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Location related references November 2012 - January 2013.
by Plastria F. 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Dear EWGLA members, Please find below the references related to our research area that I collected during the period November 2012 - January 2013. All my best wishes for 2013 Sincerely Frank Plastria ****************************** Marianov V., Gutiérrez-Jarpa G., Obreque C., Cornejo O., 2012 Lagrangean Relaxation Heuristics for the p-Cable-Trench Problem Computers and Operations Research 39, 620 628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.05.015. ****************************** Eric M. Delmelle, Shuping Li, Alan T. Murray, Identifying bus stop redundancy: A gis-based spatial optimization approach, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 36, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 445-455, ISSN 0198-9715, 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.01.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971512000038) Keywords: GIS; Interaction; Location modeling; Public transit; Simulated annealing ****************************** Araya F., Dell R., Donoso P., Marianov V., Martínez F., Weintraub A., 2012, Optimizing Location and Size of Rural Schools in Chile. International Transactions in Operational Research. 19(5), 695-710 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3995.2012.00843.x ****************************** Aboolian, R., O. Berman and D. Krass, Profit Maximizing Distributed Service System Design with Congestion and Elastic Demand, Transportation Science 46(2) (2012), 247-261. ****************************** Aboolian, R., J. Leu and Y. Sun Deploying a Zone-Based Massively Multiplayer Online Game on a Congested Network, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management 5(1) (2012), 38-57. ****************************** Isodistant points in competitive network facility location Blas Pelegrín, Rafael Suárez-Vega, Saúl Cano TOP October 2012, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp 639-660 ****************************** A GRASP heuristic for the manufacturing cell formation problem Juan A. Díaz, Dolores Luna, Ricardo Luna TOP October 2012, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp 679-706 ****************************** A supply chain design problem with facility location and bi-objective transportation choices Elias Olivares-Benitez, José Luis González-Velarde, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado TOP October 2012, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp 729-753 ****************************** M. Gorji, A. Makui, R.Ramezanian Huff-type competitive facility location model with foresight in a discrete space Manage. Sci. Lett., 1 (1) (2011), pp. 112 ****************************** E. Alekseeva, N. Kochetova, Y. Kochetov, A. Plyasunov, Heuristic and Exact Methods for the Discrete (r?p)-Centroid Problem, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6022, 2010, pp. 1122. ****************************** Ashtiani, M.G., Makui, A., Ramezanian, R. A robust model for a leader-follower competitive facility location problem in a discrete space Applied Mathematical Modelling volume 37, issue 1-2, year 2013, pp. 62 - 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2011.12.013 ****************************** A.V. Kononov, Yu.A. Kochetov, A.V. Plyasunov Competitive facility location models Comput. Math. Math. Phys., 49 6 (2009), pp. 9941009 ****************************** S. Shiode, K.Y. Yeh, H.C. Hsia Competitive facility location problem with demands depending on the facilities Asia Pacific Manage. Rev., 14 (1) (2009), pp. 1525 ****************************** J.L. Redondo, J. Fernández, I. García, P.M. Ortigosa Heuristics for the facility location and design (1?1)-centroid problem on the plane Comput. Optim. Appl., 45 (1) (2010), pp. 111141 ****************************** Ching-Jung Ting, Chia-Ho Chen, A multiple ant colony optimization algorithm for the capacitated location routing problem, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 141, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 34-44, ISSN 0925-5273, 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.06.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527312002393) Keywords: Logistics system; Location routing problem; Multiple ant colony optimization; Nested method ****************************** Stefan Gollowitzer, Luis Gouveia, Ivana Ljubic', Enhanced formulations and branch-and-cut for the two level network design problem with transition facilities, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 225, Issue 2, 1 March 2013, Pages 211-222, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.040. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712007199) Keywords: OR in telecommunications; Integer programming; Linear programming relaxations; Hierarchical network design; Treetree networks; Network design and facility location ****************************** Anantaram Balakrishnan, Mihai Banciu, Karolina Glowacka, Prakash Mirchandani, Hierarchical approach for survivable network design, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 225, Issue 2, 1 March 2013, Pages 223-235, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.045. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712007242) Keywords: Metaheuristics; Survivable network design; Heuristic analysis; Tabu search ****************************** Lili Du, Anuj Sharma, Srinivas Peeta, Optimal advance detector location for green termination systems on high-speed isolated rural intersections, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 10, December 2012, Pages 1404-1418, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2012.06.