Publications

Demand Analysis for the High-Tech Industry
Game Theory and Optimization
Computing and Algorithm Development

Game Theroy and Optimiation

Game Theoretic Analysis and Distibuted Models

  • "Supply Chain Intermediation: A Bargaining Theoretic Framework," S.D. Wu, ( May 2004) click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Managing High-Tech Capacity Expansion Via Reservation Contracts," M. Erkoc and S.D. Wu, (2004) click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Incentive Schemes for Semiconductor Capacity Allocation: A Game Theoretic Analysis," S. Karabuk and S.D. Wu, (2004), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "Coordinating Supplier Competition via Auctions," M. Jin and S.D. Wu, (2004), click here to view the PDF document.
  • "A Bargaining Game for Supply Chain Contracting," K. Ertogral and S.D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document. (2001)
  • "Collaborative Resource Planning with Distibuted Agents ," E. Kutanoglu and S.D. Wu, (2001), 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. (2002)
  • "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.
  • "Strategic Capacity Planning in the Semiconductor Industry" S. Karabuk and S. D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "An Incentive Compatible Mechanism for Distributed Resource Planning," E. Kutanoglu and S. D. Wu, click here to view the PDF document.
  • "A Distributed Decision Framework Integrating Manufacturing Planning and Supply Chain Management" S.D. Wu and P.T. Harker, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January 1998.
  • "Toward a Distributed Paradigm for Manufacturing Logistics," S. D. Wu and P. T. Harker, NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, California, January 1999, 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.
  • "On Combinatorial Auction and Lagrangean Relaxation for Distributed Resource Scheduling," E. Kutanoglu and S.D. Wu, IMSE Technical Report 97T-012, click to view the paper in PDF format
  • "Improving Schedule Robustness via Stochastic Analysis and Dynamic Adaptation," E. Kutanoglu and S. D. Wu, IMSE Technical Reprot 98T-001, click to view the paper in PDF format
  • "Ordinal Comparison of Heuristic Algorithms Using Stochastic Optimization", C.-H. Chen, S. D. Wu and L. Dai, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, forthcoming, click to view the paper in PDF format.
  • "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 Multicommodity Flow Model for Manufacturing Planning Over Alternative Facilities," H. Golbasi and S.D. Wu, IMSE Technical Report 98T-004, 1998.
  • "A Distributed Stochastic Optimization Model to Semiconductor Capacity Design, Configuration, and Allocation," S. Karabuk and S. D. Wu, manuscript under preparation.
  • "Integration Production and Transportation in a Supply Chain via Negotiation and Bidding," K. Ertogral and S. D. Wu, manuscript under preparation

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.

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.

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.