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Queueing theory and its applications
European Journal of Operational Research 38 (1989) 267-268 North-Holland
267
Short Book Reviews Boxma,O.J. and 3yski,R.
Conolly,B. Pierce,J.G.
Queueing Theory and its Applications
Information Mechanics
Elsevier, 1988, $97.25, xxii+ 446 pages.
Ellis Horwood Ltd, 1988, £26.50, 174 pages.
This is a book of 20 papers specially written to celebrate the birthday of Professor J W Cohen. Four papers are surveys relating to computer communications and performance, computational methods and teletraffic. The others are concerned with present state research and applications of the single server queue, analytical methods and networks and computers. Special applications are also included.
Highly analytical text intended to cover principle processes in military command, control and communication, although discussions cited generalise readily to parallels in competition between organisations. Concepts of Information Theory covered include search, surveillance, data fusion and communication. Daniels,A. and Yeates,D.(ed.)
Basic Systems Analysis Pitman, 1988, £9.95, xii + 380 pages. Cb~w,S.H. and Zheng,Q.
Integral Global Optimization, Theory, Im. plementation and Applications Springer Verlag, 1988, DM38.00, vii + 179 pages. This highly specialised mathematical test starts with the statement "suppose X is a Housdorff topological space..." Its main appeal comes in the very short applications chapter which mentions electronics and turbine design. Integral Characterizations, theoretical algorithms and Monte Carlo implementations are described. CIIAM 86
Advances in Artificial Intelligence Kogan Page, 1987, £40.00, 328 pages. Collection of 22 papers divided into sections on K n o w l e d g e Acquisition and Representation, Natural I.auguage, Applications to Technical Domains (Diagnosis, General Tools, Process Control), Reasoning, Applications to Social Sciences, Learning,Speech Recognition, and Man-Machine Communication. First published 1986 in French by Hermes, Paris.
Operational Researchers wishing to review books and publishers wishing to have new books reviewed pleasc contact Professor K.B. H,dey or Dr A.M. Tobias, School of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2TF, UK, Tel: (0)21 414 4542.
Back-up text to all basic courses in Systems Analysis. Chapters on Investigation, Output and Input Design, Files, Systems Design, Controls, Proving, Justification, Presentation, Implementation, Hardware and Software, Micros, Structured Methods, Case Study and Financial Implications. Emphasis exclusively on Computer Systems. Diday,B. (ed.)
Data Analysis & Informatics,V Elsevier, 1988, $136.75, 526 pages. Symposium proceedings providing 53 papers in areas of Data Analysis, Discrimination, Models, Dissimilarities, Factor Analysis, Expert Systems, Applications, Clustering, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Graphic Displays, Multiway Tables, and Language. Eiselt,H.A., Pederzoli,G. and Sandblom,C.-L
Continuous Optimization Models W de Gruyter, 1987, xx + 730 pages. Half of this well written book is concerned with all aspects of linear programming and describes many examples and applications but there are no exercises. Multi objective, non linear and geometric programming form the remainder. Simple numerical examples are given to illustrate the variety of algorithms and relevant basic theory is also included.
267
Short Book Reviews Boxma,O.J. and 3yski,R.
Conolly,B. Pierce,J.G.
Queueing Theory and its Applications
Information Mechanics
Elsevier, 1988, $97.25, xxii+ 446 pages.
Ellis Horwood Ltd, 1988, £26.50, 174 pages.
This is a book of 20 papers specially written to celebrate the birthday of Professor J W Cohen. Four papers are surveys relating to computer communications and performance, computational methods and teletraffic. The others are concerned with present state research and applications of the single server queue, analytical methods and networks and computers. Special applications are also included.
Highly analytical text intended to cover principle processes in military command, control and communication, although discussions cited generalise readily to parallels in competition between organisations. Concepts of Information Theory covered include search, surveillance, data fusion and communication. Daniels,A. and Yeates,D.(ed.)
Basic Systems Analysis Pitman, 1988, £9.95, xii + 380 pages. Cb~w,S.H. and Zheng,Q.
Integral Global Optimization, Theory, Im. plementation and Applications Springer Verlag, 1988, DM38.00, vii + 179 pages. This highly specialised mathematical test starts with the statement "suppose X is a Housdorff topological space..." Its main appeal comes in the very short applications chapter which mentions electronics and turbine design. Integral Characterizations, theoretical algorithms and Monte Carlo implementations are described. CIIAM 86
Advances in Artificial Intelligence Kogan Page, 1987, £40.00, 328 pages. Collection of 22 papers divided into sections on K n o w l e d g e Acquisition and Representation, Natural I.auguage, Applications to Technical Domains (Diagnosis, General Tools, Process Control), Reasoning, Applications to Social Sciences, Learning,Speech Recognition, and Man-Machine Communication. First published 1986 in French by Hermes, Paris.
Operational Researchers wishing to review books and publishers wishing to have new books reviewed pleasc contact Professor K.B. H,dey or Dr A.M. Tobias, School of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2TF, UK, Tel: (0)21 414 4542.
Back-up text to all basic courses in Systems Analysis. Chapters on Investigation, Output and Input Design, Files, Systems Design, Controls, Proving, Justification, Presentation, Implementation, Hardware and Software, Micros, Structured Methods, Case Study and Financial Implications. Emphasis exclusively on Computer Systems. Diday,B. (ed.)
Data Analysis & Informatics,V Elsevier, 1988, $136.75, 526 pages. Symposium proceedings providing 53 papers in areas of Data Analysis, Discrimination, Models, Dissimilarities, Factor Analysis, Expert Systems, Applications, Clustering, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Graphic Displays, Multiway Tables, and Language. Eiselt,H.A., Pederzoli,G. and Sandblom,C.-L
Continuous Optimization Models W de Gruyter, 1987, xx + 730 pages. Half of this well written book is concerned with all aspects of linear programming and describes many examples and applications but there are no exercises. Multi objective, non linear and geometric programming form the remainder. Simple numerical examples are given to illustrate the variety of algorithms and relevant basic theory is also included.