Telecommunications Network Design and Management
Edited by G. Anandalingam, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University
of Maryland, College Park, USA and S. Raghavan, Robert H. Smith School of
Business, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Kluwer Book Series: Operations Research / Computer Science Interfaces (Volume
23)
Telecommunications Network Design And Management represents the state-of-the-art
of applying operations research techniques and solutions across a broad spectrum
of telecommunications problems and implementation issues.
The first three chapters of the book deal with the design of wireless networks,
including UMTS and Ad-Hoc networks.
Chapters 4-6 deal with the optimal design of telecommunications networks.
Techniques used for network design range from genetic algorithms to combinatorial
optimization heuristics.
Chapters 7-10 analyze traffic flow in telecommunications networks, focusing
on optimizing traffic load distribution and the scheduling of switches under
multi-media streams and heavy traffic.
Chapters 11-14 deal with telecommunications network management, examining
bandwidth provisioning, admission control, queue management, dynamic routing,
and feedback regulation in order to ensure that the network performance is
optimized.
Chapters 15-16 deal with the construction of topologies and allocation of
bandwidth to ensure quality-of-service.
The contributions to the volume were carefully selected after a thorough
review process. The treatment of the topical chapters will be of interest
to researchers and practitioners. The book's objective is to crystallize the
current research on central problems in telecommunications and to encourage
continuing research on these and related problems.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, BostonHardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7318-6December
2002, 352 pages EUR 132.00 / US $125.00 / GB £84.00
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Computational Modeling and Problem Solving
in the Networked World: Interfaces in Computer Science and Operations Research
Edited by Hemant K. Bhargava Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
USA and Nong Ye Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Kluwer Book Series: Operations Research /Computer Science Interfaces (Volume
21)
Computer Science and Operations Research continue to have a synergistic
relationship and this book represents the results of the cross-fertilization
between OR/MS and CS/AI. It is this interface of OR/CS that makes possible
advances that could not have been achieved in isolation.
The first section of Computational Modeling and Problem Solving in the Networked
World focuses on the reflective and integrative thinking that is critical
to contemporary science - "Perspectives on Computation." This section presents
philosophical perspectives on computation, covering a variety of traditional
and newer modeling, solving, and explaining mathematical models. The “Machine
Learning & Heuristics” section includes articles that study machine learning
and computational heuristics, and is followed by the "Algorithm Performance"
section that addresses issues in performance testing of solution algorithms
and heuristics. These two sections demonstrate the richness of thinking about
solution methods that is made possible by the confluence of Computer Science
and Operations Research. The final "Applications" section demonstrates how
these and other methods at the interface can be used to help solve problems
in the real world, covering e-commerce, workflow, electronic negotiation,
music, parallel computation, and telecommunications.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7295-3 December
2002, 338 pages EUR 116.00 / US $110.00 / GB £74.00
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Operations Research in Space and Air
Edited by Tito A. Ciriani Independent Consultant, Pisa, Italy; Giorgio Fasano
Alenia Spazio SpA, Turin, Italy and Stefano Gliozzi IBM Italia, Rome, Italy,
Roberto Tadei Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
Kluwer Book Series: Applied Optimization (Volume 79)
The material within the book provides both the basic backgrounds for the
novice modeler and a useful reference for experienced modelers. It represents
the exploitation of recent mathematical tools and methods to solve large optimization
models with contributions from leading edge American and European companies
and Universities.
Audience: Students, researchers and OR practitioners will appreciate the
details of the modeling techniques, the processes that have been implemented
and the computational results that demonstrate the benefits in applying OR
in the Space and Airline industries.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, DordrechtHardbound, ISBN 1-4020-1218-7 May 2003,
464 pages EUR 199.00 / US $195.00 / GB £125.00
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-1218-7
Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic
Interaction
By Colin F. Camerer, Professor of Business Economics, California Institute
of Technology
Game theory, the formalized study of strategy, began in the 1940s by asking
how emotionless geniuses should play games, but ignored until recently how
average people with emotions and limited foresight actually play games. This
book marks the first substantial and authoritative effort to close this gap.
