The Center for Information Technology Renato Archer (CTI | www.cti.gov.br), from the Brazilian Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (MCTI), is organizing the 6th IFAC International Conference on Management and Control of Production and Logistics – IFAC/MCPL’2013.
The aim of the conference is to provide high quality interactions between lecturers, students, researches, and professionals for the advancement of science, technology and innovation, through the presentation and discussion of the latest advances in the field of production management, production control and logistics. The technical program includes keynote speakers presentation, oral and poster sessions and research colloquium meetings. All presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be considered to be published in international journals and/or in a post-conference book.
The areas of interest for contributions to be submitted to this conference include, but are not limited to: - Decision-Support Systems: Concepts, Methods and Algorithms - Discrete Event Systems: Modeling and Simulation - Factory Automation, Robotics and Man-Machine Interaction - Humanitarian logistics - Industrial Engineering, Process Control and Applied Mathematics - Information Technology in Control, Production, Logistics and Management - Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Modeling and Applications - Management of Organizations and Operational Research Applications - Modeling and Control of Manufacturing and Logistics - New technologies: 3D models, physical and virtual prototyping - Passenger Transportation, Urban Freight Distribution and City Logistics - Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling - Production Planning and Scheduling, ERP, Inventory Control and Lean Manufacturing - Quality Management Systems and Performance Indicators - Socio-technical and Cognitive aspects in Manufacturing and Logistics - Supply Chain and Green Supply Chain - Web Service, Workflow and Wireless Automation
Important Dates: - Paper submissions: February 28, 2013 - Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2013 - Camera ready copies: June 30, 2013 - Conference: September 12-14, 2013
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