Subject: Call for papers

From: "Stefan Voss" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:00:21 +0000

CASPT 2000
8th International Conference on 
Computer-Aided Scheduling

Berlin
June 21-23, 2000

PURPOSE
This will be the eighth in a series of workshops and conferences 
presenting recent research and progress in computer-aided scheduling 
in passenger transport. Previous workshops and conferences were held 
in Chicago (1975), Leeds (1980), Montreal (1983 and 1990), Hamburg 
(1987), Lisbon (1993) and Boston (1997). These workshops and 
conferences were focused on pub-lic transport, and while this will 
remain the primary focus of the 2000 conference, it will also include 
computer-aided scheduling methods being developed and applied 
in related passenger transport systems, such as airlines and railways.

The conference is addressed to individuals from transport operators, 
academic institutions and consulting firms who are involved in research, 
development or utilization of computer-aided scheduling in public transport. 
Past attendance has been equally divided among these three groups.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts:	December 31, 1999
Papers:	April 15, 2000
Extended abstracts which include problem description, research approach 
and contribution (about 2 double-spaced page), must be received 
electronically (MS Word file) no later than December 31, 1999. 
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to
	[email-masked]
Papers will be selected for presentation based on these extended abstracts, 
with notification by mid-February. For those selected, full papers (up to 
30 pages including figures and tables) must be received electronically 
(MS Word or TEX file) no later than April 15, 2000.

REGISTRATION FEE:			Euro 250.00
After APRIL 15, 2000: 			Euro 280.00

SUGGESTED TOPICS
The following topics are suggested, any of which could relate to public transport:
. Information management (basic data manage-ment, automated data collection 
methods, dynamic and static passenger information etc.)
. Planning (network and route planning, schedule synchronization, information systems etc.)
. Vehicle scheduling (fleet minimization, vehicle assignment, flexible route scheduling etc.)
. Crew scheduling and rostering (crew cost mini-mization, rostering, workforce planning etc.)
. Vehicle monitoring (real-time control, decision support systems, vehicle monitoring systems etc.)
. Experiences (implementation experiences, labor/ management negotiations on 
work rules and pay provisions, impacts of deregulation and privatization)
. General (large scale optimization methods etc.)

PROCEEDINGS
Selected refereed papers will be published in book form by an international publisher after the conference.

DEMONSTRATIONS 
Opportunities will be provided for demonstration of software tools related to the topics mentioned above.
Those who are interested should contact the orga-nizing committee for further details.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Joachim R. Daduna
Stefan Voss

PROGRAMM COMMITTEE
Joachim R. Daduna, Chairman (Germany)
Raymond E.K. Kwan (United Kingdom)
Avi Ceder (Israel)
Uwe Pape (Germany)
Jean-Marc Rousseau (Canada)
Paolo Toth (Italy)
Stefan Voss, Chairman (Germany)
Nigel H. Wilson (USA)
CONFERENCE PLACE
Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
Berlin Office
Tiergartenstrasse 35
D - 10785 Berlin

ADRESS FOR CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS 
and 
PROGRAM CORRESPONDENCE

8th International Conference on 
Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport

Prof. Dr. Joachim R. Daduna
Fachhochschule fuer Wirtschaft Berlin
Badensche Strasse 50-51
D - 10825 Berlin, Germany
phone:	+49 - 30 - 85789 - 114
fax: 	+49 - 30 - 85789 - 199
e-mail:	[email-masked]

or

Prof. Dr. Stefan Voss
WINFORMS 
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
Abt-Jerusalem-Strasse 7
D - 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
phone:	+49 - 531 - 391 - 3210
fax: 	+49 - 531 - 391 - 8144
e-mail:	[email-masked]