RESEARCH OUTPUTS 2001

Monographs, Edited Books and Special Journal Issues

Journal Special Issues:

            Qi, L.Q., Sun, W.Y. and Zhang, J.Z.,  Optimization and Numerical Algebra. Ann. Oper. Res. 103 (2001).

            Qi, L.Q. and Zhang, J.Z.,  Nonlinear Programming and Variational Inequalities. Comput. Appl. Math. 129 (2001), no. 1-2.

Journal Articles

1. ANSARI, Q.H., YANG, X.Q. & YAO, C.J.,  Existence and Duality of Implicit Vector Variational Problems, Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, Vol. 22, pp.815-829, 2001.

2. CANTONI, A., VO, B.N. AND TEO, K.L.,  An introduction to envelope constrained filter design, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Vol. 3, pp.3-14, 2001.

3. CHAN, C.K., ZHANG, H.Q. & LAU, K.S.,  Numerical Simulation of Gas-particle Flows behind a Backward-facing Step Using An Improved Stochastic Separated Flow Model, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp.412-417, 2001.

4. CHAN, CHI KIN, LEUNG, T.W., LEUNG, P.K. and NG, L.H.M.,  A path towards the adaptation of auality function deployment in SMEs, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 3, No. 4/5, pp.407-415, 2001.

5. CHAN, CHI KIN, TROUTT, M.D. & AMBROSE, P.J.,  Optimal Throughput for Multi-stage Input-Output Process, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 21, pp.148-158, 2001.

6. CHEN, G.Y., GOH, C.J. & YANG, X.Q.,  Existence of a Solution for Generalized Vector Variational Inequalities, Optimization, Vol. 50, pp.1-15, 2001.

7. CHEUNG, L.F. & LEUNG, P.F.,  Eigenvalue Estimates for Submanifolds with Bounded Mean Curvature in the Hyperbolic Space, Mathematische Zeitschrift, Vol. 236, pp.525-530, 2001.

8. CHUNG, K.C.,  Generating Differential Equations Satisfied by Products of Functions, Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 14, pp.885-889, 2001.

9. DONTCHEV, A.L., QI, H. & QI, L.Q.,  Convergence of Newton's Method for Convex Best Interpolation, Numerische Mathematik, Vol. 87, pp.435-456, 2001.

10. FAN, Q.L., WANG, X.L., ZHANG, H.Q. & CHAN, C.K.,  Large Eddy Simulation of a Horizontal Particle-laden Turbulent Planar Jet, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.128-137, 2001.

11. GAO, F., LIU, W.Q., SREERAM, V. & TEO, K.L.,  Feedback Control for Lorenz System, Dynamics and Control, Vol. 11, pp.57-69, 2001.

12. GOH, C.J. & YANG, X.Q.,  A Nonlinear Lagrangian Theory for Non-convex Optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 109, No. 1, pp.99-121, 2001.

13. HAN, Q., LIAO, L.Z., QI, H. & QI, L.Q.,  Stability Analysis of Gradient-based Neural Networks for Optimization Problems, Journal of Global Optimziation, Vol. 19, pp.363-381, 2001.

14. HOU, S.H. & YANG, X.M.,  On Second-Order Symmetric Duality in Nondifferentiable Programming, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, No. 255, pp.491-498, 2001.

15. HOU, S.H. & YANG, X.M.,  Second-Order Symmetric Duality in Multiobjective Programming, Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 14, pp.587-592, 2001.

16. HUANG, X.X. & YANG, X.M.,  Some Results of the Existence of Efficiency in Vector Optimization, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp.391-401, 2001.

17. HUANG, X.X. & YANG, X.Q.,  Approximate Optimal Solutions and Nonlinear Lagrangian functions, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 21, pp.51-65, 2001.

18. HUANG, X.X. & YANG, X.Q.,  Duality and Exact Penalization for Vector Optimization via Augmented Lagrangian, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 111, pp.615-640, 2001.

19. HUANG, X.X. & YANG, X.Q.,  Efficiency and Approachability of Nonconvex Bicriteria Programs, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 261, pp.134-150, 2001.

