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The purpose of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in both advances and applications in the field of operations research. Two simultaneous tracks will be held, covering on one side domain independent methodologies and technologies and on the other side practical work developed in specific application areas.

ICORES focuses on real world applications; therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Operations Research Methodologies and Technologies for industry and services, either in general or for particular applications. Ideas on how to solve business problems, using operations research methodologies and technologies, will arise from the conference. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, case studies, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICORES. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.
CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES
2. APPLICATIONS


AREA 1: METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Stochastic Processes
Simulation
Optimization
Decision Analysis
Management Sciences
Data Mining and Business Analytics
Information Systems
Industrial Engineering
Forecasting
Dynamic Programming
Linear Programming
Inventory Theory
Queuing Theory
Game Theory
Mathematical Modeling
Predictive Analytics
Stochastic Optimization
Analytics for Enterprise (Engineering) Systems
Systems of Systems/Teams and Socio-technical Systems
Design in ES (e.g., real options for flexible design, etc)
Analytical Architecture in ES

AREA 2: APPLICATIONS

Decision Support Systems
Supply Chain Management
Project Management
Scheduling
Network Optimization
Routing
Logistics
Energy and Environment
Automation of Operations
Maintenance
Globalization and Productivity
Resource Allocation
Optimization in Finance
Risk Management
OR in Telecommunications
OR in Health
OR in Transportation
OR in National Defense/International Security
OR in Education
Systems of Systems/Teams and Socio-technical Systems
Engines for Innovation
Analytical Architecture in ES

KEYNOTE LECTURES
Dries Goossens, Ghent University, Belgium, Belgium
Olivier Hudry, Télécom ParisTech, France
José Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

Authors can submit their work in the form of a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas. All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Engineering Village Index) and Scopus.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 23 - 25 February, 2017
Regular Papers
Paper Submission: October 4, 2016
Authors Notification: November 28, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: December 13, 2016

Position Papers
Paper Submission: November 8, 2016
Authors Notification: December 13, 2016
Camera Ready and Registration: December 30, 2016

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: November 7, 2016

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: November 23, 2016

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: December 29, 2016

Demos
Demo Proposal: December 29, 2016

Panels
Panel Proposal: December 29, 2016

SECRETARIAT

ICORES Secretariat
Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq.
2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: icores.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: http://www.icores.org/