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Université libre de Bruxelles: Full-time academic position in Computer Science
by Bernard Fortz 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

The Faculty of Sciences of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) invites applications for a full-time academic position in Computer Science to begin October 1st, 2020. All areas of Computer Science will be considered, with a focus on: cybersecurity, cryptography, scheduling, network or combinatorial optimization, including their connections with other areas such as artificial intelligence and data science. Strong applications in the area of combinatorial optimization are particularly welcome, to join the Graphs and Mathematical Optimization group. The official annoncement for the position and application procedure are available in French: http://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/greffe/files/6545.pdf in English: http://wwwdev.ulb.ac.be/greffe/files/6544.pdf Feel free to contact me for further information. Bernard Fortz

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First call for papers ISOLDE XV and EWGLA XXVI
by Nickel, Stefan (IOR) 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Dear Locators, We are happy to announce that the abstract submission system is open for ISOLDE XV and EWGLA XXVI taking place in Hamburg and Timmendorfer Strand (at the Baltic Sea) in Germany on June 14 - 19, 2020. You can find further information on the submission and the conference at www.isolde2020.de<http://www.isolde2020.de>. Here is a direct link to the submission system: http://www.isolde2020.de/submissions. Please note that you need a (free) EURO-online account for the abstract submission. Aims and Scope The meeting intends to gather the operations research community from different parts of the world to share experiences in the field of locational analysis. We invite participation from all areas related to location theory including, but not limited to: * Continuous Location * Network Location * Discrete Location * Hub Location * Location and Logistics * Location Decisions in Traffic Planning * Network Design * Location under Uncertainty * Location-Routing * Applications of Location Problems * Territory Design Contributions are welcome from academia, industry or the public sector. In addition to presentations, the meeting is intended to be a forum for exchange of recent experiences and results. Important Dates Abstract submission deadline: January 31th, 2020 Notification of acceptance: February 20th, 2020 Early registration deadline: March 15th, 2020 Registration deadline: May 15th 2019 Conference: June 14-19th, 2020 Scientific/Program Committee Stefan Nickel (chair) (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) Sibel Alumur (University of Waterloo, Canada) Zvi Drezner (California State University, Fullerton, USA) Jörg Kalcsics (University of Edinburgh, UK) Kathrin Klamroth (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) Dmitry Krass (University of Toronto, Canada) Gilbert Laporte (CIRRELT, Université de Montréal, Canada) Vladimir Marianov (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile) Teresa Melo (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Alan Murray (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA) Justo Puerto (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) Francisco Saldanha da Gama (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Mihiro Sasaki (Nanzan University, Japan) Anita Schöbel (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany) Boglárka G.-Tóth (University of Szeged, Hungary) Organizing Committee Anita Schöbel (chair) (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern and Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany) Sven Müller (co-chair) (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany) Nicolas Fröhlich (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Knut Haase (Universität Hamburg, Germany) Horst Hamacher (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Kathrin Klamroth (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany) Lena Leiss (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) Teresa Melo (Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany) Stefan Nickel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) Thomas Ullmert (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany) We look forward to seeing you in Germany in June Stefan (chair of the program committee) Info: www.isolde2020.de<http://www.isolde2020.de> Contact: isolde(a)mathematik.uni-kl.de<mailto:isolde@mathematik.uni-kl.de> [signature_1360998979] Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Operations Research Prof. Dr. Stefan Nickel Discrete Optimization and Logistics Director FZI Director KSRI Kaiserstraße 89 Building 05.20 – 4A-12 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany Phone: +49 721 608-43381 (Secretary: -43951) Fax: +49 721 608-46874 Email: Stefan.Nickel(a)kit.edu<mailto:Stefan.Nickel@kit.edu> Web: http://dol.ior.kit.edu/ KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association Since 2010, the KIT has been certified as a family-friendly university.

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IWOLOCA2020: extended deadline
by Maria Albareda 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Dear locators, the 10th edition of the IWOLOCA conference will be held in Seville on Jan 23-24, 2020. The deadline for abstracts submission has been extended until November the 14th. More information about the workshop can be found at http://redloca.ulpgc.es/en/redloca20.html Best regards, mari

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Call for contributions: 3rd conference of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of Operations Research
by Joana Matos Dias 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

