Friday, November 28, 2025

[DMANET] Extended Submission Deadline – ITOR Special Issue “Cutting and Packing”

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR) Special Issue "Cutting and Packing" has been extended to 31 January.

This Special Issue welcomes recent advances in C&P problems—both methodological and application-driven. Topics include (but are not limited to):
• 1D, 2D, and 3D cutting and packing
• Bin packing, knapsack, strip packing, nesting, container loading
• Irregular shapes, industrial applications, and benchmark problems
• Integration with sequencing, lot sizing, etc.
Submission site: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/ITOR

When submitting your manuscript, please select the Special Issue "Cutting and Packing" from the list of available special issues on the submission platform and indicate in the cover letter that your paper is intended for this issue.

For questions, feel free to reach out to any of the Guest Editors below.

Best regards,
Ana Moura — ana.moura@ua.pt
António Galrão Ramos — agr@isep.ipp.pt
Elsa Silva — elsa@dps.uminho.pt
José Fernando Oliveira — jfo@fe.up.pt
Guest Editors, ITOR Special Issue on "Cutting and Packing"

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