該期刊發表了關于計算算法和優化建模技術的分析和發展的研究。它研究的算法要么為一般類別的優化問題或更具體的應用問題，隨機算法和確定性算法。計算優化及其應用涉及到優化領域的廣泛主題，包括:大規模優化、無約束優化、約束優化、不可微優化、組合優化、隨機優化、多目標優化和網絡優化。它還包括線性規劃、復雜性理論、自動微分、近似和誤差分析、參數規劃和靈敏度分析、管理科學等等。這本同行評審的雜志以提供理論分析和精心設計的計算實驗的研究和指導論文為特色。

This journal publishes research on the analysis and development of computational algorithms and modeling technology for optimization. It examines algorithms either for general classes of optimization problems or for more specific applied problems, stochastic algorithms as well as deterministic algorithms.Computational Optimization and Applications covers a wide range of topics in optimization, including: large scale optimization, unconstrained optimization, constrained optimization, nondifferentiable optimization, combinatorial optimization, stochastic optimization, multiobjective optimization, and network optimization. It also covers linear programming, complexity theory, automatic differentiation, approximations and error analysis, parametric programming and sensitivity analysis, management science, and more.This peer-reviewed journal features both research and tutorial papers that provide theoretical analysis, along with carefully designed computational experiments.