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1 Resume NAIQI WU Professor The Institute of Systems Engineering Macau University of Science and Technology Tel: (853) Research Interests Computer-integrated systems, Petri nets, discrete event systems, computer network security, production planning, scheduling and control, logistics and transportation Education Ph. D. in Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University, P. R. China, 1988 M. S. in Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University, P. R. China, 1985 B. S. in Electrical Engineering Huainan institute of Mining, P. R. China, 1982 Research and Professional Experience JUL SEP OCT JUN JUL JAN MAR MAY AUG AUG DEC MAY AUG AUG MAY APR OCT OCT Macau University of Science and Technology, Professor at the Institute of Systems Engineering Guangdong University of Technology, Professor & Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering. Visiting Professor, Laboratoire Informatique, Biologie Integrative et Systemes Complexes (IBISC), Universite d Evry Val d Essonne, France Visiting Professor, Laboratoire Informatique, Biologie Integrative et Systemes Complexes (IBISC), Universite d Evry Val d Essonne, France Visiting Professor, University of Technology of Troyes, France Visiting professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology Visiting professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University. Shantou University, Associate Professor of department of Mechatronics Engineering. Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, P. R. China, Associate Professor. Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, P. R. China, Assistant Professor. School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Visiting Scholar. 1

2 Affiliations: Senior Member of IEEE, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Honors 1. Third Class Award of Technological Invention Award, Macau, Highly cited researchers in Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers First Class Prize of Natural Science of Guangdong Province, China, Who' s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who' s Who), 7th Edition ( ). 5. Who' s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who' s Who), 8th Edition ( ). 6. International Scientist of the Year 2004, The International Biographical Centre (IBC) of Cambridge, England. 7. Who' s Who in the World (Marquis Who' s Who), 8th Edition ( ) QSI Best Application Paper Award Finalist, for the paper "Modeling and Analysis of Dual-Arm Cluster Tools for Wafer Fabrication with Revisiting," by Y. Qiao, N. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Trieste, Italy, August 24-27, Best student paper award, for the paper Real-time control policy for single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints and activity time variation by using Petri net, By Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Beijing, China, April 11-13, Best Conference Paper Award Finalist, for the paper Optimizing close-down processes of singlerobot cluster tools via linear programming, by Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, N. Q. Wu, Q. H. Zhu, and Z. W. Li, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX USA, August 21-24, Book [1] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, System modeling and control with resource-oriented Petri nets, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, October Book Chapters [1] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Resource-oriented Petri nets in deadlock prevention and avoidance, in M. C. Zhou and M. P. Fanti (Ed.), Deadlock Resolution in Computer-Integrated Systems, Marcel Dekker, NY, January [2] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, A resource-oriented Petri net approach to scheduling and control of timeconstrained cluster tools in semiconductor fabrication, in Z. W. Li and A. M. Al-Ahmari (Ed.), Formal Methods in Manufacturing Systems: Recent Advances, IGI Global, New York, May, [3] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Real-time scheduling and control of single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraint and activity time variation by using resource-oriented Petri nets, in Z. W. Li and A. M. Al-Ahmari (Ed.), Formal Methods in Manufacturing Systems: Recent Advances, IGI Global, New York, May, [4] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, F. Chu, and S. Mammar, Modeling and scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery: a hybrid timed Petri net approach, in M. Khalgui, O. Mosbahi, and A. Valentini (Ed), Embedded Computing Systems: Applications, Optimization, and Advanced Design, IGI Global, New York, May, [5] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, F. Chu, and S. Mammar, Modeling, Analysis, Scheduling and Control of Cluster Tools in Semiconductor Fabrication, in Contemporary Issues in Systems Science and Engineering, Edited by M. C. Zhou, H.-X. Li and M. Weijnen, Wiley/IEEE Press, Hoboken, NJ, pp ,

3 Journal Articles [1] G. H. Zhu, Z. W. Li, and N. Q. Wu, Fault identification of discrete event systems using partially observed Petri nets, Automatica, in press, [2] G. H. Zhu, Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu and A. Al-Ahmari, Fault identification of discrete event systems modeled by Petri nets with unobservable transitions, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, online, DOI: /TSMC , [3] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, R. Su, and T. Qu, Modeling and optimal cyclic scheduling of timeconstrained single-robot-arm cluster tools via Petri nets and linear programming, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, online, DOI: /TSMC , [4] M. Liu, S. G. Wang, M. C. Zhou, D. Liu, A. Al-Ahmari, T. Qu, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, Deadlock and liveness characterization for a class of generalized Petri nets, Information Sciences, in press, [5] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Polynomial approach to optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of treelike hybrid multi-cluster tools via Petri nets, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, in press, [6] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, M. C. Zhou, Q. H. Zhu, and T. Qu, Robust scheduling of time-constrained dualarm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and