This proceedings volume addresses advances in global optimization‎-a multidisciplinary research field that deals with the analysis‎,‎ characterization and computation of global minima and/or maxima of nonlinear‎,‎ non‎-convex and nonsmooth functions in continuous or discrete forms‎.‎ The volume contains selected papers from the third biannual World Congress on Global Optimization in Engineering & Science ‎(‎WCGO‎)‎‎,‎ held in the Yellow Mountains‎,‎ Anhui‎,‎ China on July 8‎-12‎,‎ 2013‎.‎ The papers fall into eight topical sections‎:‎ mathematical programming‎;‎ combinatorial optimization‎;‎ duality theory‎;‎ topology optimization‎;‎ variational inequalities and complementarity problems‎;‎ numerical optimization‎;‎ stochastic models and simulation and complex simulation and supply chain analysis‎.‎