Extended deadline for submission of papers: June 14, 2015.

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We are pleased to invite you to participate at 13th International Symposium on Operations
Research SOR’15.
Extended deadline for submission of papers: June 14, 2015.
CONFERENCE THEME: Operations Research
September 23-25, 2015
Bled, Slovenia
http://sor15.fov.uni-mb.si/
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
Hotel Astoria
Prešernova 44, 4260 Bled, Slovenia
T: +386 4 579 44 00
[email protected]
www.hotelastoria-bled.com/
ORGANIZERS
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Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA Section for Operations Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
and partners:
Faculty of Information Studies, Novo mesto, Slovenia
Mediterranean institute For Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia
OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE
International Symposium on Operations Research in Slovenia (SOR) brings together
researchers and practitioners from various aspects of operational research (OR) with the aim
of establishing contacts, presenting scientific ideas and experiences.
Conference is focused but not limited to the following topics:
Professional aspects of OR (OR methodology, OR education, OR implementation, OR
profession).
Methods and techniques of OR (Assignment, Combinatorial optimization, Decision theory,
Games, Integer programming, Linear programming, Multiple criteria decision making,
Networks and graphs, Non-linear programming, Numerical methods, Simulation, Statistics,
Stochastic processes, Vector optimization, etc.).
Areas of application (Agriculture, Banking, Ecology, Economic systems and econometrics,
Energy, Environmental protection, Finance, Inventory, Production planning, Transport, etc.).
Information and computing aspects of OR (Artificial intelligence, Decision support systems,
Expert systems, Information systems, OR software, Data analysis, High performance
computing, etc.).
There will be special sessions:
- Qualitative MCDM – organized by Jožef Stefan Institute (Prof. Dr. Marko Bohanec,
Scientific Councillor), University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences (Prof. Dr.
Vladislav Rajkovič, Prof. Emeritus, and Assist. Prof. Dr. Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar) and
Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.
- Inventory Research – organized by Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (Prof. Dr.
Marija Bogataj, Member of ISIR Executive Committee) and Slovenian Society Informatika,
Section of Operations Research.
- Metaheuristic Optimization – organized by Jožef Stefan Institute (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bogdan
Filipič and Assist. Prof. Dr. Jurij Šilc) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of
Operations Research.
- Big Data – organized by Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto (Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Janez Povh) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section of Operations Research.
- High-Performance Computing – organized by Arctur d.o.o. (Marko Kobal and Tomi Ilijaš),
CNR/IOM and eXact-lab srl (Dr. Stefano Cozzini) and Slovenian Society Informatika, Section
of Operations Research.
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wilhelm Weber, Middle East Technical University, Üniversiteler
Mahallesi, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ou Tang, Division of Production Economics, Department of Management and
Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergio Cabello, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nebojša Gvozdenović, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad,
Subotica, Serbia
Dr. Stefano Cozzini, CNR/IOM and eXact-lab srl, Trieste, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gregor Veble, Head of R&D Deapertment, PIPISTREL d.o.o., Ajdovščina,
Slovenia
IMPORTANT DATES
June 14, 2015 Deadline Extended - Submission of contributed papers
July 5, 2015 - Referee's reports
August 25, 2015 - Submission of revised papers and copies of bank transfer
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
There will be plenary lectures of 40 minutes and contributed presentations of 15 minutes.
Conference language is English.
PUBLICATIONS
The SOR’15 Proceedings will be available to all registered participants at the symposium.
Special issues of the Central European Journal of Operational Research, Business Systems
Research Journal, and Organizacija Journal are planned where journal versions of selected
papers will be published.
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
For instructions to authors, see http://sor15.fov.uni-mb.si/instructions-to-authors/
The registration fee has to be paid until August 25, 2015. Please, submit a copy (scanned
document) of bank transfer online.
REGISTRATION
Registration form is available at http://sor15.fov.uni-mb.si/registration/
REGISTRATION FEE
Regular
SDI-SOR & HDOI members
PhD students
Accompanying persons
€200
€150
€100
€100
The registration fee includes SOR’15 Proceedings (except for accompanying person), light
lunches, coffee breaks, and get-together afternoon with dinner.
ACCOMMODATION
Discounts for SOR’15 participants will be given in hotel Astoria.
Hotel Astoria
Prešernova 44, 4260 Bled, Slovenia
T: +386 4 579 44 00
[email protected]
www.hotelastoria-bled.com/
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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L. Zadnik Stirn, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia, chair
M. Kljajić Borštnar, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj,
Slovenia, co-chair
J. Žerovnik, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
co-chair
Z. Babić, University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Department for Quantitative Methods,
Split, Croatia
M. Bastič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Maribor, Slovenia
M. Bogataj, The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici,
Slovenia
M. Bohanec, Jožef Stefan Institute, Department of Knowledge Technologies, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
K. Cechlarova, P. J. Šafarik University, Faculty of Science, Košice, Slovakia
T. Csendes, University of Szeged, Department of Applied Informatics, Szeged, Hungary
S. Drobne, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
K. Dumičić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
M. Ferjan, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
W. Gutjahr, University of Vienna, Department of Statistics and Decision Support Systems,
Vienna, Austria
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J. Jablonsky, University of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Prague, Czech
Republic
D. Jukić, University of Osijek, Department of Mathematics, Osijek, Croatia
S. Klavžar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia
D. Kofjač, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
J. Kušar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia
A. Lisec, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Z. Lukač, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
L. Neralić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
M. Pejić Bach, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
M. Petitjean, University Paris 7, INSERM, Paris, France
U. Pferschy, University of Graz, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Graz,
Austria
J. Povh, Faculty of Information Studies, Novo mesto, Slovenia
V. Rajkovič, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
M. S. Rauner, University of Vienna, Department of Innovation and Technology
Management, Vienna, Austria
R. Sotirov, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, The
Netherlands
K. Šorić, Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Zagreb, Croatia
D. Škulj, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
P. Šparl, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia
T. Trzaskalik, University of Economics, Department of Operational Research Katowice,
Poland
G. W. Weber, Middle East Technical University, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Ankara,
Turkey
M. Zekić Sušac, University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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S. Drobne, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana,
Slovenia, chair
P. Gorjanc, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kranj, Slovenia, cochair
M. Bogataj, The Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Šempeter pri Gorici,
Slovenia
M. Kljajić Borštnar, University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Science, Kranj, Slovenia
J. Povh, Faculty of Information Studies, Novo mesto, Slovenia
L. Zadnik Stirn, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
J. Žerovnik, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia
MORE INFORMATION
http://sor15.fov.uni-mb.si/
[email protected]
http://www.bled.si/en/about-bled