VOLUME 9(4) 2000 Bulletin · 2001. 3. 13. · E-mail: [email protected] EURO Vice President 1 Prof. Zilla Sinuany-Stern Ben Gurion University of The Negev Dept. of Ind

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Bulletin of the Association of European Operational Societies (EURO)distributed quarterly through the National Societies and on the InternetEURO web server.

B.D.: Bruxelles X; A.K.: Brussel X - Editor: Ph. Van Asbroeck, 108 av.Sleeckx, B-1030 Bruxelles, Belgium

EURO Office ■ Université Libre de Bruxelles ■ Service de mathématiquesde la gestion ■ Bld du Triomphe CP 210/01 ■ B-1050 Brussels ■ Belgium■ Fax: +32 2 650 59 70 ■ E-mail: [email protected] ■ URL: http://www.ulb.ac.be/euro/euro_welcome.html

I n s i d eEURO directory■ EURO officers 3■ EURO working groups 4■ EURO member societies 9

EURO XVIII conference 22

Mini EURO conferences and ORP 24call for proposal - Rainer Burkard

Organisation of a Mini EURO 25conference

EURO general support 28Alexis Tsoukias

EURO member societies corner 29Portugese OR Society APDIO

EURO calendar 31

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EUROPresidentProf. Philippe VinckeUniversité Libre de BruxellesService de mathématiques de la gestionBld. du Triomphe CP210/01BE - 1050 Brussels - BelgiumTel.: +32 2 650 5889Fax: +32 2 650 5970E-mail: [email protected]: http://smg.ulb.ac.be/personal/PVincke.html

EUROImmediate past PresidentProf. Christoph SchneeweissUniversität MannheimLehrstuhl für Operations ResearchP.O. Box 10 34 62DE - 68131 Mannheim - GermanyTel.: +49 621 181 1655Fax: +49 621 181 1653E-mail: [email protected]

EUROVice President 1Prof. Zilla Sinuany-SternBen Gurion University of The NegevDept. of Ind. Eng. & MgmtP. O. Box 653IL - 84105 Beer-Sheva - IsraelTel.: +972 7 6472 223Fax: +972 7 6472 958E-mail: [email protected]

EUROVice President 2Prof. Rainer E. BurkardInstitut füer MathematikTechnische Universität GrazSteyrergasse 30AT - 8010 Graz - AustriaTel.: +43 316 873 5350Fax: +43 316 873 5369E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.opt.math.tu-graz.ac.at/burkard

EUROSecretaryProf. Alexis TsoukiasUniversité Paris DauphineLAMSADE-CNRSFR - 75775 Paris Cedex 16 - FranceTel.: +33 1 440 54 401Fax: +33 1 440 54 091E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.lamsade.dauphine.fr/~tsoukias

EUROTreasurerDr Philippe SolotAICOS Technologies AGEfringerstrasse 32CH - 4057 Basel - SwitzerlandTel.: +41-61-686 98 76Fax: +41-61-686 98 88E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.aicos.com

EUROVice President of IFORSProf. Yannis SiskosTechnical University of CreteDecision support Systems Lab.University CampusGR - 73100 Chania - GreeceTel.: +30 821 37349 or +30 821 64186Fax: +30 821 64824E-mail: [email protected]

EUROOfficeIr. Philippe Van AsbroeckEURO Office, Université Libre de BruxellesService de mathématiques de la gestionBld. du Triomphe CP210/01BE - 1050 Brussels - BelgiumFax: +32 2 650 59 70E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.ulb.ac.be/euro/euro_welcome.html

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EWG MCAD, Multicriteria aid for decisionsContact PointURL: http://www.inescc.pt/~ewgmcda

EWG MCAD, Multicriteria aid for decisionsCoordinatorProf. Bernard RoyLAMSADEUniversité Paris-DauphinePlace du Maréchal De Lattre de TassignyFR - 75775 Paris Cedex 16FranceTel.: +33 1 44054288Fax: +33 1 44054091E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.inescc.pt/~ewgmcda

EWG EUROFUSE, Fuzzy setsCoordinatorProf. Dr. Bernard De BaetsGhent UniversityDept of Appl. Maths, Biometrics and Process ControlCoupure Links 653BE - 9000 GentBelgiumTel.: +32 9 264 59 41Fax: +32 9 264 62 20E-mail: [email protected]: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~bdebaets

EWG EUROFUSE, Fuzzy setsCoordinatorProf. Dr. Janos FodorSzent Istvan UniversityFaculty of Veterinay Sci. Dept. of Biomathematicsand InformaticsIstvan u. 2HU - 1078 BudapestHungaryTel.: +36 1 478 4213Fax: +36 1 478 4217E-mail: [email protected]: http://www2.univet.hu/~jfodor

EWG ORAHS, OR applied to health servicesContact PointURL: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~orahsweb/

EWG ORAHS, OR applied to health servicesCoordinatorDr Jan VissersEindhoven University of TechnologyFaculty of Technology ManagementPO Box 513NL - 5600 MB EindhovenThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 402 473 937Fax: +31 402 464 596E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.tue.nl/tm/vakgr/lb

EWG EUROBANKING, special interest groupContact PointURL: http://www.clubi.ie/eurobank

EWG EUROBANKING, special interest groupCoordinatorDr. Antti KorhonenHelsinki University of TechnologyToppelundintie 6 as. 1FI - 02170 EspooFinlandTel.: +358 9 452 3930; +358 50 548 1050Fax: +358 9 452 3944E-mail: [email protected]

EWG EWGLA, Locational analysisContact PointURL: http://www.vub.ac.be/EWGLA/homepage.htm

EWG EWGLA, Locational analysisCoordinatorProf. Frank PlastriaBEIF Dept.of Management. InformaticsGOLD Research Grp on Locat. & Dist.Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2,BE - 1050 BrusselsBelgiumTel.: +32 2 629 36 09, +32 2 629 36 07Fax: +32 2 629 36 90E-mail: [email protected]

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EWG ESIGMA, Special interest group on multicriteria analysisCoordinatorProf. Theodor StewartDepartment of Statistical SciencesUniversity of Cape TownZA - 7701 RondeboschSouth AfricaTel.: +27 21 650 3224Fax: +27 21 689 7578E-mail: [email protected]

EWG Project management and schedulingCoordinatorProf. Luis Valadares TavaresCESUR - ISTInstituto Superior TécnicoAvda. Rovisco PaisPT - 1049-001 LisbonPortugalTel.: +351 21 840 7455Fax: +351 21 840 9884E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

EWG Financial modellingCoordinatorProf. Dr. Jaap SpronkErasmus University RotterdamDepartment of FinanceP.O. Box 1738NL - 3000 DR RotterdamThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 10 4081285, +31 10 4081282Fax: +31 10 240 0480E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.few.eur.nl/few/people/spronk/

EWG ECCO, European Chapter on combinatorialoptimizationContact PointURL: http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~vdc/ECCO/ECCO.html

EWG ECCO, European Chapter on combinatorialoptimizationCoordinatorProf. Silvano MartelloUniversity of BolognaDEISViale Risorgimento, 2IT - 40136 BolognaItalyTel.: +39 051 209 3022Fax: +39 051 209 3073E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~vdc/ECCO/ECCO.html

