Operations Research Systems Analysis (ORSA) Collection.

Introduction: Beyond platforms and on-ramps. Models and computational models. Why model computationally? Where is computational modeling likely to be most useful? Drawbacks of computational modeling. General stages in a computational modeling project. An overview of the following chapters -- Dynamic simulation models: Dynamic simulation. Cellular automata -- Knowledge-based systems: Semantic networks. Frame systems. Rule-based expert systems. Hybrid systems. -- Models of machine learning: Connectionist models. ID3. Genetic algorithms -- Evaluating computational models: Truth. Beauty. Justice. Conclusion.