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<span>Call for Papers - Special Issue: Machine Learning and Combinatorial Optimization<br>
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<div>This special issue aims at presenting an overview of the state-of-the-art of the field, welcoming contributions about innovative research both on machine learning addressing CO problems or supporting CO approaches, and on CO algorithms addressing ML issues.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<br>
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<div> Combinatorial Problem Modeling<br>
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<div> Solution Generation<br>
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<div> Search Guidance<br>
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<div> Uncovering Hidden Structures and Patterns in Data<br>
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<div> Parameter Learning and Adaptive Adjustment<br>
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<div> ML for Assisted Decision Support in CO Algorithms<br>
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<div> Real-world Application of ML-CO Models <br>
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<div> Hybridization of ML and CO <br>
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<div>Details at this link<br>
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<div>https://www.springer.com/journal/291/updates/17221300 <br>
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Department of Computer Science || tel. +39 331 6382417<br>
University of Bologna || skype: vittorio.maniezzo<br>
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