20. HUANG, X.X. and YANG, X.Q.,  Characterizations of nonemptiness and compactness of the set of weakly efficient solutions for convex vector optimization and applications, Journal of Mathematical analysis and applications, Vol. 264, pp.270-287, 2001.

21. LEE, H.W.J., CAI, X.Q. & TEO, K.L.,  An Optimal Control Approach to Manpower Planning Problem, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol. 7, pp.155-175, 2001.

22. LEE, H.W.J., LEE, W.R., WANG, S. & TEO, K.L.,  Construction of Sub-optimal Feedback Control for Chaotic Systems Using B-spline with Optimally Chosen Knot points, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 9, pp.2375-2387, 2001.

23. LEE, H.W.J., TEO, K.L. & LIM, A.E.B.,  Sensor Scheduling in Continuous Time, Automatica, Vol. 37, pp.2017-2023, 2001.

24. LEUNG, P.K., PANG, W.K., PU, X.L. & MAO, S.S.,  Parameter Estimate with Only One Complete Failure Observation Using Monte Carlo Em Algorithm, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 2 pp.109-122, 2001.

25. LEUNG, P.K., YUNG, Paul M.B., & FRENCH, Peter,  Relaxation Training as Complementary Therapy for Mild Hypertension in an Evidence Based Medical Environment, Journal of Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp.59-65, 2001.

26. LI, D.H. & FUKUSHIMA, M.,  Globally Convergent Broyden-like Methods for Semismooth Equations and Applications to VIP, NCP and MCP, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 103, pp.71 – 79, 2001.

27. LI, D.H. & FUKUSHIMA, M.,  On the Global Convergence of BFGS Method for Nonconvex Unconstrained Optimization Problems, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 11, pp.1054 - 1064, 2001.

28. LI, D.H., YAMASHITA, N. & FUKUSHIMA, M.,  A Nonsmooth Equation Based BFGS Method for Solving KKT Systems in Mathematical Programming, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 109, pp.123 – 167, 2001.

29. LI, K.H., WONG, H. & TROUTT, M.D.,  A Bayesian algorithm for combining forecasts, Decision Sciences, 32(3), Summer, pp.453-471, 2001.

30. LI, L.K. & FUNG, H.K.,  Minimal Feedforward Parity Networks Using Threshold Gates, Neural Computation, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.319-326, 2001.

31. LI, S.J., YANG, X.Q. & TEO, K.L.,  On the Conversion of Optimization Problems with Maxmin Constraints to Standard Optimization Problems, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 109, pp.691-698, 2001.

32. LI, W.K., LING, S., & WONG, H.,  Estimation for Partially Nonstationary Multivariate Autoregressive Models with Conditional Heteroscedasticity, Biometrika, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp.1135-1152, 2001.

33. LIAO, L.Z. QI, H. & QI, L.Q.,  Solving Nonlinear Complementarity Problems with Neural Networks : A Reformulation Method Approach, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 131, pp.343-359, 2001.

34. LIU, W., YAN, W.Y. and TEO, K.L.,  Global convergence analysis for the NIC flow, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp.2422-2430, 2001.

35. LIU, Y., ITO, S., LEE, H.W.J. & TEO, K.L.,  Semi-Infinite Programming Approach to Continuously Constrained LQ Optimal Control Problems, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 108, No. 3, pp.617-632, 2001.

36. LIU, Y., TEO, K.L. & ITO, S.,  Global Optimization in Linear Quadratic Semi-infinite Programming, Computing [Suppl], Vol. 15, pp.199-132, 2001.

37. PANG, W.K., FORSTER, J.J. & TROUTT, M.D.,  Estimation of Wind Speed Distribution Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp.1476-1284, 2001.

38. PANG, W.K., YANG, Z.H., HOU, S.H. and TROUTT, M.D.,  Further results on multivariate vertical density representation and an application to random vector generation, Statistics, Vol. 35, pp.463-477, 2001.

