Prof. LIM Leong Chye Andrew

Prof. LIM Leong Chye Andrew Department Head Professor
PhD - Computer and Information Systems (University of Minnesota) B.Comp.Sci. - Computer Science (University of Minnesota)

Andrew Lim obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 1992 from the University of Minnesota. At present, he is Professor and Head of Department of Management Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. The aim of Andrew’s research is to help companies compete effectively. This includes deriving customized business value models; identifying key performance indicators, and developing optimized processes that improve these indicators. Andrew’s works have been published in key journals in Operations Research and Management Science, and disseminated via international conferences and professional seminars. More importantly these works have contributed to substantial impacts to many renowned multi-national companies leading to international awards and company-wide innovative prizes. However, among the number of activities that Andrew has undertaken, he derives greatest satisfaction in education and mentoring which resulted in strong placements of his students at all levels.

Contact Information

Address:	P7605, Academic Building City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Phone:	+852 34428248
Fax:	+852 34420188
E-mail:	lim.andrew@cityu.edu.hk
Personal Web:	http://andrew.computational-logistics.com/andrew/

Research Areas

Business KPIs, Analytics and Process Optimization
Applied Optimization
Large Scale Optimization and Meta-heuristics

Publications

Journal Articles
A. Lim and Z. Xu (2009), "Searching Optimal Re-sequencing and Feature Assignment on an Automated Assembly Line", Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60, 361-371 A. Lim, H. Ma, and Z. Miao (2009), "Truck Dock Assignment Problem with Operational Time Constraint within Crossdocks", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 192, 105-115 A. Lim, H. Ma, V. Wen, Z. Xu, B. Cheang (2009), "Assessing the qualitative influence of journals in a citation network", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 52, No. 8, 111-116 Y. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (Summer 2009), "Combined Pricing and Inventory Control for a Perishable Product with Two-Period Lifetime", M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, 538-542 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Z. Xu (2008), "Transportation Procurement with Seasonally-Varying Demand and Volume Guarantees", Operations Research, Vol. 56, 758-771 Q. Chen, A. Lim, K. Ong (2008), "Enabling structural summaries for efficient update and workload adaption", Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 64, No. 3, 558-579 Y. Guo, Y. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2008), "Tariff Concession in Production Sourcing", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 187, Issue 2, 543-555 A. Lim, Z. Xu, F. Wang (2008), "The Selection and Assignment Problem with Minimum Quantity Commitment", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 59, 692-702 F. Wang, A. Lim (2008), "An Effective Local Search Method to solve the Flexible Demand Assignment Problem", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 289-297 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Z. Xu (2007), "A m-Parallel Crane Scheduling Problem With A Non-Crossing Constraint", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 54, Issue 2, 115-235 Z. Fu, Y. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2007), "Port Space Allocation in Two Dimensions with Time Constraints", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 58, No. 6, 797-807 F. Wang, A. Lim (2007), "A Stochastic beam search for the berth allocation problem", Decision Support Systems, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2186-2196 A. Lim, Jing Lin, and Fei Xiao (2007), "Particle Swarm Optimization and Hill Climbing to Solve the Bandwidth Minimization Problem", Applied Intelligence, Vol. 26, No. 3, 175-182 Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues and L. Yang (2007), "Minimizing The Makespan of Unrelated Parallel Machines", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 16, No. 3, 399-415 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2007), "A Fast Algorithm for Bandwidth Minimization", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vo. 16, No. 3, 537-544 G. Huang, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2007), "A Local Search Using Solution Fragments for the 2-Machine Bicriteria Scheduling Problem", Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 37, Issue 2, 219-229 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, S. Yu (2007), "Machine Scheduling Performance with Maintenance and Failure", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 45, 1067-1080 A. Lim and X. Zhang (2007), "A Two-Stage Heuristic with Ejection Pools and Generalized Ejection Chains for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time windows", INFORMS Journal on Computing, Volume 19, No. 3, 443-457 Y. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2007), "Global Sourcing Using Local Content Tariff Rules", IIE Transactions, Vol. 39, No. 5, 425-437 A. Lim, F. Wang, and Z. Xu (2006), "A Transportation Problem with Minimum Quantity Commitments", Transportation Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, 117-129 A. Lim and Z. Xu (2006), "The Bottleneck Problem with Minimum Quantity Commitment", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 53, Issue 1, 91-100 G. Huang and A. Lim (2006), "A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Three-Index Assignment Problem", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 172, 249-257 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2006), "Heuristics for matrix bandwidth reduction", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 174, 69-91 A. Lim and Z. Xu (2006), "A Critical-Shaking Neighborhood Search for the Yard Allocation Problem", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 174, 1247-1259 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, X. Zhang (2006), "A Simulated Annealing with Hill Climbing Approach to solve the Traveling Tournament Problems", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 174, 1459-1478 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, and X. Zhang (2006), "Scheduling sports competitions at multiple venues - Revisited", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 175, 171-186 A. Lim, F. Wang, Z. Xu (2006), "The