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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-information-and-optimization-sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0103</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0252-2667</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIOS-45-4-Foreword</article-id>
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        <article-title>Special Issue on Sustainable Information Optimization : Advancements and Applications</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Poonia</surname>
            <given-names>Ramesh Chandra</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Dass</surname>
            <given-names>Pranav</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Singh</surname>
            <given-names>Vijander</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of ICT and Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Nishant</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Business and Management, CHRIST(Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Raja</surname>
            <given-names>Linesh</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Applications, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Upreti</surname>
            <given-names>Kamal</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201003, India</aff>
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      <volume>45</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>vii</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>08</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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        <p>The objective of this special issue is to discuss the recent advancement of emerging technologies for Information Optimization. The issue has a specific focus on the social and economic impact of sustainable computing, with sub-topics covering the applications of AI to sustainability, the benefits of sustainable computing, and the impact of cloud computing on sustainability. Additionally, the conference has explored artificial intelligence and machine learning in the context of sustainability.</p>
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