June 2023 - Ewgla

EWGLA news
by Hatice ÇALIK 23 Jun '23

23 Jun '23

??Dear Locators, We would like to share EWGLA news with you under the following three topics: 1- EWGLA web site 2- EWGLA Coordination Board updates 3- EGWLA grants 2023 1- EWGLA web site We are updating the EWGLA website (https://www.euro-online.org/websites/ewgla/) and eagerly hoping to receive valuable inputs from you. Particularly, - A nice 'Location' graphic to replace the default banner on the home page. If you have ideas for the banner or maybe even already have figures from a presentation or a document that you prepared and can be published on our website without violating any copyright agreement, please let us know. - PhD thesis of yours or your students with a Location theme. Please send us the link to the open access repository (if a link is not possible, the pdf file unless there are copyright restrictions for publishing online) and we will add it to the "EWGLA Resources" page. - Please write us for any recommendations you might have about changes or additions to the web page. The website also has a new "EWGLA Grants" page with the list of early career researchers supported to participate EWGLA and/or ISOLDE meetings. The password for the password-protected pages is the city of the last EWGLA meeting (first letter capitalized). 2- EWGLA Coordination Board updates The EWGLA board typically consists of three members from different countries and each member serves for a duration of four years. Exceptionally, the board has been coordinated by four members since the last meeting in Aveiro. Bogi and Joerg have provided invaluable contributions and outstanding efforts since 2018 and 2015, respectively. Through this e-mail, we would like to already thank them both very much! Regarding the announcement for a new board candidacy, we received one application from Dr. Diego Ponce (Universidad de Sevilla, IMUS). Therefore, we will seek for your approval of Diego as new board member during the EWGLA session in ISOLDE/EWGLA 2023 and we hope that many of you will be there. 3- EGWLA grants 2023 We are thrilled to announce the results of the first call of EWGLA Supports for local and topic-specific meetings which we introduced for the first time this year. We received a single application from The International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems IWOLOCA-2023, which will be supported with up to 1,000 Euros. We are looking forward to receiving more applications from you. For participating the ISOLDE/EWGLA meeting this year, EWGLA will support four early career researchers among the seven applicants: Thomas Byrne (University of Strathclyde), Zehranaz Dönmez (Bilkent University), Ricardo Gázquez (University of Málaga), Shunee Johnn (University of Edinburgh). We thank all the applicants and wish a fruitful conference to all ISOLDE/EWGLA participants of this year! All the best, Bogi, Carmen, Hatice, and Joerg

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Academic positions in Business Analytics/Operations and Supply Chain Management at Sheffield (UK)
by Antonino Sgalambro 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear colleagues and friends This is to let you know that the *Sheffield University Management School (SUMS)* invites applications for the following open-ended academic positions: *Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics* Job Reference Number: UOS037498 <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences Department: Sheffield University Management School Contract type: *Permanent* Salary: Lecturer Grade 8: £45,737 - £54,421 per annum. Potential to progress to £61,228 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution. Senior Lecturer Grade 9: £57,721 - £64,946 per annum. Potential to progress to £75,262 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution *Closing Date: 3rd July 2023* Apply here <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> *Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management* Job Reference Number: UOS037497 <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences Department: Sheffield University Management School Contract type: *Permanent* Salary: Lecturer Grade 8: £45,737 - £54,421 per annum. Potential to progress to £61,228 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution. Senior Lecturer Grade 9: £57,721 - £64,946 per annum. Potential to progress to £75,262 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution *Closing Date: 3rd July 2023* Apply here <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> *Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management* Job Reference Number: UOS037494 <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences Department: Sheffield University Management School Contract type: *Permanent* Salary: Senior Lecturer Grade 9: £57,723 - £64,946 per annum. Potential to progress to £75,262 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution *Closing Date: 3rd July 2023* Apply here <https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG…> Please do get in touch (a.sgalambro(a)sheffield.ac.uk) for any question you might have, and share within your networks with any potentially interested candidates. Best wishes, Antonino -- *Dr Antonino Sgalambro PhD SFHEA* Head of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Senior Lecturer in Operations Research Sheffield University Management School Conduit Road, Sheffield, S10 1FL | Room: B065 Phone: 0114 222 3393 Skype: antonino.sgalambro E-mail: a.sgalambro(a)sheffield.ac.uk sheffield.ac.uk/management/staff/asgalambro Our Triple Crown accreditation places us within the global elite of business schools. It is an endorsement of the quality of our teaching, research, and links with industry. World top-100 university <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/rankings> | Top northern university for graduate prospects <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-top-north-employable-graduate…> | Top five in the UK for student experience <https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/student-experience-survey…> This email and any attached documents constitute a confidential communication and are subject to legal privilege. If you are not the addressee any disclosure, reproduction, distribution, other dissemination or use of this message is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this correspondence in error, please contact me immediately and permanently delete what you have received.