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261512000938) Keywords: Advance detector location; Green termination systems; High-speed signalized rural intersections; Nonlinear optimization model ****************************** Fulvio Simonelli, Vittorio Marzano, Andrea Papola, Iolanda Vitiello, A network sensor location procedure accounting for od matrix estimate variability, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 46, Issue 10, December 2012, Pages 1624-1638, ISSN 0191-2615, 10.1016/j.trb.2012.08.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019126151200118X) Keywords: Network sensor locations; Od matrix prior variability; Dispersion minimization ****************************** J.M. Díaz-Báñez, M. Korman, P. Pérez-Lantero, I. Ventura, The 1-median and 1-highway problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 225, Issue 3, 16 March 2013, Pages 552-557, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712006923) Keywords: Location; Geometric optimization; Transportation; Time distance ****************************** Jochen Krebs, Stefan Nickel Extensions to the continuous ordered median problem Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, April 2010, Volume 71, Issue 2, pp 283-306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-009-0296-3 ****************************** Xueping Li,Zhaoxia Zhao,Xiaoyan Zhu,Tami Wyatt Covering models and optimization techniques for emergency response facility location and planning: a review Mathematical Methods of Operations Research December 2011, Volume 74, Issue 3, pp 281-310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-011-0363-4 ****************************** Abouee-Mehrizi, Hossein and Babri, Sahar and Berman, Oded and Shavandi, Hassan Optimizing capacity, pricing and location decisions on a congested network with balking Mathematical Methods of Operations Research October 2011, Volume 74, Issue 2, pp 233-255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-011-0361-6 ****************************** Baroughi Bonab, Fahimeh and Burkard, RainerE. and Gassner, Elisabeth Inverse p-median problems with variable edge lengths Mathematical Methods of Operations Research April 2011, Volume 73, Issue 2, pp 263-280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-011-0346-5 ****************************** Zvi Drezner On the unboundedness of facility layout problems Mathematical Methods of Operations Research October 2010, Volume 72, Issue 2, pp 205-216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-010-0317-2 ****************************** Alfredo Marín, Stefan Nickel, Sebastian Velten An extended covering model for flexible discrete and equity location problems Mathematical Methods of Operations Research February 2010, Volume 71, Issue 1, pp 125-163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00186-009-0288-3 ****************************** Beresnev, V. L. Local search algorithms for the problem of competitive location of enterprises Automation and Remote Control March 2012, Volume 73, Issue 3, pp 425-439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0005117912030022 ****************************** Yu Xia. 2006. Newtons method for the ellipsoidal lp norm facility location problem. In Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Computational Science - Volume Part I (ICCS'06), Vassil N. Alexandrov, Geert Dick Albada, Peter A. Sloot, and Jack Dongarra (Eds.), Vol. Part I. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 8-15. DOI=10.1007/11758501_6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11758501_6 ****************************** Yu Xia. 2006. The ellipsoidal lp norm obnoxious facility location problem. In Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part III (ICCSA'06), Marina Gavrilova, Osvaldo Gervasi, Vipin Kumar, C. Kenneth Tan, and David Taniar (Eds.), Vol. Part III. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1064-1072. DOI=10.1007/11751595_111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11751595_111 ****************************** Oded Berman, Dmitry Krass, Mozart B.C. Menezes, Location and reliability problems on a line: Impact of objectives and correlated failures on optimal location patterns, Omega, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 766-779, ISSN 0305-0483, 10.1016/j.omega.2012.09.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312001788) Keywords: Uncertainty; Facility location; Reliability; p-Median problem; p-Center problem ****************************** Elena Fernández, Jörg Kalcsics, Stefan Nickel, The maximum dispersion problem, Omega, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 721-730, ISSN 0305-0483, 10.1016/j.omega.2012.09.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312001818) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Graph theory; Education; Dispersion; Chromatic number ****************************** The maximum covering problem with travel time uncertainty Oded Berman, Iman Hajizadeh, Dmitry Krass IIE Transactions Vol. 45, Iss. 1, 2013 ****************************** Approximate solution methods for the capacitated multi-facility Weber problem Burak Boyaci, I.. Kuban Altinel, Necat Aras IIE Transactions Vol. 45, Iss. 1, 2013 ****************************** Optimal placement of warehouse cross-aisles in a picker-to-part warehouse with class-based storage Paul Berglund, Rajan Batta IIE Transactions Vol. 44, Iss. 2, 2012 ****************************** An efficient formulation of the flow refueling location model for alternative-fuel stations Ismail Capar, Michael Kuby IIE Transactions Vol. 44, Iss. 8, 2012 ****************************** Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Nicolai Wendland How polycentric is a monocentric city? Centers, spillovers and hysteresis J Econ Geogr (2013) 13(1): 53-83 first published online September 5, 2012 doi:10.1093/jeg/lbs013 ****************************** Gino J. Lim, Likang Ma, GPU-based parallel vertex substitution algorithm for the p-median problem, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 381-388, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.10.