Dr. Liang, Yun-Chia

PositionProfessor(CGO of Global Affairs Office)
Office2511R, Ext.2521
Laboratory Global Logistics and Innovative Optimization Lab
E-Mailycliang@saturn.yzu.edu.tw
Personal Websitehttp://logistics.iem.yzu.edu.tw/teachers/Ycliang/Ycliang.htm

Education

2001Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University
1999M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
1996M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
1992B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Tatung Institute of Technology

Experience

2016.8-2022.1Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan, ROC
2013-PresentProfessor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Yuan Ze University
2006-2013Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Yuan Ze University
2002-2006Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Yuan Ze University
1999-2001T.A. & R.A., Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University
1997-1999T.A. & R.A., Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
1994-1995Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tatung University

Research & Interests

Meta-Heuristics
Intelligent Computing
Production Scheduling
Logistics Management
Artificial Neural Network Applications

Publications and Awards

Journal Papers

1.    Wei-Chang Yeh;Yi-Ping Lin;Liang Y.-C.;Chyh-Ming Lai;Chia-Ling Huang, Simplified swarm optimization for hyperparameters of convolutional neural networks, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol.177, No.NA, pp 109076~NA( 2023/03 )

2.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,Dealing with Uncertainty in the MRCPSP/Max Using Discrete Differential Evolution and Entropy,Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 12, pp 3049~NA ( 2022/03 )

3.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Wan-Ju Chang;Hsuan-Yuan Siauw;Vanny Minanda, RFM Model and K-Means Clustering Analysis of Transit Traveller Profiles: A Case Study, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol.2022, No.NA, pp 1108105~NA( 2022/08 )

4.    Ronald Sukwadi;Samantha Cory;Liang Y.-C.,The Study of Travel Satisfaction in MRT Jakarta During the Pandemic of COVID-19,GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, Vol. 40, pp 191~199 ( 2022/03 )

5.    Liang Y.-C.;Iven Wijaya;Ming-Tao Yang;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Hou-Tai Chang,Deep Learning for Infant Cry Recognition,International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, pp 06311~NA ( 2022/05 )

6.    Liang Y.-C.;Vanny Minanda;Aldy Gunawan,Waste Collection Routing Problem: A Mini Review of Recent Heuristic Approaches and Applications,Waste Management & Research, Vol. 40, pp 519~537 ( 2022/05 )

7.    Ronald Sukwadi;Angela Susanto;Liang Y.-C.,Airline Service Quality Evaluation for Indonesian Low-Cost Carriers Based on Extenics Theory,Archives of Transport, Vol. 58, pp 7~20 ( 2021/06 )

8.    Liang Y.-C.;Yen-Yu Lin;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Wei-Sheng Chen,Variable Neighborhood Search for Major League Baseball Scheduling Problem,Sustainability, Vol. 13, pp 4000~NA ( 2021/04 )

9.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas,A Self-Adaptive Virus Optimization Algorithm for Continuous Optimization Problems,Soft Computing, Vol. 24, pp 13147~13166 ( 2020/09 )

10.    Liang Y.-C.;Yona Maimury;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas,Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Air Quality,Applied Sciences-Basel, Vol. 10, pp 9151~NA ( 2020/12 )

11.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla, Production Scheduling Tools to Prevent and Repair Disruptions in MRCPSP, Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Vol.1, No.1, pp57~70(2018/02)

12.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla, Production Scheduling Tools to Prevent and Repair Disruptions in MRCPSP, Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1,No. 1, pp57~70(2018/02)

13.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas,A novel metaheuristic for continuous optimization problems: Virus optimization algorithm,Engineering Optimization, Vol. 48 , No. 1, pp 73~93 ( 2016/01 )

14.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,A Practical and Robust Execution Time-frame Procedure for the MRCPSP/max,Algorithms, Vol. 9, pp 63~NA ( 2016/09 )

15.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,An Entropy-Based Upper Bound Methodology for Robust Predictive Multi-Mode RCPSP Schedules,Entropy, Vol. 16 , No. 9 , pp 5032~5067 ( 2014/09 )

16.    Liang Y.-C.;Yueh-Chuan Yin, A New Multilevel Thresholding Approach Based on the Ant Colony System and the EM AlgorithmInternational Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 9, pp. 319~337(2013)