activity time disturbance, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, online, DOI: /TSMC , [7] O. Karoui, E. Guerfala, A. Koubaa, M. Khalgui, E. Tovard, N. Q. Wu, A. Al-Ahmari, Z. W. Li, Performance evaluation of vehicular platoons using Webots, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, in press, [8] X. Y. Cong, C. Gu, M. Uzam, Y. F. Chen, A. Al-Ahmari, N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, Design of an optimal Petri net supervisor for flexible manufacturing systems via weighted inhibitor arcs, Asian Journal of Control, in press, [9] H. M. Zhang, L. Feng, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, Integration of learning-based testing and supervisory control for requirements conformance of black-box reactive systems, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, online, DOI: /TASE , [10] Z. Y. Jiang, Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, A Petri net approach to fault diagnosis and restoration for power transmission systems to avoid the output interruption of substations, IEEE Systems Journal, online, DOI: /JSYST , [11] Q. H. Zhu, M. C. Zhou, Y. Qiao, and N. Q. Wu, Scheduling transient processes for time-constrained single-arm robotic multi-cluster tools, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, online, DOI: /TSM , [12] S. H. Teng, N. Q. Wu, H. B. Zhu, L. Y. Teng, and W. Zhang, SVM DT Based adaptive and collaborative intrusion detection, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatic Sinica, in press. [13] C. R. Pan, M. C. Zhou, Y. Qiao, and N. Q. Wu, Scheduling cluster tools in semiconductor manufacturing: recent advances and challenges, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, online, DOI: /TASE [14] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, M. C. Zhou, and Q. H. Zhu, Wafer sojourn time fluctuation analysis of timeconstrained dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, online, DOI: /TSMC , [15] Q. H. Zhu, M. C. Zhou, Y. Qiao, and N. Q. Wu, Petri net modeling and scheduling of a close-down process for time-constrained single-arm cluster tools, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, online, DOI: /TSMC , [16] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of hybrid multirobot cluster tools with tree topology, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, online, DOI: /TSMC ,

4 [17] X. Y. Zhang, M. Uzam, Z. W. Li, and N. Q. Wu, On the synthesis of liveness-enforcing supervisors for flexible manufacturing systems using global idle places, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, in press, [18] J. F. Zhang, G. Frey, A. Al-Ahmari, T. Qu, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, Analysis and control of dynamic reconfiguration processes of manufacturing systems, IEEE Access, in press, [19] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, R. Su, and T. Qu, Petri net-based efficient determination of optimal schedule for transport-dominant single-arm multi-cluster tools, IEEE Access, in press, [20] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of time-constrained hybrid multicluster tools via Petri nets, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 11, , Nov [21] M. Bashir, Z. W. Li, M. Uzam, A. Al-Ahmari, N. Q. Wu, D. Liu, and T. Qu, A minimal supervisory structure to optimally enforce liveness on Petri net models for flexible manufacturing systems, IEEE Access, vol. 5, , Aug [22] M. G. Abidi, M. B. Smida, M. Khalgui, Z. W. Li, and N. Q. Wu, Multi-agent oriented solution for forecastingbased control with load priority of microgrids in an island mode Case study: Tunisian petroleum platform, Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 152, , Nov [23] N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and T. Qu, Energy efficiency optimization in scheduling crude oil operations of refinery based on linear programming, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 166, 49-57, Nov [24] S. W. Zhang, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, T. Qu, and C. D. Li, Petri net-based approach to short-term scheduling of crude oil operations with less tank requirement, Information Sciences, vol. 417, , Nov [25] Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, N. Q. Wu, and Q. H. Zhu, Scheduling and control of startup process for single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp , Jul [26] Y. An, N. Q. Wu, C. T. Hon, and Z. W. Li, Scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery without sufficient charging tanks using Petri nets, Applied Sciences, vol. 7, no. 6, Paper No. 564: 1-25, Jun [27] N. He, Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and T. Qu, Total completion time minimization for scheduling of two-machine flow shop with deterioration jobs and setup time, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4, 1-12, Apr [28] Y. Hou, N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, Pareto-optimization for scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery via genetic algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 3, , Mar [29] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qao, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, Scheduling of single-arm cluster tools for an atomic layer deposition process with residency time constraints, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 3, , Mar [30] Y. F. Chen, Z. W. Li, A. Al-Ahmari, N. Q. Wu, and T. Qu, Deadlock recovery for flexible manufacturing systems modeled with petri nets, Information Sciences, vol. 381, pp , Mar [31] Y. F. Chen, Z. W. Li, K. Barkaoui, N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, Compact supervisory control of discrete event systems by Petri nets with data inhibitor arcs, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 2, pp , Feb [32] Y. M. Zhao, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and T. Qu, A novel solution approach to a priority-slot-based continuous-time mixed integer nonlinear programming formulation for a crude-oil scheduling problem, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 55, no. 41, , Oct [33] X. L. Chen, Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu, A. M. Al-Ahmari, A. M. El-Tamimi, and E. S. A. Nasr, Confusion avoidance for discrete event systems by P/E constraints and supervisory control, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, vol. 33, no. 2, pp ,

