This journal publishes papers of the very highest quality presenting significantly new and important developments in all areas of Numerical Analysis. "Numerical Analysis" is here understood in its most general sense, as that part of Mathematics that covers:1. The conception and mathematical analysis of efficient numerical schemes actually used on computers (the "core" of Numerical Analysis) 2. Optimization and Control Theory 3. Mathematical Modeling 4. The mathematical aspects of Scientific Computing

該雜志發表的論文質量最高，在數值分析的所有領域都有重大的新發展。“數值分析”在這里被理解為最一般的意義，作為數學的一部分，包括:1. 計算機上實際使用的有效數值格式的概念和數學分析(數值分析的“核心”)2. 最優化與控制理論3.數學建模4. 科學計算的數學方面