Guide to computational modelling for decision processes : theory, algorithms, techniques and applications /: theory, algorithms, techniques and applications. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stuart Berry, Val Lowndes, Marcello Trovati, editors.
• Editors: Berry, Stuart; Lowndes, Val; Trovati, Marcello
• Contents: Part I: Introduction to Modelling and Model Evaluation -- Model Building -- Introduction to Cellular Automata in Simulation -- Introduction to Mathematical Programming -- Heuristic Techniques in Optimisation -- Introduction to the Use of Queueing Theory and Simulation -- Part II: Case Studies -- Case Studies: Using Heuristics -- Further Use of Heuristic Methods -- Air Traffic Controllers Planning: A Rostering Problem -- Solving Multiple Objective Problems: Modelling Diet Problems -- Fuzzy Scheduling Applied to Small Manufacturing Firms -- The Design and Optimisation of Surround Sound Decoders Using Heuristic Methods -- System Dynamics Case Studies -- Applying Queueing Theory to the Design of a Traffic Light Controller -- Cellular Automata and Agents in Simulations -- Three Big Data Case Studies -- Part III: Appendices -- Appendix A: Queueing Theory -- Appendix B: Function Optimisation Techniques: Genetic Algorithms and Tabu Searches -- Appendix C: What to Simulate to Evaluate Production Planning and Control Methods in Small Manufacturing Firms -- Appendix D: Defining Boolean and Fuzzy Logic Operators -- Appendix E: Assessing the Reinstated Waverley Line -- Appendix F: Matching Services with Users in Opportunistic Network Environments.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 003.3; Computer science; Computer algorithms; Computer simulation; Heuristic algorithms; Geometry, Analytic; SCIENCE -- System Theory; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research; Computer algorithms; Computer simulation; Geometry, Analytic; Heuristic algorithms; Computers -- Programming -- Algorithms; Business & Economics -- Operations Research; Mathematics -- Applied; Computers -- Mathematical & Statistical Software; Algorithms & data structures; Operational research; Mathematical modelling; Maths for computer scientists; Computer software; Operations research; Computers -- Computer Simulation; Computer modelling & simulation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319554174; 3319554174
• Related ISBNs: 9783319554167; 3319554166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2017).
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