INDE 2014: The 2014 International Conference on
Industrial Engineering

Santorini Island, Greece, July 19-21, 2014

About the Conference

* The 2014 International Conference on Industrial Engineering is an international forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Industrial Engineering and their possible advanced applications in real life. The Conference has a distinguished Organizing Committee, Steering and Program Committee with extensive academic qualifications, ensuring that the conference maintains high scientific standards and has a broad international coverage.  All the papers are subject to peer, thorough, strict review by committees' members or 2 or 3 additional reviewers.
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* The Proceedings of the Conference will be published in CD-ROM and Hard-Copy (as book) with all the accepted and registered papers of the conferences and will be indexed in: ISI (Thomson Reuters), ELSEVIER, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt MATH, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS - American Chemical Society, EI Compendex, Engineering Village, DoPP, GEOBASE, Biobase, TIB|UB - German National Library of Science and Technology, American Mathematical Society (AMS), Inspec - The IET, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, Scholar Google.

* As in all the Previous Conferences, extended versions of all the accepted papers will be promoted to various Journals depending on the quality of each paper (Indexed in ISI, SCOPUS, ACM, DBLP, EI Compendex, AMS, ACS, CiteSeerX, Zentralblatt, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS, Scholar Google etc) for publication as well as in various Springer Verlag Books (Check our Previous Books in Springer).
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Paper Submission

Papers must be written in the correct format:  MS Word.doc  or LaTeX  or LaTeX2   and must be uploaded using the following form as .doc, or .pdf file. As in all the Previous Conferences, all the accepted and registered Papers will be indexed as peer-reviewed publications in ISI and SCOPUS and will be published in CD-ROM and Book (hard-copy). As in all the Previous Conferences, extended versions of accepted papers will be distributed to various Journals depending on the quality of each paper (Indexed in ISI, SCOPUS, ACM, DBLP, EI Compendex, AMS, ACS, CiteSeerX, Zentralblatt, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS, Scholar Google etc) for publication as well as in various Springer Verlag Books (Check our Previous Books in Springer). Only full papers will be promoted to reviewers for peer thorough review. Abstracts will be rejected by default. For the review process only active scholars with many recent publications in ISI and/or SCOPUS will be used and the list with their names will be published in the Proceedings: Hard-Copy and CD-ROM as in all our previous conferences.  The deadline for paper submission expired. We do not accept papers any longer.

Organizing Committee

General Chairs (Editors of the Proceedings)

  1. Prof. Nikos Mastorakis
    Industrial Engineering Department
    Technical University of Sofia
    Bulgaria
  2. Prof. Vladimir Sokolov,
    University of Karlsruhe,
    Karlsruhe, Germany
  3. Prof. Reinhard Neck
    Department of Economics
    Klagenfurt University
    Klagenfurt, Austria
  4. Prof. Rui Pedro Juliao,
    Universidade Nova De Lisboa
    Lisbon, Portugal

Senior Program Chair

  1. Prof. Shoji Arai, Kanazawa University,
    Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture,
    Japan

Program Chairs

  1. Prof. Panos Pardalos,
    Department of University of Florida,
    USA
  2. Prof. Filippo Neri
    Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica
    University of Naples "Federico II"
    Naples, Italy
  3. Prof. Bharat Doshi,
    John Hopkins University,
    Mayrland, USA

Tutorials Chair

  1. Prof. Pradip Majumdar
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Northern Illinois University
    Dekalb, Illinois, USA

Special Session Chair

  1. Prof. Essam Eldin Khalil,
    ASME Fellow,
    Cairo University, Cairo,
    Egypt
     

Workshops Chair

  1. Prof. Hyung Hee Cho, ASME Fellow,
    Yonsei University (and National
    Academy of Engineering of Korea),
    Korea

Local Organizing Chair

  1. Prof. Georgi Tsenov,
    Technical University of Sofia
    Bulgaria

Publication Chair

  1. Prof. Marcin Kaminski,
    Department of Structural Mechanics,
    Al. Politechniki 6, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

Publicity Committee

  1. Prof. Kumar Tamma,
    University of Minnesota,
    Minneapolis, MN, USA
    2.
  2. Prof. Gang Yao,
    University of Illinois at Urbana -
    Champaign, USA

