Call for Papers – IJPR Special Issue on Innovations in Production Planning

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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


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