Colin Camerer, one of the field's leading figures, uses psychological principles
and hundreds of experiments to develop mathematical theories of reciprocity,
limited strategizing, and learning, which help predict what real people and
companies do in strategic situations. Unifying a wealth of information from
ongoing studies in strategic behavior, he takes the experimental science of
behavioral economics a major step forward. He does so in lucid, friendly prose.
Behavioral game theory has three ingredients that come clearly into focus
in this book: mathematical theories of how moral obligation and vengeance
affect the way people bargain and trust each other; a theory of how limits
in the brain constrain the number of steps of "I think he thinks . . ." reasoning
people naturally do; and a theory of how people learn from experience to make
better strategic decisions. Strategic interactions that can be explained by
behavioral game theory include bargaining, games of bluffing as in sports
and poker, strikes, how conventions help coordinate a joint activity, price
competition and patent races, and building up reputations for trustworthiness
or ruthlessness in business or life.
While there are many books on standard game theory that address the way
ideally rational actors operate, Behavioral Game Theory stands alone in blending
experimental evidence and psychology in a mathematical theory of normal strategic
behavior. It is must reading for anyone who seeks a more complete understanding
of strategic thinking, from professional economists to scholars and students
of economics, management studies, psychology, political science, anthropology,
and biology.
Princeton University Press
Cloth, ISBN: 0-691-09039-4 April 2003, 544 pages US $65.00 / GB £42.95
http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7517.html
Introduction to Applied Optimization
By Urmila Diwekar, Chemical & Industrial Engineering, University of
Illinois at Chicago, USA
Most of the books in optimization are devoted to details of one or two aspect
of the subject e.g. linear and nonlinear programming, stochastic programming,
optimal control, stochastic dynamic programming, mixed integer programming,
heuristic methods, or multi-objective programming etc., or are written for
a specific discipline. The wide scope of optimization mandates extensive interaction
between various disciplines in the development of the methods and algorithms,
and in their fruitful application to real world problems. This book presents
a discipline independent view of optimization for scientists, researchers,
and analysts in various fields. It provides them opportunities to identify
and apply algorithms, methods and tools from the diverse areas of optimization
to their own field without getting into too much detail about the underlying
theories.
Audience: Researchers in various fields as well as undergraduate and graduate
students in engineering, sciences, management science, and decision science.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7456-5 June 2003,
352 pages EUR 140.00 / US $140.00 / GB £90.00
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7456-5
Games for Business and Economics
, 2nd Edition
By Roy Gardner, Chancellors' Professor Economics, Indiana University
An easy-to-read, and enjoyable introduction to game theory! This clearly
written book shows readers how to set up and solve games, particularly those
in economics and business, using game theory. Gardner's innovative approach
helps readers develop strong modeling skills by using proven applications
and examples of setups. The book also features a variety of examples, including
many from business, politics, economics, and history.
John Wiley Publishing
Paperback, ISBN: 0-471-23071-5 January 2003, 464 pages US $74.95
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471230715
Simulation-Based Optimization: Parametric
Optimization Techniques and Reinforcement Learning
By Abhijit Gosavi State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Kluwer Book Series: Operations Research /Computer Science Interfaces (Volume
25)
Simulation-Based Optimization: Parametric Optimization Techniques and Reinforcement
Learning introduces the evolving area of simulation-based optimization. Since
it became possible to analyze random systems using computers, scientists and
engineers have sought the means to optimize systems using simulation models.
Only recently, however, has this objective had success in practice. Cutting-edge
work in computational operations research, including non-linear programming
(simultaneous perturbation), dynamic programming (reinforcement learning),
and game theory (learning automata) has made it possible to use simulation
in conjunction with optimization techniques. As a result, this research has
given simulation added dimensions and power that it did not have in the recent
past.