_____________________________________________________________________ *Call for Contributions* *3rd Conference of the EURO Working Group on the Practice of Operations Research* *Berlin, 19-20 March 2020* _____________________________________________________________________ We invite you to contribute to our discussions at the 3rd EWG POR conference. Our focus will be OR projects that have met with difficulties during their implementation, including •particularly tricky or unusual technical requirements that had to be addressed during the development phase; or •issues related to the use or acceptance by non OR expert end users. Contributions that discuss experiences with the management of change in operations due to the introduction of an optimization or analytics application in an organization are of particular interest. *Submission deadline:**10 December, 2019* -- Este e-mail foi verificado em termos de vírus pelo AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Inquiry regarding a paper in Studies in Locational Analysis
by Bettina Klinz 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Dear members of the EWGLA mailing list I was asked by Rainer Burkard, a former colleague of mine and professor emeritus at TU Graz for help to find the following paper J. Krarup/R.E. Burkard Locational analyses involving both positive and negative weights, Studies in Locational Analysis 9, 1996, 31 Rainer was asked by Jacob Krarup for a copy but cannot remember the paper and failed to find it in the internet. My own attempt to locate the paper failed too. When googling for the journal Locational Analysis I ended up with a nonfunctional link which led me to this result https://www.vub.be/pagina-niet-gevonden It appears that the EWGLA had a web site at the VUB which does not work any longer (the link was something like www.vub.ac.be › EWGLA › STUDIES (so something symbolic/redirected). It was suggested by a member of the EWGLA group who could not help me that I direct my request to this board. I'd be most grateful if someone reading this post could confirm the publication data of the article (which we are not sure about) above and let me know how I could get hold of a copy. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration. Best regards Bettina Klinz

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New Position at University of Sheffield
by Carmela Piccolo 14 Sep '19

14 Sep '19

Dear members, I?d like to announce you that a new position as Lecturer in Operational Research is available at the University of Sheffield - Management School: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BUY311/lecturer-in-operational-research Deadline for applications: 30th September 2019. Can you please circulate among potentially interested candidates? Kind Regards, Carmen

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Announcement Isolde XV & Ewgla XXVI
by KALCSICS Joerg 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Dear locators, Next year's EWGLA meeting will be held in conjunction with ISOLDE XV from June 14-19 in Hamburg & Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. Please find a flyer with all details attached. Best wishes, Joerg. ---------------------------------------------- Joerg Kalcsics Lecturer in Operational Research Programme Director OR MSc School of Mathematics University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK Room: 6226 Phone: +44 (0)131 650 5953 Email: joerg.kalcsics(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk<mailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk%3cmailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk>> Web: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show?person=450 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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CFA IV LAND-TRANSLOG December 8-12, 2019, Chile (extended submission deadline: Sept 30)
by Carmela Piccolo 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, The Complex Engineering Systems Institute (ISCI) invites you to submit an abstract for LAND-TRANSLOG IV, a unique workshop that has been held in Chile with great success since 2011, merging the previously separate workshops LAND and TRANSLOG. The workshop will take place from December 8 to December 12, 2019 at a new great location; the Dreams Valdivia hotel in the south of Chile. We are glad to announce our keynote speakers: Michel Gendreau, Stefan Nickel, Mikael Rönnqvist, Francisco Saldanha Da Gama and Cristián Cortés. We anticipate a variety of contributions. *Please send your abstract by September 30 (new deadline).* Acceptance notifications will be sent as soon as possible. Important: If required for travel fund purposes, we will happily provide express acceptance of papers upon reception of abstracts. For further information please visit the following link: http://land-translog.cl/19/en/inicio Sincerely yours, Eduardo Álvarez, Cristián Cortés, Vladimir Marianov, Andrés Weintraub.

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Fully funded PhD: Locational Analysis for Supply Network Management
by Antonino Sgalambro 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Dear Locators can you please circulate among potentially interested candidates the following *PhD scholarship opportunity* at the University of Sheffield - Management School. *Deadline for applications*: 1st July 2019. Many thanks for your cooperation. Best wishes, Antonino ********************************************************************************************************** The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research Centre at Sheffield University Management School is seeking applications for a fully funded PhD from exceptional UK/EU/International students with an outstanding academic record (distinction/high merit or equivalent), as well as a proven record in research training. *Project description* The PhD project is concerned with Locational Analysis, with particular emphasis on Advanced Network Design and Supply Chain Structural Complexity problems, and relevant applications in Production and Service Management. The aim is to introduce the impact of advanced modelling features/concepts (including k-splittable flows and structural complexity) in the field of facility location problems, thus exploring novel and promising research avenues. *How to apply* The deadline to apply is 1 July 2019 at 17:00 UK time. Please note that applications will not be processed if they are incomplete or received after the deadline. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on Tuesday 13/Wednesday 14 August 2019. Applicants should submit a 1000 word research proposal which directly addresses the theme and/or specific topic to which they are applying. The proposal should contain a brief background to the topic, which demonstrates knowledge of existing work in the field, and potential contributions to knowledge. It should also explain the proposed research methods and include a plan of the research, and a timeline. *For more information and to submit an application, visit: * www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/study/researchdegrees/fundedprojects Please clearly indicate the number of the project in your application: LSCM 2/3 *Supervisors:*Dr Antonino Sgalambro Dr. Diego Ruiz-Hernandez *For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact: * Dr Antonino Sgalambro: a.sgalambro(a)sheffield.ac.uk, skype: antonino.sgalambro Dr. Diego Ruiz-Hernandez: d.ruiz-hernandez(a)sheffield.ac.uk *Funding notes* This scholarship is offered on a full-time basis for three years subject to satisfactory progress. The award pays tuition fees and an annual tax free maintenance stipend at the RCUK rate. Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis – applications are assessed on the basis of academic success and qualifications, experience, research background, a clear well-articulated research proposal, the potential impact of the research and a close synergy of research interests with supervisor/research centre expertise. -- *Dr Antonino Sgalambro PhD SFHEA* Director of Research Operations Management and Decision Sciences [image: SUMS logo for staff emails] 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 [image: Triple Crown accreditation] 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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Reminder: Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award in Location Science
by Sibel Alumur Alev 10 Jun '19