EWG Decision support systemsContact PointProf. Tawfik JelassiENPC School of International Management28 rue des Saints PeresFR - 75007 ParisFranceTel.: +33 1 44582854Fax: +33 1 44582749E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.enpc.fr/mib/jelassihome.htm

EWG TransportationContact PointURL: http://pft2.iasi.rm.cnr.it/EWGT/homen.html

EWG TransportationCoordinatorDr. Maurizio BielliIstituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed InformaticaConsiglio Nazionale delle RicercheViale Manzoni 30,IT - 00185 RomaItalyTel.: +39 06 771 6409Fax: +39 06 771 6461E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/iasi/personnel/bielli.html


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■ ■ ■6EWG Group decision and negotiation supportContact PointURL: http://infolab.kub.nl/eurogdss/

EWG Group decision and negotiation supportCoordinatorDr. Fran AckermannDepartment of Management ScienceUniversity of Strathclyde40 George StreetGB - G1 1QE GlasgowUnited KingdomTel.: +44 141 552 4400 x 3610Fax: +44 141 552 6686E-mail: [email protected]

EWG MODEST, Modelling of economies andsocieties in transitionCoordinatorProf. Zbigniew Nahorskic/o Systems Research InstitutePolish Academy of SciencesNewelska 6PL - 01-447 WarszawaPolandTel.: +48 22 8364 103Fax: +48 22 8372 772E-mail: [email protected]

EWG MODEST, Modelling of economies andsocieties in transitionCoordinatorProf. Jan W. Owsinskic/o Systems Research InstitutePolish Academy of SciencesNewelska 6PL - 01-447 WarszawaPolandTel.: +48 22 8364 103Fax: +48 22 8372 772E-mail: [email protected]

EWG WATT Working group on automatedtime tablingContact PointURL: http://www.asap.cs.nott.ac.uk/ASAP/watt/index.html

EWG WATT Working group on automatedtime tablingCoordinatorDr. Edmund BurkeUniversity of Nottingham, School of ComputerSc. & ITAutomated Scheduling, Opt. & Planning ResearchGroupJubilee CampusGB - NG8 2BB NottinghamUnited KingdomTel.: +44 115 951 4206Fax: +44 115 951 4249E-mail: [email protected]

EWG WATT Working group on automatedtime tablingCoordinatorDr. Jan SchreuderUniversity of TwenteMathematical SciencesPostbus 217NL - 7500 AE EnschedeThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 53 489 3463Fax: +31 53 489 4858E-mail: [email protected]

EWG Environmental planningContact PointTel.: +301 4142150Fax: +301 4142328URL: http://www.unipi.gr/gaia/gaia.htm

EWG Environmental planningCoordinatorProf. Costas PappisUniversity of PiraeusDepartment of Industrial Management80, Karaoli & Dimitriou Str.GR - 185 34 PiraeusGreeceTel.: +301 414 2150, +301 9422052Fax: +301 414 2328E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.unipi.gr/gaia/personal/pappis/pappis.htm



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EWG PAREO, Parallel processing in operationresearchContact PointEWG PAREO, Parallel processing in operation researchB. Le Cun, Univ. of Versailles, Laboratory PRISM45 av. des Etats-UnisFR - 78035 Versailles CedexFranceTel.: +33 1 39 25 40 50Fax: +33 1 39 25 40 57E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~blec/PAREO/index.html

EWG PAREO, Parallel processing in operationresearchCoordinatorProf. Catherine RoucairolUniversity of VersaillesLaboratory PRISM45 av. des Etats-UnisFR - 78035 Versailles CedexFranceTel.: +33 1 39 25 40 88Fax: +33 1 39 25 40 57E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/english/parallel/cr/people/roucairo_us.html

EWG DEAPM, Data envelopment analysis andperformance measurementContact PointURL: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~bsrlu/Euro-DEAPM/

EWG DEAPM, Data envelopment analysis andperformance measurementCoordinatorProf. Tarja JoroUniversity of AlbertaFaculty of Business3-40F Business buildingCA - T6G 2R6 Edmontown AlbertaCanadaTel.: +1 780 492 5922Fax: +1 780 492 3325E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/tjoro/

EWG DEAPM, Data envelopment analysis andperformance measurementCoordinatorMs. K. AllenLehrstuhl für UnternehmenstheorieRWTH AachenTemplergraben 64DE - 52056 AachenGermanyTel.: +49 241 806210Fax: +49 241 8888179E-mail: [email protected]

EWG DDM, Distributed decision makingContact PointURL: http://www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/Schneeweiss/ddm/ddm.html

EWG DDM, Distributed decision makingCoordinatorProf. Christoph SchneeweissUniversität MannheimLehrstuhl für Operations ResearchP.O. Box 10 34 62DE - 68131 MannheimGermanyTel.: +49 621 181 1655Fax: +49 621 181 1653E-mail: [email protected]

EWG DDM, Distributed decision makingCoordinatorDr. Rudolf VetscheraManagement CentreUniversity of ViennaBruenner Str. 72AT - 1210 WienAustriaTel.: +43 1 4277 38171Fax: +43 1 4277 38174E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/org/Mitarbeiter/Vetschera/Vetscherad.html


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■ ■ ■8EWG Methodology for complex societal problemsCoordinatorProf. Dorien J. De TombeUniversity of TechnologySchool of Systems EngineeringP.O. Box 5015NL - 2600 GA DelftThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 15 278 6949Fax: +31 15 278 3429E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.sepa.tudelft.nl/webstaf/detombe/index.htm

EWG EUROPT, Continous OptimisationWorking GroupCoordinatorDr. Tamás TerlakyDepartment of Computing and SoftwareMcMaster University1280, Main Street WestCA - L8S 4L7 Hamilton, OntarioCanadaTel.: +1-905-525-9140 Ext: 27780Fax: +1-905-524-0340E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~terlaky

EWG EU/ME, EUropean chapter onMetaheuristicsContact Pointhttp://tew.ruca.ua.ac.be/eume/

EWG EU/ME, EUropean chapter onMetaheuristicsCoordinatorProf. Marc SevauxUniversity of Valenciennes-Mont HouyCNRS, UMR 8530-LAMIH/SPFR-59313 Valenciennes Cedex 9FranceE-mail: [email protected]

EWG E-CUBE, European Working Group onExperimental EconomicsCoordinatorProf. U. Leopold-WildburgerInstitut fuer Statistik und Operations ResearchKarl-Franzens-Universitaet GrazUniversitaetsstr. 15/E3AT-8010 Graz, AustriaTel.: +43 316 380 - 3492 Fax: +43 316 380 - 9560email: [email protected]: http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/soowww/person-al/Leopold/



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AUSTRIAMember SocietyÖGORc/o Institut für Okonometrie und OR TU WienArgentinierstrasse 8AT - 1040 WienAustriaE-mail: [email protected]: http://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/prod/oegor/oegor.htm

AUSTRIAPresidentProf. Dr. Richard HartlUniversität WienLehrstuhl für Produktion und LogistikBrünnerstraße 72AT - 1210 WienAustriaTel.: +43 1 4277 38092Fax: +43 1 4277 38094E-mail: [email protected]

