================================================================= Call for Papers European Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier Science) 'Performance Evaluation of QoS-aware Heterogeneous Systems' ================================================================= Quality of Service (QoS) provision remains always a challenge for both academia and industry. Considering a user centric environment, we are asked to provide services at any time, for anyone, anywhere in a secure environment and in an invisible way. In this theater of service provision, there are numerous users with highly diversified needs and profiles, utilizing heterogeneous networking environments. Along these lines the notion of Quality of Service considers the delivery chain that is comprised of the actual user, the service, network and content providers, the terminal equipments, the access and core networks, both wired and wireless, in modern highly heterogeneous and ubiquitous environments. Towards a well integrated heterogeneous networks infrastructure performance evaluation plays a key role during the design and the operation phases with many interesting and important performance engineering issues yet to be resolved. This Special Issue of EJOR is devoted to presenting the advances towards the performance evaluation of QoS-aware Heterogeneous Systems as depicted in research activities from professionals, academics and researchers. Contributions are solicited on (but not restricted to) the following subject categories: - Heterogeneous networks - Cellular, wireless and mobile communications - Integration of wired and wireless networks - Performance modeling and simulation - Quantitative methods and tools - Traffic modeling, characterization and engineering - Quality of Service - Performance aware network design, planning and dimensioning - Network management systems - Services and applications - Testbeds and measurements Submission guidelines and important dates: ------------------------------------------ Papers should present new research and development material. Authors must follow the EJOR guidelines regarding the manuscript and its format. For details, please refer to the "Guide for Authors" at the EJOR Web site (http://authors.elsevier.com). Authors are strongly encouraged to send submissions via email in electronic form (PDF, Postscript) to the email address skianis@iit.demokritos.gr Important dates: ---------------- Submission Deadline: October 1, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: February 15, 2007 Guest Editor: -------------- Charalabos Skianis Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' 15310 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, POB 60228 Athens, Greece Email: skianis@iit.demokritos.gr ______________________________________________________________________________ ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Bulletin Board http://merlot.usc.edu/sigmetrics-bb The Performance bulletin board is a moderated distribution list sponsored by ACM SIGMETRICS. It is intended for the exchange of technical information among members of the performance evaluation community. Typical submissions include performance-related questions and announcements of research papers, software, job opportunities, conferences, and calls for papers. Send submissions to performance@merlot.usc.edu Send subscription requests to performance-request@merlot.usc.edu Visit Web page to view message archive and membership list