39. POLAK, E., QI, L.Q. & SUN, D.,  Second-order Algorithms for Generalized Finite and Semi-Infinite Min-max Problems, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 11, pp.937-961, 2001.

40. QI, L.Q. & WEI, Z.,  Corrigendum : On the Constant Positive Linear Independence Condition and Its Application to SQP Methods, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 11, pp.1145-1146, 2001.

41. QI, L.Q. & YANG, Y.,  A Globally and Superlinearly Convergent SQP Algorithm for Nonlinear Constrained Optimization, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 21, pp.157-184, 2001.

42. QI, L.Q. & ZHOU G.,  A Smoothing Newton Method for Ball Constrained Variational Inequalities with Applications, Computing [Suppl], Vol. 15, pp.211-225, 2001.

43. QI, L.Q.,  On an Extended Lagrange Claim, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 108, pp.687-690, 2001.

44. RUBINOV, A.M., YANG, X.Q. & GLOVER, B.M.,  Extended Lagrange and Penalty Functions in Optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 111, pp.381-405, 2001.

45. SUN, D. & QI, L.Q.,  Solving Variational Inequality Problems via Smoothing-Nonsmooth Reformulations, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 129, pp.37-62, 2001.

46. TEO, K.L. & YANG, X.Q.,  Portfolio Selection Problem with Minimax Type Risk Function, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 101, pp.333-349, 2001.

47. TSE, W.M., LI, L.K. & NG, K.W.,  Pricing Discrete Barrier Options with the Tridiagonal Probability Algorithm, Management Science, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp.383-393, 2001.

48. WANG, X.L., CHAN, C.K., WANG, H.Y. & ZHANG, H.Q.,  Quantitative Simulation of Gas-particle Two Phase Plane Mixing Layer Using Discrete Vortex Method, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp.418-425, 2001.

49. WONG, H., IP, W.C. & LI, Y,  Detection of Jumps by Wavelets in a Heteroscedastic Autoregressive Model, Statistics & Probability Letters, Vol. 52, pp.365-372, 2001.

50. WU, S.Y., YANG, X.Q. & YAO, J.C.,  Relaxed Inexact Algorithm for Continuous Complementarity Problems on Measure Spaces, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 111, No. 3, pp.659-668, 2001.

51. XIE, Z.J., WONG, H., IP, W.C. & LIU, Y.,  Artificial Neural Network and Its Application to Financial Forecasting, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Univeritatis Pekinensais, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp.421-425, 2001.

52. YANG, X.M. & LI, D.,  On Properties for Preinvex Functions, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 256, No. 1, pp.229-241, 2001.

53. YANG, X.M. & LI, D.,  Semistrict Preinvex Functions, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 258, No. 1, pp.287-308, 2001.

54. YANG, X.M.,  A Note On Criteria of Quasiconvex Functions, OR Transactions of China, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.125-127, 2001.

55. YANG, X.M., LI, D. & WANG, S.Y.,  Near-subconvexlikeness in vector optimization with set-valued functions, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp.413-427, 2001.

56. YANG, X.M., On E-convex sets, E-convex functions, and E-convex programming, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 109, No. 3, pp.669-704,  2001.

57. YANG, X.M., YANG, X.Q. & TEO, K.L.,  A Matrix Trace Inequality, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 263, pp.327-331, 2001.

58. YANG, X.M., YANG, X.Q. & TEO, K.L.,  On Characterizations and Applications of Prequasiinvex Functions, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 110, pp.645-668, 2001.

59. YANG, X.Q. & HUANG, X.X.,  A Nonlinear Lagrangian Approach to Constrained Optimization Problems, SIAM Journal of Optimization, Vol. 11, pp.1119-1144, 2001.

60. YANG, X.Q. & TEO, K.L.,  Nonlinear Lagrangian Functions and Applications to Semi-Infinite Programs, Optimization and Numerical Algebra, a Special Issue in Annals of Operations Research, edited by QI, L.Q. et al., Vol. 103, pp.235-250, 2001.

61. YANG, Y.F. & LI, D.H.,  A Trust Region Algorithm for Constrained Nonsmooth Optimization Problems, Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 19, No.4, pp.357-364, 2001.

