Applied Operations Research and Optimization Problems in Network Science
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Operations Research and Fuzzy Decision Making".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 102
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute this Special Issue that will explore the intersection of operations research and network sciences, focusing on optimization techniques for analyzing and improving complex networked systems. We invite contributions that address theoretical advancements, algorithmic developments, and real-world applications across various domains, including transportation, telecommunications, supply chains and social networks. The Special Issue’s scope covers a range of optimization challenges, such as graph-based optimization, network flow models, facility location problems, scheduling in networks, the optimization of signal processing and combinatorial optimization. We particularly welcome studies concerning mathematical programming, heuristics, metaheuristics and math-heuristic algorithms. We encourage researchers from academia and industry to submit original research articles, reviews and case studies that contribute to the advancement of this interdisciplinary field.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Pablo Adasme
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- operations research
- network sciences
- optimization techniques for analyzing and improving complex networked systems
- theoretical advancements
- algorithmic developments
- real-world applications across various domains
- transportation
- telecommunications
- supply chains
- social networks
- graph-based optimization
- network flow models
- facility location problems
- scheduling in networks
- mathematical programming
- heuristics
- meta-heuristics and math-heuristic algorithms
- signal processing techniques in sensor network telecommunication
- localization with sensor networks
- optimization algorithmic approaches
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