AUSTRIARepresentativeProf. Dr. Gustav FeichtingerTechnische Universität WienInst. für Ökonometrie und OR, TU WienArgentinierstrasse 8AT - 1040 WienAustriaTel.: +43 1 58801 / 11927 Fax: +43 1 58801 / 11999E-mail: [email protected]

BELARUSMember SocietyByORS, c/o N. N. GuschinskyInstitute Engineering, Cybernetics ASBSuganov Street 6BY - 220012 MinskBelarusTel.: +375 172 685 152Fax: +375 172 318403E-mail: [email protected]

BELARUSPresidentProf. Vyacheslav. S. TanaevInstitute of EngineeringCyberbetics of ASBSuganov Street 6BY - 220012 MinskBelarusTel.: +375 17 284 2175Fax: +375 17 284 2175E-mail: tanaev@ newman.bas-net.by

BELARUSRepresentativeProf. Valery S. GordonInstitute of EngineeringCybernetics of ASBSuganov Street 6BY - 220012 MinskBelarusTel.: +375 17 268 5125Fax: +375 17 231 8403E-mail: [email protected]

BELARUSRepresentativeProf. Genrikh M. LevinInstitute of EngineeringCybernetics of ASBSuganov Street 6BY - 220012 MinskBelarusTel.: +375 17 284 2141Fax: +375 17 231 8403E-mail: levin@ newman.bas-net.by

BELGIUMMember SocietySOGESCI - BVWBc/o ERM - KMSAv. de la Renaissance laan 30BE - 1000 BrusselsBelgiumTel.: +32 2 737 65 33Fax: +32 2 737 65 12URL: http://mathro.fpms.ac.be/sogescibvwb/main


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■ ■ ■10BELGIUMPresidentProf. Pierre KunschAvenue A. Buyl 12BE - 1050 BrusselsBelgiumTel.: +32 2 212 10 15 (office)Fax: +32 2 648 35 50 (private)E-mail: [email protected]

BELGIUMRepresentativeProf. Frank PlastriaBEIF Dept.of Management. InformaticsGOLD Research Grp on Locat. & Dist.Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2,BE - 1050 BrusselsBelgiumTel.: +32 2 629 36 09, +32 2 629 36 07Fax: +32 2 629 36 90E-mail: [email protected]

BELGIUMRepresentativeProf. Marc PirlotFaculté Polytechnique de MonsService de Math. & Rech. Op.Rue de Houdain, 9BE - 7000 MonsBelgiumTel.: +32 65 374 682Fax: +32 65 374 689E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIAMember SocietyBORS Bulg. Acad. of SciencesInstitute of InformaticsAcad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 29 ABG - 1113 SofiaBulgariaTel.: +359 2 700 391Fax: +359 2 720 497E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIAPresidentAssoc. Prof. Nicola YanevInstitute of MathematicsBulg. Acad of SciencesAcad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 8BG - 1113 SofiaBulgariaTel.: +359 2 979 3848Fax: +359 2 739 897E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIARepresentativeProf. Vassil Stefanov VassilevInstitute of Information TechnologiesBulg. Acad of SciencesAcad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 29ABG - 1113 SofiaBulgariaTel.: +359 2 700 429Fax: +359 2 720 497E-mail: [email protected]

BULGARIARepresentativeAssoc. Prof. Nicola YanevInstitute of MathematicsBulg. Acad of SciencesAcad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 8BG - 1113 SofiaBulgariaTel.: +359 2 979 3848Fax: +359 2 739 897E-mail: [email protected]

CROATIAMember SocietyCRORS HDOIEkonomski fakultet ZagrebKennedyjev trg. 6HR - 10000 ZagrebCroatiaTel.: +385 1 238 3364Fax: +385 1 233 5633E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.foi.hr/hdoi/



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CROATIAPresidentProf. Kristina SoricEkonomski fakultet ZagrebKennedyjev trg. 6HR - 10000 ZagrebCroatiaTel.: +385 1 238 3364Fax: +385 1 233 5633E-mail: [email protected]

CROATIARepresentativeProf. Luka NeralicEkonomski fakultet ZagrebKennedyjev trg. 6HR - 10000 ZagrebCroatiaTel.: +385 1 238 3366Fax: +385 1 233 5633E-mail: [email protected]

CROATIARepresentativeProf. Kristina SoricEkonomski fakultet ZagrebKennedyjev trg. 6HR - 10000 ZagrebCroatiaTel.: +385 1 238 3364Fax: +385 1 233 5633E-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLICMember SocietyUniversity of EconomicsFaculty of Informatics and StatisticsCeska spolecnost pro operacni vyzkum W. Churchill Sq. 4CZ - 130 67 Prague 3Czech RepublicE-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLICPresidentProf. Jan PelikanUniversity of EconomicsDepartment of econometricsW. Churchill sq.4CZ - 130 67 PrahaCzech RepublicTel.: +420 2 2409 5423Fax: +420 2 2409 5423E-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLICRepresentativeProf. Jaroslav RamikSilesian UniversitySchool of Business AdministrationUniversity Square, 76CZ - 733 40 KarvinaCzech RepublikTel.: +420 6 9639 8227Fax: +420 6 9631 2069E-mail: [email protected]

CZECH REPUBLICRepresentativeDr. Petra FialaPrague School of EconomicsDepartment of EconomicsNam. W. Churchilla 4CZ - 130 67 Praha 3Czech RepublikTel.: +420 2 2409 5447Fax: +420 2 2409 5423E-mail: [email protected]

DENMARKMember SocietyDORSInstitut for Matematisk ModelleringTechn. Univ. Denmark - Building 321DK - 2800 LyngbyDenmarkE-mail: [email protected]: http://www.dorsnet.dk/


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■ ■ ■12DENMARKPresidentAssistant Prof. Allan LarsenInst. of Mathematical ModellingTechnical University of DenmarkBuilding 321, room 116,DK - 2800 LyngbyDenmarkTel.: +45 45 25 33 83Fax: +45 45 88 26 73E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]: http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~ala

DENMARKRepresentativeProf. Jakob KrarupDIKUUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 1DK - 2100 Copenhagen 0DenmarkTel.: +45 35 32 14 50Fax: +45 35 32 14 01E-mail: [email protected]

FINLANDMember SocietyFORSFinnish OR SocietyPO Box702FI - 00101 HelsinkiFinlandE-mail: [email protected]: http://www.hkkk.fi/~fors

FINLANDPresidentProf. Hannele WalleniusHelsinki University of TechnologyDepartament of Industrial Engineering andManagement,Institute of Strategy and International BusinessPO Box 9500FI - 02015 HutFinlandTel.: +358 9 451 3083 or +358 40 516 1603(cellular)Fax: +358 9 451 3095E-mail: [email protected]

FINLANDRepresentativeLic. Sc. Tuula KinnunenFinland Post LtdP.O.Box 4 (Postintaival 7 A)FI - 00011 POSTIFinlandTel.: +358 204 51 7126 or +358 40 500 7473Fax: +358 204 51 4545E-mail: [email protected]

FINLANDRepresentativeProf. Hannele WalleniusHelsinki University of TechnologyDepartament of Industrial Engineering andManagement, Institute of Strategy and International BusinessPO Box 9500FI - 02015 HutFinlandTel.: +358 9 451 3083 or +358 40 516 1603(cellular)Fax: +358 9 451 3095E-mail: [email protected]