5 [34] L. P. Bai, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling and buffer space configuration for single-arm multicluster tools with linear topology, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 46, no. 10, , Oct [35] Y. Hou, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, A genetic algorithm approach to short-term scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 11, no. 5, , September [36] Z. C. Liu, N. Q. Wu, and F. J. Yang, Petri net-based scheduling of time constrained single-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 8(5), 1-13, [37] Y. F. Zhang, W. B. Wang, N. Q. Wu, and C. Qian, IoT-enabled real-time production performance analysis and exception diagnosis model, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 13, no. 3, , June [38] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal scheduling of complex multi-cluster tools based on timed resource-oriented Petri nets, IEEE Access, vol. 4, , Apr [39] H. F. Chen, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, A novel method for deadlock prevention of AMS by using resourceoriented Petri nets, Information Sciences, vol. 363, , Oct., [40] X. L. Chen, Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu, A. Al-Ahmari, A. M. El-Tamimi, and E. A. Nasr, Confusion diagnosis and avoidance of discrete event systems using supervisory control, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, 49-62, Jan., [41] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, L. P. Bai, and Z. W. Li, Short-term scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery with high fusion point oil and two transportation pipelines, Enterprise Information Systems, vol. 10, no. 6, , May [42] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and M. C. Zhou, An efficient scheduling method for crude oil operations in refinery with crude oil type mixing requirements, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 46, no. 3, , Mar [43] Y. F. Chen, A. Al-Ahmari, C. T. Hon, and N. Q. Wu, Equivalent transformation of nonlinear constraints to linear constraints in Petri nets, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2015, Article ID , 1-11, [44] W. Chen, T. Wu, Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu, and L. Wang, Heterogenous allocation of chips promotes fairness in the Ultimatum Game, The Frontiers of Physics, vol. 109, no. 6, Article: 68006, [45] J. F. Zhang, M. Khalgui, W. M. Boussahel, G. Frey, C. T. Hon, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, Modeling and verification of reconfigurable and energy-efficient manufacturing systems, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, vol. 2015, Article ID , 1-14, [46] C. R. Pan, Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, A novel algorithm for wafer sojourn time analysis of single-arm cluster tools with wafer residency time constraints and activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 45, no. 5, , May [47] C. R. Pan, Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, and N. Q. Wu, Scheduling and analysis of start-up transient processes for dualarm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 28, no. 2, , May [48] Y. Qiao, C. R. Pan, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Response policies to process module failure in single-arm cluster tools subject to wafer residency time constraints, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 12, no. 3, , Jul [49] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, Short-term scheduling of crude-oil operations: Petri net-based controltheoretic approach, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 22, no. 2, 64-76, Jun [50] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Schedulability and scheduling analysis of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and residency time constraints based on a novel schedule, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 45, no. 3, , Mar

6 [51] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling of single-arm multi-cluster tools with wafer residency time constraints in semiconductor manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 28, no. 1, , Feb [52] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, Q. H. Zhu, and L. P. Bai, Cycle time analysis of dual-arm cluster tools for wafer fabrication processes with multiple wafer revisiting times, Computers & Operations Research, vol. 53, , Jan [53] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based polynomially complex approach to optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of hybrid multi-cluster tools in semiconductor manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 44, no. 12, , Dec [54] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of single-arm multicluster tools with two-space buffering modules, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 44, no. 12, , Dec [55] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, C. R. Pan, and M. C. Zhou, How to respond to process module failure in residency timeconstrained single-arm cluster tools, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 27, no. 4, , Nov [56] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling of hybrid multi-cluster tools in wafer fabrication, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 27, no. 2, , May [57] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and residency time constraints, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 10, no. 1, , Feb [58] P. Su, N. Q. Wu, and Z. Q. Yu, A Petri net-based heuristic for mixed-model assembly line balancing problem of type-e, International Journal of Production Research, vol. 52, no. 5, , [59] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based optimal one-wafer scheduling of single-arm multi-cluster tools in semiconductor manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 26, no. 4, , Nov [60] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, F. Chu, and C. B. Chu, A Petri-net-based scheduling strategy for dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 43, no. 5, , Sept [61] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, A Petri net-based novel scheduling approach and its cycle time analysis for dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor manufacturing, vol. 26, no. 1, , Feb [62] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and