Dear Colleagues,

This year marks the 24th anniversary of the Academic Area of Engineering and Architecture, which is part of the Institute of Basic Sciences and Engineering at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo. The purpose of this Special Issue is to showcase new ideas and findings related to the development and application of innovative computational and systemic tools for solving complex engineering problems, specifically in the areas of industrial engineering, civil engineering, and urban planning. Our goal is to encourage the modeling, analysis, and resolution of sustainable problems in these fields. We welcome proposals for new analytical methods, probabilistic methods, and optimization metaheuristics for continuous and discrete problems in industrial and civil engineering (but topics are not limited to only these). We also welcome models created with emerging tools such as cellular automata, Petri nets, machine learning, and fuzzy logic for complex engineering problems. Additionally, we seek systemic metaheuristics that can improve organizations and promote sustainable practices for preserving material resources, the environment, urban development, and social welfare.

This upcoming Special Issue is seeking to feature exceptional, unpublished research papers of high quality in the areas of:

• Emerging computational and systemic methods for modeling, analyzing, and optimizing engineering systems, whether discrete or continuous.
• Using computational and systemic tools to solve complex engineering problems, focusing on industrial, civil, and urban development sectors.
• Innovative applications of computational and systemic tools to solve sustainability problems, primarily in the industrial and civil sectors, and the development of sustainable and resilient communities.

Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Seck Tuoh Mora
Prof. Dr. Liliana Guadalupe Lizárraga-Mendiola
Prof. Dr. Joselito Medina-Marín
Prof. Dr. Norberto Hernández-Romero
Guest Editors

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• complex systems
• mathematical and computational models
• systemic models
• civil engineering
• urbanism
• industrial engineering
• systems engineering
• production and manufacturing systems
• sustainable urban systems
• project management
• logistics
• flowshop
• job shop
• flexible job shop
• scheduling problems
• genetic algorithms
• particle swarm optimization
• evolutionary algorithms
• metaheuristics
• local search
• cellular automata
• Petri nets
• low-impact technologies
• urban hydrology
• electromechanical systems
• parameter identification
• fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy controls
• artificial intelligence