Invited Session for KES2008

12th International Conference on

Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems

held on September 3, 4 & 5, 2008

at Zagreb, Croatia

 “Soft Computing Approach to

  Management Engineering”

organized by Junzo Watada (Waseda University),
Huey-Ming Lee (Chinese Culture University), and
Taki Kanda (Bunri University of Hospitality)

1) The scope:

   Soft computing methods are widely employed in management engineering. The method includes neural network, fuzzy set based technology, and genetic algorithms, evolutionary computing, chaos approaches and so on. Most concepts of soft computing came out in 1960s. Today the soft computing technology is a central method and tool to solve problems in Management Engineering not only of human related ones but also of mathematical ones. This organized and invited sessions focus on the advanced methodologies of soft computing which are employed in management engineering.

2) Related fields:
  Systems design, engineering, production, management, economics, policy making, decision making, real options analysis, Kansei engineering, ergonomics, project management, MOT and so on.

3) Time Schedule:
   Submission of a full paper:                        March 20, 2008 
   Notification of acceptance:                       April 1, 2008
   Submission of the camera-ready paper:      April 20, 2008 

(Session organizers have to send the bundle of camera-ready papers to KES Secretariate
till May 1, 2008, or the papers will not appear in the proceedings,
all members have to pay their registration fee till May 1, 2008 as well.)

4) Submission:

Can we remind you that all Invited Session papers for KES 2008 must follow the instructions at http://kes2008.kesinternational.org/submission.php

and be submitted through the PROSE review software (Address will be publicized soon)

This is:

1.  To enable us to see the results of the review process as requested by Springer.
2. To enable us to collect the files to be sent to the publisher to produce the proceedings.

Note: We cannot send the files to Springer if they have not passed through   PROSE and so papers that are not submitted through PROSE cannot appear in the proceedings.

Papers to appear in the KES 2007 proceedings must have their publication files and copyright forms uploaded onto PROSE by May 1, 2007.

For guidance on the use of PROSE please see http://www.prosemanager.co.uk/tutorial1.htm

5) The number of papers gathered:  6 to 12.

6) Contact Address:   

	1)	Junzo Watada, Ph.D., Professor Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems (IPS) Waseda University 2-7 Hibikino, Wakamatsuku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0135
		Phone+Fax:    (+81)93-692-5179 Mobile:          (+81)90-3464-4929 Email:         watadawaseda.jp
	2)	Huey-Ming Lee, Ph.D.,Professor Department of Information Management Chinese Culture University 55, Hwa-Kung Road, Yang-Ming-San Taipei  (11114), TAIWAN
		Tel: (886)-937-893-845 Fax: (886)-2-2777-4723 Email: hmleefaculty.pccu.edu.tw
	3)	Taki Kanda Dr. in Engineering, Associate Professor, Bunri University of Hospitality 311-1 Kashiwabarashinden Shimogawara, Sayama-city, Saitama-pref.(350-1336), Japan
		Tel:+81-4-2952-9871 Fax:+81-4-2924-7016 E-mail: kandabunri-c.ac.jp Mobile: 090-2742-6221

7) Related URL:

  Prose for the submission

  http://kes2008is@prosemanager.com

Guide for the submission

http://www.prosemanager.co.uk/tutorial1.htm

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