One-Commodity Pickup and Delivery Travelling Salesman Problem on a Path or a Tree", Networks, Vol. 48, Issue 1, 24-35 Q. Chen, A. Lim, K. Ong, J. Tang (2006), "Indexing XML Documents for XPath Query Processing in External Memory", Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 59, 681-699 Q. Chen, A. Lim, K. Ong, J. Tang (2006), "Indexing Graph-Structured XML Data for Efficient Structural Join Operation", Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 58, 159-179 P. Chen, Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2006), "Multi-Crossdocks with Inventory and Time Windows", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 33, Issue 1, 43-63 Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2006), "Heuristics for A Bidding Problem", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 33, Issue 8, 2179-2188 A. Lim, J. Lin, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2006), "Ant Colony Optimization with Hill climbing to Solve the Bandwidth Minimization Problem", Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 180-188 Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, J. Tang (2006), "Using A Lagrangian Heuristic For A Combinatorial Auction Problem", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 15, No. 3, 481-489 Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2006), "Carrier Assignment Models Transportation Procurement", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 57, 1464-1471 Y. Zhu and A. Lim (2006), "Crane Scheduling with Non-Crossing Constraints", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 57, 1472-1481 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, C. Wang (2006), "Two Machine Flow Shop Problems with a Single Server", Journal of Scheduling, Vol. 9, 515-543 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Wang, Z. Xu (2005), "k-Center problems with minimum coverage", Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 332, Issue 1-3, 1-17 Y. Li, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2005), "Manpower Allocation with Time Windows and Job Teaming Constraints", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 52, No. 4, 302-311 A. Lim, Z. Miao, B. Rodrigues, Z. Xu (2005), "Transshipment through Crossdocks with Inventory and Time Windows", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 52, No. 8, 724-733 Andrew Lim and F. Wang (2005), "Multi-depot Vehicle Routing Problem: two-stage and one stage approach", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 4, 397-402 Y. Zhu, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2005), "Airport Gate Scheduling with Time Windows", Artificial Intelligence Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, 5-31 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, J. Zhang (2005), "Tabu Search embedded Simulated Annealing for the Shortest Route Cut and Fill Problem", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 56, No. 7, 816-825 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Yang (2005), "3D Container Packing Heuristics", Applied Intelligence, Vol. 22, No. 2, 125-134 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2005), "The Over-Constrained Airport Gate Assignment Problem", Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 32, Issue 7, 1867-1880 A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2005), "A Note on the Optimal EOQ for Announced Price Increases in Infinite Horizon", Operations Research, Vol. 53, No. 4, 731-732 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, X Zhang (2004), "Meta-Heuristics with Local Search Techniques for Retail Shelf Space Optimization", Management Science, Vol. 50, No. 1, 117-131 P. Chen, Z. Fu, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2004), "Port Yard Optimization Problem", IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 26-37 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao, Y. Zhu (2004), "Crane Scheduling with Spatial Constraints", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 51, Issue 3, 386-406 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, R. Thangarajoo, F. Xiao (2004), "A Hybrid Framework for Over-Constrained Generalized Resource Project Scheduling Problems", Artificial Intelligence Review, Vol. 22, No. 3, 211-243 H. Ding, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2004), "New Heuristics for the Over-constrained Flight to Gate Assignments", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, 760-768 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Lei Song (2004), "Manpower Allocation Problem with Time Windows", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, No. 11, 1178-1186 Y. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2004), "Crossdocking : JIT Scheduling with Time Windows", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, No. 12, 1342-1351 P. Chen, Z. Fu, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2004), "The Two Dimensional Packing Problem for Irregular Objects", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 13, No. 3, 429-448 Y Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, S. Yu (2004), "Minimizing Total Flow Time in Single Machine Environment with Release Time: An Experimental Analysis", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 47, Issue 2-3, 123-140 Y. Li, A. Lim and F. Wang (2004), "Machine scheduling problem under shared resource constraints: A Genetic Algorithm Approach", International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 19, No. 2, 77-83 H. Li and A. Lim (2003), "A Metaheuristic for the pickup and delivery problem with time windows", International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol. 12, No. 2, 173-186 H. Li and A. Lim (2003), "Local Search with Annealing-like Restarts to solve the VRPTW", European Journal on Operational Research, Vol. 150, No. 1, 115-127 B. Cheang, H. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "Nurse Rostering Problems - A Bibliographic Survey", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 151, 447-460 B. Cheang, A. Kurnia, A. Lim, W. Oon (2003), "On Automated Grading of Programming Assignments in an Academic Institution", Computers & Education, Vol. 41, 121-131 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Wang (2003), "A Multifaced Buildup Algorithm for Three Dimensional Packing", OMEGA-International Journal of Management Science, Vol. 31, No. 6, 471-481 K. Goh, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues "Sexual Selection For Genetic Algorithms", Artificial Intelligence Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, 123-152

