Theme and Scope

The 5th ICOTA represents the first of the ICOTA series in the new millennium, and has been given the theme “Optimization for the New Millennium ”. The goal of the 5th ICOTA is to provide an international forum for scientists, researchers, software developers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and approaches, to present research findings and state-of-the-art solutions, to share experiences on potentials and limits, and to open new avenues of research and developments, on all issues and topics related to optimization. The 5th ICOTA will include keynote/plenary speeches, invited talks, contributed papers, tutorials, and industrial exhibits. All papers submitted to ICOTA 2001 will be refereed. Papers accepted for presentation in the Conference will be included in the conference proceedings, while outstanding papers will be selected for special issues in several international journals, including Annals of Operations Research and Journal of Global Optimization.

Papers on issues related to optimization are welcome. Topics include (but not limited to) those in the following tracks:

• Optimization theory;
• Algorithms analysis and design;
• Applications in industry, service, finance, business and military.

Sponsorship

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
• The City University of Hong Kong;
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
• K. C. Wong Education Foundation.