THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATRIX-ANALYTIC METHODS IN STOCHASTIC MODELS

Date: July 12-14, 200
Location: Leuven, Belgium
    Conference chair:
       Dr Herlinde Leemans,
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    Programme co-chairs:
       Dr Guy Latouche, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
       Dr Peter Taylor, University of Adelaide, Australia
CALL  FOR  PAPERS

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

The conference will provide an international forum for the presentation of recent results on matrix-analytic methods in stochastic models.  Its scope
includes development of the methodology as well as the related algorithmic implementations and applications in communications, production and manufacturing engineering; it also includes computer experimentation in the investigation of specific probability models.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  methodology
  general theory
  computational methods
  computer experimentation
  queueing models
  telecommunications modeling
spatial processes
  reliability problems
  risk analysis
  production and inventory models

As well as sessions representing the research papers submitted, there will be invited presentations by leading researchers in the field.

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

A session will be specifically devoted to software packages.  Authors will present their software tool during a regular lecture, explaining what it does, what design issues had to be resolved, etc.  Afterwards, they will have the opportunity to demonstrate the functioning of their package to interested participants.


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
 
Prospective authors (of research papers as well as software packages) are invited to submit first a 1 to 2 page abstract.  These abstracts will be used to verify whether the subject matter falls under the scope of the conference.  On the basis of the abstracts, full papers will be solicited from the authors.   Manuscripts will be refereed and proceedings published.
Further information will be published on the conference web page at:
 Conference Web Page: http://www.econ.kuleuven.ac.be/MAM3
 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
 

Abstract submission: 1st of May, 1999
Notification of paper solicitation: 1st of June, 1999
Full paper submission:  1st of September, 1999
Notification of acceptance/revision/rejection: 20th of December, 1999
Revised version due: 1st of March, 2000
Final notification for papers with delayed decision: 15th of March, 2000

STUDENT PAPERS

The organizers wish to encourage students to attend the conference. To that effect, financial assistance will be made available on a limited basis and a streamlined submission procedure will be implemented.  More details will be published on the conference web page.

   Queries should be addressed to:  mam3@econpbx.kuleuven.ac.be

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