Advances in Mathematical Modeling and Optimization for Business Analytics

Dear Colleagues,

Mathematical modeling and optimization play a crucial role in addressing complex decision-making challenges across modern business domains, such as supply chain management, finance, marketing, and operations. As data become increasingly central to business strategy, integrating mathematical rigor with real-world applications is more important than ever.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances, emerging trends, and innovative methodologies at the intersection of mathematical modeling, optimization, and business analytics. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit original research and critical survey manuscripts that propose novel models, solution approaches, or insights into the application of optimization and analytics in business contexts.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Optimization models in business decision-making;
• Prescriptive and predictive analytics;
• Linear, nonlinear, and integer programming;
• Simulation and stochastic modeling;
• Machine learning combined with optimization;
• Multi-criteria decision analysis;
• Applications in logistics, finance, and marketing;
• Heuristics and metaheuristics for business problems.

This Special Issue seeks to foster interdisciplinary contributions that bridge theoretical developments with practical business impact.

Dr. Reza Maihami
Dr. Ehsan Ahmadi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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