[ieeetcsc-discuss] IMCSIT - WCO - Second CFP; NEW: IEEE publication

[Marcin Paprzycki]

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Second Call for Papers

Workshop on Computational Optimization  (WCO'08)
Wisla, Poland, October 20-22, 2008

in the framework of IMCSIT 2008 - International Multiconference
on Computer Science and Information Technology

http://www.imcsit.org

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Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and
other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems 
are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable, 
discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints 
which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between
researchers working on different fields of optimization and 
practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.

We invite original contributions related with both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods. The list of topics includes, 
but is not limited to:

- unconstrained and constrained optimization
- combinatorial optimization
- global optimization
- multiobjective and multimodal optimization
- dynamic and noisy optimization
- large scale optimization
- parallel and distributed approaches in optimization
- random search algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search and other
   derivative free optimization methods
- interval methods
- nature inspired optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms, ant
   colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune artificial
   systems etc)
- hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques
   and other global and local optimization methods
- memetic algorithms
- optimization methods for learning processes and data mining
- computational optimization methods in statistics, econometrics,
   finance, physics, medicine, biology etc.

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Important dates:

15.06.2008 - Full paper submission

14.07.2008 - Notification of acceptance

01.09.2008 - Camera-ready version of the accepted paper

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Paper submission and publication:

Formatting instructions can be found at the conference Website:
http://www.imcsit.org/?cont=117&type=page&page=98

All accepted papers will be included in IEEE  Xplore� database.

Authors of selected papers accepted and presented during the WCO 
Workshop will be invited to submit extended versions of their 
contributions to be published in one or more of the following journals:
Analele Universitatii din Timisoara, International Journal of Computers,
Communications & Control, Mathematica Balkanica.

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International Programme Committee

Le Thi Hoai An, France
Montaz Ali, South Africa
Vasile Berinde, Romania
Janez Brest, Slovenia
Biswa Nath Datta, USA
Andries P. Engelbrecht, South Africa
Frederic Guinand, France
Igor V. Konnov, Russia
Jouni Lampinen, Finland
Jose Mario Martinez, Brazil
Stefan Maruster, Romania
Kaisa Miettinen, Finland
Ferrante Neri, Finland
Yew-Soon Ong, Singapore
Kalin Penev, UK
Mikhail V. Solodov, Brazil
Stefan Stefanov, Bulgaria
Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Singapore
Krzysztof Szkatula, Poland
Peter Winker, Germany
Felicja Wysocka-Schillak, Poland
Shengxiang Yang, UK
Ivan Zelinka, Czech Republic


Organizing Committee

Stefka Fidanova, Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Josef Tvrdik, University of Ostrava, Czech Republik
Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timisoara, Romania