AMAP Workshop

AMAP
IFIP WG 7.6 - IIASA Workshop on
Advances in Modeling: Paradigms, Methods and Applications

September 21-23, 1998, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

Aim of the AMAP workshop

The Working Group "Optimization-Based Computer-Aided Modeling and Design" of the IFIP and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) will organize a joint Workshop focused on Modeling. The workshop will take place in Laxenburg, Austria, from September 21-23, 1998 (please click here for local information) and will be followed by the CSM'98, 12th JISR-IIASA Workshop on Methodologies and Tools for Complex System Modeling and Integrated Policy Assessment (September 24-26).

The main goal of the workshop is to bring leading scientists and practitioners from all over the world together in order to present and to discuss recent advances in the field of Modeling and Problem Solving. The workshop is oriented towards applications, that means innovative modeling techniques should be presented in combination with their impact to the solution of real world applications.

Topics of the AMAP workshop

Modeling Paradigms and Techniques, in particular
- Modeling Languages and Environments
- Modeling of Uncertainty and Imprecision
- Multi Criteria Model Analysis versus Optimization or Simulation
- Modeling from Data
Real World Applications
- Application of Modeling Techniques in different areas such as environment, production, finance, traffic and transportation
- The use of modeling tools in complex applications

International Program Committee

A. Geoffrion, UCLA, USA
G. MacDonald, Director of IIASA, Austria
M. Makowski, IIASA, Austria
Y. Nakamori, Konan University, Japan
H.-J. Sebastian, RWTH Aachen, Germany; Chairman of IFIP WG 7.6 - Chairman
A. Wierzbicki, Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw, Poland
H.-J. Zimmermann, RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Scientific Program

The scientific program will contain three keynote speeches by members of the IPC. Furthermore, a number of well-known experts will be invited to present papers which cover the several fields of modeling listed above.

Prospective participants are encouraged to organize invited sessions and to contribute in this way to a better structuring of presentations during the workshop.

Interested scientists and practitioners are encouraged to submit contributed papers. A feature issue of EJOR will publish a selection of about 15 full papers. Furthermore, a volume with extended abstracts of all accepted papers will be prepared. Full papers will be published in the Feature Issue of EJOR only if the paper will pass the usual review procedure and if it will be presented during the workshop.

Dates (all dates in 1998)

Proposals for invited sessions, March 31
Acceptance of invited sessions, April 15
Preregistration, April 30
Submission of extended abstract, April 30
Acceptance of presentations, June 15
Early registration, August 7
Submission of revised extended abstracts, August 15
Standard registration, Septeber 7
Full paper submission for Feature Issue of EJOR, September 15

The opening and closing of the AMAP workshop are planned for Monday, September 21 at 9:00, and Wednesday, September 23 at 16:30, respectively.

Registration fee

The registration fee covers:

daily bus-transfer between the conference hotel in Vienna and Laxenburg,
lunches in the IIASA's restaurant during the workshop days,
a Heuriger (a famous traditional Austrian evening),
refreshments during the scheduled breaks,
volume of extended abstracts.

The registration fee is:

Early registration (paid at latest on August 7, 1998) - 1600 AS
Standard registration (paid at latest on September 7, 1998) - 2000 AS
Late registration (paid after September 7, 1998) - 2400 AS

(the exchange rate at the end of June'98 was about 12.5 AS for 1 US$).

The registration should be preferably paid by a credit (Master of Visa) card. Please use one of the following ways to pay your registration fee:

by your VISA or Master card: please send a fax to:
Ms Helene Pankl, IIASA, fax no: +43-2236-73147
with your authorization to charge your credit card. Please specify:
- the amount,
- the card number,
- expiration date.
by bank transfer to IIASA's bank account no. 05410-771057 with BAWAG, Rennweg 1, 1030 Vienna, BLZ 14000.
by your personal cheque -- please send your personal cheque by registered mail to Ms Helene Pankl at IIASA.

Reimbursement of registration fee
Reimbursement of a part of the paid registration fee will be granted only in cases of cancelation of registration made by e-mail. The reimbursed part is defined by the date on which the cancellation will reach organizers:

100% of the paid registration, if cancellation received before August 7,
75% of the paid registration, if cancellation received before August 31,
40% of the paid registration, if cancellation received before September 14,
0% of the paid registration, if cancellation received after September 14.

Participation in the AMAP workshop

Strong international participation is encouraged for this workshop so that participants can introduce and be introduced to various research perspectives and approaches in the above listed research and applications areas. The number of participants of the workshop must be limited, therefore participation is by invitation only. The invitations for the workshop will be distributed before May 15, 1998 to organizers of invited sessions and to authors of accepted presentations. Participants without accepted presentations will be invited on the strictly observed first in first served basis until the maximum number of participants will be reached.

Prospective participants are kindly requested to complete as soon as possible (but not later than April 30, 1998) the preregistration procedure which is composed of two elements:

filling in a preregistration form,
submission of an extended abstract of the proposed contribution.

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