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International Symposium On Locational DEcision (ISOLDE), Naples-Capri (Italy), June 16-20 2014 - Second Announcement
by Giuseppe Bruno 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

The XIII Edition of the International Symposium On Locational DEcision (ISOLDE) will be held on June 16th-20th, 2014, in Naples and Capri (Italy), in conjunction with the XXI Meeting of EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA). ISOLDE is a triennial Symposium which gathers researchers and practitioners from all over the world aiming at integrating different approaches to deal with locational decisions. Experts from operational research, mathematics, management science, geography, economics and engineering (among others) will present their more recent advances in modelling, theory and applications. Contributions dealing with Logistics, Manufacturing, Transportation and Telecommunication industries are welcome. As usual, the Conference will be organized into a single plenary stream and in two different sites: after the first two days in Naples, participants will be transferred to the Island of Capri. More precisely: June 16 and 17: Conference in Naples June 18: Guided visit of Pompei and Transfer to Capri June 19 and 20: Conference in Capri For the participation, the submission of a short abstract is required. Special issues of international journals will be devoted to selected papers presented at the conference. More information regarding the past ISOLDE meetings can be found at http://isoldeconference.org Conference Website: www.isolde2014.org Early registration fee: 550 Euros Late registration fee: 700 Euros Registration fee covers: ? Entry to all sessions ? Abstract book ? Welcome reception at evening on Monday 16th ? Guided visit to Pompei ? Transfer from Napoli to Capri ? Banquet on Friday 20th ? Coffee breaks and lunches Important dates Deadline for abstract submission: 28 February 2014 Notification of acceptance: 31 March Early Registration: 15 April Late and on-site registration: 16 April - 15 June 2014 Contact Prof. Giuseppe Bruno Department of Industrial Engineering University of Naples Federico II - Italy giuseppe.bruno(a)unina.it www.giubruno.wordpress.com International Scientific Committee Sibel Alumur ? Tobb University, Ankara, Turkey Elena Fernández Aréizaga - University Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain Giuseppe Bruno - University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Ch) Richard Church ? University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Zvi Drezner ? University of Fullerton, USA H.A. Eiselt ? University of New Brunswick, Canada Ioannis Giannikos - University of Patras, Greece Dmitri Krass ? University of Toronto, Canada Martine Labbé - University Libre of Bruxelles, Belgium Gilbert Laporte ? HEC Montréal, Canada Vladimir Marianov ? Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Alfredo Marín Pérez - University of Murcia, Spain Alan Murray ? Arizona State University, USA Stefan Nickel - KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Jesse O?Hanley ? University of Kent, UK Olivier Peton - Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France Justo Puerto ? Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Francisco Saldanha da Gama - University of Lisbon, Portugal Atsuo Suzuki ? Nanzan University, Japan

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IFORS Meeting in Barcelona - Session on "Applications of location analysis".
by Francisco Saldanha da Gama 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Dear Locators, I am organizing a session on "Applications of location analysis" for the next IFORS Meeting to be held in Barcelona in July. If you have a paper that you would like to present in this session, please, let me know. I recall that the deadline for abstract submission is January the 31st. With my best wishes, Francisco. Francisco Saldanha da Gama Operations Research Center / Department of Statistics and Operations Research Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon Portugal Phone: +351 217 500 019 Fax: +351 217500081

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Session proposal for APMOD conference
by Diego Ruiz-Hernández 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Hello, I am organizing a session on Mathematical Optimisation in Banking Services (MOBS) for the APMOD conference to be held on April next year in Warwick Business School. I would like to send the call for contributions (please see file attached) to the members of the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Programming. Could you be so kind to let me know which is the procedure to follow? Is there a distribution list that I can use? Could you do this for me or should I cantact some one else? With many thanks, Dídac Ruiz-Hernández Associate Professor Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros Serrano Anguita, 8 28004 Madrid (Spain) Tel: (+34) 914 480 892

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CLAIO Monterrey 2014
by Roger Z Rios 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