17.    Liang Y.-C.;Yu-Ming Hsiao;Chia-Yun Tien, Metaheuristics for Drilling Operation Scheduling in Taiwan PCB IndustriesInternational Journal of Production Economics, 141, pp. 189~198(2013)

18.    Liang Y.-C.;Chia-Yin Chuang, Variable Neighborhood Search for Multi-Objective Resource Allocation ProblemsRobotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 29, pp. 73~78(2013)

19.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Multilevel Image Thresholding Using Relative Entropy and Meta-heuristic AlgorithmsEntropy, 15, pp. 2181~2209(2013)

20.    Liang Y.-C.;Sadan Kulturel-Konak;Min-Hua Lo, A multiple-level variable neighborhood search approach to the orienteering problemJournal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 30, pp. ??~??(2013)

21.    Liang Y.-C.;Min-Hua Lo, A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm with Novel Archive Update Strategies for Redundancy Allocation ProblemsEngineering Optimization, 44, pp. 289~303(2012)

22.    Liang Y.-C.;Zu-Hsu Lee;Yu-Sheng Chen, A Novel Ant Colony Optimization Approach for On-line Scheduling and Due Date DeterminationJournal of Heuristics, 18, pp. 571~591(2012)

23.    Vincent Chi-Wei Li;Liang Y.-C.;Huan-Fu Chang, Solving the Multidimensional Knapsack Problems with Generalized Upper Bound Constraints by the Adaptive Memory Projection MethodComputers & Operations Research, 39, pp. 2111~2121(2012)

24.    Vincent C. Li;Liang Y.-C.;Yu-Yen Sun;You-Shan Chen, A Scatter Search Method for the Multidimensional Knapsack Problem with Generalized Upper Bound ConstraintsJournal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, 29, pp. 559~571(2012)

25.    Liang Y.-C.;Nan Fang, Supplier Productivity and Quality Performance Evaluation in the TFT-LCD IndustryAsia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 28, pp. 787~802(2011)

26.    Alice E. Smith;David W. Coit;Yun-Chia Liang, Neural Network Models to Anticipate Failures of Airport Ground Transportation Vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1,pp.183-188, 201001

27.    Yun-Chia Liang,Min-Hua Lo, Multi-Objective Redundancy Allocation Optimization Using a Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm, Journal of Heuristics, vol. 16, no. 3,pp.511-535, 201006

28.    Jun-Qing Li;Quan-Ke Pan;Liang Y.-C., An Effective Hybrid Tabu Search Algorithm for Multi-objective Flexible Job Shop Scheduling ProblemsComputers and Industrial Engineering, 59, pp. 647~662, 201011

29.    Liang Y.-C.;Yueh-Chuan Yin, Optimal Multilevel Thresholding Using a Hybrid Ant Colony SystemJournal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, 28, pp. 20~33, 201101

30.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang,A Differential Evolution Algorithm with Variable Parameter Search for Real-Parameter Continuous Function Optimization,Proceedings of the 2009 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’09),pp. 1247-1254,200905

31.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang,A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for the Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times,Computers and Operations Research,36(6),pp.1900-1915,200906

32.    Yun-Chia Liang,Nan Fang, Performance Measurement of TFT-LCD Industry in Taiwan Using Extended Data Envelopment Analysis Models, Journal of Statistics & Management Systems, vol. 12, no. 6,pp.1099-1115, 200911

33.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang, A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times,Proceedings of the 2008 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’08),pp.2618-2625,200806

34.    Quak-Ke Pan;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang,A Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the No-Wait Flowshop Scheduling Problem,Computers and Operations Research,35(9),pp.2807-2839,200809

35.    Quan-Ke Pan;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, Upper Bounds on Taillard’s Benchmark Suite for the No-Wait Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Makespan Criterion,Proceedings of the 2008 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’08),pp.2960-2966,200806

36.    Quan-Ke Pan;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang,A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem,Computers and Industrial Engineering,55(4),pp.795-816,200811

37.    Yun-Chia Liang, Yi-Ching Chen,Redundancy Allocation of Series-Parallel Systems Using a Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm,Reliability Engineering and System Safety,(期別:vol. 92, no. 3,pp.323-331),2007/3

