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2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (Toronto, May 31st – June 3rd, 2014)

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Welcome to the Abstract Submission site for the 2014 IIE Annual Conference!

The IIE Annual Conference welcomes two different types of submissions:  1) Applied Solutions presentations, in which industry applications of proven solutions are presented, and 2) ISERC presentations, in which research from academia or industry scholars is presented.   Abstracts are being accepted in both categories.  Please review the information below and submit your abstract to the most appropriate type of presentation.

Abstract Submission Deadline: November 22, 2013 – even though late submissions will be accepted if there is space available.

Applied Solutions Conference
Purpose: to present proven solutions from applying industrial and systems engineering principles within industry, healthcare or service companies.  Submissions must include an abstract, a description, and 3-5 presentation objectives.
Time: Presentations are 35 or 75 minutes each.		 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC)
Purpose:   to present scholarly work by researchers in academia or industry.  Submissions of preliminary research results, works in progress, and significant or final results are welcome.  A full paper is optional (but is encouraged).
Time:  Presentations are 15-25 minutes.
2014 Applied Solutions Tracks

Aerospace & Defense
Computer & Information Systems
Construction
Engineering Economy
Engineering Management
Ergonomics
Health Systems
IAB – Industry Advisory Board
Latin American
Lean
Operations Research
Process Industries
Quality & Reliability
Simulation
Supply Chain & Service Engineering
Sustainability
Systems Engineering
Work Systems

 2014 ISERC Tracks

Computer and Information Systems
Construction Research
Energy
Engineering Economy
Engineering Education
Engineering Management
Facility Logistics
Healthcare Modeling
Healthcare Systems
Homeland Security
Human Factors and Ergonomics
IE in Latin America
IE in the Military
Lean Systems
Manufacturing and Design
Modeling and Simulation
Operations Research
Production Planning and Scheduling
Process Industries
Quality Control and Reliability Engineering
Service Systems
Social, Environmental and Sustainability
Supply Chain and Logistics
Systems Engineering
Tutorials
Work Systems

 

If you are submitting an abstract on an industry project, please choose “Applied Solutions conference”.I want to submit an abstract forAPPLIED SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE Please choose “ISERC conference” if you are submitting a research abstract from a UniversityI want to submit an abstract forISERC CONFERENCE

Future Decision-Makers and Complexity: Learning problem structuring through System Dynamics

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo Conferences, Paper

Coauthors:

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo, Lincoln Business School, University of Lincoln

Ricardo Thierry Aguilera, Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Toluca, Mexico

Abstract:

Studies on complexity suggest two sources for uncertainty. On one hand, environments constituted by immense amounts of actors interacting through (almost) infinite relationships. On the other, subtle changes recognizable only after it is too late to react. We characterize both situations as complex because of the difficulties to guarantee any links between causes and effects, and to identify effective and efficient paths for action.

This paper deals with the challenge of introducing our students, future decision-makers, to the exercise of simulating systems with complex behaviors. System Dynamics (SD) is used to illustrate the process from a problem structuring perspective. By modeling and simulating different scenarios, complex situations can be studied and analyzed. Conceding that these activities may help on improving human action, the difficulty would strive on how to expand its use as it seems difficult to be caught by students. This paper elaborates on this by proposing an approach based on looking at SD as a problem structuring method (PSM), rather than a problem solving tool. Instances of the procedure are provided from a SD course delivered to undergraduate students in a Mexican university.

Keywords:

System Dynamics, Complexity, Problem Structuring Methods, Problem Solving, Education

Status:

Presented in FUBUTEC 2013

 

2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (Puerto Rico, May 18-22, 2013)

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo Conferences

 Call for Papers

2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference
Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 18-22, 2013

 Track: Social, Environmental and Sustainability

Deadline for Abstract Submission is November 7, 2012
Abstracts are required to be between 100 and 200 words

Abstract submission site: http://www.xcdsystem.com/iie/

Conference web site: www.iienet.org/annual

  Dear Colleagues,

 The Sustainability Division within the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is sponsoring the Social, Environmental and Sustainability Track at the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC).  ISERC, which is part of the IIE Annual Conference and Expo, is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the industrial and systems engineering research community.

 As track chairs of the Social, Environmental and Sustainability Track, we would like to encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract.  Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work in ISERC sessions. Each session will be 75 minutes and have 3 or 4 presenters. Abstracts are welcome in the following areas:

 

Closed loop supply chain

Creating a sustainability culture

Economics of Sustainability

Emergency and disaster logistics

Energy efficiency

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Expeditionary logistics

Humanitarian logistics

Integration of Lean and Sustainability

Integrating sustainability into business strategy

Remanufacturing and recycling

Renewable energy systems

Social and environmental decision making

Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainable communities

Sustainable design and product development

Sustainable food supply

Sustainable manufacturing and operations

Sustainable public higher education

Sustainable supply chains

Sustainability assessments

Sustainability metrics

Sustainability modeling

Sustainability transformation

 

We encourage all presenters to submit a full length paper for the conference proceedings.  The papers should contain results that are significant and have archival value to the industrial and systems engineering research community.  Full papers have a ten-page limit and will undergo a double-blind peer review process.  All accepted papers are indexed by ProQuest.  Presentations without a paper are acceptable, but will not be indexed in the conference proceedings. 

The important deadlines for the conference are:

  • Abstract Submissions:                                                                   November 7, 2012
  • Notification of Decision on Abstract:                                          December 5, 2012
  • Submission of Full Papers (optional but encouraged):                 January 11, 2013
  • Notification of Decision on Paper:                                               February 22, 2013
  • Final Version of Full paper Due:                                                  March 8, 2013
  • Presenting Author Registration Deadline:                                    March 15, 2013

If your abstract or paper is accepted: (a) the presenting author for the paper must register for the conference by March 15, 2013 (presentations/papers without the presenting author being registered for the conference will be withdrawn from the program and the proceedings); (b) the presenting author must attend and present the paper at the conference; and (c) we ask that you be ready to serve as a reviewer for fellow authors and follow review deadlines.

There are also opportunities to organize invited sessions, or panels.  In addition to research presentations, the annual conference offers many opportunities for attendees, including the Applied Solutions Conference program, plant tours, networking, and keynote speakers.

We look forward to seeing you in San Juan!

Regards,

Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo, University of Lincoln (UK)

Gregory Weisenborn, Fort Hays State University (USA)

Social, Environmental and Sustainability Track Chairs