ContentS Welcome Message ................................... 1 Organizers & Committees ........................ 2 Session Information Meeting Room Venue Floor Plan ............ 4 Program Overview .................................... 5 Pre-Conference Workshop ...................... 7 Keynote Speakers ..................................... 8 “Meet-the-Editors” Panel Session ............ 10 SUNTEC Convention Centre Presenter Guide - Oral .............................. 12 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore 039593 Presenter Guide - Poster .......................... 13 Tel: (65) 6337 2888 Session Schedules ..................................... 15 Abstracts .................................................... 36 IEEM 2015 Program Overview Author Index .............................................. 99 SUN - 6 DEC • Pre-Conference Tour 1: Gardens by the Bay Services • Conference Registration • Pre-Conference Workshop Conference Information and Services ... 103 • Welcome Reception Getting to Suntec Convention Centre ... 104 • Pre-Conference Tour 2: Singapore Night Tour Transportation in Singapore ..................... 105 MON - 7 DEC • Conference Registration Around Singapore ..................................... 106 • Official Opening • Keynote Presentations • “Meet-the-Editors” Panel Session • Technical Sessions TUE – 8 DEC • Conference Registration • Technical Sessions • Official Closing • Conference Dinner - Universal Studios Singapore WED – 9 DEC • Technical Visit: Marina Barrage & Singapore Maritime Gallery • Campus Visit: Singapore University of Technology & Design Welcome message It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2015). After having it in Hong Kong in 2012, Bangkok in 2013 and Kuala Lumpur in 2014, the IEEM Conference once again returns to where it originally started; Singapore. This is also a special year for Singapore as the nation celebrates its 50th year of independence. As in the past, the strength of the IEEM conference lies in its high conference standard and diversity. It brings together researchers and practitioners from different branches of industrial engineering and engineering management from around the world. In keeping a high standard as for the past IEEM series, each paper went through a rigorous review process. This year, IEEM 2015 received almost 500 submissions and each paper was sent to at least 3 reviewers. The acceptance decisions were then based on at least two consistent recommendations, ensuring the quality and standard of the conference. These papers, organized around 22 topics, will be presented in oral and poster sessions. We are privileged to have to two eminent scholars from Singapore to deliver the keynote presentations. Prof. Guaning Su, President Emeritus, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, who will present “Systems, Complexity and Innovation in the New Economic Model” while Teck Hua Ho, Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore, will highlight on “Does Big Data Solve Big Problems?” We would like to thank all the authors and participants for their interests, contributions and support to IEEM throughout these years. Last, but never the least, we are also very grateful to technical program committee members and the reviewers for their help in the review process. Have a fruitful conference and we hope that you will enjoy the cultural experiences of Singapore. Thomas L MAGNANTI , General Chair Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore Kah Hin CHAI , Organizing Chair National University of Singapore, Singapore Roger JIAO , Organizing Chair Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Songlin CHEN, Program Chair Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Min XIE, Program Chair City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 1 Organizers & Committees General Chair Teresa ALVAREZ Martin DROZDA Thomas L MAGNANTI University of Valladolid, Spain Slovak University of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Design , Singapore Elita AMRINA Andalas University, Indonesia Xiuju FU Organizing Chairs Institute of High Performance Kah Hin CHAI Ana Paula BARROSO Computing, Singapore National University of Singapore, New University of Lisbon, Portugal Singapore Aldy GUNAWAN Mahdi BASHIRI Singapore Management University, Roger JIAO Shahed University, Iran Singapore Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Philipp BAUMANN Guillermo GUTIERREZ Program Chairs University of California, United States Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico Songlin CHEN Nanyang Technological University, Zhiqiang CAI Md Mamun HABIB Singapore Northwestern Polytechnical University, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia China Min XIE Rika Ampuh HADIGUNA City University of Hong Kong, Nunzia CARBONARA