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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META 2023, held in Marrakech, Morocco, during November 1-4, 2023. The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: combinatorial optimization; scheduling; continuous optimization; automatic metaheuristics tuning; optimization and machine learning; and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 16, which took place in Milos Island, Greece, in June 2022.The 36 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. LION deals with automatic solver configuration, parallel methods, intelligent optimization, nature-inspired algorithms, hard combinatorial optimization problems, DC learning, computational intelligence, and others. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Invited Papers; Contributed Papers.

This book constitutes revised selected papers of the 20th International Conference on Information Technologies and Mathematical Modelling, ITMM 2021, named after A.F. Terpugov, held in Tomsk, Russia, in December 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held in a virtual mode. The 28 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The conference covers various aspects of information technologies, focusing on queueing theory, stochastic processes, Markov processes, renewal theory, network performance equation and network protocols.

This book constitutes thoroughly refereed and revised selected papers from the 7th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2022, which was held online during May 18–20, 2022.The 24 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Polyhedra and algorithms; polyhedra and combinatorics; non-linear optimization; game theory; graphs and trees; cutting and packing; applications; and approximation algorithms.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computing, LSSC 23021, which was held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, during June 7-11, 2021. The 60 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 73 submissions. The volume also includes two invited talks in full paper length. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Fractional diffusion problems: numerical methods, algorithms and applications; large-scale models: numerical methods, parallel computations and applications; application of metaheuristics to large-scale problems; advanced discretizations and solvers for coupled systems of partial differential equations; optimal control of ODEs, PDEs and applications; tensor and matrix factorization for big-data analysis; machine learning and model order reduction for large scale predictive simulations; HPC and big data: algorithms and applications; and contributed papers.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, MOTOR 2022, held in Petrozavodsk, Russia, in July 2022. The 21 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 88 submissions. The papers in the volume are organised according to the following topical headings: ​invited talks; integer programming and combinatorial optimization; mathematical programming; game theory and optimal control; operational research applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 50th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2024, held in Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia in June 2024, The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. Additionally, this volume also contains a survey on approximation algorithms for tree-width, path-width, and tree-depth prepared by Hans Bodlander, who delivered the Test of Time Award talk at WG 2024. The WG 2024 workshop aims to merge theory and practice by demonstrating how concepts from graph theory can be applied to various areas in computer science or by extracting new graph-theoretic problems from applications.

This book constitutes revised selected papers of the 19th International Conference on Information Technologies and Mathematical Modelling, ITMM 2020, named after A.F. Terpugov, held in Tomsk, Russia, in December 2020. The 31 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The conference covers various aspects of information technologies, focusing on queueing theory, stochastic processes, Markov processes, renewal theory, network performance equation and network protocols.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 4th Maple Conference, MC 2020, held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in November 2020. The 25 revised full papers and 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected out of 75 submissions, one invited paper is also presented in the volume. The papers included in this book cover topics in education, algorithms, and applciations of the mathematical software Maple.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on the Arithmetic of Finite Field, WAIFI 2020, held in Rennes, France in July 2020. Due to the COVID-19, the workshop was held online. The 12 revised full papers and 3 invited talks presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on invited talks, Finite Field Arithmetic, Coding Theory, Network Security and much more.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, LSSC 2023, held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, during June 5–9, 2023. The 49 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: preconditioning and multilevel methods; fractures and mixed dimensional modeling: discretizations, solvers, and methodology; machine learning and model order reduction for large scale predictive simulations; fractional differential problems: theoretical aspects, algorithms and applications; variational analysis and optimal control; stochastic optimal control and numerical methods in economics and finance; tensor methods for big data analytics and low-rank approximations of PDEs solutions; applications of metaheuristics to large-scale problems; large-scale models: numerical methods, parallel computations and applications; HPC and HPDA: algorithms and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2024, held in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, during May 22–24, 2024. The 30 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: integer programming; graph theory; parameterized algorithms; approximation algorithms; integer programming for machine learning; and applications.

