[DMANET] Call for papers: Special issue on Scheduling, Sequencing and Assignment problems with Applications in Logistics

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you and members of your research group to submit a paper for peer-review and possible publication in a special issue of Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893). The topic of this special issue is 'Scheduling, Sequencing and Assignment problems with Applications in Logistics'.

Submission deadline: 15 October 2021.
Information for submission: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Scheduling_Sequencing


Optimization problems are ubiquitous in logistics, where the scheduling, sequencing and assignment of activities and resources have a significant impact on operational efficiency. These optimization problems are encountered across the entirety of the modern supply chain: sequencing orders on production lines, scheduling cranes in container warehouses or assigning customers to delivery truck routes. Similar logistics problems also frequently feature in other applications, such as airline crew scheduling, home care scheduling and the optimization of hospital logistics. A range of solution methodologies can be applied to obtain optimal or approximate solutions for these diverse problems. Some examples include metaheuristics, integer programming or simulation-based methods. Moreover, the specific applications that are addressed by researchers often give rise to new classes of combinatorial optimization problems which can also be studied from a theoretical perspective.

We invite you to submit your latest research in the area of Operations Research and Combinatorial Optimization to this Special Issue on 'Scheduling, Sequencing and Assignment problems with Applications in Logistics'. We welcome contributions presenting practical applications as well as theoretical results on new and traditional scheduling, sequencing and assignment problems. Researchers from both academia and industry are invited to contribute their latest research.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Machine Scheduling
- Sequencing Problems
- Complex Scheduling Problems
- Multi-dimensional Assignment Problems
- Staff Scheduling
- Vehicle Routing
- Warehouse Optimization
- Home Care Scheduling
- Berth Allocation
- Crane Scheduling
- Metaheuristics
- Integer Programming
- Constraint Programming
- Simulation
- Stochastic Programming

More information can be found at this link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Scheduling_Sequencing


Best regards,

Guest Editor: Pieter Smet (KU Leuven), pieter.smet@kuleuven.be<mailto:pieter.smet@kuleuven.be>

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