This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 18, held in Ischia Island, Italy, in June 2024.

The 31 full papers and 4 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. These papers focus on the current research, challenges and applications in the fields of Artificial Intelligent, Machine Learning and Operations Research.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization, LION 18, held in Ischia Island, Italy, in June 2024.

The 31 full papers and 4 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. These papers focus on the current research, challenges and applications in the fields of Artificial Intelligent, Machine Learning and Operations Research.