[Opt-Net] Special Issue of MPB on MINLP

[Leo Liberti]

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Special issue of Mathematical Programming B: "The MINLP Hatchery"

Mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) is concerned with finding
optimal solutions to mathematical models of optimization problems combining
discrete and nonlinear phenomena. MINLP provides a powerful modeling
paradigm --- many relevant practical decision problems in energy,
engineering, economics, medicine, and systems biology can be formulated as
a MINLP. But it is also a research area that by its very nature touches
many areas of mathematics --- geometry, analysis, algebra, probability,
numerical analysis, logic, complexity theory. The links are bidirectional:
many of the advances in MINLP stem from neighboring mathematical areas. And
the research in MINLP theory and algorithms, as well as the application of
MINLP software to mathematical problems, may yield deep mathematical
insights. Special issues on MINLP often focus on the important aspects of
applications and algorithmic advances. A specific aim of this special issue
is to identify and highlight links between MINLP and modern mathematics. We
hope that this will nurture the exchange of MINLP-related mathematical
ideas and approaches across research and community areas.

We are now calling for high-quality papers about MINLP: its theory, its
methods, its applications, and most of all its links with other
mathematical areas. The idea for this issue was born at the 2023
Oberwolfach workshop on MINLP, but participation to the workshop is not a
necessary requirement for contribution. On the contrary, we call for
MINLP-related contributions as widely as possible.

Mathematical Programming B (MPB) follows the same quality-based selection
criteria as its sister publication Mathematical Programming A (MPA). Both
are considered top-tier journals in Mathematical Programming.

The submission deadline is March 31st, 2024. But if your paper is ready,
you can go and submit right now.

To submit a paper:
1. go to www.edmgr.com/mapr
2. log in using registered credentials or your ORCID account
3. follow the submission procedure:
  a) in "Select article type" choose "MPB - Special issues only";
  b) in "General information", in the menu under "Please select the Special
Issue you would like to submit to:" choose "Series B - S.I.: The MINLP
Hatchery";
4. send us an email notifying us of the submission, and give us: list of
authors, title, paper ID assigned by the system. This helps us keep track
of submissions without relying entirely on the editorial manager.

The one described above is the only way to submit. MPB no longer validates
submissions sent directly to guest editors. Also, please do not get step
(3b) wrong. If you do, your paper might end up being handled by the guest
editors of another issue.

Warning: if you are submitting a paper and one of your co-authors is a
guest editor of this issue, or a member of the editorial board of
Mathematical Programming B, the editorial process is handled differently to
ensure anonymity and fairness. Contact us before submission, and we'll tell
you what to do.

Leo Liberti
Sebastian Sager
Angelika Wiegele
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