apl. Prof. (i.R.) Dr. rer. nat. habil. Frank Werner

Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

Institute of Mathematical Optimization


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Faculty of MathematicsOtto-von-Guericke-University,  P.O. Box 4120,  D-39016 Magdeburg,  Germany
  
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House 02, Room 114 a,   Universitätsplatz 2,  39106 Magdeburg (until August 2023, then House 02, Room 212)
  
  Phone  +49 391 67 52025
  
  Fax  +49 391 67 41171
  
  Email   frank.werner@mathematik.uni-magdeburg.de    or    frank.werner@ovgu.de
  
  Office hours:   on Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. (in the lecture period; until February 2021)
  
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Current Information

  HINT:
On February 28, 2021, I retire. I will continue with my honorary activities as an editor of journals, a member of the program committee of conferences and guest editor of special issues. However, I finish with refereeing for journals and teaching for the university. You can reach me via my email address.

  New:
November 2023: Call for Papers für einen Special Issue 'Metaheuristic-Driven Optimization Algorithms: Methods and Applications' in Computers, Materials & Continua (Editors: Mohammad Shokouhifar, Frank Werner) (CFP);  (journal impact factor 2022: 3.1; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 5.0);   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2024.

  New:
June 2023: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Mathematical Methods and Operations Research in Planning, Scheduling and Supply Chain Operations Management' in Mathematics (Editors: Daniel Rossit, Frank Werner) (CFP and 1 already appeared paper);  (journal impact factor 2022: 2.4; Q1 in 'Mathematics'; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 3.5);   Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2024.

  New:
April 2023: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Optimization with Engineering Applications: Heuristics, Meta-Heuristics and Hyper-Heuristics' in Mathematics (Editors: Mohammad Shokouhifar, Frank Werner, Laith Abualigah, Seyedali Mirjalili) (CFP and 3 already appeared papers);  (journal impact factor 2022: 2.4; Q1 in 'Mathematics'; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 3.5);   Deadline for submissions: 29 February 2024.

  Neu:
January 2023: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Artificial Intelligence and Optimization Methods in Biomedical Engineering' in Bioengineering (Impact factor 2022: 4.6; Editors: Mohammad Shokouhifar, Jose Luis Calvo-Rolle, Frank Werner) (CFP and 5 already appeared papers);   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2023.

  New:
January 2023: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Operations Research Problems: Theory, Modeling, Algorithms, and Applications' in Contemporary Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner) (CFP);   Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2023.

  New:
August 2022: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Optimization Algorithms: Theory, Algorithms and New Applications' in AIMS Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner) (CFP and 22 appeared papers)  (journal impact factor 2022: 2.2; Q1 in 'Mathematics'; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 3.0);   Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2023.

  New:
May 2022: 2022 Best Paper in the 2021 IISE Transactions Focused Issue on Design and Manufacturings for the paper 'A Control Approach to Scheduling Flexibly Configurable Jobs with Dynamic Structural-Logical Constraints' von Dmitry Ivanov, Boris Sokolov, Weiwei Chen, Alexandre Dolgui, Frank Werner, Semyon Potryasaev, published in IISE Transactions, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2021, 21 - 38 (Link)   (Certificate)   (Presentation at the Award Ceremony).

  New:
Mai 2022: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Optimization Algorithms: Theory and Applications' in Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner) (CFP and 5 already appeared papers)  (journal impact factor 2022: 2.4; Q1 in 'Mathematics'; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 3.5);   Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2024.

  New:
April 2021: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Recent Advances of Discrete Optimization and Scheduling' in Mathematics (Editors: Alexander Lazarev, Bertrand Lin, Frank Werner)   (CFP and 11 appeared papers)  (journal impact factor 2022: 2.4; Q1 in 'Mathematics'; Elsevier CiteScore factor 2022: 3.5);   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2024.