62. YIU, K.F.C., WANG, S., TEO, K.L. & TSOI, A.C.,  Nonlinear System Modelling via Knot-optimization B-spline Networks, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp.1013-1022, 2001.

63. ZHANG, G.Q., KERRE, E.E., WU, Y.H. & TEO, K.L.,  Necessity Measures and Necessity Integrals Defined on a Complete Lattice, International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 30, pp.241-260, 2001.

64. ZHANG, H.Q., CHAN, C.K. & LAU, K.S.,  Numerical Simulation of Sudden-Expansion Particle-Laden Flows Using An Improved Stochastic Separated Flow Model, Numerical Heat Transfer Part A: Applications, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp.89-102, 2001.

65. ZHANG, R.J., HOU, S.H., CHAN, C.K. & WANG, W.Q.,  Interaction Between Periodically Arranged Beams and Fluid Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 205, pp.117-123, 2001.

66. ZHANG, R.J., WANG, W.Q., HOU, S.H. & CHAN, C.K.,  Seismic Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Core, International Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 79, No. 15, pp.1395-1404, 2001.

Books Chapters

1. CHUNG, K.C.,  Computing Rapidly Oscillatory Integrals Using Exactly Integrable Moments, Advances in Scientific Computing, pp.12-18, 2001.

2. DAM, H.H., TEO, K.L., LIU, Y.Q. & NORDEBO, S.,  Optimum Pole Position for Digital Laguerre Network with Least Square Error Criterion. In Yang, X.Q, Teo, K.L. and Caccetta, L., eds., Optimization Methods and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publisher, The Netherlands, pp.309-317, 2001.

3. DONTCHEV, A.L., Qi, H. & QI, L.Q.,  Quadratic Convergence of Newton's method for Constrained Interpolation and Smoothing, Approximation Theory X, C.K. Chui, L.L. Schumaker and J. Stoeckler, eds., (Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN, USA, 2001).

4. QI, L.Q. & SUN, D.,  Nonsmooth and Smoothing Methods for NCP and VI, Encyclopedia of Optimization, edited by C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos, eds., Kluwer Academic Publisher, Nowell, MA. USA, pp.100-104, 2001.

5. YANG, X.M., TEO, K.L. & YANG, X.Q.,  Second Order Strict Converse Duality in Non-linear Programming. In YANG, X.Q., ed., Optimization Methods and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publisher, The Netherlands, pp.295-306, 2001.

Articles in refereed conference proceedings

1. BAUER, R.S., CHEUNG, K.H, CHEUNG, P.M & NG, Louise,  Acoustic Correlation of Focus-stress in Hong Kong Cantonese, Proceedings of the Asian Linguistics Society, Bangkok, Thailand, May 16-18, 2001.

2. CHAN, C.K. & HOU, S.H.,  Web-based Interactive Exercises in Fundamental Statistics. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8 - 11 January 2001, pp.9-12, 2001.

3. CHAN, W.K., HOU, S.H. & LEUNG, T.W.,  An Interactive and Multimedia Learning Courseware in Applied Mathematics. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8 - 11 January 2001, pp.17-20, 2001.

4. CHEUNG, L.F. & LEUNG, P.F.,  Submanifolds with bounded mean curvature, Proceedings of the Fifth Pacific Rim Geometry Conference, Tohoku Mathematical Publications, No. 20, 2001.

5. CHONG, K.K.,  On Some Generalization of A Ky Fan's Inequality. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, pp.25-28, 2001.

6. CHUNG, K.C.,  Computing High Frequency Fourier-Bessel Coefficients Using Exactly Integrable Moments. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, pp.29-32, 2001.

7. CHUNG, K.C. & WANG, C.M.,  Optimal design of stepped annular plates for minimax deflection, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Optimization. Vol. 3, pp.1415-1421, 2001.

8. HUANG, X.X. & YANG, X.Q.,  Asymptotic analysis of a class of nonlinear penalty methods for constrained multiobjective optimization, Proceedings of the 3rd WCNA' 2000, Cantania, Nonlinear Analysis Theory, Methods & Applications, Vol. 47, pp.5573-5584, 2001.

