Publications

Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis
Distributed and Game Theoretic Analysis
Discrete and Combinatorial Optimazation

Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis (New)

"Managing Capacity in the High-Tech Industry: A Review of Literature," S. D. Wu, M. Erkoc, and S. Karabuk, (new 2005), Click here to view the PDF document.

"Managing Short-Lifecycle Technology Products for Agere Systems," S. D. Wu, B. Aytac, R. Berger, and C. Armbruster (new 2005), Click here to view the PDF document.

"Repeated Procurement Auctions with U-Shpaed Cost Functions: Competitive Equilibrium Analysis," S. Ozkan and S. D. Wu, (new 2005), Click here to view the PDF document.

"Supplier Coalition Formation in Buyer-Oriented Market," S. Oshkai and S. D. Wu, (new 2005), Click here to view the PDF document.

Supply Chain Planning and Coordination

  • "Managing High-Tech Capacity Expansion Via Reservation Contracts," M. Erkoc and S.D. Wu, (Updated June 2005) click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Incentive Schemes for Semiconductor Capacity Allocation: A Game Theoretic Analysis," S. Karabuk and S.D. Wu, (updated June 2005), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Supply Chain Intermediation: A Bargaining Theoretic Framework," S.D. Wu, (new, May 2004) click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Coordinating Supplier Competition via Auctions," M. Jin and S.D. Wu, (updated August 2004), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Modeling Capacity Reservation in High-Tech Manufacturing," M. Jin and S.D. Wu, (Updated December 2001), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Lead Time Coordination Between Marketing and Operations in an Internal Market," H. Golbasi and S.D. Wu, (updated June 2001), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Due-Date Coordination in an Internal Market via Risk Sharing," M. Erkoc and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Decentralizing Semiconductor Capacity Planning via Internal Market Coordination," S. Karabuk and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Procurement Auction with Supplier Coalitions: Validity Requirements and Mechanism Design," M. Jin and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document. (Updated July 2002)
  • "A Bargaining Game for Supply Chain Contracting," K. Ertogral and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Strategic Capacity Planning in the Semiconductor Industry: A Stochastic Programming Approach," S. Karabuk and S. D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Manufacturing Planning Over Alternative Facilities: Modeling, Analysis and Algorithms," S.D Wu and H. Golbasi, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Auction-Theoretic Coordination of Production Planning in the Supply Chain," K. Ertogral and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Scenario Analysis of Demands in a Technology Market Using Leading Indicators," M.J. Meixell and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Relating Demand Behavior and Production Policies in the Manufacturing Supply Chain," S.D. Wu and M.J. Meixell, IMSE Technical Report 98T-007, submitted for publication, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Integrating Production and Transportation Logistics in a Supply Chain Environment: A Lagrangean Decomposition Approach," K. Ertogral, S.D. Wu and L.I. Burke, IMSE Technical Report 98T-008, click to view the paper in PDF format.
  • "A Multistage Stochastic Linear Program for Annual Capacity Planning," R. Christie and S.D. Wu, IMSE Technical Report 97T-004, 1997.
  • "Integrating Manufacturing Planning with Multiple Supply Chain Management: Models and Analysis," M. Meixell and S.D. Wu, IMSE Technical Report, 96W-005, 1996.
  • "A Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Fuel Procurement Problems," J.S. Bonser, S.D. Wu and R.H. Storer, IMSE Technical Report 96T-014,1996.
  • "Demand Propagation in Manufacturing Supply Chains: A Multi-Period Production Model," M. Meixell and S. D. Wu, manuscript under preparation.
  • "Improving Melt Scheduling in Steel Manufacturing Processes," K.S. Naphade, S.D. Wu, R.H. Storer, and B.J. Doshi, submitted for publication, under review, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Graph-Theoretic Generation of Assembly Plans, Part I: Correct Generation of Precedence Graphs," K.S. Naphade, R.H. Storer, and S.D. Wu, submitted for publication, under review, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Graph-Theoretic Generation of Assembly Plans, Part II: Problem Decomposition and Optimization Algorithms," K.S. Nahpade, S.D. Wu and R.H. Storer, submitted for publication, under review,  click here to view the PDF document
  • "Manufacturing Logistics Research: Taxonomy and Directions," S.David Wu, Robin Roundy, Rober H. Storer and Louis A. Martin-Vega, submitted for publication,  click here to view the PDF document.

