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Dear recipients Please be reminded of this special issue on of AoR on the topic of Policy Analytics which some of you may be interested in submitting to. Deadline for submission is 31st October. With best wishes Alec > ______________________________________________ > From: Morton,A > Sent: 04 April 2012 11:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: CFP: Special Issue of Annals of OR on Policy Analytics > > > Dear recipients > > Please consider submitting for this SI of Annals of OR on the theme of > "Policy Analytics". > > See below or the link at > http://rutcor.rutgers.edu/POLICY_ANALYTICS.pdf. > > Apologies for cross-posting > > With best wishes > > Alec > > > > > Call for Papers > > Annals of Operations Research > > Special Volume: Policy Analytics > > The Annals of Operations Research seeks submissions for a special > volume on Policy Analytics. The deadline for submission is 31 October > 2012. > > The background to the special issue is as follows. The last few > decades have seen rapid growth in the capacity of businesses to > exploit IT, OR and statistical modelling to collect and process > operational and market data in order to support decisions. As a > result, business analytics has become a flourishing field for > consulting and business education. In contrast, while government > decisions are often supported by traditional policy analysis, few > government departments and agencies have yet managed to make the > systematic use of data, evidence, OR methods and cutting-edge > modeling. In this call, we therefore invite papers which apply the > methods and ideas of "analytics" to problems arising in the > operational management of public services and in policy making. > > Submissions could concern policy making or delivery in areas such as > healthcare, social or municipal services, national security and border > protection, the provision of welfare benefits, the collection of > taxation, the protection of the environment or the allocation of > natural resources, the administration of the civil or criminal justice > system, educational provision, economic regulation, industrial and > cultural policy, or any of the other tasks which governments > undertake. > > This special issue seeks papers presenting both conceptual advances > and innovative applications, recognising that public sector > applications must balance the need for robust and convincing analysis > with legitimate public expectations about transparency and > opportunities for participation. Papers may deal with contributions > through different phases of the policy cycle: from issue > identification; policy testing and analysis; to policy implementation > and evaluation. > > Contributions from Decision Theory, Social Choice Theory, Measurement > Theory, Welfare Economics, Policy Analysis and related fields are > encouraged. Papers which show how recent IT innovations (in social > networks, distributed and/or cloud computing, machine learning, > knowledge extraction, artificial intelligence, data mining) and > operational research methods (problem structuring, multi-criteria > decision analysis, optimization techniques, evaluation models) have > shaped the broad area of policy analytics are also particularly > welcome. > > Instructions for authors can be found at: > http://www.springer.com/business/operations+research/journal/10479 > > Authors should submit a cover letter and a manuscript by 31 October > 2012 via the Journal's online submission site. Manuscripts submitted > after the deadline may not be considered for the special volume and > may be transferred to a regular volume. > > Please see the Author Instructions on the web site if you have not yet > submitted a paper through Springer's web-based system, Editorial > Manager. Be sure to note in the Manuscript Comment text that your work > is intended for the special volume and to select the article type > "Policy Analytics." > 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. The refereeing cycle will take place through > 2013 and our target print publication date is 2014. > > Guest Editors: > Katherine Daniell, Australian National University > Alec Morton, London School of Economics > David Rios Insua, Royal Academy of Sciences, Spain > > > > Alec Morton > Lecturer in Operational Research and Departmental Tutor, BSc > Management Sciences > Department of Management > London School of Economics and Political Science > http://www2.lse.ac.uk/management/people/amorton.aspx > New book! Portfolio Decision Analysis by Salo, Keisler, Morton (eds). > http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/operations+research/bo > ok/978-1-4419-9942-9 > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.