9. LEE, H.W.J.,  Manpower Planning Problem. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, pp.47-51, 2001.

10. LEUNG, K.J. & MONAGHAN, J.J.,  Effectiveness of SPH Method for Elastic Vibration Problems. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, pp.53-56, 2001.

11. LEUNG, P.K., LEUNG, T.W., NG, L. & CHAN, C.K.,  Quality Improvement of the Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter through Off-line Quality Control Techniques. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, pp.57-60, 2001.

12. LI, L.K.,  Compression of Smooth Sequence by Discrete-time Recurrent Neural Networks, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, Vol. 1, p272-274, 2001.

13. LI, L.K.,  Learning with New Error Function for Single-Hidden-Layer Feedforward Neural Network. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8-11 January 2001, pp.71-72, 2001.

14. SPIRING, F.A. & LEUNG, P.K.,  A Proposed Measure of Process Capability for Non-Normal Distributions. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8 - 11 January 2001, pp.101-104, 2001.

15. SPIRING, F.A., LEUNG, P.K. & NG, L.,  A Procedure to Selecting Appropriate Process Capability Indices. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8 - 11 January 2001, pp.105-108, 2001.

16. SPIRING, F.A., YEUNG, A. & LEUNG, P.K.,  The Relationship of Process Capability Indices to Weighted Squared Error Loss. International Symposium on Teaching and Applications of Engineering Mathematics, Hong Kong, 8 -11 January 2001, pp.109-112, 2001.

34.       Dr. Wan Zhong, Department of Applied Mathematics, Hunan University, China, 19 - 23 Oct. 2002. [Prof. L. Qi, Reformulation Methods in Optimization].

35.       Prof. Satoshi Ito, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan, 21 Oct. - 4 Nov. 2002. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Survey on Semi-infinite Programming Software].

36.       Prof. Fred A. Spiring, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, Canada, 26 Oct. - 15 Nov. 2002. [Dr. P.K. Leung, Process Control for Correlated and Contaminated Time Series Data].

37.       Ms. Wu Zhi-you, Department of Mathematics, Chongqing Teachers College, China, 6 Nov. - 7 Dec . 2002. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Numerical Studies of Optimal Discrete-Valued Control Problems].

38.       Dr. Sien Deng, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinoise University, USA, 16 Nov. - 14 Dec. 2002. [Dr. X.Q. Yang, Nonconvex Multiple-criteria Optimization].

39.       Prof. Xia Jun, Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Science, 21 - 28 Nov. 2002. [Dr. H. Wong, Northern China Water Resources Safety Problems].

40.       Prof. Lim Yong Ching, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 25 - 28 Nov. 2002. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Optimum Filter Design].

41.       Prof. Sven Nordholm, Australian Telecommunications Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, 25 - 29 Nov. 2002. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunications Applications].

42.       Dr. Yu Hui, Institute of System Science, Chinese Academy of Science, 25 Nov. - 24 Dec. 2002. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Numerical Studies of Optimal Discrete-Valued Control Problems].

43.       Dr. Shao Quan-xi, CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences in Australia, 26 Nov. - 25 Dec. 2002. [Dr. H. Wong, Statistical Modelling of Flooding Level and Space-Time Variation of Water Cycle with Application to China].

44.       Prof. Helmut Maurer, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat at Munster, Institut fur Numerische Mathematik, Germany, 9 - 13 Dec. 2002. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Numerical Optimal Control].

45.       Prof. S.R. Jammalamadaka, Department of Statistics, University of California, USA, 13 - 16 Dec. 2002. [Dr. X. Zhou, Analysis of Additive and Additive-Multiplicative Hazards Models].

46.       Prof. Wong Kar-hung, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 16 Dec. 2002 - 15 Jan. 2003. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Hybrid-GA and Hybrid-SA Approach to Optimal Discrete-valued Control Problems].

47.       Prof. Alexander Shapiro, School of Industrial andSystems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 6-12 Jan. 2003. [Prof. L. Qi, Stablized Methods in Optimization].

