Optimization of Scheduling Problem and Supply Chain Management
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2027 | Viewed by 377
Editors
Interests: operational research; vehicle routing problems; 2D and 3D-packing problems; production planning and control
Interests: circular economy; industrial symbiosis; sustainability; production and consumption; change in consumer behaviour; education for sustainable development; digitalisation; project management; operational management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to gather scientific contributions that explore innovative optimisation methods and applications in scheduling problems and supply chain management. Both theoretical and applied works are welcome, including approaches based on mathematical models, metaheuristics, hybrid algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on improving efficiency, cost, sustainability and resilience of operations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: production and operations scheduling; planning and optimisation of routes and logistics; inventory management and demand planning; multi-objective optimisation; resilience and robustness in supply chains; industrial applications and case studies. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit original papers that advance methodological and practical knowledge in the field.
Dr. Ana Moura
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Tambovceva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- scheduling optimisation
- supply chain management
- production planning
- inventory control
- vehicle routing
- heuristics and metaheuristics
- artificial intelligence/machine learning
- sustainability and resilience
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