CIE40

July 25-28, 2010

Computers & Industrial Engineering
Special Issue on

Soft Computing for Management Systems
Aim of Special Issue

The 40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE40)
was organized to disseminate recent theoretical and methodological developments,
significant technical applications, case studies and survey results in the area of Computers,
Industrial Engineering, Management and other related areas. The Sponsor of this series ofInternational Conferences is Computers & Industrial Engineering: An International Journal.
The 40th ICC&IE was hosted and organized by Kobe Gakuin University in Awaji Island,Japan, July 25-28, 2010. The theme of the CIE40 was Soft Computing Techniques for
Advanced Manufacturing and Service Systems.
Soft Computing for Management Systems are facing ongoing transformationalchanges. The introduction of new technologies and the advances in equipment
intelligence capability are having profound effects on production and logistics in practice.
New solutions for management systems are evolving to respond to various needs. In
particular, production and services are transformed from vertically integrated firms for
product-based business into virtual collaborations of horizontal modular partners, while
huge amounts of data are increasingly accumulated due to business integration. Softcomputing and decision technologies are being developed to analyze data and togenerate intelligent algorithms that enable automated manufacturing and logistics
systems to control work flow, material flow, and information flow of the global supply chain
networks. By seamless integration of intelligence and decision technologies, Soft
Computing for Management Systems have been completely changing the way wemanage our factories, logistics, outsourcing, and supply chain networks. This special
issue aims to address the critical issues involved in Soft Computing for ManagementSystems.

Scope of Special IssueOriginal, high quality papers and empirical research papers with scientific novelty areinvited to address this subject. The technology herein refers to soft computing approachto optimization techniques, decision analysis, decision support systems and management
systems as the subject of the special issue. The topics include, but are not restricted tothe following aspects of Soft Computing for Management Systems:• Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery and Computational Intelligence
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Awaji Island, Japan

CIE40July 25-28, 2010

• Applied Operations Research• Probabilistic and Statistical Models• Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Decision Analysis• System Simulation and Forecasting• Information Technology• Web-based Applications, E-Business and E-Commerce• Project Development & Management• Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems• Applications to Healthcare Systems

Submission Guideline
All authors, whose paper was presented at the CIE40 conference in Awaji Island,
Japan, and selected through preliminary review processes by Session Chairs and theProgram Committee, can submit the updated manuscripts for possible publication inSpecial Issues on Soft Computing for Management Systems of the C&IE Journal. Themanuscript should be written in the C&IE manuscript format on the following Website:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/399/description
Manuscripts should be submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System as follows:
http://ees.elsevier.com/caie/
Please choose “Soft Comp. for Manag. Syst.” as Section/Category when assigning theArticle Type.
The tentative Schedule of Special Issue is as follows:
Deadline for manuscript submissions: April 30, 2011
Review report: 2011
Revised paper submission deadline: 2011
Notification of final acceptance: 2011
Publication date: 2012 (tentative schedule)Managing Guest Editor:
Dr. Hirosato SekiOsaka Institute of Technology
Email: seki@dim.oit.ac.jp

Guest Editors:
Dr. Hiroaki Ishii
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Dr. Shogo Shiode
Kobe Gakuin University, Japan
Dr. Hark Hwang
KAIST, Korea
Dr. Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
Kainan University, Taiwan
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Awaji Island, Japan