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Special issue in Optimization Methods & Software</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Special Issue on Recent Advances in Mathematical Programming-based Methods to solve Real-world Optimization Problems, on the occasion of the VI Conference of the Mexican Operations Research Society</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>*************<span class="gmail-m_8546817295612771158gmail-im"><br><br>The aim of this special issue is to bring together high-quality contributions in multiple application fields tackling real-world optimization problems where mathematical programming-based methods are used. A particular interest of this issue is to attract relevant state-of-the-art contributions that analyze and provide insights and knowledge regarding the applied methodologies.</span></span></p><span class="gmail-m_8546817295612771158gmail-im"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We solicit contributions directly related to the journal scope (</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=goms20" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">OM&S scope</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) addressing the following topics:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" 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style="margin-left:1cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Game theory applications</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Decision support and intelligent systems </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Real-world applications (e.g., logistics, supply chain, cloud-computing, healthcare, energy management, etc.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission information:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_8546817295612771158gmail-m_4483201985444431176m_1901817822211061016gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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