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212002707) Keywords: Parallel computing; Vertex substitution;p-Median problem; GPU computation ****************************** Kai Yang, Yankui Liu, Guoqing Yang, An improved hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm for fuzzy p-hub center problem, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 133-142, ISSN 0360-8352, 10.1016/j.cie.2012.09.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835212002227) Keywords: Hub center problem; Fuzzy travel time; Approximation approach; Particle swarm optimization; Local search ****************************** Approximate solution methods for the capacitated multi-facility Weber problem Burak Boyaci, I.. Kuban Altinel, Necat Aras IIE Transactions Vol. 45, Iss. 1, 2013 ****************************** The maximum covering problem with travel time uncertainty Oded Berman, Iman Hajizadeh, Dmitry Krass IIE Transactions Vol. 45, Iss. 1, 2013 ****************************** Designing manufacturing facility layouts to mitigate congestion Min Zhang, Rajan Batta, Rakesh Nagi IIE Transactions Vol. 43, Iss. 10, 2011 ****************************** A bilevel model for preventive healthcare facility network design with congestion Yue Zhang, Oded Berman, Patrice Marcotte, Vedat Verter IIE Transactions Vol. 42, Iss. 12, 2010 ****************************** The route expropriation problem Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, Qian Wang, George O. Wesolowsky IIE Transactions Vol. 40, Iss. 4, 2008 ****************************** Location and allocation of service units on a congested network Robert Aboolian, Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner IIE Transactions Vol. 40, Iss. 4, 2008 ****************************** Integrated warehouse location and inventory decisions in a three-tier distribution system Halit ÜSter, Burcu B. Keskin, Sila ÇEtinkaya IIE Transactions Vol. 40, Iss. 8, 2008 ****************************** Optimization of community health center locations and service offerings with statistical need estimation Paul M. Griffin, Christina R. Scherrer, Julie L. Swann IIE Transactions Vol. 40, Iss. 9, 2008 ****************************** Designing the layout structure of manual order picking areas in warehouses Kees Jan Roodbergen, Gunter P. Sharp, Iris F.A. Vis IIE Transactions Vol. 40, Iss. 11, 2008 ****************************** Diversified local search for the optimal layout of beacons in an indoor positioning system Manuel Laguna, Javier O. Roa, Antonio R. Jiménez, Fernando Seco IIE Transactions Vol. 41, Iss. 3, 2009 ****************************** Ensuring feasibility in location problems with stochastic demands and congestion Opher Baron, Oded Berman, Seokjin Kim, Dmitry Krass IIE Transactions Vol. 41, Iss. 5, 2009 ****************************** Logistics network design with inventory stocking for low-demand parts: Modeling and optimization Vishv Jeet, Erhan Kutanoglu, Amit Partani IIE Transactions Vol. 41, Iss. 5, 2009 ****************************** A maximum expected covering location model with two types of servers Laura A. McLay IIE Transactions Vol. 41, Iss. 8, 2009 ****************************** Buffer location and sizing to optimize cost and quality in semi-continuous manufacturing processes: Methodology and application Kumar Rajaram, Zhili Tian IIE Transactions Vol. 41, Iss. 12, 2009 ****************************** Cooperative cover location problems: The planar case Oded Berman, Zvi Drezner, Dmitry Krass IIE Transactions Vol. 42, Iss. 3, 2009 ****************************** Optimal sensor allocation by integrating causal models and set-covering algorithms Jing Li, Jionghua (Judy) Jin IIE Transactions Vol. 42, Iss. 8, 2010 ****************************** The multi-commodity capacitated multi-facility Weber problem: heuristics and confidence intervals M. Hakan Akyüz, Temel Öncan, I.. Kuban Altinel IIE Transactions Vol. 42, Iss. 11, 2010 ****************************** Kenneth Carling, Johan Håkansson, A compelling argument for the gravity p-median model, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 226, Issue 3, 1 May 2013, Pages 658-660, ISSN 0377-2217, 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.041. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712008934) Keywords: Travel time; Spatial aggregation; Multi-purpose trips **************************************************************************** * Frank PLASTRIA * Past Coordinator EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis * (EWGLA) 1994 - 2007 **************************************************************************** * For all requests concerning membership E-mail :<mailto:ewgla-board@euro-online.org>ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org * Website is http://www.euro-online.org/ewgla/ * Totally outdated old EWGLA website at http://www.vub.ac.be/EWGLA * Listserver: <mailto:ewgla@euro-online.org>ewgla@euro-online.<mailto:ewgla@euro-online.org>org **************************************************************************** * MOSI (Department of Mathematics, OR, Statistics and IS for the Human Sciences) * Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan, 2, * B-1050 Brussel, * Belgium * Phone : +32 2 6293609 (Office), +32 2 6293607 (Secretary) * Fax : +32 2 6293690 * URL: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~faplastr ****************************************************************************

