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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-28-2-Foreword</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Special Issue on Applied Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Cryptography, Computer Science and Computation</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Farahani</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammad Reza</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, 16844, Iran</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alaeiyan</surname>
            <given-names>Mehdi</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, 16844, Iran</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ameen</surname>
            <given-names>Hayder Baqer</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Computer Sciences and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Kufa, 540011, Iraq</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Zhang</surname>
            <given-names>Xiujun</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Computer Science, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cancan</surname>
            <given-names>Murat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Faculty of Education, Zeve Campus, Van Yuzuncu Yıl University, Tuşba, Van, 65080, Turkey</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>28</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>viii</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>11</day>
        <month>04</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>This special issue of “Applied Discrete Mathematics, Combinatorics, Cryptography, Computer Science and Computation”,  presents a selection of cutting-edge research in the fields of cryptography, algebra, and module theory. These areas continue to evolve and provide foundational insights for modern technology, particularly in the realms of secure communication and mathematical modeling.</p>
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