This book collects selected contributions of the “Optimization and Decision Science - ODS2023” international conference on the theme of optimization in green sustainability and ecological transition. ODS2023 was held in Ischia, 4–7 September 2023, and was organized by AIRO, the Italian Operations Research Society. The book offers new and original contributions on operations research, optimization, decision science, and prescriptive analytics from both a methodological and applied perspectives with a special focus on SDG related topics.

This book is the result of the presentations given at the 7th AIROYoung Workshop (University of Milan, Italy—February 15 to 17, 2023) and 8th AIROYoung Workshop (University of Calabria, Italy—February 14 to 16, 2024).The selected contributions represent the state-of-the-art knowledge related to several areas of operations research, optimization and data science.The target audience of this book is primarily composed of Ph.D. students and early or experienced researchers in optimization and operations  research. Due to its interdisciplinary content, it is of high interest to other closely related research communities. Moreover, it is of interest also for practitioners facing complex decision-making problems in these areas.

This book collects selected contributions of the “Optimization and Decision Science - ODS2023” international conference on the theme of optimization in green sustainability and ecological transition. ODS2023 was held in Ischia, 4–7 September 2023, and was organized by AIRO, the Italian Operations Research Society. The book offers new and original contributions on operations research, optimization, decision science, and prescriptive analytics from both a methodological and applied perspectives with a special focus on SDG related topics.

This book is the result of the presentations given at the 7th AIROYoung Workshop (University of Milan, Italy—February 15 to 17, 2023) and 8th AIROYoung Workshop (University of Calabria, Italy—February 14 to 16, 2024).The selected contributions represent the state-of-the-art knowledge related to several areas of operations research, optimization and data science.The target audience of this book is primarily composed of Ph.D. students and early or experienced researchers in optimization and operations  research. Due to its interdisciplinary content, it is of high interest to other closely related research communities. Moreover, it is of interest also for practitioners facing complex decision-making problems in these areas.