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<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'>Call for
Paper<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Annals of Operations
Research </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b>Special Issue:</b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>
Stochastic Modeling and Optimization </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The <b><i>Annals of Operations
Research </i></b>seeks submissions for a special volume on <b><i>Stochastic
Modeling and Optimization </i></b>dedicated to the 80th birthday of Professor
András Prékopa. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The deadline for submission is
May 15, 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The main topics of interest
are: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• stochastic optimization
models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• models of risk <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• structure and stability
of optimization models under uncertainty <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• numerical methods of
stochastic optimization <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>• combinatorial
techniques in stochastic optimization <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instructions for authors can
be found at: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.springer.com/business/operations+research/journal/10479
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Authors should submit a cover
letter and a manuscript by May 15, 2010 via the Journal’s online
submission site. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please see Author Instructions
on the site if you have not yet submitted a paper through this web-based
system. Be sure to note in the Manuscript Comment text that your work is
intended for the Special Issue and to select the article type <i>SI: Prékopa:
Stochastic Mod. & Opt. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Papers will be subject to a
strict review process managed by the Guest Editors and accepted papers will be
published online individually, before print publication. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Manuscripts submitted after the
May 15, 2010, deadline may not be considered for the special volume. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Guest Editors: </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Darinka Dentcheva</span><span
style='font-size:6.5pt'>1</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Andrzej
Ruszczyński</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt'>2</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, and Tamás Szántai</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt'>3
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:5.0pt'>1</span><span style='font-size:
8.0pt'>Stevens Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Hoboken, NJ 07030, U.S.A., <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>email:
darinka.dentcheva@stevens.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:5.0pt'>2</span><span style='font-size:
8.0pt'>Rutgers University, MSIS Department, Piscataway, NJ 08854, email:
rusz@business.rutgers.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:5.0pt'>3</span><span style='font-size:
8.0pt'>Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of
Differential Equations, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>1111 Budapest, Hungary, email:
szantai@math.bme.hu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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