ICORES

Key takeaways

ICORES belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect ICORES to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of ICORES from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES) is an annual conference in the field of operations research. Two tracks are held simultaneously, covering domain independent methodologies and technologies and also practical work developed in specific application areas. These tracks are present in the conference not only in technical sessions but also in poster sessions, keynote lectures and tutorials. The works presented in the conference are published in the conference proceedings and are made available at the SCITEPRESS digital library. Usually, it's established a cooperation with Springer for a post-publication with some of the conference best papers. The first edition of ICORES was held in 2012 in conjunction with the International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART) and the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM).

Areas

Methodologies and Technologies Analytics for Enterprise (Engineering) Systems Inventory theory Linear programming Management sciences Network optimization Optimization Predictive analytics Queuing theory Simulation Stochastic optimization Data mining and business analytics Decision analysis Design in ES (E.G., Real Options for Flexible Design, Etc) Dynamic programming Forecasting Game theory Industrial engineering Information systems

Applications Automation of operations OR in education OR in emergency management OR in health OR in national defense/international security OR in telecommunications OR in transportation Project management Resource allocation Risk management Routing Decision support systems Scheduling Supply chain management Systems of systems/teams and socio-technical systems Energy and environment Engines for innovation Globalization and Productivity Logistics Maintenance New applications of OR Optimization in finance

Current chairs

Conference Chair Marc Demange, RMIT University, School of Science - Mathematical Sciences, Australia

Program Co-Chairs Greg H. Parlier, NCSU, United States Federico Liberatore, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Editions

ICORES 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic Proceedings - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems. ISBN 978-989-758-352-0

Best paper award Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Rainer Schlosser. "Stochastic Dynamic Pricing with Strategic Customers and Reference Price Effects" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Sally I. McClean, David A. Stanford, Lalit Garg and Naveed Khan. "Using Phase-type Models to Monitor and Predict Process Target Compliance"

Best Student Paper Award Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Marek Vlk, Antonin Novak and Zdenek Hanzalek. "Makespan Minimization with Sequence-dependent Non-overlapping Setups"

Best poster award Area: Applications - Clémence Bisot. "Dynamic Linear Assignment for Pairing Two Parts in Production - A Case Study in Aeronautics Industry" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Maria E. Bruni, Lorenzo Brusco, Giuseppe Ielpa and Patrizia Beraldi. "The Risk-averse Profitable Tour Problem"

ICORES 2018 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Proceedings - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems. ISBN 978-989-758-285-1

Best paper award Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Rainer Schlosser and Keven Richly. "Dynamic Pricing Strategies in a Finite Horizon Duopoly with Partial Information"

Best student paper award Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Claudio Arbib, Fabrizio Marinelli, Andrea Pizzuti and Roberto Rosetti. "A Heuristic for a Rich and Real Two-dimensional Woodboard Cutting Problem"

Best poster award Area: Applications - Clémence Bisot. "Dynamic Linear Assignment for Pairing Two Parts in Production - A Case Study in Aeronautics Industry" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Maria Elena Bruni, Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese, Patrizia Beraldi and Francesca Guerriero. "A Two-stage Stochastic Programming Model for the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem under Uncertainty"

ICORES 2017 - Porto, Portugal Proceedings - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems. ISBN 978-989-758-218-9

Best paper award Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Michael Dreyfuss and Yahel Giat. "Optimizing Spare Battery Allocation in an Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping System"

Best student paper award Area: Applications - Martina Fischetti and David Pisinger. "On the Impact of using Mixed Integer Programming Techniques on Real-world Offshore Wind Parks"

Best poster award Area: Applications - Alexander Hämmerle and Georg Weichhart. "Variable Neighbourhood Search Solving Sub-problems of a Lagrangian Flexible Scheduling Problem"

ICORES 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal Proceedings - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems. ISBN 978-989-758-171-7

Best paper award Area: Applications - Yujie Chen, Fiona Polack, Peter Cowling, Philip Mourdjis and Stephen Remde. "Risk Driven Analysis of Maintenance for a Large-scale Drainage System" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Vikas Vikram Singh, Oualid Jouini and Abdel Lisser. "A Complementarity Problem Formulation for Chance-constraine Games"

Best student paper award Area: Applications - Jose L. Saez and Victor M. Albornoz. "Delineation of Rectangular Management Zones Under Uncertainty Conditions"

Best PhD project award Parisa Madhooshiarzanagh. "Preference Dissagrigation Model of ELECTRE TRI-NC and Its Application on Identifying Preferred Climates for Tourism".

ICORES 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Proceedings - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems. ISBN 978-989-758-075-8

Best paper award Area: Applications - L. Berghman, C. Briand, R. Leus and P. Lopez. "The Truck Scheduling Problem at Crossdocking Terminals" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Kailiang Xu and Gang Zheng. "Schedule Two-machine Flow-shop with Controllable Processing Times Using Tabu-search"

Best student paper award Area: Applications - Wasakorn Laesanklang, Dario Landa-Silva and J. Arturo Castillo Salazar. "Mixed Integer Programming with Decomposition to Solve a Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem" Area: Methodologies and Technologies - Jan Bok and Milan Hladík. "Selection-based Approach to Cooperative Interval Games"

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with ICORES

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what ICORES claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to ICORES before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about ICORES ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of ICORES

In research: ICORES appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses ICORES in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: ICORES is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic conferences, Computer science conferences, Operations research, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for ICORES outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study ICORES in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what ICORES means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain ICORES out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is ICORES in simple terms?

The International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES) is an annual conference in the field of operations research. Two tracks are held simultaneously, covering domain independent methodologies and technologies and also practical work developed in specific application a…

Why does ICORES matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study ICORES?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on ICORES.