G. Hu, One-step look-ahead maximally permissive deadlock control of AMS by using Petri net, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 12, no. 1, Article 10 (10:1-10:23), [63] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net modeling and cycle time analysis of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 43, no. 1, , Jan [64] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, M. C. Zhou, F. Chu, and S. Mammar, A novel approach to optimization of refining schedules for crude oil operations in refinery, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 42, no. 6, , [65] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net modeling and wafer sojourn time analysis of single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints and activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor manufacturing, vol. 25, no. 3, , Aug [66] Z. W. Li, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Deadlock control of automated manufacturing systems based on Petri nets a literature review, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 42, no. 4, ,

7 [67] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Real-time scheduling of single-arm cluster tools subject to residency time constraints and bounded activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vo. 9, no. 3, , Jul [68] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Modeling, analysis and control of dual-arm cluster tools with residency time constraint and activity time variation based on Petri nets, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 2, , Apr [69] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Schedulability analysis and optimal scheduling of dual-arm cluster tools with residency time constraint and activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 1, , Jan [70] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, S. Mammar, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net modeling of cooperation behavior of driver and copilot in advanced driving assistance systems, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 12, no. 4, , [71] Y. X. Sun and N. Q. Wu, Cycle time analysis for a wafer revisiting process in scheduling of single-arm cluster tools, International Journal of Automation and Computing, vol. 8, no. 4, , [72] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Intelligent token Petri nets for modeling and control of reconfigurable automated manufacturing systems with dynamical changes, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, vol. 33, no. 1, 9-29, [73] N. Q. Wu, C. B. Chu, F. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Schedulability analysis of short-term scheduling for crude oil operations in refinery with oil residency time and charging-tank-switch-overlap constraints, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, , Jan [74] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based scheduling of single-arm cluster tools with reentrant atomic layer deposition processes, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, 42-55, Jan [75] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Tank cycling and scheduling analysis of high fusion point oil transportation for crude oil operations in refinery, Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 34, no. 4, , [76] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Process vs resource-oriented Petri net modeling of automated manufacturing systems, Asian Journal of Control, vol. 12, no. 3, , [77] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Hybrid Petri net modeling and schedulability analysis of high fusion point oil transportation under tank grouping strategy for crude oil operations in refinery, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 40, no. 2, , [78] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Analysis of wafer sojourn time in dual-arm cluster tools with residency time constraint and activity time variation, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 23, no. 1, 53-64, Feb [79] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Colored timed Petri nets for modeling and analysis of cluster tools, Asian Journal of Control, vol. 12, no. 3, , [80] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, A closed-form solution for schedulability and optimal scheduling of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer residency time constraint based on steady schedule analysis, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2, , Apr [81] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Short-term schedulability analysis of multiple distiller crude oil operations in refinery with oil residency time constraint, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 39, no. 1, 1-16, [82] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and F. Chu, A Petri net based heuristic algorithm for realizability of target refining schedule for oil refinery, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 5, no. 4, ,

8 [83] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Short-term schedulability analysis of crude oil operations in refinery with oil residency time constraint using Petri net, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 38, no. 6, , [84] N. Q. Wu, C. B. Chu, F. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, A Petri net method for schedulability and scheduling problems in single-arm cluster tools with wafer residency time constraints, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 21, no. 2, , Mar [85] Z. W. Li, M. C. Zhou, and N. Q. Wu, A Survey and Comparison of Petri Net-based Deadlock Prevention Policy for Flexible Manufacturing Systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Review, vol. 38, no. 2, , [86] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, Resource-oriented Petri net for deadlock avoidance in flexible assembly systems, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, & Cybernetics, Part A, vol. 38, no. 1, 56-69, [87] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Deadlock resolution in automated manufacturing systems with robots, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 4, no. 3, , [88] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and C. B. Chu, Modeling and conflict detection of crude-oil operations for refinery process based on controlled-colored-timed