Michael NG, WK CHING and Issic LEUNG)

• ORG: an Operations Research Programme Group project, HKU Hung Hing Ying Physical Sciences Research Fund, 2002. (Sydney CK CHU, W.K. CHING, W. ZANG and Michael KP NG)

• Models and Numerical Algorithms for Queueing and Manufacturing Systems, RGC earmarked research grant, September 2002. (W.K. CHING)

Created 02.02.02 --- Updated 12.12.02