10 Jun '19

Call for Nominations for the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award in Location Science Deadline to apply: June 15, 2019 The Section on Location Analysis<https://connect.informs.org/sola/home> (SOLA) of INFORMS solicits nominations for the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award<https://connect.informs.org/sola/solaawards/new-item2>. This award is a biennial honor awarded to a person within eight years of receiving his or her Ph.D. who has made a significant contribution to location analysis research and displays the potential to continue to do so. The award is generally given every other year at the SOLA business meeting at the national INFORMS conference. The committee will consider all contributions to the field of locational analysis when choosing a winner of the award. While research will carry the most significant weight (and will be assessed using multiple dimensions--number and significance of papers, book chapters, presentations, etc.), contributions to teaching and service will be taken into account as well. The committee will also strongly consider the nominee's potential to continue to do research that has a significant impact on the field of locational analysis. The award does not carry a monetary prize but is regarded as an extremely high honor within the locational analysis community. In addition, the winner will be given a complimentary registration to the INFORMS conference in the year following the award. The award is named in honor of location analysis pioneer Charles ReVelle, who passed away in 2005. A nomination consists of a recent CV of the nominee and a nominating letter from the nominator that highlights the nominee's most relevant and significant accomplishments and discusses his or her potential to do research that has a significant impact on the field of locational analysis. In addition to the nomination letter and CV, electronic copies of up to (but no more than) three research papers should be submitted by the nominator. These papers should be either published, in the refereeing process, or being prepared for submission to an appropriate journal. Generally, these papers will represent the nominee's most significant research contributions. Please submit nominations by June 15, 2019, to InformsSola(a)gmail.com<mailto:InformsSola@gmail.com>. Questions may be directed to the same e-mail address, or to the award committee chairperson, Sibel Alumur Alev (sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca>). Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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EWGLA news
by Olivier PETON 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Dear locators, This week we had a great EWGLA workshop in Brussels. Thanks again to Lieselot Vanhaverbeke and her wonderful organising team. Here are the next important dates : - The location stream @EURO 2019 in Dublin will have 9 sessions and 36 presentations. - The next joint ISOLDE / EWGLA meeting will be held next year in Hamburg and Timmerdorf Beach (June 14-19, 2020). - EWGLA 2021 will be organised in Aveiro (Portugal), by Rui Borges Lopes. The exact date will be communicated later. Finally, we have elected a new member in the EWGLA coordination board. Carmela PICCOLO (University of Napoli) is joining Boglárka TOTH and Jörg KALCSICS in the board. With best wishes to the new board and all locators Olivier Péton

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Call for a new board member
by KALCSICS Joerg 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Dear members, as you might recall, in the last meeting we agreed to change the rules about the duration of service on the EWGLA coordination board. This year, Olivier Péton will leave the board and we are looking for one volunteer to replace him. Due to the rules, the new board member cannot work in Hungary or the UK. We plan to announce the list of candidates on Friday, 31 May. If you are interested please send us a one page document where you state and promote your candidacy until Thursday, 30 May. If you have any questions about that please feel free to contact us. If there are several candidates, registered EWGLA members will be asked to vote before Friday, 7 June and the result will be announced during the EWGLA session in Brussels. Best wishes and hoping to see you all in Brussels, Bogi, Jörg & Olivier ---------------------------------------------- Joerg Kalcsics Lecturer in Operational Research Programme Director OR MSc School of Mathematics University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK Room: 6226 Phone: +44 (0)131 650 5953 Email: joerg.kalcsics(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:joerg.kalcsics@ed.ac.uk> Web: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show?person=450 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Candidature for new member for the EWGLA board
by Carmela Piccolo 30 May '19

30 May '19

Dear all, I'd like to submit my candidature for the election of the new member of the EWGLA board. Kind Regards, Carmen

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2nd CfP: ICCL'19: 10th International Conference on Computational Logistics
by Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik 23 May '19

