Zhang Caiwen

Associate Professor

笔丑辞苍别：020-84112801

贰尘补颈濒：zhangcw@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas：Quality Engineering and Management, Operations Management, Reliability Modeling and Analysis

Summary

ZHANG Cai Wen is an associate professor?of management science at the Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. He received his PhD from the National University of Singapore, specializing in quality engineering and management. Prior to joining?Sun Yat-sen Business School, Dr. Zhang worked for five years as a statistical consultant for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Singapore). He has published papers in?international peer-reviewed journals including?IIE Transactions,?European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Operations Research, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Quality Engineering, etc. His current research interests include quality?management, statistical quality control, reliability,?and?operations management.?

Research Areas

Quality Engineering and Management, Operations Management, Reliability Modeling and Analysis

Educational Background

PhD?National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2006

ME?National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2003

ME?Wuhan University, China, 2000

BE?Wuhan University, China, 1998

Professional Experiences

Associate Professor, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2013 to present

Assistant Professor, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2010 to 2012

Statistical Consultant, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Singapore), 2005 to 2010

Publications

  1. Zhang Cai Wen*, Ye Z.S. and Xie M. 2017. Monitoring the shape parameter of a Weibull renewal process. IISE Transactions, 49(8), 800-813.
  2. Xu D., Zhang Cai Wen*, Miao Z. and Cheung R. 2014. A flow allocation strategy for routing over multiple flow classes with an application to air cargo terminals. Computers & Operations Research, 51, 1-10.
  3. Xiang Y., Cassady C.R., Jin T. and Zhang Cai Wen, 2014. Joint production and maintenance planning with machine deterioration and random yield. International Journal of Production Research. 52(6), 1644-1657.
  4. Zhang Cai Wen*, Zhang T., Xu D. and Xie M. 2013. Analyzing highly censored reliability data without exact failure times: An efficient tool for practitioners. Quality Engineering, 25(4), 392-400.
  5. Zhang Cai Wen, Zhang T.L., Chen N. and Jin T. 2013. Reliability modeling and analysis for a novel design of modular converter system of wind turbines. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 111, 86-94.
  6. Jin T., Zhang Cai Wen and Coit D.W. 2013. Multicriteria planning for distributed wind generation under strategic maintenance. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 28(1), 357-367.
  7. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M. and Jin T. 2012. An improved self-starting cumulative count of conforming chart for monitoring high-quality processes under group inspection. International Journal of Production Research, 50(23), 7026-7043.
  8. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M. and Goh T.N. 2008. Economic design of cumulative count of conforming charts under inspection by samples. International Journal of Production Economics, 111(1), 93-104.
  9. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M., Liu J.Y. and Goh T.N. 2007. A control chart for the Gamma distribution as a model of time between events. International Journal of Production Research, 45(23), 5649-5666.
  10. Zhang Cai Wen and Ong H.L. 2007. An efficient solution to biobjective generalized assignment problem. Advances in Engineering Software, 38(1), 50-58.
  11. Tang L.C., Goh T.N., Lam S.W. and Zhang Cai Wen. 2007. Fortification of Six Sigma: Expanding the DMAIC toolset. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 23(1), 3-18.
  12. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M. and Goh T.N. 2006. Design of exponential control charts using a sequential sampling scheme. IIE Transactions, 38(12), 1105-1116.
  13. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M. and Goh T.N. 2005. Economic design of exponential charts for time between events monitoring. International Journal of Production Research, 43(23), 5019-5032.
  14. Zhang Cai Wen*, Xie M. and Goh T.N. 2005. On cumulative conforming type of control charts for high quality processes under sampling inspection. Economic Quality Control, 20(2), 149-166.
  15. Zhang Cai Wen and Ong H.L. 2004. Solving the biobjective zero-one knapsack problem by an efficient LP-based heuristic. European Journal of Operational Research, 159(3), 545-557.

Current Research

Grants:

Reliability Monitoring and Data Analysis for High-Quality Products, NSFC，PI，2018-2021
Reliability Modeling and Optimization for Full Modular and Reconfigurable Wind Turbine Converters, Ministry of Education, PI, 2013-2015
Statistical Process Control Techniques and Optimization for High-Quality Processes, NSFC, PI，2012-2014

Teaching

Operations Management, Quality Management, Project Management, Business Statistics

Achievements

Sun Yat-sen University One-Hundred-Talents Scholarship, 2010
National Semiconductor Gold Medal, National University of Singapore, 2004
Singapore Quality Institute Prize, National University of Singapore, 2004