FRANCEMember SocietyROADEF, c/-o A. Munier, IUP MIAGE, Université Paris 12 71, rue Saint-SimonFR - 94 017 Creteil CedexFRANCE Tel.: +33-(0)1 45 17 03 44 (direct) Fax: +33 1 44 27 70 00E-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]: http://www.roadef.org

FRANCEPresidentProf. Denis BouyssouUniversité Paris DauphineLAMSADE-CNRSPlace du Maréchal De Lattre de TassignyFR - 75775 Paris Cedex 16FranceTel.: +33 1 44 05 48 98Fax: +33 1 44 05 40 91E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]: http://babel.essec.fr:8008/domsite/cv.nsf/WebCv/Denis+Bouyssou



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FRANCERepresentativeXavier GandibleuxLAMIHUniversité de ValenciennesLe Mont Houy - BP311FR - 59304 Valenciennes cedexFranceTel.: +33 3 27 14 14 72Fax: +33 3 27 14 11 83E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]

FRANCERepresentativeProf. Denis BouyssouUniversité Paris DauphineLAMSADE-CNRSPlace du Maréchal De Lattre de TassignyFR - 75775 Paris Cedex 16FranceTel.: +33 1 44 05 48 98Fax: +33 1 44 05 40 91E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]: http://babel.essec.fr:8008/domsite/cv.nsf/WebCv/Denis+Bouyssou

GERMANYMember SocietyGOR Gesellschaft für ORc/o Mrs Bärbel NiedzwetzkiAm Steinknapp 14bDE - 44795 BochumGermanyTel.: +49 234 462 246Fax: +49 234 462 245E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.gor-ev.de

GERMANYPresidentProf. Dr. Uwe ZimmermannTechnische Universitaet BraunschweigAbt. Mathematische OptimierungPockelsstr. 14DE - 38106 BraunschweigGermanyTel.: +49 531 391 7550Fax: +49 531 391 7559E-mail: [email protected]

GERMANYRepresentativeProf. Hartmut StadtlerTechn. Universität DarmstadtInstitut für Betrieb. FG Fertigungs und Mat.Hochschulstrasse 1DE - 64289 DarmstadtGermanyTel.: +49 6151 164863Fax: +49 6151 165162E-mail: [email protected]

GERMANYRepresentativeProf. Dr. Gerhard WaescherMartin-Luther-Universitaet Halle,Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultaet,Produktion und LogistikDE - 06099 Halle /SaaleGermanyTel.: +49 345 55 23420Fax: +49 345 55 27198E-mail: [email protected]

GREAT BRITAINMember SocietyOR Society & OR NewslettersSeymour House12 Edward StreetGB - B1 2RX BirminghamUnited KingdomTel.: +44 1 21 233 9300Fax: +44 1 21 233 0321E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.orsoc.org.uk/home.html

GREAT BRITAINPresidentProf. M. PiddHead of Department of Management ScienceLancaster UniversityGB - LA1 4YX, LancasterUnited KingdomTel.: +44 1524 593 870Fax: +44 1524 844 885E-mail: [email protected]


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■ ■ ■14GREAT BRITAINRepresentativeProf. M. PiddHead of Department of Management ScienceLancaster UniversityGB - LA1 4YX, LancasterUnited KingdomTel.: +44 1524 593 870Fax: +44 1524 844 885E-mail: [email protected]

GREAT BRITAINRepresentativeProf. Chris PottsUniversity of SouthamptonFaculty of Mathematical StudiesHighfieldGB - S017 1BJ SouthamptonUnited KingdomTel.: +44 23 8059 3651Fax: +44 23 8059 5147E-mail: [email protected]

GREECEMember SocietyHELORSc/o Despoina FagraSolomou Str. 20, 5th floorGR - 10682 AthensGreeceTel.: +30 1 381 9892Fax: +30 1 364 7578E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.aegean.gr/eeee

GREECEPresidentProf. Yannis SiskosTechnical University of CreteDecision support Systems Lab.University CampusGR - 73100 ChaniaGreeceTel.: +30 821 37349 or +30 821 64186Fax: +30 821 64824E-mail: [email protected]

GREECERepresentativeProf. Yannis SiskosTechnical University of CreteDecision support Systems Lab.University CampusGR - 73100 ChaniaGreeceTel.: +30 821 37349 or +30 821 64186Fax: +30 821 64824E-mail: [email protected]

GREECERepresentativeProf. Danai DiakoulakiAlkionis 16GR - 17561 Palaio FaliroGreeceTel.: +30 1 772 3254Fax: +30 1 772 3155E-mail: [email protected]

HUNGARYMember SocietyHORS, MTA SZTAKIPO Box 63HU - 1518 BudapestHungaryTel.: +36 1 209 5266Fax: +36 1 209 5267E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~csendes/hors.html

HUNGARYPresidentProf. Sandor KomlosiUniversity of PecsRakoczi ut 80HU - 7622 PecsHungaryTel.: +36 72- 211 433Fax: +36 72- 501 533E-mail: [email protected]



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HUNGARYRepresentativeProf. Tamás RapcsakMTA SZTAKIPO Box 63HU - 1518 BudapestHungaryTel.: +361 209 52 66Fax: +361 209 52 67E-mail: [email protected]

HUNGARYRepresentativeProf. Zsolt HarnosUniversity of Horticulture and Food IndustryVillanuyi ut 31HU - 1118 BudapestHungaryTel.: +36 1 372 6261Fax: +36 1 466 9273E-mail: [email protected]

ICELANDMember SocietyICORSUniversity of Iceland, Faculty ofEconomics & Business AdministrationIS - 101 ReykjavikIcelandTel.: +354 525 4570Fax: +354 552 6806E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.hi.is/~snjolfur/orsociety.htm

ICELANDPresidentDr. Snjolfur OlafssonUniversity of IcelandFaculty of Economics & Business AdministrationIS - 101 ReykjavikIcelandTel.: +354 525 4570Fax: +354 552 6806E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.hi.is/~snjolfur

ICELANDRepresentativeDr. Pall JenssonUniversity of IcelandDept. of EngineeringHjardarhaga 2-4IS - 107 ReykjavikIcelandTel.: +354 525 4635Fax: +354 525 4632E-mail: [email protected]

ICELANDRepresentativeMr. Halfdan GunnarssonBestun og ráogjöf ehfBorgartún 37IS - 105 ReykjavikIcelandTel.: +354 512 1000E-mail: [email protected]

IRELANDMember SocietyManagement Science Society of IrelandFaculty of Business DIT - Mountjoy Square40 - 45 Montjoy SquareIE - Dublin 1IrelandTel.: +353 1 402 4276Fax: +353 1 402 4298E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.imsgrp.com/mssi/index.html

IRELANDPresidentProf. Cathal BrughaUniversity College DublinDepartment of Management Information SystemsBlackrockIE - DublinIrelandTel.: +353-1-716-8132Fax: +353-1-716-1120E-mail: [email protected]: http://mis.ucd.ie/staff/cbrugha/


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IRELANDRepresentativeDr Martin RogersDublin Institute of TechnologyDept. of Engineering TechnologyBolton StreetIE - Dublin 1IrelandTel.: +353 1 402 3837Fax: +353 1 402 3999E-mail: [email protected]

ISRAELMember SocietyORSIS c/o Ms. Nilly SchnappFaculty of Industrial Engineering & Mgt.Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyIL - 32000 HaifaIsraelTel.: +972 4 829 4445Fax: +972 4 823 5194E-mail: [email protected]

ISRAELPresidentProf. Zilla Sinuany-SternBen Gurion University of The NegevDept. of Ind. Eng. & MgmtP. O. Box 653IL - 84105 Beer-ShevaIsraelTel.: +972 7 6472 223Fax: +972 7 6472 958E-mail: [email protected]

ISRAELRepresentativeDr. Gur MosheiovSchool of Business AdministrationThe Hebrew UniversityIL - 91905 JerusalemIsraelTel.: +972 2 5883790Fax: +972 2 5881341

ISRAELRepresentativeProf. Boaz GolanyFaculty of Ind. Eng. & Mgmt. Technion,IL - 32000 HaifaIsraelTel.: +972 4 8294 512Fax: +972 4 8235 194E-mail: [email protected]

ITALYMember SocietyAIROc/o Sig. A. Martinoli BagnascoVia Serretto 1/4IT - 16131 GenovaItalyTel.: +39 10 377 7703Fax: +39 10 377 7703E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.airo.org

ITALYPresidentProf. Giorgio GalloDipartimento di InformaticaCorso Italia 40IT - 56125 PisaItalyTel.: +39 50 887214Fax: +39 50 88 7226E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.di.unipi.it/~gallo/gallo.html



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ITALYRepresentativeProf. Giovanni RinaldiI.A.S.I. - Istituto di Analisidei Sistemi ed InformaticaViale Manzoni, 30IT - 185 RomaItalyTel.: +39 06 7716485/6Fax: +39 06 7716461E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.iasi.rm.cnr.it/iasi/personnel/rinaldi.html

ITALYRepresentativeProf. Giorgio GalloDipartimento di InformaticaCorso Italia 40IT - 56125 PisaItalyTel.: +39 50 88 7214Fax: +39 50 88 7226E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.di.unipi.it/~gallo/gallo.html

NORWAYMember SocietyNORSc/o Den Polytekniske ForeningRosenkrantz gt. 7NO - 159 OsloNorwayTel.: +47 22 42 68 70Fax: +47 22 42 58 87E-mail: [email protected]

NORWAYPresidentDr. Espen AndersenInst. for organisasjon og ledelseHandelshoyskolen BIPO Box 580NO - 1301 SandvikaNorwayTel.: +47 67 55 71 77Fax: +47 67 55 76 78E-mail: [email protected]

NORWAYRepresentativeProf. Bjorn NygreenNorwegian University of Science & Techn.Dpt. Industrial Economics & Techn. Mgt.Alfred Getz vei 1NO - 7034 TrondheimNorwayTel.: +47 73 59 36 07Fax: +47 73 59 36 03E-mail: [email protected]

POLANDMember SocietyASPORS c/o Systems Research InstitutePolish Acad. of SciencesNewelska 6PL - 01-477 WarszawaPolandTel.: +48 22 8364 103Fax: +48 22 8372 772E-mail: [email protected]

POLANDPresidentProf. Andrzej StraszakSystems Research InstitutePolish Acad. of SciencesNewelska 6PL - 01-477 WarszawaPolandTel.: +48 22 8364 167Fax: +48 22 8372 772E-mail: [email protected]

POLANDRepresentativeProf. Jan WeglarzPoznan University of TechnologyInstitute of Computing SciencePiotrowo 3APL - 60-965 PoznanPolandTel.: +48 61 8790 790Fax: +48 61 8771 525E-mail: [email protected]


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■ ■ ■18POLANDRepresentativeProf. Roman SlowinskiPoznan University of TechnologyInstitute of Computing SciencePiotrowo 3APL - 60-965 PoznanPolandTel.: +48 61 8790 790 or 6652 375Fax: +48 61 8771 525E-mail: [email protected]

PORTUGALMember SocietyAPDIOCESUR Instituto Superior TecnicoAvda. Rovisco PaisPT - 1049-001 LisboaPortugalTel.: +351 21 840 7455Fax: +351 21 840 9884E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.apdio.pt/

PORTUGALPresidentProf. José Soreiro FerreiraAPDIO - CESUR - ISTAvda Rovisco PaisPT - 1049-001 LisboaPortugalTel.: +351 21 840 7455Fax: +351 21 840 9884E-mail: [email protected]

PORTUGALRepresentativeProf. João Paulo CostaFaculdade de Economia da Universidade deCoimbraAvda Dias da Silva, 165PT - 3000 CoimbraPortugalTel.: +351 239 790586E-mail: [email protected]

PORTUGALRepresentativeProf. José Soreiro FerreiraAPDIO - CESUR - ISTAvda Rovisco PaisPT - 1049-001 LisboaPortugalTel.: +351 21 840 7455Fax: +351 21 840 9884E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVAK REPUBLICMember SocietySSORDept. OR & Econ. - Univ. of Economics1/b DolnozemskaSK - 85235 BratislavaSlovak RepublicTel.: +421 7 672 95 833Fax: +421 7 624 12 195

SLOVAK REPUBLICPresidentProf. Ing. Zlatica Ivanicova Department of Operation Research andEconometrics Faculty of Economic Informatics University of Economics Dolnozemska cesta 1/b SK - 85235 Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 7 672 95 830 Fax: +421 7 624 12 195 E-mail: [email protected]

SLOVAK REPUBLICRepresentativeProf. Eleonora FendekovaUniversity of EconomicsDepartment of Business EconomicsDolnozemska 1/bSK - 85235 BratislavaSlovak RepublicTel.: +421 7 672 95 559Fax: +421 7 624 12 205E-mail: [email protected]



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SOUTH AFRICAMember SocietyORSSA, Operations ResearchSociety of South AfricaP.O. Box 3184ZA - 7602 MatielandSouth AfricaTel.: +27 21 888 2614Fax: +27 21 888 2694E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.orssa.org.za

SOUTH AFRICAPresidentDr Philip FourieUniversity of StellenboschDept of Applied MathematicsPrivate Bag X1ZA - 7602 MatielandSouth AfricaTel.: +27 21 808-4221Fax: +27 21 808-3778E-mail: [email protected]

SOUTH AFRICARepresentativeProf. Theodor StewartDepartment of Statistical SciencesUniversity of Cape TownZA - 7701 RondeboschSouth AfricaTel.: +27 21 650 3224Fax: +27 21 689 7578E-mail: [email protected]

SOUTH AFRICARepresentativeMr H W IttmannIcomtekCSIRPO BOX 395ZA - 0001 PretoriaSouth AfricaTel.: +27 12 841-3051Fax: +27 12 841-3037E-mail: [email protected]

SPAINMember SocietySEIO Sociedad de Estadistica e InvestigaciónOperativaSección de Investigación OperativaHortaleza 104, 2 IzqdaES - 28004 MadridSpainTel.: +34 91 308 2474Fax: +34 91 308 1238E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.cica.es/aliens/seio/

