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Online Algorithms with Business Applications

This special issue belongs to the section “Randomized, Online, and Approximation Algorithms“.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Online algorithms are a classic research area in computer science focusing on the effective solution of problems with unknown future data. The online solution often is compared to the offline solution where all future data are known. If the ratio between the performance of an online algorithm and an optimal offline algorithm is bounded, the online algorithm is called competitive. In operations research, the area of online algorithms is called online optimization. Applications of online optimization in business environments are, e.g., conversion, scheduling, search, trading, portfolio selection, and investment.

We invite you to submit high-quality papers to this Special Issue on “Online Algorithms with Business Applications”, with subjects covering the whole range from theory to applications.

Prof. Dr. Günter Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Roberto Montemanni
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Algorithms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • combinatorial optimization
  • approximation algorithms
  • competitive analysis
  • experimental analysis
  • application cases

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Algorithms - ISSN 1999-4893