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Qin, Hu

Associate Professor

Department of Management Science and Information Management

Research Interests:
Logistics management, algorithm design, transportation system management, network modeling and optimization, vehicle routing optimization, freight allocation, container packing problem
Phone: +86-133499xxxxx
Email: tigerqinAThotmailDOTcom

  Education


  Ph.D., Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (CityU HK), 2011.2; Supervisor: Professor Andrew Lim


  Master of Engineering, Institute of System Engineering, Department of Control Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2005.7; Supervisor: Professor Hongwei Wang.


  Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Control Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2002.7;


  Overseas Visiting and Training


  2011.2-2012.12011.2-2012.1 Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Visiting Scholar


  2005.9-2009.12005.9-2009.1 Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. candidate.


  Courses Taught


  Operations Research, Optimization Theory and Algorithm


  Research Interests


  Logistics management, algorithm design, transportation system management, network modeling and optimization, vehicle routing optimization, freight allocation, container packing problem


  Selected Publications


  [1] "The Tree Representation for the Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem with LIFO Loading", Yongquan Li, Andrew Lim, Wee-Chong Oon, Hu Qin*, Dejian Tu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 212, Issue 3, August 2011, Pages 482-496.


  [2] "Example-based Learning Particle Swarm Optimization for Continuous Optimization", Han Huang*, Hu Qin, Zhifeng Hao and Andrew Lim, Information Sciences, Volume 182, Issue 1, 1 January 2012, Pages 125-138.


  [3] "The Freight Allocation Problem with Lane Cost Balancing Constraint” Andrew Lim, Hu Qin* and Zhou Xu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 217, Issue 1, 16 February 2012, Pages 26-35.


  [4] "The Single Vehicle Routing Problem with Toll-by-Weight Scheme: a Branch and Bound Approach", Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin*, Wenbin Zhu, Andrew Lim, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 220, Issue 2, 16 July 2012, Pages 295 - 304.


  [5] "The Freight Allocation Problem with All-units Quantity-based Discount: A Heuristic Algorithm", Hu Qin, Meifeng Luo*, Xiang Gao and Andrew Lim, Omega—The International Journal of Management Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 415-423.


  [6] “A Two-stage Tabu Search Algorithm with Enhanced Packing Heuristics for the 3L-CVRP and M3L-CVRP”, Wenbin Zhu, Hu Qin*, Andrew Lim and Lei Wang, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2012, Pages 2178 - 2195.


  [7] "Iterative Deepening A* Algorithms for the Container Relocation Problem", Wenbin Zhu, Hu Qin*, Andrew Lim, and Huidong Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 4, October 2012, Pages 710-722.


  [8] "Multiple Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem with Last-in-first-out Loading and Distance Constraints", Brenda Cheung, Xiang Gao, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin* and Wenbin Zhu, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 223, Issue 1, 16 November 2012, Pages 60-75.


[9] “A Cluster-based Scheduling Model using SPT and SA for Dynamic Hybrid Flow Shop Problems”, Kai Wang, Shiu Hong Choi, Hu Qin, Yun Huang, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, August 2013, Volume 67, Issue 9-12, pp 2243-2258.


[10] “A Memetic Algorithm for the Multiperiod Vehicle Routing Problem with Profit”, Zizhen Zhang, Oscar Che, Brenda Cheang, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin*, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 229, Issue 3, 16 September 2013, Pages 573–584.


[11] "A Memetic Algorithm for the Capacitated m-Ring-Star Problem”, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, Applied Intelligence, Volume 40, Issue 2, March 2014, Pages 305 - 321.


[12] “The Freight Consolidation and Containerization Problem”, Hu Qin, Zizhen Zhang*, Qi Zhuxuan and Andrew Lim, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 234, Issue 1, 1 April 2014, Pages 37–48.


[13] "Branch-and-Price-and-Cut for the Multiple Traveling Repairman Problem with Distance Constraints", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin*, Lim Andrew, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 234, Issue 1, 1 April 2014, Pages 49–60.


[14] “An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling under Stochastic Processing Times”, WANG, K.; CHOI, S.H.; QIN, H, accepted by International Journal of Production Research, Volume 52, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7360–7376.


[15] "On Service Consistency in Multi-period Vehicle Routing", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin*, Andrew Lim, Chanhou Che, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 243, Issue 3, 16 June 2015, Pages 731–744.


[16] “An Efficient Intelligent Search Algorithm for the Two-dimensional Rectangular Strip Packing Problem”, Lijun Wei, Hu Qin*, Brenda Cheang and Xianhao Xu, accepted by International Transactions in Operational Research, October 21, 2014.


[17] "Pickup and Delivery Service with Manpower Planning in Hong Kong Public Hospitals", Andrew Lim, Zhenzhen Zhang and Hu Qin, accepted by Transportation Science, January 3, 2015.


[18] “A Tabu Search Algorithm for the Multi-period Inspector Scheduling Problem”, Hu Qin, Wei Ming, Zizhen Zhang, Yubin Xie, Andrew Lim, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 59, July 2015, Pages 78–93.


[19] "Travel time analysis of the dual command cycle in the split-platform AS/RS with I/O dwell point policy", Tian Liu, Xianhao Xu, Hu Qin and Andrew Lim, accepted by Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, April 26, 2015.


