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Call for Papers
Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making
A Journal of Modeling and Computation Under Uncertainty

Editor-in-Chief: Shu-Cherng Fang, North Carolina State University

The key objective in launching a new journal on Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making is to promote research and the development of fuzzy technology and soft-computing methodologies to enhance our ability to address complicated optimization and decision making problems involving non-probabilistic uncertainty.

The editorial board, consisting of both academicians and practitioners, will actively seek submission of significant contributions from countries around the world.

The journal will cover all aspects of employing fuzzy technologies to seek optimal solutions and assist in making the best possible decisions. It will provide a global forum for advancing the state-of-the-art theory and practice of fuzzy optimization and decision making in the presence of uncertainty. Any theoretical, empirical, and experimental work related to fuzzy modeling and associated mathematics, solution methods, and systems is welcome. The goal is to help foster the understanding, development, and practice of fuzzy technologies for solving economic, engineering, management, and societal problems. The journal intends to provide a forum for authors and readers in the fields of business, economics, engineering, mathematics, management science, operations research, and systems.

The journal will consider papers for publication in the following areas:

Modeling: Papers formulating problems involving uncertainty as a mathematical model in the context of fuzzy optimization and decision making. Often these papers will address the suitability, validity and advantages of using fuzzy technologies to treat real-life problems.

Theoretical Developments: Papers establishing mathematical theory on fundamental issues. Often these papers will address the existence and properties of fuzzy optimal solutions or fuzzy optimal decisions.

Algorithmic Developments: Papers presenting solution methods and/or studying their computational complexity. Often these papers will propose new algorithms to solve fuzzy optimization and decision making problems in an effective and efficient manner.

Systems Development and Applications: Papers describing the development of a software/hardware system and documenting the benefits achieved in some practical application. Often these papers will deal with innovative system implementations and applications for which no previous solutions exist or for which significant improvement is achieved over previous solutions.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal may cover several of these areas. The editorial board will seek a good balance of papers from the different areas to be published in each issue. The journal will also published invited ``state-of-the-art'' surveys on specific topics and sub-areas. The research and practice of fuzzy optimization and decision making for special interest groups and special geographic locations will be accommodated by publishing special issues with guest editors.

ISSN: 1568-4539

For further subscription information, contact Gary Folven, Publishing Editor
Phone: (781)871-6600, Fax:(781) 871-6528, Email: gary.folven@wkap.com

For more information please visit the journal home page at http://www.ise.ncsu.edu/fangroup/fuzzy.dir/FODM.html

Please send all submissions to:
The Journals Editorial Office at:
101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061

The Kluwer LaTex Stylefies can be found at http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES

First year of publication (KAP): 2001, Volume : 1 (2 issues)

Managing Editor: Henry L. W. Nuttle (USA)

Regional Editors:
America: G. J. Klir (USA), R. R. Yager (USA), Asia Pacific: M. Inuiguchi (Japan), H.-F. Wang (Taiwan), Europe: R. Kruse (Germany), E. Sanchez (France)

Advisory Editors:
L. A. Zadeh (Chief Advisor, USA), E. Cinlar (USA), D. Dubois (France), F. Glover (USA), B. A. Kosko (USA), P. Pardalos (USA), H. Prade (France), R. Slowinski (Poland), M. Sugeno (Japan), T. Terano (Japan), P. P. Wang (USA), P-L. Yu (USA), H.-J. Zimmermann (Germany)

Associate Editors:
F. Gomide (Brazil), W. Pedrycz (Canada), M. M. Gupta (Canada), J. Buckley (USA), A. O. Esogbue (USA), J. A. Joines (USA), E. S. Lee (USA), L. C. Jain (Australia), Y. M. Liu (China), D. Wang (China), X.-S. Zhang (China), X. Cai (Hong Kong), M. Gen (Japan), K. Hirota (Japan), H. Tanaka (Japan), Z. Bien (Korea), J. Lee (Taiwan), J. Ramik (Czech), M. Grabisch (France), H. J. Rommelfanger (Germany), A. Di Nola (Italy), J. Kacprzyk (Poland), E. Trillas (Spain), J. L. Verdegay (Spain)