WELCOME
TO MIM 2016

The
IFAC / IEEE / IFORS / IFIP / INFORMS MIM 2016 Conference is the next one in the
series of IFAC events on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, organized
since 1993, the previous one having held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2013.
MIM 2016 is sponsored by IFAC 5.2 Technical Committee and co-sponsored
by a number of IFAC committees as well as other scientific societies (IEEE, IFORS,
IFIP TC-5 and TC-7, INFORMS, IIE
) under the organizational support of the
Laboratory of Industrial Systems Optimization (LOSI), one of the teams of the
Charles Delaunay Institute (ICD) of the University of Technology of Troyes, as
host organization (www.utt.fr).
The general theme of the 8th IFAC
Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control is Optimization
and Systems Science for Risk Management and Disruption Recovery Control.
The
conference will focus in particular on the most innovative methods proposed in
the last few years in the context risk management, resilience, and disaster recovery
control in the 21st century.
Also
other subjects related to Manufacturing Systems and Logistics topics will be considered.
This conference will provide a remarkable opportunity for the academic and industrial
communities to address new challenges, share solutions and discuss future research
directions. The agenda will include plenary speeches, invited/special sessions,
and industrial panel sessions. Contributions are expected from academia, industry,
and government institutions and agencies.
We will have the honor to welcome
Pr Wilhelm Bauer, Pr Michel Gendreau, Pr Stanley B. Gershwin,
Pr Kathryn E. Stecke and Pr Xiaolan Xie as Keynote Speakers.
WELCOME
TO MIM 2016, WELCOME TO TROYES, IN CHAMPAGNE !
On
behalf of MIM 2016 organizers,
 Pr
F. Yalaoui General Chair |  Pr
A. Dolgui Chair of Steering committee
|  Pr
R. Grubbstrom Chair of the International Program Committee
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