-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFP: Optimization on Complex Systems - special issue in Memetic Computing Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:01:23 +0200 From: Mario Pavone mpavone@dmi.unict.it To: Mario Pavone mpavone@dmi.unict.it

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OPTIMIZATION ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS

special issue on MEMETIC COMPUTING http://www.springer.com/engineering/mathematical/journal/12293

* Scope and aims

Many problems in all the traditional research areas, such as science, engineering, physics, biology, and medicine are often hard to solve, mainly due to the difficulty in understanding their indirect causes and effects, which are not related in an obvious way. Therefore, studying how a system interacts with the environment, or how simple components give rise to the global collective behavior of the system, or even how parts of a system interact with each other, is nowadays one of the most challenging and interesting research areas in every discipline because of its utmost relevance.

In the field of complex systems there currently exist several sophisticated tools that can help us to study the systems in an in-depth manner, through analytical models, and from a computational point of view, describing their model and the way it is simulated.

This special issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the field of complex systems, particularly in regards to the development of new analytical models and novel applications, as well as on the design of new nature-inspired optimization algorithms.

Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers on any topics related to complex systems.

* Important dates

Manuscript submission: July 8, 2011. Notification of acceptance/revisions/rejection: September 8, 2011. Revised manuscript submission: November 8, 2011. Notification final decision: December 8, 2011. Final manuscript submission: January 8, 2012.

* Submission Guidelines

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the Memetic Computing editorial manager at https://www.editorialmanager.com/meme/ All submitted papers will undergo a blind peer-review process. The authors should select the article type "SI: Optimization on Complex Systems" while submitting their paper for this special issue. For detailed submission information, please refer to ?Instructions for Authors? at http://www.springer.com/engineering/mathematical/journal/12293

* Guest Editors

Mario Pavone, University of Catania Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-­?IPN, Mexico