International Liaisons

  1. Prof. Quan Wen,
    Department of Economics University of Washington,
    Seattle, WA, USA
  2. Prof. Fotios Rigas,
    School of Chemical Engineering,
    National Technical University of Athens,
    Greece.
  3. Prof. Vincenzo Niola
    Departement of Mechanical Engineering for Energetics
    University of Naples "Federico II"
    Naples, Italy
  4. Prof. Christopher G. Provatidis,
    National Technical University of Athens,
    Zografou, Athens, Greece

Steering Committee

  • Prof. Aida Bulucea, University of Craiova, Romania
  • Prof. Zoran Bojkovic, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Prof. Ottavia Corbi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
  • Prof. Imre Rudas, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary

Program Committee

  • Prof. Bharat Doshi, John Hopkins University, Mayrland, USA
  • Prof. Gang Yao, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, USA
  • Prof. Lu Peng, Luisian State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  • Prof. Y. Baudoin, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium
  • Prof. F.Rigas, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
  • Prof. S. Sohrab, Northwestern University, IL, USA
  • Prof. A. Stamou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Prof. A. I. Zouboulis, Dept. of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Prof. Z. A. Vale, ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Antonio Bernardino de Almeida, Portugal
  • Prof. M. Heiermann, Dr., Department of Technology Assessment and Substance Flow, Potsdam, Germany
  • Prof. I. Kazachkov, National Technical University of Ukraine (NTUU KPI ), Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Prof. A. M.A. Kazim, UAE University, United Arab Emirates
  • Prof. A. Kurbatskiy, Novosibirsk State University, Department of Physics, Russia
  • Prof. S. Linderoth, Head of Research on Fuel Cells and Materials Chemistry at Riso National Laboratory. Denmark
  • Prof. P. Lunghi, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, University degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
  • Prof. J. Van Mierlo, Department of Electrotechnical Engineering and Energy Technology (ETEC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  • Prof. Pavel Loskot, Swansea University, UK
  • Prof. N. Afgan, UNESCO Chair Holder, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof. F. Akgun, Gebze Kocaeli, Turkey
  • Prof. Fernando Alvarez, Prof. of Economics, University of Chicago, USA
  • Prof. Mark J. Perry, Prof. of Finance and Business Economics, University of Michigan-Flit, USA
  • Prof. Biswa Nath Datta, IEEE Fellow, Distinguished Research Prof., Northern Illinois University, USA
  • Prof. Panos Pardalos, Distinguished Prof. Director, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, USA
  • Prof. Gamal Elnagar, University of South Carolina Upstate,Spartanburg, SC, USA
  • Prof. Luis Tavares Rua, Cmte Guyubricht, 119. Conj. Jardim Costa do Sol. Atalaia, Brazil
  • Prof. Igor Kuzle, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Prof. Maria do Rosario Alves Calado, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Prof. Gheorghe-Daniel Andreescu, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Prof. Jiri Strouhal, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic
  • Prof. Morris Adelman, Prof. of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Germano Lambert-Torres, Itajuba,MG, Brazil
  • Prof. Jiri Klima, Technical faculty of CZU in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Prof. Goricanec Darko, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
  • Prof. Ze Santos, Rua A, 119. Conj. Jardim Costa do Sol, Brazil
  • Prof. Ehab Bayoumi, Chalmers University of Technology,Goteborg, Sweden
  • Prof. Robert L. Bishop, Prof. of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Glenn Loury, Prof. of Economics, Brown University, USA
  • Prof. Patricia Jota, Av. Amazonas 7675, BH, MG, Brazil
  • Prof. S. Ozdogan, Marmara University, Goztepe Campus, Kuyubasi, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Prof. Morris Adelman, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Robert L. Bishop, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics, Brown University, USA
  • Prof. Fernando Alvarez, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, USA
  • Prof. Mark J. Perry, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Michigan-Flit, USA
  • Prof. Quan Wen, Department of Economics University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  • Prof. David E. Giles, Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada
  • Prof. Joao Ricardo Faria, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
  • Prof. Jacob Engwerda, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
  • Prof. Thomas D. Crocker, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, USA
  • Prof. Jean-Marie Dufour, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Prof. Laura Gardini, Universita degli studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino PU, Italy
  • Prof. Junsen Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Prof. Reinhard Neck, Department of Economics, Klagenfurt University, Klagenfurt, Austria
  • Prof. Panos Pardalos, Department of University of Florida, USA
  • Prof. Shuliang Li, The University of Westminster, London, UK
  • Prof. Jiri Strouhal, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic
  • Prof. Morris Adelman, Prof. of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Robert L. Bishop, Prof. of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, USA
  • Prof. Glenn Loury, Prof. of Economics, Brown University, USA
  • Prof. Fernando Alvarez, Prof. of Economics, University of Chicago, USA
  • Prof. Mark J. Perry, Prof. of Finance and Business Economics, University of Michigan-Flit, USA
  • Prof. Biswa Nath Datta, IEEE Fellow, Distinguished Research Prof., Northern Illinois University, USA
  • Prof. Gamal Elnagar, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, USA
  • Prof. Jiri Klima, Technical faculty of CZU in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Prof. Ze Santos, Rua A, 119. Conj. Jardim Costa do Sol, Brazil
  • Prof. Ehab Bayoumi, Chalmers University of Technology,Goteborg, Sweden
  • Prof. Maria do Rosario Alves Calado, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Prof. Gheorghe-Daniel Andreescu, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Prof. Zhuo Li, Beijing University Of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Prof. Pradip Majumdar, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, USA
  • Prof. Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Prof. Jirí Strouhal, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic, USA

