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Special Issue of the European Journal of Operational Reserach
In agreement with the Editors of the European Journal of Operational Research authors present at ECCO XV will be invited to submit full versions of their papers to be published on a Special Issue of EJOR on the theme:
Approximation Algorithms: Provable Properties and Applications.
The goal of the special issue is to investigate both approximation algorithms based on metaheuristics techniques and approximation algorithms with worst-case guarantee. The first class is currently used to practically solve large combinatorial optimization problems, but less attention is given to prove properties of the generated solutions. The second class is mainly investigated for its formal properties, but less attention is given to the applicability of the techniques.
This issue wants to fill this gap by presenting papers focused on provable properties of metaheuristics algorithms and on the practical applicability of methods with worst-case guarantee.
Emphasis will be also given to papers that investigate the experimental methodologies used to prove properties of approximation algorithms.
Printable Call for Papers: PDF format / Word format
Important Dates
- Submission deadline of full paper: October 31, 2002
- Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2003
- Publication: October 2003
Submission Details
The full paper should not exceed 30 double-space pages of A4, including illustrations, figures and tables. The front page of the manuscript should show its title, and the names and affiliations of all authors. It should also provide the contact information of the correspondence author, including the postal address and e-mail address. The submitted papers must not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The format of manuscripts for the European Journal of Operational Research can be found on the web page of Elsevier Science, the publisher of the journal,
under "Instructions to Authors".
The web page URL is http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/sae/orms/eor/menu.htm.
All papers submitted for publication will be refereed. Please submit your paper electronically only in Postscript or PDF format to the editors: Prof Dr Silvano Martello; Dott. Luca Maria Gambardella.
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