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The use of parallel computers leads to substantial time savings,
and even makes it possible to solve larger problems than before. However,
the effort required to harness the potential power of parallel computers
should not be underestimated.
Within the Association of European Operational Research Societies
EURO,
the working group PAREO brings together researchers
from both academia and industry who are interested in the development of
parallel algorithms for problems in the area of operations research. Its
objective is to bridge the gap between the two complementary disciplines
of Operations Research and High Performance Computing.
PAREO'2002 will be the third meeting organized by the PAREO
working group. It intends to be the meeting place for researchers from
all over the world, actively involved in the development and the application
of parallel computing methodologies for discrete and continuous optimization.
Through presentations and open discussions, the meeting aims to promote
the exchange of recent results, to review successes and setbacks, to identify
promising research directions and application domains, and to foster new
collaborations. Furthermore, the program should give ample opportunity
for informal discussions.
Related Topics
The program will consist of invited lectures, discussions,
and contributed presentations, and contributed 30-minute presentations,
with no parallel sessions. Presentations will cover recent developments
related to the main areas on the edge of parallel computing and operations
research. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
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Exact and approximate parallel methods
for continuous and discrete optimization problems
- simplex and interior point methods
- nonlinear programming
- stochastic programming
- dynamic programming
- branch and bound
- local search
- tabu search
- genetic algorithms
- simulated annealing
- hybrid methods
- ...
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Software tools
- load balancing methods
- parallelization strategies
- libraries
- ...
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Applications
- crew scheduling
- vehicle routing
- quadratic assignment
- sequencing and scheduling
- ...
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