================================================= CLAIO XVII / CSMIO III Joint ALIO/SMIO Conference Monterrey, Mexico 6-10 October 2014 http://pisis.fime.uanl.mx/claio2014/ ================================================= PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS We invite members of the Latin-Iberian-American Association of Operations Research (ALIO) and the worldwide Operational Research (OR) community to take part in the XVII Latin-Iberian-American Conference on Operations Research held jointly with the III Conference of the Mexican Society of Operations Research (CLAIO/CSMIO 2014) in Monterrey, Mexico, October 6-10, 2014. The academic program will consist of parallel, technical and special sessions, plenary talks and tutorials covering several aspects of OR. PAPER / ABSTRACT SUBMISSION To participate, a 200-word abstract must be submitted. Additionally, an 8-page paper going through a review process may be submitted. Papers and abstracts may be written in Spanish, English, or Portuguese, the three official languages of CLAIO. Accepted papers of registered authors will be published in the conference proceedings CD-ROM with an ISBN. All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference book of abstracts. A post-conference special issue of "Annals of Operations Research" devoted to the best works of the conference will be published. See details in the conference web site. IMPORTANT DATES 01/Jan/2014 Paper/abstract submission begins. 01/Mar/2014 Paper submission deadline. 01/May/2014 Abstract submission deadline. 15/May/2014 Paper acceptance/rejection notification. 01/Jun/2014 Abstract acceptance/rejection notification. 15/Jun/2014 Camera-ready paper deadline. CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS Carlos Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico Elena Fernandez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Hector Cancela, Universidad de La Republica, Uruguay Jonathan F. Bard, U. of Texas at Austin, USA COMMITTEES Conference Chairs: Jose Luis Gonzalez-Velarde (Tecnologico de Monterrey) and Roger Z. Rios (UANL) Program Committee Chair: Manuel Laguna (U. of Colorado) Organizing Committee: Ada Alvarez (UANL), Angelica Salazar (UANL), Fernando Camacho (UANL), Iris Martinez (UANL), Maria Temblador (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Romeo Sanchez (UANL), Tomas Snchez (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Yajaira Cardona (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Yasmin Rios (UANL) See you in Monterrey!!!!

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CFP Special Issue on Fair Optimization and Networks
by Wlodzimierz Ogryczak 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Dear Colleagues, We are editing a Special Issue on Fair Optimization and Networks: Models, Algorithms and Applications to be published by Journal of Applied Mathematics (an Open Access journal JCR indexed). http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jam/si/419729/cfp/ The issue of fairness is widely recognized in location and allocation analysis of public services. The need of fair optimization arrives also in more general problems of resource allocation such as in various network systems. Fair network optimization issues are in focus of diverse applications and problems arising in communication networks. These issues are closely related to situations where it is desirable to achieve an equitable allocation of certain resources, shared by competing demands. Fairness, more specifically, lexicographic maximin optimization, Max-Min Fairness and Proportional Fairness, are widely studied in the communication network literature, especially related to bandwidth allocation, and rate adaptation and congestion control in TCP networks. Still, this concept continues to be widely applicable in different settings in network optimization and more specifically in multi-commodity flow networks related applications. The special issue strives to serve as a platform for researchers and practitioners to present advances in the field. We invite authors to submit original research articles that propose new models, algorithms and applications of fair network optimization. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Fairness in communication network design including traffic routing, resource allocation, and survivability issues - Fair optimization of transportation networks - Network dimensioning, models and computational methods - Fair optimization of logistic networks - Fairness in sensor networks - Fair location and allocation of services - Fair allocation of resources, tasks, or costs - Fair scheduling The deadline for submissions is February 7, 2014. Attached, please find the call for papers, which also contains instructions for submissions. Best regards, Wodzimierz Ogryczak, Hanan Luss, Dritan Nace and Michal Pióro (Guest Editors) -- ---------------- Institute of Control and Computation Engineering ______ Wlodzimierz Ogryczak Warsaw University of Technology /_/ | W.Ogryczak(a)ia.pw.edu.pl Nowowiejska 15/19 / / /| | tel. +48 22 234 7750 00-665 Warsaw, POLAND / / _>| | tel. +48 22 234 7397 __________ fax. +48 22 8253719 ________ /_/_/ |_|

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Deadline Extension - Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Location Analysis"
by Sibel Alumur Alev 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

New Submission Deadline: October 28, 2013 Call for Papers Computers & Operations Research Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Location Analysis" Guest Editors: Sibel A. Alumur, Bahar Y. Kara The subjects of interest within location analysis are of many kinds, centering on the optimal choice of locations for one or more facilities, within any framework (the classical settings being discrete, network, and planar) in a way that optimizes a certain objective such as minimizing transportation costs, providing equitable service to customers, capturing the largest market share, etc. Many other fields have direct connections with location analysis, either by subject such as transportation and routing, supply chain management, environmental studies, layout and design, data and cluster analysis, or as techniques, like mathematical (linear, integer, non-linear, convex, global, ...) programming, multi-criteria analysis, approximation theory, computational geometry, statistics, etc. Recently, there have been several new developments in location analysis. The aim of this special issue is to collect high quality papers that address recent advances in theory, practice and application. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: * network location, * continuous location, * discrete location, * obnoxious location, * competitive location, * hub location, * location-routing, * location applications (logistics, network design), * exact and heuristic solution methods. Researchers from all relevant disciplines are invited to consider this special issue as an outlet to publish their high quality work on the topic. Submission Guidelines: All manuscripts should be submitted electronically via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) <http://ees.elsevier.com/cor> http://ees.elsevier.com/cor. Corresponding author must select Special Issue: Recent Advances in Location Analysis as the Article Type to make sure that the paper will be considered for the special issue. Important Dates: The deadline for submission to the special issue is October 28, 2013. The plan is to publish the special issue in early 2015. Guest Editors: Sibel A. Alumur Department of Industrial Engineering TOBB University of Economics and Technology Ankara, Turkey e-mail: <mailto:salumur@etu.edu.tr> salumur(a)etu.edu.tr Bahar Y. Kara Department of Industrial Engineering Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey e-mail: <mailto:bkara@bilkent.edu.tr> bkara(a)bilkent.edu.tr

