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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-46-6-Foreword</article-id>
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        <article-title>Special Issue on Optimization and Operational Research in Emerging Technologies</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Mohanty</surname>
            <given-names>Sachi Nandan</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Computer Science &amp; Engineering (SCOPE), VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cheng</surname>
            <given-names>Xiaochun</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, Swansea University, Swansea, U.K.</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Puranam Revanth</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>46</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>vii</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>This special issue titled “Optimization and Operational Research in Emerging Technologies” is an outcome of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning (ICISML), held at NIT Meghalaya, India, on May 16–17, 2025, which brought together leading researchers, academicians, and practitioners from across the globe.</p>
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