Tracks

The following ten (10) tracks have been identified. We invite researchers, management teachers and practicing managers to submit papers in these areas as well as other allied topics that may not have been covered in these 10 tracks.

Track 1: OR Theory and Applications

  • Optimization Theory
  • Network Optimization
  • Multi-level multi-objective optimization
  • Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization
  • Discrete Optimization
  • Large Scale Optimization and Decomposition
  • Continuous Optimization
  • Game Theory
  • Queuing Theory
  • Uncertain Programming
  • Brainstorm Optimization
  • Algorithm and Computational Design
  • Scheduling and Optimal Control
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Non-Linear Programming
  • System Dynamics, Modeling and Simulations
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling
  • Data Envelopment Analysis & Applications
  • OR/MS: Beyond Mathematics
  • OR in Education
  • Scheduling & Project Management

Track 2: Computational Methods & Applications

  • Meta-heuristics and Evolutionary Bio-inspired Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Ensemble Techniques
  • Deep Learning
  • Big Data/ Big Data Analytics
  • Recommendation system
  • Forecasting
  • Text Mining & Sentiment Analytics
  • Business intelligence
  • Knowledge based entrepreneurship
  • Technology enhanced learning
  • Cloud Computing and its Applications
  • Quantum Computing
  • Bioinformatics
  • Information Processing and Retrieval
  • Data Warehousing
  • Business ecosystems modeling & simulation
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Service oriented architecture
  • Ontology and mapping mechanisms

Track 3: Supply Chain & Logistics Management

  • Logistics & Transportation, Maritime and Port Logistics
  • Vehicle Routing
  • Warehouse Operations
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Energy Management
  • Service Innovation & Management
  • Crowd sourced Network Optimization
  • Logistics Decision Making in Crisis Management
  • Disaster Relief Chains
  • Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chains
  • Service parts logistics and maintenance
  • Intelligent Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management and logistics
  • Closed-loop supply chain
  • Urban Issues such as Smart Cit­ies, Transport Design and City Freight Logistics

Track 4: Industrial Engineering & Management

  • Production planning and scheduling
  • Facility Location and Layout
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Cybernized Control and Optimization in Integrated Production Network
  • Industry 4.0
  • Inventory planning and control
  • Intelligent Control and Robotics
  • Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  • Human Adaptive Mechatronics
  • Human-Machine Interaction for Production Optimization
  • Life-cycle Engineering and PLM
  • Ergonomics
  • Quality engineering and management
  • Reliability & Maintenance
  • Production-Inventory-Service Network Operation and Optimization, Lot Sizing

Track 5: Marketing Management

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Retailing
  • Branding
  • Marketing Analytics
  • Product & Brand Management
  • Services Marketing
  • B2B Marketing
  • Sales & Distribution Management
  • E-Commerce and E-Governance
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Tourism & Hospitality
  • Cross-cultural Marketing
  • Digital Marketing
  • Social and Societal Marketing
  • Marketing Communication
  • Predictive Pricing

Track 6: Human Resource & Knowledge Management

  • Knowledge Management techniques & Multi-agent systems
  • Talent Mining
  • Knowledge based competency mapping
  • Cognitive and social psychology
  • Cognitive Mapping
  • Value-focused thinking
  • Organizational Change
  • Workforce Analytics
  • Leadership in digital age
  • Training and Development
  • Employee Engagement
  • Workforce Planning
  • Employee Motivation
  • Diversity & Equity

Track 7: Financial Management

  • Analytics in Banking and Financial Services
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Revenue Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Credit Risk Modeling
  • Portfolio Selection & Optimization
  • Development Finance
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Financial & Commodity Derivatives
  • Project Financing
  • Corporate Finance
  • Supply Chain Finance
  • Economics of Business & Finance
  • Stock Market Modeling

Track 8: Risk Management

  • Analytics & Incident Response
  • Fraud Analytics & Cyber Security
  • Cryptography
  • Blockchain Technology & Solutions
  • Cloud Security & Virtualization
  • E-Strategy & e-Business Models
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Climate change impacts and accumulation of risks in business
  • Resilient Supply Chain and Logistics Planning
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Risk Management, Corporate Criminal Liability and Corporate Governance
  • Emergency Preparedness and Risk Control
  • Change Leadership

Track 9: Healthcare Operations & Management

  • Healthcare Analytics
  • Applied Health Informatics
  • e Health: Cyber medicine & m-Health
  • Medical Tourism
  • Telehealth, Telemedicine and Telerehabilitation
  • Healthcare Operations Management
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Healthcare Leadership
  • Neuroinformatics
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Waste Management in Healthcare
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Healthcare Delivery Systems
  • Healthcare risk management

Track 10: Sustainability

  • Green Economy and Technology
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Carbon pricing
  • Carbon neutrality
  • Materials, Waste and Recycling
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Social Sustainability
  • Artificial regeneration
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Green Procurement
  • Green Marketing
  • Green Building
  • Town Planning
  • Ecosystem
  • Energy conservation