Information Systems and Operational Research  (INFOR) publishes original high quality papers in the areas of data analytics and operations research. We focus on the theory, methodology and practice of Data Analytics and Operations Research and are particularly interested in papers that explore elements of both subjects.

We welcome papers that examine the following topics:

    Computational intelligence
    Data-driven optimization
    Financial Optimization and Risk Management
    Operations Research in Forestry
    Operations Research in Health Care
    Optimization
    Production Planning and Scheduling
    Stochastic modelling and simulation
    Supply chain management
    Sustainable Operations
    Transportation and Logistics

We accept the following forms of submission:

Application: As a medium of communication between academics and practitioners, INFOR welcomes papers that demonstrate novel OR and IS approaches and concepts applied to important practical situations.

Theory: Original contributions to the techniques and methodology of data analytics and operations research. Authors should clearly demonstrate the relevance of the results in terms of applications.

Reviews: State-of-the-art surveys that review major theory and application development.

Notes: Short technical communications and comments on previously published INFOR papers.

We operate a rigorous single-anonymized peer review process. Visit our  Instructions for Authors page for information on preparing your manuscript.

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Editors-in-Chief:
Samir Elhedhli, University of Waterloo 
Elkafi Hassini, McMaster University
Editorial Areas
Computational intelligence
Area Editor: Mohamed Tawhid, Thompson Rivers University
The computational intelligence area will publish works that are in the interface of operations research and computer science. We invite authors to submit papers that develop and test algorithms and heuristics to solve hard and/or large scale problems. Topics include artificial intelligence, agents simulation, machine learning, metaheuristics and matheuristics, neural networks, and pattern recognition.
Associate Editors:
Wail Gueaieb, University of Ottawa 
Georgios Sermpinis, University of Glasgow

Data-driven Analytics
Area Editor: Andrea Lodi, Polytechnique Montréal
This area will cater to the growing field of data science and analytics. Authors are invited to submit papers that develop methodologies in the area of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics. Topics include business analytics, computational statistics, data envelopment analysis, data mining and text analytics.
Associate Editors:
Laurent Charlin, HEC 
Fatma Gzara, University of Waterloo 
Sebastien Le Digabel, Polytechnique Montreal 
Sungmook Lim, Dongguk University 
Joe Naoum-Swaya, Western University 
Joe Zhu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Financial Optimization and Risk Management
Area Editor:  Matt Davidson, Western University
This area is concerned with optimization applications in the areas of finance and economics. Topics include, option and asset pricing, financial simulation and risk analytics.
Associate Editor:  Roy Kwon, University of Toronto

Humanitarian, Defence and Security Applications
Area Editor: Rene Seguin, Defence Research and Development Canada
This area focuses on operations research applications in humanitarian, defense and security sectors of activities. In addition to classical military issues, it covers topics such as disaster relief, search and rescue, border control, homeland security, police services, and infrastructure protection.
Associate Editors:
Kai Huang, McMaster University 
Abdeslem Boukhtouta, Defence Research and Development Canada 

Operations Research in Forestry
Area Editor:
David Martell, University of Toronto
This area focuses on operations research applications in forestry. Topics include production planning, scheduling and logistics in forest operations and sustainable forest biomass optimization.
Associate Editors: 

Mikael Rönnqvist, Université Laval 
Taraneh Sowlati, University of British Columbia 
Mark Brown, University of the Sunshine Coast 
Operations Research in Health Care
Area Editor: Dionne Aleman, University of Toronto
This area will highlight papers that focus on operations research application in the health care industry. Topics include operating room scheduling, waiting times’ optimization and simulation, patient flow analysis, care facilities design and layout, patient demand management, and health informatics.
Associate Editors: 

TBA 

Optimization
This area will address one of the major fields of operations research. Authors are invited to submit models, algorithms, theoretical developments in any area of mathematical programming. Applications that do not fit in any of the other area are welcome as well.
Associate Editors : 

Antonio Frangioni, Università di Pisa 
Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham 
Silvano Martello, University of Bologna 
Edward Wasil, American University

Production Planning and Scheduling
Area Editor: Haldun Sural, Middle East Technical University
This area focuses on one of the traditional applications of operations research. Papers are sought in topics ranging from strategic to operational issues such as capacity planning, scheduling, facility layout, demand and supply planning, quality control and project management.
Associate Editors: 

Nabil Absi, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne 
Christian Almeder, University Viadrina Frankfurt(Oder) 
Mohammed Ben Daya, American University in Sharjah 
Wieslaw Kubiak, Memorial University

Queueing Theory, Stochastic Modelling and Simulation
Area Editor: Douglas Down, McMaster University
This area is reserved for some of the major methodologies of operations research. Papers are sought on theoretical, algorithmic and application developments. Topics include stochastic process, queueing theory, queuing networks, and simulation.
Associate Editors : 
Opher Baron, University of Toronto 
Mustapha Nour El Fath, Université Laval 
Armann Ingolfsson, University of Alberta 
Qi-Ming He, University of Waterloo 

Supply Chain Management
Area Editor: Mahmut Parlar, McMaster University
This area focuses on operations problems that extend beyond one firm and model coordination and/or conflict mechanisms. Models and application papers are welcome on topics such as supply chain network design, demand management, inventory management, forecasting, supply and sourcing.
Associate Editors: 

Mingming Leng, Lingan University, Hong Kong 
Georges Zaccour, HEC 
Guoqing Zhang, University of Windsor

Sustainability
Area Editor : Kannan Govindan, University of Southern Denmark
This area focuses on modelling and solution approaches to sustainable operations. Topics include closed-loop systems, design for remanufacturing, carbon emissions and pollution control systems and performance measurement systems.
Associate Editors: 

Behnam Fahimnia, The University of Sydney 
S.A. Torabi, University of Tehran

Transportation and Logistics
Area Editor: Jean-François Cordeau, HEC
This area focuses on operations research application in transportation and logistics systems. It covers topics such as transportation network design and optimization, freight transportation, passenger transportation, city/public transportation, and vehicle routing.
Associate Editors: 

Ann Campbell, University of Iowa 
HA Eiselt, University of New Brunswick 
Gilbert Laporte, HEC 
Juan Jose Salazar González, University of La Laguna