Robust Optimization and Graph Theoretic Decomposition

  • "A Graph-Theoretic Decomposition of Job Shop Scheduling Problems to Achieve Scheduling Robustness", S.D. Wu, E.S. Byeon, and R.H. Storer; Operations Research, Vol 47, Number 1, 1999. pp113-124.
  • "Decomposition Heuristics for Robust Job-Shop Scheduling", E.S. Byeon, S.D. Wu, and R.H. Storer; IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (forthcoming).
  • "A Local Search Method for Robust and Adaptable Job Shop Scheduling," P. Brennan and S. D. Wu, Technical Report 95T-006, Department of IMSE, Lehigh University, Submitted for publication.
  • "Robust Scheduling via Disjunctive Graph Pre-Processing – A Computational Study," S.D. Wu, P. Brennan, and K. Tsuruta, submitted to INFORMS Journal on Computing, under review.
  • "Robust Job-Shop Scheduling: a Simulation Study", E.S. Byeon, S.D. Wu, and R.H. Storer, in Proceeding of the Third Industrial Engineering Research Conference, L. Burke and J. Jackman (eds.), 1994, pp. 666-670, Atlanta,

    — Applied to Procurement Planning

    • "A Procurement Planning Model Integrating Strategic Planning with Dynamic Purchasing Decisions," Bonser, J. and S.D. Wu, To appear, Management Science.


    — Applied to Telecommunication Networks Routing

    • "A Path Constrained Approach to Dynamic Network Routing: A Virtual Clustering and Flow Deviation Algorithm," IMSE Technical Report, 98T-005, 1998.
    • "A Virtual Clustering Approach for Routing Problems in Telecommunication Networks," M.R. Bartolacci and S.D. Wu, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol . 10, No. 1, 1998, pp. 12-24.
    • "A Search Heuristic for Single Path and Bifurcated Routing in Wide Area Communication Networks," M.R. Bartolacci and S.D. Wu, Annals of OR, under revision.
    • "A Routing Optimization Model for Communication Networks Subject to Traffic Fluctuation and Component Failures," M.R. Bartolacci and S.D. Wu, in Proceedings, Manufacturing Systems Engineering 8th Conference with Industry, 1994, pp. 89-96.
    • "An Adaptable Routing Optimization Model for Communication Networks," M.R. Bartolacci and S.D. Wu, in Proceedings, the Third International Conference on Telecommunication Systems, Modeling and Analysis, 1995.


    — Applied to Process Planning and Scheduling

    • "Integrating Process Planning and Scheduling Decisions in a Machine Shop Environment," N. Al-Refai and S.D. Wu, Technical Report 96T-008, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Lehigh University.

Rescheduling Algorithms

  • "One-Machine Rescheduling Heuristics with Efficiency and Stability as Criteria," Wu, S.D., Storer, R.H. and Chang, P.C., Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 20, No.1, 1993, pp.1-14.
  • "A Rescheduling Procedure for Manufacturing Systems Under Random Disruptions," u, S.D., Storer, R.H. and Chang, P.C., in New Directions for Operations Research in Manufacturing, T. Gulledge and A. Jones (eds), Springer-Verlag, 1991.

Game Theoretic Analysis

  • "A Game Theoretic Approach for Job Shops in the Presence of Random Disruptions", Leon,V.J., Wu, S.D., and Storer, R.H., International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 32, No.6, 1994, pp. 1451-1476.
  • "A Decision Structure Using Generalized AND/OR Trees Containing Chance Nodes," Wu, S.D. and Leon,V.J., Computer & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1994, pp.151-171.
  • "Robust Scheduling and Game-Theoretic Control for Short-Term Scheduling of Job Shops", V.J. Leon, S.D. Wu, and R.H. Storer, in Operations Research in Production Planning and Control, G. Fandel, T. Gulledge, and A. Jones (eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1993.

Bircriterion Optimizaiton

  • "A Bi-Level Local Search Algorithm for Heavily Constrained Bi-Criterion Scheduling ProblemsAn Adaptive Local Search Method for Heavily Constraint Multi-Objective Scheduling," K.Naphade, B.J. Doshi, S.D. Wu, and R.H. Storer, submitted to Proceedings, IE Research Conference.
  • "A Bi-level Local Search Method for the Melt Scheduling Problem at BethForge," B. Dhoshi, S.D. Wu, and R.H. Storer, in Proceedings IE Research Conference, Minneapolis , May 1996.
  • "A Rescheduling Procedure for Manufacturing Systems Under Random Disruptions," u, S.D., Storer, R.H. and Chang, P.C., in New Directions for Operations Research in Manufacturing, T. Gulledge and A. Jones (eds), Springer-Verlag, 1991.
  • "One-Machine Rescheduling Heuristics with Efficiency and Stability as Criteria," Wu, S.D., Storer, R.H. and Chang, P.C., Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 20, No.1, 1993, pp.1-14.

