Subject: [Fwd: modern-metaheuristics digest]

From: "Dr. Ibrahim H. Osman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:09:08 +0200

"Richard S. Barr" wrote:
> 
> Ibrahim,
> 
> Would you consider including this item in your next
> Modern-Heuristics digest?
> It is on a telecommunications topic that needs some good heuristic 
> solution methods, and is in a publication that has included a large 
> number of optimization papers.
> 
> Thanks, and best regards,
> Dick Barr
> 
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> 
>                             CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
>                        OPTICAL NETWORKS MAGAZINE
> 
>               SPECIAL ISSUE: TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROOMING
> 
> Optical Networks Magazine (ONM) is an international, archival, peer-reviewed
> magazine covering optical technologies as applicable to telecommunications and
> networking, their interdependencies, and applications. It serves as a comprehensive
> and timely source of information for managers, practitioners, and researchers
> with an active interest in this newly forming community. (See
> http://www.optical-networks.com/ for further details.)
> 
> Purpose
> 
> ONM will publish a special issue on current industry practices in the area of
> the grooming of telecommunication networks. The purpose of this special issue
> is to provide a forum for highlighting advances in methods, technology, and
> practice brought about by academicians and practitioners solving grooming problems
> in an industrial setting.  Issues impacting traffic grooming include firm strategy,
> demand characteristics of traffic, backup routings, bundling of traffic on the
> optical layers, capacities on communication arcs, free capacities and premiums
> for additional capacities on particular arcs, limitations on the number of
> transitions a commodity can make between the optical and electrical layers, and
> bifurcated versus non-bifurcated routings.
> 
> Sought are high-quality articles for practitioners and researchers alike on all
> topics related to the grooming of telecommunication networks, including, but not
> limited to, the following.
> 
> * Static and dynamic grooming methods for optical networks
> * Impact on network bandwidth, efficiency, and performance
> * Role of grooming in optical network design
> * Optimization algorithms and design heuristics
> * Impact of traffic characteristics, transition limits, routing schemes
> * Comparisons of alternative methods and technologies
> * Economics of grooming
> 
> Submission Instructions
> 
> Original, unpublished contributions and invited articles will be considered for
> the issue.  Submissions should be received no later than October 1, 2000.
> Authors wishing to submit papers should send an electronic version (PDF file)
> to Raymond Patterson, at the address given below.  The complete file must include
> a separate cover letter that contains the paper title, list of authors with
> affiliations, and a 200-word abstract.  The article should be formatted to print
> on either A4 or Letter (8.5"x11") paper, and should be no longer than 15
> double-spaced pages, excluding illustrations and graphs.  If electronic
> submission is impossible, please submit SIX hardcopies of the paper to the
> regular mail address of Raymond Patterson.
> 
> Additional length and formatting instructions for authors are available at:
> http://www.optical-networks.com/submit.html#guidelines
> 
> Important Dates
> 
> Full Manuscript Due:    October 1, 2000
> Acceptance Notification:        March 1, 2001
> Final Manuscript Due:   March 31, 2001
> Publication Date:       Second half, 2001
> 
> Guest Editors
> 
> * Raymond Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management, JO4.638,
> P.O. Box 830688, JO43,Richardson, TX 75083-0688; voice: 972-883-2736,
> email: [email-masked]
> 
> * Richard Barr, Southern Methodist University, Department of Computer Science and
> Engineering, SIC 306, Dallas, TX 75275; voice: 214-768-2605, email: [email-masked]
> 
> * Gary Ester, Alcatel USA, Strategic Network Planning, 1000 Coit Road, Plano, TX
> 75075; voice: 972-477-9127, email: [email-masked]
> 
> * Erik Rolland, University of California, Anderson Graduate School of Management,
> Room 209  Anderson Hall, Riverside, CA 95251; voice: 909-787-6448, email:
> [email-masked]

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Graduate School of Business,
American University of Beirut,
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