Special Issue of IISE Transactions

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributions to Humanitarian Logistics

Special Issue of IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Scheduling and Logistics

 Purpose

Disasters around world claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and led to US$1.5 trillion lost between 2005 and 2015, according to The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. On the other hand, as much as 80 percent of disaster relief expenditures go toward logistics. Therefore, humanitarian logistics is a key element of a disaster relief process. The purpose of this special issue is to publish rigorous research around emerging themes in the area of Humanitarian logistics, such as the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of goods, and materials, as well as related information, from point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people.

We would welcome contributions across a wide range of issues. Topics for this SI may include but are not limited to:

• Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management

• The use of technology enable real-time monitoring

• Humanitarian operations evaluation

• Coordination within organizations and collaboration among organizations

• Predictive analytics for demand planning

• Inventory planning and control

• Transportation networks design and vehicle routing

• Medical supply delivery

Review Process

The contributions will be reviewed in accordance with the standard IISE Transactions procedures.

Submission Process

Authors should submit their paper through Scholar One's Manuscript Central online manuscript submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iietransactions. Please follow the instructions carefully. When queried, indicate the paper is being submitted to a Special Issue, identify the special issue as Contributions to Humanitarian Logistics and select Rajan Batta as the preferred Editor. 

 Important dates

• Manuscript submission deadline: September 1, 2017

• Notification of disposition of the manuscript: December 31, 2017

• Final revisions due: March 1, 2018

Special Issue Editors

Rajan Batta, University at Buffalo, USA ([e-mail])

Bahar Yetis Kara Bilkent University, Turkey ([e-mail])

Simin Huang, Tsinghua University, China ([e-mail])

 

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