Application of Mathematical Programming and Algorithms in Operational Research
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Statistics and Operational Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Operations research (OR) has been developed and widely applied for solving practical optimisation problems from manufacturing to service. Nowadays, OR is known as a powerful modelling and optimisation tool to deal with global challenges such as the impact of climate change on human beings, infrastructure systems, and transport decarbonisation, among others. At the core of OR methods are mathematical programming, which can solve exactly the small-and-medium-sized problems, and metaheuristic algorithms, which can achieve the near-optimal solutions for the large-sized problems within a reasonable computation time. To balance the quality of solution and computation time, math-heuristic algorithms have been developed and recently received much attention from researchers. This Special Issue would thus contribute to the field of novel development of mathematical programming, metaheuristic algorithms and math-heuristic algorithms in OR. It aims to present original research articles and the most relevant advances in this research area that provide new insights into OR modelling techniques and algorithms for solving global challenge issues. The findings from this Special Issue will be useful for researchers, practitioners, policy- and decision-makers, as well as relevant stakeholders in working toward a more sustainable future.
Dr. Trung Hieu Tran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- linear programming
- integer programming
- mixed-integer lienar prorgamming
- exact methods
- nature-inspired algorithms
- metaheuristic algorithms
- math-heuristic algorithms
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