CALL FOR PAPERS
14th International Symposium on Inventories
(International Society for Inventory Rseaecrh - ISIR)
August 21-25, 2006 - Budapest, Hungary
Special session: Demand Forecasting for Inventory Management
(Aris A. Syntetos and John E. Boylan)
Many inventory systems cater for uncertain demand. The inventory
parameters in these systems require estimates of the demand and forecast
error distributions. The two stages of these systems, forecasting and
stock control, are often examined independently. Most studies tend to look
at demand forecasting as if this were an end in itself, or at stock
control models as if there were no preceding stages of computation.
Nevertheless, it is important to understand the interaction between demand
forecasting and inventory control, since the performance of the inventory
system is not only determined by the two components separately.
We are organising a special session on demand forecasting for inventory
management in the forthcoming 14th International Symposium on Inventories,
August 2006, and we would like to invite theoretical and/or empirical
contributions that consider this interface. If you wish to present a paper
in this special session, please send us an extended abstract (400-500
words) before March 15, 2006. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made
(in consultation with the ISIR executive committee) by April 30, 2006.
Abstracts can be submitted as an attachment via e-mail to either Aris
Syntetos or John Boylan (see details below), copying also to ISIR
([log in to unmask]). We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
Professor John E. Boylan
Buckinghamshire Chilterns Univ. College
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
tel. no: + 44 (0) 14194 60 51 30
Dr Aris A. Syntetos
University of Salford
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
tel. no: + 44 (0) 161 295 58 04
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