The 53rd Conference of the UK Operational Research Society (OR53)
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/orcontent.aspx?inc=or53_main.htm
Nottingham, September 6-8, 2011
Call for Abstracts for the METAHEURISTICS stream
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/orcontent.aspx?inc=or53_Metaheuristics.htm
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We invite abstracts and presentations on metaheuristics, either theory or
practice-oriented (preferably on real world applications).
We are open to all contributions on metaheuristics, but we are particularly
interested in those that lead to some general insight or are potentially
relevant to more than one application area.
We take a very broad definition of metaheuristics, for example simulated
annealing, tabu search, but also evolutionary algorithms, multi-meme
algorithms, adaptive operator selection, dynamic algorithm portfolios,
reactive search, particle swarm and others.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* metaheuristics for combinatorial optimisation problems
* metaheuristics for multi-objective, discrete and continuous optimisation
* metaheuristics to generate (create) heuristics
* metaheuristics to choose heuristics
* self adaptive metaheuristics
* metaheuristics based on machine learning
* hybrids of metaheuristics with exact methods such as mathematical or
constraint programming
* (automated) parameter tuning in metaheuristics
* applications of metaheuristics to new challenging domains
* analytical or semi-empirical studies of metaheuristics
* performance prediction
* performance robustness
* scalability issues
* classifications of metaheuristics
* barriers to uptake of metaheuristics in industry
The stream will provide an opportunity for the constructive exchange of
ideas and will include a keynote presentation.
If you would like to give a talk in this stream, please submit a title and
abstract of no more than 300 words via
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/orshop/orcontent.aspx?inc=or53_main.htm
by selecting 'Metaheuristics' as the stream.
(For those who are not familiar with the OR conferences, the usual procedure
is to submit a title and an abstract, and then if accepted, to give a talk
of 20-25 minutes. A full paper or extended abstract is not required.)
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best wishes,
Stream Organisers
Ender Ozcan and Andrew J. Parkes
{exo, ajp}@cs.nott.ac.uk
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