Petri net, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 37, no. 4, , [89] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Deadlock modeling and control of semiconductor track systems using resourceoriented Petri nets, International Journal of Production Research, vol. 45, no. 15, , [90] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Real-time deadlock-free scheduling for semiconductor track systems based on colored timed Petri nets, OR Spectrum, vol. 29, no. 3, , [91] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Shortest routing of bi-directional automated guided vehicles avoiding deadlock and blocking, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 12, no. 1, 63-72, [92] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and F. Chu, Short-term scheduling for refinery process: bridging the gap between theory and applications, International Journal of Intelligent Control and systems, vol. 10, no. 2, pp , June [93] N. Q. Wu, Flexibility to manufacturing process reengineering for mass customization, International Journal of Intelligent Control and systems, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp , June [94] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Modeling and Deadlock Avoidance of Automated Manufacturing Systems with Multiple Automated Guided Vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, Part B, vol. 35, no. 6, , Dec [95] L. P. Bai and N. Q. Wu, Performance analysis of cluster tool with non-revisiting in semiconductor manufacturing, Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice, vol. 25, no. 6, 11-18, [96] L. P. Bai and N. Q. Wu, Modeling and analysis of cluster tool with revisiting in semiconductor manufacturing, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 11, no. 3, , [97] N. Q. Wu and P. Su, Selection of partners in virtual enterprise paradigm, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 21, no. 2, , [98] N. Q. Wu and L. P. Bai, Scheduling optimization in petroleum refining industry: a survey, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 11, no. 1, 90-97, [99] N. Q. Wu and P. Su, Efficient algorithm for partner selection in agile manufacturing, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 10, no. 8, , [100] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Modeling and deadlock control of automated guided vehicle systems, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 9, no. 1, 50-57, Mar [101] N. Q. Wu and Z. Q. Yu, Flexibility analysis in implementation of mass customization, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 9, no. 9, , [102] G. Q. Chen, N. Q. Wu, and S. H. Teng, Trojan horse detection by process tracing, Computer Applications, vol. 23, no. 11, ,

9 [103] P. Su and N. Q. Wu, A method for production scheduling in reconfigurable manufacturing systems, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 9, no. 3, , [104] G. Q. Chen, N. Q. Wu, et al., Advanced packaging principle and combination of Internet and anti-fake package, Packaging Engineering, vol. 23, no.5, 48-51, [105] N. Q. Wu and W. Q. Zeng, Deadlock avoidance in AGV system using colored Petri net model, International Journal of Production Research, vol. 40, no. 1, , [106] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Avoiding deadlock and reducing starvation and blocking in automated manufacturing systems based on a Petri net model, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 17, no. 5, , Oct [107] N. Q. Wu, Grouping the activities in virtual enterprise paradigm, Production Planning and Control, vol. 13, no. 4, , [108] N. Q. Wu and G. Salvendy, An efficient heuristic for the design of cellular manufacturing systems with multiple identical machines, International Journal of Production Research, vol. 37, no. 15, , [109] N. Q. Wu, N. Mao, and Y. M. Qian, An approach to partner selection in agile manufacturing, Journal of Intelligent manufacturing, vol. 10, no. 6, , [110] N. Q. Wu, N. Mao, and Y. M. Qian, Resource selection for shop reconfiguration in agile manufacturing, Information and Control, vol. 28, no. 6, , [111] N. Q. Wu, Necessary and sufficient conditions for deadlock-free operation in flexible manufacturing systems using a colored Petri net model, IEEE Trans. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 29, no. 2, May, , [112] N. Mao, Y. M. Qian and N. Q. Wu, The modeling of manufacturing resource reconfiguration for agile manufacturing, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, vol. 5, no. 1, 23-27, [113] N. Q. Wu, A concurrent approach to cell formation and assignment of identical machines in group technology, International Journal of Production Research, vol. 36, no. 8, , [114] N. Mao and N. Q. Wu, Cellular manufacturing in agile manufacturing, China Mechanical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 6, [115] N. Q. Wu and N. Mao, An efficient approach to the design of cellular manufacturing systems, Chinese Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 15, no. 2, 63-71, [116] N. Q. Wu, An efficient approach to the cell formation with multiple machines for some machine type, Control Theory and Application, vol. 14, no. 6, , [117] N. Q. Wu, Deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing systems with multi-routing, Part I: system modeling, Information and Control, vol. 26, no. 6, , [118] N. Q. Wu, Deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing systems with multi-routing, Part II: the control policy, Information and Control, vol. 27, no. 2, 81-88, [119] N. Q. Wu, Sufficient and necessary conditions for deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing systems, Part I: modeling the processes of resource contention, Information and Control, vol. 24, no.5, , [120] N. Q. Wu, Sufficient and necessary conditions for deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing systems, Part II: The law of dynamic resource allocation, Information and Control, vol. 24, no.6, , [121] N. Q. Wu and G. Salvendy, A modified network approach for the design of cellular manufacturing systems, International Journal of Production research, vol. 31, no. 6, , [122] N. Q. Wu, L. J. Zhang, and J. S. Xue, A scheduling algorithm for flexible manufacturing cell, Control Theory and Applications, vol. 9, no. 2, , [123] N. Q. Wu, S. X. Zhuang, and J. S. Xue, Modeling and analysis of production line systems with unreliable machines and finite buffers, Acta Automatica Sinica, vol. 17, no. 4, , [124] N. Q. Wu and J. S. Xue, A hierarchical planning structure for FMS, Information and Control, vol. 18,

