Call for Papers: Special Issues of Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering for ICOTA 2013

The aim of this special issue is to publish state-of-the-art research papers about optimization applications in industrial engineering and management. We welcome original high-quality papers that apply optimization methods and techniques in solving industrial engineering and management problems. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

In preparing manuscripts, authors are required to follow the “Instructions for Authors” that are presented at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=tjci21&page=instructions.

All the manuscripts should be submitted via the online editorial system of Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tjci. Authors should select the special issue “2013 ICOTA” in the submission process. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed in accordance with the usual high standards of JIPE.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: February 28, 2014
Acceptance/Reject Notification: July 31, 2014
Final Manuscript Due: August 31, 2014

Guest Editor:
Dr. Yu-Chung Tsao
Department of Industrial Management
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan  
yctsao@mail.ntust.edu.tw

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