Topics of Interest

Operations research & Optimization techniques, Engineering economics, Supply chain management & Logistics, Systems Simulation & Stochastic Processes, System Dynamics & Policy Planning. System Analysis & Techniques, Manufacturing systems/Manufacturing engineering, Human factors engineering & Ergonomics (Safety engineering), Production planning and control, Management Sciences, Computer aided manufacturing, Facilities design & Work space design, health care, Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering & Life Testing, Statistical process control or Quality control, Time and motion study, Predetermined motion time system and Computer use for IE, Operations management, Corporate planning, Productivity improvement, Materials management, Robotics. Salaries and workforce statistics Environment, Health and Safety, manufacturing engineering, Ergonomics / Human factors engineering, Living wage, List of production topics, Methods engineering, Nutrient systems, Operations research, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Product design / Industrial design, Production engineering, Quality assurance, Reverse engineering, Safety engineering, Occupational Safety and Health, Sales process engineering, Scientific management, Sociotechnical systems, Statistical process control, Mathematics in Industrial Engineering, Software Production for Industrial Engineering, Energy, Power Systems, Ecology, Environmental Science, Development, Economics, Others...

Location and Venue

Conference Publications

Accepted Papers are going to be published in

(a) Book, Hard-Copy Proceedings (will be sent to the following indexes: ISI, SCOPUS, EI Compendex, AMS, ACS, CiteSeerX, Zentralblatt, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS, Scholar Google etc)
(b) CD-ROM Proceedings (will be sent to the following indexes: ISI, SCOPUS, EI Compendex, AMS, ACS, CiteSeerX, Zentralblatt, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS, Scholar Google etc)
Review Procees for Book and CD-ROM: Papers will undergo thorough peer review by 3 international experts. Reviewers have always proper academic qualifications (recent publications in SCOPUS and ISI). You will receive comments from those 3 reviewers and your paper might be
* a) accepted as it is (unaltered)
* b) accepted after minor revision
* c) accepted after major revision
* d) rejected
We cannot guarantee acceptance for cases b) and c), if the reviewers are not satisfied by your response and your (minor or major) modifications to your conference paper.


(c) After new peer thorough review of their extended versions in well-known and reputable international scientific journals depending on the quality of each paper (Indexed in ISI, SCOPUS, ACM, DBLP, EI Compendex, AMS, ACS, CiteSeerX, Zentralblatt, British Library, EBSCO, SWETS, EMBASE, CAS, Scholar Google etc)
as well as in various Springer Verlag Books (Check our Previous Books in Springer).
Review Process for Extended Version in collaborating journals: Extended Versions of high-quality journals will undergo again thorough peer review by 3 international experts. You will receive comments from other reviewers and your extended paper might be
* a) accepted as it is (unaltered)
* b) accepted after minor revision
* c) accepted after major revision
* d) rejected
We cannot guarantee acceptance for cases b) and c), if the reviewers are not satisfied by your response and your (minor or major) modifications to your extended paper.

(d) E-Library with free access for all (no username, no password).