This book constitutes the revised papers of the 46th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2020, held in Leeds, UK, in June 2020. The workshop was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 32 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas, aiming to present emerging research results and to identify and explore directions of future research of concepts on graph theory and how they can be applied to various areas in computer science.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop post-proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms, WAOA 2019, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2019 as part of ALGO 2019.The 16 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. Topics of interest for WAOA 2018 were: graph algorithms; inapproximability results; network design; packing and covering; paradigms for the design and analysis of approximation and online algorithms; parameterized complexity; scheduling problems; algorithmic game theory; algorithmic trading; coloring and partitioning; competitive analysis; computational advertising; computational finance; cuts and connectivity; geometric problems; mechanism design; resource augmentation; and real-world applications.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, MOTOR 2020, held in Novosibirsk, Russia, in July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 25 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 102 submissions. The papers in the volume are organised according to the following topical headings: ​combinatorial optimization; mathematical programming; global optimization; game theory and mathematical economics; heuristics and metaheuristics; machine learning and data analysis.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 14, held in Athens, Greece, in May 2020. The 37 full papers presented together with one invited paper have been carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. LION deals with designing and engineering ways of'learning'about the performance of different techniques, and ways of using past experience about the algorithm behavior to improve performance in the future. Intelligent learning schemes for mining the knowledge obtained online or offline can improve the algorithm design process and simplify the applications of high-performance optimization methods. Combinations of different algorithms can further improve the robustness and performance of the individual components. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LION 14 was not held as a physical meeting.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science-Frontier of Algorithmic Wisdom (IJTCS-FAW 2022), for the 16th International Conference on Frontier of Algorithmic Wisdom (FAW) and the third International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (IJTCS), held in Hong Kong, China, in August 15-19 2022.FAW started as the Frontiers of Algorithmic Workshop in 2007 at Lanzhou, China, and was held annually from 2007 to 2021 and published archival proceedings. IJTCS, the International joint theoretical Computer Science Conference, started in 2020, aimed to bring in presentations covering active topics in selected tracks in theoretical computer science.To accommodate the diversified new research directions in theoretical computer science, FAW and IJTCS joined their forces together to organize an event for information exchange of new findings and work of enduring value in the field. In addition to four keynote speakers, 26 invited speakers and 19 contributed speakers, IJTCS-FAW2022 organized Forums for undergraduate research, young PhD graduates, young TCS faculty members, female researchers, as well as a forum in Conscious AI and a CSIAM Forum in blockchain.The 19 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Algorithmic Game Theory; Game Theory in Block Chain; Frontiers of Algorithmic Wisdom; Computational and Network Economics.

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 49th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2023. The 33 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 116 submissions. The WG 2022 workshop aims to merge theory and practice by demonstrating how concepts from graph theory can be applied to various areas in computer science, or by extracting new graph theoretic problems from applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies, PCT 2019, held in Kaliningrad, Russia, in April 2019.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on high performance architectures, tools and technologies; parallel numerical algorithms; supercomputer simulation.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computational and Information Technologies in Science, Engineering and Education, CITech 2018, held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, in September 2018.The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers address issues such as mathematical and computer modeling, fundamental problems of mathematics, technological aspects of the applications of parallel computer systems, high level parallel programming languages and systems.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications, NMA 2018, held in Borovets, Bulgaria, in August 2018. The 56 revised regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in the following topicalsections: numerical search and optimization; problem-driven numerical method: motivation and application, numerical methods for fractional diffusion problems; orthogonal polynomials and numerical quadratures; and Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods.

This book constitutes the revised papers of the 45th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2019, held in Vall de Núria, Spain, in June 2019. The 29 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas, aiming at connecting theory and applications by demonstrating how graph-theoretic concepts can be applied in various areas of computer science. Another focus is on presenting recent results and on identifying and exploring promising directions of future research.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Finite Difference Methods, FDM 2018, held in Lozenetz, Bulgaria, in June 2018.The 69 revised full papers presented together with 11 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. They deal with many modern and new numerical techniques like splitting techniques, Green's function method, multigrid methods, and immersed interface method.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Distributed and Computer and Communication Networks, DCCN 2019, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2019. The 44 full papers and 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 174 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: Computer and Communication Networks, Analytical Modeling of Distributed Systems, and Distributed Systems Applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Hybrid Systems Biology, HSB 2019, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019.The 8 full papers presented in this book together with 1 short paper and 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. They cover topics such as: modeling and analysis of metabolic, signaling, and genetic regulatory networks in living cells; models of tissues, organs, physiological models; models and methods coping with incomplete, uncertain and heterogeneous information including learning for biological systems, parametric synthesis and inference; stochastic and hybrid models in biology; hierarchical systems for multi-scale, multi-domain analysis; abstraction, approximation, discretization, and model reduction techniques; modeling, analysis and design for synthetic biology, cyber-biological systems and biomedical studies (e.g. therapies, teleoperation); game-theoretical frameworks and population models in biology (e.g. mixed-effects and Bayesian modeling); biological applications of quantitative and formal analysis techniques (e.g. reachability computation, model checking, abstract interpretation, bifurcation theory, stability and sensitivity analysis); efficient techniques for combined and heterogeneous (stochastic/deterministic, spatial/non-spatial) simulations for biological models; modeling languages and logics for biological systems with related analysis and simulation tools; and control architectures of biological systems including biology-in-the-loop systems and bio-robotics.