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IWOLOCA 2023 - Second Call for abstracts (extended deadline) + Registration is Open + Accommodation + Travel Grants Available
by Joerg Kalcsics 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, The XII International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems will take place 7-8 September 2023 in Edinburgh (United Kingdom). This workshop is jointly organized by the Spanish Location Network, the Location Working Group on Location GELOCA (SEIO), and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS). SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS This is the second call for abstracts. If you would like to contribute with a paper on a facility location problem or on a related area (widely understood), please, submit an abstract of at most two pages. You can find attached the template for the abstract. To submit your abstract, please, use the following link: IWOLOCA 2023 (XII International Workshop on Locational Analysis and Related Problems) (easychair.org)<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/easychair.org/my/conference?conf=iwoloca…>. Please, note that you only need to upload the .tex file (and any other file required to compile, should that be the case). The compiled pdf, or the sty or cls files provided in the template are not required when you upload your abstract. If you are uploading more than one file, please, do so as zip file. Important dates for the abstract submission: * Deadline for abstract submission (EXTENDED): 28 June 2023. * Notification of acceptance: 29 June 2023. REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION We are delighted to inform you that registration is open at IWOLOCA 2023 | University of Edinburgh<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-and-events…> Several questions are asked at registration for logistics purposes. Please, answer all of them. We have two different registration fees, depending on wheter you need accommodation or not. The "basic registration fee" is £125. It includes participation to the scientific sessions, coffee breaks and lunches for the two days, a guided tour, and the gala dinner on Friday. It does not include accommodation. Deadline is 15 August. The "full registration fee" is £525. It includes the same things as the basic registration fee plus 3 nights of accommodation (check-in is Wednesday 6 September and check-out is Saturday 9 September) at university central venues of KM Central and The Scholar. The room will be allocated to you at one fo the two venues by strict order of registration. Note that it is still high season in Edinburgh on the dates of the workshop. So, it may be hard to find a central accommodation cheaper than this. As we have a cut off date for the room that we have managed to block, the deadline is 7 July. TRAVEL GRANTS Through different funding bodies, we have managed to secure some funding to support with travel and accommodation expenses. If you wish to apply, please, indicate so in the registration by answering appropiately the relevant questions. Decisions on the award of these grants will be made and communicated as soon as possible, but they will not happen by the deadline of the full registration fee and grants will not be paid before the workshop takes place. Priority will be given to participants presenting a paper, and among them to early stage researchers (PhD students and postdoctoral researchers), women, members of GELOCA, and participants from weak currency countries. If you have any question, please send your email to iwoloca(a)gm.uca.es<mailto:iwoloca@gm.uca.es> with cc to at least one of the following: sergio.garcia-quiles(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:sergio.garcia-quiles@ed.ac.uk>, Joerg.Kalcsics(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:Joerg.Kalcsics@ed.ac.uk>. More information on the workshop: http://redloca.ulpgc.es/redloca23.html We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh! The Organizing Committee The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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Location related references - june 2023
by Frank Plastria 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Dear EWGLA members, Some ten years ago I retired from university and stopped my old semi-regular column on this list of location related references. I think my last one was January 2013, for those who remember. However, I never really stopped collecting the many new references I got news of that seemed of possible interest to the location community. So I have a quite large backlog to share, and will try to do so at an acceptable pace of between 20 and 50 per month as long as I have some in stock. These will be a mix of new ones as well as older ones, rather working backwards in time till somewhere in 2013 (if I will be able to get there ... there are so many!). I collect them in BibTeX format (often including the many errors with which they are made available online by their publishers), but thanks to Bogi (Boglarka G. Toth) they are converted to a more readable format. The original BibTeX file is attached. Here is my first new entry, 28 references mostly from early 2022. Unfortunately the DOI data got lost in transfer, which should hopefully be corrected next time. Enjoy. Sincerely, Frank Plastria [1] Sepide Aghaie and Behrooz Karimi. Location-allocation-routing for emergency shelters based on geographical information system (ArcGIS) by NSGA-II (case study: Earthquake occurrence in tehran (district-1)). Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 84:101420, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [2] Amir Ahmadi-Javid and Pooya Hoseinpour. Convexification of queueing formulas by mixed-integer second-order cone programming: An application to a discrete location problem with congestion. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 34(5):2621--2633, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [3] Eduardo Alarcon-Gerbier and Udo Buscher. Modular and mobile facility location problems: A systematic review. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173:108734, nov 2022. [ DOI ] [4] Gökhan Altay, M. Hakan Akyüz, and Temel Öncan. Solving a minisum single facility location problem in three regions with different norms. Annals of Operations Research, 321(1-2):1--37, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [5] Hamzeh Amin-Tahmasbi, Sina Sadafi, Banu Y. Ekren, and Vikas Kumar. A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network. Annals of Operations Research, 324(1-2):993--1022, apr 2022. [ DOI ] [6] Nicolau Andrés-Thió, Marcus Brazil, Charl Ras, and Doreen Thomas. Network augmentation for disaster-resilience against geographically correlated failure. Networks, 81(4):419--444, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [7] Walailak Atthirawong and Pongchanun Luangpaiboon. Hazardous waste management system for thailand's local administrative organization via route and location selection. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 72(10):1121--1136, aug 2022. [ DOI ] [8] Ardavan Babaei, Majid Khedmati, and Mohammad Reza Akbari Jokar. A new branch and efficiency algorithm for an optimal design of the supply chain network in view of resilience, inequity and traffic congestion. Annals of Operations Research, 321(1-2):49--78, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [9] Roberto Baldacci, Marco Caserta, Emiliano Traversi, and Roberto Wolfler Calvo. Robustness of solutions to the capacitated facility location problem with uncertain demand. Optimization Letters, 16(9):2711--2727, feb 2022. [ DOI ] [10] Danwen Bao, Shijia Tian, Rui Li, Tianxuan Zhang, and Ting Zhu. Multi-objective decision method for airport landside rapid transit network design. Networks and Spatial Economics, 22(4):767-801, jun 2022. [ DOI ] [11] Michele Barbato, Alberto Ceselli, and Marco Premoli. On the impact of resource relocation in facing health emergencies. European Journal of Operational Research, nov 2022. [ DOI ] [12] Víctor Blanco, Ricardo Gázquez, and Francisco Saldanha da Gama. Multi-type maximal covering location problems: Hybridizing discrete and continuous problems. European Journal of Operational Research, oct 2022. [ DOI ] [13] Justin J. Boutilier and Timothy C. Y. Chan. Drone network design for cardiac arrest response. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(5):2407--2424, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [14] Thomas Byrne, Sándor P. Fekete, Jörg Kalcsics, and Linda Kleist. Competitive location problems: balanced facility location and the one-round manhattan voronoi game. Annals of Operations Research, 321(1-2):79--101, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [15] Yutong Cai, Ghim Ping Ong, and Qiang Meng. Dynamic bicycle relocation problem with broken bicycles. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 165:102877, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [16] John Gunnar Carlsson and Bo Jones. Continuous approximation formulas for location problems. Networks, 80(4):407--430, apr 2022. [ DOI ] [17] Alejandra Casado, Nenad Mladenović, Jesús Sánchez-Oro, and Abraham Duarte. Variable neighborhood search approach with intensified shake for monitor placement. Networks, 81(3):319--333, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [18] Deeparnab Chakrabarty and Maryam Negahbani. Robust k-center with two types of radii. Mathematical Programming, 197(2):991--1007, mar 2022. [ DOI ] [19] Theophilus Dhyankumar Chellappa, Ramasubramaniam Muthurathinasapathy, V. G. Venkatesh, Yangyan Shi, and Samsul Islam. Location of organ procurement and distribution organisation decisions and their impact on kidney allocations: a developing country perspective. Annals of Operations Research, 321(1-2):755--781, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [20] Xin Chen, Wenjing Liu, Qingqin Nong, and Qizhi Fang. Bounding quality of pure nash equilibria in dual-role facility location games. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 44(5):3520--3534, sep 2022. [ DOI ] [21] Rong Cheng, Shaopeng Zhong, Zhong Wang, Otto Anker Nielsen, and Yu Jiang. A hyper-heuristic approach to the strategic planning of bike-sharing infrastructure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173:108704, nov 2022. [ DOI ] [22] Amadeu A. Coco, Andréa Cynthia Santos, and Thiago F. Noronha. Robust min-max regret covering problems. Computational Optimization and Applications, 83(1):111--141, jul 2022. [ DOI ] [23] Stefano Coniglio, Fabio Furini, and Ivana Ljubić. Submodular maximization of concave utility functions composed with a set-union operator with applications to maximal covering location problems. Mathematical Programming, 196(1-2):9--56, oct 2022. [ DOI ] [24] Isabel Correia and Teresa Melo. Distribution network redesign under flexible conditions for short-term location planning. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 174:108747, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [25] Francisco Saldanha da Gama. Facility location in logistics and transportation: An enduring relationship. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 166:102903, oct 2022. [ DOI ] [26] P. M. Dearing and Mark E. Cawood. The minimum covering euclidean ball of a set of euclidean balls in rn. Annals of Operations Research, 322(2):631--659, dec 2022. [ DOI ] [27] Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri, Maghsoud Amiri, Laya Olfat, and Mir Saman Pishvaee. Multi-objective closed-loop supply chain network design: A novel robust stochastic, possibilistic, and flexible approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 206:117807, nov 2022. [ DOI ] [28] Michael Dienstknecht. A branch and bound approach for the tower crane selection and positioning problem with respect to mutual interference. 4OR, 21(1):105--123, feb 2022. [ DOI ] Prof. Em. Frank Plastria BUTO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel frank.plastria(a)vub.be

