Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to 4th International Symposium and 26th National Conference on Operational Research, which will be held in Chania-Crete, Greece (Creta Paradise Hotel), during 4-6 June, 2015.
The purpose of the Conference is to disseminate recent scientific advances in operational research and management science (OR/MS) and to promote international co-operation among researchers and practitioners working on OR/MS.
The Conference covers all topics relevant to the theory and applications of OR/MS and its connections with other disciplines. Below is a list of indicative areas of interest.
Agent-based modelling
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Bioinformatics
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Combinatorial optimization & integer programming
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Complexity theory
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Data envelopment analysis and frontier models
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Data mining, business intelligence, analytics
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Decision support systems
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Dynamic programming
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Electronic services and commerce
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Energy management, economics & finance
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Financial decision making
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Forecasting
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Fuzzy systems
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Game theory
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Governance and policy modeling
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Group decision making and negotiations
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Metaheuristics and evolutionary algorithms
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Linear/nonlinear programming
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Logistics & supply chain management
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Marketing
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Markov processes
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Operations management
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Mathematical programming
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Military operational research
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Multi-criteria decision aid
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Multi-objective optimization
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Networks
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Optimization software
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Optimal control
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Parallel processing & grid computing
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Project management and scheduling
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Quality management
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Queueing
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Risk analysis and management
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Simulation
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Stochastic models
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Structural optimization
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Systems dynamics
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Submissions & Publications
The abstract should include: (1) the title of the presentation, (2) names of all authors and full affiliation details (including postal and email address), (3) a brief description (at most 300 words) of the objectives of the research, the methodological procedures used, as well as the most important results.
Except for the abstracts, authors are also invited to submit full papers (max 5 pages) for publication in the proceedings of the Conference. The proceedings will be available in electronic form (with ISBN).
Proceedings papers should be prepared in MS Word, in accordance with the guidelines available at the website of the Conference. Papers should be submitted by email at: helors2015@isc.tuc.gr. All submissions for publication in the proceedings will be reviewed by members of the scientific committee.
Selected papers from the Conference will be published (after review) in a special issue arranged with the International Journal of Decision Support Systems as well as in an edited volume that will be published in the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics.
Important dates
Abstract submission (new deadline): March 21, 2015
Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2015
Early registration: April 15, 2015
Full paper submission: April 15, 2015
Registration fees
Early registration (before April 15):
- Regular participants: 300 euros
- Students: 150 euros
Late registration (after April 15)
- Regular participants: 350 euros
- Students: 200 euros
A 50% discount rate applies to all members of HELORS.
Details about the registration process are available at the website of the Conference.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Chania.
Michael Doumpos, Evangelos Grigoroudis
Conference Chairs