The conference is supported, through technical sponsorship, by the following chapters of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society: Spanish Chapter – http://ieee-smc.es Portuguese Chapter French Chapter – https://smc028.hds.utc.fr/ Italian Chapter We sincerely thank all of them for contributing to the success of the conference.

All the accepted papers of SOCO conference (submitted both to the general track and the special sessions) will be considered for its possible inclusion in a special issue of the following journal: Logic Journal of the IGPL Published by Oxford University Press 2018 JCR Impact Factor: 0.609 – Q2 Website: https://academic.oup.com/jigpal

All the accepted papers of SOCO conference (submitted both to the general track and the special sessions) will be considered for its possible inclusion in a special issue of the following journal: Cybernetics and Systems Published by Taylor & Francis 2018 JCR Impact Factor: 1.681 – Q3 Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ucbs20

All the accepted papers of SOCO conference (submitted both to the general track and the special sessions) will be considered for its possible inclusion in a special issue of the following journal: Neurocomputing Published by Elsevier 2018 JCR Impact Factor: 4.072 – Q1 Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing