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Association of European Operational Research Societies

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Formation
  
1975

Official language
  
English

Legal status
  
Association

Main organ
  
Council

Association of European Operational Research Societies

Purpose
  
To promote operations research

Region
  
Europe, Middle East, Africa

The Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) is a regional grouping within the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) whose aim is to promote operations research throughout Europe. It was established in 1975.

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Overview

EURO is a nonprofit organization domiciled in Switzerland. It aims at the advancement of knowledge, interest and education in operational research by the exchange of information, the holding of meetings and conferences, the publication of books, papers, and journals, the awarding of prizes, and the promotion of early stage talents. Full membership is restricted to national societies which are members of IFORS and do not belong to any other regional grouping. Its affairs are regulated by a council consisting of one representative and one alternate of each of its members and an executive committee.

The EURO member societies are:

Activities

EURO publishes scholarly journals and books about operational research, and organizes international conferences. It also bestows Awards, supports working groups, and organizes educational meetings.

Publications

EURO publishes 4 scholarly journals:

  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • EURO Journal on Computational Optimization
  • EURO Journal on Decision Processes
  • EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics

    • and the book series EURO Advanced Tutorials in Operational Research.

    Awards

    EURO bestows a number of prizes:

  • EURO Gold Medal. The highest distinction within OR in Europe is conferred for an outstanding contribution to operational research.
  • Distinguished Service Medal Award, a recognition of distinguished service to the association and to the profession of OR.
  • Excellence in Practice Award, to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the practice of operational research.
  • Doctoral Dissertation Award, to recognize the OR contributions of PhD students.
  • EURO Award for the Best EJOR Papers, to recognize the best articles published in the European Journal of Operational Research.

    • Conferences

    EURO organizes a number of different conferences and events throughout each year:

  • The EURO-k Conferences are broadly oriented and can be organized in cooperation with other associations such as INFORMS.
  • EURO Mini Conferences have the objective of assembling a limited number of specialists around a specific theme. At most two EURO Mini Conferences can be supported each year.
  • EWG Meetings are organized at least once a year by each EURO Working Group.

    • Working Groups

    EURO Working Groups are the organizational framework provided by EURO to groups of researchers and practitioners interested in a specific operational research topic. Each EURO Working Group holds at least one meeting per year, organizes sessions at conferences, publishes special issues of OR journals, and organizes conferences or seminars. The European Working Group on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (EWG-MCDA), the European Chapter on Combinatorial Optimization (ECCO), the European Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics (VeRoLog), the EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA), the Continuous Optimization Working Group (EUROPT), and the European Working Group on Metaheuristics (EU/ME) are among the most active groups.

    Education

    EURO organizes educational meetings throughout each year:

  • EURO PhD Schools are an instrument to encourage the organization of post-graduate education initiatives for PhD students under a school format.
  • EURO Summer/Winter Institutes provide an opportunity for around 20 early stage researchers to meet for about two weeks. Participants present their material, discuss it with others and with a handful of specially invited senior experts in the field, and finally prepare a paper to be considered for inclusion in a feature issue of EJOR.
  • ORP³ Conferences are a forum promoting scientific and social exchanges between members of the future generation of Operational Research in academic research. They are annual or bi-annual meetings of early stage OR researchers organized by early stage researchers in an OR group in Europe.

    • References

    Association of European Operational Research Societies Wikipedia
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