Big Data Optimization

This proceedings volume presents new methods and applications in Operational Research and Management Science with a special focus on Business Analytics. Featuring selected contributions from the XIV Balkan Conference on Operational Research held in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2020 (BALCOR 2020), it addresses applications and methodological tools or techniques in various areas of Operational Research, such as agent-based modelling, big data and business analytics, data envelopment analysis, data mining, decision support systems, fuzzy systems, game theory, heuristics, metaheuristics and nature inspired optimization algorithms, linear and nonlinear programming, machine learning, multiple criteria decision analysis, network design and optimization, queuing theory, simulation and statistics.

Editors: Pop, Florin, Kołodziej, Joanna, Di Martino, Beniamino (Eds.)
Provides a comprehensive overview of the development of RMS for big data platforms and applications, covering theory, methodologies, experimentation, and real-world applications
Presents state-of-the-art solutions for issues of big data processing, resource and data management, fault tolerance, monitoring and controlling, and security
Discusses the development of related programming models and technologies in information and communication, and how these help in formulating practical solutions for the topics covered

This book constitutes the Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Smart Vehicular Technology, Transportation, Communication and Applications (VTCA 2019), Arad, Romania, held on October 15–18 October 2019 in Arad, Romania.