Human Agro-Energy Optimization for Business and Industry (Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies)

In the current era, there are many environmental and energy challenges facing the agricultural sector, which negatively impact the climate, business, industry, and society. Through modern technologies and engineering, however, these challenges are now able to be met with solutions. There is a need for research in this area so that the industry can continue to be sustainable. Human Agro-Energy Optimization for Business and Industry presents research on humanized optimization approaches for smart energy and the agro-business industry. It is a critical scholarly resource that examines the efficient use of modern smart farming and renewable energy sources, which have a positive impact on sustainable development. Covering topics such as biomass characterization, energy efficiency, and sustainable development, this premier reference source is an essential resource for agricultural scientists, engineers, government officials, software developers, managers, business leaders, executive officers, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Pandian Vasant is a Research Associate at Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam, and an Editor in Chief of International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering (IJEOE). He holds PhD in Computational Intelligence (UNEM, Costa Rica), MSc (University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Engineering Mathematics) and BSc (Hons, Second Class Upper) in Mathematics (University of Malaya, Malaysia). His research interests include soft computing, hybrid optimization, innovative computing and applications. He has co-authored research articles in journals, conference proceedings, presentations, special issues Guest Editor, chapters (310 publications indexed in Research-Gate) and General Chair of the EAI International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering in Penang, Malaysia (2016) and Bangkok, Thailand (2018). In the years 2009 and 2015, he was awarded top reviewer and outstanding reviewer for the journal Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier). He has 35 years of working experience at the universities. Currently, he is General Chair of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Optimization (https://www. icico.info/) and Research Associate at Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, HCMC, Vietnam.

Roman Rodriguez-Aguilar is a professor in the School of Economic and Business Sciences of the “Universidad Panamericana” in Mexico. His research is on large-scale mathematical optimization, evolutionary computation, data science, statistical modeling, health economics, energy, competition, and market regulation. He is particularly interested in topics related to artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and Industry 4.0. He received his Ph.D. at the School of Economics at the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. He also has a master's degree in Engineering from the School of Engineering at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in Administration and Public Policy in the School of Government and Public Policy at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, a postgraduate in applied statistics at the Research Institute in Applied Mathematics and Systems of the UNAM and his degree in Economics at the UNAM. Prior to joining Panamericana University, he has worked as a specialist in economics, statistics, simulation, finance, and optimization, occupying different management positions in various public entities such as the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Health. At present, he has the second-highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists for scientific merit (SNI Fellow, Level 2). He has co-authored research articles in science citation index journals, conference proceedings, presentations, and book chapters.

Igor Litvinchev is a Professor of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). He received his M.Sc. degree from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Fizteh), Ph.D. and Dr. Sci. (Habilitation) degrees from Computing Center Russian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on large-scale systems modeling, optimization and control. In this area, he published 4 books and more than 60 journal papers. El Professor Litvinchev was principal investigator in more than 30 projects supported by NATO Scientific Affairs Division and European Community; ISF (USA); RFBR (Russia); CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil); BRFBR (Belarus); CONACYT, PROMEP and PAICYT (Mexico). Professor Litvinchev frequently publishes his research results in scientific journals and in globally recognized scientific conferences as the International Congress on Logistics and Supply Chain (CiLOG). Professor Litvinchev is a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Jose A. Marmolejo Saucedo is a Professor at Panamerican University, Mexico. His research is on operations research, large-scale optimization techniques, computational techniques and analytical methods for planning, operations, and control of electric energy and logistic systems. He is particularly interested in topics related to artificial intelligence, digital twins, the Internet of things and Industry 4.0. He received his Doctorate in Operations Research (Hons) at National Autonomous University of Mexico. At present, He has the second highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists for scientific merit (SNI Fellow, Level 2). He is a member of the Network for Decision Support and Intelligent Optimization of Complex and Large-Scale Systems and Mexican Society for Operations Research. He has co-authored research articles in science citation index journals, conference proceedings, presentations, books, and book chapters.