48.       Dr. Leung Yee-hong, Australian Telecommunications Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 6 Jan. - 1 Feb. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

49.       Prof. Peng Jian-wen, Department of Mathematics, Chongging Normal University, China, 14-27 Jan. 2003. [Dr. Joseph Lee, Computational Studies of Optimal Switching Control in Plasma Heating by Neutral Injection].

50.       Prof. Xia Jun, Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, 22-25 Jan. 2003. [Dr. H. Wong, Northern China Water Resources Safety Problems].

51.       Prof. Choi Yung-sze, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, USA, 20 Jan. - 17 Feb . 2003. [Dr. L.F. Cheung, Soap Film under Gravity].

52.       Mr. Yao Bing, College of Mathematics & Information, Northwest Normal University, China, 20 – 28 Jan. 2003. [Prof. L. Qi, Manufacturing Network Flow].

53.       Prof. Biswa Datta, Northern Illinois University, USA, 24-27 Jan. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunications Applications].

54.       Prof. Li Yuan, Department of Mathematics, Guangzhou University, China, 6 Feb. - 5 Mar . 2003. [Dr. W.C. Ip & Dr. H. Wong, Testing for Heteroscedasticity and Structural Changes in Economic Time Series by Wavelets].

55.       Prof. Yang Zhen-hai, Department of Mathematics, Beijing Polytechnic University, China, 10 Feb. - 9 Mar. 2003. [Dr. P.K. Leung, Vertical Density Representation and Its Applications].

56.       Mr. Mladen Males, School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Western Australia, 10 Feb. - 9 Mar. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

57.       Ms. Wu Zhi-you, Department of Mathematics, Chongqing Teachers College, China, 18 Feb. - 17 Mar. 2003. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Optimal Design for Internet Traffic Control of Communication Networks].

58.       Mr. Bai Fu-sheng, Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, China, 10 Feb. - 9 Mar. 2003. [Dr. X.Q. Yang, Nonlinear Penalty Method for Constrained Global Optimization].

59.       Prof. Peng Jian-wen, Department of Mathematics, Chongging Normal University, China, 7 Mar. - 6 Apr . 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Optimal Feedback Control for the Token Bucket Algorithm in Internet Traffic Management].

60.       Dr. Meng Zhi-qing, Department of Computer Science, Xiangtan University, China, 17 Mar. - 16 Apr. 2003. [Dr. X.Q. Yang, Nonlinear Penalty Method for Constrained Global Optimization].

61.       Prof. Choi Yung-sze, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, USA, 19 Mar. - 20 Apr . 2003. [Dr. L.F. Cheung, Soap Film under Gravity].

62.       Prof. Choi Yung-sze, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, USA, 2 - 31 May 2003. [Dr. L.F. Cheung, Soap Film under Gravity].

63.       Dr. Shao Quan-xi, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, Australia, 31May - 1July 2003. [Dr. X. Zhou, Optimal Scheduling under Stochastic Order].

64.       Prof. Wong Kar-hung, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 13 June - 12 July 2003. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Optimal design for Internet Traffic Control of Communication Networks].

65.       Dr. Yan Wei-yong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 14 - 27 June 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Optimization Methods for Design and Analysis of Digital Systems].

66.       Prof. Li Yuan, Department of Mathematics, Guangzhou University, China, 24 June - 23 July 2003. [Dr. W.C. Ip, Characterization and Identification of Surface Texture Based on Wavelets].

67.       Prof. Zhang Shi Sheng, Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, China, 1 - 30 July 2003. [Dr. Joseph Lee, Optimal design for internet traffic control of communication networks].

68.       Prof. Liu Jin-shan, Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences, South China Agriculature University, China, 10 July - 9 August 2003. [Dr. W.C. Ip, Testing for Heteroscedasticity and Structural Changes in Economic Time Series by Wavelets].

69.       Prof. Chen Guo-qing, Department of Mathematics, Inner Mongolia University, China, 15 July - 14 August 2003. [Dr. Joseph Lee, Optimal design for Internet Traffic Control of Communication Networks].

