Office

TU828 , Yip Kit Chuen Building

maleung@polyu.edu.hk
2766 6930
2362 9045

Qualification / Professional Memnbership

• B.Sc.(Hons), University of Manitoba, Canada, 1980
• M.Sc., ,University of Manitoba, Canada, 1981
• Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada, 1999
• Member, Hong Kong Statistical Society, 1985
• FRS, Royal Statistical Society, 1987
• Member, Hong Kong Society for Quality, 1990
• Member, International Chinese Statistical Association, 1990
• Life Member, Hong Kong Statistical Society, 1995
• Member, American Society for Quality, 1996
• Member, American Statistical Association, 1996
• Life Member, International Chinese Statistical Association, 1998
• Senior Member, Hong Kong Society for Quality, 2003

Research Interests

• Process capability studies
• Statistical process control
• Reliability estimation and life testing
• Total quality management
• Loss function and risk analysis
• Design and analysis of experiment
• Actuarial science and financial mathematics
• Optimization

Publications

1. Leung, B.P.K., Ip, W.C. and Ng-Mak, L.M.H. (1998). Identifying Statistical Distributions—Learning Package Disk,
2. Leung, T.W., Leung, B.P.K., Chan, Chi-kin and Ng-Mak, L.M.H. (2001). A Path towards the Adaptation of Quality Function Deployment in SME, International Journal of Technology and Management , Vol. 3, 4, pp407-415
3. Leung, B.P.K. (1999) Ph.D. Thesis, Contributions to Industrial Statistics , University of Manitoba , Canada , 1999.
4. Leung, B.P.K., Chan, Chi-kin, Leung, T.W., Ng-Mak, L.H.M. and Vincent Fung (2000). Applications of Statistical Techniques to Quality Improvement of a 15A Circuit Breaker, International Journal of Logistics Information Management , Vol.13, 4, pp243-247.
5. Yung, P.M.B., French, P. and Leung, B.P.K. (2001). Relaxation Training as Complementary Therapy for Mild Hypertension in an Evidence Based Medical Environment, Journal of Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery , Vol. 7, 2, pp59-65.
6. Pang, W.K., Pu, X., Mao, X. and Leung, B.P.K. (2001). Parameter Estimate with Only One Complete Failure Observation Using Monte Carlo EM Algorithm (this is a departmental research funded project ), International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering , Vol. 8, 2, pp109-122.
7. Leung, B.P.K., Ip, W.C. and Ng-Mak, L.H.M. (2001).Identifying Statistical Distributions—Multi-media Package,
8. Pang, W.K., Yang, Z., Hou, S.H. and Leung, B.P.K. (2002). Non-uniform Random Variate Generation by Vertical Strip Method, The European Journal of Operations Research Vol. 142, pp595-609.
9. Spiring, F.A., Cheng, S., Yeung, A. and Leung, B.P.K. (2002). Process Capability Indices—A Review, 1992-2000, An Alternative View of Process Capability Development, Journal of Quality Technology , 34, 1, pp23-27.
10. Leung, B.P.K. and Spiring, F.A. (2002). The Inverted Beta Loss Function: Properties and Applications, IIE Transactions , Vol. 34, pp1101-1109.
11. You, J.X., Pang, W.K. and Leung, B.P.K. (2002). Jackknifing Type Weighted Least Squares Estimators in Partially Linear Regression Models, Statistics & Probability Letters , Vol. 60, pp17-31.
12. Gerber, H.U., Leung, B.P.K. and Shiu, E.S.W. (2003). Indicator Functions and the Hattendorff Theorem, The North American Actuarial Journal , Vol. 7, pp38-47.
13. Spiring, F.A., Cheng, S., Leung, B.P.K. and Yeung, A. (2003). A Bibliography of Process Capability Papers, Quality and Reliability Engineering International , Vol. 19, pp1-16.
14. Leung, B.P.K. and Spiring, F.A. (2004). Some Properties of Family of Inverted Probability Loss Functions, The Quality Technology and Quantitative Management , Vol. 1, pp125-146.
15. Leung, B.P.K., Lee, H.W.J. and Chan, Chi-kin (2004). Discussion on “Martingale Valuation of Cash Flows for Insurance and Interest Models,” J.F. Carriere, The North American Actuarial Journal , Vol. 8, 4, pp150-152.
16. Yang, Z., Pang, W.K., Hou, S.H. and Leung, B.P.K. (2005). On a Combination Method of VDR and Patchwork for Generating Uniform Random Points on a Unit Sphere, The Journal of Multivariate Analysis , 95, pp23-36.
17. Pang, W.K., Leung, B.P.K., Huang, W.K. and Liu, W. (2005). On Interval Estimation of the Coefficient of Variation for the Three-parameter Weibull, Lognormal and Gamma Distribution: A Simulation-based Approach, The European Journal of Operation Research , 164, pp367-377.
18. Tsang, A.H.C., Yeung, R. and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). Data Management for CBM Optimization, 2006, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering , Vol. 12, 4, pp37-51.
19. Cheng, S., Spiring, F.A. and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). Assessing Process Capability: A Case Study, 2006, The Quality Technology and Quantitative Management , Vol. 3, 2, pp191-206.
20. Ye, Y., Chan, Chi-kin and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). Bilateral Obstacle Optimal Control for a Quasilinear Elliptic Variational Inequality with a Source Term, Nonlinear Analysis (in press).
21. Lee, C.K.M., Lau, H.C.W., Leung, B.P.K., Ho, G.T.S. and Choy, K.L. (2006). Enhancing Product Development Through a Dynamic Information Interchange Approach, International Journal of Production Research , Vol. 44, 23, pp5179-5222.
22. Leung, B.P.K. and Spiring, F.A. (2007). Adjustment Action Limits for Cpm based on Departures from Normality, International Journal of Production Economics , 107, pp237-249.
23. Yang, Z., Pang, W.K., Hou, S.H. and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). A New Algorithm to Generate Random Variates from Cone-like and Dirichlet Distributions Using Vertical Density Representation, Journal of Multivariate Analysis (accepted).
24. Ye, Y., Chan, Chi-kin and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). Some Optimality Conditions of Quasilinear Elliptic Obstacl Optimal Control Problems, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation (accepted).
25. Lau, H.C.W., Lee, C.K.M., Leung, B.P.K., Ho, G.T.S. and Choy, K.L. (2006). Design of an Adaptable Logistics Workflow Management System for e-Business, 2006, International Journal of Agile Systems and Management , Vol. 1, 4, pp329-345.
26. Chan, Chi-kin, Hou, S.H. and Leung, B.P.K. (2006). Quantitative Methods for Business Web-site, extended version.