23 May '19

Dear sir/madam, May we kindly ask you to submit the following CfP again to your mailing lists. Thank you very much in advance and best regards, -- Julia Bachale Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik/ Institute of Information Systems Secretary room no. 3065 Von-Melle-Park 5 D-20146 Hamburg phone:+4940 42838 3064 fax: +4940 428385535 mail: iwi(a)uni-hamburg.de julia.bachale(a)uni-hamburg.de opening hours: mo-fr 09:00-12:00 h, 14:00-15:00 h ******apologies for cross-postings***** image.png image.png Call for Papers Submission deadline: June 15, 2019 * * Authors are kindly invited to submit their contributions in the area of logistics management, operations, control, and information systems, relevant to all types of logistics activities and on any mode of transportation, with a particular focus on practical cases providing insight and real-world experience. Submissions are invited in one of the two following forms: (a) Full papers for publication in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (b) Abstracts for presentation only All papers should be submitted electronically following the instructions on this page and by following this link. <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> Full paper submissions Full papers should have a length of at most 15 pages following the LNCS style files. For a paper to be included in this volume, it should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The style files for LNCS submissions can be found here. <https://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> This site contains all relevant style files for CS Proceedings and Multiauthor Volumes as well as the Springer copyright form. If you have any questions concerning the style files, please consult the corresponding technical instructions on the website. Additionally, we kindly ask you to have a look at the "Checklist of items to be sent to the volume editor". The authors are required to use the submission form available here <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> to: * Upload the pdf file of the 15-page regular paper in LNCS style <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> on the easychair platform. * Paste in the Abstract textbox a 1-page abstract (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces) to be included in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Abstracts, presentation only * * Submitted abstracts should not exceed one page (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces). At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Accepted Abstracts should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. To submit an abstract, please go here <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> and paste the text in the abstract textbox of the submission form. Do not upload a pdf file of the abstract. Accepted abstracts will appear in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. A special issue of the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management by Inderscience will be edited in Smart Port Logistics, from selected invited papers from the conference and from an open CFP. Please note that a participant can present only one contribution (full paper or abstract). Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): * Facility (re-)layout decision problems * Routing problems * Emergency logistics * Reverse logistics * Crowd logistics * Freight transportation * Green supply chain * Metropolitan/city logistics * Smart Agro-Logistics * Uncertainty modelling in planning and control * Large-scale evolutionary optimization to logistics * Multi-agent system in logistics * Machine learning applications in supply chain * Internet of things on smart logistics * Applications of Blockchain * Last generation ICT networks * Port smart logistics * ICT for port governance * Computational issues in foreign trade supply chains * ICT systems for port communities C-14562_SM_DCR_VOW_ ICCL-2019-Español-01.png ICCL 2019 [EN].png

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Zvi Drezner's interview
by Sibel Alumur Alev 22 May '19

22 May '19

Dear Locators, INFORMS just published an interview of Zvi Drezner by Stefan Nickel dated November 2018. Zvi talks about his early life, beginnings of location science, paper productivity, academic career, his most interesting papers, obnoxious facilities, and the publication of the book edited by H.A. Eiselt and Vladimir Marianov for his 75th birthday celebrations. You can watch the interview from: https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Biographical-Pro… Best regards, Sibel Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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FW: Postdoctoral position
by Sibel Alumur Alev 17 May '19

17 May '19

From: Michael Kuby <mikekuby(a)asu.edu> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 12:49 PM To: Sibel Alumur Alev <sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca> Subject: FW: Postdoctoral position Hi Sibel, could you please share this with SOLA and EWGLA. Thanks! Los Alamos has an immediate opening for postdoctoral researcher position focused on Network and Spatial Optimization (https://lanl.jobs/los-alamos-nm/network-and-spatial-optimizaiton-postdoc/ac…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lanl.jobs_los-2Dalamos…>). Postdoc salaries at Los Alamos start at $74,000 (https://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.lanl.gov_careers_c…>). The position will be in Computation Earth Science Group (www.lanl.gov/EES-16<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_EES-2D16&d…>). The research position will be working with network optimization techniques and applications for the SimCCS model. For more information see: Software download: https://github.com/SimCCS/SimCCS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_SimCCS_SimC…> SimCCS1.0 paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421508005132<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sciencedirect.com_…> SimCCS2.0 paper: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QNQSfJho9KoInCCU40pKdvZ1HLv5SNaA<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-…> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtbfuKLI34&feature=youtu.be<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-…> R&D 100 Entry: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iE2O3VO2XdDWhKeXUAVgNwoNorSfjr8T<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__drive.google.com_open-…> The postdoc position will focus on a range of network and spatial optimization technique related to SimCCS, with a significant flexibility in terms of work scope. The position strong emphasizes publications: the candidate will be joining a small and dynamic team with a strong publication record and a wide collaborative network. Thanks Richard ----------------------------------------- Richard S. Middleton Deputy Group Leader (Computational Earth Science; EES-16) and Senior Scientist Earth and Environmental Sciences Los Alamos National Laboratory MS T003 Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA +1-505-665-8332 (office) +1-505-412-5193 (cell) www.lanl.gov/EES-16<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_EES-2D16&d…> www.lanl.gov/expertise/profiles/view/richard-middleton<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lanl.gov_expertise_…>

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Last days to register for EWGLA 2019 in Brussels
by EWGLA 2019 10 May '19