Accepted Journal Articles (forthcoming)
A. Lim, M. Jing, B. Rodrigues (2009), "Designing Meta-heuristics - A Plug and Play Approach", accepted by Artificial Intelligence Review, forthcoming

Conference Papers (Proceedings)
A. Lim, H. Ma, W. Qi, Z. Xu, B. Cheang, B. tan, W. Zhu (2007), "Journal-Ranking.com: An Online Interactive Journal Ranking System", proceedings of the Nineteenth Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, 1723-1729, Menlo Park, Calif.: AAAI Press Z. Li, S. Guo, F. Wang and Andrew Lim (2004), "Improved GRASP With Tabu Search for Vehicle Routing With Both Time Window and Limited Number of Vehicles", to be appear in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Springer, proceedings of 17th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE)), 2004 Y. Kong, S. Guo, F. Wang, A. Lim (2004), "A New Neighborhood Based on Improvement Graph for Robust Graph Coloring Problem", Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Springer, proceedings of 17th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence), 2004. Y. Kong, F. Wang, A. Lim and Songshan Guo (2003), "A new hybrid evolutionary algorithm for the robust graph coloring problem", Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Springer, proceedings of 16th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence), 2003

Conference Papers
A. Lim, H. Ma, Z. Miao (2006), "Truck Dock Assignment Problem with Time Windows and Capacity Constraint in Transshipment Network through Crossdocks", The 2006 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2006), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 688-69 Z. Wang, C. Che, L. Chen, A. Lim (2006), "An Efficient Shortest Path Computation System for Real Road Networks", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 711-720 A. Lim, H. Ma, Z. Miao (2006), "Truck Dock Assignment Problem with Operational Time Constraint within Crossdocks", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 262-271 Y. Li, A. Lim, H. Ma (2006), "A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Solving the Length-Balanced Two Arc-Disjoint Shortest Paths Problem", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 272-281 A. Lim, W. Zhu (2006), "A Fast and Effective Insertion Algorithm for MDVRP with Fixed Distribution of Vehicles and A new Simulated Annealing Approach", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 282-291 X. Li, A. Lim, Z. Miao (2006), "Reducing Transportation costs Distribution Networks", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 1138-1148 A. Lim, and K. Zhang (2006), "A Robust RFID-Based Method for Precise Indoor Positioning", The 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06), 1189-1199 Z. Wang, A. Lim, C. Che (2006), "Tabu Search for Generalized Minimum Spanning Tree Problem", The 9th Biennial Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2006), 918-922, (regular paper: 14.1%, poster paper: 16.8%) A. Lim and X. Zhang (2005), "A Two-Stage Heuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and a Limited Number of Vehicles", Thirty-Eight Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38, Hawaii). Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2005), "A Non-exact Approach and Experiment Studies on the Combinatorial Auction Problem", Thirty-Eight Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38, Hawaii) A. Lim and F. Wang (2005), "Robust Graph Coloring for Uncertain Supply Chain Management", Thirty-Eight Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38, Hawaii) A. Lim, Y. Zhu, Q. Lou, B. Rodrigues (2005), "Heuristic Methods for Graph Coloring Problems", The 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico) March 13-17, 2005 L. Zhang, S. Guo, Y. Zhu, A. Lim (2005), "A Tabu Search Algorithm for the Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials", The 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico) March 13-17, 2005 A. Lim, X. Zhang (2005), "The Container Loading Problem", The 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico) March 13-17, 2005 S. Guo, W. Li, A. Lim and F. Wang (2005), "The Shortest Route Cut and Fill Problem in Linear Topological Structure", The 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico) March 13 -17, 2005 A. Lim, F. Xiao, B. Rodrigues (2004), "A Centroid-based Approach to Solve the Bandwidth Minimization Problem", Hawaii International