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