Andalas University, Indonesia Hong Kong SAR Politecnico of Bari, Italy Siana HALIM Organizing Committee Ayon CHAKRABORTY Petra Christian University, Indonesia Say Wei FOO Indian Institute of Management Nanyang Technological University, Tiruchirapalli, India Takashi HASUIKE Singapore Waseda University, Japan Paul CHANG Nan CHEN National Changhua University of Educa- Jishnu HAZRA National University of Singapore, tion, Taiwan Indian Institute of Management, India Singapore Bing CHEN Chi-Cheng HUANG Anil K. Varma Northwestern Polytechnical University, Aletheia University, Taiwan Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore China Chin-Yu HUANG Carman Ka Man LEE Mu-Chen CHEN National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Hong Kong SAR Supachart IAMRATANAKUL Shin-Guang CHEN Kasetsart University, Thailand Technical Program Committee Tungnan University, Taiwan Tamer ABDELMAGUID Shinji INOUE Cairo University, Egypt Chuang-Chun CHIOU Tottori University, Japan Dayeh University, Taiwan Dotun ADEBANJO Raja JAYARAMAN University of Greenwich, Jui-Sheng CHOU Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates United Kingdom National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Yuya KAJIKAWA Michel ALDANONDO Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan The University of Toulouse Mines Albi, Bhawani CHOWDHRY France Mehran University of Engineering and Parminder Singh KANG Technology, Pakistan De Montfort University, Luciana ALENCAR United Kingdom Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Thierry COUDERT University of Toulouse ENIT-LGP, Konstantinos KIRYTOPOULOS Hisham ALIDRISI France University of South Australia, Australia King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Stefan CREEMERS Chien-Liang KUO IESEG School of Management, France Chinese Culture University, Taiwan Imad ALSYOUF University of Sharjah, Rob DEKKERS Chien-Sing LEE United Arab Emirates University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Sunway University, Malaysia 2 Organizers & Committees Jinho LEE Selma OLIVEIRA Harm-Jan STEENHUIS Korea Naval Academy, South Korea University São Paulo, Brazil Eastern Washington University, United States Ming-Gong LEE Sanjay Kumar PALEI Chung Hua University, Taiwan Indian Institute of Technology, India Lei SUN Praxair Inc., United States Yanfu LI Jennifer PERCIVAL CentraleSupelec, France University of Ontario Institute of Syafiie SYAFIIE Technology, Canada University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Chu-Ti LIN National Chiayi University, Taiwan Alan PILKINGTON Fumiko TAKEDA University of Westminster, United University of Tokyo, Japan Jun LIN Kingdom Xian Jiaotong University, China Yoshinobu TAMURA Rudra P PRADHAN Yamaguchi University, Japan Tyrone T. LIN Indian Institute of Technology National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Kharagpur, India Pei-Lee TEH Monash University, Malaysia Weidong LIN Gyan PRAKASH Singapore Temasek Polytechnic, Indian Institute of Information Adithya THADURI Singapore Technology and Management, India Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Bor-Shong LIU Kit Fai PUN Purit THANAKIJKASEM St. John’s University, Taiwan University of the West Indies, Trinidad King Mongkut’s University of and Tobago Technology Thonburi, Thailand Yiliu LIU Norwegian University of Science and Ralph RIEDEL Norbert TRAUTMANN Technology, Norway Chemnitz University of Technology, University of Bern, Switzerland Germany Mei-Chen LO Yuan-Jye TSENG National United University, Taiwan Elena ROKOU Yuan Ze University, Taiwan National Technical University of Athens, Huitian LU Greece David VALIS South Dakota State University, University of Defence, Czech Republic United States Fernando ROMERO University of Minho, Portugal Seng Fat WONG Jose MACHADO University of Macau, Macau University of Minho, Portugal Mojahid SAEED OSMAN American University of Sharjah, United Zheng Guo XU Virginia MACHADO Arab Emirates Zhejiang University, China UNIDEMI, FCT-UNL, Portugal Tomoko SAIKI Om Prakash YADAV Romeo MANALO Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan North Dakota State University, Manila Electric Company, Philippines United States Kin Meng SAM Harekrishna MISRA University of Macau, China Bingwen YAN Institute of Rural Management Anand, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, India Kiyoshi SAWADA South Africa University of Marketing and Lars MOENCH Distribution Sciences, Japan QZ YANG University of Hagen, Germany Circular Economy Research Centre, Mahmood SHAFIEE China Wasawat NAKKIEW Cranfield University, United Kingdom Chiang Mai University, Thailand Xue-Ming YUAN Ahm SHAMSUZZOHA Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Dinh Son NGUYEN University of Vaasa, Finland Technology, Singapore Danang University of Science and Technology,