Dear Colleagues,

Below is the information of a special issue to be published in International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, which is a peer-reviewed, EI-indexed research journal:

*Call for a Special Issue: Optimization and Machine Learning via Modelling and Simulation*

*International Journal of Modelling and Simulation*

Editor: Jie Shen, Ph.D., Prof.

Email: shen@umich.edu

This special issue will provide a forum for scientists and engineers alike to present their latest findings on the subject of optimization and machine learning. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Ø Evolutionary optimization

Ø Neural network-based optimization and forecasting

Ø Optimization applications of big data

Ø Novel machine learning schemes

Ø Deep learning via modelling and simulation

*Paper Submission*

*Submission Website*: www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjms20 (The prefix of your manuscript should be SI-OMLMS:)

*Deadline for Full Paper Submission*: February 1, 2018

*Author Paper Review Acceptance or Revision Notification to Author*: May 1, 2018

*Submission of Final Paper*: June 1, 2018

*Journal Publication (online first)*: June 15, 2018

*Journal Publication (print)*: 3 to 6 months later