Guide for authors

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION:

  1. The manuscript must be sent in text document format (.doc, .docx, or .odt). The document body must be in one column, without division into columns. The use of tools that divide the syllables at the end of each line must be avoided.

     

  2. The manuscript structure should be as follows:

     

    1. Title (in Spanish and English).

    2. List of authors with their corresponding affiliation

    3. Summary (in Spanish and English)

    4. Keywords (in Spanish and English)

    5. Introduction

    6. Free sections

    7. Conclusions

    8. Bibliographic references (the reference format is based on the Vancouver style).

    9. Profile of each author

 

FORMAT OF EACH MANUSCRIPT ELEMENT

 

  • Title

    The title must be provide in spanish and english.

  • Name of authors:

    Up to seven authors can be included in each manuscript. If there were more, it should be indicated in what sense the participation of more than seven is justified. The names of authors must be careful written. It is necessary to verify that the spelling is correct, especially when dealing with foreign names. The names must be complete (standardized) in the order: name (s), last name (s).

    The author affiliation can only contain two levels: a) center, department or faculty and b) university, company or institution. The complete postal address must be provided: street and number, colony. City, state, country. Postal Code.

    It is necessary to identify the correspondence's author and provide e-mails of all the authors.

  • Abstract and Summary

    If the content of the manuscript is in Spanish, the abstract (English), is a translation of the summary in Spanish into English, therefore, the ideas in the text should be the same. Review the summary in English with someone who knows how to write papers in English. Translations are not accepted with text translators, such as google.

    If the manuscript's content is in English, the summary (“Resumen” in Spanish) is a translation of the summary in English into Spanish, therefore, the ideas in the text should be the same

  • Keywords

    Provide between three and six keywords, different from those that are part of the title and abstract. These keywords must be included in Spanish and English.

  • Biographical sketch of each author. They must have an extension of between 100 and 150 words and be accompanied by formal photographs without any frame, in black and white and in high resolution jpg format (300 dpi).

MANDATORY ELEMENTS IN MANUSCRIPT WRITING

  • Redaction. The article is the result of research already done; therefore, the verbs that refer to the results must use the past simple. If the text is written in the future, it will be understood that it refers to parts of the investigation that have not been made; if it is written in the present, it will be understood that they are in process.

  • Manuscript Figures. They should come in separate files independent of the manuscript. Each figure with a minimum quality of 300 dpi, in any of the following image formats: jpeg, jpg, png, gif. All figures must be mentioned in the manuscript, in the body of the paragraph; at the end, its full title will be indicated in the corresponding place. Also, be careful to number the figures consecutively throughout the article.

    If the figures are not original (they have been previously published), the right to reproduction of each element should be considered, and, if applicable, add the corresponding source. The author is responsible for obtaining the respective rights with the person, magazine, or publisher that owns them.

     

    When the figures are the author's elaboration, and these have been previously published in another journal, you should bear in mind that, although they are authored, it is likely that you signed a session of the reproduction rights and, therefore, you must request the respective permission (to the journal or publisher in which he/she has published these figures previously) to be able to use them in Mathematical Programming and Software.

     

  • Manuscript Tables. Tables must be editable and must not be included as figures. Each table must be accompanied by a title and be numbered consecutively throughout the document (the section number must not be included in that numbering).

  • Equations. They must be inserted using the corresponding equation editing tool. This improves their quality and readability when inserting them into the design program.

  • References. In the text, reference numbers should be placed between square brackets [ ] and placed before the punctuation; for example, [1], [1]–[3], or [1], [3].

EDITORIAL STYLE

  • Extranjerismos. Foreign words. The words of other languages must be written in italics. This is a tool that allows the reader to contextualize a word.

An article in which too many foreign terms are used will result in a text with excessive italics; on the contrary, the use of italics should be limited. The abuse of any emphasis tool (italics, bold, capital letters) tires and makes it lose its original meaning of emphasis.

Literals in equations and formulas. In the body of the paragraph, the literals must be followed as they are represented in the equations and formulas. If a literal should have italics in the equation or formula, the italics should also be used in the explanation (in the text). On the contrary, if it does not have italics in the equation, it does not require them in the text. The same will apply to subscripts and superscripts.

The use of italics should also be noted, and it should be uniform throughout the text. The author is the one who knows the subject and specialized vocabulary more and, therefore, is also the one who will determine in his article the use of the symbols: if these are in italics, uppercase, lowercase, or as subscripts or superscripts, they should be used uniformly throughout the article (inside the paragraph and in the equations). Suppose they sometimes appear in one way (italics, uppercase, lowercase, or as subscripts or superscripts) and others without these attributes. In that case, the reader will understand one of two things: that there is a lack of uniformity by carelessness or that it is about different symbols in each case.

