Table of contents : Some aspects of urban systems of relevance to optimisation techniques....Pages 1-8 Selection of optimal industrial clusters for regional development....Pages 9-21 Optimal investment policies in transportation networks....Pages 22-30 An on-line optimization procedure for an urban traffic system....Pages 31-41 Hierarchical strategies for the on-line control of urban road traffic signals....Pages 42-59 Application of optimization approach to the problem of land use plan design....Pages 60-72 Combinatorial optimization and preference pattern aggregation....Pages 73-84 A microsimulation model of the health care system in the United States: The role of the physician services sector....Pages 85-96 A model for finite stroage message switching networks....Pages 97-109 On constrained diameter and medium optimal spanning trees....Pages 110-117 Simulation techniques for the study of modulated communication channels....Pages 118-131 Gestion Optimale d'un Ordinateur Multiprogramme a Memoire Virtuelle....Pages 132-143 State-space approach in problem-solving optimization....Pages 144-158 Perturbation theory and the statement of inverse problems....Pages 159-166 A model for the evaluation of alternative policies for atmospheric pollutant source emissions (Masc model)....Pages 167-178 Mathematical modelling of a nordic hydrological system, and the use of a simplified run-off model in the stochastic optimal control of a hydroelectrical power system....Pages 179-202 A two-dimensional model for the Lagoon of Venice....Pages 203-212 Sea level prediction models for Venice....Pages 213-221 Optimal estuary aeration: An application of distributed parameter control theory....Pages 222-230 Interactive simulation program for water flood routing systems....Pages 231-240 An automatic river planning operating system (ARPOS)....Pages 241-250 On the optimal control on an infinite planning horizon of consumption, pollution, population and natural resource use....Pages 251-263 Limited role of entropy in information economics....Pages 264-271 On a dual control approach to the pricing policies of a trading specialist....Pages 272-282 Problems of optimal economic investments with finite lifetime capital....Pages 283-294 Some economic models of markets....Pages 295-302 Utilization of heuristics in manufacturing planning and optimization....Pages 303-312 Economic simulation of a small chemical plant....Pages 313-323 An optimal growth model for the Hungarian national economy....Pages 324-334 On optimization of health care systems....Pages 335-346 Theoretical and operational problems in driving a physical model of the circulatory system....Pages 347-356 Modeling, simulation, identification and optimal control of large biochemical systems....Pages 357-365 Modelisation du Transfert Gazeux Pulmonaire et Calcul Automatique de la Capacite de Diffusion....Pages 366-377 On some models of the muscle spindle....Pages 378-389