The book's objective is two-fold: (1) It examines the mathematical governing
principles of simulation-based optimization, thereby providing the reader
with the ability to model relevant real-life problems using these techniques.
(2) It outlines the computational technology underlying these methods. Taken
together these two aspects demonstrate that the mathematical and computational
methods discussed in this book do work.
Broadly speaking, the book has two parts: (1) parametric (static) optimization
and (2) control (dynamic) optimization. Some of the book's special features
are: This book is written for students and researchers in the fields of engineering
(electrical, industrial and computer), computer science, operations research,
management science, and applied mathematics.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7454-9 May 2003,
584 pages EUR 164.00 / US $160.00 / GB £103.00
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Applied Mathematical Modelling of Engineering
Problems
By Natali Hritonenko Dept. of Mathematics, Prairie View A&M University,
TX, USA Yuri Yatsenko College of Business and Economics, Houston Baptist University,
TX, USA
Kluwer Book Series: Applied Optimization (Volume 81)
The subject of the book is the "know-how" of applied mathematical modelling:
how to construct specific models and adjust them to a new engineering environment
or more precise realistic assumptions; how to analyze models for the purpose
of investigating real life phenomena; and how the models can extend our knowledge
about a specific engineering process.
Two major sources of the book are the stock of classic models and the authors'
wide experience in the field. The book provides a theoretical background to
guide the development of practical models and their investigation. It considers
general modelling techniques explains basic underlying physical laws and
shows how to transform them into a set of mathematical equations. The emphasis
is placed on common features of the modelling process in various applications
as well as on complications and generalizations of models.
The book covers a variety of applications: mechanical, acoustical, physical
and electrical, water transportation and contamination processes; bioengineering
and population control; production systems and technical equipment renovation.
Mathematical tools include partial and ordinary differential equations, difference
and integral equations, the calculus of variations, optimal control, bifurcation
methods, and related subjects.
Audience: The book may be used as a professional reference for mathematicians,
engineers, applied of industrial scientists, and advanced students in mathematics,
science or engineering. It provides excellent material for upper-level undergraduate
and graduate courses in mathematical modelling.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7484-0 June 2003,
308 pages EUR 160.00 / US $160.00 / GB £109.00
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7484-0
Decision Making Using Game Theory: An
Introduction for Managers
By Anthony Kelly, Research and Graduate School of Education, University
of Southampton, UK
Game theory is a key element in most decision making processes involving
two or more people or organisations. This book explains how game theory can
predict the outcome of complex decision making processes, and how it can help
you to improve your own negotiation and decision making skills. It is grounded
in well-established theory, yet the wide ranging international examples used
to illustrate its application offer a fresh approach to what is becoming an
essential weapon in the armoury of the informed manager. The book is accessibly
written, explaining in simple terms the underlying mathematics behind games
of skill, before moving on to more sophisticated topics such as zero-sum games,
mixed-motive games, and multi-person games, coalitions and power. Clear examples
and helpful diagrams are used throughout, and the mathematics is kept to
a minimum. Written for managers, students and decision makers in any field.
Cambridge University Press
Hardcover, ISBN: 0521814626
July 2003, 214 pages GB £24.95
http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521814626
Operations Research / Management Science at
work
Edited by
Erhan Kozan, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Azuma Ohuchi, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan
Kluwer Book Series: International Series in Operations Research and
Management Science (Volume 43)
There is synergy between the diverse methodologies of Operations Research
and Management Science, and the many problems it seeks to solve. Operation
Research/Management Science at Work is an example of that synergy. The principal
aim of this book is to examine selected recent research in and applications
of Operational Research / Management Science. The focus is on research that
is of industry interest and covers a wide range of topics from major fields
of OR/MS in a systematic and coherent fashion. Each application is chosen
to demonstrate the elegance of their implementations. The book meets the needs
of applied researchers who are interested in applications of OR/MS algorithms.
Moreover, real world problems together with their solutions and implementations
are the applications that have been selected for the volume.
