[Opt-Net] META'2016 - Special session on Metaheuristics for Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization

[Deroussi Laurent]

*Call for Papers

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*META'2016*
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*International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing***

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Special session : Metaheuristics for supply chain and logistics 
optimization*

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27-31 Oct 2016 Marrakech, Morocco

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*SCOPE :* Logistics and Supply Chain Management fields**lead to 
real-world optimization problems with increasing complexity. In a very 
high cost reduction environment, optimization of flows, storage and 
transportation activities becomes more and more relevant.
Metaheuristics are a family of optimization methods**that can be useful 
to solve a wide variety of problems. Their modularity, their capacity to 
manipulate a huge mass of data and their ability to manage uncertainties 
give them a lot of assets for tackling the hard optimization problems 
that can play a role in the supply chain management.


This special session invites the submission of works in which 
metaheuristics are used in the logistics area. It concerns the following 
topics, including but not limited to:
- Metaheuristics implementations in logistics-related problems
- Logistics network design
- Supply chain and uncertainties

- optimization in collaborative supply chain

- hybridization metaheuristic / optimization method or metaheuristic / 
performance evaluation model

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*IMPORTANT DATES*

-*May 6, 2016*: Paper submission deadline

-*June 3, 2016*: Notification to the authors

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*

This special session will be held as part of the META’16 conference. 
Please submit your paper using the online submission system, as 
described in the instructions for authors. During the submission process 
you should indicate that the paper is for a special session, which is: 
‘*Metaheuristics for Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization*’. Detailed 
instructions for submitting the papers are provided on the conference 
home page at:

http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/

*CATEGORIES OF SUBMISSIONS *

Several categories of submissions may be accepted:

-*S1*: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers of a 
maximum of 3 pages

-*S2*: Original research contributions of a maximum of 10 pages

-*S3*: High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last 
year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication

*CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS *

Accepted papers in categories *S1* and *S2* will be published in the 
proceedings that will be available at the conference. In addition, a 
post-conference Springer book and special issue of Journals is planned 
to be published. Participants will be invited to submit extended 
versions of their work for consideration.

*SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS:*

-Laurent DEROUSSI (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 
laurent.deroussi at moniut.univ-bpclermont.fr)

                   -David LEMOINE (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France, 
david.lemoine at mines-nantes.fr)
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