Call for Papers

(CfP in pdf format)

Researchers are invited to submit papers describing their current research in Operational Research. The aim is to present recent developments in optimization theory, decision making, and Operational Research applications. The following are some indicative topics:

• 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
• Game Theory
• E-Commerce in Operations Management
• 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 in local proceedings that will be distributed during the conference. Selected papers will be included in a book in series Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS) (Springer PROMS Cfp).

Special Issues

The following four special issues will be devoted in papers presented in BALCOR 2011:

1) Optimization - A Journal of Mathematical Programming and Operations Research, Taylor & Francis Publications.

2) Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB), Springer Berlin/Heidelberg.

3) International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), IGI Global.

4) International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST), IGI Global.

All papers (in extended form - after revision), will be refereed according to the standards of the respective journal.