Special Issue
"Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization"
of the European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/european-journal-of-operational-research/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-evolutionary-multiobjective-optimization/
http://emoatmcdm.gforge.inria.fr/specialissue.php
Submission deadline: September 30, 2013
Guest editors: D. Brockhoff, B. Derbel, A. Liefooghe, and S. Verel
Multiobjective optimization occurs frequently in practice whenever more than one
objective function has to be optimized simultaneously. Instead of reformulating a
multiobjective optimization problem in terms of a scalarized (single-objective)
function, evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO) deals with typically
stochastic algorithms that are able to find multiple (near) Pareto-optimal
solutions in a single algorithm run. Besides "classical" evolutionary algorithms,
EMO also covers other types of meta-heuristics for multiobjective optimization,
for both combinatorial and continuous search spaces. The goal of the Special
Issue on "Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization" is to present salient current
research and application studies using EMO methodologies to a general operations
research audience.
We are welcoming high quality papers in all theoretical, developmental,
implementational, and applied aspects of EMO and multi-criteria decision making
(MCDM), though papers focusing on combining EMO and MCDM methodologies are
highly encouraged. All papers will be reviewed according to the standards of EJOR.
Topics:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
* comparisons between different (also exact) techniques
* EMO for dynamic optimization
* distributed and parallel EMO
* handling a large number of objectives
* hybrid EMO methodologies
* innovative applications
* interactive EMO
* multiobjectivization studies
* neighborhood and variation operators
* performance metrics
* preference articulation in EMO
* search space analysis of multiobjective problems
* set-based MCDM approaches
* theoretical foundations of EMO
* uncertainty handling
Paper format:
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Please follow the author guidelines of EJOR and use the online submission
system at http://ees.elsevier.com/ejor/ to upload your submissions.
Note that EJOR is a "RoMEO green journal" according to the Sherpa/RoMEO
initiative, i.e., authors are allowed to make pre- and post-prints publicly
available on their personal web pages.
Important dates:
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o Submission deadline for full-length papers: September 30, 2013
o Tentative notification about acceptance: December 2013
o Tentative deadline for final submission: March 2014
o Expected publication date: end of 2014