38.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, Mehmet Sevkli;Gunes Gencyilmaz,Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Makespan and Total Flowtime Minimization in Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem,European Journal of Operational Research,vol. 177, no. 3,pp.1930-1947,2007/3

39.    Yun-Chia Liang, MIN-HUA LO;YI-CHING CHEN,Variable Neighbourhood Search for Redundancy Allocation Problems,IMA Journal of Management Mathematics,vol. 18, no. 2, pp.135-155,2007/4

40.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang, A Genetic Algorithm for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem,Proceedings of the 2007 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’07),pp.2382-2389,200709

41.    Yun-Chia Liang, Alice E. Smith,An Ant Colony Approach to the Orienteering Problem,Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers,vol. 23, no. 5,pp.403-414,2006/9

42.    Yun-Chia Liang, Angela H.L. Chen;Chiuh-Cheng Chyu, Application of a Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization for the Multilevel Thresholding in Image Processing,Lecture Notes in Computer Science,vol. 4233,pp.1183-1192,2006/10

43.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, Mparticle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution for Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,International Journal of Production Research,vol. 44, no. 22,pp.4737-4754,2006/11

44.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Mehmet Sevkli;Yun-Chia Liang, M. Mutlu Yenisey,Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Algorithms for Job Shop Scheduling Problem,International Journal of Operations Research,vol. 3, no. 2,pp.120-135,2006/7

45.    Shu-Kai S. Fan, Yun-Chia Liang, Erwie Zahara,A Genetic Algorithm and a Particle Swarm Optimizer hybridized with Nelder-Mead Simplex Search,Computers & Industrial Engineering,vol. 50, no. 4,pp.401-425,2006/8

46.    Quan-Ke Pan;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, Minimizing Total Earliness and Tardiness Penalties with a Common Due Date on a Single-Machine Using a Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm,Lecture Notes in Computer Science,vol. 4150,pp.460-467,2006/9

47.    Yun-Chia Liang and Chia-Chuan Wu, “A Variable Neighborhood Descent Algorithm for the Redundancy Allocation Problem,” Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 109-116.

48.    Shu-Kai S. Fan, Yun-Chia Liang, and Erwie Zahara, “Hybrid Algorithms for Surface Response Optimization,” (accepted to Computers & Industrial Engineering, January 2005). (SCI, EI, 2004 impact factor: 0.632)

49.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Yun-Chia Liang, Mehmet Sevkli, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Makespan and Total Flowtime Minimization in Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem,” (accepted to European Journal of Operational Research feature issue on Evolutionary and Meta-Heuristic Scheduling, June 2005) (SCI, EI, 2004 impact factor: 0.828)

50.    Shu-Kai S. Fan, Yun-Chia Liang, and Erwie Zahara, “A Hybrid Simplex Search and Particle Swarm Optimization for the Global Optimization of Multimodal Functions,” Engineering Optimization, vol. 36, no. 4, 2004, pp. 401-418. (SCI, EI, 2004 impact factor: 0.544)

51.    Yun-Chia Liang and Alice E. Smith, “An Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for the Redundancy Allocation Problem (RAP),” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. 53, no. 3, 2004, pp. 417-423. (SCI, EI, 2004 impact factor: 0.828)

52.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Mehmet Sevkli, Yun-Chia Liang, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3172, Springer-Verlag, 2004, pp. 382-390. (SCI-expanded, 2004 impact factor: 0.513)

53.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren and Yun-Chia Liang, “A Binary Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Lot Sizing Problem,” Journal of Economic and Social Research, vol. 5, no. 2, 2003, pp. 1-20.

Conference Papers

1.    Jerry Chen;J.S. Shieh;Chi-Yuan Lee;Chuan-Jun Su;Liang Y.-C.;Tien-Lung Sun, Autonomous System with Cyber-Physical Integrating Features on Public Utility of Chemical Fiber Factory, The 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023)

2.    Liang Y.-C.;Xin Zhan,Application of Machine Learning Algorithm on the Multi-feature Multi-classification Problem – in the Case of a Hydraulic System,the 13th International Seminar on Industrial Engineering and Management (ISIEM 2021),Indonesia ( 2021/07/28 )