This LNCS 13453 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 48th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2022.The 32 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 96 submissions. The WG 2022 workshop aims to merge theory and practice by demonstrating how concepts from Graph Theory can be applied to various areas in Computer Science, or by extracting new graph theoretic problems from applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 12, held in Kalamata, Greece, in June 2018. The 28 full papers and 12 short papers presented have been carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers explore the advanced research developments in such interconnected fields as mathematical programming, global optimization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Special focus is given to advanced ideas, technologies, methods, and applications in optimization and machine learning.

The two-volume set LNCS 10671 and 10672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2017, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 2017. The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: pioneers and landmarks in the development of information and communication technologies; systems theory, socio-economic systems and applications; theory and applications of metaheuristic algorithms; stochastic models and applications to natural, social and technical systems; model-based system design, verification and simulation; applications of signal processing technology; algebraic and combinatorial methods in signal and pattern analysis; computer vision, deep learning and applications; computer and systems based methods and electronics technologies in medicine; intelligent transportation systems and smart mobility.

The two-volume set LNCS 10671 and 10672 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2017, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in February 2017. The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: pioneers and landmarks in the development of information and communication technologies; systems theory, socio-economic systems and applications; theory and applications of metaheuristic algorithms; stochastic models and applications to natural, social and technical systems; model-based system design, verification and simulation; applications of signal processing technology; algebraic and combinatorial methods in signal and pattern analysis; computer vision, deep learning and applications; computer and systems based methods and electronics technologies in medicine; intelligent transportation systems and smart mobility.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, LSSC 2017, held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in June 2017. The 63 revised short papers together with 3 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions.The conference presents results from the following topics: Hierarchical, adaptive, domain decomposition and local refinement methods;Robust preconditioning algorithms;Monte Carlo methods and algorithms;Numerical linear algebra;Control and optimization;Parallel algorithms and performance analysis;Large-scale computations of environmental, biomedical and engineering problems.The chapter'Parallel Aggregation Based on Compatible Weighted Matching for AMG'is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2018, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2018.The 59 revised full papers and one revised short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 136 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on parallel algorithms; supercomputer simulation; high performance architectures, tools and technologies.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop post-proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms, WAOA 2018, held in Helsinki, Finland, in August 2018 as part of ALGO 2018. The 19 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. Topics of interest for WAOA 2016 were: graph algorithms; inapproximability results; network design; packing and covering; paradigms for the design and analysis of approximation and online algorithms; parameterized complexity; scheduling problems; algorithmic game theory; algorithmic trading; coloring and partitioning; competitive analysis; computational advertising; computational finance; cuts and connectivity; geometric problems; mechanism design; resource augmentation; and real-world applications.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, EMMCVPR 2017, held in Venice, Italy, in October/November 2017. The 37 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Clustering and Quantum Methods; Motion and Tracking; Image Processing and Segmentation; Color, Shading and Reflectance of Light; Propagation and Time-evolution; and Inference, Labeling, and Relaxation.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA 2017, held in Paris, France, in October 2017. The 16 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of artificial evolution, such as evolutionary computation, evolutionary optimization, co-evolution, artificial life, population dynamics, theory, algorithmics and modeling, implementations, application of evolutionary paradigms to the real world (industry, biosciences,...), other biologically-inspired paradigms (swarm, artificial ants, artificial immune systems, cultural algorithms...), memetic algorithms, multi-objective optimisation, constraint handling, parallel algorithms,, dynamic optimization, machine learning and hybridization with other soft computing techniques.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 47th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science which was held during June 23–25, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Warsaw, Poland, but changed to an online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 30 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. The conference aims to merge theory and practice by demonstrating how concepts from graph theory can be applied to various areas in computer science or by extracting new graph-theoretic problems from applications.Chapter “Bears with Hats and Independence Polynomials” is are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Chapters 1, 6, and 22 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book constitutes thoroughly revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Its Applications, NAA 2016, held in Lozenetz, Bulgaria, in June 2016. The 90 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The conference offers a wide range of the following topics: Numerical Modeling; Numerical Stochastics; Numerical Approx-imation and Computational Geometry; Numerical Linear Algebra and Numer-ical Solution of Transcendental Equations; Numerical Methods for Differential Equations; High Performance Scientific Computing; and also special topics such as Novel methods in computational finance based on the FP7 Marie Curie Action,Project Multi-ITN STRIKE - Novel Methods in Compu-tational Finance, Grant Agreement Number 304617; Advanced numerical and applied studies of fractional differential equations.

