CALL FOR PAPERS

1st International Congress on Computational Intelligence in Production Systems, CIPS09_Istanbul        
http://www.iccmpr.org.tr
 
June 18-21, Istanbul, Turkey
 
                
CIPS09 covers the methods of computational intelligence appled to production systems.
Topics, include but not limited to, the following::

   1. Neural Networks
      Learning algorithms
      Neural network architectures
      Stability and convergence analysis
      Feed forward and recurrent networks
      Statistical neural network
      Self-organizing maps
       
   2. Fuzzy Systems    
      Fuzzy theory and foundations
      Fuzzy methods and algorithms
      Knowledge discovery and foundations
       
   3. Evolutionary Computation
      Evolutionary algorithms
      Genetic algorithms
      Memetic algorithms
      Cultural algorithms
      Cooperative algorithms
      Particle swarm optimization
      Differential evolution
      Ant colony optimization
      Artifical immune systems
       
   4. Metaheuristics
      Tabu search
      Simulated annealing
      Iterated local search
      Iterated greedy algorithm
      Variable neighborhood search 


Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts in English. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality and clarity. Authors should use MS-Word template obtained from conference site to format their papers. Authors should submit pdf files of their manuscripts through online submission system
 
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline     February 1, 2009
Notification to Authors March 1, 2009
Camera-Ready Due        March 30, 2009
 
General Chairs:

Gunes Gencyilmaz, Istanbul Kultur University, TR
M. Fatih Tasgetiren, Sultan Qaboos University, OMAN

Technical Program Chairs

Alice E. Smith, Auburn University, USA
Berna Dengiz, Baskent University, TR
Ercan Oztemel, Marmara University, TR
I. Burhan Turksen, TOBB University, TR
Ihsan Sabuncuoglu, Bilkent University, TR
I. Mete Dogruer, TBMM, TR
Morris Fan, Yuan Ze University, TAIWAN
Jean-Charles Pomerol,University of Paris 6, FR
P. N. Sugantan, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE
Ruben Ruiz, Polytechnic University of Valencia, SPAIN
Thomas Stutzle , IRIDIA, University of Brussels, BELGIUM
Xin Yao, CERCIA, University of Birmingham,,UK
Yun-Chia Liang, Yuan Ze University, TAIWAN
Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of Adelaide , AUSTRALIA

M. Fatih Tasgetiren, PhD
Department of Operations Management
Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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