10 Conference Proceeding Papers [1] Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, N. Q. Wu, Q. H. Zhu, and Z. W. Li, Optimizing close-down processes of single-robot cluster tools via linear programing, in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Fort Worth, TX, USA, August 21-24, [2] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal scheduling analysis of treelike hybrid multi-cluster tools, in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Fort Worth, TX, USA, August 21-24, [3] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling analysis of transportdominant single-arm multi-cluster tools, in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Fort Worth, TX, USA, August 21-24, [4] Z. C. Liu, N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, and Y. Qiao, Optimal scheduling of time-constrained single-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, in Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, , Xi'an, China, May 30 - June 1, [5] L. P. Bai, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and M. C. Zhou, Buffer space configuration and scheduling analysis of singlearm multi-cluster tools, in Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, , Xi'an, China, May 30 - June 1, [6] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Efficient and optimal scheduling of time-constrained hybrid multi-cluster tools in semiconductor industry, Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Mexico City, Mexico, April 28-30, [7] Y. Hou, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling crude oil operations in refineries with genetic algorithm, Proceedings of 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Mexico City, Mexico, April 28-30, [8] Q. H. Zhu, M. C. Zhou, Y. Qiao, and N. Q. Wu, Scheduling Close-Down Processes Subject to Wafer Residency Constraints for Single-Arm Cluster Tools, in Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , Hong Kong, Oct. 8-12, [9] H. F. Chen, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Resource-oriented Petri net-based approach to deadlock prevention of AMSs, in Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , Hong Kong, Oct. 8-12, [10] Y. Hou and N. Q. Wu, Modeling and optimization for short-term scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery, Proceedings of 2015 IEEE 12th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, , Taipei, Taiwan, April 9-11, [11] C. R. Pan, M. C. Zhou, Y. Qiao, and N. Q. Wu, Simulation modeling and visualization of start-up transient processes of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting," in Proc. of 2014 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 5-8, [12] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, C. R. Pan, and M. C. Zhou, A novel failure response policy for single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, , San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 5-8, [13] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and M. C. Zhou, Linear programming-based approach to scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery with oil type mixing requirement, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Taipei, Taiwan, August 18-22, [14] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Modeling and schedulability analysis of single-arm multicluster tools with residency time constraints via Petri nets, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 81-86, Taipei, Taiwan, August 18-22, [15] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal scheduling of single-arm multi-cluster tools with twospace buffering modules, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 75-80, Taipei, Taiwan, August 18-22,

11 [16] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and L. P. Bai, Control-theoretic and model-based scheduling of crude oil transportation for refinery industry, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), , Hong Kong, May 31-June 5, [17] F. J. Yang, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal one-wafer cyclic scheduling analysis of hybrid multicluster tools with one-space buffering module, in Proc. of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), , Hong Kong, May 31-June 5, [18] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, C. R. Pan, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based response policies to process module failure in time-constrained single-arm cluster tools, in Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, , Miami, Florida, USA, April 7-9, [19] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net modeling and one-wafer scheduling of single-arm multi-cluster tools, in Proc. of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August 17-21, [20] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling of time constrained dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, in Proc. of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August 17-21, [21] Q. H. Zhu, N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling of single-arm multi-cluster tools to achieve the minimum cycle time, in Proc. of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), , Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, [22] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and Q. Y. Dai, Petri net-based scheduling analysis of dual-arm cluster tools subject to wafer revisiting and residency time constraints, in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, , Paris, France, April 10-12, [23] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, A novel scheduling approach to dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, in Proc. of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, , Seoul, Korea, October 14-17, [24] Y. Qiao, N. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based scheduling analysis of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, in Proc. of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Seoul, Korea, August 20-24, [25] Y. Qiao, N. