American Journal of Operational Research

American Journal of Operational Research publishes high quality scientific papers that contribute significantly to the fields of operational research. Articles present new theoretical insights and developments, as well as real-world case studies illustrating the practical implementation of operational research.

Toly Chen

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Operational Research

Professor, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Research Areas

Operations Research, Production Control, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Data Mining, Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Education

1996-1999Ph.DIndustrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
1991-1993M.Sc Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
1987-1991B.Sc Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Experience

2010-presentProfessor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
2006-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
2002-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
2001-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
1999-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Management, Lingtung University, Taiwan
1998Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsinhua University, Taiwan
1995-1996 Industrial Engineer, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, Taiwan

Academic Achievement

1999 Honorary Member awarded by the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of R.O.C.
2000-2001 Research Award awarded by Nation Science Council of Taiwan
2001 Research Award awarded by Lingtung University
2002 Research Award awarded by Chaoyang University of Technology
2003-Top 10 Most Cited Article of Applied Soft Computing (till now, indexed in SCI)
2005 Research Award awarded by Feng Chia University
2007 Excellent Research Award awarded by Feng Chia University
2004-2009 Outstanding Research Award awarded by Feng Chia University (4 times)
2006 e-paper Contributor awarded by Feng Chia University
2006-2010Marquis Who's Who in the World awarded by Marquis Who's Who
2007 Marquis Who's Who in Asia awarded by Marquis Who's Who
2007 Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders awarded by Marquis Who's Who
2009 Valuable Contribution awarded by International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (indexed in SCI)
2009 IEA/AIE 2009 Best Paper Award awarded by International Society of Artificial Intelligence
2009 TFSA Master Dissertation Award Finalist (Advisor)
2009-2010 Top 10 Most Cited Article of Neural Processing Letters (in the latest five years, indexed in SCI)
2010 Top 10 Articles in BioMedLib 2010 awarded by BioMedlib
2010 Top Cited Article 2005~2010 awarded by Elsevier (Advanced Engineering Informatics Journal, indexed in SCI)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A fuzzy-neural approach for global CO2 concentration forecasting," Intelligent Data Analysis, 2010. (to appear)
[2]  Toly Chen, "Applying the hybrid fuzzy c means-back propagation network approach to forecast the effective cost per die of a semiconductor product," Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2011. (to appear)
[3]  Toly Chen, "A collaborative fuzzy-neural approach for long-term load forecasting in Taiwan," Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2011. (to appear)
[4]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid fuzzy and neural approach with virtual experts and partial consensus for DRAM price forecasting," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2011. (to appear)
[5]  Toly Chen, "Job cycle time estimation in a wafer fabrication factory with a bi-directional classifying fuzzy-neural approach," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2011. (to appear)
[6]  Toly Chen, "Intelligent scheduling approaches for a wafer fabrication factory," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2010. (to appear)
[7]  Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A collaborative fuzzy-neural approach for internal due date assignment in a wafer fabrication plant," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2010. (to appear)
[8]  Yu-Cheng Lin, Toly Chen*, Hsin-Chieh Wu, "Future WIP level forecasting in a wafer fabrication factory with a hybrid fuzzy and neural approach," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2010. (to appear)
[9]  Toly Chen, "A self-adaptive agent-based fuzzy-neural scheduling system for a wafer fabrication factory," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 38, 7158-7168, 2011.
[10]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid fuzzy and neural approach for DRAM price forecasting," Computers in Industry, Vol. 62, 196-204, 2011.
[11]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A hybrid fuzzy and neural approach for forecasting the book-to-bill ratio in the semiconductor manufacturing industry," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 54, No. 1-4, 377-389, 2011.
