A Comprehensive Movement Compatibility Study for Hong Kong Chinese -- A Study of Comparative Design Satisfaction Between Culture and Modern Bamboo Chair -- Factors Influencing Symbol-Training Effectiveness -- Multiple-Colony Ant Algorithm with Forward–Backward Scheduling Approach for Job-Shop Scheduling Problem -- Proposal of New Paradigm for Hand and Foot Controls in the Context of Spatial Compatibility Effect -- Development of a Mathematical Model for Process with S-Type Quality Characteristics to a Quality Selection Problem -- Temporal Aggregation and the Production Smoothing Model: Evidence from Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing in Taiwan -- Simulations of Gear Shaving and the Tooth Contact Analysis -- On Aggregative Methods of Supplier Assessment -- Human Factors and Ergonomics for Nondestructive Testing -- A Novel Matrix Approach to Determine Makespan for Zero-Wait Batch Processes -- Interactive Meta-Goal Programming: A Decision Analysis Approach for Collaborative Manufacturing -- Nonlinear Programming Based on Particle Swarm Optimization -- A Heuristic for the Capacitated Single Allocation Hub Location Problem -- Multimodal Transport: A Framework for Analysis -- Fractional Matchings of Graphs -- Correlation Functions for Dynamic Load Balancing of Cycle Shops -- Neural Network-Based Integral Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems -- Decentralized Neuro-Fuzzy Control of a Class of Nonlinear Systems -- A New Training Algorithm of Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Chaotic Dynamic Systems -- General-Purpose Simulation Management for Satellite Navigation Signal Simulation -- Multilayered Quality-of-Service Architecture with Cross-layer Coordination for Teleoperation System -- Improvement of State Estimation for Systems with Chaotic Noise -- Combined Sensitivity–Complementary Sensitivity Min–Max Approach for Load Disturbance–Setpoint Trade-off Design -- Nonlinear Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for a Rotary Inverted Pendulum -- Robust Load Frequency Sliding Mode Control Based on Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator -- Robust Intelligent Motion Control for Linear Piezoelectric Ceramic Motor System Using Self-constructing Neural Network -- Development of Hybrid Magnetic Bearings System for Axial-Flow Blood Pump -- Critical Angle for Optimal Correlation Assignment to Control Memory and Computational Load Requirements in a Densely Populated Target Environment -- High-Precision Finite Difference Method Calculations of Electrostatic Potential -- Newton–Tau Method -- Reconfigurable Hardware Implementation of the Successive Overrelaxation Method -- Tabu Search Algorithm Based on Strategic Oscillation for Nonlinear Minimum Spanning Tree Problems -- Customization of Visual Lobe Measurement System for Testing the Effects of Foveal Load.

Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research compiles revised and extended articles written by prominent researchers participating in the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS) 2007. This volume addresses manufacturing processes and methods, optimization, experimental engineering design, and reliability and quality control techniques, as well as other topics, including: Quality management systems Computer supported collaborative engineering Human factors and ergonomics Engineering management and leadership Transportation network design Stochastics modeling Queueing theory Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research offers the latest information on the advances in industrial engineering and operations research and serves as an excellent reference work for researchers and graduate students working in this area.