70.       Prof. Zhou Shu-zi, College of Mathematics and Econometrics, Hunan University, China, 18 July - 17 August 2003. [Prof. L.Q. Qi, Reformulation Methods in Optimization].

71.       Prof. Thomas Yu Pok-yin, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 4 - 21 August  2003. [Prof. L.Q. Qi, Newton-Like Methods and Trust Region Methods].

72.       Prof. Yan Qing-xu, Information Engineering School, Geoscience Univeristy, China, 16 August - 15 September 2003. [Dr. S.H. Hou, Research on Timoshenko beam System].

73.       Prof. Sven Nordholm, WATRI, University of Estern Australia, 1 - 19 September 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Semi-infinite Programming and Applications in Signal Processing].

74.       Prof. Bernard K.S. Cheung, GERAD & Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 8 - 21 September 2003. [Dr. Chi-kin Chan, Dynamic Programming Approach with Genetic Algorithm Approach to the Manpower Planning Problem].

75.       Prof. Alexander Rubinov, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Science, University of Ballarat, Australia, 27 Sept. - 18 Oct. 2003. [Dr. X.Q. Yang, Estimating of parameters in penalty type methods].

76.       Prof. Wu Soon Yi, Department of Mathematics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 13 - 19 Oct. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunications Applications].

77.       Dr. Leung Yee-hong, Australian Telecommunications Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 22 Oct. - 18 Nov. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

78.       Dr. Shao Quan-xi, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, Australia, 25 Oct. - 24 Nov. 2003. [Dr. W.C. Ip, Dr. H. Wong, Northern China Water Resources Safety Problems].

79.       Prof. Yao En-yu, Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, China, 3 - 30 Nov. 2003. [Prof. L. Qi, Generalized and Inverse Network Flow Problems for Manufacturing Management Systems].

80.       Mr. Buon Kiong Lau, Vincent, Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, 7 Nov. - 6 Dec. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

81.       Prof. Sun Wen-yu, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Nanjing Normal University, China, 17 Nov. - 16 Dec. 2003. [Prof. L. Qi, Robust Algorithms for Constrained Nonlinear Programmes].

82.       Prof. Zhang Shi Sheng, Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, China, 19 Nov. - 14 Dec. 2003. [Dr. Joseph Lee, Optimal Design for Internet Traffic Control of Communication Networks].

83.       Prof. Zhao Yi, Department of Mathematics, Zhongshan University, China, 24 Nov. - 23 Dec. 2003. [Dr. S.H. Hou]

84.       Prof. Wang Pei-guang, College of Electronic Information & Engineering, Hebei University, China, 8 Dec. 2003 - 7 Jan. 2004. [Prof. K.L. Teo, Stability Theory & Optimal Control of Impulsive Systems].

85.       Prof. Zhou Shu-zi, College of Mathematics and Econometrics, Hunan University, China, 10 Dec. 2003 - 9 Jan. 2004. [Prof. L.Q. Qi, Rebust Algorithms for Constrained Nonlinear Programmes].

86.       Dr. Yan Wei-yong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 11 - 19 Dec. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

87.       Dr. Liu Wan-quan, School of Computing, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 15 - 27 Dec. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

88.       Dr. Wang Yi-ju, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, 16 - 18 Dec. 2003. [Prof. L.Q. Qi, Robust Algorithms for Constrained Nonlinear Programmes].

89.       Prof. Pang Jong-shi, Department of Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 16 - 19 Dec. 2003. [Prof. L.Q. Qi, Robust Algorithms for Constrained Nonlinear Programmes].

90.       Prof. Hu Shou-chuan, Department of Mathematics, Southwest Missouri State University, USA, 17 - 22 Dec. 2003. [Prof. K.L. Teo, A Semi-infinite Optimization Approach to Telecommunication Applications].

91.       Prof. Wong Kar-hung, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 19 Dec. 2003 - 18 Jan. 2004. [Dr. Joseph H.W. Lee, Optimal Design for Internet Traffic Control of Communications Networks].