Taho Yang received a PhD degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University, USA, in 1996. Taho Yang is currently a professor in the Institute of Manufacturing Information and Systems at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He was formerly a project manager with Tefen Ltd, an industrial engineering and systems analysis company in California. His research interests include Lean production systems and operations management, smart manufacturing, simulation optimization, and multiple criteria decision-making.