EWGLA XX - Last call for papers
Dear colleagues,
We kindly remind you that tomorrow is the last day for 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
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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: The Need, The Challenge, The Success
· Prof. Marielle Christiansen - Optimization of Maritime Transportation
· Prof. Vedat Verter - Barbaros Tansel Memorial Lecture: Location Models in Preventive Healthcare
Important Dates
· 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
Haldun 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@ewgla2013.org.