[12]  Toly Chen, "Applying a fuzzy and neural approach for forecasting the foreign exchange rate," International Journal of Fuzzy System Applications, Vol. 1, No. 1, 36-48, 2011.
[13]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A bi-criteria four-factor fluctuation smoothing rule for scheduling jobs in a wafer fabrication factory," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 6, No. 10, 4289-4303, 2010.
[14]  Toly Chen, "Establishing the optimal and efficient capacity re-allocation plans for enhancing the long-term competitiveness of a semiconductor product-a long-term trend viewpoint," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 224, 1295-1303, 2010.
[15]  Toly Chen, "A FNP approach for establishing the optimal and efficient capacity re-allocation plans for enhancing the long-term competitiveness of a semiconductor product," International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Vol. 12, No. 2, 158-169, 2010.
[16]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A bi-criteria nonlinear fluctuation smoothing rule incorporating the SOM-FBPN remaining cycle time estimator for scheduling a wafer fab-a simulation study," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 49, Issue 5, 709-721, 2010.
[17]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A fuzzy-neural system for scheduling a wafer fabrication factory," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 6, No. 2, 687-700, 2010.
[18]  Toly Chen, "An optimized tailored nonlinear fluctuation smoothing rule for scheduling a semiconductor manufacturing factory," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 58, 317-325, 2010.
[19]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "An evolving hybrid neural approach for predicting job completion time in a semiconductor fabrication plant," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, 336-353, 2010.
[20]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "Incorporating the FCM-BPN approach with nonlinear programming for internal due date assignment in a wafer fabrication plant," Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 26, 83-91, 2010.
[21]  Toly Chen, "A FNP approach for evaluating and enhancing the long-term competitiveness of a semiconductor fabrication factory through yield learning modeling," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 40, 993-1003, 2009.
[22]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid fuzzy and neural approach for evaluating the cost competitiveness of a semiconductor product," International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, Vol. 6, No. 4, 373-386, 2010.
[23]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy-neural approach with collaboration mechanisms for semiconductor yield forecasting," International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, Vol. 6, No. 3, 17-33, 2010.
[24]  Toly Chen, "Fuzzy technology in advanced manufacturing systems: a fuzzy-neural approach to job remaining cycle time estimation," in: M. Yavez and C. Kahraman (Eds.), Production Engineering and Management under Fuzziness, Springer Verlag, pp. 105-116, 2010.
[25]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy-neural knowledge-based system for job completion time prediction and internal due date assignment in a wafer fabrication plant," International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 40, No. 8, 889-902, 2009.
[26]  Toly Chen, "A tailored nonlinear fluctuation smoothing rule for semiconductor manufacturing factory scheduling," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 223, 149-160, 2009.
[27]  Toly Chen, "An online collaborative semiconductor yield forecasting system," Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 36, Issue 3, 5830-5843, 2009.
[28]  Toly Chen, "Dynamic fuzzy-neural fluctuation smoothing rule for jobs scheduling in a wafer fabrication factory," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 223, 1081-1094, 2009.
[29]  Toly Chen, "Enhancing the yield competitiveness of a semiconductor fabrication factory with dynamic capacity re-allocation," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 57, 931-936, 2009.
[30]  Toly Chen, "Estimating and incorporating the effects of a future QE project into the semiconductor yield learning model with a fuzzy set approach," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 3, No., 2, 207-226, 2009.
[31]  Toly Chen, "Fuzzy-neural-network-based fluctuation smoothing rule for reducing the cycle times of jobs with various priorities in a wafer fabrication factory-a simulation study," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 223, 1033-1044, 2009.
[32]  Toly Chen, "Job remaining cycle time estimation with a post-classifying fuzzy-neural approach in a wafer fabrication plant," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 223, 1021-1031, 2009.
[33]  Toly Chen, "Optimized fuzzy-neuro system for scheduling wafer fabrication," Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. 68, 680-685, 2009.