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Location related references June 2013 - October 2013
by Plastria F. 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

Dear EWGLA members, Please find below the references related to our research area that I collected during the period June 2013 - October 2013. Sincerely Frank Plastria ****************************** Jena, S.; Cordeau, J.-F. & Gendron, B. Modeling and solving a logging camp location problem Annals of Operations Research, Springer US, 2012, 1-27 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-012-1278-z ****************************** Aros-Vera F., Marianov V.,Mitchell J.2013, p-Hub approach for the optimal park-and-ride facility location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, 226 (2013), 277 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.006 ****************************** Category Positioning and Store Choice: The Role of Destination Categories Richard A. Briesch, William R. Dillon, and Edward J. Fox MARKETING SCIENCE 2013;32 488-509 http://mktsci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/488?etoc ****************************** Panagiotis Mitropoulos, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Ioannis Giannikos, Combining DEA with location analysis for the effective consolidation of services in the health sector, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2013, Pages 2241-2250, ISSN 0305-0548, 10.1016/j.cor.2012.01.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000202) Keywords: Location-allocation; Data envelopment analysis; OR in heath ****************************** Solving a stochastic facility location/fleet management problem with logic-based Benders' decomposition Mohammad M. Fazel-Zarandi, Oded Berman & J. Christopher Beck Pages: 896-911 DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.705452 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0740817X.2012.705452?ai=18u&ui=3… ****************************** Integrated dynamic single-facility location and inventory planning problems Jiaming Qiu & Thomas C. Sharkey Pages: 883-895 DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2013.770184 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0740817X.2013.770184?ai=18u&ui=3… ****************************** Embotelladoras ARCA Uses Operations Research to Improve Territory Design Plans J. Fabian Lopez-Perez and Roger Z. Rios-Mercado INTERFACES 2013;43 209-220 http://interfaces.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/209?etoc ****************************** Optimizing Fire Station Locations for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Emel Aktas, Ozay Ozaydin, Burcin Bozkaya, Fusun Ulengin, and Sule Onsel INTERFACES 2013;43 240-255 http://interfaces.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/3/240?etoc ****************************** Nahid Jafari, John Hearne, A new method to solve the fully connected Reserve Network Design Problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 1, 16 November 2013, Pages 202-209, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713004141) ****************************** J. Puerto, A.B. Ramos, A.M. Rodríguez-Chía, A specialized branch &bound& cut for Single-Allocation Ordered Median Hub Location problems, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 161, Issues 1617, November 2013, Pages 2624-2646, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2013.05.035. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X13002758) ****************************** Frank Plastria, José Gordillo, Emilio Carrizosa, Locating a semi-obnoxious covering facility with repelling polygonal regions, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 161, Issues 1617, November 2013, Pages 2604-2623, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2013.05.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X13002394) ****************************** F. Plastria, Corrigendum to A note towards improved homeland defense [Omega 40 (2012) 244248], Omega, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 213-214, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.01.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048313000145) ****************************** Byung Duk Song, James R. Morrison, Young Dae Ko, Efficient location and allocation strategies for undesirable facilities considering their fundamental properties, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 3, July 2013, Pages 475-484, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.03.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001101) ****************************** Bla Zmazek, Janez erovnik, The obnoxious center problem on weighted cactus graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 136, Issues 23, 15 February 2004, Pages 377-386, ISSN 0166-218X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-218X(03)00452-9. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166218X03004529) Keywords: Location problems; Center problem; Obnoxious facilities; Linear-time algorithm ****************************** Jérôme Baray, Gérard Cliquet, Optimizing locations through a maximum covering/p-median hierarchical model: Maternity hospitals in France, Journal of Business Research, Volume 66, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 127-132, ISSN 0148-2963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.09.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296312002391) Keywords: Covering model; Hierarchical model; Location-allocation model; Maternity hospitals; p-median ****************************** V.A. Knight, P.R. Harper, L. Smith, Ambulance allocation for maximal survival with heterogeneous outcome measures, Omega, Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 918-926, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2012.02.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312000436) Keywords: Ambulance allocation; Health care modeling; Survival function; Patient outcome; Covering model ****************************** Mohammad H. Vahidnia, Ali A. Alesheikh, Abbas Alimohammadi, Hospital site selection using fuzzy AHP and its derivatives, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 90, Issue 10, July 2009, Pages 3048-3056, ISSN 0301-4797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.04.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479709001327) Keywords: GIS; MCDA; Fuzzy extent analysis; Center-of-area defuzzification; ?-cut-based method ****************************** 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.041. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712008934) Keywords: Travel time; Spatial aggregation; Multi-purpose trips ****************************** Ping Yin, Lan Mu, Modular capacitated maximal covering location problem for the optimal siting of emergency vehicles, Applied Geography, Volume 34, May 2012, Pages 247-254, ISSN 0143-6228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.11.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622811002360) Keywords: Modular capacitated MCLP; Spatial demand representation; GIS; Emergency vehicle ****************************** Ibrahim Dogan, Analysis of facility location model using Bayesian Networks, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 1092-1104, ISSN 0957-4174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.109. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417411010712) Keywords: Facility location; Bayesian Networks; Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) ****************************** M.H. Fazel Zarandi, S. Davari, S.A. Haddad Sisakht, The large scale maximal covering location problem, Scientia Iranica, Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 1564-1570, ISSN 1026-3098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scient.2011.11.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026309811002100) Keywords: Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Facility location; Genetic algorithm; Maximal covering location problem (MCLP); Metaheuristics ****************************** Ivan Contreras, Elena Fernández, Gerhard Reinelt, Minimizing the maximum travel time in a combined model of facility location and network design, Omega, Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 847-860, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2012.01.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048312000175) Keywords: Facility location; Network design; Integer programming; Valid inequalities ****************************** Paul J. Maliszewski, Michael J. Kuby, Mark W. Horner, A comparison of multi-objective spatial dispersion models for managing critical assets in urban areas, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 36, Issue 4, July 2012, Pages 331-341, ISSN 0198-9715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.12.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971511001293) Keywords: Critical infrastructure protection; Dispersion; Facility location ****************************** A. Kaveh, H. Nasr, Solving the conditional and unconditional p-center problem with modified harmony search: A real case study, Scientia Iranica, Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2011, Pages 867-877, ISSN 1026-3098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scient.2011.07.