CALL FOR
PAPERS
** Special Issue of International Transactions
in Operational Research (ITOR) **
** http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-3995 **
** Impact factor 2016: 1.745 **
** Subject: Metaheuristics **
This special issue will be dedicated to
significantly extended versions of the best (up to 24) papers that were
presented at MIC 2017 (Metaheuristics International Conference). However, submission
will also be open for papers which were not initially presented at MIC. The
topics of interest include all those that were included in the CfP of MIC
(see http://mic2017.upf.edu/topics/)
A note concerning submissions on nature-inspired
metaheuristics: the past has shown that nature can be a rich source of
inspiration for algorithms in optimization and control. However, the last years
have witnessed an abuse of drawing inspiration from natural phenomena. Some of
the published algorithms either re-invent the wheel, or do sometimes not even
make sense. Therefore, algorithms (other than well-established ones such as
evolutionary algorithms) must be described in metaphor-free language. This facilitates
their conceptual comparison to existing algorithms. Moreover, it facilitates
highlighting the algorithmic contributions to the literature. Papers on such
algorithms will only be published if the provided evidence gives very good
reasons to do so.
** Tentative Schedule **
October 31, 2017: strict submission deadline
January 31, 2018: notification of review outcome
March 31, 2018: submission of revised paper
versions
June 30, 2018: final notification
Autumn/Winter 2018: publication
** Note **
Papers that cannot be accepted after the second
round of reviews will (if eventually accepted) appear in a regular issue in
order not to delay the publication of the special issue.
** Guest Editors **
Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research
Institute (IIIA-CSIC)
Angel A. Juan, Open University of Catalonia,
Barcelona
Helena Ramalhinho, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona
Thomas Stützle, Free University of Brussels
Department of Economics and Business
R. Trias Fargas 25-27 | 08005 Barcelona, Spain
[Tel.] +34 935422753
helena.ramalhinho@upf.edu
http://lena.upf.edu/