Special Sessions supplement the regular program of the AFROS conference and are intended to provide a sample of the state-of-the-art and highlight important research directions in the field of operations research and applications. Each special session should be a focused effort rather than defined broadly, and it should include at least five accepted papers. The special session proposals should be submitted by email to Safa Bhar Layeb (safa.layeb@enit.utm.tn) and should include the title of the proposed special session, names and affiliations of the organizers (including a brief bio and contact information), the session abstract (stating the motivation and significance of the topic and the rationale for the proposed session), and a list of invited papers (including a tentative title, an author list, and a 300-word abstract for each paper).

Special Session on Simulation for Decision-making and Journal of Simulation (JOS) Paper Development Workshop 

Session Chairs: Navonil Mustafee, University of Exeter Business School, UK (N.Mustafee@exeter.ac.uk); M’hammed Sahnoun, CESI LINEACT, France (Msahnoun@cesi.fr); Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, NEOMA Business School, France (Fouad.Ben.Abdelaziz@neoma-bs.fr); Mehdi Souier, University of Tlemcen, Algeria (mehdi.souier@univ-tlemcen.dz)