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[DMANET] ODS2017 CFP - Int. Conf. on Optimization and Decision Science - Sorrento, 4-7 September

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ODS2017 – International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science
XLVII Annual Meeting of AIRO – Italian Operations Research Society
Hilton Conference Center, Sorrento, Italy
September 4-7, 2017
www.airoconference.it/ods2017[1]
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Dear colleague,

ODS2017, international conference on Optimization and Decision Science, is organized by AIRO, Italian Operations Research Society, in cooperation with DIETI (Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering) of University "Federico II" of Naples.

It will be held at Hilton Conference Center, September 4-7, 2017, in Sorrento, one of the beautiful places in the Gulf of Naples, strategically placed to visit Amalfi, Positano and Capri, and the historical sites of Pompei and Ercolano.

The scope of the conference is presenting ideas and experiences, sharing knowledge and creating a point of contact among researchers and practitioners from various sectors (applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, economics), private and public companies, industries and policy makers. The theme is open in the wide field of optimization, decisions science and problem solving methods, and their application in industrial and territorial systems.

All researchers, academics, phd students and practitioners working on the conference themes are invited to participate to ODS2017 submitting a short paper or an abstract, and organizing sessions.

Please find below the first announcement and call for papers, and visit the conference website www.airoconference.it/ods2017 for further information.

WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO WIDELY DISSEMINATE IT ACROSS YOUR NEAR RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS AMONG ALL COLLEAGUES INTERESTED IN THE CONFERENCE TOPICS, INVITING THEM TO SEND US AN EMAIL TO BE INCLUDED IN ODS2017 MAILING LIST.

We look forward to working with you to make ODS2017 a great success.

Antonio Sforza (Programme Committee Chair)
Claudio Sterle (Organizing Committee Chair)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

ODS2017 participants will have two ways of submission, (a) short paper, (b) abstract:

(A) SHORT PAPER (6 – 8 PAGES, INCLUDING FRONT MATTER AND REFERENCES)
Short papers will undergo a review process by anonymous referees. Accepted papers will be included in a special volume of the Springer Conference Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics (PROMS), indexed in main scientific databases (Scopus, Thomson Reuters, Google Scholar, etc.). They should be prepared in LaTeX or Word using the PROMS template and submitted via Springer's Online Conference Service, OCS, (https://ocs.springer.com/prom/).

(B) ABSTRACT (MAX 2000 CHARACTERS SPACE INCLUDED)
Abstracts will be selected by Programme Committee to be included in the conference e-book of abstracts.
They should be prepared using the ODS2017 Word template which is available on the conference website (www.airoconference.it/ods2017).

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CALL FOR SESSIONS

Session proposals are welcome and have to be sent to ods2017.airo@unina.it at the earliest convenience of the proponent, but in any case within January 28th. Proposals have to report:

/ Title of the session and first attempt title, authors, and kind (short paper or abstract) of each contribution. /

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SPECIAL ISSUES

Information about post-conference special issues on indexed international journals will be given in the following announcements.

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IMPORTANT DATES, DEADLINES AND INFORMATION

For deadlines and detailed information about the conference and the venue, please, visit the Conference website: www.airoconference.it/ods2017[2] , or send an email to ods2017.airo@unina.it.

Link:
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[1] http://www.airoconference.it/ods2017
[2] http://www.airoconference.it/ods2017
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