The Asia Pacific region has embraced business applications of decision support
systems in recent years. Many of these applications have the state of the
art OR/MS techniques in this region embedded in them. Hence, the increased
use of OR/MS techniques in this region provides opportunities for identifying
methodological advances that are taking place as a result of the unique nature
of the applications. These also provide opportunities for exploring synergies
and interfaces that exist between OR/MS, both in terms of applications and
theoretical advances.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-7588-2 March 2002,
440 pages EUR 147.00 / US $135.00 / GB £93.00
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-7588-2
Lectures on the Theory of Games
By Harold W. Kuhn, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University
This book is a spectacular introduction to the modern mathematical discipline
known as the Theory of Games. Harold Kuhn first presented these lectures at
Princeton University in 1952. They succinctly convey the essence of the theory,
in part through the prism of the most exciting developments at its frontiers
half a century ago. Kuhn devotes considerable space to topics that, while
not strictly the subject matter of game theory, are firmly bound to it. These
are taken mainly from the geometry of convex sets and the theory of probability
distributions.
The book opens by addressing "matrix games," a name first introduced in
these lectures as an abbreviation for two-person, zero-sum games in normal
form with a finite number of pure strategies. It continues with a treatment
of games in extensive form, using a model introduced by the author in 1950
that quickly supplanted von Neumann and Morgenstern's cumbersome approach.
A final section deals with games that have an infinite number of pure strategies
for the two players.
Throughout, the theory is generously illustrated with examples, and exercises
test the reader's understanding. A historical note caps off each chapter.
For readers familiar with the calculus and with elementary matrix theory or
vector analysis, this book offers an indispensable store of vital insights
on a subject whose importance has only grown with the years.
Princeton University Press
Cloth, ISBN: 0-691-02771-4
Paperback | ISBN: 0-691-02772-2
March 2003, 120 pages
Paperback US $24.95 / GB £16.95
Cloth US $49.50 / GB £32.95
http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7560.html
Scatter Search: Methodology and Implementations
in C
By Manuel Laguna University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Rafael Martí
Universitat de Valencia, Spain
Kluwer Book Series: Operations Research /Computer Science Interfaces
(Volume 24)
The evolutionary approach called scatter search originated from strategies
for creating composite decision rules and surrogate constraints. Recent studies
demonstrate the practical advantages of this approach for solving a diverse
array of optimization problems from both classical and real world settings.
Scatter search contrasts with other evolutionary procedures, such as genetic
algorithms, by providing unifying principles for joining solutions based on
generalized path constructions in Euclidean space and by utilizing strategic
designs where other approaches resort to randomization. The book's goal is
to provide the basic principles and fundamental ideas that will allow the
readers to create successful applications of scatter search. The book includes
the C source code of the methods introduced in each chapter.
From the Foreword: `Scatter Search represents a "missing link" in the literature
of evolutionary methods... From a historical perspective, the dedicated use
of heuristic strategies both to guide the process of combining solutions and
to enhance the quality of offspring has been heralded as a key innovation
in evolutionary methods, giving rise to what are sometimes called "hybrid"
or ("memetic") evolutionary procedures. The underlying processes have been
introduced into the mainstream of evolutionary methods (such as genetic algorithms,
for example) by a series of gradual steps beginning in the late 1980s. Yet
this theme is an integral part of the scatter search methodology proposed
a decade earlier, and the form and scope of such heuristic strategies embedded
in scatter search continue to set it apart. Although there are points in common
between scatter search and other evolutionary approaches, principally as
a result of changes that have brought other approaches closer to scatter search
in recent years, there remain differences that have an important impact on
practical outcomes. Reflecting this impact, a hallmark of the present book
is its focus on practical problem solving. Laguna and Martí give the
reader the tools to create scatter search implementations for problems from
a wide range of settings. Although theoretical problems (such as abstract
problems in graph theory) are included, beyond a doubt the practical realm
has a predominant role in this book....'
