Dr. K S Chin

MSc(HKU), PhD(HKU), FASQ, FHKSQ, FHKQMA, SrMIIE, SrMSME, MIMfgE, MHKIE, CEng, RPE

Research Areas: Quality Systems and Management, New Product Design and Development, Decision Support Systems

1990	MSc (Engg)	Industrial Engineering	The University of Hong Kong
1996	PhD	Industrial Engineering	The University of Hong Kong

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
ESPRC Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester School of Management, UK
Visiting Research Fellow, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, PRC
Product Development Manager, SONCA Products Ltd (a subsidiary of Eveready 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.

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
Hon. Advisor, Hong Kong Quality Management Association
Former Chairman, Hong Kong Society for Quality
Former Vice Chairman, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Acquired total research funding as Principal Investigator in last 14 years: HK$8,995,978 in 20 projects.
Supervised 12 MPhil/PhD/EngD graduate students
"Development of a Novel Belief Rule-Based Methodology for Assessing Entrepreneurship Project Risks" (on-going)
"Quality Function Deployment under Multiple Preference Formats with Various Uncertainties" (on-going)
"Improving Group Decision Making in Risk Assessment of New Product Design under Uncertainties: An Evidential Reasoning Based Preference Programming Approach" (on-going)
"Development of a new product design assessment tool: A Bayesian Network with Approximate Reasoning Approach" (completed in 2008)
"Group Decision Making in Determining Customer-oriented Product Attributes: Modeling and Analysis under Interval Uncertainties" (completed in 2007)
"Development of a Novel Approximate Reasoning Based Multiple Attribute Decision Analysis Methodology" (completed in 2005)

Published over 130 journal papers and 70 refereed conference papers, authored 8 books/book chapters, edited 4 books, and gave numerous invited talks and presentations
Associate Editor, Asian Journal on Quality
Area Editor (Quality and reliability), Industrial Engineering & Management Systems
Regional Editor (East Asia), International Journal of Computer-aided Engineering and Technology
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (Taiwan)
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Innovation and Learning
Editorial Board Member, R & D Management (published by Fudan University, PRC)
Reviewers of numerous international journals

Chin K S, Lo K C and Leung J P F, "Development of User-Satisfaction-Based Knowledge Management Performance Measurement System with Evidential Reasoning Approach", Expert Systems with Applications (accepted, to appear)

Chin K S, Tang D W, Yang J B and Wong Z S Y, "A Bayesian Network based assessment system of new product development project risks", Expert Systems with Applications (accepted, to appear)

Wang Y M, Yang J B, Xu D L, Chin K S, "Consumer preference prediction by using a hybrid evidential reasoning and belief rule-based methodology", Expert Systems with Applications (accepted, to appear)

Guo M, Yang J B, Chin K S, Wang H W and Liu X B, "Evidential Reasoning Approach for Multi-attribute Decision Analysis Under Both Fuzzy and Interval Uncertainty", IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, (accepted, to appear)

Wang Y M, Chin K S and Leung J P F, "A note on the application of data envelopment analytic hierarchy process for supplier selection", International Journal of Production Research (accepted, to appear)

Lo K C and Chin K S, "User-Satisfaction-Based Knowledge Management Performance Measurement", International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol.26, No.5, 2009, pp.449-468.

Chin K S, Wang Y M, Poon K K and Yang J B, "Failure mode and effects analysis using a group-based evidential reasoning approach", Computers and Operations Research, Vol.36, 2009, pp.1768-1779.

Chin K S, Wang Y M, Yang J B and Poon K K, "An evidential reasoning approach for Quality Function Deployment under uncertainty", Expert System with Applications, Vol.36, No.3, 2009, pp.5684-5694.

Wang Y M and Chin K S, "A new data envelopment analysis method for priority determination and group decision making in the analytic hierarchy process", European Journal of Operations Research, Vol.195, No.1, 2009, pp.239-250.

Chin K S, Yang J B, Guo M and Lam P K, "Evidential Reasoning-Interval Based Application in New Product Design Assessment", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol.56, No.1, Feb 2009, pp.142-156.

Wang Y M and Chin K S, "A linear goal programming priority method for fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and its applications in new product screening", International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol.49, No.2, 2008, pp.451-465.

Wang Y M, Chin K S and Poon K K, "A data envelopment analysis method with assurance region for weight generation in the analytic hierarchy process", Decision Support Systems, Vol.45, No.4, 2008, pp.913-921.

Chin K S, Xu D L, Yang J B and Lam J P K, "A group-based ER-AHP decision making methodology for new product development project screening under uncertainties", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol.35, No.4, 2008, 1909-1929.

Chin K S, Chan B L, and Lam J P K, "Identifying and prioritizing critical success factors for coopetition strategy: A study of Hong Kong industry", Industrial Management and Data System, 108(3-4), 2008, pp.437-454.

Chin K S, Chan A and Yang J B, "Development of Fuzzy FMEA Based Product Design System", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 36 (7-8), 2008, pp.633-649.

Guo M, Yang J B, Chin K S and Wang H, "Evidential Reasoning Based Preference Programming for Multiple Attribute Decision Analysis under Uncertainty", European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 182, Issue 3, November 2007, pp.1294-1312.

Wong S Y and Chin K S, "Organizational innovation management (OIM): An organization-wide perspective", Industrial Management and Data Systems, Vol.107, No.9, 2007, pp.1290-1315.

Lam J P K, Chin K S and Pun K F, "Managing conflict in collaborative new product development: a supplier perspective", International Journal of Quality and reliability Management, Vol.24, No.9, 2007, pp.891-907.

Chan C T, Chin K S and Lam P K J, "Strategic Sourcing in Hong Kong", International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol.24, No.8, 2007, 776-799.

Wang Y M, Chin K S and Yang J B, "Measuring the performances of decision making units using geometric average efficiency", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol.58 (2007), pp.929-937

Last modified on 3 July, 2009

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