Robust Scheduling and Control

  • "Robustness Measures and Robust Scheduling for Job Shops," Leon, V. J., Wu, S.D. and Storer, R. H., IIE Transactions, Vol. 26, No. 5, 1994, pp. 32-43.
  • "A Bidirectional Inference Engine for the Planning and Control of Manufacturing Systems," Wu, S.D. and Wysk, R.A., Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1990.
  • "Job Scheduling with Random Objective Functions," Storer, R.H. and Wu, S.D. in Proceedings of the First IIE Research Conference, May 20-21, 1992, 401-403, Chicago, Ill.
  • "A Multi-Pass Expert Control System for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Wysk, R.A., Wu, S.D. and Yang, N.S., ASME Bound Volume of the Symposium on Integrated and Intelligent Manufacturing, 1986.
  • "Scheduling, Control and Rescheduling Methodologies for Job-Shops in the Presence of Disruptions," Wu, S.D., V.J. Leon and R.H. Storer, in Proceedings, NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Grantees Conference, January, 1992.
  • "Scheduling, Control and Rescheduling Methodologies for Uncertain Manufacturing Environments," Wu, S.D., in Proceedings, NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Grantees Conference, January, 1991.

Scheduling with Vacations

  • "On Scheduling with Ready-Times, Due-Dates and Vacations," Leon, V.J. and Wu, S.D. Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 39, 1992, pp.53-65.
  • "Generation and Control of Job-Shop Schedules in Failure Prone Production Systems," Wu, S.D., Leon, V.J., and Storer, R.H. in Proceedings of the First IIE Research Conference , May 20-21, 1992, 391-394, Chicago, Ill.

Survey and Overview in Scheduling

  • "A Survey of Commercial Scheduling Packages," S.D. Wu, Technical Report to the National Institute of Standard and Technologies, 1995.
  • "Advantages of Scaled and Unscaled Physical Models for FMS Research and Instruction," Wysk, R.A., Ghosh, B.K., Cohen, P.H. and Wu, S.D., Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1987.
  • "Characteristics of Computerized Scheduling and Control of Manufacturing Systems", V.J. Leon and S. D. Wu, in Computer Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, S. Joshi and J. Smith (ed.), Chapman & Hall, London, U.K., 1994, pp. 63-74.
  • "Scheduling, Optimization and Control of Automated Systems," Advances in Control & Dynamic Systems: Advances in Manufacturing and Automation Systems, C.T. Leondes (Edited), Academic Press, Wu, S. D. and Wysk, R.A., pp. 51-76, Vol. 47., Academic Press, 1991.
  • "Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing," in Computer-Aided Manufacturing, T.C. Chang, R.A. Wysk and H.P. Wang, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1991.

Discrete Event Simulation and Scheduling

  • "An Application of Discrete-Event Simulation to On-Line Control and Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing," Wu, S.D. and Wysk, R.A., International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 27, No. 9, 1989.
  • "Multi-pass Expert Control System- A Control/Scheduling Structure for Flexible Manufacturing Cells," Wu, S.D. and Wysk, R.A., Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1988.
  • "Artificial Intelligence and Scheduling Applications," Wu, S.D.,Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing: Theory and Practice, S. Kumara, R.L. Kashyap and A.L. Soyster (eds), Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1988.
  • "Genic- A Generic CNC Emulator"Wu, S.D., Computer Aided Manufacturing: PC Application Software, R.A. Wysk,T.C. Chang and H.P. Wang, Delmar Publishers, Albany, New York, 1988.
  • "MPECS -- A Flexible Machining Cell Controller," Wu, S.D. and Wysk, R.A., in Proceedings, IXth ICPR Conference, Cincinnati, OH, August 1987.
  • "An Intelligent Flexible Machining Cell Controller," Wu, S.D. and Wysk, R.A., in Proceedings, European Simulation Multiconference , July, 1987.
  • "A Multi-Pass Expert Control System for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Wu, S.D., Wysk, R.A. and Yang, N.S., in Proceedings, The Symposium on Real-Time Optimization in Manufacturing Facilities, National Bureau of Standard, Gaithersburg, MD, January, 1986.
  • "Physical and Graphical Modeling of Flexible Machining Systems," Ghosh, B.K., Wysk, R.A., Wu, S.D. and Cohen, R.H., in Proceedings of IIE Conference, Los Angeles, May 1985.