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1026309811001246) Keywords: Harmony search; p -center problem; Conditional; Unconditional; Bicycle stations ****************************** Hector Toro-Díaz, Maria E. Mayorga, Sunarin Chanta, Laura A. McLay, Joint location and dispatching decisions for Emergency Medical Services, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 64, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 917-928, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.01.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213000077) Keywords: Location/allocation in healthcare; Hypercube model; Genetic algorithm ****************************** Soheil Davari, Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi, I. Burhan Turksen, A greedy variable neighborhood search heuristic for the maximal covering location problem with fuzzy coverage radii, Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 41, March 2013, Pages 68-76, ISSN 0950-7051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2012.12.012. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950705112003589) Keywords: Maximal covering location problem (MCLP); Credibility theory; Variable neighborhood search; Fuzzy simulation; Facility location ****************************** Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki, Capacitated location allocation problem with stochastic location and fuzzy demand: A hybrid algorithm, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 37, Issue 7, 1 April 2013, Pages 5109-5119, ISSN 0307-904X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2012.10.038. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X12006439) Keywords: Location allocation problem; Fuzzy programming; Fuzzy simulation; Hybrid intelligent algorithm; Evaluating expected distance ****************************** Bih-Sheue Shieh, Solution to the covering problem, Information Sciences, Volume 222, 10 February 2013, Pages 626-633, ISSN 0020-0255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2012.08.018. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020025512005713) Keywords: Covering problem; Combinatorial problem; Minimal covering; Fuzzy relation equation; Minimal solution ****************************** Mehrdad Mohammadi, Fariborz Jolai, Hamideh Rostami, An M/M/c queue model for hub covering location problem, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 54, Issues 1112, December 2011, Pages 2623-2638, ISSN 0895-7177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.06.038. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895717711003797) Keywords: Location; Facilities planning and design; Hub covering location; Queuing; Evolutionary computations; Imperialist Competitive Algorithm ****************************** A. Azadeh, S.F. Ghaderi, M.R. Nasrollahi, Location optimization of wind plants in Iran by an integrated hierarchical Data Envelopment Analysis, Renewable Energy, Volume 36, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 1621-1631, ISSN 0960-1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.11.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148110005069) Keywords: Wind plants; Location optimization; Hierarchical Data Envelopment Analysis ****************************** Salem M. Al-Yakoob, Hanif D. Sherali, A column generation approach for determining optimal fleet mix, schedules, and transshipment facility locations for a vessel transportation problem, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 37, Issue 4, 15 February 2013, Pages 2374-2387, ISSN 0307-904X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2012.05.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0307904X12003472) Keywords: Mixed-integer programing; Vessel scheduling; Column generation; Transportation ****************************** Jean Cardinal, Martin Hoefer, Non-cooperative facility location and covering games, Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 411, Issues 1618, 28 March 2010, Pages 1855-1876, ISSN 0304-3975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2010.02.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304397510000897) Keywords: Cost Sharing; Nash equilibrium; Price of anarchy; Approximate equilibrium; Facility location ****************************** Fred Glover, Advanced greedy algorithms and surrogate constraint methods for linear and quadratic knapsack and covering problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 2, 16 October 2013, Pages 212-225, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713003081) ****************************** Gina Galindo, Rajan Batta, Review of recent developments in OR/MS research in disaster operations management, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 2, 16 October 2013, Pages 201-211, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.039. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713000866) Keywords: Disaster operations management; Operations research; Management science ****************************** Ali Saboury, Nader Ghaffari-Nasab, Farnaz Barzinpour, Mohamad Saeed Jabalameli, Applying two efficient hybrid heuristics for hub location problem with fully interconnected backbone and access networks, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2013, Pages 2493-2507, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.01.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813000166) Keywords: Hierarchical networks; Hub location; Hybrid heuristic; Simulated annealing; Tabu search; Variable neighborhood search ****************************** Wilbert Wilhelm, Xue Han, Chaehwa Lee, Computational comparison of two formulations for dynamic supply chain reconfiguration with capacity expansion and contraction, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2013, Pages 2340-2356, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.04.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001172) Keywords: Supply chain design; Dynamic supply chain reconfiguration (DSCR); Capacity expansion; Capacity contraction; Mixed integer programming (MIP) ****************************** C. Valero-Franco, A.M. Rodríguez-Chía, I. Espejo, Accelerating convergence in minisum location problem with norms, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 2770-2785, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.05.015. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001445) Keywords: Location problem; Weiszfeld algorithm; l p - norm; Acceleration; Convergence ****************************** Donatella Granata, Gregory Steeger, Steffen Rebennack, Network interdiction via a Critical Disruption Path: Branch-and-Price algorithms, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 11, November 2013, Pages 2689-2702, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.04.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001305) Keywords: Network interdiction; Mixed-Integer Linear Programming; NP-completeness; Branch-and-Price; Cuts ****************************** André R.S. Amaral, A parallel ordering problem in facilities layout, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2930-2939, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001767) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Integer programming; Single row facility layout problem ****************************** Xuwei Qin, X. Liu, Lixin Tang, A two-stage stochastic mixed-integer program for the capacitated logistics fortification planning under accidental disruptions, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 614-623, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.04.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001216) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Fortification model; <keyword id="k0010">D2-BAC algorithm; <keyword id="k0015">Capacitated logistics systems ****************************** M. Afshari Rad, H. Taghizadeh Kakhki, Maximum dynamic network flow interdiction problem: New formulation and solution procedures, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 65, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 531-536, ISSN 0360-8352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2013.04.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835213001435) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Maximum dynamic flow; <keyword id="k0010">Network interdiction; <keyword id="k0015">Temporally repeated flows; <keyword id="k0020">Benders decomposition; <keyword id="k0025">Vital arc ****************************** Hatice Calik, Barbaros C. Tansel, Double bound method for solving the p-center location problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2991-2999, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001901) Keywords: p-Center location; Multi-center location; Covering location; Minimax location; Set covering ****************************** Chung-Cheng Lu, Robust weighted vertex p-center model considering uncertain data: An application to emergency management, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 1, 1 October 2013, Pages 113-121, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.028. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713002567) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Uncertainty modeling; <keyword id="k0010">Emergency logistics; <keyword id="k0015">p-Center model; <keyword id="k0020">Robust optimization ****************************** Jesse R. OHanley, M. Paola Scaparra, Sergio García, Probability chains: A general linearization technique for modeling reliability in facility location and related problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 230, Issue 1, 1 October 2013, Pages 63-75, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.03.021. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171300249X) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Facility location; <keyword id="k0010">Reliability; <keyword id="k0015">Linearization; <keyword id="k0020">Probability chains; <keyword id="k0025">Probability flow networks; <keyword id="k0030">Valid inequalities ****************************** Armin Lüer-Villagra, Vladimir Marianov, A competitive hub location and pricing problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 3, 16 December 2013, Pages 734-744, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.006. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171300475X) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Location; <keyword id="k0010">Competitive models; <keyword id="k0015">Hub location problems; <keyword id="k0020">Location and pricing; <keyword id="k0025">Hub and spoke ****************************** Bernardetta Addis, Giuliana Carello, Alberto Ceselli, Combining very large scale and ILP based neighborhoods for a two-level location problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 231, Issue 3, 16 December 2013, Pages 535-546, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713004797) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Location; <keyword id="k0010">Local search; <keyword id="k0015">Variable neighborhood search; <keyword id="k0020">Very large scale neighborhood search; <keyword id="k0025">Matheuristics ****************************** Jack Brimberg, Zvi Drezner, Nenad Mladenovic', Said Salhi, A new local search for continuous location problems, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 2, 16 January 2014, Pages 256-265, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.022. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713005109) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Continuous location; <keyword id="k0010">Weber problem; <keyword id="k0015">Space search formulation; <keyword id="k0020">Variable neighbourhood ****************************** Ying-Wei Wang, Chuah-Chih Lin, Locating multiple types of recharging stations for battery-powered electric vehicle transport, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 58, November 2013, Pages 76-87, ISSN 1366-5545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554513001403) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Recharging stations; <keyword id="k0010">Electric vehicle; <keyword id="k0015">Set coverage; <keyword id="k0020">Maximum coverage; <keyword id="k0025">Mixed integer programming; <keyword id="k0030">Location ****************************** Vincenzo De Rosa, Marina Gebhard, Evi Hartmann, Jens Wollenweber, Robust sustainable bi-directional logistics network design under uncertainty, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 184-198, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.04.033. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313001977) Keywords: Robust optimization; Supply chain design; Uncertainty; Facility location; Reverse logistics; Sustainability ****************************** Nezir Aydin, Alper Murat, A swarm intelligence based sample average approximation algorithm for the capacitated reliable facility location problem, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 173-183, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.019. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527312004604) Keywords: Reliable; Facility location; Stochastic programming; Sample average approximation; Swarm intelligence ****************************** Pedro J. de Rezende, Flávio K. Miyazawa, Anderson T. Sasaki, A PTAS for the disk cover problem of geometric objects, Operations Research Letters, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2013, Pages 552-555, ISSN 0167-6377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2013.06.014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016763771300093X) Keywords: <keyword id="k000005">Disk cover; <keyword id="k000010">Approximation algorithm; <keyword id="k000015">Computational geometry; <keyword id="k000020">Wireless networks; <keyword id="k000025">Sensor coverage ****************************** Ali Mohammad Nezhad, Hasan Manzour, Said Salhi, Lagrangian relaxation heuristics for the uncapacitated single-source multi-product facility location problem, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 145, Issue 2, October 2013, Pages 713-723, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.06.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313002661) Keywords: Location problems; Integer programming formulation; Lagrangian relaxation; Cutting plane; Local search ****************************** Location decisions of large firms: analyzing the procurement of infrastructure services Atif Ansar J Econ Geogr 2013 13: 823-844 http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/5/823.abstract.html?etoc ****************************** Yu Li, Jia Shu, Xi Wang, Naihua Xiu, Dachuan Xu, and Jiawei Zhang Approximation Algorithms for Integrated Distribution Network Design Problems INFORMS Journal on Computing Summer 2013 25:572-584 ****************************** Knut Haase, Sven Müller, A comparison of linear reformulations for multinomial logit choice probabilities in facility location models, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 3, 1 February 2014, Pages 689-691, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006747) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Multinomial logit model; <keyword id="k0010">Facility location; <keyword id="k0015">Linear reformulations ****************************** Alexander Veremyev, Alexey Sorokin, Vladimir Boginski, Eduardo L. Pasiliao, Minimum vertex cover problem for coupled interdependent networks with cascading failures, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 232, Issue 3, 1 February 2014, Pages 499-511, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006541) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Interdependent networks; <keyword id="k0010">Minimum vertex cover; <keyword id="k0015">Cascading failures; <keyword id="k0020">Depth of cascade; <keyword id="k0025">Linear 01 formulations; <keyword id="k0030">LP approximation ****************************** F. Plastria, Corrigendum to A note towards improved homeland defense [Omega 40 (2012) 244248], Omega, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 213-214, ISSN 0305-0483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.01.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305048313000145) ****************************** W.J. Guerrero, C. Prodhon, N. Velasco, C.A. Amaya, Hybrid heuristic for the inventory location-routing problem with deterministic demand, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 146, Issue 1, November 2013, Pages 359-370, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.07.025. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527313003381) Keywords: Location-routing problem; Inventory-routing problem; Matheuristics; Vehicle routing problem ****************************** Abraham Zhang, Hao Luo, George Q. Huang, A bi-objective model for supply chain design of dispersed manufacturing in China, International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 146, Issue 1, November 2013, Pages 48-58, ISSN 0925-5273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.12.008. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527312005002) Keywords: Supply chain management; Supply chain strategy; Dispersed manufacturing; Manufacturing network; China; Integer programming ****************************** Keskin, B. B. & Üster, H. Production/distribution system design with inventory considerations Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012, 59, 172-195 ****************************** Toyoglu, H.; Karasan, O. E. & Kara, B. Y. Distribution network design on the battlefield Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011, 58, 188-209 ****************************** M. SteadieSeifi, N.P. Dellaert, W. Nuijten, T. Van Woensel, R. Raoufi, Multimodal freight transportation planning: A literature review, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 1-15, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.055. