Computers & Industrial Engineering

Editor-in-Chief: Mohamed Dessouky Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193, USA, Associate Editor: Yasser Dessouky Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0085, USA, Fax: +1-408-924-4040, Book & Software Reviews M. Sadek Eid The Manufacturing Technology Centre, University of Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, E1A 3E9, Canada, Communications & Networking Shimon Nof School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, Grisson Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, Computational Intelligence Mauro Birattari IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. Roosevelt 50 CP 194/6, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Mitsuo Gen Fuzzy Logic Systems Inst, Iizuka, 820-0067 Fukuoka, Japan, Ibrahim Osman Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut (AUB), Riad El Solh, 11072020 Beirut, Lebanon, Computer Simulation Paul Savory College of Engineering, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 175 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0518, USA, Environmental Issues Surendra M. Gupta Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Lab. for Responsible Manufacturing, Northeastern University, 334 Snell Engineering Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Facilities Planning & Materials Handling Benoit Montreuil CENTOR Research Ctr., Université Laval, Quebec, G1K 7P4, Canada, Future Perspectives/Emerging Technologies Louis Martin-Vega Innovation/Organizational Chng., National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, USA, Health Care Systems James Benneyen Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Lab. for Responsible Manufacturing, Northeastern University, 334 Snell Engineering Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA, IE Education & Training Delbert L. Kimbler Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, 110 Freeman Hall Box 340920, Clemson, SC 29634-0920, USA, Logistics and Inventory Systems Alexandre Dolgui Center for Industrial Engineering and Computer Sciences, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, 158 cours Fauriel, 42023 St. Etienne cedex 2, France, William Ferrell Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, 110 Freeman Hall Box 340920, Clemson, SC 29634-0920, USA, Joseph Geunes Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), University of Florida, 303 Weil Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-2083, USA, Christoph Glock Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 1, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany, Mohamad Jaber Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, M5B 2K3, Canada, Chung-Yee Lee Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Iris Vis Fac. of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands, Qiuhong Zhao School of Management, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, 100083 Beijing, Haidian District, China, Manufacturing Processes M.K. Tiwari IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, Manufacturing Systems Satish Bukkapatnam School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, 322 Engineering North, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA, Gürsel Süer Dept. of Industrial & Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA, Operations Research: Deterministic Models Imed Kacem Dept. de Informatique, UFR M.I.M / LITA, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57000 Metz, France, Silvano Martello DEIS, Università di Bologna, viale Del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy, Fernando Ordóñez Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193, USA, Operations Research: Probabilistics Models James Wilson Dept. of Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University, PO Box 7906, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA, Planning and Scheduling Edwin Cheng Dean's Office, Fac. of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Maged Dessouky Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193, USA, Hans Kellerer Institut für Statistik und Operations Research, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Universitatsstraße 15, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Fernando Ordóñez Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193, USA, Subhash C. Sarin Dept