Journal Guide

The journal Mobile Networks and Applications reflects the emerging symbiosis of portable computers and wireless networks, addressing the convergence of mobility, computing and information organization, access and management. In its special issues, the journal places an equal emphasis on various areas of nomadic computing, data management, related software and hardware technologies, and mobile user services, alongside more ‘classical’ topics in wireless and mobile networking. The journal documents practical and theoretical results which make a fundamental contribution.

Mobilities publishes original, theoretically-informed research which is international in scope as well as in authorship. The journal seeks to address topical issues and foster scholarly debate. All submissions will be subject to anonymous peer review by up to three referees. Areas of Publication Papers in the following areas would be considered for publication in Mobilities: * Mobile spatiality and temporality * Sustainable and alternative mobilities * Mobile rights and risks * New social networks and mobile media * Immobilities and social exclusions * Tourism and travel mobilities * Migration and diasporas * Transportation and communication technologies * Transitions in complex systems Peer Review Statement All submissions to this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by up to three referees. Notes for Contributors Manuscripts should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words, and should be sent electronically to: mobilities@lancaster.ac.uk (Harvard layout).

Non-profit Journal: MIC is operated as a non-profit journal and the journal is to a large extent based on voluntary contributions from the editors and reviewers. Any income generated by the journal from author contributions and sponsors are only meant to cover the costs associated with running the journal. From 2009 the MIC articles are available for free download on the Internet, and MIC loses the income source from subscriptions. To compensate for this loss of income, MIC currently requires an author contribution of NOK 1000 per published article. Each author will receive a complimentary issue of the printed edition of MIC where the article appears. The publication fee will be adjusted annually to balance out the costs of running the journal.Review: Each submitted article will initially be reviewed by the editor and/or the editorial secretary. If the article passes the initial review, it will be reviewed in a second step by the closest discipline editor and two internationally recognised experts in the field. All reviews in MIC are anonymous and the journal strives to avoid any conflict of interest in the review process.

Modelling and Simulation in Engineering aims at providing a forum for the discussion of formalisms, methodologies and simulation tools that are intended to support the new, broader interpretation of Engineering. Competitive pressures of Global Economy have had a profound effect on the manufacturing in Europe, Japan and the USA with much of the production being outsourced. In this context the traditional interpretation of engineering profession linked to the actual manufacturing needs to be broadened to include the integration of outsourced components and the consideration of logistic, economical and human factors in the design of engineering products and services.Modelling and Simulation in Engineering intends to report leading-edge scientific contributions from mathematics, computer science, various sub-disciplines of engineering, management, psychology and cross-cultural communication, all of which focus on the modelling and simulation of human-centred engineering systems.Subject areas of Modelling and Simulation in Engineering include (but are not limited to):Mathematical formalisms of system modelling AnalyticalStochasticFuzzyGranularSet-membershipSimulation methodologies and tools Continuous simulationDiscrete and combined simulationStochastic simulationsGame and fuzzy game theoryFinite automataSimulation modellingOptimisation, verification and testingAgent-based simulationKnowledge and culture mining/processing Computation with information described in NLOntologies and knowledge modellingModel morphismsNL discourse analysisComplex systems modelling Qualitative modellingMulti-resolution modelling and simulationModelling abstractionsNumerical methods, algorithms and simulationsComputational Intelligence Neural networksFuzzy logicEvolutionary techniquesSoft computing for human interactionAmbient intelligence and ubiquitous computingSymbolic processingSimulation Visualisation Visualisation algorithmsVirtual and augmented realityVirtual prototypingTools and systems for visualisationFrontiers in HCMS Computational and physical limitationsApplications Interoperability of systems and applicationsCase studies and best practicesSocio-technical simulation (logistics, transportation, etc.).