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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CALL FOR PAPER: </b><b>Optimization for Railway Industry – ORI at the 8<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Applied Operational Research - ICAOR 2016, 28-30 June 2016 Rotterdam, The Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The ORI workshop will take place in conjunction with the International Conference on Applied Operational Research. We invite you to join your colleagues for this international forum.
Sharing of ideas, knowledge and experience is the primary goal of the workshop. The meeting would be ideal for young researchers to present their work, even at a preliminary stage, for constructive discussion and feedback.
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
The workshop covers the general area of optimization for Railway Industry with particular emphasis on real-world applications, including, but not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Real-time dispatching and re-scheduling</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Delay and disruption Management</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Platforming and Timetabling</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Track allocation</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Marshalling Yard Operations</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Shunting optimization</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Crew Scheduling and re-scheduling</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Capacity and infrastructure planning</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Line planning</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Revenue management</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Runway sequencing</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Simulation of railway systems</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Paper Submission<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Researchers wishing to contribute to the conference are invited to submit manuscripts of not more than 6 pages in MS Word either as full papers or extended abstracts. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees and successful
papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in the
<b>Lecture Notes in Management Science series</b>. Please use <span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<a href="http://www.orlabanalytics.ca/icaor/icaor_template.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">ICAOR-template</span></a></span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span>when preparing your manuscript for submission. Papers should be submitted in MS Word via email to
<a href="mailto:icaor@orlabanalytics.ca">icaor@orlabanalytics.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>28-Feb-2016 - Paper submission deadline<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">The authors of accepted papers may submit extended versions of the journals:
</span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"><a href="http://www.orlabanalytics.ca/ormsl.htm"><span lang="EN-GB">ORMS Letters</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"> or
</span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"><a href="http://www.orlabanalytics.ca/jaor.htm"><span lang="EN-GB">Journal of Applied Operational Research</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">15-Jan-2016 - Submission opens<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>28-Feb-2016 - Paper submission deadline<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">01-Apr-2016 - Notification of decisions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">15-Apr-2016 - Registration deadline<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">25-Apr-2016 - Final manuscript submissions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">28-Jun-2016 - Conference starts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chairs: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Tomas Eric Nordlander, SINTEF, Norway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Contacts: <a href="mailto:icaor@tadbir.ca">icaor@tadbir.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. Carlo Mannino<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor of Operations Research
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SINTEF ICT, Oslo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+47 41588551<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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