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Jairo R. Montoya-Torres
jairo.montoya(@)unisabana.edu.co
School of Economics and Management Sciences
Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
Angel A. Juan
ajuanp(@)uoc.edu
Computer Science Studies
Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Luisa Huaccho
lh2(@)lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Leeds University Business School
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Javier Faulin
javier.faulin(@)unavarra.es
Dep. Statistics and Operations Research
Public University of Navarre, Spain
Gloria Rodriguez-Verjan
grodriguez(@)emse.fr
Student of master of science
Ecole National de Mines de St Etienne, France
Updated March 9, 2010
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Call for Chapters for IGI Book
http://dpcs.uoc.edu/ajuanp/igi2010
Hybrid Algorithms for Service, Computing and Manufacturing Systems: Routing, Scheduling and Availability Solutions
CALL FOR CHAPTERS - IGI GLOBAL
One of the emergent research areas
during the last years is the development of new hybrid algorithms and
software applications aimed at solving complex real-life challenges in
which sustainability and environmental issues as of high relevance for
strategic, tactical and operational management such as those associated
with routing, scheduling and availability problems. Most of these
problems are considered to be NP-hard, which means that an efficient
approach can be built only by combining knowledge from different areas
such as Computer Science, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence
and Applied Mathematics. At the same time, these problems present
important challenges for strategic sectors in any developed country
such as industry and services.
This book has two main purposes: (1) to provide insights and
understanding into the theoretical and methodological development of
hybrid algorithms for solving routing, scheduling and availability
issues, and (2) to provide insights and understanding into current and
future trends regarding real-life applications of these algorithms.
OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE BOOK
The aim of this book is to guide
academics and practitioners with the latest research developments and
applications in routing, scheduling and reliability/availability
issues. The objectives of this book are:
To share theoretical and/or applied developments on the solution
of complex realistic routing, scheduling and availability problems.
To identify and publish worldwide best practices regarding the
applications of efficient and effective hybrid algorithms to solve
routing, scheduling and availability problems.
To forecast emerging research opportunities and tendencies
regarding the development and application of hybrid algorithms to solve
operations scheduling, routing and availability problems in complex
service, computer and manufacturing systems.
To provide the academic community with a base text that could
serve as a reference in teaching and research on scheduling, routing,
availability and logistics and supply chain management.
To present up-to-date research work on how novel hybrid
methodologies from Operations Research, Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence can be applied to improve enterprises' competitiveness in
globalized economies.
The book will be useful for
academics involved in the solution of routing, scheduling,
reliability/availability problems, faculty teaching applications of
discrete mathematics, computer science, operations research, decision
sciences logistics and operations management at graduate and
undergraduate levels. The book will also be potentially useful for
senior year undergraduate or postgraduate students in Computer
Sciences, Operations Research, Decision Sciences, Industrial
Engineering, Operations Management and Discrete Mathematics.
Practitioners (including managers of operations in companies) will also
benefit from the book.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
- Heuristics, meta-heuristics and hybrid procedures for scheduling, routing and availability problems
- Scheduling in flexible and complex shop configurations
- Scheduling with precedence constraints, batching, setups
and further technological constraints either with a single (regular or
non-regular) and multi-criteria objectives
- Robust scheduling
- Routing, scheduling and availability issues in computing systems
- Routing and scheduling in supply chain management and design
- Manufacturing and service network design
- Inventory routing
- Online scheduling in transportation
- Optimization methods for multi-modal freight
- Sustainable and ecological issues in scheduling and routing systems
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 15th, 2010, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal (MS Word) clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15th, 2010
about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational
guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 1st, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, http://www.igi-global.com,
publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing),
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing,
Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and
Medical Information Science Reference imprints.
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded by e-mail to jairo.montoya(@)unisabana.edu.co
- 2-5 Page Proposal Deadline: April 15th, 2010 (extended)
- Proposal acceptance: May 15th, 2010
- Full Chapters Deadline: August 1st, 2010
- Review Results: October 15th, 2010
- Revised Chapters Deadline: November 15th, 2010
- Notification of final acceptation/rejection: December 1st, 2010
- Camera-ready: January 2nd, 2011
- Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Sana Belmokhtar, Research center for automatic control of Nancy (CRAN),
France
- Gaston Cedillo, COMIMSA, Mexico
- Stephane Dauzere-Peres, Ecole nationale superieure des mines de
Saint-Etienne, France
- Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
- M.Grazia Speranza, Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
- Patrick Hirsch, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Austria
- Carlos A. Mendez, INTEC, Argentina
- Helena R. Lourenço, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
- Janet Smart, Said Business School University of Oxford, UK
- Andres Weintraub, Universidad de Chile, Chile
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