LAST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
                                                International Workshop

                Discrete optimization methods in scheduling and
computer-aided design

                                     September 5-6, 2000, Minsk, Belarus

                                        http://www.univ-troyes.fr/DOM/


Organized by:
· Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus (Minsk)
· Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk)
· University of Technology of Troyes (Troyes, France)
· Operational Research Society of Belarus with participation of the
Association of European Operational Research Societies

Topics (sections):
- Scheduling
- Combinatorial Optimization
- Decomposition and Aggregation in Optimization
- Logical Design
- Root-Locus Methods in Interval Dynamic Control Systems

Program Committee:
Jean-Marie Proth (Metz, France) - Chairman
Jacek Blazewicz (Poznan, Poland)
Peter Brucker (Osnabrueck, Germany)
Rainer Burkard (Graz, Austria)
Chengbin Chu (Troyes, France)
Gerd Finke (Grenoble, France)
Valery Gordon (Minsk, Belarus)
Peter Reusch (Dortmund, Germany)
Bernd Steinbach (Freiberg, Germany)
Arkady Zakrevsky (Minsk, Belarus)

Organizing Committee:
Vjacheslav Tanaev (Minsk, Belarus) - Chairman
Petr Bibilo (Minsk, Belarus)
Alexandre Dolgui (Troyes, France)
Nikolai Guschinsky (Minsk, Belarus)
Mikhail Kovalyov (Minsk, Belarus)
Svetlana Kravchenko (Minsk, Belarus)
Genrikh Levin (Minsk, Belarus)
Mikolai Miacelski (Olsztyn, Poland)
Yuri Sotskov (Minsk, Belarus)

Conference languages: English and Russian.

Conference venue: Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of
Sciences of Belarus (Minsk).

Pre-registration: Authors are requested to submit immediately to the
Secretariat via e-mail ([log in to unmask]) the title of the paper,
authors' names and affiliations (presenter must be indicated), an abstract
of at most 150 words without mathematical symbols, and section name.

Submission of papers: Authors are requested to submit 3 hard camera-ready
copies of the paper written in English and its electronic version in Word
for Windows (.doc or rtf.-file) or LaTeX (ASCII file) by May 1, 2000, to the
Secretariat of the Workshop (address for electronic version:
[log in to unmask]). Paper length is limited to 6 pages including an
abstract. Authors will be notified about acceptance by June 12, 2000. All
papers accepted for presentation will appear in the Workshop Proceedings.
Furthermore, a special issue of the International Journal of Mathematical
Algorithms (see http://www.gbhap.com/journals/262/262-top.htm) will publish
extended versions of the selected papers presented at the Workshop.

Instructions for authors: See site Web http://www.univ-troyes.fr/DOM/

Registration fee: Registration fee will be paid to the Secretariat at the
beginning of the Workshop. The value of the registration fee is not decided
yet but it will not exceed 100 US dollars. Registration fee covers
publication of the Workshop Proceedings, organizing expenses and some social
program.

Hotel reservation: Requests for the hotel reservation should be sent to the
Secretariat by July 3, 2000.

Deadlines:
Immediately - pre-registration
May 1, 2000 - submission of papers
June 12, 2000 - notification of acceptance
July 3, 2000 - hotel reservation

Workshop Secretariat:
Dr. Mikhail Y. Kovalyov
Institute of Engineering Cybernetics 
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Surganova Str. 6
220012 Minsk, Belarus
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel.: (375) (17) 2842171, Fax: (375) (17) 2318403

Tourist information: 
Minsk is the capital of the Republic of Belarus and is the largest city of
the country with about 2 million inhabitants. Several universities and a
number of research institutes of the National Academy of Sciences have their
campuses in Minsk. The city is situated approximately 600 km to the east of
Warsaw and 700 km to the west of Moscow. Minsk is well reached by train and
airplane from many European cities. Places of interest are world famous
Byelorussian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Music and Drama Theatres, art and
historical museums, shops selling products of traditional Byelorussian
trades, wild nature surroundings of Minsk.

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	Alexandre B. DOLGUI, Ph.D.

	Associate Professor/Maitre de Conferences
	Industrial Systems Optimization Laboratory
	Industrial Engineering Department
	University of Technology of Troyes	
	12, rue Marie Curie B.P. 2060
	10010 TROYES Cedex France
	Tel.:  (33) 3 25 71 56 29
	Fax:  (33) 3 25 71 56 49
	E-mail: [log in to unmask]
 	Site Web: http://WWW.univ-troyes.fr
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