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based real-time scheduling of time-constrained single-arm cluster tools with activity time variation, in Proc. of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, , St. Paul, MN, USA, May 14-18, [26] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Real-time control policy for single-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints and activity time variation by using Petri net, in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 34-39, Beijing, China, April 11-13, [27] Y. Qiao, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Modeling and analysis of dual-arm cluster tools for wafer fabrication with revisiting, in Proceedings of 7th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 90-95, Trieste, Italy, August 24-27, [28] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and M. C. Zhou, A three-stage method to find refining schedules of crude oil operations in refinery, Proc. of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 1-6, Beijing, China, July 10-12, [29] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based cycle time analysis of dual-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and swapping strategy, in 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, , Shanghai, China, May 9-13, [30] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, S. Mammar, and M. C. Zhou, Interaction behavior modeling of advanced driving assistance systems by using Petri net, , in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Delft, the Netherlands, April 11-13,

12 [31] Y. X. Sun, N. Q. Wu, and M. C. Zhou, Closed-form solution for cycle time of revisiting processes in single-arm cluster tool scheduling with atomic layer deposition, , Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Delft, the Netherlands, April 11-13, [32] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Petri net-based scheduling of time-constrained dual-arm cluster tools with bounded activity time variation, in Proceedings of 6th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Toronto, Canada, August 21-24, [33] C. R. Pan and N. Q. Wu, Response policy for failure of parallel module in single-arm time constrained cluster tools, in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, , Xi an, China, August 4-7, [34] Y. F. Wu, and N. Q. Wu, An approximate algorithm for the lane reservation problem in time constrained transportation, in Proceedings of the 2th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computer Control, , Shenyang, China, March 27-29, [35] Y. F. Wu, and N. Q. Wu, A heuristic for lane reservation in a time constrained transportation problem, in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Bangalore, India, August 22-25, [36] N. Q. Wu, F. Chu, C. B. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, A novel approach to scheduling of single-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting, in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Bangalore, India, August 22-25, [37] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Wafer Sojourn Time Fluctuation Caused by Activity Time Variation in Dual-arm Cluster Tools, in Preprint of the 2 nd IFAC Workshop on Dependable Control of Discrete Systems, pp , Bari, Italy, June 10-12, [38] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Tractability of deadlock avoidance problem in automated manufacturing systems modeled with Petri net, in Proceedings of 2008 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , Singapore, October, 12-15, [39] N. Q. Wu, C. B. Chu, F. Chu, and, M. C. Zhou, Short-term schedulability analysis of crude oil operations in refinery with hybrid Petri net, in Proceedings of 2008 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , Singapore, October,12-15, [40] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, S. S. Peng, F. Chu, and C. B. Chu, Petri net modeling and real-time control of dual-arm cluster tools with residency time constraint and activity time variations, in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, , Washington DC, USA, August 23-26, [41] N. Q. Wu, C. B. Chu, F. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Modeling and schedulability analysis of single-arm cluster tools with wafer residency time constraints using Petri net, in Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 84-89, Sanya, China, [42] N. Q. Wu, C. B. Chu, F. Chu, and M. C. Zhou, Schedulability analysis of short-term schedule for crude oil operations using Petri nets, in Proceedings of 2007 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Montreal, Canada, October, , [43] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, On the Petri net modeling of automated manufacturing systems, in Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, , London, UK, [44] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Schedulability and scheduling of dual-arm cluster tools with residency time constraints based on Petri net, in Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Shanghai, October, 85-90, [45] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Resource-oriented Petri net for deadlock resolution in automated manufacturing systems with robots, in Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Taiwan, October, 74-79, [46] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, F. Chu, and Y. M. Qian, Issues on short-term scheduling of oil refinery, in Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Taiwan, October, ,

13 [47] N. Q. Wu, Y. M. Qian and G. Q. Chen, A novel approach to Trojan horse detection by process tracing, in Proceedings of 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, [48] N. Q. Wu, Y. M. Qian, and F. Chu, Realizability of target refining schedule for oil refinery, in Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Hawaii, October, , [49] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and E. Roszkowska, A Petri net-based deadlock control policy for flexible assembly systems, in Proceedings of 16 th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July 4-8, [50] N. Q. Wu, Y. M. Qian, and Z. Q. Yu, Manufacturing process reengineering for mass customization by using flexibility analysis, in Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , [51] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and C. B. Chu, Hybrid Petri net modeling for refinery process, in Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, , [52] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, AGV