[34]  Toly Chen, Hsin-Chieh Wu, "A fuzzy-neural approach for output projection in a semiconductor fabrication factory," Journal of Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 32, No. 2, 287-293, 2009.
[35]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A nonlinear scheduling rule incorporating fuzzy-neural remaining cycle time estimator for scheduling a semiconductor manufacturing factory," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 45, 110-121, 2009.
[36]  Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A fuzzy-neural fluctuation smoothing rule for scheduling jobs with various priorities a semiconductor manufacturing factory," International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 17, Issue 3, 397-417, 2009.
[37]  Toly Chen, Hsin-Chieh Wu, Yi-Chi Wang, "Fuzzy-neural approaches with example post-classification for estimating job cycle time in a wafer fab," Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 9, 1225-1231, 2009.
[38]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Horng-Ren Tsai, "Lot cycle time prediction in a ramping-up semiconductor manufacturing factory with a SOM-FBPN-ensemble approach with multiple buckets and partial normalization," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 42, No. 11-12, 1206-1216, 2009.
[39]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Hsin-Chieh Wu, "A fuzzy-neural approach for remaining cycle time estimation in a semiconductor manufacturing factory-a simulation study," International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 5, No. 8, 2125-2139, 2009.
[40]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A fuzzy set approach for evaluating and enhancing the mid-term competitiveness of a semiconductor factory," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 160, 569-585, 2009.
[41]  Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A fuzzy back-propagation-network ensemble with example classification for lot output time prediction in a wafer fab," Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 9, Issue 2, 658-666, 2009.
[42]  Hsin-Chieh Wu, Hsieh-Ching Chen, Toly Chen, "Effects of ergonomics-based wafer handling training on reduction in musculoskeletal disorders among wafer handlers," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Vol. 39, 127-132, 2009.
[43]  Yu-Cheng Lin, Toly Chen*, Kun-Tai Li, "Evaluating and enhancing the long-term competitiveness of a semiconductor product," Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5579, 242-251, 2009. (Best Paper Award of IEA/AIE 2009)
[44]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Hsin-Chieh Wu, "A fuzzy-neural and multiple-bucket approach for job cycle time prediction in a ramping-up semiconductor manufacturing factory," in: A. J. Giordano and G. E. Costa (Eds.), Soft Computing: New Research (ISBN 978-1-60456-883-7), Nova Science Publishers, pp. 95-116, 2009.
[45]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Hsin-Chieh Wu, "Collaborative semiconductor yield forecasting with a fuzzy-neural expert system," in: A. J. Giordano and G. E. Costa (Eds.), Soft Computing: New Research (ISBN 978-1-60456-883-7), Nova Science Publishers, pp. 73-94, 2009.
[46]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Horng-Ren Tsai, Yu-Cheng Lin, "Developing a software agent for establishing a convenient customer-driven group-buying mechanism," in: H. Hung et al. (Eds.), U-commerce for Creating Personalized Marketplace (ISBN 978-1-60566-378-4), Information Science Reference, pp. 105-116, 2009.
[47]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy-neural and multiple-bucket approach for estimating lot cycle time in a wafer fab with dynamic product mix," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 55, 423-438, 2008.
[48]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy-neural approach for estimating the monthly output of a semiconductor manufacturing factory," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 39, No. 5-6, 589-598, 2008.
[49]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid fuzzy-neural approach to job completion time prediction in a semiconductor fabrication factory," Neurocomputing, Vol. 71, 3193-3201, 2008.
[50]  Toly Chen, "A SOM-FBPN-ensemble approach with error feedback to adjust classification for wafer-lot completion time prediction," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 37, No. 7-8, 782-792, 2008.
[51]  Toly Chen, "An intelligent mechanism for lot output time prediction and achievability evaluation in a wafer fab," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 54, 77-94, 2008.
[52]  Toly Chen, Angus Jeang, Yi-Chi Wang, "A hybrid neural network and selective allowance approach for internal due date assignment in a wafer fabrication plant," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2008, Vol. 36, 570-581.
[53]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A hybrid intelligent approach for output projection in a semiconductor fabrication plant," Intelligent Data Analysis, Vol. 12, No. 1, 129-144, 2008.