10 May '19

Dear all, This is a kind reminder to inform you that the deadline for registration for the upcoming meeting is May 15th: https://www.vub.ac.be/en/events/2019/xxv-euro-working-group-on-locational-a… We look forward to meet you in Brussels! Kind regards, the organising committee of EWGLA XXV 5-7 June 2019, Brussels (Belgium) https://www.vub.ac.be/en/events/ewgla2019

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INFORMS Annual Meeting SOLA sessions
by Sibel Alumur Alev 08 May '19

08 May '19

Dear Colleagues, I would like to remind you that the abstract submission deadline for the upcoming INFORMS 2019 Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle on October 20-23 is May 15th. I'm responsible for organizing the SOLA cluster. Currently, we have 13 SOLA sponsored sessions 3 of which are jointly sponsored with other clusters (TSL & ENRE). I have already received a couple of emails recently and I have a backup session in place for those of you who plan to come and want to present in a SOLA sponsored session. I would like to remind you that (non-sponsored) contributed talks may be scheduled in sessions that contain 6 talks. So, I strongly suggest presenting in a sponsored session. Please let me know if you would like to present in a SOLA sponsored session as soon as possible so that I can plan accordingly. Best regards, Sibel Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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Location analysis
by Hale, Trevor Schuyler 06 May '19

06 May '19

Location colleagues: And greetings from my new home in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M! I am writing to the location communities of SOLA and EWGLA listservs for advice. A location paper of mine has been plagiarized and I’m perplexed about what to do about it. Here is a passage from my paper in Annals of Operations Research in 2003. Please take special note of the incorrect spellings of both “Evangelista” and “Cavalieri”: “Location science is an area of analytical study that can arguably (although there does exist some contention) be traced back to Pierre de Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. They, independently, proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial median problem (otherwise known as the Weber problem; a name which only adds to the confusion) early in the seventeenth century.” Compare that to the passage below from the Introduction (written, so to speak, by the editors, Reza Farahani and Masoud Hekmatafar) of an edited Physica-Verlag Heidelberg book entitled Facility Location: Concepts, Models, Algorithms and Case Studies in 2009: “Location science is an area of analytical study that can be traced back to Pierre de Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. Each one independently proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial median problem early in the seventeenth century.” And there are other sentences, passages, and paragraphs that were stolen from my ANOR paper in the book. This passage was just the most blatant with the same exact two spelling errors. Indeed, I have run this (and the other passages) by a professor who has expertise on plagiarism and he not only emphatically agreed with me that it is plagiarism…he wanted to use the text above as a prime example in an upcoming paper of his on the topic of what is plagiarism. Thoughts? Anyone have experience with this? Cheers, Trevor __________________________________________ Trevor Hale `97 Information & Operations Management Department Mays Business School | Texas A&M University 301F Wehner | 4217 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-4217<x-apple-data-detectors://19/0> thale(a)mays.tamu.edu<mailto:thale@mays.tamu.edu> | Wikipedia<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> | Scholar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> | Pearson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…> __________________________________________ WE STEP UP mays.tamu.edu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protec…>

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LAND-TRANSLOG IV (Valdivia, Chile, 8-12, 2019)
by Olivier Péton 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Dear colleagues, The Complex Engineering Systems Institute (ISCI) invites you to submit an abstract for LAND-TRANSLOG IV, a unique workshop that has been held in Chile with great success since 2011, merging the previously separate workshops LAND and TRANSLOG. The workshop will take place from December 8 to December 12, 2019 at a new great location; the Dreams Valdivia hotel in the south of Chile. We anticipate a variety of contributions. Please send your abstract by the deadline of September 1, 2019, after which an answer regarding acceptance will be sent on September 15, 2019. *Important: If required for travel fund purposes, we will happily provide express acceptance of papers upon reception of abstracts*. /Sincerely yours,// /Eduardo Álvarez, Cristián Cortés, Vladimir Marianov, Andrés Weintraub.// /http://www.land-translog.cl/19/default/inicio/ //// ------------------------------------------------------------- --

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Society on Location Analysis (SOLA) Inaugural Student Paper Competition
by Ismail Capar 21 Apr '19

