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Prof. Voratas Kachitvichyanukul
Position: Professor
Dean, School of Engineering & Technology
Country of Origin: Thailand
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Academic Affiliation

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
School of Engineering and Technology

Areas of Expertise (Keywords)

ERP
Metaheuristics
Parallel Computing
Scheduling
Simulation

Education

1982 : Ph. D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana.
1976 : M. Eng Industrial Engineering & Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.
1975 : B. S. Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Professional Experience

 

 

 
2014-Present : Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
2009-Present : Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
1997-2009 : Associate Professor, Industrial Systems Engineering Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
1996-1997 : Vice President of Corporate Logistic and Services, Alpha-TI Semiconductor Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand
1995-1996 : Principal Staff Engineer and Manager, Planning & Scheduling Systems, Worldwide Enterprise Modeling, Motorola Corporation, U. S. A.
1992-1995 : Principal, HDL Systems, Inc., Houston, Texas, U. S. A.
1991-1992 : Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Operations Analysis, Compaq Computer Corporation.
1989-1990 : Senior System Analyst, Manufacturing Information Management, Compaq Computer Corporation.
1982-1989 : Assistant Professor, Industrial and Management Engineering, The University of Iowa.
1977-1978 : Research Associate, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

 

 

 

Present Research Involvements

Discrete Event Simulation
Evolutionary Computation Techniques
Operations Research Techniques for Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
Random Variates Generation

Research Interests

Planning and Scheduling Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis
Discrete Event Simulation Software Development
Manufacturing System Simulation
Manufacturing Decision Support Systems
Just-in-Time Manufacturing System.

Doctoral Research Supervision

 

Optimization Models for Agricultural Supply Chain Management
Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization
Solution Techniques for Large Scale Generalized Vehicle Routing Problems
Particle Swarm Optimization for Job Shop Scheduling
Ant Colony Optimization for Job Shop Scheduling 

Selected Publications

1.       Yu, Vincent F., Jewpanya, P. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Particle swarm optimization for the multi-period cross-docking distribution problem with time windows, International Journal of Production Research, 54(2), pp. 509-525 (2016), doi: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1037933

2.       Kachitvichyanukul, V., Sombuntham, P. and Kunnapapdeelert, S.

Two Solution Representations for Solving Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Pickup and Delivery Requests via PSO, Computers & Industrial Engineering 89(2015), 125-136. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2015.04.011)

3.       Liu, J. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A particle swarm optimisation algorithm for the capacitated location-routing problem, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp.184–213, 2015

4.       Liu, J. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.
A Pareto-Based Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Objective Location Routing Problem, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 22(3), 314-329, 2015

5.       Wisittipanich, W. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A Multiobjective Differential Evolution Algorithm for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems, International Journal of Logistics and SCM Systems, (ISSN 1881-5456), Volume 8, Number 1, pp1-10, 2015

6.       Wisittipanich, W. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Mutation Strategies toward Pareto Front for Multi-objective Differential Evolution Algorithm, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp.315–337, 2014

7.       Truong, H. T., Nguyen, T. L., and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A Game Theory Approach for Value Co-creation Systems, Production & Manufacturing Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp 253-265, 2014. (DOI:10.1080/21693277.2014.913124)

8.       Wisittipanich, W. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

An Efficient Particle Swarm Optimization for Finding Pareto-Frontier in Multi-objective Job Shop Scheduling Problems, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Volume 12, Number 2, pp 151-160, June 2013

9.       Trinh, T. H. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

An Analytical Framework for the Design of Service Delivery Systems: A Co-production Approach, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.125–144, 2013

10.    Trinh, T. H., Kachitvichyanukul, V., Khang, D. B.

The Co-production Approach to Service: A Theoretical Background, Journal of Operational Research Society, 2013, 1-8 (DOI:10.1057/jors.2012.183)

11.    Phonsuwan, S. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Simulation for OTOP supply chain with hybrid push-pull flow control, International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.196–214, 2013

12.    Trinh, T. H. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A Unified Framework for the Design of Service Systems, International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Vol.15, No.3, pp.374-388, 2013, DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2013.054448

13.    Kachitvichyanukul, V. and Kunnapapdeelert, S.

New Mutation Method for Improving Performance of Artificial Immune System Algorithm, International Journal of Logistics and SCM Systems, (ISSN 1881-5456), Volume 6, Number 1, pp87-94, 2012

14.    Nguyen, S. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

An efficient differential evolution algorithm for multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling problems, International Journal of Operational Research, Volume 15, Number 4, pp466-481, 2012, DOI:10.1504/IJOR.2012.050149.

15.   Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Comparison of Three Evolutionary Algorithms: GA, PSO, and DE, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Vol 11, No 3, pp.215-223, September 2012

16.    Trinh, T. H., Kachitvichyanukul, V., and Luong, H. T.

A Tradeoff Between Customer Efficiency and Firm Productivity in Service Delivery Systems, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Volume 11, No 3, pp.224-232, September 2012

17.    Kasemset, C. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A PSO based procedure for a bi-level multiobjective TOC-based job-shop scheduling problem, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp.50–69, 2012

18.    Sooksaksun, N., Kachitvichyanukul, V., and Gong, D.C.

A Class-Based Storage Warehouse Design using a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.219-237, 2012, (Online Date: February 01, 2012, DOI:10.1504/IJOR.2012.045188)

19.    Wisittipanich, W. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Two enhanced differential evolution algorithms for job shop scheduling problems, International Journal of Production Research, 50(10), pp. 2757-2773, 2012 (DOI:10.1080/00207543.2011.588972)

20.    Wisittipanich, W. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Differential Evolution Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problem, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems,  Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.203-208, September, 2011

21.    Kachitvichyanukul, V. and Sitthitham, S.

A Two-Stage Genetic Algorithm for Multi-objective Job Shop Scheduling Problems, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp.355-365, 2011

22.    Pratchayaborirak, T. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

A Two-Stage PSO Algorithm for Job Shop Scheduling Problem, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Vol.6, No.2, pp.84-93, 2011

23.    Udomsakdigool, A. and Kachitvichyanukul, V.

Ant Colony Algorithm for Multi-criteria Job Shop Scheduling to Minimize Makespan, Mean Flow Time and Mean Tardiness, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Vol.6, No.2, 117-123, 2011

 

 

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