The VIII International Conference "Optimization and Applications" will take place in Petrovac, Montenegro, October 2-7, 2017. The goal of the Conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in the field of optimization theory, methods, software and related areas. The official working languages of the Conference are English, Russian and Montenegrin.

The conference proceedings will be published in CEUR-WS series which is (as a rule) indexed in SCOPUS and DBLP. More information about proceedings indexing can be found in CEUR-WS FAQ. In addition proceedings will be indexed in Russian Citation Index ("RINC").

Extended versions of the selected papers will be published in the special issues of Journal of Global Optimization (Impact Factor 1.733) and Optimization Letters (Impact Factor 1.310). Some information about submission to these journals can be found in FAQ.

Conference topics:

Applications of Optimization in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Data and Information Mining, Economics, Biology, Medicine, etc.