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Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit a paper to the 1st International
Symposium & 10th Balkan Conference (BALCOR 2011) on Operational Research,
and we kindly ask you to circulate this call in your institution, among your
colleagues and students.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Prof. Athanasios Migdalas (PC Chair)
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Final Call for Papers for BALCOR 2011, September 22-25, 2011
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1st International Symposium
&
10th Balkan Conference (BALCOR 2011)
on
Operational Research
September 22-25, 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece
University of Macedonia, Economic and Social Sciences
website: <http://balcor.uom.gr>
http://balcor.uom.gr
call for papers: <http://balcor.uom.gr/cfp.pdf>
http://balcor.uom.gr/cfp.pdf
The 1st International Symposium & 10th Balkan Conference on Operational
Research will be held at the University of Macedonia, Economic and Social
Sciences in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 22-25, 2011. The conference will
be co-organized by the Macedonia - Thrace Branch of Hellenic Operational
Research Society and the University of Macedonia.
Scope:
BALCOR is an international conference which traditionally gathers
operational researchers with objective to present both theoretical and
applied results. The main benefits are the successful exchange of ideas and
information of interest to operational research and the promotion of
international co-operation, especially among the Balkan countries.
Furthermore, distinguished invited keynote speakers will participate at the
conference.
Conference Topics:
We invite all researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as students
interested in all branches of operational research, mathematical modeling
and decision making to participate at the conference and to present their
current research in the following indicative areas:
- Banking & Financial Decision Making
- Combinatorial Optimization & Integer Programming
- Construction Project Management
- Data Envelopment Analysis & Performance Measurement
- Data Mining Analytics for Business Intelligence
- Decision Support Systems
- E-Commerce in Operations Management
- Game Theory
- Parallel Processing in O.R. & Grid Computing
- Heuristics, Metaheuristics & Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms
- Linear & Nonlinear Programming
- Locational Analysis
- Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Marketing & Operations Management
- Mathematical Programming
- Military Operational Research
- Mathematical Modeling & Decision Making
- Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis & Multi-Objective Optimization
- Network Optimization & Telecommunications
- Optimization Software
- Optimal Control
- O.R. in Agriculture and Forest Management
- Project Management & Scheduling
- Risk Analysis & Management
- Statistics & Stochastics
- Structural Optimization
Conference Proceedings:
All accepted papers will be included either in conference proceedings
published by Springer-Verlag (pending approval) or will be included in
additional local proceedings that will be distributed during the conference.
Publication in Special Issues:
The following five special issues will be devoted in papers presented in
BALCOR 2011:
- Optimization - A Journal of Mathematical Programming and Operations
Research <http://balcor.uom.gr/Cfp_Optimization.pdf> , Taylor & Francis
Publications.
- Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA)
<http://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/10957> , Springer
Berlin/Heidelberg.
- Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB)
<http://www.springer.com/business+&+management/business+information+systems/
journal/10257> , Springer Berlin/Heidelberg.
- International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems
(IJORIS)
<http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId41> , IGI
Global.
- International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)
<http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId20&DetailsT
ypeÞscription> , IGI Global.
All papers (in extended form - after revision), will be refereed according
to the standards of the respective journal.
Invited Speakers:
L. Liberti, Ecole Polytechnique (France)
N. Mladenovic, University of Belgrade (Serbia) and Brunel University (U.K.)
P. Pardalos, University of Florida (USA)
V. Paschos, Universite Paris Dauphine (France)
Chairman of the Conference:
A. Migdalas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (Greece)
Organizing Committee:
G. Arabatzis, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)
C.K. Georgiadis, University of Macedonia (Greece)
L. Karamitopoulos, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki (Greece)
V. Kostoglou, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki (Greece, O.R. Branch
Macedonia-Thrace chairman)
J. Papathanasiou, University of Macedonia (Greece)
A. Sifaleras, University of Macedonia (Greece)
E. Stiakakis, University of Macedonia (Greece)
Prizes & Awards:
Best paper award in various streams & optimization software licenses from
the conference sponsors LINDO Systems, Inc. & Banxia Software Ltd.
New Important Dates:
Deadline for full paper submission: April 11, 2011
Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2011
Deadline for camera-ready papers submission: May 30, 2011
Deadline for early registration: May 30, 2011
Deadline for late registration: July 25, 2011
Conference dates: September 22 to September 25, 2011.
Submissions should be uploaded to the EasyChair Conference system:
<http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?confºlcor2011>
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?confºlcor2011
Contact:
Dr. Angelo Sifaleras, Lecturer in Operational Research - Combinatorial
Optimization
E-mail: <mailto:sifalera@uom.gr> sifalera@uom.gr, Tel. +30-2310-891881,
Fax +30-2312-201009
BALCOR 2011 organization committee: <mailto:balcor@uom.gr> balcor@uom.gr
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