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France Ho Mok CHEONG

France Ho Mok Cheong is a senior lecturer in the School of Business Information Technology at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Formerly a lecturer in the School of Computing Science at Queensland University of Technology, he was a Java Software Engineer and Management Information Systems Consultant in Mauritius. Dr Cheong's research interest lies mainly in the area of modelling and simulation of business and other systems, such as eBusiness, mobile commerce, economics and finance, management and manufacturing systems. He specialises in modelling and simulation techniques, such as system dynamics, fuzzy logic, Bayesian networks, evolutionary algorithms, agent-based modelling and simulation, and artificial immune systems. He received his PhD in Computer Systems Engineering and Master of Computer Science from La Trobe University, Australia.

Programme(s) Taught

Master of Management in Information Technology
Postgraduate Diploma of Information Technology Management
Postgraduate Certificate of Information Technology Management
Certificate of Professional Development

Subject (s) Taught

2620: Digital Communications, Networks and Technology
2640: Database Management Systems and Applications
2900: Software Engineering Management
2910: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
3000: Information Systems Security

Professional Affiliations

Member, Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Professional Activities

Programme Committee Member, 2nd International Symposium on Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems (EFS 2006), 2008 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2008), 3rd International Workshop on Genetic and Evolving Fuzzy Systems (GEFS 2008), 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2007)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences (IJADS)
Editor, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (IJAISC), International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IJCIBSB)

Selected/Recent Publications

Leung, K., Cheong, F., & Cheong, C. (2007). Generating compact classifier systems using a simple artificial immune system. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 37(5), 1344-1356.
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2007). Designing a hierarchical fuzzy logic controller using the differential evolution approach. Applied Soft Computing, 7(2), 481-491.
Cheong, F., Lai, R, Kim, Y.S., Hwang, D.H., Oh, H.S., & Kim, J.H. (2007). The design of a fuzzy logic controller of an ATM switch and its simulation. Journal of Information Science and Engineering, 23(3).
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2006). Simplifying the automatic design of a fuzzy logic controller using evolutionary programming. Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies and Applications, 11(9), 839-846.
Leung, K., & Cheong, F. (2006). A simple artificial immune system (SAIS) for generating classifier systems. In Sattar, A., & Kang, B.H. (Eds.), AI 2006: advances in artificial intelligence (pp. 151-60). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Leung, K., Byrne, J. & F. Cheong. (2005). The use of ICT in the delivery of online services and its impact on student satisfaction at RMIT University. In Van Weert, T., & Tatnall, A. (Eds.), Information and communication technologies and real-life learning (pp. 67-72). New York: Springer.
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2003). Constrained optimization of genetic fuzzy systems. In Casillas, J., Cordon, O., Herrera, F., & Magdalena, L.(Eds.), Accuracy improvements in linguistic fuzzy modeling (pp. 46-71). New York: Springer.
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2000). Constraining the optimization of a fuzzy logic controller using an enhanced genetic algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 30(1), 31-46.

Selected/Recent Presentations

Cheong, F. (2007, 16-18 November). Using a problem-based learning approach to teach an intelligent systems course. Proceedings of Computer Science & IT Education Conference (CSITEd 2007), The Republic of Mauritius (best paper).
Cheong, F. (2007, 25-28 September). A hierarchical fuzzy system for forecasting foreign exchange rates. Proceedings of 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2007), Singapore.
Leung, K., Cheong, F., & Cheong, C. (2007, 25-28 September). Consumer credit scoring using an artificial immune system algorithm. Proceedings of 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC2007), Singapore.
Pita, Z., & Cheong, F. (2006, 6-8 December). A model for assessing SISP maturity using the analytic network process. Proceedings of the 17th Australian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2006), Adelaide, Australia.
Raccani, C., & Cheong, F. (2006, 17-20 September). A preliminary factor analysis of project completion Reports. Proceedings of 2006 International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC-2006), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Wang, W., & Cheong, F. (2006, 29 May -2 June). Constructing and validating a system dynamics model of mobile phone users in China. Proceedings of Simtech 2006 - Simulation - Challenges and Opportunities for a complex and networked world, Melbourne, Australia.
Wang, W., & Cheong, F. (2005, 12-15 December). A framework for the system dynamics (SD) modeling of the mobile commerce market. Proceedings of MODSIM05 - Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Melbourne, Australia.
Wang, W., & Cheong, F. (2005, 4-6 November). A framework for the scenario planning of the mobile commerce industry using system dynamics. Proceedings of the 2005 Sustainable Development of Asia Pacific International Conference, Shanghai.
Wang, W., & Cheong, F. (2005, 11-13 July). Using system dynamics to simulate the strategic planning of the mobile commerce terminal (MCT) Industry. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mobile Business, Sydney, Australia.
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2005, 4-6 July). Tuning fuzzy logic controllers using control tables. Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Computational Intelligence 2005, Calgary, Canada.
Fernando, M., & Cheong, F. (2004, 6-9 December). Role of cross functional teams in adding value to plant maintenance. Proceedings of the Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Integrity and Maintenance 2004, New Delhi, India.
Raccani, C., & Cheong, F. (2004, 17-19 August). A system dynamics view of IT scheduling risk in an Australian bank. Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization 2004, Hawaii.
Fernando, M., & Cheong, F. (2003, 13-15 October). A combined operations and maintenance strategy for plant performance optimisation. Proceedings of International Conference on Manufacturing Excellence (ICME 2003), Melbourne.
Deng, H., Byrne, J., Martin, W. & Cheong, F. (2003, August 11-14). An analytic hierarchy framework for evaluating knowledge management practices in Victorian local governments. Proceedings of 2003 Management Conference, Penang, Malaysia.
Cheong, F., & Lai, R. (2003, 1-4 March). A hierarchical fuzzy-CAC controller for ATM networks. Proceedings of International Conference on Fuzzy Information Processing (FIP 2003), Beijing, China.