CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE ON

Reliability Analysis and Optimization in Business and Industry

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Guest Co-Editors:

• Stefanka Chukova, A/Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (stefanka@msor.vuw.ac.nz)
• Yu Hayakawa, Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (yu.hayakawa@waseda.jp)

Dear Colleagues,

In this special issue we focus on reliability analysis and optimization in business and industry. The research topics of all papers, selected for this special issue should be related to Operations Research and Management Science. Any submissions to the special issue/section are requested to be extended versions of the original workshop papers, which were presented at the 4th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modelling (APARM2010, 2-4 Dec 2010). Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the journal guidelines and send an electronic file (in PDF format) to either of the Guest Editors before 15 March 2011 for consideration. For more information regarding the preparation of the manuscript, please visit the journal website at

http://www.worldscinet.com/apjor/mkt/guidelines.shtml

Editorial Schedule:

• 15 March 2011: Submission deadline for the special issue
• 15 May 2011: Completion of the first round of reviews. Notification of acceptance/conditional acceptance
• 26 July 2011: (EXTENDED) Submission deadline for the revised papers
• 8 August 2011: (MODIFIED) Notification of acceptance/rejection