4OR A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research ISI abbreviation: 4OR-Q J Oper Res. A publication of the Belgian, French and Italian Operations Research Societies

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Some documents and links concerning 4OR

• Editors-in-Chief
  • Leo LIBERTI, CNRS LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, < leoliberti.4or@gmail.com >
  • Silvano MARTELLO, DEIS, Universitá di Bologna, Italy, <4OR@deis.unibo.it>
  • Thierry MARCHANT, Dept. Data Analysis, Ghent University, Belgium, < Thierry.Marchant@UGent.be>
• Publisher
  • Springer Verlag, Germany, Main 4OR website
• Online version
  • 4OR is also available online for subscribers
• Former Editors-in-Chief
  • Denis BOUYSSOU, CNRS-Lamsade, Université Paris-Dauphine, France, (2001-2008)
  • Frank PLASTRIA, MOSI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, (2001-2009)
  • Philippe BAPTISTE, CNRS LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, (2009-2010)
• Editorials
  • 4OR for what purpose?, Bouyssou, Martello, Plastria, 4OR Vol 1: 1, 1-6 (2003)
    • PDF (60KB)
    • zipped PDF (53KB)
  • 4OR: Year 4, Bouyssou, Martello, Plastria, 4OR Vol 4: 1, 1-9 (2006)
    • PDF (66KB)
  • No 7-year itch at 4OR, Bouyssou, Martello, Plastria, 4OR Vol 7: 1, 1-15 (2009)
    • PDF at Springer
• Plagiarisms
  • Papers with full details on the following cases.
    
    • A case of plagiarism: Danut Marcu., 4OR Vol 4: 1, 11-13 (2006)
    • Plagiarism again: Sreenivas and Srinivas, with an update on Marcu, 4OR Vol 7: 1, 17-20 (2009)
  • A first case of plagiarism: Danut Marcu.
    
    • The plagiate (381KB)
    • The Wikipedia entry about Marcu
    • List of "publications by" Danut Marcu. (263KB)
    • Another piece from an independent source: Alexander Soifer, The Case of Dr. Danut, Marcu, Geombinatorics XVI(3), 2007, 293-296
  • Another case of plagiarism: M. Sreenivas and T. Srinivas.
    In November 2007 the following new case was observed.
    
    • The plagiate (566KB)
    • Plagiate from: S. Storoy, The Transportation: More-for-less Criterion, Optimization Online, 2007
    • Another plagiate (686KB)
    • Yet another plagiate (650KB)
    In august 2009 the following letters were received, apparently disculping Dr. Srinivas
    • Letter From Dr Srinivas (453KB)
    • Letter From Mr Sreenivas (453KB)
    This and related plagiarism cases concerning these authors has been investigated by SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) in october 2009, culminating in the following SIAM report on the investigation of plagiarism by Sreenivas and Srinivas that confirms our findings.
  • Banned from publication in 4OR:
    • Danut Marcu
    • M. Sreenivas
    • T. Srinivas

Some documents of interest to 4OR contributors

• 4OR Instructions for Authors
  • Directly from Springer .
  • How to write a PhD thesis abstract for 4OR? A few guidelines (new version September 2010).
• Set of 4OR LaTeX-styles. (Recommended)
  • Directly from Springer .
  • Local copy (June 2005) .

Some documents of interest to 4OR referees

• Guidelines for referees
• Refereeing form