[DMANET] CFP - 8th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools - VALUETOOLS2014

8th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools
VALUETOOLS 2014

9-11 December, 2014
Bratislava, Slovakia

CALL FOR PAPERS

SCOPE
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ValueTools focuses on methodologies and practices in modeling, performance
evaluation and optimization of complex systems, gathering researchers from
different communities, such as Computer Science, Networks and
Telecommunications, Operations Research, Optimization, Control Theory and
Manufacturing.

ValueTools 2014 solicits previously unpublished contributions on new performance
evaluation methodologies and new tools. Three types of contributions are called
for: regular papers, tool papers, and tutorials.

Papers should be no more than 10 pages in length.

Detailed submission and formatting instructions are available at
http://www.valuetools.org/2014/

All accepted contributions will be published in the ACM Digital Library
(pending).

Selected papers can also be published in EAI Transactions on Algorithms
Engineering.

TOPICS
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- Discrete event systems
- Stochastic models
- Simulation techniques
- Game theory
- Queues and network of queues
- Mean field techniques
- Large scale performance analysis
- Control theory
- Machine learning and neural networks
- Performance optimization

APPLICATION AREAS
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- Communication and computer networks
- Distributed systems
- Interdisciplinary methodologies (economic, biological and social models)
- Manufacturing systems and supply chains
- Resource allocation
- Road traffic and transportation systems
- Secure Networks

IMPORTANT DATES
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- Submission: 1 September, 2014
- Submission tool papers and tutorials: 30 September, 2014
- Notification: 30 October, 2014
- Camera-ready: 9 November, 2014

CONFERENCE WEB PAGE
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http://www.valuetools.org/2014/


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chair
Daniele Miorandi, Create-Net Research Association and U-Hopper srl, Italy

Technical Program Chairs
Moshe Haviv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
William Knottenbelt, Imperial College London, United Kindom
Lorenzo Maggi, Create-Net Research Association, Italy

Publicity Chair
Valerio Luconi, University of Pisa, Italy

Local chair
Daynier Delgado, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Web chair
Mattia Zeni, University of Trento, Italy

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