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713005638) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Freight transportation planning; <keyword id="k0010">Multimodal; <keyword id="k0015">Intermodal; <keyword id="k0020">Co-modal; <keyword id="k0025">Synchromodal; <keyword id="k0030">Review ****************************** M. Brazil, C.J. Ras, D.A. Thomas, A geometric characterisation of the quadratic min-power centre, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 34-42, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.09.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713007406) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Networks; <keyword id="k0010">Power efficient range assignment; <keyword id="k0015">Wireless ad hoc networks; <keyword id="k0020">Generalised FermatWeber problem; <keyword id="k0025">Farthest point Voronoi diagrams ****************************** Ashutosh Nigam, Yogesh K. Agarwal, Optimal relay node placement in delay constrained wireless sensor network design, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 233, Issue 1, 16 February 2014, Pages 220-233, ISSN 0377-2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.031. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221713006966) Keywords: <keyword id="k0005">Relay node placement; <keyword id="k0010">Cutting plane/facet; <keyword id="k0015">Polyhedral theory; <keyword id="k0020">Projection; <keyword id="k0025">Branch and cut; <keyword id="k0030">Lagrangian-relaxation ****************************** Rachida Abounacer, Monia Rekik, Jacques Renaud, An exact solution approach for multi-objective locationtransportation problem for disaster response, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 83-93, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.08.001. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813002037) Keywords: Emergency response; Locationtransportation problems; Multi-objective combinatorial optimization; Exact method; Epsilon-constraint method ****************************** José Fernández, Said Salhi, Boglárka G. -Tóth, Location equilibria for a continuous competitive facility location problem under delivered pricing, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 185-195, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.08.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813002104) Keywords: Continuous location; Delivered pricing; Location-price game; Interval branch-and-bound method; Weiszfeld algorithm ****************************** Eusebio Angulo, Enrique Castillo, Ricardo García-Ródenas, Jesús Sánchez-Vizcaíno, A continuous bi-level model for the expansion of highway networks, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 262-276, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.02.022. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813000622) Keywords: Highway corridors location; Highway networks; Demand covering; Heuristics ****************************** Deniz Aksen, Sema S,engül Akca, Necati Aras, A bilevel partial interdiction problem with capacitated facilities and demand outsourcing, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 41, January 2014, Pages 346-358, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2012.08.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812001785) Keywords: Partial facility interdiction; Bilevel programming; Simplex search; Outsourcing ****************************** Maria Albareda-Sambola, Antonio Alonso-Ayuso, Laureano F. Escudero, Elena Fernández, Celeste Pizarro, Fix-and-Relax-Coordination for a multi-period locationallocation problem under uncertainty, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2878-2892, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.004. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001779) Keywords: Locationallocation; Multi-period stochastic 01 programs; Nonanticipativity constraints; Splitting variables; Twin node family; Branch-and-Fix Coordination; Fix-and-Relax Coordination ****************************** André R.S. Amaral, A parallel ordering problem in facilities layout, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2930-2939, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001767) Keywords: Combinatorial optimization; Integer programming; Single row facility layout problem ****************************** Hatice Calik, Barbaros C. Tansel, Double bound method for solving the p-center location problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2991-2999, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.011. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001901) Keywords: p-Center location; Multi-center location; Covering location; Minimax location; Set covering ****************************** Gabriel Gutiérrez-Jarpa, Carlos Obreque, Gilbert Laporte, Vladimir Marianov, Rapid transit network design for optimal cost and origindestination demand capture, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3000-3009, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.06.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001706) Keywords: Location; Coverage; Networks; Transit systems; Traffic capture ****************************** M. Hakan Akyüz, Temel Öncan, I.. Kuban Alt?nel, Beam search heuristics for the single and multi-commodity capacitated Multi-facility Weber Problems, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3056-3068, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.07.013. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054813001925) Keywords: Locationallocation; Transportation; Branch and bound; Beam search ****************************** Rafael Martí, Fernando Sandoya, GRASP and path relinking for the equitable dispersion problem, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3091-3099, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2012.04.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054812000858) Keywords: Metaheuristics; Diversity; GRASP with Path Relinking ****************************** Luciana S. Pessoa, Mauricio G.C. Resende, Celso C. Ribeiro, A hybrid Lagrangean heuristic with GRASP and path-relinking for set k-covering, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 3132-3146, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.11.018. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811003431) Keywords: GRASP; Hybrid heuristics; Metaheuristics; Path-relinking; Lagrangean relaxation; Lagrangean heuristics; Local search; Set covering; Set multicovering; Set k-covering ****************************** Prosenjit Bose, Jean-Lou De Carufel, Minimum-area enclosing triangle with a fixed angle, Computational Geometry, Volume 47, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 90-109, ISSN 0925-7721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2013.07.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092577211300093X) Keywords: Geometric optimization; Enclosing problems; Computational geometry ****************************** John Gunnar Carlsson and Raghuveer Devulapalli Dividing a Territory Among Several Facilities INFORMS Journal on Computing Fall 2013 25:730-742; published online before print December 20, 2012, doi:10.1287/ijoc.1120.0536 ****************************** Robert Aboolian, Tingting Cui, and Zuo-Jun Max Shen An Efficient Approach for Solving Reliable Facility Location Models INFORMS Journal on Computing Fall 2013 25:720-729; published online before print November 27, 2012, doi:10.1287/ijoc.1120.0534 ****************************** Chan-Su Shin, A note on minimum-sum coverage by aligned disks, Information Processing Letters, Volume 113, Issues 2224, NovemberDecember 2013, Pages 871-875, ISSN 0020-0190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipl.2013.08.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020019013002251) Keywords: Computational geometry; Geometric facility location; Minimum-sum disk coverage ****************************** Gill Barequet, Alex Goryachev, Offset Polygon and Annulus Placement Problems, Computational Geometry, Available online 14 October 2013, ISSN 0925-7721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comgeo.2013.10.003. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925772113001168) Keywords: Tolerancing; Optimization ****************************** Stefan Rath, Walter J. Gutjahr, A math-heuristic for the warehouse locationrouting problem in disaster relief, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 42, February 2014, Pages 25-39, ISSN 0305-0548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.07.016. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811002097) Keywords: Humanitarian logistics; Warehouse locationrouting problem; Multi-objective optimization; Mathematical programming ****************************** **************************************************************************** * 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 **************************************************************************** * Retired from * MOSI (Department of Mathematics, OR, Statistics and IS for the Human Sciences) * Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan, 2, * B-1050 Brussel, * Belgium * URL: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~faplastr ****************************************************************************

