Special Issue on: "Intelligent Manufacturing Systems"



Editors:
Prof. T. Özel, Rutgers University, USA
Prof. S. G. Ponnambalam, Monash University, Malaysia



This special issue aims to bring researchers together to present the latest advances in the fields of intelligent manufacturing systems, mechatronics systems, process modelling, control and multi-criteria optimisation, production systems, scheduling, automation and smart systems as applied to advanced manufacturing processes and systems.



We invite the submission of high quality research articles related to intelligent manufacturing systems.


Subject Coverage



Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

Decision support systems for intelligent manufacturing
Intelligent and smart machine tool systems
Swarm intelligence in production and manufacturing systems
Sensors, monitoring and control as applied to manufacturing
Mechatronics systems in manufacturing
Multi-criteria and multi-objective optimisation in manufacturing
Virtual manufacturing
Pull production systems


Notes for Prospective 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 was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).



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


Important Dates



Submission of full papers: 31 March, 2013