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International conference on
Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research (MOTOR2019)

July 8-12, 2019, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

http://motor2019.uran.ru

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The international conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and
Operations Research (MOTOR 2019) will be held on July 8-12, 2019, in
the picturesque place near Ekaterinburg, Russia, at the borderline
between Europe and Asia.

IMPORTANT DATES

- abstract submission due: February 1, 2019
- full paper submission due: February 15, 2019
- notification of acceptance: March 15, 2019
- camera ready version: April 2, 2019
- conference dates: July 8-12, 2019

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Vadim Levit. Ariel University. Israel
Prof. Alexander Grigoriev, Maastricht Université, Netherlands
Prof. Natalia Shachlevich, University of Leeds. UK
Prof. Angelo Sifaleras. University of Macedonia. Greece
Prof. Vitaly Strusevich, University of Greenwich, UK

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The main conference topics include, but are not limited to
- mathematical programming
- global optimization
- integer programming
- combinatorial optimization
- computational complexity
- approximation algorithms, schemes, bounds
- heuristics and metaheuristics
- optimal control and game theory
- optimization and approximation
- optimization in machine learning and data analysis
- applications in operations research: scheduling, routing, facility
location, packing and cutting, manufacturing systems, etc.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPECIAL ISSUES

The conference proceedings are intended to be published by Springer
Nature in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and
Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
series. After the conference, it is planned to organize special
journal issues to publish substantially extended versions of selected
papers. The list of these journals will be announced soon at
http://motor2019.uran.ru.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The conference brings together a wide research community in the fields
of mathematical programming and global optimization, discrete
optimization, complexity theory and combinatorial algorithms, optimal
control and games, and their applications in relevant practical
problems of operations research, mathematical economy, and data
analysis. MOTOR 2019 is the successor of the following well-known
International and All-Russian conference series, which were held in
Ural, Siberia, and the Far East for a long time:

- Baikal International Triennial School-Seminar on Methods of
Optimization and Their Applications, BITSS MOPT - established in
1969 by academician N.N. Moiseev, the 17th event was organized in
2017 in Buryatia; http://isem.irk.ru/conferences/mopt2017/en/index.html

- Mathematical Programming and Applications, MPA - established 1972 by
academician I.I. Eremin, the 15th conference was held in 2015 near
Ekaterinburg; http://mpa.imm.uran.ru/96/en

- Discrete Optimization and Operations Research, DOOR - since 1996,
was organized 9 times, the last one was held in 2016, in
Vladivostok; http://www.math.nsc.ru/conference/door/2016/

- Optimization Problems and their Applications, OPTA is
organized regularly in Omsk, since 1997, the 7th event in this
series was held in 2018; http://opta18.oscsbras.ru/en/.

Having different origins, nowadays these conferences became very close
to each other, having much in common in their scientific topics,
participants community, and the organizers. Therefore, this year the
common Program committee decided to organize the joint conference
inheriting their long story and to name it Mathematical Optimization
Theory and Operations Research (MOTOR).

Original research papers in all areas of optimization and its
applications are solicited. Along with theoretical results,
submissions reporting on numerical algorithm benchmarking or solution
techniques for real-world operations research problems are welcomed as
well. Experimental and applied papers are expected to show
convincingly the usefulness and comparative efficiency of the
algorithms discussed in a practical setting.


SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their papers reporting on novel results
that are not published or submitted simultaneously to any journal or
another conference with refereed proceedings. Papers should be
prepared in the Springer LNCS Format according to the LaTeX templates
ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/llncs2e.zip, can have
12-15 pages, and submitted in PDF. Please, follow the official
Springer authors guidelines
https://www.springer.com/gp/computerscience/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
All papers should be submitted through the easychair conference
management system http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=motor2019,
which is available now.

QUESTIONS

Should you have any questions or concerns,
please feel free to contact us at motor2019.chairs@gmail.com