routing for conflict resolution in AGV systems, in Proceedings of 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, , Taipei, Taiwan, May [53] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Deadlock Avoidance in Semiconductor Track Systems, in Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, , Washington D.C., May [54] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Resource-oriented Petri nets in deadlock avoidance of AGV systems, in Proceedings of 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, pp , May [55] N. Q. Wu and M. C. Zhou, Resource-oriented Petri nets for deadlock avoidance in automated manufacturing, in Proceedings of 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, , [56] N. Q. Wu, Avoiding deadlocks in automated manufacturing systems with shared resources, Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, USA, April, vol. 3, , [57] N. Q. Wu, Modeling the material handling system in deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing system, in Proceedings of the fourth IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing, pp , [58] N. Q. Wu and J. S. Xue, On the process plan selection in automated manufacturing systems, Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, Canada, [59] M. E. Shen, W. Peng, N. Q. Wu, and J. S. Xue, Applications of Petri net for performance evaluation of FMS, Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, Canada, Patents [1] S. W. Zhang, N. Q. Wu, and Z. W. Li, A system, method, computer program and data signal for scheduling at least one physical event, Australia Patent, , Filed: , Granted: [2] N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Scheduling start-up process for time-constrained single-arm cluster tools, US Patent, 9,618,930, Application NO. 14/918,557, Filed: Oct. 20, 2015; Granted: Apr. 11, [3] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, L. P. Bai, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, A multi cluster tool system and a method of controlling a multi tool cluster system, Australia Patent, , Filed: , Granted: [4] Z. W. Li, O. Karoui, N. Q. Wu, and M. Khalgui, System and method for reducing CPU time to compute state space of resource allocation system, Australia Patent, , [5] Z. W. Li, O. Karoui, A. Koubaa, M. Khalgui, E. Guerfala, E. Tovard, and N. Q. Wu, System and method for operating a follower in a vehicle platoon, Australia Patent, , [6] N. Q. Wu and Z. W. Li, Linear programming-based approach to scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery for energy efficiency optimization, US Patent, 2017/ A1,

14 [7] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, and Z. W. Li, A cluster tool apparatus and a method of controlling a cluster tool apparatus (Optimal Scheduling of Transport-bound Single-arm Cluster Tools with Wafer Residency Time Constraint), Australia Patent, , [8] Y. Qiao, M. C. Zhou, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and Q. H. Zhu, A cluster tool apparatus and a method of controlling a cluster tool apparatus (Linear Programming Approaches to Close-down Process Optimization of Single-Arm Cluster Tools), Australia Patent, , [9] N. Q. Wu and Z. W. Li, Linear programming-based approach to scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery for energy efficiency optimization, Australia Patent, , [10] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Method for scheduling single-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and residency time constraints, US Patent, B1, Application No. 14/639,980, Dec. 29, [11] L. P. Bai, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal buffer space configuration and scheduling for single-arm multi-cluster tools, US Patent, , Application No. 14/639,137, Jan. 6, [12] Z. W. Li, M. G. Abidi, M. Ben Smida, M. Khalgui, and N. Q. Wu, Mmulti-agent Oriented Method for Forecastingbased Control with Load Priority of Microgrid in Island Mode, Australian Patent, , [13] Z. W. Li, L. Feng, H. M. Zhang, and N. Q. Wu, A method for implementing a new reactive system and a new reactive system, Australian Patent, , [14] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, A system and method for determining an optimal schedule of a production line, Australia Patent, , [15] L. P. Bai, N. Q. Wu, Z. W. Li, and M. C. Zhou, Optimal buffer space configuration and scheduling for single-arm multi-cluster tools, Australia Patent, , [16] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, C. R. Pan, and Y. Qiao, Optimization of start-up transient processes for dual-armed cluster tools with wafer revisiting, Australia Patent, , [17] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, Method for scheduling single-arm cluster tools with wafer revisiting and residency time constraints, Australia Patent, , [18] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, and Y. Qiao, One-Wafer Cyclic Scheduling for Time Constrained Process-Dominant Multi- Cluster Tools, Australia Patent, , [19] N. Q. Wu, L. P. Bai, and M. C. Zhou, Linear programming-based method for refining scheduling of crude oil operations in refinery with crude oil type mixing requirements, Australia Patent, , [20] N. Q. Wu, M. C. Zhou, and L. P. Bai, Short-Term Scheduling Method of Crude Oil Operations in Refinery for Systems with Two Transportation Pipelines, Australia Patent, , [21] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, One-Wafer Cyclic Scheduling of Hybrid Multi-Cluster Tools in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Australia Patent, , [22] N. Q. Wu, F. J. Yang, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, One-Wafer Cyclic Scheduling of Single-Arm Multi-Cluster Tools with Two-Space Buffering Modules, Australia Patent, , [23] N. Q. Wu, Y. Qiao, and M. C. Zhou, A method for Responding to Process Module Failure in Residency Time- Constrained Single-Arm Cluster Tools, Australia Patent, , Professional Activities and Services 1. Committees Served/Serving Technical Committee of Semiconductor Fabrication Automation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Program Chair, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Evry-Paris, France, April 10-12, Program Co-Chair, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Beijing, China, April 11-13, Program Committee, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Trieste, Italy, August 24-27,