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EWGLA XX - Deadline extension
by Sibel Alumur Alev 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

EWGLA XX - New Submission Deadline: 31st of January 2013 Dear colleagues, We are extending the deadline of abstract submission for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. 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: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. 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. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Keynote Speakers · Prof. Aharon Ben-Tal - Robust Optimization · Prof. Marielle Christiansen - Optimization of Maritime Transportation · Prof. Vedat Verter - Barbaros Tansel Memorial Lecture Important Dates · New abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2013, Thursday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Oya Ekin Karaşan - Bilkent University Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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EWGLA 2013 - 10 days to submission deadline
by Sibel Alumur Alev 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

EWGLA XX THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS - 10 days to submission deadline Dear colleagues, This is the third announcement for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. Our keynote speakers are now announced: · Prof. Aharon Ben-Tal - Robust Optimization · Prof. Marielle Christiansen - Optimization of Maritime Transportation More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. 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: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. 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. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Keynote Speakers · Prof. Aharon Ben-Tal - Robust Optimization · Prof. Marielle Christiansen - Optimization of Maritime Transportation Important Dates · Abstract submission deadline: 18 January 2013, Friday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Oya Ekin Karaşan - Bilkent University Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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Prof. Barbaros Tansel
by Sibel Alumur Alev 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, Unfortunately, I have very sad news. Prof. Barbaros Tansel has passed away this morning due to an embolism. We present our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Regards, Sibel Alumur Alev

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SPECIAL ISSUE ON VARIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH
by ecarrizosa＠us.es 26 Dec '12

26 Dec '12

Dear colleagues, I would appreciate if you could distribute this announcement through your mail list. Best, Emilio Carrizosa ****************************************************** SPECIAL ISSUE ON VARIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH ****************************************************** JOURNAL OF GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION www.springer.com/10898 2011 Impact Factor 1.196 ****************************************************** Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) is a metaheuristic which has shown to be very successful for solving hard combinatorial and global optimization problems. During the EURO Mini-Conference on VNS took place in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, October 4th-7th 2012, researchers all around the world presented their most recent findings on VNS, either from a methodological viewpoint or as applications to real world problems. Authors of papers presented at the EURO Mini-Conference on VNS are especially encouraged to submit their work to this special issue in the Journal of Global Optimization. However, the issue is open to all researchers who can contribute to a better knowledge of VNS. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Theory and Methodology: * Theoretical or empirical analysis of VNS * New variants of deterministic and stochastic VNS * Continuous global VNS * Mat-heuristics and VNS * Formulation space VNS * Multi-objective VNS * Parallel VNS * VNS hybrids Applications: * Mixed integer programming * Graphs, communication networks * Clustering, data mining, location * Inventory, routing, supply chains * Packing and covering * Discovery sciences * Other real world problems Before submission authors should carefully read over the journals Author Guidelines. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal's editorial manager http://jogo.edmgr.com/ and specifying that their paper is for the special issue "SI: VNS 2012". Manuscript deadline: 31st December 2012. GUEST EDITORS Emilio Carrizosa, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, ecarrizosa(a)us.es Pierre Hansen, GERAD and École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Canada, pierre.hansen(a)gerad.ca José A. Moreno, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain, jamoreno(a)ull.es

