International Journal of Planning and Scheduling  (IJPS)
ISSN (Online): 2044-4958  -  ISSN (Print): 2044-494X

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   Objectives

The objectives of IJPS are to promote and disseminate the latest theoretical and applied research in the area of planning and scheduling in various fields of application. IJPS will facilitate the fostering and sharing of knowledge among academia, research institutions, government and industrial organisations. IJPS will be a forum for a lively, interdisciplinary discussion of the entire range of issues surrounding planning and scheduling. The specific objectives are achieved through original publications that support one or more of the following major research thrusts:

• Presenting new and innovative models and methods: IJPS encourages papers that introduce new and innovative models that redefine planning and scheduling problems and put them in the modern enterprise context. Innovative research on solution methods for established models certainly remains of interest, and submissions from all areas of methodology are welcome.
• Bridging the gap between theory and practice: IJPS encourages papers that contribute to bridging the gap between theoretical and applied research – helping practitioners utilise the latest developments in solving real-world problems and helping academics become aware of such problems and their context.
• Taking interdisciplinary approaches: IJPS encourages papers that highlight the interfaces among areas of operations research, information technology, artificial intelligence, and computer science.
• Improving the education process: IJPS encourages papers that promote educational aspects of planning and scheduling, with space devoted to reviews of teaching materials and to rigorous papers on the implementation and assessment of innovative teaching techniques.

   Readership

IJPS is a global forum that serves as an outlet of knowledge dissemination for academics, educators, researchers, and practitioners in the field of planning and scheduling to share their latest research findings.

   Contents

IJPS publishes original papers, review papers, book reviews, and technical notes. Case studies can be accepted if they have a clear and significant contribution toward bridging the gap between the theory and application in real world applications. Special Issues will also be considered for important and cutting edge topics in planning and scheduling. The content encompasses the following methods when they apply to planning and scheduling problems: exact methods, mathematical programming (linear, nonlinear, and integer programming), constraint programming, heuristic and approximate algorithms, local search, metaheuristics, complexity analysis, theoretical frameworks and analysis.

   Subject Coverage

IJPS covers a wide range of planning and scheduling topics. The following list includes some of the most common topics; however, additional topics can also be considered:

• Production and manufacturing planning and scheduling
• Planning and scheduling in the service sector
• Planning and scheduling in supply chains
• Planning and scheduling in healthcare
• Single machine systems
• Parallel machine systems
• Project scheduling
• Maintenance planning and scheduling
• Planning and scheduling for the military
• Planning and scheduling in uncertain (stochastic or fuzzy) environments
• Intelligent planning and scheduling
• Simulation-based planning and scheduling
• Agent-based planning and scheduling
• Constraint-based planning and scheduling
• Spatial scheduling
• Planning and scheduling for aerospace applications
• Routing
• Dynamic scheduling
• Distributed planning and scheduling
• Rescheduling
• Robust planning and scheduling
• Timetabling
• Real-time planning and scheduling
• Workforce planning and scheduling
• Planning and scheduling software systems
• Educational aspects of planning and scheduling

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted). All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted manuscript. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors is available.

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines web-page.

To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers

All papers must be submitted online. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Ghaith Rabadi
Old Dominion University
Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
241 Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA
grabadiodu.edu

Associate Editors

Kenneth R. Baker
Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management
Dartmouth College
Tuck School of Business
Hanover, NH 03755
USA

T.C. Edwin Cheng
Chair Professor of Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG

Jatinder (Jeet) N.D. Gupta
Eminent Scholar and Professor
University of Alabama, Huntsville
College of Business Administration
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville AL 35899
USA

Chris Potts
University of Southampton
School of Mathematics
Southampton SO17 1BJ
UK

Reha Uzsoy
Clifton A. Anderson Distinguished Professor
North Carolina State University
Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
300 Daniels Hall
Campus Box 7906
Raleigh, NC 27695-7906
USA

Editorial Board Members

Meral AzizoğluMe
Middle East Technical University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Ankara 06531
TURKEY

Markus EttlMa
IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
PO Box 218
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
USA

Jan FransooJa
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
School of Industrial Engineering
5600 MB Eindhoven
NETHERLANDS

Mohamed HaouariMo
National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
BP 676
1080 Tunis Cedex
TUNISIA

Imed KacemIm
Head of Department
Université Paul Verlaine
Computer Science Department UFR M.I.M./Laboratoire LITA
Département Informatique
Ile du Saulcy 57012 Metz
FRANCE

Bertrand M.T. LinBe
National Chiao Tung University
Institute of Information Management
1001, University Road
Hsinchu 300
TAIWAN

Lars MönchLa
FernUniversität Hagen
Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik
Universitätsstraße 1, TGZ
D - 58084 Hagen
GERMANY

Irfan OvacikIr
Intel
Customer Fulfillment, Planning, and Logistics Group
Mail stop CH11-50
6505 W. Chandler Blvd
Chandler, AZ 85226
USA

Subhash C. SarinSu
Paul T. Norton Endowed Professor
Virginia Tech
Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
250 Durham Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
USA

Stephen SmithSt
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA

Hossein M. SoroushHo
Kuwait University
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
P. O. Box 5969
Safat 13060
KUWAIT

Robert H. StorerRo
Lehigh University
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Bethlehem, PA 18015-1582
USA

Dan TrietschDa
American University of Armenia
College of Engineering
40 Marshal Baghramian Avenue
Yerevan, 0019
ARMENIA