Conference on Information Sciences (HICSS-37, Hawaii, USA) H. Ding, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2004), "Aircraft and Gate Scheduling Optimization at Airports", Hawaii International Conference on Information Sciences (HICSS-37, Hawaii, USA) Y. Zhu and A. Lim (2004), "Crane Scheduling with Spatial Constraints: Mathematical Models and Solving Approaches", 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (AIMA 2004, Florida, USA) Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y.Zhu (2004), "Heuristics for a Brokering Set Packing Problem", 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (AIMA 2004, Florida, USA) G. Huang and A. Lim (2004), "A Simple Yet Effective Framework for Optimization Problems", 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (AIMA 2004, Florida, USA) A. Lim, Z. Xu (2004), "The Bottleneck Problem with Minimum Quantity Commitments", 9th Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (LNCS). 8-10 July, 2004 (Denmark) A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2004), "Approximation Schemes for the Crane Scheduling Problem", 9th Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (LNCS). 8-10 July, 2004 (Denmark) A Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Wang, Z. Xu (2004), "k-Center Problems With Minimum Coverage", Tenth International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (LNCS) (COCOON 2004, Korea) A. Lim, F. Wang, Z. Xu (2004), "On the Selection and Assignment with Minimum Quantity Commitments", Tenth International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (LNCS) (COCOON 2004, Korea) A. Lim, Z. Miao, B. Rodrigues, and Z. Xu (2004), "Transshipment through Crossdocks with Inventory and Time Windows", Tenth International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (LNCS) (COCOON 2004, Korea) A. Lim and Z. Xu (2004), "A Critical-Shaking Neighborhood Search for the Yard Allocation", 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2004, Valencia) G. Huang and A. Li (2004), "An Effective Branch-and-Bound Algorithm to Solve the k-Longest Common Subsequence Problem", 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2004, Valencia) H. Chen, A. Lim, F. Wang (2004), "Flexible Demand Assignment Problem", 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2004, Valencia). A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Z. Xu (2004), "Solving the Crane Scheduling Problem using Intelligent Search Schemes", Tenth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-2004, Toronto). Y. Li and A. Lim (2004), "MetaIP -- A New Approach to Combinatorial Optimization: Case Studies", The 16th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI2004, Florida). P. Chen, Z. Fu, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "Two-Dimensional Packing For Irregular Shaped Objects", Hawaii International Conference on Information Sciences (HICSS-36, Hawaii, USA) A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, L. Song (2003), "Manpower Scheduling with Time Windows", 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2003, Florida, USA), 741-746 H. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "A Hybrid AI Approach for Nurse Rostering Problem", 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2003, Florida, USA), 730-735 A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2003), "A New Heuristic Method for the Bandwidth Minimization Problem", Fifth International Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems 2003 (CP-AI-OR 2003, Montreal Canada) G. Huang and A. Lim (2003), "A new approach to solve the 2-machine bicriteria flowshop scheduling problem", Fifth International Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems 2003 (CP-AI-OR 2003, Montreal Canada) Q. Chen, A. Lim, K. Ong (2003), "D(k)-Index: An Adaptive Structural Summary for Graph-Structured Data", 2003 ACM Management of Data International Conference (ACM SIGMOD, San Diego USA) A. Lim, W. Oon, W. Zhu (2003), "Towards Definitive Benchmarking of Algorithm Performance", European Conference on Information Systems 2003 (Naples, Italy) P. Chen, Z. Fu, A. Lim and B. Rodrigues (2003), "The General Yard Allocation Problem", Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2003, (Chicago, USA) A. Lim and X. Zhou (2003), "A Fixed Length Subset Genetic Algorithm for the P-median