Call for papers
Mathematical Programming Series B
Special Issue on "Robust Optimization"

We invite research articles for a forthcoming issue of Mathematical Programming, Series B, on Robust Optimization (RO). Potential topics include, but are not restricted to, RO theory and computational methods for uncertain continuous mathematical programming problems (linear programming, conic quadratic programming, semidefinite geometric programming, etc.); RO methods for integer programming; RO approaches to dynamic optimization; and approximation of computationally intractable robust counterparts. Also of interest are applications of RO in such areas as logistics, supply chain management, finance, engineering design, communication, signal processing, dynamic systems.

Deadline for submission of full papers: July 31, 2004. We aim at completing a first review of all papers by December 31, 2004.

Electronic submissions to the guest editors in the form of pdf files are encouraged. All submissions will be refereed according to the usual standards of Mathematical Programming. Please see here for further information about the journal, including links to author guidelines and latex style files.

Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the guest editors.

Guest Editors:

Aharon Ben-Tal and Arkadi Nemirovski
Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000
Israel
abental@ie.technion.ac.il
nemirovs@ie.technion.ac.il

Laurent El Ghaoui
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California at Berkeley
267M Cory Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770
U.S.A.
elghaoui@eecs.berkeley.edu