[Opt-Net] Final Call for Abstracts - Metaheuristics stream at OR56

[Ender Ozcan]

[Please circulate to all those who might be interested, and accept our
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The 56th Conference of the UK Operational Research Society (OR56)

 

http://www.theorsociety.com/OR56/ 

 

Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey

 

September 9-11, 2014

 

Call for Abstracts for the METAHEURISTICS stream

 

http://www.theorsociety.com/Pages/Conferences/OR56/Streams/OR56metaheuristic
s.aspx

 

Submission Deadline: 16 June 2014

 

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We invite abstracts and presentations on metaheuristics, either theory or
practice-oriented (preferably on real world applications). 

 

We are open to all contributions on metaheuristics. We are particularly
interested in those that lead to some general insight or are potentially
relevant to more than one application area. 

 

We take a very broad definition of metaheuristics, for example simulated
annealing, tabu search, but also evolutionary algorithms, multi-meme
algorithms, adaptive operator selection, hyper-heuristics, dynamic algorithm
portfolios, reactive search, particle swarm and others.

 

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* metaheuristics for combinatorial optimisation problems

* metaheuristics for multi-objective, discrete and continuous optimisation

* metaheuristics for dynamic environments

* metaheuristics to generate (create) heuristics (e.g., generation
hyper-heuristics)

* metaheuristics to choose heuristics (e.g., selection hyper-heuristics)

* self adaptive metaheuristics and hyper-heuristics

* meta/hyper-heuristics based on machine learning

* hybrids of metaheuristics with exact methods such as mathematical or
constraint programming

* (automated) parameter tuning in meta/hyper-heuristics

* distributed/parallel metaheuristics

* software tools (e.g., ECJ, HeuristicLab, HyFlex, Hyperion, jMetal,
ParadisEO)

* applications of metaheuristics to new challenging domains

* analytical or semi-empirical studies of metaheuristics

* performance prediction

* performance robustness

* scalability issues

* classifications of metaheuristics

* barriers to uptake of metaheuristics in industry

 

The stream will provide an opportunity for the constructive exchange of
ideas and will include a keynote presentation.

 

If you would like to give a talk in this stream, please submit a title and
abstract of no more than 300 words via

 

http://www.theorsociety.com/Pages/Conferences/OR56/OR56Abstract.aspx

 

by selecting 'Metaheuristics' as the stream. 

 

(For those who are not familiar with the OR conferences, the usual procedure
is to submit a title and an abstract, and then if accepted, to give a talk
of 20-25 minutes. A full paper or extended abstract is not required.)

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Submission Deadline: 16 June 2014

 

Best wishes,

Stream Organisers

Ender Ozcan and Andrew J. Parkes

{Ender.Ozcan, Andrew.Parkes} @ nottingham.ac.uk

 

 

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