Guide to Computational Modelling for Decision Processes (eBook)

Dr. Stuart Berry is a lecturer in the Department of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Derby, UK. Dr. Marcello Trovati is a Senior Lecturer at the same institution. He is also a co-editor of the Springer titles Guide to Security Assurance for Cloud Computing and Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing. Val Lowndes is a Chartered Mathematician, who formerly worked at the University of Derby.

Part I: Introduction to Modelling and Model Evaluation

Model Building Val Lowndes, Stuart Berry, Marcello Trovati, and Amanda Whitbrook

Introduction to Cellular Automata in Simulation Val Lowndes, Adrian Bird, and Stuart Berry

Introduction to Mathematical Programming Val Lowndes and Stuart Berry

Heuristic Techniques in Optimisation Val Lowndes and Stuart Berry

Introduction to the Use of Queueing Theory and Simulation Val Lowndes and Stuart Berry

Part II: Case Studies

Case Studies: Using Heuristics Val Lowndes, Ovidiu Bagdasar, and Stuart Berry

Further Use of Heuristic Methods Val Lowndes, Stuart Berry, Chris Parkes, Ovidiu Bagdasar, and Nicolae Popovici

Air Traffic Controllers Planning: A Rostering Problem Richard Conniss

Solving Multiple Objective Problems: Modelling Diet Problems Val Lowndes and Stuart Berry

Fuzzy Scheduling Applied to Small Manufacturing Firms Val Lowndes

The Design and Optimisation of Surround Sound Decoders Using Heuristic Methods B. Wiggins, Stuart Berry, and Val Lowndes

System Dynamics Case Studies Chris Parkes, Stuart Berry, and John Stubbs

Applying Queueing Theory to the Design of a Traffic Light Controller James Hardy

Cellular Automata and Agents in Simulations Kim Smith, Richard Hill, Stuart Berry, and Richard Conniss

Three Big Data Case Studies Marcello Trovati and Andy Baker

Part III: Appendices

Appendix A: Queueing Theory Stuart Berry

Appendix B: Function Optimisation Techniques: Genetic Algorithms and Tabu Searches Val Lowndes and Mirko Paskota

Appendix C: What to Simulate to Evaluate Production Planning and Control Methods in Small Manufacturing Firms Stuart Berry and Val Lowndes

Appendix D: Defining Boolean and Fuzzy Logic Operators Val Lowndes, Marcello Trovati, and Stuart Berry

Appendix E: Assessing the Reinstated Waverley Line Stuart Berry and John Stubbs

Appendix F: Matching Services with Users in Opportunistic Network Environments Stuart Berry