Operations Research and the Captivating Study of Networks
Operations Research and the Captivating Study of Networks
Operations Research and the Captivating Study of Networks
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Outline <strong>of</strong> Presentation:<br />
• Background - <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
• Brief History <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Science <strong>of</strong> <strong>Networks</strong><br />
• Interdisciplinary Impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>Networks</strong><br />
• The Transportation Network Equilibriumn Problem <strong>and</strong><br />
Methodological Tools<br />
• The Braess Paradox<br />
• Some Interesting Applications <strong>of</strong> Variational<br />
Inequalities<br />
• The Time-Dependent (Dem<strong>and</strong>-Varying) Braess<br />
Paradox <strong>and</strong> Evolutionary Variational Inequalities<br />
• A New Network Performance/Efficiency Measure with<br />
Applications to Critical Infrastructure <strong>Networks</strong>