Novel Simulations: Mathematical Modelling from a Different Perspective
N. C. Chamberlain (LSC Group, UK)
In dealing with the complexity of the real world, mathematicians, engineers and scientist alike have fundamentally three objectives; 1) to understand 2) to predict and 3) to control. However for different real world systems, for example the weather system, some if not all of these objectives are impossible to achieve. Where critical decisions can be influenced by mathematical models, confidences in the reliability of those models are paramount. Reliability of a mathematical model is not only its accuracy, but how well it achieves the three fundamental objectives.
This mini-symposium offers some examples where attempts have been made to achieve the three fundamental objectives. The common thread through out these presentations is that Simulation is used as the methodology of attack. Hence, the title; Novel Simulations: mathematical modelling from a different perspective. Four diverse areas are presented:
1. Crowd dynamics
2. Spares Optimisation
3. Retail Productivity
4. Traffic Management