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ISOLDE website
by Sibel Alumur Alev 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Dear Location Researchers, During the last ISOLDE meeting in Japan, Gilbert Laporte said it's a pity that there is so little information available regarding the past ISOLDE meetings. We discussed that it'd be nice if we can have a website for ISOLDE. I volunteered to design such a website. The website address is: http://isoldeconference.org. As we discussed with Gilbert, I have designed the page in a way that people will be able to post some memories from the past ISOLDE meetings. In order to support the website, I also established a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ISOLDE-Conference/534366156575345. All of the past ISOLDE meetings are listed on the events page. It is easier to post pictures and comments for each of the meetings through these event pages. You should be able to access these pages without being a Facebook member. For those of you who are a member of Facebook, you can "like" this page to be informed about recent posts and pictures. Also, you can "join" the past meetings that you have attended and keep track of how many ISOLDE meetings that you have been to. I have put all the information that I have to the website in addition to some pictures that I could get. I'm especially in search of the group photos taken in all of the past meetings. It would be wonderful if the past meeting organizers can send group photos or any additional information to share through the website. Lastly, I encourage all the past participants to share memories and pictures to keep the ISOLDE website and Facebook pages alive. Best regards, Sibel Alumur Alev

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FW: call for euro conference on hybrisation on heuristics (Said Salhi)
by Said Salhi 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Call for papers: Euro XXVI conference Rome Italy 1-4 July 2013 Hybridisation of Heuristics/Exact Methods for Combinatorial and Global Optimisation Call for invited Talks and organizing chairs Hi Guys, I am organizing a stream on 'Hybridisation of heuristic/exact for combinatorial and global optimisation'. If you are interested in organizing a session or just to submit a paper please email me. Each session needs to include 4 talks (in case you are oversubscribe or under subscribe I will try to balance it between the sessions if need be). The deadline is end of the month but we will see if extensions are possible. - Talks are encouraged to include both components namely heuristic (meta-heuristics) and exact though individual ones will not be excluding. - Areas of interest cover any combinatorial/global optimization problem that is either practically useful or academically interesting. Best wishes Said Professor Said Salhi (FORS, FIMA, MILT) Director: Centre for Logistics & Heuristic Optimisation (CLHO), Head of Group: Management Science & Operations, Kent Business School University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7PE, UK p: (0)1227 824672 f: (0)1227 761187 www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/profiles/staff/salhi_said.html<http://www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/profiles/staff/salhi_said.html> www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/clho<http://www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/clho>

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EWGLA XX Second Call for Papers
by Sibel Alumur Alev 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

EWGLA XX SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS - Submission deadline: 18 January 2013 Dear colleagues, This is the second announcement for the 20th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis Meeting, EWGLA XX, to be held in Ankara, Turkey on April 17-19, 2013. The conference will take place in the conference center of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. More information regarding the conference can be found in the conference web site: <http://www.ewgla2013.org> www.ewgla2013.org We apologize for cross-posting. 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: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * advanced location models, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. 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. A special issue will be devoted to recent developments on location analysis in the journal Computers & Operations Research published by Elsevier. Important Dates · Abstract submission deadline: 18 January 2013, Friday · Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2013, Friday · Early registration: 8 March 2013, Friday · Conference: 17-19 April 2013 Committees Scientific Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey (Co-Chair) Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy James Campbell - University of Missouri St. Louis, United States Emilio Carrizosa - University of Sevilla, Spain H.A. Eiselt - University of New Brunswick, Canada Erhan Erkut - Özyeğin University, Turkey Elena Fernandez - University Politecnica de Cataluña, Spain Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Horst Hamacher - University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain Vladimir Marianov - Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marin - University of Murcia, Spain Stefan Nickel - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Justo Puerto - University of Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Barbaros Tansel - Bilkent University, Turkey Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University, Turkey (Co-Chair) Local Committee: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology (Co-Chair) Burçin Bozkaya - Sabancı University Nilgün Fescioğlu Ünver - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Oya Ekin Karaşan - Bilkent University Gültekin Kuyzu - TOBB University of Economics and Technology Haldün Süral - Middle East Technical University Hünkar Toyoğlu - Bilkent University Hande Yaman - Bilkent University Bahar Yetiş Kara - Bilkent University (Co-Chair) EWGLA Coordination Board: Sibel Alumur Alev - TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz - University Miguel Hernandez of Elche, Spain You can contact the conference secretariat regarding all the academic and organizational issues by e-mailing to <mailto:info@ewgla2013.org> info(a)ewgla2013.org.

