Jonathan W.C. Ng

Principal Lecturer
Email:ngwc@hku.hk
Tel:3917 7058
Office:HW 8-12

Biography

Dr. Jonathan W.C. Ng is an Principal Lecturer of Department of Industrial and Manufacturing System Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are logistics and supply chain management. Prior to joining The University of Hong Kong, he was the Operations Planning Manager of PSA Corporation in Singapore, one of the world's largest container terminals operators. His major duties included developing and managing productivity and quality improvement programs, and also the provision of consultancy service to PSA Logistics Divisions. Some of the major projects completed included AGV Deployment System, Integrated Logistics System for Sumitomo Chemical, Integrated Trucking and Port Logistics Operations, Terminal Capacity Simulator, Yard Crane Deployment Systems, Yard Planning System and Ship Planning Systems.

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Selected Publications

W.C. Ng, K.L. Mak and M.K. Li, "Yard planning for vessel services with a cyclical calling pattern", Engineering Optimization., Vol.42, 1039-1054, 2010
W.C. Ng, K.L. Mak and Y.X. Zhang, “Scheduling Trucks in Container Terminals Using a Genetic Algorithm”, Engineering Optimization., Vol. 39, 33-47, 2007
W.C. Ng, K.L. Mak and W.S. Tsang, “Yard Crane Scheduling in a Port Container Terminal Using Genetic Algorithm” International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 13, 246-253, 2006
W.C. Ng and K.L. Mak, "Quay Crane Scheduling in Container Terminals", Engineering Optimization, Vol. 38, p723-737, 2006
W.C. Ng and C.S. Wong, “Evaluating the Impact of Vessel-Traffic Interference on Container Terminal Capacity”, Journal of Waterway, Port, Costal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 132, 76-82, 2006
W.C. Ng and K.L. Mak, “An Effective Heuristic for Scheduling a Yard Crane to Handle Jobs with Different Ready Times”, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 37, 867-877, 2005
E.K. Bish, F.Y. Chen, Y.T. Leong, B.L. Nelson, W.C. Ng and D. Simchi-Levi, “Dispatching Vehicles in a Mega Container Terminal”, OR Spectrum, Vol. 27, 491-506, 2005
K.L. Mak, K.K. Lai, W.C. Ng and K.F.C. Yiu , “Analysis of optimal opportunistic replenishment policies for inventory systems by using a (s, S) model with a maximum issue quantity restriction”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 166, 385-405, 2005
W.C. Ng and K.L. Mak , “Yard Crane Scheduling in Port Container Terminals”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 29, 263-275, 2005
W.C. Ng, “Crane Scheduling in Container Yards with Inter-crane Interference”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 164, 64-78, 2005
Ng, W.C. and K.L. Mak, “Sequencing of Container Pickup Trucks in Container Yard Blocks”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 11, 82-89, 2004
K. Moorthy, H.G. Wee, J.W.C. Ng, and C.P. Teo ,“Cyclic Deadlock Prediction for Zone-Control AGV System”, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 83, 309-324,2003
Bish, E.K. , T.Y. Leong, C.L.. Li, W.C. Ng, and D. Simchi-Levi, “Analysing a New Vehicle Scheduling and Location Problem”, Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 48, pp.363-385, 2001