Dear colleague,

Just a gently reminder.  The due date is less than three weeks from now. Please 
feel free to pass it along.

rz

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// Roger Z. Rios
// Guest Co-Editor
// Annals of Operations Research
// CLAIO XVIII Special Issue
// roger [at] yalma.fime.uanl.mx
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Call for Papers: Annals of Operations Research
[ 2015 JCR Impact Factor: 1.406 ]


Special Issue: Operations Research and Systems: XVIII Latin-Iberian-American 
Conference on Operations Research, CLAIO 2016

Guest Editors: Sergio Maturana, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado, and Jorge Vera

The Annals of Operations Research seeks submissions for a special issue on 
"Operations Research and Systems: XVIII Latin-Iberian-American Conference on 
Operations Research, CLAIO 2016." We invite all participants of CLAIO 2016 to 
submit the extended full version of their presented contributions to this 
special issue. Papers not presented at the conference but that contribute to a 
better understanding of the significant impact analytic OR models and 
methodologies have had in Latin-Iberoamerica are also welcome, thus this is 
open to the OR community worldwide.

The deadline for submission is March 1st, 2017. Instructions for authors can be 
found at:
    http://www.springer.com/business/operations+research/journal/10479

All manuscripts must be written in English and prepared in accordance with the 
journal's instructions for authors available at the journal web site (see 
below). Authors should submit a cover letter and a manuscript by March 1st, 
2017, via the Journal’s online submission site at: 
http://www.editorialmanager.com/anor/default.aspx.  Within the Editorial 
Manager, please choose "S.I.: CLAIO 2016" as the article type.
Papers will be subject to a strict review process managed by the Guest Editors 
and accepted papers will be published online individually, before print 
publication.


Guest Editors:

Sergio Maturana, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pontificia 
Universidad Católica de Chile.

Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado, Graduate Program in Systems Engineering, Universidad 
Autónoma de Nuevo Leon.

Jorge Vera (Coordinator), Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Contact information of coordinating guest editor: e-mail: [log in to unmask]