International Journal of Performability Engineering (IJPE): Special Issue

Call for papers: Special Issue on Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)
Guest Editors: Daniel K. Lau and Sony Mathew

Special Issue Description:
Many leading transnational companies in the world are currently working on implementing various PHM methodologies and solutions into their products and systems. The areas of application include automobiles, computers, power supplies, consumer products, avionics, and aerospace, medical devices and health care, software development, equipment qualification and testing, and many others. These leading companies are fast realizing the effective benefits and the competitive advantage which PHM can create for their business in the longer term. It is now widely acknowledged that the eventual return-on-investment (ROI) is significant for organizations in applying PHM to the effective management of the product life cycle and the health status of the product in any given time frame.

This Special Issue on Prognostics and Health Management will serve to provide the most up-to-date status of research and application on PHM especially in the Asia Pacific region. The objective is to bring together research works which can reflect in a timely way the various developments and trends in PHM methodologies, technologies, and adaptations. The guest editors would like to invite researchers working in the area of PHM to submit their research papers to IJPE and to avail themselves of this unique opportunity to publish their work in IJPE. Don’t miss this Special Issue on PHM.

Submission Guidelines:
It is recommended to submit final papers electronically in MS Word format in the camera-ready version as per the IJPE guidelines, which can be obtained from Daniel Lau by sending an email to kitlau@cityu.edu.hk. The maximum length of each paper should be  10 printed pages in the IJPE.

Important Dates:

  1. Last date of submission of detailed abstract by authors: June 30, 2009
  2. Paper submission deadline: August 31, 2009
  3. Response or comments to the authors: October 31, 2009
  4. Final version of the papers from authors: November 30, 2009
  5. Date of publication: March 2010

Websites: www.cityu.edu.hk/phmc or www.prognostics.umd.edu

Please contact the Guest Editors of this Special Issue:

Dr. Daniel K. Lau
Hong Kong  Tel: (852) 3442 5939, Fax: (852) 3442 0272 
Email: kitlau@cityu.edu.hk
Sony Mathew
USA Tel: (301) 405 5323, Fax: (301) 314 9269
Email: sonym@calce.umd.edu