Aims and Scope

Annals of Optimization Theory and Practice (AOTP) publishes high quality, original papers that contribute to the methodology and practice of operations research (OR), optimization theory, and decision making. The more detailed scope of the AOTP is as follow (but not limited to),

  • All pure an applied aspects of operations research
  • Optimization in social sciences
  • Optimization in all fields of engineering
  • Optimization in health care systems
  • Optimization under uncertainty
  • Multi-objective optimization
  • Multi-criteria decision making
  • Applications of statistics in optimization
  • Applications of simulation in optimization
  • Data envelopment analysis
  • Inventory planning
  • Production planning
  • Scheduling theory
  • Facilities location and layout analysis
  • Related reviews, surveys, and case studies