SPAINPresidentProf. Rafael InfanteUniversidad de SevillaDepartamento de Estadística e InvestigaciónOperativaAvenida Reina Mercedes s/n,ES - 41012 SevillaSpainTel.: +34 95 4557926/27Fax: +34 95 4622800E-mail: [email protected]

SPAINRepresentativeProf. Blas PelegrinUniversidad de MurciaDepartamento de Estadística e InvestigaciónOperativaCampus de EspinardoES - 30071 Espinardo (Murcia)SpainTel.: +34 968 363635Fax: +34 968 364182E-mail: [email protected]

SPAINRepresentativeProf. Marco López CerdáUniversidad de AlicanteDepartamento de Estadística e InvestigaciónOperativaCarretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/nES - 3071 AlicanteSpainTel.: +34 96 590 3531Fax: +34 96 590 3667E-mail: [email protected] 2 letter ISO country code available at

http://www.laposte.be/ orftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes

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■ ■ ■20SWEDENMember SocietySOAF / SORAc/o Stig HolmbergMitthögskolanSE - 813 25 ÖstersundSwedenTel.: +46 63 16 5385Fax: +46 63 16 5505E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.soaf.org/

SWEDENPresidentProf. Donald De RaadtIES / ISVLulea UniversitySE - 971 87 LuleaSwedenTel.: +46 920 918 18Fax: +46 920 722 23E-mail: [email protected]

SWEDENRepresentativeProf. Karim MossbergFOASE - 172 90 SockholmSwedenTel.: + 46 8 706 3794E-mail: [email protected]

SWITZERLANDMember SocietySVOR - ASRO Office, c/o Marino WidmerUniversité de Fribourg-DIUF,Rue Faucigny 2,CH - 1700 FribourgSwitzerlandTel.: + 41 26 300 8324Fax: + 41 26 300 9726E-mail: [email protected]: http://iiufpc44.unifr.ch/Wasro/

SWITZERLANDPresidentProf. Alain HertzROSE-DMA EPFLDepartment of MathematicsCH - 1015 LausanneSwitzerlandTel.: +41 21 693 25 68Fax: +41 21 693 42 50E-mail: [email protected]: http://dmawww.epfl.ch/rose.mosaic/ah/hertz.html

SWITZERLANDRepresentativeProf. Marino WidmerUniversité de Fribourg DIUFSite Regina MundiRue Faucigny 2CH - 1700 FribourgSwitzerlandTel.: + 41 26 300 8324Fax: + 41 26 300 9726E-mail: [email protected]

SWITZERLANDRepresentativeProf. Dominique De WerraEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneDépt. de MathématiquesCH - 1015 LausanneSwitzerlandTel.: +41 21 693 25 62Fax: +41 21 693 42 50E-mail: [email protected]

THE NETHERLANDSMember SocietyNSOR, c/o Dr. Benjamin JansenCQM B.V.P.O. Box 414NL - 5600 AK EindhovenThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 40 27 58702Fax: +31 40 27 58712E-mail: [email protected]



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THE NETHERLANDSPresidentProf. Dr Marc SalomonHoefijzerstraat 70NL - 3572 BX UtrechtThe NetherlandsTel.: + 31 30 27 22357E-mail: [email protected]

THE NETHERLANDSRepresentativeDr Bejamin JansenCQM b.v.Postbus 414Vonderweg 11NL - 5600 AK EindhovenThe NetherlandsTel.: +31 40 27 58702Fax: +31 40 27 58712E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEYMember SocietyORSTMiddle East Technical UnivDpt. of Industrial EngineeringTR - 6531 AnkaraTurkeyTel.: +90 312 210 2266Fax: +90 312 210 1268

TURKEYPresidentProf. Calgar GuvenMiddle East Technical UniversityDpt. of Industrial EngineeringTR - 6531 AnkaraTurkeyTel.: +90 312 210 22 75Fax: +90 312 210 12 68E-mail: [email protected]

TURKEYRepresentativeProf. Murat KoksalanMiddle East Technical UniversityDpt. of Industrial EngineeringTR - 6531 AnkaraTurkeyTel.: +90 312 210 22 87Fax: +90 312 210 12 68E-mail: [email protected]

YUGOSLAVIAMember SocietyDrustvo Operacionih Istrazivaca-YugoslavOR Society, Mihajlo Pupin InstituteUl. Volgina 15, PO Box 15YU - 11000 BelgradeYugoslaviaTel.: +381 11 774 473Fax: +381 11 774 265

YUGOSLAVIAPresidentDr. Mirko VujosevicUniversity of BelgradeFaculty of Organisational SciencesJove Llica 154YU - 11000 BelgradeYugoslaviaTel.: +381 11 465 855, +381 11 772 720Fax: +381 11 461 221E-mail: [email protected]

YUGOSLAVIARepresentativeProf. Radivoj PetrovicUniversity of BelgradeFaculty Traffic & Transport EngineeringVojvode Stepe 305YU - 11000 BelgradeYugoslaviaTel.: +381 11 493 211Fax: +381 11 466 294E-mail: [email protected]

YUGOSLAVIARepresentativeDr. Slobodan GuberinicUniversity of BelgradeFaculty Traffic & Transport EngineeringVojvode Stepe 305YU - 11000 BelgradeYugoslaviaTel.: +381 11 493 211Fax: +381 11 466 294


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EURO 2001 ConferenceThe eighteenth conference of the Association

of European Operations Research Societies will be a forum for academics and business

on recent developments in OR

The conference will take place at the ErasmusUniversity in the logistic “mainport” Rotterdam,The Netherlands, on July 9-11, 2001. Besides theexchange of knowledge on all OR topics and tuto-rial sessions on “smart logistics and innovativeoperations”, many company visits and invited ses-sions will enrich the conference.

The modern conference site is situated on thecampus of the Erasmus university in Rotterdam,the city with the largest port in the world and2001’s European cultural capital. Moreover, a postconference seminar on financial risk managementwill take place in Amsterdam.

RegistrationUse preferably our web site to register electroni-cally, otherwise ask for register card (see : furtherinformation).

Fees Early LateRegular 300 euro 350 euroStudent 200 euro 250 euro

Abstract Submission Please refer to our web site for submission instruc-tions, otherwise ask for abstract submissioninstructions (see : further information).

Further InformationE-mail: [email protected] site: www.euro2001.orgFax: +31 10 408 92 22

DeadlinesAbstract submissionMarch 1, 2001

Early RegistrationMay 1, 2001

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Mini EURO Conferences and ORP3 call for proposals

Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your atten-tion to two EURO initiatives, the Mini EUROConferences and the new ORP3-conferences foryoung people organised by young people.

The Mini EURO Conferences, introduced in 1984are specialised conferences on a particular promis-ing OR theme for a limited audience of specialists.Up to now 11 such conferences were held on themeslike Management and Modelling of Dynamic Sys-tems, Expert Systems, Transportation, Risk Man-agement and many others. For a complete list seethe EURO homepage

http://www.ulb.ac.be/euro/euro_welcome.html

The next Mini EURO Conference is planned forApril 2002 on Decision Support Systems and willtake place in Brussels.

EURO offers financial assistance to the organisersof a Mini EURO Conference: it gives a loan forprinting costs of conference material and it offersfinancial assistance for participants coming fromEastern European countries.