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Postdoc Position in Service Network Design
by Shahin Gelareh 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

The LGI2A, Laboratory of Computer Science and Control Systems of University of Artois (Bethune, North of France) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral position in: *“Service Network Design in Supply Chain Systems”* for a 12 month contract to be filled as soon as possible. Successful candidate will perform research on models of capacitated multi-commodity flow, routing and location and develop mathematical models and efficient solution methods for real-life industrial applications (exact methods and heuristic approaches). The salary will be around 2,000 euro per month (only roughly). The research will be carried out in the group of “Systems Optimization” of LGI2A led by Prof. Gilles Goncalves. LGI2A (www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr/) offers a strong scientific support, a friendly environment and collaborative international environment. Several international/EU industrial/research projects at LGI2A permit students and researchers to be in the middle of research collaboration and help them to extend their network to their counterparts at other universities, academic institutes and industries to develop their future career. Several meetings and plenary seminars will offer opportunity to students and researchers to communicate and benefit from the others latest research results. Bethune is a beautiful city located at the North of France (40 minutes North of Lille) in a very calm and quiet North-Western European region. It will take 1 hour going to Brussels, 2 hour from London and 70 minutes to Paris by TGV trains. Candidates must hold a PhD degree (or about to defend within a month) or equivalent in computer science, mathematics or a related area and should have a solid knowledge of mixed integer programming, excellent programming skills, experience in decomposition methods (primal and dual), metaheuristics, and algorithms. Other skills such as knowledge in probability theory and stochastic programming are beneficial. Good communication skills and solid English writing skills are mandatory. Knowledge of French is not required, but successful candidates will be encouraged to learn some basics. Often there has been free French course offered to researchers and their family members by the University of Lille du Nord. Interested applicants should send their application containing - cover and motivation letter - curriculum vitae - copies of PhD degree or attestation of defense from university - summary of PhD thesis (English, about 1 pages) - names and email addresses of at least two referees, including the thesis adviser - candidate may choose to also provide complete thesis and any other scientific publications Applicants are invited to submit the application by respecting the deadline of 10 December 2012 to: Prof. Gilles Goncalves *Gilles.Goncalves(a)univ-artois.fr* and Dr. Shahin Gelareh *Shahin.Gelareh(a)univ-artois.fr* if you have any questions regarding the positions or your application, please do not hesitate to contact the aforementioned emails (emails should be destined to both). Please put “*[SGGG2012postdoc]*” in your email subjects.

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EWGLA Facebook and LinkedIn pages
by Sibel Alumur Alev 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Dear EWGLA members, We recently launched the EWGLA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ewgla. You can "like" this page through Facebook to hear about the announcements and recent developments regarding EWGLA. All the past and upcoming EWGLA meetings are listed on the events page: https://www.facebook.com/ewgla/events. Here you can "join" the past meetings that you have attended. Once you join, you can write posts and share photos. We encourage all the members to post memories and pictures to these past events. For those of you who are not a member of Facebook, you can send your photos to ewgla-board(a)euro-online.org so that we can share them on our pages. We are especially in search of the group photos taken in all the past EWGLA meetings. It would be wonderful if the past meeting organizers can send such photos to us. In addition, we also established the EWGLA LinkedIn group on: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/EWGLA-4729361?home= <http://www.linkedin.com/groups/EWGLA-4729361?home=&gid=4729361&trk=anet_ug_ hm> &gid=4729361&trk=anet_ug_hm. You can freely join this group to be aware of the recent job postings, group discussions, etc. Lastly, we encourage all the members to make the EWGLA Facebook and LinkedIn pages alive. Sibel Alumur Alev, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey Ioannis Giannikos, University of Patras, Greece Mercedes Landete Ruiz, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain

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