The Second European Conference on Intelligent
Management Systems in Operations (IMSIO 2)
3-4 July 2001, at the University of Salford, UK
Organised by the Operational Research Society
Call for papers
Operations management posses a number of problems of significant complexity whose solution
would lead to more effective operations and bring significant economic benefits. Their
solution, however, requires novel approaches that are based on techniques and principles from
both Operational Research and Artificial Intelligence.
The first conference in this series was held in Salford, Greater Manchester, UK in March 1997,
and attracted papers from researchers and practitioners from throughout the world including
Australia, Hong Kong and Brazil, as well as Europe. Selected papers from the first conference
appeared in the Journal of the Operational Research Society and two issues of the Journal of
Integrated Manufacturing.
The second conference will also be held at Salford University, Greater Manchester, and aims to
bring together researchers and practitioners working on the challenging problems in operations
management that are at the OR-AI interface.
Researchers and practitioners from industry and academia are invited to submit papers in all
areas related to aspects of design, development, testing and implementation of intelligent
management systems in manufacturing and service operations covering but not restricted to:
Process Design and Control.
Scheduling and Capacity Planning
Maintenance and Fault Diagnosis
Inventory Management
Knowledge Management in Operations
Quality Management and Control
Workforce Training and Management
E-Business
Papers describing case studies utilising or evaluating OR / AI techniques such as neural
networks, data mining, knowledge based systems, case based reasoning, fuzzy logic, Bayesian
networks, and agent technology are particularly encouraged.
Key dates & deadlines
Indication of intention to present a paper/ attend the conference A.S.A.P.
Extended abstract of around 500 words to be submitted by 31 October 2000.
Accepted papers to be notified by 30 November 2000.
Full papers to be submitted by 31 March 2001.
Organising committee
Professor K A H Kobbacy, Salford University (Chair)
Professor S Vadera , Salford University
Dr N Proudlove, UMIST
Chris Barrett, Operational Research Society
Submission procedure
Submit an extended abstract at : http://www.orsoc.org.uk/conf/imsio2/book/submission.htm
If you wish to contact members of the committee their details are given below, but please make
your submission as described above, as this will ensure that your contribution is entered in
the conference database.
Professor K Kobbacy, Email: [log in to unmask] . Centre for OR & Applied Statistics,
The University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK. Tel +44-(0)161-295 3785. Fax +44-(0)161-295
4947.
or Professor Sunil Vadera, Email: [log in to unmask] . Centre for Computer Science, Newton
Building, School of Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK.
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