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Call for Papers

*Computational Methods for Business Analytics http://cmba2017.dps.uminho.pt/ (CMBA 2017 http://cmba2017.dps.uminho.pt/)* http://cmba2017.dps.uminho.pt

CMBA 2017 International Workshop will be held in the 17th International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2017) http://www.iccsa.org/

Trieste, Italy, July 3 - 6, 2017

*TOPICS*

A non-exhaustive list of topics for the CMBA 2017 is as follows:

· Integer linear programming and combinatorial optimization approaches

· Exact optimization algorithms: branch-and-bound, polyhedral approaches, decomposition-based methods, reformulations

· Heuristics, meta-heuristics, matheuristics and model based metaheuristics for integer linear programming and combinatorial optimization

· Real-world applications in industry and services: operations management, supply chain management, logistics and transportation, scheduling, production management and distribution, warehousing, location, energy, telecommunications, project management, healthcare

· Optimization software and decision support systems

*IMPORTANT DATES*

- March 15, 2017: Full paper submission - April 15, 2017: Acceptance notification - May 15, 2017: Early-bird Registration ends - May 15, 2017: Submission for the final version of the papers - July 3-6, 2017: CMBA 2017 International Workshop (will be held in the ICCSA 2017)

*SUBMISSION DETAILS*

Accepted papers will appear in the Conference proceedings to be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes for Computer Science. To submit a paper, please connect to the *Submission site http://ess.iccsa.org/*. The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long for LNCS http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-0-0-0 publication, and should be formatted according to the LNCS http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-0-0-0 rules.

​Please see the *Instructions for Authors page http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors* for formatting information and templates. Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere.

​ *CONTACTS*

- TELMO PINTO (co-chair), University of Minho, Portugal ( telmo@dps.uminho.pt) - CLÁUDIO ALVES (co-chair), University of Minho, Portugal ( claudio@dps.uminho.pt)