We are looking forward to receiving proposals forfuture Mini EURO Conferences. Any member ofany member society of EURO can make a propos-al for organising a Mini EURO conference. Guide-lines are available from the Secretary of EURO orfrom vice-president 2. These proposals have to beapproved by the EURO Executive Committee.

Moreover, I would like to draw your attention tothe new initiative of ORP3-conferences. The firstORP3-conference will be held from September 26-29, 2001 in Paris. ORP3, the Operational ResearchPeripatetic Post-graduate Programme is intendedas a forum for young OR researchers and practi-tioners to promote scientific and Professionalexchanges. ORP3 is a conference hosted by arenowned European centre of OR. The organisa-tion of this postgraduate programme lies entirelyin the hands of young OR people in the hostingcentre. Proposals for the next ORP3-conferencewhich is planned for 2003 are welcome.

As EURO vice-president 2 responsible for thesetwo initiatives I am ready to give you any adviceand support. My co-ordinates are:

Prof. Dr. Rainer BurkardInstitut für Mathematik B,Graz University of Technology,A-8010 Graz, Austria.E-mail: [email protected]

Proposals for Mini EURO Conferences as well asfor ORP3-conferences should be made such thatthey can be discussed and decided on the nextEURO Council meeting. Our next EURO Councilmeeting will be at the EURO meeting in Rotterdamon July 8, 2001. I am looking forward to hearingfrom you.

Rainer E. Burkard, Vice-President 2

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Organisation of a Mini EURO Conference

Mini EURO Conference (MEC)guidelinesPrinciplesEURO supports Mini EURO Conferences, spe-cialised conferences on a particular promising O.R.theme for a limited audience of specialists. MiniEURO Conferences are a good framework for thespecialists of a particular field of research to par-ticipate in a meeting where the screening of paperscan be more effective and participation in thedebates can be more lively than at larger meetings.

EURO has agreed to support two Mini EUROConferences a year. National Societies, WorkingGroups and O.R. workers can make a proposal toorganise a Mini EURO Conference. It is thereforean instrument that provides opportunities formany members to get involved in the activities ofour Association. Those interested in organisingsuch a conference are requested to complete theenclosed form. All proposals will be submitted tothe EURO Executive Committee.

Financial AssistanceEURO offers financial assistance to the organisersof a Mini EURO Conference for printing a call forpapers (10.000 copies) and a scientific programme(500 copies). The call for papers will be distributedto all EURO members through the National O.R.Societies. This financial assistance is a loan and nota gift. It must be refunded to EURO. EURO is cov-ering no losses, but is requesting no profits. Finan-cial assistance up to 5000 CHF can be obtained forcovering the costs of Eastern European partici-pants to the conference. For applying EURO’s sup-port the budget proposal must be enclosed in theapplication. In the end of the conference the orig-inal receipts with a detailed account of the supportto Eastern European participants must be sent toVice-President 2 of EURO.

Publications of the ProceedingsEURO encourages the organisers to offer theProceedings of a Mini EURO Conference to bepublished in a special issue of EJOR, the EuropeanJournal of Operational Research. However, this hasto be discussed with the Editors of EJOR andapproved by them.

Previous Mini EURO ConferencesFirst Mini EURO Conference Belgium - Bruges Management and Modelling of Dynamic Systems, 1984.

Second Mini EURO Conference The Netherlands - Lunteren Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Decision Support Systems: An Operations Research Interface to Management, 1985.

Third Mini EURO Conference Yugoslavia - Herceg Novi O.R. Methods in Transport Planning and Traffic Control, 1987.

Fourth Mini EURO Conference United Kingdom - Warwick Visual Interactive Modelling, 1988.

Fifth Mini EURO Conference Greece - Thessaloniki Managing Business Opportunities in the Changing Balkan Markets, 1993

Sixth Mini EURO Conference Belgium - Liège Risk Management, 1994.

Seventh Mini EURO Conference Belgium - Bruges Decision Support Systems, Groupware, Multimedia, Electronic Commerce, 1997.

Eighth Mini EURO Conference Greece - Thessaloniki 3rd Balkan Conference on Operational Research, 1995.

Ninth Mini EURO Conference Yugoslavia - Budva Fuzzy sets in Traffic and Transport Systems, 1997

Tenth Mini EURO Conference France - Brest Human Centred Processes, 1999

Eleventh Mini EURO Conference Finland - Helsinki Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems and Science, 1999

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Mini EURO ConferenceInformation Sheet

National OR Society of:..................................................................................................................................................................................

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Chair of the Conference (contact address):

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Address:...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Phone:..............................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Signature and date:

Financial assistance requested (in Swiss Francs)*............................................................................................................................

Loan:...................................................................................................................................................................................................

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(Available once the cfp has been printed, not before.)(The loan is to be refunded to EURO after the Conference.)

Additional information:.................................................................................................................................................................................

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* If financial assistance is requested, a budget must also be presented.

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Budget Proposal for a Mini EURO Conference (In Swiss francs (CHF))

A. IncomeRegistration fee: CHF .......................................................... Expected number: ..........................................................

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Sponsorship: 1 .......................................................... CHF ..........................................................

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Total Income: CHF ..........................................................

B. Expense1) Printing

Call for papers (10.000 copies): CHF ..........................................................

Invitation programme (5000 copies): CHF ..........................................................

Final programme (500 copies): CHF ..........................................................

Abstract booklet (300 copies): CHF ..........................................................

List of participants (300 copies): CHF ..........................................................

Total printing costs CHF ..........................................................

2) Mailing

3) Rooms, equipment: CHF ..........................................................

4) Supplies (telephone, copies, insurance, etc.): CHF ..........................................................

5) Refreshments: CHF ..........................................................

6) Wages (secretary, hostesses): CHF ..........................................................

7) Guest speakers (travel, accommodation, luncheon): CHF ..........................................................

8) Conference Committee: CHF ..........................................................

9) Support for eastern European participants: CHF ..........................................................

Total expense: CHF ..........................................................

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General SupportDeadline for the submission of bids

for the second semester of 2001The purpose of the “General Support funds” is tosupport any activity related to EURO that cannotbe covered by other instruments of EURO. How-ever, the “General Support fund” should notbe used as a support to regular activities ofthe member societies (such as national meet-ings and conferences). Priority will always begiven to:■ bids that give special consideration to the needof students (e.g. organiser of an event related toEURO willing to subsidise the participation of stu-dents),■ bids that give special consideration to the needof organisers of OR events in Central and EasternEurope,■ bids that emanate from a member society ofEURO or organisers of EURO sponsored events ororganisers of events sponsored by a member soci-ety of EURO.

The bids are kept informal. They should howeveralways contain a description of the project and abudget. They should mention the support that hasbeen obtained or solicited from other sources.Although bids emanating from individuals (e.g.students willing to attend a Conference closelyrelated to EURO) are, in principle, acceptable theywill be given a very low priority. They are approvedonly in exceptional cases.

Organisers of events receiving General Supportfunds from EURO are required:■ to publicise the support of EURO in the docu-ments of the Conference,■ to produce a report on the use of the funds nolater than 3 months after the event,■ to accompany their report by all original receipts.

Bids for “EURO General Support funds” are exam-ined twice a year on a competitive basis. For 2001 thebudget allocated to this instrument is CHF 15 000.We plan to spend half of this money for the sec-ond semester of 2001 (bids are not restricted toprojects taking place during this period).

