Call for Papers
Annals of Operations Research
Special Volume
Operations Research for Neuroscience III
After the positive and encouraging response by the scientific and wider community to the previous two special volumes, Operations Research for Neuroscienceand Operations Research for Neuroscience II, the journal Annals of Operations Researchnow invites submissions of papers to a third special volume on the same subject, calledOperations Research for Neuroscience III.
Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary science that is concerned with the study of the structure and functions of the nervous system. It comprises aspects of physiology, cellular and molecular biology, as well as behavioral and cognitive science. Recent technological and theoretical advances offer promising opportunities for better understanding of the nervous system at the quantitative level. New optogenetic, in vitro and in vivo multielectrode recording, neuroimaging, brain imaging, and other modern techniques provide high-quality data that can be used in elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of information processing in the nervous system.
The rapidly growing pool of experimental data has triggered the development of new mathematical models that can provide new insights into the functioning of the nervous system at various scales, ranging from that of molecular biology to that of the organizational principles of behavior and cognition. Sophisticated analyses of intracellular signaling or dynamics in heterogeneous neural networks, conditional behavior or connections of brain regions in decision-making lead to theoretical problems, addressed by Operations Research.
Although, Operations Research is actively used in a bottom-up approach: from experimental observation to consistent theory; it also widely overlaps with modern and rapidly developing formal theories, e.g., the Free-Energy principle, the Integrated Information theory and many others.
This special volume will cover a broad range of topics in the field of neuroscience that use Operations Research approaches, methods and theories. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas and methodologies of neuroscience:
o Intracellular signaling and regulation
o Synaptic plasticity
o Dynamics in heterogeneous neural networks
o Intelligent systems and control, hybrid systems and regime switching models
o Neuronal and neural generalized Turing machine models
o Perceptual, cognitive and behavioral functions
o Learning and memory
o Spatio-temporal network analysis
o Behavioral economics and finance
o Linguistics and cognition
o Combinatorial optimization
o Signal and information processing
o Neuroimaging and functional brain imaging processing
o Computational modeling and simulation
o Formal theoretical approaches: the Free-Energy principle, the integrated information, Bayesian inference
o Foundations of analytics and artificial intelligence, etc.
The use of methods from modern Operations Research in Neuroscience is a prerequisite for any paper submitted to this special volume to enter the reviewing process.
Instructions for Authors can be found at:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10479/submission-guidelines
征集文件
运筹学年鉴
特刊
神经科学运筹学III
在科学界和广大社会对前期特刊《神经科学运筹学》和《神经科学的运筹学II》作出了积极和令人鼓舞的反应之后，《运筹学年鉴》现在邀请对同一主题的第三个特刊提交论文，被称为神经科学运筹学III。
神经科学是一门研究神经系统结构和功能的多学科科学。它包括生理学，细胞和分子生物学，以及行为学和认知科学。最近的技术和理论进步为在定量水平上更好地理解神经系统提供了有前景的机会。新的光遗传学、体外和体内多电极记录、神经成像、脑成像和其他现代技术提供了高质量的数据，可用于阐明神经系统信息处理的基本机制。
实验数据的迅速增长引发了新的数学模型的发展，这些模型可以为神经系统在不同尺度上的功能提供新的见解，从分子生物学到行为和认知的组织原理。对异质神经网络中细胞内信号或动力学的复杂分析，决策中大脑区域的条件行为或连接导致由运筹学解决的理论问题，。
尽管运筹学被积极地应用于自下而上的方法：从实验观察到一致性理论；运筹学也与现代迅速发展的形式理论，如自由能原理、综合信息理论等广泛重叠。
该特刊将涵盖广泛的主题，在神经科学领域，使用运筹学的方法，方法和理论。潜在主题包括但不限于以下神经科学领域和方法：
o细胞内信号和调节
o突触可塑性
o异质神经网络中的动力学
o智能系统和控制、混合系统和状态切换模型
o神经元和神经广义图灵机模型
o感知、认知和行为功能
o学习和记忆
o时空网络分析
o行为经济学和金融
o语言学和认知
o组合优化
o信号和信息处理
o神经成像和功能性脑成像处理
o计算建模与仿真
o正式理论方法：自由能原理，综合信息，贝叶斯推理
o分析和人工智能基础等。
使用神经科学中现代运筹学的方法是任何提交到这本特刊的论文进入评审过程的先决条件。
作者指南可在以下网址找到：
https://www.springer.com/journal/10479/submission-guidelines
作者应在2020年12月1日前通过该期刊的在线提交网站提交一封附信和一份手稿。逾期投稿的稿件，特刊不予考虑，如被接受，可转为日常发行。
如果你还没有通过Springer的网络系统Editorial Manager提交论文，请参阅网站上的作者说明。当提示时，请选择特刊的标题，神经科学运筹学III，以确保它将在本期特刊中得到审查。
论文将在特邀编辑的监督下接受严格的审查程序，接受的论文将在印刷出版前单独在网上发表。
如有任何疑问，请通过电子邮件联系以下中的一位特邀编辑：
Ruben A.Tikidji Hamburyan博士
医学与健康科学学院
乔治华盛顿大学
华盛顿，科兰比亚区，20006，美国
电子邮件：ruben.tikidji.hamburyan@gmail.com
Erik Kropat博士
计算机科学系
慕尼黑联邦国防军大学
维尔纳·-海森伯-道路39
85577纽比堡，德国
电子邮件：erik.kropat@gmx.de
Gerhard Wilhelm Weber教授
工程管理学院
市场与经济工程系主任
波兰波兹南工业大学
ul. Strzelecka 11
波兰波兹南60-965
电子邮件：gerhard.weber@put.poznan.pl