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Postdoctoral position in optimization of transportation networks
by Shahin Gelareh 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Dear Colleagues There is an 18-month (up to 24 months) postdoc position available at our research lab, LGI2A (www.lgi2a.univ-artois.fr) at Bethune, France, under the general topic of *optimization of transportation networks* in urban service networks. The candidate is expected to have solid knowledge in the following domains: - - MIPs and Decomposition algorithms (in particular Branch-and-price and Benders) - - Robust optimization and/or stochastic programming - - Location and/or routing problems The salary before tax is* 3,800* euro per month. The candidate must have an experience equivalent to at least two years of postdoc outside France. The age limit is 35 years. The deadline for application is October 13, 2013 and the work will start around May 2014. Interested candidates are invited to contact: Shahin.Gelareh(a)univ-artois.fr Gilles.Goncalves(a)univ-artois.fr Best regards, Shahin --

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IFORS 2014 Announcement and Call for Papers
by Sibel Alumur Alev 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

*Announcement and Call for Papers IFORS 2014. Barcelona, Spain, July 13-18 2014 **(www.ifors2014.org <http://www.ifors2014.org>)* We invite you to participate in the IFORS 2014 Conference and to submit an abstract. *Important dates*** Abstract submissions opens: 1 November 2013 Abstract submissions closes: 31 January 2014 Early Registration: 1 November 2013- 28 February 2014 Regular Registration: 1 March - 30 April 2014 Late and on-site registration:1 May - 13 July 2014 The IFORS 2014 Triennial Conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, July 13-18 2014. It will bring operational researchers from around the globe together. Barcelona is a dynamic, open, and inviting city, in the Mediterranean coast of Spain, which displays the characteristics of major Mediterranean cities and inherits a millenarian tradition in science, art and commerce. The venue is Barcelona International Convention Center, which was built for Barcelona's International Cultural Forum in 2002 and counts with all the facilities to host major conferences. The Conference Organizing and Program Committees together represent many countries from all five continents, bringing the research, applications and perspectives of their areas to this international forum. We are working to prepare an attractive scientific program covering the full spectrum of topics in our field, with a diverse and high quality number of participants sharing their knowledge and experience of operational research. All attendees, including speakers and session chairs, must register and pay the registration fee. If you need an early confirmation for visa or budgetary reasons, please contactinfo(a)ifors2014.org <mailto:info@ifors2014.org>. For all other aspects, please contact the conference secretariatifors2014(a)pacifico-meetings.com <mailto:ifors2014@pacifico-meetings.com>. Learn, enjoy, and be part of the great IFORS community by participating in IFORS 2014. Organize a session, give a talk and experience this great city! Elena Fernández. Organizing Committee Chair Stefan Nickel. Program Committee Chair *See more at*www.ifors2014.org <http://www.ifors2014.org>