21 Apr '19

Hi, Could you please share the following paper competition with EWGLA members? Thanks in advance and please let me know if you need any additional information. Regards, Ismail Society on Location Analysis (SOLA) Inaugural Student Paper Competition The INFORMS Society on Location Analysis (SOLA) announces the inaugural (2019) Student Paper Competition. The award is planned to be given biennially for student papers judged to be the best in the broad field of facility location. We encourage papers that promote the development of analytical methods, techniques and tools in the tradition of operations research/management science (OR/MS) as applied to the study of facility location. All finalists will be notified by September 1, 2019 and are expected to present their paper in a SOLA Best Student Paper Competition session during the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. The SOLA Best Student Paper Competition winner will receive a plague during the SOLA Business Meeting at the annual conference. Eligibility Criteria - Applicant must have been a student anytime between Jan. 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018. - The research was conducted during the time the applicant was a student. - The submitted paper must present original research conducted primarily by the student applicant. - The applicant does not need to be the first author, but the applicant's contribution to the paper needs to be more than 50% - The applicant or applicant's primary research advisor must be a member of the SOLA on the date of submission - The paper must not be a part of a dissertation that won the first-place award in the SOLA Dissertation Award Competition. Submission Requirements: - A summary file containing the applicant's and applicant's primary research advisor's contact information, abstract, appropriate keywords for the submitted paper. - A letter from the primary research advisor discussing the applicant's contribution to the paper and whether the applicant meets the eligibility criteria - The paper in anonymous form with a length of at most 35 pages including the appendix, tables, figures, and references, and compliant with submission formatting standards similar to that of the leading INFORMS journals. The file name should be the short title of the paper. The above three documents (in pdf format) should be sent to SOLApapercompetition(a)gmail.com. Complete applications should be received on or before June 15, 2019. If you have any questions related to the competition, please ask by emailing to SOLApapercompetition(a)gmail.com. 2019 SOLA Student Paper Competition Ismail Capar (Chair) Regards, Ismail Ismail Capar, PhD Associate Professor & Honors Program Coordinator Industrial Distribution Program TAMU 3367 College Station, TX 77843 E-mail: capar(a)tamu.edu Phone: 979-862-8312 Fax: 979-845-4980

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Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award in Location Science
by Sibel Alumur Alev 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Call for Nominations for the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award in Location Science The Section on Location Analysis<https://connect.informs.org/sola/home> (SOLA) of INFORMS solicits nominations for the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award<https://connect.informs.org/sola/solaawards/new-item2>. This award is a biennial honor awarded to a person within eight years of receiving his or her Ph.D. who has made a significant contribution to location analysis research and displays the potential to continue to do so. The award is generally given every other year at the SOLA business meeting at the national INFORMS conference. The committee will consider all contributions to the field of locational analysis when choosing a winner of the award. While research will carry the most significant weight (and will be assessed using multiple dimensions--number and significance of papers, book chapters, presentations, etc.), contributions to teaching and service will be taken into account as well. The committee will also strongly consider the nominee's potential to continue to do research that has a significant impact on the field of locational analysis. The award does not carry a monetary prize but is regarded as an extremely high honor within the locational analysis community. In addition, the winner will be given a complimentary registration to the INFORMS conference in the year following the award. The award is named in honor of location analysis pioneer Charles ReVelle, who passed away in 2005. A nomination consists of a recent CV of the nominee and a nominating letter from the nominator that highlights the nominee's most relevant and significant accomplishments and discusses his or her potential to do research that has a significant impact on the field of locational analysis. In addition to the nomination letter and CV, electronic copies of up to (but no more than) three research papers should be submitted by the nominator. These papers should be either published, in the refereeing process, or being prepared for submission to an appropriate journal. Generally, these papers will represent the nominee's most significant research contributions. Please submit nominations by June 15, 2019, to InformsSola(a)gmail.com<mailto:InformsSola@gmail.com>. Questions may be directed to the same e-mail address, or to the award committee chairperson, Sibel Alumur Alev (sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca>). Sibel Alumur Alev, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Management Sciences Faculty of Engineering | University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West | Waterloo | Ontario | N2L 3G1 | Canada Office: CPH 4321 | Tel: 1-519-888-4567, ext. 33365 Email: sibel.alumur(a)uwaterloo.ca<mailto:sibel.alumur@uwaterloo.ca> Url: http://www.mansci.uwaterloo.ca/~salumura/

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Call for Papers: ICCL 2019, Sept 30- Oct 02, 2019, Barranquilla, Colombia
by KALCSICS Joerg 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

