Dr. Kwai Sang CHIN MSc(HKU), PhD(HKU), AIAQ, FASQ, FHKSQ, SrMIIE, MIMfgE, MHKIE, CEng, RPE
Associate Head and Associate Professor

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Education 1996 PhD Industrial Engineering The University of Hong Kong
1990 MSc (Engg) Industrial Engineering The University of Hong Kong
ExperienceFounding Programme Leader of BEng Systems Engineering and Management
Founding Programme Leader of BEng Total Quality Engineering
Former Programme Leader of MSc Engineering Management
Founding Programme Leader of BEng Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Founding Deputy Programme Leader of BEng e-Logistics and Technology Management
ChuTian Chair Professor (Hubei Province Government), Wuhan University of Technology), PRC
Visiting Professor, Fuzhou University, PRC
ESPRC Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester School of Management, UK
Visiting Research Fellow, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC
Visiting Research Fellow, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, PRC
Product Development Manager, SONCA Products Ltd (a subsidiary of Energizer Battery Co., USA)
Numerous consultancy, training and industrial projects; including: DHL, Roche, Techtronics, China Light & Power, Dupont Chemical, Philips Consumer Electronics, Chinese Manufacturers' Association, Federation of HK Industries, Q Mark Council, HKSAR Trade and Industry Department, Hong Kong Housing Society, Philips Semiconductors Philippines Inc., etc.
Awards and HonorsAcademician, International Academy for Quality
Fellow, American Society for Quality
Fellow, Hong Kong Society for Quality
Fellow, Hong Kong Quality Management Association
International Council Member, American Society for Quality
Country Representative of Hong Kong, American Society for Quality
Founding member and Broad Representative of Hong Kong, Asian Network for Quality
Former Chairman, Hong Kong Society for Quality
Former Vice Chairman, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Recent Research Projects (PI)Supervised more than 20 PhD/EngD graduate students
"Evaluation models of railway emergency plan considering the prioritization and synergy of action alternatives" (on-going)
"Development of Personalized Individual Semantics based on Context-free Grammar Judgments for Quality Function Deployment in Railway Operations" (on-going)
"Development of an Advanced Decision Making Approach for Modelling Hybrid Probabilistic Uncertainties in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis” (on-going)
"Delivering 21st Century Healthcare in Hong Kong: Building a Quality- and Efficiency- Driven System" (ongoing TBRS, Co-PI)
"Safety, Reliability and Disruption Management of High Speed Rail and Metro Systems" (on-going TBRS, Co-I)
"Development of novel multi-criteria risk assessment system for railway operations systems" (Completed in 2020)
"Mass-data Study on Arrival Patterns and Novel Arrival Forecasting Model of Out-patient Department" (Completed in 2019)
"Effective Market Structure and Strategies and Integrated Management of Remanufacturing System" (Completed in 2017)
"Development of an integrated evidential reasoning approach using both belief and disbelief structures with validation in multi-criteria assessment of organizational innovation management" (Completed in 2016)
"Studying the Group Decision Making Process and Critical Decision Factors in Green Product Development" (Completed in 2015)
"Development of an Effective Approach to Model the Non-Linear Causal Relationship Between Key Control Factors and Patient Arrival at an Emergency Department of Hospital" (Completed in 2014)
Publications and EditorialPublished over 250 journal papers and refereed conference papers, authored 8 books/book chapters, edited 4 books, and gave numerous invited talks and presentations
Area Editor (Quality and reliability), Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
Selected Recent PublicationsXiao L, Wang X J and Chin K S, “Trade-in strategies in retail channel and dual-channel closed-loop supply chain with remanufacturing”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol.136, April 2020, Article no. 101898.
Li Y L, Yang Q and Chin K S, “A decision support model for risk management of hazardous materials road transportation based on quality function deployment”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol.74, September 2019, pp.154-173.
Bai X, Chin K S and Zhou Z, “A bi-objective model for location planning of electric vehicle charging stations with GPS trajectory data”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol.128, Feb 2019, pp.591-604.
Chin K S, Yang Q, Chan C Y P, Tsui K L and Li Y L, “Identifying passengers’ needs in cabin interiors of high-speed rails in China using quality function deployment for improving passenger satisfaction”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol.119, Jan 2019, pp.326-342.
Chen Z S, Chin K S, Martinez L and Tsui K L, Customizing Semantics for Individuals with Attitudinal HFLTS Possibility Distributions, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol.26, Issue 6, Dec 2018, pp.3452-3466.
Jiang S, Chin K S, Qu G and Tsui K L, An integrated machine learning framework for hospital readmission prediction, Knowledge Based System, Vol.146, pp.73-90, Apr 2018.
Jiang S, Chin K S and Tsui K L, A universal deep learning approach for modeling the flow of patients under different severities, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol.154, pp.191-203, Feb 2018.
Jiang S C, Chin K S, Wang L, Qu G and Tsui K L, Modified Genetic Algorithm-based Feature Selection Combined with Pre-trained Deep Neural Network for Demand Forecasting in Outpatient Department, Expert Systems With Applications, Vol. 82, pp.216-230, Oct 2017.
Chen, Z S, Chin K S, Mu N Y, Xiong S H, Chang J P and Yang Y, Generating HFLTS possibility distribution with an embedded assessing attitude, Information Sciences, Vol.394-395, pp. 141-166, July 2017.
Lin M Y, Chin K S, Fu C and Tsui K L, An Effective Greedy Method for the Meals-On-Wheels Service Districting Problem, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 106, pp.1-19, Apr 2017.
Chen Z S, Chin K S, Li YL and Yang Y, On Generalized Extended Bonferroni Means for Decision Making, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Vol.24, Issue 6, pp.1525-1543, Dec 2016.
Lin M Y, Chin K S, Wang X J, and Tsui K L, The therapist assignment problem in home healthcare structures, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.62, pp.44-62, 2016.
Chen Z S, Chin K S, Li Y L and Yang Y, Proportional hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set for multiple criteria group decision making, Information Sciences, 357:61-87, 2016.
Chin K S and Fu C, Weighted cautious conjunctive rule for belief functions combination, Information Sciences, Vol.325, December 2015, pp.70–86.
Lin M Y, Chin K S, Tsui, K L and Wong T C, Genetic based discrete particle swarm optimization for elderly day care centre timetabling, Computers & Operations Research, Vol.65, 2015, 125-138.
Chin K S, Fu C and Y M Wang, A method of determining attribute weights in evidential reasoning approach based on incompatibility among attributes, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol.87, 2015, pp.150-162.
Chin K S and Fu C, "Integrated evidential reasoning approach in the presence of cardinal and ordinal preferences and its applications in software selection
A linear goal programming approach to determining the relative importance weights of customer requirements in quality function deployment
Internal Pricing Strategies Design and Simulation in Virtual Enterprise Formation
The use of OWA operator weights for cross-efficiency aggregation
Development of audit model for intellectual property management excellence
Development of User-Satisfaction-Based Knowledge Management Performance Measurement System with Evidential Reasoning Approach
Failure mode and effects analysis by data envelopment analysis
Assessing new product development project risk by Bayesian network with a systematic probability generation methodology
Failure mode and effects analysis using a group-based evidential reasoning approach
An evidential reasoning approach for Quality Function Deployment under uncertainty
Evidential Reasoning-Interval Based Application in New Product Design Assessment
A group-based ER-AHP decision making methodology for new product development project screening under uncertainties
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Phone: +(852) 3442-8306
Email: mekschin@cityu.edu.hk

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