1. Guest editorial

   • Dr Alexandre Dolgui
   • Dr Philippe Lacomme

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 407 - 408

2. A two phase optimization method for Petri net models of manufacturing systems

   • A. Zimmermann
   • D. Rodriguez
   • M. Silva

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 420

3. A simulation optimization approach in production planning of failure prone manufacturing systems

   • J. P. Kenne
   • A. Gharbi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 431

4. A Web-based tool and a heuristic method for cooperation of manufacturing supply chain decisions

   • D. Li
   • A. McKay
   • C. Barnes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 453

5. High performing evolutionary techniques for solving complex location problems in industrial system design

   • B.K.-S. Cheung
   • A. Langevin
   • B. Villeneuve

   OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 466

6. A multiple objective grouping genetic algorithm for assembly line design

   • Brahim Rekiek
   • Pierre De Lit
   • Alain Delchambre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 485

7. A hospital facility layout problem finally solved

   • Peter M. Hahn
   • Jakob Krarup

   OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 496

8. A tabu search heuristic for the single vehicle pickup and delivery problem with time windows

   • Antoine Landrieu
   • Yazid Mati
   • Zdenek Binder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 508

9. A Hybrid approach for integer programming combining genetic algorithms, linear programming and ordinal optimization

   • Yuh-Chyun Luo
   • Monique Guignard
   • Chun-Hung Chen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 519

10. An optimization methodology for intermodal terminal management

    • L. M. Gambardella
    • M. Mastrolilli
    • M. Zaffalon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 521 - 534

11. A taboo search approach for deadlock-free scheduling of automated manufacturing systems

    • Yazid Mati
    • Nidhal Rezg
    • Xiaolan Xie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 535 - 552