CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Production
Economics
SPECIAL
ISSUE
“Computational Intelligence in
Production and Logistics Systems (CIPLS)”
http://www.elsevier.com/authored_subject_sections/S04/misc/CFP_IJPE_CIPLS.pdf
Motivation
In connection with the 2011 IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence
in Production and Logistics Systems (CIPLS 2011), which was held at the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational
Intelligence in Paris this April, we would like to announce a call for
papers for a special issue on this theme in the International Journal of Production
Economics (IJPE).
Introduction
The management of production and logistics systems in
today’s fierce competition environment is a difficult task and has become
progressively complex. Major changes in products, processes, technologies, and
societies bring along remarkable challenges and increasing market demands.
Modelling and optimisation of the complex problems arising in production and
logistics systems is of paramount importance in surviving and achieving
competitive gains in productivity and quality.
Within this context, CIPLS aims to address issues related to
the design, planning, control, and continuous improvement of production and
logistics systems using computational intelligence. In this special issue, we
solicit original, high quality papers presenting substantial results on the
development and implementation of novel approaches based on exact, heuristic,
and/or meta-heuristic techniques. This includes local search methods (e.g.,
tabu search, variable
neighborhood search, large neighborhood search, scatter search, etc.),
evolutionary algorithms (e.g., genetic algorithms, memetic algorithms, etc.),
and other nature inspired optimisation methods (e.g., ant colony optimisation,
particle swarm optimisation, neural algorithms, etc.) as well as hybrid
techniques and hyper-heuristics. Our intention is to cover the full spectrum of
production from aggregate planning to shop-floor execution systems and
modelling, planning and control of logistics systems. We would particularly like
to encourage the submission of studies incorporating real-world applications.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:
·
Production planning and
control
·
Flexible manufacturing
systems
·
Integrated production system and process
design
·
Capacity planning
·
·
Assembly lines
·
Production scheduling
·
Inventory control
·
Facilities planning and
design
·
Transport and distribution
planning
·
Vehicle routing and
scheduling
·
Multi-modal transport
·
Sustainability and green
logistics
·
Logistics network design
·
Decision support systems in production and
logistics
Manuscript Preparation and
Submission
To prepare their manuscripts, authors are asked to
closely follow the IJPE “Guide for
Authors” at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505647/authorinstructions.
Authors should submit their papers via the EES http://ees.elsevier.com/ijpe and select “Special Issue: CIPLS” when asked to indicate the “Article
Type” in the submission process. Submitted papers should not have been
previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts will be refereed according to the standards of IJPE.
Publication
Schedule
Deadline for submission: January 31, 2012
First
review due: May 31,
2012
Revised
manuscript due: July 31,
2012
Final
manuscript submissions to the Publisher: October 31,
2012
Special Issue Guest
Editors
Bülent
Çatay (Corresponding Guest Editor)
Tel:
+90 216.483.9531
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Raymond Chiong
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