Call for papers

OBJECTIVES

The 14th International Symposium on Operations Research in Slovenia (SOR ’17) will be held in Bled, Slovenia, September 27 – 29, 2017. The professional objectives of the international symposium are to provide a forum for international and national exchange of ideas on various aspects of OR and related fields.

TOPICS

• Professional aspects of OR (OR methodology, OR education, OR implementaion, OR profession).

• Methods and techniques of OR (Assignment, Combinatiorial programming, Linear programming, Multiple criteria decision making, Netowrkd and graphs, Non-linear programming, Numeral methods, Simulation, Statistics, Stochastic processes, Vector optimization, etc.)

• Areas of application (Agriculture, Banking, Ecology, Economic systems and enomometrics, Energy, Environmental protection, Finance, Invetory, Production planning, Transport, etc.).

• Information and computing aspects of OR (Artificial intelligence, Decision support systems, Expert systems, Information systems, OR software, Data mining, High performance computing, etc.).

 

SPECIAL SESSIONS

• Advances in Modelling and Statistical Research (AMSR) of the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) in the Times of Economic Crisis – Call for Papers
  Organized by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business (Prof. Dr. Ksenija Dumičić), University of Tourism and Management in Skopje, Faculty of Economics (Assist. Prof. Dr. Blagica Novkovska) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• High-Performance Computing and Big Data – Call for Papers
  Organized by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Dr. Janez Povh) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• Logistics – Call for Papers
  Organized by University of Maribor, Faculty of Logistics (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomaž Kramberger) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• MCDM – Software and Applications – Call for Papers
  Organized by Jožef Stefan Institute (Prof. Dr. Marko Bohanec, Scientific Councillor), University of Maribor, Faculty of Organisational Sciences (Assist. Prof. Dr. Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar, Prof. Dr. Vladislav Rajkovič, Professor Emeritus) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• Metaheuristic Optimization – Call for Papers
  Organized by Computer Systems Department, Jožef Stefan Institute (Dr. Vida Vukašinović, Dr. Jurij Šilc) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• MRP and Related Systems Approach to Industrial Engineering and Services – Call for Papers
  Organized by University of Padua, Department of Management and Engineering (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daria Battini), CERRISK and MEDIFAS, Ljubljana (Prof. Dr. Marija Bogataj) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

• Systems Optimization and Control with Applications – Call for Papers
  Organized by University of Maribor, Faculty of Organisational Sciences (Assist. Prof. Dr. Davorin Kofjač) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.

 

 

DEADLINES:
Submission of contributed papers:  June 7, 2017 June 18, 2017 (extended)
Referee’s reports: July 7, 2017 July 16, 2017 (extended)
Submission of revised papers and copies of bank transfer: August 27, 2017

Should you need assistance, or you have any questions about the SOR, please free to contact sor17@fov.uni-mb.si.