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Assistant Professor position at University of Toronto Scarborough
by Igor Averbakh 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

Operations Management – Assistant Professor Tenure Stream The Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, invites applications from qualified candidates for a full-time, tenure-stream appointment in Operations Management at the rank of Assistant Professor. The appointment will be effective July 1, 2014. We are interested in individuals with research interests in Operations Research or Operations Management and teaching interests in Operations Management. Applicants must have or be near completion of a PhD in Operations Research, Operations Management or a related discipline. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in research and teaching. Responsibilities include advancing the area's research agenda and teaching undergraduate students at the University of Toronto Scarborough. The Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough is highly research oriented and seeks to attract the best candidates. The successful candidate will be a member of the tri-campus graduate unit at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and will be expected to participate in its graduate programs. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and will be comparable with the top research schools anywhere in the world. All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the following link: http://www.jobs.utoronto.ca/faculty.htm (Job # 1301021). Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of publications/manuscripts, a research statement and a teaching statement that includes evidence of excellence in teaching. All application materials should be submitted online. The UofT application system can accommodate up to five attachments (10 MB) per candidate profile; please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply . Applicants should also ask three references to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to management-reference-letters(a)utsc.utoronto.ca The deadline for applications is November 29, 2013. However, for interested candidates who plan on attending the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis between October 6-9, 2013, please submit your applications by September 25, 2013. Additional information on the Department of Management can be found at http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~mgmt/ and on the Rotman School of Management at http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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