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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">CALL FOR PAPERS </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Forty-Eight Annual Hawai'i International
Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-48) </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">January 5 - 8, 2015 </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Grand Hyatt Kauai, Hawaii</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Track: DECISION ANALYTICS, MOBILE SERVICES
AND SERVICE SCIENCE</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Minitrack: <b>DECISION MAKING IN PRODUCTION
PROCESSES</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Today, manufacturing industries are
facing massive challenges, e. g. changing market conditions, individual
customer preferences, international competitions, etc. They depend on innovation
in their internal production processes, new strategies and technologies.
This minitrack sets its focus in typical problems of manufacturing industries.
Researchers and practitioners will explore and discuss potential
approaches and effective solutions. In order to successfully compete
in markets, it is essential that we conduct efficient analysis of production
processes, select appropriate technical solutions, develop new approaches
to timely solve special requirements. The objective of this minitrack is
to explore suitable solutions or paradigms to design, implement and deploy
intelligent systems, and/or adapt them to given contexts. We want to discuss
the transferability of general concepts to shop floor level in the perspective
of research and practice. Papers should illustrate the application of decision-making
approaches in manufacturing or service contexts. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The focus of the minitrack includes
but is not limited to the following topics:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Combination of central and decentral
planning approaches</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Shop floor optimization by decentralized
production control</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Use of autonomous production control</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Realization of decentralized production
control</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Reduction of complexity by decentralized
decision making</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Standardization of factory object communication</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Benefits of autonomous production systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Escalation mechanisms in autonomous
production planning and control • Smart intelligent objects</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Big data analysis and shop floor analytics
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Life span decision making</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> •
Decision problems in batch production</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Important Deadlines for Authors: </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>From now to June 1 [Optional]:</b>
Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication
of appropriate content.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>June 15</b>: Submit full manuscripts
for review. Review is double-blind; therefore this submission must be without
author names.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Aug 15</b>:Review System emails Acceptance
Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each
accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees
– including visa or fiscal/ funding procedures – should begin immediately.
Make sure your server accepts the address from our review system </font><a href=https://precisionconference.com/~hicss><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://precisionconference.com/~hicss</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.
At least one author of each accepted paper must immediately make plans
to attend the conference, including initiating fiscal, visa, or other travel
guarantees.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Sep 15:</b> Early Registration fee
deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) At least one author
of each paper should register by Sept 15 in order secure publication in
the Conference Proceedings. Add author names, and submit Final Paper for
Publication to the Submission site (not previous review site).</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Oct 15:</b> Papers without at least
one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will
be so notified.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>How to Submit a Paper: </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Follow Author Instructions on the conference
web site. </font><a href=http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm</font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">HICSS papers must contain original material.
They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere.
All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process; so initial
submission must be without author names.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Abstracts are optional, but strongly
recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification
of content.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Submit a paper to only one Minitrack.
If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may
be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other
chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract
to the Track Chair(s) – see names and contact information below. for determination,
and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Do not author or co-author more than
5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author
on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names
added after submission or acceptance on August 15.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Additional details may be found on HICSS
primary website </font><a href=http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
or on </font><a href=http://lswi.de/><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://lswi.de</font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau</b>
(primary contact)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">University of Potsdam</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Chair for Business Information Systems
and Electronic Government </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">August-Bebel-Str. 89</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">14482 Potsdam</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Germany</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tel: +49 331 977 - 3379</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fax: +49 331 977 - 3406</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">E-Mail: hicss@lswi.de</font>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Prof. Dr. Dieter Armbruster</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">School of Mathematical and Statistical
Sciences</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Arizona State University</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tempe, AZ 85287-1804</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Phone: +1 480 965-5441</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fax: +1 480 965-8119</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">E-Mail: armbruster@asu.edu</font>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Prof. Américo Lopes de Azevedo, Ph.
D. </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Department of Industrial Engineering
and Management</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Faculty of Engineering of the University
of Porto</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Rua Dr. Roberto Frias</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4200-465 Porto</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Portugal</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Phone: +351 22 209 4300</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">E-Mail: ala@fe.up.pt</font>
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