  New:
February 2021: As the Conference Chair, I invite you to present your recent research results in the area of algorithms at the '1st Online Conference on Algorithms (IOCA 2021)' from September 27 to October, 10 2021 (Call for Papers)   (Video of the live session). The papers of the Proceedings will be published in Computer Sciences and Mathematics Forum. The full papers can be submitted to the Special Issue '1st Online Conference on Algorithms (IOCA2021)' in the journal Algorithms (Editor: Frank Werner) (CFP and 6 appeared papers);   Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2022.

  New:
February 2021: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Scheduling: Algorithms and Applications' in Algorithms (Editor: Frank Werner)   (CFP and 13 appeared papers);   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2023.

  
  Neu:
November 2020: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Mathematical Methods for Operations Research Problems' in Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner)   (CFP and 16 appeared papers)   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2021.

  
  New:
April 2019: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Advances and Novel Approaches in Discrete Optimization' in Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner)   (CFP and 18 appeared papers)   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: May 31, 2020 (EXTENDED: June 15, 2020).

  
  New:
October 2018: Call for Papers für einen Special Issue 'Exact and Heuristic Scheduling Algorithms' in Algorithms (Editors: Frank Werner, Larysa Burtseva, Yuri Sotskov)   (CFP and 9 appeared papers);   (Flyer);     Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2019 (EXTENDED: November 15, 2019).

  
  New:
September 2018: Call for Papers für einen Special Issue 'Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their New Applications' in Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner)   (CFP and 21 appeared papers)   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: Januar 31, 2020.

  
  New:
May 2018: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Discrete Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications' in Mathematics (Editor: Frank Werner)   (CFP and 19 appeared papers)   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions 28 February 2019.

  
  New:
April 2018: Best Paper Award for the paper 'A Dynamic Model and an Algorithm for Short-Term Supply Chain Scheduling in the Smart Factory Industry 4.0' by Dmitry Ivanov, Alexandre Dolgui, Boris Sokolov, Frank Werner, Marina Ivanova, published in International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2016, 386 - 402 (certificate).

  
  New:
March 2018: Call for Papers for an Open Invited Track 'Planning and Scheduling of Manufacturing Processes' at the 9th IFAC/IEEE/IEE/IFIP/IFORS Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control (Track Chairs: Frank Werner, Olga Battaia, Alexander Lazarev)   (CFP);   Deadline for submissions: 15 December 2018 (extended: 31 January 2019)   (18 accepted papers)   (Conference program).

  
  New:
Oktober 2017: The Ebook 'Mathematics of Economics and Business' has now been added to the open archive and can be freely downloaded e.g. under Taylor & Francis Group or under Rakuten Kobo or under Google or under Amazon.com or under Amazon.de or under Amazon.in or under oapen.

  
  New:
September 2017: Call for Papers for a Special Issue 'Algorithms for Scheduling Problems' in Algorithms (Editors: Frank Werner, Larysa Burtseva, Yuri Sotskov)   (CFP and 12 appeared papers)   (Flyer);   Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2018.

  
  New:
April 2016: Announcement of a new book: Frank Werner: A Refresher Course in Mathematics, Bookboon Publishers, to appear: May 10, 2016 (Table of Contents;   Preface) (this book is ad-supported and can be FREELY DOWNLOADED from the website of the publisher: download). The book contains 247 worked examples, 122 exercises for independent practicing and 62 figures (link for discussions on LinkedIn).
The questions of a multiple choice self-test related to the contents of the book can be found under MC self-test: questions), and the answers to the questions can be found under MC self-test: answers .

  
  New:
September 2013: Announcement of a new book: Yuri N. Sotskov, Frank Werner (eds.): Sequencing and Scheduling with Inaccurate Data, Nova Science Publishers, January 2014 (Picture and Preface as well as Information at Publisher's Website)

  
  New:
July 2010: Monograph 'Scheduling under Uncertainty: Theory and Algorithms' (Yuri Sotskov, Nadezhda Sotskova, Tsung-Chyan Lai, Frank Werner), Belarusian Science, Minsk, 2010, 326 pages, ISBN 978-985-08-1173-8, is ready   (download pdf; paperback book at production cost available at the book store Coppenrath & Boeser, contact: coppenrath.uni.md@t-online.de or under http://www.coppenrath-boeser.de).

  
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