Problem", Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2003, (Chicago, USA) A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2003), "Integrated Genetic Algorithm with Hill Climbing for Bandwidth Minimization Problem", Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2003, (Chicago, USA) G. Huang and A. Lim (2003), "Designing a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Linear Ordering Problem", Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2003, (Chicago, USA) A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2003), "A New Node Centroid Algorithm for Bandwidth Minimization", International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2003, Cancun-Mexico) A. Lim, Xingwen Zhang, Yi Zhu (2003), "A Hybrid Method for the Graph Coloring and Related Problems", The Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC2003, Kyoto-Japan) A. Lim, Jing Lin, and Fei Xiao (2003), "Particle Swarm Optimization and Hill Climbing to Solve the Bandwidth Minimization Problem", The Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC2003, Kyoto-Japan) W.K. Ho and A. Lim (2003), "Solving a Constraint Satisfaction Problem through Iterative Reordering Augmentation", The Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC2003, Kyoto-Japan) A. Lim and X. Zhang (2003), "Integer Programming and Simulated Annealing for Scheduling Sports Competition on Multiple Venues", The Fifth Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC2003, Kyoto-Japan) H. Ding, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2003), "The Gate Assignment Problem", 2003 Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting (DSI-2003, Washington DC-USA) X. Li, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "Manpower Allocation with Time Window and Team Constraints", 2003 Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting (DSI-2003, Washington DC-USA) Y. Guo, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, Y. Zhu (2003), "Transportation Bid Analysis Optimization with Shipper Input", 15th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2003, Sacremento-USA) Y. Zhu, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "Aircraft and Gate Scheduling with Time Windows", 15th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2003, Sacremento-USA) G. Huang and A. Lim (2003), "Fragmental Optimization on the 2-machine Bicriteria Flowshop Scheduling Problem", 15th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2003, Sacremento-USA) B. Cheang, A. Kurnia, A. Lim, W. Oon (2003), "On Automated Grading of Programming Assignments in an Academic Institution", International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2003, Hong Kong, China) Z. Fu, A. Kurnia, A. Lim, B. Rodrigues (2003), "Shortest Path Problem with Cache Dependent Path Lengths", 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003, Canberra-Australia) G. Huang and A. Lim (2003), "A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Three-Index Assignment Problem", 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003, Canberra-Australia) A. Lim, B. Rodrigues, F. Xiao (2003), "An Evolutionary Approach to Bandwidth Minimization", 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003, Canberra-Australia) Y. Li, A. Lim and F. Wang (2003), "A genetic algorithm for machine scheduling problem under shared resource constraints", 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003, Canberra-Australia) A. Lim, J. Lin and F. Xiao (2003), "Ant Colony Optimization with Hill Climbing to Solve the Bandwidth Min Problem", 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS 2003, Singapore)

Other
A. Lim (2007), 2007 Innovative Application of Artificial Intelligence Award by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for our work on www.journal-ranking.com A. Lim (2006), 2nd Place, Philips Supply Management Contest for our work on developing a strategic procurement system for full container load A. Lim (2006), 2006 Innovative Application of Artificial Intelligence Award by AAAI for our work on Strategic Freight Procurement for Air Freight and Air Courier A. Lim (2002), 2002 Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Award by AAAI for our work on University Exam Timetabling System for the National University of Singapore in 2001 A. Lim (2002), Runners Up, Singapore Startup Contest A. Lim (2002), Hewlett Packard INIT (Innovative Applications in IT) Merit Award