Operations Research and Management Laboratory

Overview

The OR/OM Lab serves as a center for teaching as well as for basic and applied research in fields such as optimization, stochastic models, manufacturing logistics, and service operations.

Facilities

In addition to many advanced workstations and personal computers, the following software tools and systems are available in the Lab:

A manpower scheduling system (REPS)
Simulators for manufacturing and service operations, (Promodel, Factor ManSim and TestSim)
A mathematical programming package (CPLEX)
Statistic packages (Minitab, and SAS)
A machine scheduling system (LEKIN)
A general purpose mathematics package (Maple)

Projects

Some of the recent research projects undertaken at the OR/OM Lab include:

  Berth allocation in container terminals
  Decision analysis and applications
  Dynamic systems and control
  Genetic algorithms
  Logistics and supply chain management
  Manpower scheduling
  Power systems scheduling
  Production planning and scheduling
  Simulations
  Stochastic control
  High Performance Interior Point Optimization Methods

People

  Prof. X.Q. Cai
  Prof. C.H. Cheng
  Prof. J.M.Y. Leung
  Prof. D. Li
  Prof. H. Yan
  Prof. D.D. Yao
  Prof. S. Zhang
  Prof. X.Y. Zhou