[20] "A study of perturbation operators for the pickup and delivery traveling salesman problem with LIFO or FIFO loading", Lijun Wei, Hu Qin, Wenbin Zhu* and Long Wan, accepted by Journal of Heuristics, 29 May 2015.


[21] "A Fuzzy Logic-Based Hybrid Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for Distributed Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problems under Machine Breakdown", K. Wang, Y. Huang*, H. Qin, accepted by Journal of the Operational Research Society, 4 June, 2015.


Papers under review and revision.


[21] "Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands and Toll-by-Weight Scheme", Zhixin Luo, Hu Qin*, Andrew Lim, submitted to Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Major Revision, April 30, 2015.


[22] "An Enhanced Branch-and-bound Algorithm for the Talent Scheduling Problem", Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin*, Xiaocong Liang, Andrew Lim, submitted to European Journal of Operational Research, major revision, March 10, 2014.


[23] "Branch-and-price-and-cut for the Split-collection Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Linear Weight-related Cost", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin*, Wenbin Zhu and Andrew Lim, submitted to Transportation Science, minor revision, January 3, 2015.


[24] "Branch-and-price-and-cut for the Manpower Routing Problem with Synchronization Constraints", Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin*, Wenbin Zhu and Andrew Lim, submitted to Naval Research Logistics, under review, April 1, 2015.


[25] "Assignment graph solution representation for the Split-Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem", Zhixing Luo, Wenbin Zhu *, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, submitted to Transportation Research Part B, under review, May 4, 2015.


Selected Conference Papers


【1】. "An Efficient Forest-based Tabu Search Algorithm for the Split-delivery Vehicle Routing Problem", Zizhen Zhang, Huang He, Zhixing Luo, Hu Qin and Songshan Guo, the Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15, January 25–30, 2015 Austin, Texas, USA).


【2】. "A Branch and Bound for the Talent Scheduling Problem", Xiaocong Liang, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin, Songshan Guo and Andrew Lim. The 27 International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2014, June 3-6, 2014 Kaohsiung, Taiwan).


【3】 "The Multi-period Profi t Collection Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows", Yubin Xie, Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin, Songshan Guo and Andrew Lim. The 27 International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2014, June 3-6, 2014 Kaohsiung, Taiwan).


【4】“A Tree-based Tabu Search for the Manpower Allocation Problem with Time Windows and Job-Teaming Constraints”, Yilin Cai, Zizhen Zhang, Songshan Guo, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2013). August 3-9, 2013, Beijing, China.

【5】. "A Genetic Algorithm for the Freight Consolidation Problem with One-dimensional Container Loading", Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim. 2011 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO2011, Tuesday – Saturday July 12–16, 2011 Dublin, Ireland).

【6】. "Multiple Pickup and Delivery TSP with LIFO and Distance Constraints: a VNS Approach", Xiang Gao, Andrew Lim, Hu Qin and Wenbin Zhu. The Twenty-fourth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2011, June 28 - July 1, 2011 Syracuse, New York, USA).

【7】. "An Algorithm for the Freight Allocation Problem with All-Units Quantity-Based Discount", Xiang Gao, Andrew Lim, Wee-Chong Oon, Hu Qin. The Twenty-fourth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2011, June 28 - July 1, 2011 Syracuse, New York, USA).

【8】. "Balanced Student Partitioning to Promote Effective Learning: Applications in an International School", Wenbin Zhu, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, Zhou Xu, The Eleventh International workshop on Knowledge Management and Acquisition for Smart Systems and Services (PKAW2010, August 30 - September 3, 2010 in Daegu, Korea).

【9】. "The Tree Representation of Feasible Solutions for the TSP with Pickup and Delivery and LIFO Loading", Dejian Tu, Songshan Guo, Hu Qin, Wee-Chong Oon, Andrew Lim, the Twenty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-10, July 11–15, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

【10】. "Branch and Bound Algorithm for A Single Vehicle Routing Problem with Toll-by-Weight Scheme", Zizhen Zhang, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, Songshan Guo, The Twenty Third International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE 2010, June 1-4, 2010 Córdoba, Spain).

【11】. "A Flow Rationing Strategy over Multiple Flow Classes on Restricted Paths", Dongsheng Xu, Weihua Zhou, Hu Qin, Yinhua Ye, The 2009 International Conference on Engineering Management and Service Sciences (EMS 2009, September 20-22, 2009 in Beijing).

【12】. "A Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Toll-by-Weight Rule", Chenghao Shen, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim. The Twenty Second International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE 2009, June 24-27, 2009 Tainan, Taiwan).

【13】. "The Selective Traveling Salesman Problem with Regular Working Time Windows", Hu Qin, Andrew Lim, Dongsheng Xu. The Twenty Second International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE 2009, June 24-27, 2009 Tainan, Taiwan).

【14】. "An Optimization Framework for the Box Sizing Problem", Jing Xu, Hu Qin, Rendao Shen, Chenghao Shen. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI'2008, October 12-15, 2008, Beijing, China).

【15】. "Random Move Tabu Search for Freight Proportion Allocation Problem", Andrew Lim, Hu Qin, Jing Xu and Zhou Xu. The 20th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI2008, November 3-5, 2008, Dayton, Ohio, USA).