A Special Issue on

DECISION ENGINEERING in

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems (IJAMS)

Guest Editors: Dr Rajkumar Roy, Mr Jesse Bailey, Mr Benjamin Adesola

June 2002

1st Call for Papers

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IJAMS presents state-of-the-art research and development, product
development, novel applications, and tools in the areas related to advanced
manufacturing.  The journal emphasises the utilisation of Advanced
Manufacturing Systems, and includes areas of information modelling,
distribution, planning and scheduling, and collaborative decision-making, as
well as the organisation and management of Advanced Manufacturing Systems.
AMS technologies that result in faster productivity and better customer
value are emphasised.  The Journal is a publication of The International
Society of Agile Manufacturing.  Please visit
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~snd7483/ISAM2.html to view the activities of
the Society.

Decision Engineering is an emerging discipline that focuses on developing
tools and techniques for informed operational decision making within
industry by utilising distributed organisational knowledge.  The emphasis is
to use techniques such as cost engineering, concurrent engineering, micro
knowledge management and robust soft computing to support the engineering
challenges in handling real life industrial problems by providing powerful
tools that address the 'vagueness' and 'ambiguity' in human behaviour.

The special issue will focus on Decision Engineering within the Advanced
Manufacturing Systems theme, including (but not limited to):

1.      Collaborative Technology for Decision Making
2.      Knowledge Capture & Reuse
3.      Knowledge Based Systems/Cased-Based Reasoning
4.      Data Mining
5.      Decision Support Systems
6.      Optimisation Techniques
7.      Concept Evaluation
8.      Forecasting for Decision Making
9.      Cost impact on Decision Making
10.     Case Studies on successful applications, and Industry Practice

Papers on these or related topics are invited. The Journal seeks research
papers of approximately 5000 words; well written case studies, conceptual,
developmental, research, applied research articles are valued.  For
formatting instructions please visit:
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~snd7483/submission.html


Initial Submission Deadline: 

  Abstract (250 words): NOW 
  Full (Formatted) Submission Deadline: October 1, 2002 
  Accept/Reject Notification: January 1, 2002 
  Revised paper submission Deadlines: March 1, 2002
  Publication Date: June 2002. 

Interested authors are requested to send their paper by October 1, 2002 to: 

Dr. Rajkumar Roy, Guest Editor 
IJAMS Journal 
Department of Enterprise Integration 
School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science 
Cranfield University 
Cranfield, Bedford 
MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. 
Tel: +44 (0)1234 754072, Fax: +44 (0)1234 750852 
Email: decision-engineering@cranfield.ac.uk

Email submissions are encouraged for initial submissions. Paper should be
sent in one of three ways: in the body of the email, or as a Rich Text
Format attachment, or Word document. Please do submit initial papers with
graphics imbedded; On Formatted submissions graphics should be sent
separately. For initial submissions, papers with graphics should also be
submitted in paper form. Papers will be peer reviewed, and authors will
receive notification by the 1st of January, 2002. 

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Mr. Jesse Bailey AMIMechE
EngD Researcher
Department of Enterprise Integration
School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire MK43 0AL
Tel: 01234 754191
Fax: 01234 750852
Email: j.i.bailey@cranfield.ac.uk
URL: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sims/cim/people/bailey.htm