- Fred Glover, University of Colorado
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-7376-3 February
2003, 312 pages EUR 128.00 / US $125.00 / GB £ 80.00
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Operations Management: Critical Perspectives
on Business and Management
Edited by
Michael A. Lewis, Warwick Business School and Nigel Slack, Warwick University
Routledge Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Operations management is concerned with the fundamental activities of organizations
- how they provide goods and services. One of the earliest branches of business
and management studies, the increase in international competition has seen
a resurgence of interest in the development of this field. This collection
is international in scope, and addresses the four key areas of the subject:*
The foundations of operations management * The interaction between operations
and strategy* The role of technology * ' Japanisation' and 'Just in time'
techniques With a new introduction providing an overview of the key concepts,
and an extensive index, this collection will prove an invaluable reference
tool and teaching aid.
Routledge
4 volume book set, 0415249244
January 2003, 1680 pages
GBP £475.00
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Strategic Operations Management: The
New Competitive Advantage
By Robert H. Lowson, Director of the Strategic Operations Management Centre,
School of Management at the University of East Anglia
This indispensable text offers students a high quality treatment of strategic
operations management. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of
the importance and nature of operations strategy by determining exactly which
management activities, core competencies, resources and technologies underpin
an operational strategy. The book demonstrates how various operational elements
and components can be combined and customised into unique operational strategies.
When these strategies are correctly implemented, they provide sustainable
competitive advantage and allow firms to provide a diverse range of services
and goods in their increasingly demanding, complex and dynamic marketplaces
and spaces. Includes chapters covering customising operational strategies
for retail, manufacturing, services and SMEs, and sections on eBusiness and
complexity theory in relation to operations theory.Features include:
*extended case-studies including several from Europe and the USA
*case vignettes
*learning objectives
*key terms
*chapter introduction and 'maps' to aid reader accessibility
*'time out' boxes to prompt the reader to reflect on what has been learnt
*'critical reflection' boxes that analyse theories and models.
Routledge
Hardcover, ISBN 0415256542
Paperback, ISBN 0415256550
July 2002, 352 pages
GB £85.00 (hardcover), £24.99 (paperback)
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Soft Computing and Intelligent Data Analysis
in Oil Exploration
Edited by: M. Nikravesh, BISC Program, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA; F. Aminzadeh,
dGB-USA, Houston, TX, USA and L.A. Zadeh, BISC Program, Electrical Engineering
and Computer Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA,
USA
Elsevier Book Series: Developments in Petroleum Science (Volume 51)
This book spans a large spectrum of applications of geostatistics and soft
computing: in oil and gas exploration and production. It is complemented by
several tutorial chapters on fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms
and geostatistics to introduce these concepts to the uninitiated. The application
areas range from prediction of reservoir properties (porosity, sand thickness,
lithology, fluid), seismic processing, seismic and bio stratigraphy, time
lapse seismic, core analysis.
There is a good balance between introducing soft computing and geostatistics
methodologies that are not routinely used in the petroleum industry and various
applications areas. It can be used by many practitioners such as processing
geophysicists, seismic interpreters, geologists, reservoir engineers, petrophysicist,
geostatitians, asset mangers and technology application professionals. It
will also be of interest to academics to assess the importance and contribute
to R&D efforts in relevant areas.
Elsevier Publishers
Hardbound, ISBN: 0-444-50685-3
Year 2003, 744 pages
US $160
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/inca/622383
Introduction to Game Theory
Martin J. Osborne, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, Canada
An exposition of modern game theory suitable for advanced undergraduates.
The book emphasizes the ideas behind the theory rather than their
mathematical expression, but defines all concepts precisely. Covers strategic,
extensive, and coalitional games, and includes the topics of repeated games,
bargaining theory, and evolutionary equilibrium.
Oxford University Press
Hardbound, ISSN 0-19-512895-8 Paperback, ISSN 0-19-512896-6
1 November 2003, 527 pages
GB £39.99 (Hardback), £19.99 (Paperback)
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