CIE40

July 25-28, 2010

Computers & Industrial Engineering--- Call for Papers --Special Issue onIE & Manufacturing 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.
Manufacturing systems are undergoing transformational changes. The introduction ofnew technologies and the advances in equipment intelligence capability are having
profound effects on production and logistics in practice. New solutions for manufacturingsystems 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 areincreasingly accumulated due to business integration. IE and QC technologies are being
developed to analyze data and to generate intelligent algorithms that enable automatedmanufacturing and logistics systems to control work flow, material flow, and information
flow of the global supply chain networks. By seamless integration of intelligence anddecision technologies, Manufacturing Systems have been completely changing the way
we manage our factories, logistics, outsourcing, and supply chain networks. This special
issue aims to address the critical issues involved in Manufacturing Systems.

Scope of Special Issue
Original, high quality papers and empirical research papers with scientific novelty areinvited to address this subject. The technology herein refers to both hard system andmanagement technologies with a focus on the applications of optimization, solution
technique and other techniques to the subject of the special issue. The topics include, but
are not restricted to the following aspects of IE & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems:• IE & Manufacturing• Data Mining for IE & Manufacturing
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• Advanced Process Control/Advanced Equipment Control• Distribution Planning• Capacity planning and resource allocation• Equipment real time decision for e-manufacturing• Logistics Network Design and Logistics Systems• Inventory & Warehouse Management• Process Planning & Management• Group Technology & FMS• Reverse Logistics• Supply Chain Design & SCM• Production planning and production control• Sustainable Development• Vehicle Routing & Scheduling• Quality Management/Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance

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 IE & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems of the C&IE Journal. The
manuscript 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 “IE & Manuf. Syst.” as Section/Category when assigning the Article 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 Seki
Osaka Institute of Technology
Email: seki@dim.oit.ac.jp

Guest Editors:

Dr. Toyokazu Nose
Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Mitsuo Gen
Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute, Japan
Dr. Yong Hae Lee
Hanyang University, Korea
Dr. Chen-Fu Chien
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Awaji Island, Japan