Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics

 

Special Issue on: "Combinatorial Optimisation"

Guest Editor:
Talel Ladhari, Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences, Tunisia

Combinatorial (or discrete) optimisation is one of the most active topics in the area of operations research. Combinatorial optimisation constitutes the synergy between applied mathematics, computer science and management science. Furthermore, combinatorial optimisation is a very challenging research field that is encountered in various real-life areas.

Problems of combinatorial optimisation arise in various applications, including production systems, communication networks, logistical systems, airline crew scheduling, maintenance and reliability, corporate planning, computer-aided design, service systems, database query design, cellular telephone frequency assignment, strategic planning, supply chain management, resource allocation problems and computational biology. Motivated by their practical interest, numerous research teams have studied theoretical and applied aspects of combinatorial optimisation using various methods based upon exact and/or approximate approaches.

Theoretical and/or empirical contributions that make a significant contribution to this field are welcome.

The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’2013), but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in the conference to submit articles for this call.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

• Metaheuristic algorithms
• Exact algorithms
• Cutting and packing
• Polyhedral theory
• Computational complexity
• Graph and network algorithms
• Linear and integer programming
• Interior point methods
• Constraint programming
• Frequency assignment
• Location
• Network design
• Production and logistics scheduling
• Timetabling
• Vehicle routing and scheduling
• Computational biology
• Computational complexity

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

The Guest Editor is happy to discuss initial ideas for papers, and can be contacted directly:
Dr. Talel Laadhari: talel_ladhari2004@yahoo.fr

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 31 December, 2013

Notification of final acceptance: 1 June, 2014