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Call For Papers
Thematic Issue on Memetic Algorithms in Scheduling
of Journal of Memetic Computing
http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12293
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Paper submission: 26th June 2009
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 5th October 2009
Final manuscript: 6th November 2009
Expected publication: January 2010
Memetic Algorithms have recently been successfully applied to complex
scheduling problems with huge search spaces. Memetic algorithms include
hybrid metaheuristics (including evolutionary hybrids) for optimization,
control and design in continuous and discrete optimization domains. This
special issue aims at helping dissolve the barriers separating
metaheuristics, exact and approximation algorithms research and to bring
forth a renewed impetus towards the investigation and understanding of
promising new hybrid algorithmic technologies as they apply to
scheduling problems.
We invite papers which reflect the recent advances of Memetic Algorithms
in scheduling and demonstrate the state-of-the-art theory and practice
in the area. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Memetic algorithms in educational timetabling; personnel scheduling;
production scheduling; sports scheduling; transport scheduling, etc
- Comparison and integration of other computational intelligence
techniques with Memetic Algorithms
- Multi-objective Memetic Algorithms in scheduling
- Adaptive Memetic Algorithms in scheduling
- Cooperative search of Memetic Algorithms in scheduling
- Case Studies
- Theoretical or empirical analysis of Memetic Algorithms and
representation issues in scheduling
- Complexity issues of Memetic Algorithms in scheduling
Manuscripts should conform to the standard format of the Memetic
Computing journal as indicated in the Manuscript Submission. All
submissions will be peer reviewed subject to the standards of the
journal. Manuscripts based on previously published conference papers
must be extended substantially. Electronic submissions must be in PDF
format and should be prepared according to the journal guidelines. The
submissions should be performed through the journal automatic system.
Please specify on the first page of the manuscript that the submission
is intended for this thematic issue.
All inquiries on this special issue should be sent to Dr. Rong Qu
([log in to unmask]), Professor Kay Chen Tan or Professor Michel
Gendreau. Prospective authors are also encouraged to send an email to
Dr. Qu indicating their interests in submitting a paper and the specific
topics addressed.
Guest Editors:
- Dr Rong Qu, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham,
Nottingham, UK
- A/P Kay Chen Tan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Professor Michel Gendreau, Centre de recherche sur les transports,
Universit de Montral, Canada
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