Aim and Scope
Researchers are invited to submit papers describing their current research in Variable Neighborhood Search. The aim is to present recent developments either in theory and methodology or in applications. The following are some indicative topics:
| Theory and Methodology: | Applications: |
| Theoretical or empirical analysis of VNS | Mixed integer programming |
| New variants of deterministic and stochastic VNS | Graphs, communication networks |
| Continuous global VNS | Clustering, data mining, location |
| Convergent VNS methods | Inventory, routing, supply chains |
| Metheuristics and VNS Formulation space VNS | Packing and covering |
| Multi-objective VNS | Discovery sciences |
| Parallel VNS | Other real world problems |
| VNS hybrids |