Citation system. The author must ensure that the numbering of the references is consecutive: without interruptions or alterations, and that it corresponds perfectly to the entries added to the final list of references. This is mandatory before starting the editorial process of the article. Strictly use the reference constructions manual. It is strictly forbidden to use citations from non-validated pages such as Wikipedia.

  • Foreign words. The words of other languages must be written in italics. This is a tool that allows the reader to contextualize a word. An article in which too many foreign terms are used will result in a text with excessive italics; on the contrary, the use of italics should be limited. The abuse of any emphasis tool (italics, bold, capital letters) tires and makes it lose its original meaning of emphasis.

  • Literals in equations and formulas. In the body of the paragraph, the literals must be followed as they are represented in the equations and formulas. If a literal should have italics in the equation or formula, the italics should also be used in the explanation (in the text). On the contrary, if it does not have italics in the equation, it does not require them in the text. The same will apply to subscripts and superscripts.

    The use of italics should also be noted, and it should be uniform throughout the text. The author is the one who knows the subject and specialized vocabulary more and, therefore, is also the one who will determine in his article the use of the symbols: if these are in italics, uppercase, lowercase, or as subscripts or superscripts, they should be used uniformly throughout the article (inside the paragraph and in the equations). Suppose they sometimes appear in one way (italics, uppercase, lowercase, or as subscripts or superscripts) and others without these attributes. In that case, the reader will understand one of two things: that there is a lack of uniformity by carelessness or that it is about different symbols in each case.

  • Citation system. The author must ensure that the numbering of the references is consecutive: without interruptions or alterations, and that it corresponds perfectly to the entries added to the final list of references. This is mandatory before starting the editorial process of the article. Strictly use the reference constructions manual. It is strictly forbidden to use citations from non-validated pages such as Wikipedia.

EDITORIAL PROCESS

  • Proof reading. The author will read your article once it has gone through a first editorial process called proofreading. A PDF and a doubts table will be sent to the author, the last one only if any doubt exists. In the PDF, the author must use the 'Highlight Text' tools to answer doubts or observations or to request modifications if he detects omissions.

REFERENCE CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

  • Authors: The authors' names are ordered as follows:

    Surname, Initial(s)., Surname, Initial(s)., etc., with the respective points, commas, and spaces.

    Example:
    Garcia, B. L., Potvin, J. Y., Rousseau, J. M. A parallel implementation of the tabu search heuristic for vehicle routing problems with time window constraints. Computers and Operations Research. 1994, 21(9), 1025-1033. doi: 10.1016/0305-0548(94)90073-6

  • Source name (book, magazine or monograph): It is used in italics, but not that of their chapters.

    The data from the name of the journal maintain the following format:

    Journal name. Year, volume, number, initial page-final page.

    Example:
    Tas, D., Dellaert, N., Van Woensel, T., De Kok, T. Vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times including soft time windows and service costs. Computers and Operations Research. 2013, 40(1), 214-224. doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2012.06.008

    The very few abbreviations of journal names are eliminated (since their use is very unstandarized and does not follow a single source of reference). In these cases, the abbreviation is replaced by the full name of the journal.

  • DOI: The digital object identifier (DOI) must be used to cite and provide a link to the electronic document.

    doi: 10.1016/j.future.2003.10.071.

  • Documentos electrónicos

    • Ebook

      Surname, A. A. Manuscript Title. Retrieved the day, month, year, URL of the source, publication year.

    • Journal manuscript in printed version

      Surname, A. A. Manuscript Title. [electronic version]. Journal Title, xx (x), xx-xx, publcation year.

    • Manuscript from a database

      Surname, A. A. Manuscript Title. Journal Title, xx (x), xx-xx. Retrieved (year, month and day) from the database (database name), publication year.

    • Newspaper manuscript

      Surname, A. A. Manuscript Title. Newspaper name. Retrieved the day, month, year, URL of the source, publication date.

  • Example

    • Academic Journal

      Dantzig, G., Fulkerson, R., Johnson, S. Solution of a large-scale traveling-salesman problems. Operations Research. 1954,2(4), 393-410. doi: 10.1287/opre.2.4.393

    • Book

      Aarts, E., Korst, J. Simulated annealing and Boltzmann machines: A stochastic approach to combinatorial optimization and neural computing. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989.

    • Chapter book

      Thangiah, S. R. Vehicle routing with time windows using genetic algorithms. In: Chambers, L. (Ed.). The Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms: New Frontiers, Volume II. Florida: CRC Press, 1995, 253-277.