3.    Lina Gozali;Irsandy Kurniawan;Aldo Salim;Iveline Anne Marie;Benny Tjahjono;Liang Y.-C.;Aldy Gunawan;Novia Hardjo Sie;Yuliani Suseno,Lean Manufacturing Approach to Increase Packaging Efficiency,International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Electrical Engineering (ICMIEE 2021),Indonesia ( 2021/06/24 )

4.    Liang Y.-C.;Iven Wijaya;Ming-Tao Yang;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Hou-Tai Chang,Deep Learning Approaches for Infant Cry Recognition,2020中國工業工程學會年會暨學術研討會(CIIE2020), ( 2020/11/21 )

5.    Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Chih-Kung Tung;Liang Y.-C.;César Beltrán Castañ;Christian E. Portuga;Yu-Chen Kung;Long-Song Lin, Data Augmentation of Coffee Bean Images Using Deep Learning Techniques, 2019 International Symposium on Industry3.5 and Intelligent Manufacturing (Industry3.5) ( 2019/09/25 )

6.    Liang Y.-C.;Yona Maimury;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Calibration of IoT Sensors Using Machine Learning Approaches, the 4th International Conference on Ambient Intelligence & Ergonomics in Asia (AmI&E 2019) ( 2019/10/04 )

7.    Liang Y.-C.;Vanny Minanda;Aldy Gunawan;Angela Hsiang-Ling C, Harmony Search Algorithm for Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, the 20th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2019) ( 2019/12/02 )

8.    Liang Y.-C.;Manuel Antonio Mojic;Angela Hsiang-Ling C, A Hybrid Discrete Harmony Search Algorithm for Scheduling of Machines and Automated Guided Vehicles in FMS Environment, The 19th Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, HK, 2018/12/05

9.    Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Liang Y.-C.;Angela Hsiang-Ling C, Virus Optimization Algorithm for Stochastic Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Problems, The 19th Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, HK, 2018/12/05

10.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,An Experimental Reactive Scheduling Framework for the Multi-Mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem,the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2017 (IMECS 2017),Hong Kong ( 2017/03/15 )

11.    Liang Y.-C.;Aldy Gunawan;Hui-Chih Chen;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Solving Tourist Trip Design Problems Using a Virus Optimization Algorithm, The Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2017), Malaysia(2017/12/16)

12.    Liang Y.-C.;Chih-Wen Yeh;Angela Hsiang-Ling C, Tabu Search for Major League Baseball Scheduling, the 18th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2017), Indonesia(2017/12/03)

13.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,Using Discrete Differential Evolution and Entropy to Solve the MRCPSP,2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2017),Spain ( 2017/06/05 )

14.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Angela Hsiang-Ling C,Pareto-guided Metaheuristics for Multi-Objective Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Problems,The 6th Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Asian Conference (IISEAsia2017),南京 ( 2017/07/22 )

15.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas,Harmony Search and Virus Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Objective Combined Economic Energy Dispatching Problems,IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation),Canada ( 20160724 )

16.    Liang Y.-C.;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;René Josué Aparicio ,Analysis and Prediction of Patent Trajectory,the 17th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2016), ( 2016/12/07 )

17.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Tsung-Yu Huang,On Evaluation of NFC Technology in Hypermarkets Using the DEMATEL-based Analytic Network Proces,the 17th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2016), ( 2016/12/07 )

18.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla,Developing a Practical Execution Time-frame for the MRCPSP/max,the 2015 International Congress on Natural Sciences and Engineering (ICNSE 2015) ( 2015/05 )

19.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas,A Discrete Version of the Virus Optimization Algorithm (DVOA),the 16th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2015),Vietnam ( 20151208 )

20.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jason Zu-Hsu Lee;Chen-Shin Tsai,Relationship Marketing For Taiwan''s Motel Businesses,the 16th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2015),Vietnam ( 20151208 )

21.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, 'A Normalization Method for Solving the Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Problem with Meta-heuristic Algorithms', International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 54, No. NA, pp. 163~186(2014/01)

22.    Liang Y.-C.;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Yung-Hsiang Nien, Artificial Bee Colony for Workflow Scheduling, 2014 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence(2014)

23.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Chia-Chien Liu, Portfolio Optimization Using Improved Artificial Bee Colony Approach, the 2013 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr)(2013)

24.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Jose David Padilla, An Entropy and Artificial Bee Colony Approach for the Multi-mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problems, the 14th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2013)(2013)

25.    Yueh-Chuan Yin;Liang Y.-C., Application of Continuous Ant Colony Optimization in Economic Dispatch Problems, the 14th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2013)(2013)

26.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Self-adaptive Virus Optimization Algorithm for Continuous Optimization Problems, the 14th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2013)(2013)

27.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Liang Y.-C.;Chieh Chiang, Linking Individual Investors'' Preferences to a Portfolio Optimization Model, the Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013 (IIEASIAN 2013)(2013)

28.    Liang Y.-C.;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Horacio Yamil Lovo G, On Reformulation of a Berth Allocation Problem, the Institute of Industrial Engineers Asian Conference 2013 (IIEASIAN 2013)(2013)

29.    Angela H. L. Chen;Liang Y.-C.;Chia-Chien Liu, An Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Cardinality-Constrained Portfolio Optimization Problems, the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2012)(2012)

30.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Multilevel Image Thresholding Using Relative Entropy and Virus Optimization Algorithm, the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2012)(2012)

31.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue Rodolfo Cuevas, Combined Economic and Emission Dispatch Using Harmony Search and Genetic Algorithm, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2012)(2012)

32.    Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Zu-Hsu Lee;Liang Y.-C., DEA for Performance Assessment on Taiwan’s Biotech Companies, the 2012 International Conference on Innovation Services (2012 ICIS)(2012)

33.    Liang Y.-C.;Chia-Yin Chuang, An Effective Variable Neighborhood Search Approach to Multi-Objective Resource Allocation Problems, The 21th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2011), 201106

34.    Liang Y.-C.;Chia-Yun Tien, Variable Neighborhood Search for Drilling Operation Scheduling in PCB Industries, the 2011 Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2011)(2011)

35.    Liang Y.-C.;Angela H. L. Chen;Yu-Ting Chang, Optimizing Portfolio Selection Using Harmony Search, IIE Asian Conference 2011, 201106

36.    Liang Y.-C.;Josue R. Cuevas, Virus Optimization Algorithm for Curve Fitting Problems, IIE Asian Conference 2011, 201106

37.    Min-Hua Lo;Yun-Chia Liang,Jih-Chang Hsieh, A Modified Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for Orienteering Problems, The 40th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE40), 201007

38.    Quan-Ke Pan;Mehmet Fatih Tasgeti;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;Yun-Chia Liang, Solving Lot-streaming Flow Shop Scheduling Problems Using a Discrete Harmony Search Algorithm, WCCI 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, pp.4134-4139, 201007

39.    Liang Y.-C.;張明穎;羅敏華, 應用粒子群演算法於二階層供應鏈配銷問題之研究, 中國工業工程學會九十九年度年會暨學術研討會, 201012

40.    Liang Y.-C.;張瑜庭;劉佳倩, 應用和弦演算法於投資組合最佳化問題之研究, 中國工業工程學會九十九年度年會暨學術研討會, 201012

41.    Yun-Chia Liang;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Chia-Yun Tien,Variable Neighborhood Search for Multi-Objective Parallel Machine Scheduling Problems,The 8th International Conference on Information and Management Sciences,200907

42.    Yun-Chia Liang;Zu-Hsu Lee;Chuang-Lung Chan,Ant Colony Optimization for Permutation Flowshop On-Line Due-Date Scheduling Problem,The 8th International Conference on Information and Management Sciences,200907

43.    Josue Rodolfo Cuevas;Hung-Jie Wang;Yi-Chieh Lai;Yun-Chia Liang, Virus Optimization Algorithm (VOA): A Novel Metaheuristic for Solving Continuous Optimization Problems, the 10th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2009), pp.2166

44.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang,Sel Ozcan, A Discrete Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Single Machine Total Weighted Tarniness Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times, International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applic

45.    Vincent C. Li;Yun-Chia Liang,Huan-Fu Chang, The Adaptive Memory Projection Method for Multidimensional Knapsack Problems with Generalized Upper Bound Constraints, 中國工業工程學會九十八年度年會暨學術研討會, HU06, 200912

46.    Yun-Chia Liang,Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Shu-Yu Lin, Variable Neighborhood Search for Portfolio Optimization Problems, the 10th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2009), pp.2180-2185, 200912

