[Apdio] ITOR - Special issue on cutting packing and related problems - Call for papers

[Ana Viana <ana.gomes.viana@gmail.com>]

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ITOR **** Call for papers *** Special issue on *cutting, packing and 
related problems*

The purpose of this special issue is to encourage research dealing with 
cutting, packing and related
problems. Case studies describing successful applications in practice 
are particularly welcome.
Topics for this special issue include (but are not limited to) the 
following:

 Cutting and packing problems;

 Bin packing;

 Knapsack problems;

 Pallet and container loading;

 Nesting;

 Pattern sequencing;

 Layout problems;

 Multi-processor scheduling; and

 Integrated problems such as cutting and sequencing, lot sizing and 
cutting, routing and packing, etc.

The submission deadline is *April 30th, 2008*. Early submissions are 
encouraged. Papers will be sent
for review as soon as they are received. Decisions will be made as soon 
as the reviewers’ reports
are received. The special issue will be published in 2009.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to the editorial policy of 
ITOR (http://
www.blackwellpublishing.com), published by the International Federation 
of Operational
Research Societies – IFORS.

Papers should be original, unpublished, and not currently under 
consideration for publication
elsewhere. They should be prepared according to the instructions to 
authors that can
be found at the journal homepage: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=
0969-6016

Authors are strongly encouraged to send their submissions in electronic 
form ( preferably a
PDF file). Manuscripts should be emailed to any of the guest editors: 
Reinaldo Morabito
(morabito@ufscar.br), Marcos N. Arenales (arenales@icmc.usp.br) and 
Horacio H. Yanasse
(horacio@lac.inpe.br)

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