[We apologize for the inevitable multiple copies of this announcement.]
We have received quite a large number of submissions to the Annals of
Operations Research special issue on Personnel Scheduling and Planning.
However, many people have asked for an extension.
We therefore decided to extend the deadline for submission till 31 May.
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Special Volume of Annals of Operations Research on
"Personnel Scheduling and Planning "
Guest Editors: Sanja Petrovic and Greet Vanden Berghe
In recent years there has been an increased recognition of the importance
and complexity of personnel scheduling and planning problems in a wide
range of organisations. Papers are called for a special volume of Annals
of Operations Research on "Personnel Scheduling and Planning" devoted to
all aspects and research issues that arise in making decisions on size of
personnel and in personnel scheduling. Both theoretical issues and
application results are welcome.
Topics covered by the special volume may include, but are not restricted
to, the following themes:
. Heuristics and meta-heuristics
. Knowledge-based approaches
. Constraint-based scheduling
. Multiobjective scheduling
. Multi-agent systems
. Distributed planning and scheduling
. Mathematical programming in scheduling
Potential authors are invited to submit manuscripts either via e-mail or
by sending 4 hard-copies to the addresses indicated below. Refereeing and
the selection of papers will be carried out according to the standards of
the Annals of Operations Research. All submissions should include a title
page containing title, author(s) names and affiliations, contact author,
regular postal addresses, and e-mail addresses. Manuscripts can be sent to
either of the guest editors:
Sanja Petrovic
University of Nottingham
School of Computer Science and IT
Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning Research Group
Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB
UK
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Greet Vanden Berghe
KaHo Sint-Lieven
Information Technology
Gebr. Desmetstraat 1
9000 Gent
BELGIUM
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NEW DEADLINE for submissions: May 31, 2004
Detailed instructions for authors can be found on the Web page of Annals
of Operations Research: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0254-5330
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