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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A62424;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Dynamic Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A62424;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Special session of MCO 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The third international conference on <b><span style='color:blue'>Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences</span><span style='color:#B22D16'> </span></b>May 11-13, 2015, Metz, France. <br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><a href="http://lita.sciences.univ-metz.fr/iccsama2015/MCO/index.php"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://lita.sciences.univ-metz.fr/iccsama2015/MCO/index.php</span></a><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A62424;mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Organizer: Patrick Siarry, University of Paris-Est Créteil, France <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>In recent years, dynamic optimization has attracted much interest due to its practical relevance. Indeed, many real-world optimization problems are dynamic in nature, i.e. their objective function changes over time. Typical examples include resource allocation, dynamic vehicle routing, scheduling, and object tracking. In other cases, the objective function is uncertain or noisy as a result of simulation/measurement errors or approximation errors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>In addition, the design variables or environmental conditions may also be perturbed or changed over time. The objective of an efficient dynamic metaheuristic algorithm is to locate the global optimum solution, to continuously track the optimum in dynamic environments, and/or to find a robust solution that operates optimally in the presence of uncertainties.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>This special session aims at bringing academic researchers and practitioners together to review the latest advances and explore future directions in this field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Benchmark problems and performance measures <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Tracking moving optima <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Dynamic multiobjective optimization <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Adaptation, learning, and anticipation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Handling noisy fitness functions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Using fitness approximations <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Searching for robust optimal solutions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Comparative studies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Hybrid approaches <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Theoretical analysis <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:43.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:FR'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Real-world applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Papers on all topics related to the session's theme are solicited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Prospective authors should submit their papers via the online submission system of MCO 2015. Authors are advised to pay careful attention when selecting a paper category.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>In addition, an e-mail message including the paper Id, title of paper, author names, and abstract must be sent to: siarry[[at]]u-pec.fr and all accepted novel and unpublished papers will be published in the conference proceedings of MCO 2015, </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>a bound volume by Springer-Verlag in their <b><span style='color:blue'>Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing</span></b> series.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>