************ apologies for cross-postings************** Call for Papers - ICCL'19 - 10th International Conference on Computational Logistics http://www.iccl2019.co September 30- October 02, 2019 at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia (www.uninorte.edu.co<http://www.uninorte.edu.co>) Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): * Facility (re-)layout decision problems * Routing problems * Emergency logistics * Reverse logistics * Crowd logistics * Freight transportation * Green supply chain * Metropolitan/city logistics * Smart Agro-Logistics * Uncertainty modelling in planning and control * Large-scale evolutionary optimization to logistics * Multi-agent system in logistics * Machine learning applications in supply chain * Internet of things on smart logistics * Applications of Blockchain * Last generation ICT networks * Port smart logistics * ICT for port governance * Computational issues in foreign trade supply chains * ICT systems for port communities Publication ICCL 2019 proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Springer A special issue of International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management by Inderscience will be edited in Smart Port Logistics, from selected invited papers from the conference and from an open CFP. Submission deadline: June 15, 2019 Authors are kindly invited to submit their contributions in the area of logistics management, operations, control, and information systems, relevant to all types of logistics activities and on any mode of transportation, with a particular focus on practical cases providing insight and real-world experience. Submissions are invited in one of the two following forms: (a) Full papers for publication in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (b) Abstracts for presentation only All papers should be submitted electronically following the instructions on this page and by following this link. (<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019>https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5)<https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5> Full paper submissions Full papers should have a length of at most 15 pages following the LNCS style files. For a paper to be included in this volume, it should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The style files for LNCS submissions can be found here.<https://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> This site contains all relevant style files for CS Proceedings and Multiauthor Volumes as well as the Springer copyright form. If you have any questions concerning the style files, please consult the corresponding technical instructions on the website. Additionally, we kindly ask you to have a look at the "Checklist of items to be sent to the volume editor". The authors are required to use the submission form available here<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> (https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5 ) to: * Upload the pdf file of the 15-page regular paper in LNCS style<http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) on the easychair platform. * Paste in the abstract textbox a 1-page abstract (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces) to be included in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Abstracts, presentation only Submitted abstracts should not exceed one page (maximum 3000 characters, including spaces). At most 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Accepted Abstracts should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. To submit an abstract, please go here<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> (https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5<https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5>) and paste the text in the abstract textbox of the submission form. Do not upload a pdf file of the abstract. Accepted abstracts will appear in the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. Please note that a participant can present only one contribution (full paper or abstract). Important Dates Date Event June 15, 2019 Submission Deadline July 15, 2019 Notifications of Acceptance August 2, 2019 Early Registration September 30 to October 2, 2019 Conference Days Fees The registration fee will include 3 lunches, tea & coffee breaks, a conference dinner, a welcome reception and a welcome package including a printed volume of the conference proceedings. The accompanying person fee includes: The welcome cocktail and coffee breaks. The additional fee for the Social Dinner amounts to € 60 and the fee for each lunch to € 20. Category Until Aug 02 Aug 03 - Sep 29 USD EUR USD EUR Regular $ 480 € 420 $ 550 € 480 Student* $ 250 € 220 $ 300 € 265 Undergraduate Student** $ 75 € 65 $ 100 € 85 Accompanying Person $ 110 € 95 $ 110 € 95 (*) Graduate student fees include all conference options as the regular fee. Students are requested to show proof of matriculation. (**) Undergraduate students are invited for all the conference plenary sessions and the hackathon. If interested in all remaining conference activities, the graduate student fee applies. Contact Please e-mail your inqiries about submissions to iccl2019(a)uninorte.edu.co<mailto:iccl2019@uninorte.edu.co> Conference Chairs Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Universidad del Norte, Colombia Stefan Voß, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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request for sending/publishing a Call for Papers: ICCL 2019, Sept 30- Oct 02, 2019, Barranquilla, Colombia
by Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

