Current activities in engineering and business involves making a series of decisions. These decisions are made by looking at the relevant data and using appropriate models. Nowadays companies are facing highly complex problems with important consequences. Therefore, these companies became aware of the importance of using mathematical models for decision making.
This special issue aims to collect recent original contributions related to developing good mathematical/optimization models for decision problems in Engineering and Business.
The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected manuscripts presented at International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’2013), Hammamet, Tunisia, April 28-30, 2013 (see http://www.icmsao.org).
We encourage researchers who cannot participate in the conference to submit papers for this special issue. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read the journal information on preparing and submitting papers.

Subject Coverage:
Theoretical and/or empirical contributions that make a significant contribution to this field are welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications
- Application of Modeling in Engineering and Business
- Applied Optimization in Engineering and Business
- Combinatorial Optimization in Engineering and Business
- Discrete Event Modeling
- Mathematical Modeling and Application
- Multiple objective Optimization
- Statistical and Probabilistic Modeling
- Uncertainty and fuzziness in Engineering and Business decisions

Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process.
All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors is available.
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our information on preparing and submitting articles.

Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts : 31 October 2013
Notification of final acceptance: 1 June 2014

Contact
The editor of the special issue is happy to discuss initial ideas for papers, and can be contacted directly:
Hatem Masri,
University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
hmasri@uob.edu.bh