[DMANET] 2nd CFP : Operational Research Practice in Africa Conference 2015

Second Call For Papers

*ORPA'2015 : Operational Research Practice in Africa Conference 2015*

*University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), in
Algiers (Algeria), April 20-22, 2015*

We are pleased to give a notice of the above OR conference scheduled for
Algiers in April 2015, at the University of Sciences and Technology
Houari Boumedienne. ORPA'2015 follows on from a series of meetings
started in 2005. The conference is intended to bring academics to
discuss and present recent developments in our field, and OR
applications. A non-exhaustive list of Applied topics are : OR in
Transport and Logistic, Urban Transport Network Design, Public
Transportation Studies, Traffic Control, Multimodal Freight Network
Design, OR in Water Resources Management, Management and Control of
Delivery Water Resource, OR in Energy and Environment Management,
Renewable Energy System, Optimization in Sustainable Development, OR in
Natural Resources Management, Operational Research Models in the
Management of Agricultural Resources, Operational Research Models in the
Management of Forestry Resources, etc. These applications are
fundamentally based on theoretical OR and Optimization topics also in
the scope of the conference. A non-exhasutive list of such topics are :
Integer Programming (linear, quadratic, non-linear), Multicriteria
Optimization, Global Optimization, Stochastic Programming, Scheduling,
Facility Location Problems, etc. We also invite submissions covering
other topics related to OR for development as well as OR applications in
government and industry.

All details of the meeting are available on the conference web site :

http://orpa2015.sciencesconf.org/

*Key dates* :
October 5, 2014 : Deadline for submission of extended abstracts
January 20, 2015 : Deadline for early registration
February 20, 2015 : Deadline for conference registration

*Organizing Committee (USTHB)* :
Mohamed El-Amine CHERGUI : President
Hacène BELBACHIR
Mourad BOUDHAR
Fayçal HAMDI
Abdelkrim AÏT ZAÏ
Amina HANED
Wafaa LABBI
Karim AMROUCHE
Brahim BENMEDJDOUB
Nawel KAHOUL
Abdelhak MEZGHICHE
Mohamed Amine BOUTICHE
Mohamed YAGOUNI


*Program Committee* :
Hacène BELBACHIR, Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Mourad BOUDHAR, Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Jean-Charles BILLAUT, Professor, LI, Université de Tours
James COCHRAN, Research Professor, Louisiana Tech University
Mohamed el-Amine CHERGUI, Assistant Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Serigne GUEYE, Assistant Professor, LIA, UAPV
Fayçal HAMDI, Assistant Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Hans ITTMAN, HWI Consulting, South Africa
Miloud MIHOUBI, Assistant Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Djenat SEDDIKI-MERAD, Assistant Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Ourida SADKI, Assistant Professor, RECITS, USTHB
Ridha MAHJOUB, Professor, LAMSADE, University of Paris-Dauphine
Celso RIBEIRO, Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Théo STEWART, Professor, University of Capetown
Mozart MENEZES, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Philippe MICHELON, Professor, LIA, University of Avignon
Babacar M. NDIAYE, Assistant Professor, University Cheikh Anta Diop of
Dakar
Jacques TEGHEM, Professor, Mons University
Claude YUGMA, Assistant Professor, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne

*Contacts* :
orpa2015@sciencesconf.org
mchergui@usthb.dz
**********************************************************
*
* Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to
*
* DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de
*
* Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be
* addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The
* original sender, however, is invited to prepare an
* update of the replies received and to communicate it
* via DMANET.
*
* DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET)
* http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/
*
**********************************************************