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The Journal of Global Optimization publishes carefully refereed papers that encompass theoretical, computational, and applied aspects of global optimization. While the focus is on original research contributions dealing with the search for global optima of non-convex, multi-extremal problems, the journal’s scope covers optimization in the widest sense, including nonlinear, mixed integer, combinatorial, stochastic, robust, multi-objective optimization, computational geometry, and equilibrium problems. Relevant works on data-driven methods and optimization-based data mining are of special interest.
In addition to papers covering theory and algorithms of global optimization, the journal publishes significant papers on numerical experiments, new testbeds, and applications in engineering, management, and the sciences. Applications of particular interest include healthcare, computational biochemistry, energy systems, telecommunications, and finance. Apart from full-length articles, the journal features short communications on both open and solved global optimization problems. It also offers reviews of relevant books and publishes special issues.

Editors-in-Chief:
Sergiy Butenko 
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Managing Editor:
Ana Maria A.C. Rocha
Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Advisory Editors:
Panos M. Pardalos
Center for Applied Optimization and ISE Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
H. Tuy
Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam
Editorial Board:
C.S. Adjiman, London; D. Aloise, Montreal, C. Audet, Montreal; A. Bagirov, Ballarat; B. Balasundaram, Stillwater; P.I. Barton, Cambridge; E.G. Birgin, Sao Paulo; I.M. Bomze, Vienna; A. Chinchuluun, Ulaanbaatar; W. A Chaovalitwongse, Fayetteville; T. Csendes, Szeged; A. Daniilidis, Santiago de Chile; D.-Z. Du, Dallas; M. Dür, Augsburg; M. Ehrgott, Lancaster; S.-C. Fang, Raleigh; J. Fulop, Budapest; B. Goldengorin, Athens; A. Garcia, College Station; C.E. Gounaris, Pittsburgh; I.E. Grossmann, Pittsburgh; Y. Guan, Gainesville; N. Hadjisavvas, Dhahran; E.M.T. Hendrix, Wageningen; J. Jeyakumar, Kensington; D.R. Jones, Warren; I. Konnov,Kazan; P. Krokhmal, Iowa City; S. Kucukyavuz, Columbus, Ohio; E. Kundakcioglu, Istanbul; T. Kuno, Tsukuba; D. Kvasov, Rende; L. Liberti, Palaiseau; I. Ljubic,Vienna; M. Locatelli, Parma; A. Lucia, Kingston; J. Malick, Montbonnot; L. Mallozzi, Napoli; A. Maugeri, Catania; J.E. Martínez-Legaz, Bellaterra; F. Messine, Toulouse; R. Misner, London; K. Miettinen, Jyvaskyla; A. Migdalas, Luela; A. Mitsos, Aachen; B.S. Mordukhovich, Detroit; L. Ntaimo, College Station; J. Pei,Hefei; J. Pintér, Bethlehem; E.N. Pistikopoulos, College Station; L. Pitsoulis, Thessaloniki; O. Prokopyev, Pittsburgh; T. Rassias, Athens; S. Rebennack, Golden; M.G.C. Resende, Seattle; J.-P. Richard, Gainesville; N.V. Sahinidis, Pittsburgh; F. Schoen, Firenze; Y.D. Sergeyev, Rende; T. Sharkey, Troy; R.-L. Sheu, Tainan; M.A. So, Shatin; M. Tawarmalani, West Lafayette; K.L. Teo, Perth; T. Westerlund, Turku; H. Wolkowicz, Waterloo; W. Wu, Dallas, Z.B. Zabinsky, Seattle; A. Zhigljavsky, Cardiff; A. Zilinskas, Vilnius; J. Zilinskas, Vilnius