47.    Yun-Chia Liang,Chia-Yin Chuang;Min-Hua Lo, Variable Neighborhood Search for Multi-Objective Resource Allocation Problems, the 10th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2009), pp.2175-2179, 200912

48.    Yun-Chia Liang,Yueh-Chuan Yin;Chi-Chun Lao, An Application of Continuous Ant Colony Optimization for Multi-level Thresholding, the 10th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference (APIEMS 2009), pp.2159-2165, 200912

49.    Yun-Chia Liang;Angela Hsiang-Ling C;Nan-Chi Kuo,Variable Neighborhood Search for Multi-Objective Project Portfolio Selection Problem,Proceedings of the 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System Conference,200812

50.    Yun-Chia Liang, Zu-Hsu Lee;Yu-Sheng Chen,Ant Colony Optimization for Single Machine On-Line Due-Date Scheduling Problem,the 8th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System and 2007 Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers Conference (APIEMS & CIIE Conference 2007)

51.    Quan-Ke Pan;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for the Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem,the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2007,2007/7

52.    Yun-Chia Liang, Yueh-Chuan Yin;Angela H.L. Chen,Multilevel Thresholding Using Ant Colony Optimization,the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2007 - the 2007 IAENG International Conference on Imaging Engineering (IMECS2007-ICIE),2007/3

53.    Yun-Chia Liang, Chia-Yun Tien,A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for Bi-Objective Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem,the 8th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System and 2007 Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers Conference (APIEMS & CIIE Conference 2007)

54.    Nan Fang;Yun-Chia Liang, A New Development Model: SBM-Additive Context-Dependent Data Envelopment Analysis,the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2007 - 2007 IAENG International Conference on Operations Research (IMECS2007-ICOR),2007/3

55.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Yun-Chia Liang, A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for the Total Earliness and Tardiness Penalties with a Common Due Date on a Single-Machine,the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CI-Sched 2007),2007/4

56.    Yun-Chia Liang, Min-Hua Lo,Solving Multi-Objective Redundancy Allocation Problem Using Randomized Variable Neighborhood Search,the 8th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management System and 2007 Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers Conference (APIEMS & CIIE Conference 2007),

57.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;Yun-Chia Liang, A Discrete Differential Evolution Algorithm for the No-Wait Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Total Flowtime Criterion,the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CI-Sched 2007),2007/4

58.    Yun-Chia Liang, Min-Hua Lo,Maximize System Reliability of Redundancy Allocation Problems Using a Variable Neighborhood Algorithm,the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications and Practice (IJIE2006),2006/10

59.    Yun-Chia Liang, Yu-Ming Hsiao,A Multiple Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for a Bi-Objective Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem in Taiwan PCB Industries,第三屆台灣作業研究學會學術研討會暨2006年作業研究理論與實務學術研討會,2006/11

60.    Quan-Ke Pan;M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Liang, A Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem with Makespan Criterion,the 26th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI-2006),2006/12

61.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Mehmet Sevkli, Yun-Chia Liang, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem,” Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, June 19-22, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1875-1880.

62.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Yun-Chia Liang, Gunes Gencyilmaz, and Ipek Eker, “Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution Algorithms for Continuous Optimization Problems,” Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, June 19-22, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1869-1874.

63.    Yun-Chia Liang and Yi-Ching Chen, “Redundancy Allocation of Series-Parallel Systems Using a Variable Neighbourhood Search Algorithm,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Quality and Reliability (ICQR2005), August 9-11, 2005, Beijing, China, pp. 595-604. (Invited to submit for the special issue of Reliability Engineering and System Safety)

64.    Yun-Chia Liang and Yi-Ching Chen, “Variable Neighbourhood Search for Redundancy Allocation Problem with System Cost Minimization Objective,” Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) Congress & the 19th Asia Quality Symposium (AQS), September 20-23, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 393-399

65.    Yun-Chia Liang and Jou-Chun Chen, “Parallel Machine Makespan Minimization Using Ant Colony Optimization,” (accepted to the 1st International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM 2005))

66.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Mehmet Sevkli, Yun-Chia Liang, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Proceedings of the 2004 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’04), June 20-23, 2004, Portland, Oregon, pp. 1412-1419.

