Optimization of Regional Industrial Structures and Applications

Dr. Yaoguo Dang is the director of Department of Management Science and Engineering at College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He is the vice director of the Institute for Grey Systems Studies and also of Post-Evaluation Center in Jiangsu Province. He also serves as the vice president of the Grey Systems Society of China. He is the secretary-general of Chinese Agricultural Systems Engineering Youth Seminar. He is also an advisor for doctoral students in management science and engineering disciplines.

Dr. Dang has directed and participated in more than 30 research projects at provincial and national levels. He has published more than 100 research papers in national and international journals and more than nine books. Over the years, he has been awarded national and provincial prizes nine times for his outstanding achievements in scientific research and applications. He has won many accolades for his excellent achievements. He was selected as the excellent young scholar of Henan province in 1998. He was recognized as the training object selected as the training object by "333 high-level talents project" of Jiangsu province. He was selected as the young leader in science and technology of "333 high-level talents" of Jiangsu province in 2007.

Dr. Dang serves as a member of the editorial board of some professional journals such as Journal of Grey System (Taiwan) and Grey Systems: Theory and Applications (USA).

Dr. Sifeng Liu received the bachelor's degree in mathematics from Henan University, China in 1981, the MS degree in economics, and the PhD degree in systems engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1986 and 1998, respectively. He was a visiting professor at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and Sydney University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At prese