This special issue aims to bring researchers together to present the latest advances in the fields of sustainable products and processes, industrial energy efficiency and sustainable manufacturing systems; process modelling, system modelling, control and optimisation; material handling, production planning, scheduling, and smart and automated systems to increase efficiency and reduce the ecological impact of manufacturing processes and systems.
This issue invites the submission of high-quality research articles relating to sustainable manufacturing systems.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to, the following:
- Decision support for sustainable manufacturing
- Design of products and processes for sustainability
- Energy-efficient machine tools
- Energy-efficient manufacturing processes
- Green or environmentally benign manufacturing
- High-efficiency process design and optimisation
- Intelligent and smart systems for industrial energy efficiency
- Multi-criteria optimisation for sustainable manufacturing
- Reconfigurable manufacturing systems
- Waste reduction in manufacturing processes
Important Dates
Submission of full papers: 30 April, 2014
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