> Dear sir/madam, > > We kindly ask you to submit the following Cfp to your mailinglists and > publish it on your website. > > With many thanks and best regards, > > -- > Julia Bachale > > Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik/ Institute of Information Systems > Secretary > room no. 3065 > Von-Melle-Park 5 > D-20146 Hamburg > > phone:+4940 42838 3064 > fax: +4940 428385535 > mail:iwi@uni-hamburg.de > julia.bachale(a)uni-hamburg.de > > opening hours: mo-fr 09:00-12:00 h, 14:00-15:00 h > >> ************ apologies for cross-postings************** >> >> >> Call for Papers - ICCL'19 - 10th International Conference on >> Computational Logistics >> >> http://www.iccl2019.co >> >> September 30- October 02, 2019 >> >> at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia >> (www.uninorte.edu.co) >> >> >> Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to): >> >> * Facility (re-)layout decision problems >> * Routing problems >> * Emergency logistics >> * Reverse logistics >> * Crowd logistics >> * Freight transportation >> * Green supply chain >> * Metropolitan/city logistics >> * Smart Agro-Logistics >> * Uncertainty modelling in planning and control >> * Large-scale evolutionary optimization to logistics >> * Multi-agent system in logistics >> * Machine learning applications in supply chain >> * Internet of things on smart logistics >> * Applications of Blockchain >> * Last generation ICT networks >> * Port smart logistics >> * ICT for port governance >> * Computational issues in foreign trade supply chains >> * ICT systems for port communities >> >> >> *Publication* >> >> ICCL 2019 proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer >> Science - Springer >> >> A special issue of International Journal of Logistics Systems and >> Management by Inderscience will be edited in Smart Port Logistics, >> from selected invited papers from the conference and from an open CFP. >> >> >> *Submission deadline: June 15, 2019* >> >> Authors are kindly invited to submit their contributions in the area >> of logistics management, operations, control, and information >> systems, relevant to all types of logistics activities and on any >> mode of transportation, with a particular focus on practical cases >> providing insight and real-world experience. >> >> Submissions are invited in one of the two following forms: >> >> (a) Full papers for publication in Springer's Lecture Notes in >> Computer Science (LNCS) >> (b) Abstracts for presentation only >> >> All papers should be submitted electronically following the >> instructions on this page and by following this link. ( >> <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019>https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5) >> >> >> >> Full paper submissions >> >> Full papers should have a length of at most 15 pages following the >> LNCS style files. For a paper to be included in this volume, it >> should be presented at the conference by one of the authors. The >> style files for LNCS submissions can be found here. >> <https://www.springer.com/la/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> >> This site contains all relevant style files for CS Proceedings and >> Multiauthor Volumes as well as the Springer copyright form. If you >> have any questions concerning the style files, please consult the >> corresponding technical instructions on the website. Additionally, we >> kindly ask you to have a look at the "Checklist of items to be sent >> to the volume editor". The authors are required to use the submission >> form available here >> <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> >> (https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5 ) to: >> >> * Upload the pdf file of the 15-page regular paper in LNCS style >> <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> >> (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) >> on the easychair platform. >> * Paste in the abstract textbox a 1-page abstract (maximum 3000 >> characters, including spaces) to be included in the abstracts >> booklet which will be distributed during the conference. At most >> 4 references can be included. Mathematical formulas can be >> included in LaTeX notation. >> >> >> Abstracts, presentation only >> >> Submitted abstracts should not exceed one page (maximum 3000 >> characters, including spaces). At most 4 references can be included. >> Mathematical formulas can be included in LaTeX notation. Accepted >> Abstracts should be presented at the conference by one of the >> authors. To submit an abstract, please go here >> <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccl2019> >> (https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=sTRV4iqnV3Nfr8EOm4bJr5) and >> paste the text in the abstract textbox of the submission form. Do not >> upload a pdf file of the abstract. Accepted abstracts will appear in >> the abstracts booklet which will be distributed during the conference. >> >> Please note that a participant can present only one contribution >> (full paper or abstract). >> >> >> Important Dates >> >> Date Event >> June 15, 2019 Submission Deadline >> July 15, 2019 Notifications of Acceptance >> August 2, 2019 Early Registration >> September 30 to October 2, 2019 Conference Days >> >> >> Fees >> >> The registration fee will include 3 lunches, tea & coffee breaks, a >> conference dinner, a welcome reception and a welcome package >> including a printed volume of the conference proceedings. The >> accompanying person fee includes: The welcome cocktail and coffee >> breaks. The additional fee for the Social Dinner amounts to € 60 and >> the fee for each lunch to € 20. >> >> Category Until Aug 02 Aug 03 - Sep 29 >> USD EUR USD EUR >> Regular $ 480 € 420 $ 550 € 480 >> Student* $ 250 € 220 $ 300 € 265 >> Undergraduate Student** $ 75 € 65 $ 100 € 85 >> Accompanying Person $ 110 € 95 $ 110 € 95 >> (*) Graduate student fees include all conference options as the >> regular fee. Students are requested to show proof of matriculation. >> (**) Undergraduate students are invited for all the conference >> plenary sessions and the hackathon. If interested in all remaining >> conference activities, the graduate student fee applies. >> >> >> Contact >> >> Please e-mail your inqiries about submissions to iccl2019(a)uninorte.edu.co >> >> >> Conference Chairs >> >> Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Universidad del Norte, Colombia >> >> Stefan Voß, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany >> >> >> -- Julia Bachale Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik/ Institute of Information Systems Secretary room no. 3065 Von-Melle-Park 5 D-20146 Hamburg phone:+4940 42838 3064 fax: +4940 428385535 mail: iwi(a)uni-hamburg.de julia.bachale(a)uni-hamburg.de opening hours: mo-fr 09:00-12:00 h, 14:00-15:00 h

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OR61-Locational Analysis Stream
by KALCSICS Joerg 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Dear Locators, here is another call for OR61. This time for the location stream. Best wishes, Joerg. ========================================== Dear Colleagues, It is our great pleasure to invite you to present your work in the Locational Analysis stream at OR61 annual conference 3-5 Sep 2019, University of Kent, UK. https://www.theorsociety.com/what-we-do/events-conferences/annual-conferenc… This stream intends to bring together academics and researchers from all area of studies that provide a broad and in-depth analysis of some of the most recent advances in locational analysis. Topics of interest for the OR61 stream include but are not limited to Network location, Continuous and discrete location, Deterministic and stochastic Location, Competitive location, Hub location, Location-routing, Location applications (logistics, supply chain, Telecommunication etc), Location solutions (exact and heuristic). We welcome special sessions on certain topics within locational analysis. If you are willing to organise a special session please contact us. Kind Regards, Reza Zanjirani Farahani - R.Zanjiranifarahani(a)kingston.ac.uk<mailto:R.Zanjiranifarahani@kingston.ac.uk> Nader Azizi - Nader.Azizi(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:Nader.Azizi@ed.ac.uk> Chandra Ade Irawan - Chandra.Irawan(a)nottingham.edu.cn<mailto:Chandra.Irawan@nottingham.edu.cn> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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