[54]  Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A fuzzy-neural system incorporating unequally important expert opinions for semiconductor yield forecasting," International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness, and Knowledge-based Systems, Vol. 16, Issue 1, 35-58, 2008.
[55]  Yi-Chi Wang, Toly Chen, "Modeling and optimization of machining conditions for the multi-pass dry turning process," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 222, 1387-1394, 2008.
[56]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, Yu-Cheng Lin, Kai-Hsiang Yang, "Estimating job cycle time in semiconductor manufacturing with an ANN approach equally dividing and post-classifying jobs," Materials Science Forum, Vol. 594, 469-474, 2008.
[57]  Yi-Chi Wang, Toly Chen*, Kun-Tai Li, "Enhancing the mid-term competitiveness of a semiconductor manufacturing factory through collaborative yield learning planning," Materials Science Forum, Vol. 594, 475-480, 2008.
[58]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid look-ahead SOM-FBPN and FIR system for wafer lot output time prediction and achievability evaluation," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol 35, No. 5-6, 575-586, 2007.
[59]  Toly Chen, "An intelligent hybrid system for wafer lot output time prediction," Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 21, 55-65, 2007. (Top Cited Article 2005~2010)
[60]  Toly Chen, "Evaluating the mid-term competitiveness of a product in a semiconductor fabrication factory with a systematic procedure," Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 53, 499-513, 2007.
[61]  Toly Chen, "Incorporating fuzzy c-means and a back-propagation network ensemble to job completion time prediction in a semiconductor fabrication factory," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 158, 2153-2168, 2007.
[62]  Toly Chen, "Obtaining the optimal cache document replacement policy for the caching system of an EC website," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 181, 828-841, 2007.
[63]  Toly Chen, "Predicting wafer lot output time with a hybrid FCM-FBPN approach," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part B: Cybernetics, Vol. 37, Issue 4, 784-793, 2007. (Top 10 Articles in BioMedLib 2010)
[64]  Toly Chen, Yi-Chi Wang, "A fuzzy-neural system with error feed-back to adjust classification for forecasting wafer lot flow time-a simulation study," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 5, 807-817, 2007.
[65]  Angus Jeang, Toly Chen, Hung Chung Li , Francios Liang, "Simultaneous process mean and process tolerance determination with adjustment and compensation for precision manufacturing," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 33, 1159-1172, 2007.
[66]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy set approach for evaluating the achievability of an output time forecast in a wafer fabrication plant," Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4293, 483-493, 2006.
[67]  Toly Chen, "A look-ahead fuzzy back propagation network for lot output time series prediction in a wafer fab," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4234, 974-982, 2006.
[68]  Toly Chen, "A hybrid SOM-BPN approach to lot output time prediction in a wafer fab," Neural Processing Letters, Vol. 24, No. 3, 271-288, 2006. (Top 10 Most Cited Articles in the last five years)
[69]  Toly Chen, "Applying an intelligent neural system to predicting lot output time in a semiconductor fabrication factory," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4234, 581-588, 2006.
[70]  Toly Chen, Yu-Cheng Lin, "A hybrid and intelligent system for predicting lot output time in a semiconductor fabrication factory," Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4259, 757-766, 2006.
[71]  Toly Chen, "A new cache document replacement policy considering the contribution to sales," Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Vol. 4, 283-297, 2005.
[72]  H.-C. Wu, W.-H. Hsu, Toly Chen, "Complete recovery time after exhausion in high-intensity work," Ergonomics, Vol. 48, No. 6, 668-679, 2005.
[73]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy back propagation network for output time prediction in a wafer fab," Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 211-222, 2003. (Top 10 Most Cited Articles)
[74]  Toly Chen, "A fuzzy mid-term single-fab production planning model," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 14, 273-285, 2003.
[75]  David Huang, Toly Chen and Mao-Jiun J. Wang, "A fuzzy set approach for event tree analysis," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 118, 153-165, 2001.
[76]  Toly Chen, Mao-Jiun J. Wang, "A fuzzy set approach for yield learning modeling in wafer manufacturing," IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 12, No. 2, 252-258, 1999.
[77]  Toly Chen, Mao-Jiun J. Wang, "Forecasting methods using fuzzy concepts," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 105, 339-352, 1999.
[78]  Toly Chen, Mao-Jiun J. Wang, "Applying fuzzy set approach to signal detection theory," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 72, 39-49, 1995.