4OR - A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research is 
jointly published by the Belgian, French and Italian Operations Research
 Societies. It publishes high quality scientific papers on the theory 
and applications of Operations Research. It is distributed to all 
individual members of the participating societies. The journal consists 
of several sections:
·         Invited Survey. This section
 is limited to one paper per issue, and consists of "state-of-the-art 
surveys" written by prominent researchers on invitation from the 
Editors-in-Chief.
·         Research Papers. This section 
is the core of the journal. Its aim is to publish high quality 
scientific papers within a short period of time, allowing OR researchers
 to communicate innovative results in a fast and efficient way. The 
emphasis on scientific rigor and on innovation implies, in particular, 
that:
o   the journal does not publish articles that simply 
propose disguised variants of known methods without adequate validation 
(e.g., metaheuristics that are claimed to be “effective” on the sole 
basis of metaphorical comparisons with natural or artificial systems and
 processes). New methods must be presented in metaphor-free language by 
establishing their relationship with classical paradigms. Their 
properties must be established on the basis of scientifically compelling
 arguments: mathematical proofs, controlled experiments, objective 
comparisons, etc;
o   the journal does not publish articles 
presenting complex variants of classical models (e.g., inventory, 
production planning or supply chain models) obtained by adding 
artificial features (multiple objectives, fuzzy parameters,…), typically
 formulated as long and unsolvable MIP, and finally solved through 
arbitrarily chosen metaheuristics. Such articles do not pass the 
“innovativeness” criterion, since the same incremental process can be 
indefinitely applied without bringing any new knowledge about the 
problem under consideration.
The emphasis on short turnaround 
implies that “minor revisions” must be resubmitted within a short period
 of time and that "major revisions" are treated as rejections.
·         Industry.
  This section offers a means of communication between OR practitioners 
and academics. Papers published in this section can consist of case 
studies, state-of-art papers on the use of OR techniques in industry, or
 open industrial problems.
·         Education papers. Papers in this section give a new look and/or comments on existing 
knowledge, aimed at improving the quality of OR teaching, while also 
being accessible and interesting to a wider audience. Potential 
contributors should contact one of the Editors-in-chief before preparing
 a paper.
·         A PhD section publishes selected 2-page
 abstracts of recent PhD theses in operations research defended either 
in Belgian, French or Italian institutions, or by Belgian, French or 
Italian citizens. Abstracts must follow strict style guidelines, see 
http://4or.be/PhD.pdf.

Editors-in Chief 

Yves Crama
University of Liège
Operations Research and Production Mangement
Rue Louvrex 14 (N1)
4000 Liège, Belgium
Tel.: +32 4 366 30 77
Fax: +32 4 366 27 67
E.mail: Yves.Crama@ulg.ac.be
http://rogp.hec.ulg.ac.be/Crama
Michel Grabisch
Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
Paris School of Economics
106-112, Boulevard de l'Hôpital
75013 Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 44 07 82 85
Fax: +33 1 44 07 83 01
E-mail: michel.grabisch@univ-paris1.fr
https://sites.google.com/site/michelgrabisch/
Silvano Martello 
DEIS Università di Bologna 
Viale Risorgimento 2 
40136 Bologna, Italy 
Tel: +39 051 2093 022 (Office), +39 051 2095 400 (Secretary) 
E-mail: dipdeis.4OR@unibo.it 
http://www.or.deis.unibo.it/staff_pages/martello/cvitae.html

Editorial Board 

Alessandro Agnetis, Università di Siena, Italy 
Claudia D'Ambrosio, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Jacek Błażewicz, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France
Matthias Ehrgott, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
Antonio Frangioni, Università di Pisa, Italy
Dorothee Honhon, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Masahiro Inuiguchi, Osaka University, Japan
Abdel Lisser, Université Paris-Sud, France
Stefano Lucidi, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Michele Monaci, Università di Bologna, Italy
Vincent Mousseau, Ecole Centrale Paris, France 
Alix Munier, Université Paris XII, Val-de-Marne, France
Raffaele Pesenti, Università di Venezia Ca' Foscari, Italy
Marc Pirlot, Université de Mons, Belgium
Romeo Rizzi, Università di Verona, Italy 
Marco Sciandrone, Università di Firenze, Italy
Marc Sevaux, Université de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, France
Kenneth Sörensen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Maria Grazia Speranza, Università di Brescia, Italy
Frits Spieksma, KU Leuven, Belgium
Joline Uichanco, University of Michigan, USA
Peter Van de Ven, CWI, The Netherlands
Mutsunori Yagiura, Nagoya University, Japan 
Senior Editors

Philippe Baptiste, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Denis Bouyssou, Université Paris-Dauphine, France
Leo Liberti, École Polytechnique CNRS LIX, France
Thierry Marchant, Ghent University, Belgium
Frank Plastria, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium