Professor Kap Hwan Kim (BE, ME, Phd)

Professor Kap Hwan Kim (BE, ME, Phd)

Professor Kap Hwan Kim (BE, ME, PhD)

Department of Industrial Engineering, PusanNationalUniversity,

30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 609-735, South Korea.

Phone: (+82) 51 510 2419; Fax: (+82) 51 512 7603; Email:

Professor Kim is working at the Department of Industrial Engineering of Pusan National University. He has studies at SeoulNationalUniversity (Bachelor, 1977) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Master, 1979; Ph.D., 1987). He was a visiting scholar at PurdueUniversity (1990-1991) and at MontrealUniversity (2002-2003). He is also the director of the Institute of Logistics Innovation and Networking in PusanNationalUniversity. His research has been focused on the design and operation problems of container terminals.

Refereed International Journal Articles (Last Five Years)
  1. Vu Duc Nguyen and Kap Hwan Kim, (2008). A dispatching method for automated lifting vehicles in automated port container terminals, Computers & Industrial Engineering(in press, available online).
  2. Haipeng Zhang and Kap Hwan Kim (2008). Maximizing the number of dual-cycle operations of quay cranes in container terminals, Computers & Industrial Engineering (in press, available online).
  3. Kap Hwan Kim, Young-Man Park, and Mi-Ju Jin, (2008). An optimal layout of container yards, OR Spectrum, 20(4), 675-695.
  4. Kap Hwan Kim and Ki Young Kim, (2007). Optimal price schedules for storage of inbound containers, Transportation Research Part B, 41(8), 892-905.
  5. Ki Ho Chung, Chang Seong Ko, Jae Young Shin, Hark Hwang, and Kap Hwan Kim, (2007). Development of mathematical models for the container road transportation in Korean trucking industries, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 53(2), 252-262.
  6. Kap Hwan Kim and MJ Lee, (2007). Scheduling trucks in local depots for door-to-door delivery services, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(9), 1195-1202.
  7. Hans-Otto Guenther and Kap Hwan Kim, (2006). Container terminals and terminal operations, OR Spectrum, 28, 437-445.
  8. Milorad Vidovic and Kap Hwan Kim, (2006). Estimating the cycle time of three-stage handling systems, Annals of Operations Research, 144(1), 181-200.
  9. Kap Hwan Kim, Su Min Jean, and Kwang Ryel Ryu, (2006). Deadlock prevention for automated guided vehicles in automated container terminals, OR Spectrum, 28, 659-679.
  10. Jae Ho Kang, Kwang Ryel Ryu, and Kap Hwan Kim, (2006). Deriving stacking strategies for export containers with uncertain weight information, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 17(4), 399-410.
  11. Kap Hwan Kimand Sung Ho Jung, (2006). Load scheduling for multiple quay cranes in port container terminals, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 17(4) 479-492.
  12. Jee Hyun Yang and Kap Hwan Kim, (2006). A grouped storage method for minimizing relocations in block stacking systems, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 17(4), 453-463.
  13. Kap Hwan Kim and Gyu-Pyo Hong, (2006). A heuristic rule for relocating blocks, Computers & Operations Research, 33, 940-954.
  14. Kap Hwan Kim, Kyeong Woo Kim, Hark Hwang, and Chang Seong Ko, (2005). A distributed dispatching method for the brokerage of truckload freights, International Journal of Production Economics, 98, 150-161.
  15. Kap Hwan Kim and Young-Man Park, (2004). A crane scheduling method for port container terminals, European Journal of Operational Research, 156(3), 752-768.
  16. Kap Hwan Kim and Seung Hwan Won, (2004). An architectural design of control software for automated container terminals, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 46(4), 741-754.
  17. Kap Hwan Kim and Jong Wook Bae, (2004). A look-ahead dispatching method for automated guided vehicles in automated port container terminals, Transportation Science, 38(2), 224-234.
  18. Kap Hwan Kim, Kyeong Woo Kim, Hark Hwang, and Chang Seong Ko, (2004). Operator scheduling using constraint satisfaction technique in port container terminals, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 46(2), 373-381.
  19. Hark Hwang, Yeung-keun Song, and Kap Hwan Kim, (2004). The Impacts of Acceleration/deceleration on travel time models for Carousel Systems, Computers &Industrial Engineering, 46(2), 253-265.
  20. Kap Hwan Kim, Jin Soo Kang, and Kwang Ryel Ryu, (2004). A beam search algorithm for the load sequencing of outbound containers in port container terminals, OR Spectrum, 26(1), 93-116.
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