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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-46-2-Foreword</article-id>
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        <article-title>Special Issue on Sustainable Information Optimization : Trends 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), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201003, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Upreti</surname>
            <given-names>Kamal</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Computer Science CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201003, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Shankar</surname>
            <given-names>Uma</given-names>
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          <aff>Ramcharan School of Leadership, Dr. Vishwanth Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra, 411038, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Radhakrishnan</surname>
            <given-names>G.V</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Economics and Finance, School of Management, KIIT (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Ingole</surname>
            <given-names>Mahendra D.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Commerce and Management, Panvel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, New Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Haque</surname>
            <given-names>Mustafizul</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Centre for Online Learning, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, 411018, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shaikh</surname>
            <given-names>Sajid</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Business, Indira School of Business Studies, PGDM, Pune, Maharashtra, 411033, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Parashar</surname>
            <given-names>Jyoti</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institute of Technology &amp; Management, Shahdara, New Delhi, 110053, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gangwar</surname>
            <given-names>Divya</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Management, Babu Banarasi Das Institute of Technology and Management, Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226028, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>46</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>vii</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <abstract>
        <p>The aim of this special issue on “Sustainable Information Optimization : Trends and Applications” is to examine the impact of emerging technologies on Information Optimization. Within this focus area, the issue deals with the AI-sustainability nexus, the positive impacts of sustainable computing, the cloud computing paradigm and sustainability, and sustainable computing’s social and economic implications. In addition, this conference had AI and machine learning focus in the area of sustainability. </p>
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