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Appel
à auteurs
par Jean-Philippe
Rennard
08/09/04 |
J'édite un livre chez un éditeur
universitaire américain sur les applications des algorithmes
biomimétiques au management (au sens large).
Je remercie Automates-Intelligents de bien vouloir diffuser
l'appel à contribution ci-joint à tout
groupe ou personnes susceptibles d'être intéressés
J.P.R
Call for Chapters
Nature Inspired Computing: A New Set of Tools for Management
http://www.grenoble-em.com/rennardjp/nicbook/index.html
Introduction
Nobel Prize recipient Illya Prigogine wrote some years ago
a book entitled
"The End of Certainty". Specialized in non-linear
systems, the great chemist
emphasized in this text the importance of the scientific revolution
initiated a century ago by the French mathematician Henri
Poincaré:
scientific certainty inherited from Laplace is a mirage; non-linearity,
complexity and chaos are the new frontiers of science.
The advance of computer science and the remarkable growth
of computing power
over the last thirty years have made the computer a fantastic
tool to cope
with complexity. The emergence of nature inspired computing
is one of the
most amazing achievements of these researches. The universality
of the
computing techniques inherited from nature, i.e. their applications
as well
in biology, physics, engineering as in economy or management,
clearly
demonstrates their depth. These new tools are used in two
different ways,
both highly promising for management science and economy:
emergent
(bottom-up) simulations and optimization. Emergent simulations
lead to a
better understanding of complex interactions and to original
theoretical
approaches. Nature inspired algorithms for optimization lead
to efficient,
supple and adaptable tools.
Objectives of the book
Specifically dedicated to management and economy, this book
aims to provide
a state-of-the-art synthesis and future trends. At the crossroads
of
information science, management and economy, the works that
will be
presented will contribute to a better knowledge and a better
control of
complex economic dynamics. By showing the diversity of the
potential of
nature inspired tools as well as their conceptual unity, this
book will be
an original contribution to the field. By presenting innovative
computing
tools and theoretical interpretations, it will provide a significant
contribution both to practitioners and academics. It should
bring the first
a general knowledge of the numerous applications of that new
field, and
contribute to give the other a global vision of these researches.
Call for Chapters
We are looking for high quality research papers for this
book dealing with
nature inspired computing for management and economy. Since
no synthetic
book exists on that topic, our objective is to propose a reference
for
researchers, students and practitioners. This book will bring
together
researchers in different fields associated to nature inspired
computing,
management and economy. It will deal with both theoretical
and operational
works, and will highlight significant realizations as well
as theoretical
advances.
Recommended topics include (but are not limited to):
· Management of technology
· Enterprise integration
· Negotiation processes
· Stock market simulation
· Project management
· Pricing strategy
· Market theory
· Information systems
· Operations management
· Supply chain management
· Sites location optimization
· Design and manufacturing
· Marketing strategy
· Data Mining
· Knowledge Management
· Computational Economics
· Evolutionary Economics
· Artificial societies
· Artificial creativity
· Emergence and bottom-up simulations theory
Main tools include:
· Evolutionary Algorithms
· Multi Agents Systems
· Swarm Intelligence
· Cellular Automata
· Ant Colony Optimization
· Distributed Artificial Intelligence
· Artificial Immune Systems
· Neural Networks
· Collective robots
We encourage potential contributors to consider also topics
not included in
this list according to their specialties.
Submission Procedures
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 2-3
page manuscript
before October 31, 2004. The proposals should include tentative
title and
clearly explain the concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors
will be
notified of acceptance for proposed chapters by November 15,
2004. They will
be sent chapter organizational guidelines and will have to
submit full
chapters by February 15, 2005. All submitted chapters will
be reviewed by
2-3 reviewers on a double-blind basis. Final accepted revised
chapters are
due by June 1, 2005. The book is scheduled to be published
by Idea Group,
Inc., publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information
Science
Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group
Reference
imprints.
Inquiries and submissions should be sent (preferably electronically)
to:
Pr. Jean-Philippe Rennard
Grenoble Ecole de Management
12, rue Pierre Semard
BP 127
38003, Grenoble Cedex 01
France
jean-philippe.rennard@grenoble-em.com
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