REFERENCES EXAMPLE

  • Dantzig, G., Fulkerson, R., Johnson, S. Solution of a large-scale traveling-salesman problems. Operations Research. 1954,2(4), 393-410. doi: 10.1287/opre.2.4.393

  • Dantzig, G., Ramser, J. The truck dispatching problem. Management Science. 1959, 6(1), 80-91. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.6.1.80

  • Chiang, W. Ch., Russell, R. Simulated annealing metaheuristics for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. Annals of Operations Research. 1996, 63(1), 3-27. doi: 10.1007/BF02601637

  • Bräysy, O., Dullaert, W., Gendreau, M. Evolutionary algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. Journal of Heuristics. 2004, 10(6), 587-611. doi: 10.1007/s10732-005-5431-6

  • Nagy, G., Salhi, S. Location-routing: Issues, models and methods. European Journal of Operational Research. 2007, 177(2), 649-672. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.004

  • Flatberg, T. Dynamic and stochastic aspects in vehicle routing: A literature survey. SINTEF report. Oslo: SINTEF ICT, 2005. ISBN 8214028430.

  • Bräysy, O., Gendreau, M. Vehicle routing problem with time windows, part I: Route construction and local search algorithms. Transportation Science. 2005, 39(1), 104-118. doi: doi: 10.1287/trsc.1030.0056

  • Laporte, G., Nobert, Y. Exact algorithms for the vehicle routing problem. Surveys in Combinatorial Optimization. 1987, 31, 147-184. doi: 10.1016/S0304-0208(08)73235-3

  • Laporte, G. The vehicle routing problem: An overview of exact and approximate algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research. 1992, 59(3), 345-358. doi: 10.1016/0377-2217(92)90192-C

  • Bell, J. E., McMullen, P. R. Ant colony optimization techniques for the vehicle routing problem. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 2004, 18(1), 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.aei.2004.07.001

  • Osman, IH. Metastrategy simulated annealing and tabu search algorithms for the vehicle routing problem. Annals of Operations Research. 1993, 41(1-4), 421-451. doi: 10.1007/BF02023004

  • Czech, Z. J., Czarnas, P. Parallel simulated annealing for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. In: 10th Euromicro Workshop on Parallel, Distributed and Network-based Processing. Canary Islands-Spain, 2002, 376-383. doi: 10.1109/EMPDP.2002.994313

  • Thangiah, S. R. Vehicle routing with time windows using genetic algorithms. In: Chambers, L. (Ed.). The Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithms: New Frontiers, Volume II. Florida: CRC Press, 1995, 253-277.

  • Homberger, J. H. G. A two-phase hybrid metaheuristic for the vehicle routing problem with time windows. European Journal of Operational Research. 2005, 162(1), 220-238. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.027

  • Garcia, B. L., Potvin, J. Y., Rousseau, J. M. A parallel implementation of the tabu search heuristic for vehicle routing problems with time window constraints. Computers and Operations Research. 1994, 21(9), 1025-1033. doi: 10.1016/0305-0548(94)90073-6

  • Tas, D., Dellaert, N., Van Woensel, T., De Kok, T. Vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times including soft time windows and service costs. Computers and Operations Research. 2013, 40(1), 214-224. doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2012.06.008

  • Kirkpatrick, S., Gelatt, C., Vecchi, M. Optimization by simulated annealing. Science. 1983, 4598, 671-680. doi: 10.1126/science.220.4598.671

  • Cerny, V. Thermodynamical approach to the traveling salesman problem: An eficient simulation algorithm. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 1985, 45, 41-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00940812

  • Metropolis, N., Rosenbluth, A., Rosenbluth, M., Teller, A., Teller, E. Equation of state calculations by fast computing machines. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 1953, 21(6), 1087-1092. doi: 10.1063/1.1699114

  • Aarts, E., Korst, J. Simulated annealing and Boltzmann machines: A stochastic approach to combinatorial optimization and neural computing. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989.

  • Ingber, L. Simulated annealing: Practice versus theory. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 1993, 18(11), 29-57. doi: 10.1016/0895-7177(93)90204-C

  • Kjaerulff, U. Optimal decomposition of probabilistic networks by simulated annealing. Statistics and Computing. 1992, 2, 7-17. doi: 10.1007/BF01890544

  • Van Laarhoven, P. J., Aarts, E. H. L. Simulated annealing: Theory and applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987. doi: 10.1007/978-94-015-7744-1

  • Clarke, G., Wright, J. W. Scheduling of vehicles from a central depot to a number of delivery points. Operations Research. 1964, 12(4), 568-581. doi: 10.1287/opre.12.4.568

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  • Mendoza, J. E., Villegas, J. G. A multi-space sampling heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. Optimization Letters. 2013, 7, 1503-1516. doi: 10.1007/s11590-012-0555-8

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