67.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Yun-Chia Liang, Mehmet Sevkli, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “Differential Evolution Algorithm for Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem with Makespan Criterion,” Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS 2004), September 6-8, 2004, Sakarya, Turkey, pp. 442-452. (Invited to submit for the special issue of International Journal of Production Research)

68.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Yun-Chia Liang, Mehmet Sevkli, and Gunes Gencyilmaz, “Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Makespan and Maximum Lateness Minimization in Permutation Flowshop Sequencing Problem,” Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS 2004), September 6-8, 2004, Sakarya, Turkey, pp. 431-441. (Invited to submit for the special issue of Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing)

69.    Yun-Chia Liang, Angela H.L. Chen, Wen-Ching Kao, and Chiuh-Cheng Chyu, “An Ant Colony Approach to Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problems,” Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2004 (APIEMS 2004), December 12-15, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 31.5.1-31.5.10

70.    Yun-Chia Liang, Shu-Kai S. Fan, and Chia-Chuan Wu, “A Variable Neighborhood Descent Heuristic for Redundancy Allocation Problems,” Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2004 (APIEMS 2004), December 12-15, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 27.4.1-27.4.11. (Invited to submit for Industrial Engineering and Management Systems)

71.    Yun-Chia Liang, Min-Hua Lo, and Angela H.L. Chen, “An Ant Colony Approach for the Vehicle Routing Problem under Distance and Capacity Constraints,” Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications and Practice (IJIE2003), November 10-12, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 600-605.

72.    Yun-Chia Liang, Sadan Kulturel-Konak, and Alice E. Smith, “Meta Heuristics for the Orienteering Problem,” Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'02), May 12-17, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 384-389.

73.    Yu-Chen Huang, Zen-Shan Her, and Yun-Chia Liang, “Redundancy Allocation Using Meta-Heuristics,” Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management System (APIEMS 2002), December 18-20, 2002, Taipei, pp. 1758-1761

74.    Yun-Chia Liang and Alice E. Smith, “Ant Systems and Redundancy Allocation,” Proceedings of the 9th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC'00), May 21-23, 2000, Cleveland, Ohio.

75.    Yun-Chia Liang and Alice E. Smith, “Ant Colony Optimization for Constrained Combinatorial Problems,” Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications and Practice, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2000, ID 296. (won the best student paper award)

76.    Yun-Chia Liang and Alice E. Smith, “An Ant System Approach to Redundancy Allocation,” Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Washington D.C., IEEE, pp. 1478-1484.

77.    Yun-Chia Liang and Alice E. Smith, “An Ant System Approach to Redundancy Allocation Problem,” INFORMS Fall 1999 Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Books & Others

1.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Lian;Quan-Ke Pan;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn,Chapter 6 Discrete/Binary Approach,Differential Evolution: A Handbook for Global Permutation-Based Combinatorial Optimization, Springer,200901

2.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Quan-Ke Pan;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn;Yun-Chia Liang,Tay-Jin Chua, Metaheuristics for Common Due Date Total Earliness and Tardiness Single Machine Scheduling Problem, Computational Intelligence in Flow Shop and Job Shop Scheduling, Springer Series, pp

3.    M. Fatih Tasgetiren;Yun-Chia Lian;Quan-Ke Pan;Ponnuthurai Nagaratn,A Modified Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem,Travelling Salesman Problem, ARS Publishing, pp. 97-116.,200809

4.    Yun-Chia Liang, Alice E. Smith,The Ant Colony Paradigm for Reliability Systems Design,Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering: Studies in Computational Intelligence,2007/1

5.    Yun-Chia Liang, "Ant Colony Optimization Approach to Combinatorial Problems," Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, December 2001.

Rewards

1.    古薇涵, 中國工業工程學會, 2010全國工業工程與管理大專生專題競賽作業研究組佳作, 201012

2.    The Best Paper Award,200907(International Association for Information and Management Sciences)

3.    Yun-Chia Liang, Certificate of Merit (student) for the 2007 IAENG International Conference on Operations Research,International Associations of Engineers,2007/3

Technical Reports

1.    Alice E. Smith, David W. Coit, and Yun-Chia Liang, “A Neural Network Approach to Condition Based Maintenance: Case Study of Airport Ground Transportation Vehicles,” Rutgers University IE Working Paper 03-117, 2003.