Special Issue of Computers & Industrial Engineering: Human factors in industrial and logistic system design (Feb 2016)

Website: C&IE Special Issue
Deadline for submissions: Updated 31 March 2016

The special issue aims to publish innovative approaches for the integration of human factors into industrial and logistic system design. Submissions should develop and analyze analytical models, present case studies on the integration of human factors into decision support models, or apply simulation approaches for designing and coordinating industrial and logistic systems to gain insights into the interaction of human factors and logistic system design. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Human Factors in operations and logistics management
• Ergonomics methods for industrial system design
• Quantitative assessment of injury risks in material handling operations
• The impact of demographic changes on industrial and logistic systems
• Human performance and error reduction in industrial system design and management
• New technologies for increasing human performance and reducing human errors
• Social sustainability aspects in operations and logistics management

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System. Please indicate in the Article Type “SI: Human Factors”. Manuscripts should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The submission deadline is February 29, 2016. The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in early 2017.

The full call for papers can be downloaded on the publisher’s website.

Special Issue Guest Editors:
Prof. Christoph H. Glock, Prof. W. Patrick Neumann, Prof. Fabio Sgarbossa, Dr. Eric Grosse

If you have any questions on the special issue, please do not hesitate to contact Christoph Glock.