This book is a collection of thoroughly refereed papers presented at the 27th IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, held in Sophia Antipolis, France, in June/July 2015.The 48 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They cover the latest progress in their respective areas and encompass broad aspects of system modeling and optimiza-tion, such as modeling and analysis of systems governed by Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) or Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), control of PDEs/ODEs, nonlinear optimization, stochastic optimization, multi-objective optimization, combinatorial optimization, industrial applications, and numericsof PDEs.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Russian Supercomputing Days, RuSCDays 2016, held in Moscow, Russia, in September 2016. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on the present of supercomputing: large tasks solving experience; the future of supercomputing: new technologies.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2020, which was due to be held in Montreal, Canada, in May 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 24 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions.They were organized in the following topical sections: polyhedral combinatorics; integer programming; scheduling; matching; Network Design; Heuristics.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search, ICVNS 2018, held in Sithonia, Greece, in October 2018. ICVNS 2018 received 49 submissions of which 23 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected. VNS is a metaheuristic based on systematic changes in the neighborhood structure within a search for solving optimization problems and related tasks. The main goal of ICVNS 2018 was to provide a stimulating environment in which researchers coming from various scientific fields could share and discuss their knowledge, expertise, and ideas related to the VNS metaheuristic and its applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th Euro Mini-Conference, EmC-ONS 2014, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in February 2014. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on dynamical systems; optimization and applications; modeling and statistical techniques for data analysis.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, HPCSE 2017, held in Karolinka, Czech Republic, in May 2017.The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The conference provides an international forum for exchanging ideas among researchers involved in scientific and parallel computing, including theory and applications, as well as applied and computational mathematics. The focus of HPCSE 2017 was on models, algorithms, and software tools which facilitate efficient and convenient utilization of modern parallel and distributed computing architectures, as well as on large-scale applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2018, held in Marrakesh, Marocco, in April 2018. The 35 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from all the communities related to combinatorial optimization, including algorithms and complexity, mathematical programming and operations research.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed workshop post-proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms, WAOA 2017, held in Vienna, Austria, in September 2017 as part of ALGO 2017.The 23 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. Topics of interest for WAOA 2017 were: graph algorithms; inapproximability results; network design; packing and covering; paradigms for the design and analysis of approximation and online algorithms; parameterized complexity; scheduling problems; algorithmic game theory; coloring and partitioning; competitive analysis; computational advertising; computational finance; cuts and connectivity; geometric problems; mechanism design; resource augmentation; and real-world applications.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 28th International Workshopon Combinatorial Algorithms, IWOCA 2017, held in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, in July 2017.The 30 regular papers presented in this volume together with 5 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. They were organized in topical sessions named: approximation algorithms and hardness; computational complexity; computational geometry; graphs and combinatorics; graph colourings, labellings and power domination; heuristics; mixed integer programming; polynomial algorithms; privacy; and string algorithms.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, LSSC 2013, held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in June 2013. The 74 revised full papers presented together with 5 plenary and invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on numerical modeling of fluids and structures; control and uncertain systems; Monte Carlo methods: theory, applications and distributed computing; theoretical and algorithmic advances in transport problems; applications of metaheuristics to large-scale problems; modeling and numerical simulation of processes in highly heterogeneous media; large-scale models: numerical methods, parallel computations and applications; numerical solvers on many-core systems; cloud and grid computing for resource-intensive scientific applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, Evo COP 2014, held in Granada, Spain, in April 2014, co-located with the Evo•2014 events Euro GP, Evo BIO, Evo MUSART and Evo Applications.The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: swarm intelligence algorithms, fitness landscapes and adaptive algorithms, real world and routing problems and cooperative and metaheuristic search.

This book is a collection of thoroughly refereed papers presented at the 26th IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, held in Klagenfurt, Austria, in September 2013. The 34 revised papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They cover the latest progress in a wide range of topics such as optimal control of ordinary and partial differential equations, modeling and simulation, inverse problems, nonlinear, discrete, and stochastic optimization as well as industrial applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2014, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in March 2014. The 37 revised full papers presented together with 64 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 submissions. They present original research on all aspects of combinatorial optimization, such as algorithms and complexity; mathematical programming; operations research; stochastic optimization; graphs and combinatorics.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Approximation and Online Algorithms, WAOA 2016, held in Aarhus, Denmark, in August 2016 as part of ALGO 2016. The 16 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. Topics of interest for WAOA 2016 were: coloring and partitioning, competitive analysis, network design, packing and covering, paradigms for design and analysis of approximation and online algorithms, randomization techniques, real world applications, and scheduling problems.