Workshop
on Computational Optimization (WCO'08)
Wisla,
Poland, October 20-22, 2008
Many real world problems arising in
engineering, economics, medicine and other domains can be
formulated as optimization tasks. These problems are
frequently characterized by non-convex,
non-differentiable, discontinuous, noisy or dynamic
objective functions and constraints which ask for
adequate computational methods.
The aim of this workshop is to stimulate
the communication between researchers working on
different fields of optimization and practitioners which
need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.
We
invite original contributions related with both
theoretical and practical aspects of optimization
methods.
The
list of topics includes, but is not limited to:
- unconstrained and
constrained optimization
- combinatorial optimization
- global optimization
- multiobjective and
multimodal optimization
- dynamic and noisy
optimization
- large scale optimization
- parallel and distributed
approaches in optimization
- random search algorithms,
simulated annealing, tabu search and other derivative
free optimization methods
- interval methods
- nature inspired
optimization methods (evolutionary algorithms, ant
colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, immune
artificial systems etc)
- hybrid optimization
algorithms involving natural computing techniques and
other global and local optimization methods
- memetic algorithms
- optimization methods for
learning processes and data mining
- computational optimization
methods in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics,
medicine, biology etc.
Papers Submission
- Authors
should submit draft papers (as Postscript, PDF of
MSWord file).
- The
total length of a paper should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE
style). IEEE style templates are available here.
- Papers
will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit and relevance to the workshop.
- Accepted
and Presented paper will be published in the Conference
Proceedings and
included in the IEEE Xplore® database.
- Authors of selected
papers accepted and presented during the WCO Workshop
will be invited to submit extended versions of their
contributions to be published in one or more of the
following journals: Analele
Universitatii din Timisoara, International
Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, Mathematica Balkanica
