Jiuping Xu (1962) obtained his Ph.D Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; and a Ph.D in Physical Chemistry from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. Dr. Xu was elected the lifetime academician of the International Academy of Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (IASC) in 2010. He is currently Professor at Sichuan University, the president of International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management, and the vice-president of The Systems Engineering Society of China, the editor in chief of International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, the executive-editor in chief of World Journal of Modelling and Simulation. His current research interests include the areas of applied mathematics, physical chemistry, systems science and engineering science. He has published 40 books and over 400 journal papers in Mathematics, Computer and many others.  Prof. Xu was awarded the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS) prize for development at the IFORS XIV Conference, Vancouver, in 1996, and has received numerous prizes in China, including the China Youth Prize of Science and Technology, in 2004. Zezhong Wu (1970) received his Ph.D in Management Science and Engineering from Sichuan University, China in 2010. Dr. Wu is currently  Professor at Chengdu University of Information Technology, director of The Mathematical Model and The Applied Research Institute of Chengdu University of Information Technology. His current research interests include the areas of applied mathematics, petroleum and gas, mathematical modelling and simulation. He has published 30 journal papers.