IJAI 2013 - Special issue of IJAI on Combinatorial Optimization

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Category Metaheuristics; Combinatorial Optimization; Artificial Intelligence

Deadline: August 30, 2012 | Date: February 28, 2013

Venue/Country: INDIA, India

Updated: 2012-06-27 22:07:10 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Combinatorial Optimization

Special issue of IJAI on Combinatorial Optimization

Combinatorial Optimization is a branch of Optimization in which problems can be represented (or reduced) to discrete structures. Typically, in this kind of problems, the size of the feasible solution space increases exponentially with regard to the input parameters (or variables). Due to this, the analytical computation of true solutions (global solutions) for combinatorial problems involves high computational efforts. Thus, proposals such as Evolutionary Methods, Simulated Annealing inspired algorithms, Automata algorithms and Heuristics strategies have been designed in order to approach the set of optimal solutions. Nevertheless, no one, in general, guarantees the global solutions for combinatorial problems.

This special issue of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) invites contributions and reviews of the latest developments in methods and their applications for the solution of combinatorial problems. Topics include (but they are not limited to):

1. Heuristics for the solution of combinatorial problems.

2. Theoretical formulation and implementation.

3. Parallel computing for the solution of combinatorial problems.

4. Design and implementation of metaheuristics for the solution of real-life combinatorial problems (networking design, planning and scheduling)

5. Hybrid metaheuristics for the solution of combinatorial problems.

Interested authors are solicited to make their original contributions in the above areas and contact one of the guest editors at: elias.d.ninogmail.com or ydonosouniandes.edu.co or iv.saavedragmail.com.

For details and submission information concerning the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI), please visit online:

http://www.ceser.in/ijai.html

Important Dates:

July 30, 2012: Expression of interest (title and abstract to guest editors)

August 30, 2012: Full manuscript and cover letter

December 30, 2012: Review comments and decision

February 28, 2013: Revised, final manuscript

Guest Editors:

Elias D. Niño-Ruiz

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science

Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Full Time Researcher

Department of Computer Science

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA

(email: elias.d.ninogmail.com )

Yezid Donoso

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science

Universidad de los Andes

Bogota, Colombia

(email: ydonosouniandes.edu.co)

Ivan Saavedra-Antolinez

Full Time Researcher

Department of Industrial Engineering

University of Wisconsin ? Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA

(email: iv.saavedragmail.com)