Special Issue “Selected Papers from the First International Food Operations & Processing Simulation Workshop – FoodOPS 2015 (September 21–23, 2015, Bergeggi, Italy)”

The first edition of the international Food Operations & Processing Simulation Workshop (FoodOPS 2015) was held in Bergeggi, Italy, from September 21 to 23. The workshop was intended to extend a track managed in previous years (“Modelling and Simulation of Food Processing and Operations”) for the International Multidisciplinary Modelling & Simulation Multiconference (I3M). The aim of the FoodOPS initiative was to promote the particular nature of the food sector, giving the possibility to present results and critical issues concerning processes design and operations management in food industry, using modelling and simulation as the methodological approach. Specific topics covered included: (i) Modelling and Simulation of food properties; (ii) Modelling and Simulation of food processing and (iii) Simulation of Food Supply Chain.