Journal of Global Optimization Best Paper Award for a paper published in 2012

Each year, a committee consisting of the Editor-in-Chief and several invited members of the editorial board of Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO) considers articles published in JOGO during the preceding year for the Best Paper Award. In 2013, Kaisa Miettinen, Panos Pardalos, and Berc Rustem kindly accepted my invitation to serve on the committee. Out of 149 articles published in JOGO in 2012, eight were nominated for the award, which consists of $1,000 and a certificate. I am pleased to announce that the JOGO Best Paper Award for 2012 was split between the following two articles (listed in the order of their appearance in a published issue):