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Call for Papers – International Journal of Production Research
Special Issue on Innovations in Production Planning
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the International
Journal of Production Research (IJPR) Special Issue: “Innovations in
Production Planning: Emerging Problems and Modern Solution Paradigms.”
This special issue, led by Chief Editor Alexandre Dolgui, invites
contributions that address the evolving challenges of production
planning in modern manufacturing contexts.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Evolution of classical planning problems in modern manufacturing (lot
sizing, capacity planning, scheduling, assembly line balancing)
- Planning in reconfigurable, modular, and hybrid manufacturing systems
- Integration of additive manufacturing with conventional processes in
planning
- Additive manufacturing production scheduling
- Digital twin–enabled planning and real-time adaptive scheduling
- Production planning under sustainability, circular economy, emissions,
and carbon goals
- Resilience-oriented planning under uncertainty, disruptions, and
volatility
- Advanced optimization methods: decomposition, robust/stochastic
models, metaheuristics
- Machine learning, reinforcement learning, and hybrid AI–optimization
for planning
- Simulation–optimization frameworks and surrogate modeling
- Production planning in customized environments (engineering-to-order,
make-to-order, mass customization)
- Human–robot collaborative systems and operator-driven planning in
Industry 5.0
- Reinforcement learning / deep learning models for dynamic planning and
scheduling (e.g., graph neural networks, RL architectures)
- Optimization of production and inventory strategies in modern
distribution systems (e-commerce, platform-based logistics)
Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026
More Information:
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/ijpr-production-planning/
We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit their latest work
and contribute to advancing knowledge in this critical area.
Special Issue Editors:
- Mirco Peron, NEOMA Business School, France
- Ibrahim Kucukkoc, Balikesir University, Turkey
- Daniel Rossit, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
- Ilkyeong Moon, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Olga Battaïa, KEDGE Business School, France
- Michael Pinedo, Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
We look forward to your valuable contributions.
Best regards,
GUEST EDITORS