Forwarded message from [00jNgupta@BSUVC.BSU.EDU (Jeet Gupta)] sent originally on Wed, 27 Oct 1999 07:47:03 -0500: : --ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ_3908368ÿ.ALT : Content-Type: text/plain; charsetÿs-ascii" : : FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS : Production Planning and Control: An International Journal : Special Issue on : Scheduling Theory and Applications : : The Production Planning and Control: An International Journal plans to : publish a : special issue on the subject of Scheduling Theory and Applications. Interest in : the various approaches, tools, and techniques to solve scheduling problems : (e.g., genetic algorithms, evolutionary heuristics, neural networks, heuristic : programming, expert systems, optimizing techniques, and constraints-based : reasoning and optimization) continues to grow. However, the majority of the : existing literature is focused only on the issue of theory development without : considering the specific needs of the practitioner. This special issue will : focus on both the development of scheduling theory and the use of various tools : and techniques to solve scheduling problems faced by the practitioner. : Hopefully, the reader will be able to develop a better appreciation of these : tools and techniques, their use in problem solving, and their relationship to : methods and emerging philosophies in our discipline. : : This special issue will provide the advantage of grouping together high-quality : papers in the area of scheduling theory and applications. The term scheduling : is adapted in its most generic sense and includes the service as well : manufacturing environments. Examples of the subject matter of the papers : include, but are not limited to, the following: : a) Recent developments in scheduling theory that can help practitioners, : and their integration with other production planning and control, information : technology, and management sciences tools and techniques. : : b) Development of appropriate solution techniques for scheduling problems : either in service or manufacturing sectors such as the scheduling of jobs in a : flow shop and staff scheduling problems in hospitals. : : c) Application papers (i.e., actual or potential applications of various : scheduling techniques and approaches to problems of specific interest to the : business and PPC community). : : d) Description and evaluation of software packages available to solve : scheduling problems. : : All manuscripts will be promptly and carefully refereed. Authors should follow : the Instructions to Authors for the Production Planning and Control: An : International Journal (available from the editor) when preparing their : manuscripts and should submit four copies, by no later than November 30, 1999, : to the guest editor of this special issue listed below. : : Dr. Jatinder N.D. Gupta : Department of Management : Ball State University : Muncie, Indiana 47306, U.S.A. : Tel: (765)-285-5301 : e-mail: jgupta@bsu.edu : : Best regards, : : _________________________________________________________________ : Jeet Gupta, Professor 765-285-5301 (Off) : Department of Management 765-747-9105 (Home) : Ball State University 765-285-8024 (FAX) : Muncie, IN 47306, USA e-mail:jgupta@bsu.edu : jgupta@gw.bsu.edu : 00jngupta@bsuvc.bsu.edu :

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