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CALL FOR NEW BOARD MEMBER
by carmela.piccolo 07 Jun '23

07 Jun '23

Dear locators, as you might recall, from 2018, the duration of service on the EWGLA coordination board is 4 years, changing one member at every EWGLA meeting such that the 3 members are from different countries. Thus, we are looking for a volunteer to replace Boglárka G.-Tóth. According to the rules, eligible candidates are members society of EURO who do not work in Italy and Belgium. If you are interested, please send us a one-page document where you state and promote your candidacy until Monday, 19 June. At the next ISOLDE meeting, the EWGLA members will elect the new member during the EWGLA session. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Best wishes, Carmen, Bogi & Hatice

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Doc-Course on Data Science in Granada and Seville from September 17 to November 14, 2023
by Miguel A. Pozo 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

The "Doc-Course on Data Science" will be held in Granada and Seville (Spain) from September 17 to November 14, 2023, and is jointly organized by the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Granada (IMAG) and the Institute of Mathematics of the University of Seville (IMUS). This activity is aimed at PhD/Master students and consists of a training period (a 4-week course), visits by researchers and professors to the IMAG/IMUS facilities throughout the period, a supervised research period for participating students (4 weeks) and an international closing workshop in which researchers, lecturers, supervised students and tutors participate. Doc-Course on Data Science is addressed to students enrolled in a Master or a Doctoral program related to Statistics, Operations Research or Data Science. Students with special interest and background on these topics are encouraged to apply for a grant to attend this Doc-Course. There will be a maximum of 20 PhD/master students that will be competitively selected among all applicants. A brief curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum) that includes a complete academic record is required. The 20 grants will cover accommodation and food allowance. Important dates for the abstract submission: * Deadline for filling the application form: June 12, 2023. * The selection of participants will be communicated on June 19, 2023. * Registration fee deadline June 22, 2023: 50 € (Payment procedure will be sent to selected participants). More information on the Doc-Course: https://www.imus.us.es/congresos/DCDS23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Miguel Ángel Pozo Montaño - Profesor Titular de Universidad Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. Facultad de Matemáticas, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012 Sevilla. E-mail: miguelpozo(a)us.es ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Nominations for LALA
by Joerg Kalcsics 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Dear EWGLA members, Please find below a message from Elena Fernandez. Best wishes, Jörg. From: Elena Fernandez <elena.fernandez(a)uca.es> Sent: Samstag, 3. Juni 2023 22:13 Dear Colleagues: This is a Call for Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award. The Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis (LALA) award is a triennial honor awarded to a person who has made significant lifetime contributions to location analysis research. The award is given every third year at the closing dinner of ISOLDE, the International Symposium on Locational Decisions<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/isoldeconference.org/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!ROR…>. LALA Nominations will be received until June 7, 2023. The nomination process consists of sending by email the following three items: (1) A nomination letter, including significant reasons why this individual should be considered for this award. (2) An up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee. (3) Information about citations and service to the profession for the nominee. The 2023 selection committee comprises Ismail Capar (chair), Elena Fernandez Areizaga, and Mark Daskin. Please submit nominations (including self-nomination) by June 07, 2023, to Ismail Capar (chair) at capar(a)tamu.edu<mailto:capar@tamu.edu>. Questions may be directed to the same e-mail address. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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