Preface -- Optimal Regional Regulation of Animal Waste: Antti Iho, Doug Parker and David Zilberman -- An Overview of Synchrony in Coupled Cell Networks: Manuela A. D. Aguiar and Ana P. S. Dias -- Inexact Subspace Iteration for the Consecutive Solution of Linear Systems with Changing Right-Hand Sides: Carlos Balsa, Michel Daydé, José M.L.M. Palma and Daniel Ruiz -- Location Around Big Cities as Central Places: Fernando Barreiro-Pereira -- Predicting Energy Demand in Spain and Compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Agreements: Diego Bodas-Sagi and José M. Labeaga -- Simulation and Advanced Control of the Continuous Biodiesel Production Process: Ana S. R. Brásio, Andrey Romanenko and Natércia C. P. Fernandes -- Prior Information in Bayesian Linear Multivariate Regression: J. Casaca -- Perceptions of True and Fair View: Effects of Professional Status and Maturity: José A. Gonzalo-Angulo, Anne M. Garvey and Laura Parte -- Topics of Disclosure on the Websites: An Empirical Analysis for FinTech Companies: Teresa Herrador-Alcaide and Montserrat Hernández Solís -- On the Thin Boundary of the Fat Attractor: Artur O. Lopes and Elismar R. Oliveira -- Transport and Large Deviations for Schrodinger Operators and Mather Measures: A. O. Lopes and Ph. Thieullen -- Dynamics of a Fixed Bed Adsorption Column in the Kinetic Separation of Hexane Isomers in MOF ZIF-8: Patrícia A. P Mendes, Alírio E. Rodrigues, João P. Almeida and José A. C. Silva -- A Simulation Model for the Physiological Tick Life Cycle: Nabil Nassif, Dania Sheaib and Ghina El Jannoun -- Long-term Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions: Contribution to the Debate: Julio Navío-Marco and Marta Solórzano-García -- Cournot Duopolies with Investment in R&D: Regions of Nash Investment Equilibria: B.M.P.M. Oliveira, J. Becker Paulo, A.A. Pinto -- On a Stochastic Logistic Growth Model with Predation: an Overview of the Dynamics and Optimal Harvesting: Susana Pinheiro -- Myopia of Governments and Optimality of Irreversible Pollution Accumulation: Laura Policardo -- Stochastic Modelling of Biochemical Networks and Inference of Model Parameters: Vilda Purutçuoglu -- Complete Nonholonomy of the Rolling Ellipsoid - A Constructive Proof: F. Rüppel, F. Silva Leite and R. C. Rodrigues -- Methodological Approaches to Analyse Financial Exclusion From an Urban Perspective: Cristina Ruza-Paz-Curbera, Beatriz Fernández-Olit and Marta de la Cuesta-González -- Prospective Study about the Influence of Human Mobility in Dengue Transmission in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Bruna C. dos Santos, Larissa M. Sartori, Claudia Peixoto, Joyce S. Bevilacqua and Sergio M. Oliva -- The Impact of the Public-Private Investments in Infrastructure on Agricultural Exports in Latin American Countries: Bárbara Soriano and Amelia Pérez Zabaleta -- Major Simulation Tools for Biochemical Networks: Gökçe Tuncer and Vilda Purutçuoglu.

The research and review papers presented in this volume provide an overview of the main issues, findings, and open questions in cutting-edge research on the fields of modeling, optimization and dynamics and their applications to biology, economics, energy, finance, industry, physics and psychology.  Given the scientific relevance of the innovative applications and emerging issues they address, the contributions to this volume, written by some of the world's leading experts in mathematics, economics and other applied sciences, will be seminal to future research developments and will spark future works and collaborations.  The majority of the papers presented in this volume were written by participants of the 4th International Conference on Dynamics, Games and Science: Decision Models in a Complex Economy (DGS IV), held at the National Distance Education University (UNED) in Madrid, Spain in June 2016 and of the 8th Berkeley Bioeconomy Conference: The Future of Biofuels, held at the UC Berkeley Alumni House in April 2015.