This special issue contains selected papers from the AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016 (the 2016 International Simulation Multi-Conference) held 8–11 October 2016 in Beijing, China. AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016 was a joint conference of the 16th Asia Simulation Conference and the 2016 Autumn Simulation Multi-Conference. The Asia Simulation Conference (AsiaSim) is an annual international conference of the Federation of Asian Simulation Societies (ASIASIM). The SCS Autumn Simulation Multi-Conference (SCS AutumnSim) is one of the premier conferences of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016 was the first conference jointly sponsored by ASIASIM and SCS and organized by the China Simulation Federation (CSF), Science and Technology on Special System Simulation Laboratory (STSSSL), and Beihang University (BUAA). It was also co-sponsored by the Japanese Society for Simulation Technology (JSST), the Korea Society for Simulation (KSS), the Society for Simulation and Gaming of Singapore (SSAGSG), the International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS), the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), the China Computer Federation (CCF), the China Electrotechnical Society (CES), the China Graphics Society (CGS), and the China Ordnance Society (COS).
AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016 received 639 submissions that came from 15 countries and regions. After a thorough reviewing process, 265 papers were accepted for presentation, from which 16 papers in their extended versions were selected and recommended for publication in the journal. After rigorous peer review process, seven papers were accepted to be included in the special issue.
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the authors for their time and efforts on this special issue. We also thank members of AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016 program committee and ASIASIM Council for their valuable efforts in the review of the submitted papers. We also wish to thank the editor-in-chief and staff of the journal for their strong support to enable the successful publication of the special issue.