INFORMS Journal on Computing

INFORMS Journal on Computing
http://joc.pubs.informs.org/

The INFORMS Journal on Computing (JOC) is a quarterly that publishes papers in the intersection of operations research (OR) and computer science (CS). Most papers contain original research, but we also welcome special papers in a variety of forms, including Feature Articles on timely topics, Expository Reviews making a comprehensive survey and evaluation of a subject area, and State-of-the-Art Reviews that collect and integrate recent streams of research. Specific areas of interest include: computational probability and analysis; design and analysis of algorithms; heuristic search and learning; high-performance computation; knowledge and data management; logic, optimization, and constraint programming; modeling: methods and analysis; simulation; and telecommunications and electronic commerce. They take a very broad view of what constitutes the “the intersection of OR and CS.” Topics and formats include, but are not limited to:

* OR is applied to a CS problem. For example, queueing theory or simulation is used to help design a telecommunications system or a network of computers.

* CS is applied to an OR problem. For example, advanced data structures are used to improve an optimization or scheduling algorithm.

* Results draw from both OR and CS. For example, a new heuristic is used to accelerate a data-mining algorithm.

* Results explore uncharted areas with the potential of advancing OR or CS and are in their intersection.