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+852 34429485
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Research Areas
Scheduling
Optimization
Capacity Planning
Simulation
Health care application
Qualifications
PhD - Operational Research (University of Birmingham)
MSOR - Operations Research (MIT)
BSc - Mathematics & Statistics (University of Birmingham)
Biography
I received my PhD degree in Operational Research from the University of Birmingham, UK and MS in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. My research interests include scheduling, optimization, capacity planning, simulation and health care applications. I have conducted consultancy projects with the Hospital Authority of Hong and applied project with the Direction Association for the Handicapped. I have published in the European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics and Journal of the Operational Research Society.
Publications
Journal Publications and Reviews
Lin, Ka Yuk Carrie / Optimizing variable selection and neighbourhood size in the K-nearest neighbour algorithm. May 2024; In: Computers & Industrial Engineering. Vol. 191
Young, Ching Han; Lau, Siu Hin; Lin, Ka Yuk Carrie / Employment survey of wheelchair users and influential factors identified in a social enterprise in Hong Kong. December 2022; In: European Journal of Business and Management Research. Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 268-275
Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk / Integrated capacity and appointment scheduling strategy for access time management. September 2021; In: International Journal of Business and Economic Development. Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 1-15
Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk / Dynamic appointment scheduling with forecasting and priority-specific access time service level standards. September 2019; In: Computers and Industrial Engineering. Vol. 135, pp. 970-986
Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk ; Ling, Teresa Wai Ching; YEUNG, Wing Kwan / Resource Allocation and Outpatient Appointment Scheduling Using Simulation Optimization. September 2017; In: Journal of Healthcare Engineering. Vol. 2017
NG, Wing Cheong Jonathan; LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / Planning the capacity of a hospital lift system. October 2016; In: International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology. Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 196-199
LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / An adaptive scheduling heuristic with memory for the block appointment system of an outpatient specialty clinic. September 2015; In: International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 53, No. 24, pp. 7488-7516
Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk / Solving a location, allocation, and capacity planning problem with dynamic demand and response time service level. August 2014; In: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Vol. 2014
Lin, C. K Y / A vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery time windows, and coordination of transportable resources. November 2011; In: Computers and Operations Research. Vol. 38, No. 11, pp. 1596-1609
Lin, C. K Y / Stochastic single-source capacitated facility location model with service level requirements. February 2009; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 439-451
Lin, C. K Y / A cooperative strategy for a vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery time windows. November 2008; In: Computers and Industrial Engineering. Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 766-782
Lin, C. K Y; Kwok, R. C W / Multi-objective metaheuristics for a location-routing problem with multiple use of vehicles on real data and simulated data. December 2006; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 175, No. 3, pp. 1833-1849
Chu, Sydney C.K.; Lin, C. K Y; Lam, S. S. / Hospital lift system simulator: A performance evaluator-predictor. April 2003; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 146, No. 1, pp. 156-180
Lin, C. K Y; Wong, C. L.; Yeung, Y. C. / Heuristic approaches for a scheduling problem in the plastic molding department of an audio company. September 2002; In: Journal of Heuristics. Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 515-540
Lin, C. K Y; Chow, C. K.; Chen, A. / A location-routing-loading problem for bill delivery services. July 2002; In: Computers and Industrial Engineering. Vol. 43, No. 1-2, pp. 5-25
Lin, C. K Y; Lai, K. F.; Hung, S. L. / Development of a workforce management system for a customer hotline service. September 2000; In: Computers and Operations Research. Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 987-1004
Lin, C. K. Y. / Analysis of quota assignment and time block duration in multi-block appointment systems. March 2000; In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 85-99
Lin, C. K Y / Development of a workforce management system for a hotline service. October 1999; In: Computers and Industrial Engineering. Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 465-468
Lin, C. K. / Microcomputer-based workforce scheduling for hospital porters.. 1999; In: Journal of Management in Medicine. Vol. 13, No. 4-5, pp. 251-262
C.K.Y. Lin, Ka Yuk Carrie; Haley, K. B.; Sparks, C. / A comparative study of both standard and adaptive versions of threshold accepting and simulated annealing algorithms in three scheduling problems. June 1995; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 330-346
Chu, Sydney C K; Lin, Carrie K Y / Cohort analysis technique for long-term manpower planning: The case of a Hong Kong tertiary institution. June 1994; In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 696-709
Chu, Sydney C K; Lin, Carrie K Y / A Manpower allocation model of job specialization. October 1993; In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 983-989
Lin, C. K Y; Haley, K. B. / Scheduling two-phase jobs with arbitrary time lags in a single-server system. 1993; In: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 143-161
Chu, Sydney C K; Lin, Carrie K Y; Ng, Kevin Y K / Centralized versus decentralized manpower resource planning. The case of a Hong Kong company. July 1991; In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 525-536
Conference Papers
LIN, Carrie / A location-allocation and capacity planning model with response time service level. June 2012; INFORMS International Beijing 2012, 24/06/2012 - 27/06/2012, Beijing, China.
Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Lin, Ka Yuk Carrie / Optimizing hyperparameters in the k-NN classifier to maximize Fβ score. September 2025; Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2023 (ICNAAM-2023).
LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / An order splitting optimization model for quantity-based flat rate delivery. September 2023; Proceedings of the 27th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2023). pp. 368-374
LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / Optimizing variable selection and k in the k-NN classifier with precision objective. June 2023; HORA 2023 5th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications Proceedings.
Lin, Carrie Ka Yuk / Dynamic appointment scheduling in priority queueing systems with access time targets. December 2017; Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Operational Research (ICAOR 2017). pp. 33-40
NG, Wing Cheong Jonathan; LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / Planning the capacity of hospital lifts for a new ambulatory block. June 2016; Lecture Notes in Management Science (Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applied Operational Research). Vol. 8, pp. 78-85
LIN, C. K. Y. / A decision-support simulator for improving patient flow and increasing capacity at an eye outpatient department. April 2013; Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Healthcare and e-Health, CICARE 2013 - 2013. pp. 21-26
Lin, C.K.Y. / Resources requirement and routing in courier service. September 2008; Vehicle routing problem. pp. 125-142
Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies
NG, Jonathan Wing Cheong; LIN, Carrie Ka Yuk / Planning the capacity of hospital lift and escalator system of the new ambulatory block in United Christian Hospital. December 2014;
LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / Allocating inventories. December 2013;
LIN, Ka Yuk Carrie / Patient flow study in eye outpatient department with a prediction model on congestion. September 2012;
LIN, C K Y / A case study on patient flow improvement in the Eye clinic of a public hospital. September 2010;
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