Special Issue - call for papers

JIMO is SCI-E, covered in Science Citation Index Expanded, CompuMath Citation Index, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing, and Technology ISI Alerting Services. Topics of interest to JIMO include but not limited to the following:

Optimization: Optimization methodologies and techniques including discrete and mixed integer optimization, global optimization, linear and nonlinear continuous optimization, non-smooth optimization, optimal control, semi-infinite and semi-definite programming, stochastic programming, etc.

Industry: Optimization problems arising from various fields of engineering, including chemical and process engineering, civil and structural engineering, circuits and systems, environmental engineering, industrial and systems engineering, telecommunications engineering, etc.

Management Sciences: Optimization problems arising from various areas of management sciences including decision analysis, finance, logistics, supply chain management, etc.

JIMO welcomes high quality original papers (except expository papers), which are in one (or a combination) of the following three categories:

(a) Papers devoted to novel applications of optimization techniques in solving practically significant problems arise in industry or management science;

(b) Papers devoted to the development of optimization theory and methods with a clear motivation for application in industry and management science; and

(c) Papers using numerical optimization simulations, to reveal or explain new scientific and engineering phenomena, where optimization theory plays a major role in the analysis and process.

Papers submitted to this journal must contain a comprehensive introductory section and an in-depth discussion section. The scientific importance and motivations of the paper and its conclusions should be made clear at the outset. Furthermore, the paper must be presented in a way that its main results, and methods, together with their applicability, can be comprehended by people from a wide range of scientific fields. Manuscripts applying standard techniques to slightly new problems or providing mathematical analysis in the absence of significant scientific motivation will not be considered. Papers oriented toward experimentation or numerical simulation must have a novel and sound theoretical explanation.

To ensure and enhance readability of articles, authors are required to provide a brief paragraph (up to 150 words) describing background references. The authors are encouraged to provide a short paragraph (up to 100 words) describing their current research interests, education background and professional experience.

Expository articles must be timely, of broad interest, of lucid presentation. It shall have an insightful historical account of the surveyed topic, and articulation of the topic's scientific importance.

Manuscripts must be written in English and submitted by e-mail in pdf or ps formats (if less than 2MB) directly to the editorial office,

JIMO@exchange.curtin.edu.au

The authors are encouraged to name one or two appropriate associate editors from the editorial board to handle the review process of their manuscripts. All communications will be conducted by e-mails.

Information on TEX preparation of accepted manuscripts can be found at (use the DCDS-B template):
http://aimsciences.org/journals/Tex_prep.htm
The following are contact addresses for authors.

Professor TEO Kok Lay
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987, Perth
Western Australia 6845
Tel. (618) 9266 1115
Fax: (618) 9266 3197
E-mail: K.Teo@exchange.curtin.edu.au 

JIMO publishes four issues in 2007 in February, May, August and Novemberis and is published by AIMS, sponsored by Curtin University of Technology, and Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University