For the second semester of 2001, bids should besent to the Secretary of EURO:Alexis Tsoukiàs, LAMSADECNRS, Université Paris Dauphine75775 Paris Cedex 16, FranceTel.: (direct) +33144054401 - Fax: +33144054091E-mail: [email protected] 1 June 2001

Would you be so kind as to publicise this announce-ment and deadline as widely as possible ?

Alexis TsoukiàsSecretary of EURO

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MIC'2001 4th MetaheuristicsInternational Conference

16-20 July 2001, Porto, Portugal2nd announcement

Conference supported by the University of Porto (Faculty of Engineering), and APDIO (the Portuguese Operations Research Society) http://www.mic2001.com

This corner is devoted to news passed on by EURO Member societies to the EURO Bulletin.In view of its international scientific status, EURO reserves the right not to publish in itsbulletin any statement that is only slightly (or not at all) related to Operational Research.

E U R O M E M B E R S O C I E T I E S C O R N E R

Conference InformationScope and objectives MIC'2001 aims at bringing together researchers inseveral fields (operations research, managementscience, computer science, artificial intelligence) topresent and discuss the more recent advances in thetheory and application of metaheuristics, includinggenetic algorithms, greedy randomised adaptivesearch procedures, neural networks, simulatedannealing, taboo search, and other hybrid approach-es to solving hard combinatorial problems.

Organising committee Jorge P. Sousa (chairman), Ana Viana, A. MiguelGomes, Helena Correia, João Claro, José F.Oliveira, José S. Ferreira, M. Antónia Carravilla,Pedro Borges.

Programme committeeJorge P. Sousa (Portugal) - Chairman, JacekBlazewicz (Poland), Edmund Burke (UK) Theo Crainic (Canada), Jacques Desrosiers (Canada),José S. Ferreira (Portugal), Dominique Fortin (France),Michel Gendreau (Canada), Fred S. Glover (USA),Peter Greistorfer (Austria), Toshihide Ibaraki (Japan),Pierre Hansen (Canada), Martine Labbé (Belgium) Arne Lokketangen (Norway), Helena R. Lourenço(Spain), Nelson Maculan (Brazil) Pablo Moscato (Brazil), Heinz Muehlenbein (Ger-many), José F. Oliveira (Portugal), Ibrahim Osman(Lebanon), Gérard Plateau (France), Colin Reeves

(UK), César Rego (USA), Maurício Resende (USA),Celso C. Ribeiro (Brazil), Catherine Roucairol (Fran-ce), Eric Taillard (Switzerland), Jacques Teghem(Belgium), Vicente Valls (Spain), Stefan Voss(Germany), Marino Widmer (Switzerland).

Invited Speakers Fred S. Glover (University of Colorado at Boulder,USA) - title to be announced; Celso C. Ribeiro(Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - titleto be announced; Stefan Voss (Technical Universityof Braunschweig, Germany) - title to be announced.

Important dates Submission of extended abstracts (5/6 pages, pre-cise format to be defined): from 1 February to 12March 2001Early registrations: 22 April 2001Event date: 16-20 July 2001 (Monday to Friday) Submission of full papers for publication in theconference book: 27 July 2001.

Registration and AccomodationFees Conference Fees (including proceedings book andgeneral conference materials, coffee breaks,lunches, guided tour and conference dinner): earlyregistration by April 22nd, 2001: euro 380; lateregistration: euro 450. We hope to be able to offerspecial conditions for full-time students.

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Accommodation In Porto, lodging conditions are good and at quitereasonable prices. Arrangements are being madein order to offer the participants a good range ofhotels.

Abstract SubmissionSubmission of extended abstracts (5/6 pages, pre-cise format to be defined): from 1 February to 12March 2001.Submission of full papers for the conference bookto be published by Kluwer: 27 July 2001.

Useful InformationConference location The conference will be held at Fundação Dr.António Cupertino de Miranda, in a nice, odernpart of the city. This foundation is located in frontof the City Park of Porto, near the sea and the riverDouro, not far from the main hotels, and the his-torical centre of the city.

About Porto Getting to Porto is easy and convenient. There aredirect flights from all major European cities, andfrom all over the world, via Lisbon or via Madrid. Porto is an ancient historical city (the old part ofthe town and the main monuments were classifiedas World Heritage by UNESCO), with a lot of inter-esting sites and monuments, leisure facilities, andvery good well-known gastronomy (it is alsofamous for the excellent wines produced in theregion, mainly Port Wine).

Porto is the centre of a culturally and naturally richregion that gathers together history, arts andnature (sea and mountains); it is a perfect startingpoint for tourist excursions (of various durationsand flavours). As European Capital of Culture, dur-ing 2001, Porto will hold hundreds of very highquality artistic and cultural events (with a lot ofconcerts and exhibitions).

ContactJorge Pinho de SousaFaculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, DEEC, Rua Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto - PortugalE-mail: [email protected]://www.fe.up.pt/~jfo

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29-30/03/01 EWG Multicriteria Aid For Decisions, Athens, [email protected] http://www-liee.chemeng.ntua.gr/MCDA_53/

25-27/04/01 EWG EUROFUSE Workshop on Preference Modelling and Applications,Granada, Spain [email protected] http://decsai.ugr.es/~viedma/Eurofuse2001

18-20/05/01 EWG Euro Working Group on Decision Support Systems, Cascais, [email protected] http://ssdi.di.fct.unl.pt/~rr/ewgdss

31/05-2/06/01 EWG European chapter on combinatorial optimiztion, Bonn, Germany [email protected] http://www.bwl3.uni-bonn.de/pesch/ECCO.htm

9-11/07/01 EURO-k EURO XVIII Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [email protected]://www.euro2001.org

9-11/07/01 EWG Methodology for Handling Complex Societal Problems, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [email protected]://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/detombe/index.htm

29/07-03/08/01 EWG Operational Research Applied to Health Services, Vienna, [email protected]://www.bwl.univie.ac.at/bwl/inno/orahs2001.html

09-19/09/01 ESWI Decision analysis and artificial intelligence, Toulouse, France [email protected]@lamsade.dauphine.frhttp://www-poleia.lip6.fr/~perny/ESI2001

26-29/09/01 ORP3 Conference for young OR researchers, Paris, France [email protected]://www.orp3.com

4-5/10/01 EWG Multicriteria Aid For Decisions, Durbuy, [email protected]

2-6/04/02 Mini Decision support systemsEURO [email protected]

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18th European Conference on Operational ResearchRotterdam, the Netherlands, July 9-11, 2001

www.euro2001.org

SMART LOGISTICS AND INNOVATIONS

Hosted by the Operational Research Society of the Netherlands

EURO 2001 Secretariat c/o Rob Zwidwijk

Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Faculteit Bedrijfskunde - P.O. Box 1738

3000 Dr. Rotterdam

The Netherlands

e-mail: [email protected]

Deadline for abstract submission: 1 March 2001

Deadline for early registration: 1 May 2001

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VOLUME 9(4) 2000 Bulletin · 2001. 3. 13. · E-mail: [email protected] EURO Vice President 1 Prof. Zilla Sinuany-Stern Ben Gurion University of The Negev Dept. of Ind