AMSE: aims and activities

Anna M.Gil-Lafuente

University of Barcelona, Spain

Association for the advancement of modelling and simulation techniques in enterprises (AMSE) was founded in 1981 by Professor Guy Mesnard of the University of Lyon (France). AMSE restarted in 1995 after the death of Professor Mesnard, with a new board. From February of 1996 Prof. Jaime Gil-Aluja is AMSE President. Position he holds today.

Main activities and aims of AMSE are related to promotion of the modelling and simulation approach in the resolution of problems, including theory and applications. Also scientific journals are edited by the association and meetings are organized throughout the world (2 or 3 per year) from a local support.

At present AMSE Currently has 4,600 members from different countries and on various specialties: engineering, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, architecture, medicine, economics, etc.

Specific aim of AMSE is to create a platform where they can develop and display their knowledge of young scientists and research experts from those countries who have difficulty doing so in the scientific associations that require high economic capacity. Throughout these years AMSE has managed to build a network of international relations, covering all continents. The uniqueness of AMSE of their presence is mainly in less developed countries and in depressed areas. AMSE not enjoy any official financial aid. It is held primarily on donations of time and means of a small group of Spanish and French scientists.

The editors of AMSE JOURNALS are: Prof. Dr. Ms. Anna Maria Gil-Lafuente, Prof. Dr. D. Christian Berger-Vachon.

AMSE Journals:

Advances in Modelling

Series A - General Mathematics

Series B - Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition

Series C - Automatic Control (theory and applications)

Series D - Computer Science and Statistics

Modelling, Measurement and Control

Series A - General Physics and Electrical Applications

Series B - Mechanics and Thermics

Series C - Chemistry, Geology, Environment and Bioengineering

Series D - Production Engineering and Management, Organization, Human and Social Problems

The publications are indexed in international databases following:

1. IEEE-INSPECT, Stevenage, UK

2. Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3. EBSCO, Villebon-Paris, France

4. Institute for Scientific Information, USA

5. Ulrich Periodical Directory, New Providence, NJ, USA

6. CSA Beechwood, Beechwood, OH, USA

7. SCOPUS

AMSE Conferences:

Its 29 years of life have made the following conferences:

1981: Lyon; 1982: Paris; 1983: Bermuda, Nice, Tripoli; 1984: Athens, Minneapolis, Poitiers; 1985: Stons, Mourestia, Gorakhpur; 1986: Hilarion, Montego Bay, Williamsburg, Sorrento; 1987: Cairo, Karlsruhe, Melbourne, New Delhi, Panama; 1988: Istanbul, Rio de Janiero, Shenzhem; 1989: Miami, Brighton, Dalion; 1990: Al-Ain, Rabat, Abeskuta, Cetinje, Changchum, Greensboro, Tirupati; 1991: San Diego, Warsaw, Hansham, New Orleans, Djerba, New Delhi; 1992: Tizi Onzan, Genova, Chicago, Hefer, Calcutta, Alexandria; 1993: London, Melbourne, Moscow; 1994: Pretoria, New Orleans, Lyon, Hyderabad; 1995: Brno, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Rabat; 1996: Brno, Leon; 1997: Melbourne, Reggio-Calabria; 1998: Minsk, Lyon; 1999: Durban, Santiago de Compostela, Jaipur; 2000: Cairo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Merida (Venezuela); 2001: Rabat, Lviv, Changsha; 2002: Kawait City, Girona, Melbourne; 2003: Havana, Rouen, Marrakech; 2006: Kuala Lumpur, Konya, Bahia Blanca; 2007: Algiers, Terny, Calcutta; 2008: Port Said, Palma de Mallorca, Petra; 2009: Trivandrum (India); 2010: Prague (Czech Rep.), Barcelona (Spain)

Important aspect of AMSE Conferences is the wide scope of topics covered from various disciplines. The topics include mathematical operators, dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, variational methods, evolution equations, various qualitative and quantitative aspects of ODE and PDE, stochastic description, numerical and computational aspects, control theory and optimization, nonlinear waves, fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, manufacturing systems, computer visions, environmental problems, neural networks, chaos, artificial intelligence, population dynamics, ecotoxicology, chemical and biochemical oscillations, telecommunications, wealth of nations, problems in aerospace systems, guidance and navigation, blow-up phenomena, image processing, atmospheric and climate dynamics, financial mathematics and social-economical systems, complexity theory, x-ray crystallography problems, ocean acoustics, inverse scattering theory, Navier-Stokes equations, nonlinear elasticity, quasi-Newton methods, magneto-hydrodynamics, ill-posed problems, structural engineering problems, hysteresis operators, hybrid systems, biomedical applications; cosmology and nanotechnology:

AMSE Membership. AMSE wishes to welcome new members. Members have the following advantages:

- they receive, freely, the periodical corresponding to their field (two yearly issues); - they receive the general information on AMSE; - they have their full social rights in the association.

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