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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Your submissions are most welcome:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Journal of Global Optimization - Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Special issue on "Global Optimization with Multiple Criteria: Theory, Methods and Applications"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Guest Editors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Kaisa Miettinen<sup>a</sup>, Carlos Romero<sup>b</sup>, Francisco Ruiz<sup>c<o:p></o:p></sup></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">a</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"> University
of Jyväskylä, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">b</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"> Technical
University of Madrid, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">c</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"> University
of Málaga, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">This special issue of the
<b>Journal of Global Optimization </b>will publish original research papers dealing with theoretical and applied issues related to global optimization problems with multiple criteria (or objectives) broadly understood. This call for papers is connected to but
not restricted to the papers presented at the 24th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making, MCDM2017 that was held on 10-14 July, 2017 in Ottawa (Canada).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">We welcome papers with a significant amount of new scientific contribution in theory, methods or applications
of global optimization involving multiple criteria in line with the scope of the Journal of Global Optimization – an international journal dealing with theoretical and computational aspects of seeking global optima and their applications in science, management
and engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Since the topical theme of the MCDM2017 conference was "Creating a Sustainable Society", papers resorting
to global optimization with multi-criteria approaches within a sustainable field are especially encouraged. The deadline for submissions is
<b>January 31, 2018.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Submission process:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">Authors should follow the Instructions for Authors of the Journal of Global Optimization and submit their
manuscripts via Springer’s online Editorial Manager </span><a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/jogo/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">www.editorialmanager.com/jogo/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES">by January 31, 2018. While submitting, please, make sure to choose in the Editorial Manager SI: MCDM2017 as the Article Type. Submissions are sent
to reviewers as they arrive and papers accepted for publication are made electronically available via SpringerLink before the Special Issue is published. Other inquiries should be sent directly to any of the Guest Editors in charge of this issue: Kaisa Miettinen
(<a href="mailto:kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fi">kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fi</a>), Carlos Romero (<a href="mailto:carlos.romero@upm.es">carlos.romero@upm.es</a>) and Francisco Ruiz (<a href="mailto:rua@uma.es">rua@uma.es</a>).<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This call for papers: <a href="http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/JOGO-MCDM2017-CfP.docx?SGWID=0-0-45-1618129-p35755812">
http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/JOGO-MCDM2017-CfP.docx?SGWID=0-0-45-1618129-p35755812</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please, forward this call for papers to researchers who might be interested in this special issue, thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">On behalf of all guest editors</span><span lang="EN-US">, Kaisa Miettinen<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Industrial Optimization Group:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Faculty of Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Director of the thematic research area Decision Analytics utilizing Causal Models and Multiobjective Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">homepage: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">
and </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* DeCoMo project: </span>
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/decomo/decomo.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/decomo/decomo.html</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* DESDEO project (open source softwareI:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/desdeo.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/desdeo.html</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* Immediate-Past-President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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