Operations Research is planning a special issue on "computational economics." The deadline for submissions is Aug. 31.

Operations research has a long and rich shared history with economics, dating back to seminal founders of the field who spanned both disciplines (Arrow, Bellman, Dantzig, Koopmans, Modigliani, Scarf, Raiffa, von Neumann) and through a mutual interest in both problem contexts (optimal allocation of resources, inventory management, investment planning, etc.) and methodology (optimization, decision theory, game theory, simulation, etc.). While the fields diverged beginning in the 1970s, today they are growing closer as economists have recognized a need to solve increasingly

complex economics models that cannot be tackled using classical methods, and O.R. scholars are increasingly incorporating sophisticated economic ideas into their models to reflect modern business realities.

The aim of this special issue is to provide an outlet for those working at this contemporary intersection of O.R. and economics. The guest editors of this special issue seek papers that are of broad interest to both research communities, whether it be through applications, modeling techniques that are of mutual interest or leading-edge methodology that can benefit researchers in both fields.

Methods and applications of interest include:

Methods

• linear and nonlinear optimization
  
  
• dynamic programming approximations
  
  
• stochastic programming
  
  
• numerical analysis
  
  
• math programming with equilibrium constraints (MPEC/EPEC)
  
  
• partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDP)

Applications

• game theory models
  
  
• oligopoly models
  
  
• pricing
  
  
• principal-agent models
  
  
• mechanism design
  
  
• policy analysis
  
  
• market design (electricity, asset, etc.)
  
  
• asset allocation

The review process will be similar to the standard review process used by the journal. The anticipated publication date of the special issue is mid-2010.

Papers should be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/opre. On the first screen of the submission process, authors should select "Special Issue" as their manuscript type and select either Kenneth Judd (Hoover Institute, Stanford University) or Garrett van Ryzin (Graduate School of business, Columbia University) as guest editor. Questions should be directed to either one of the guest editors.






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