Comparative studies of Gauss-Seidel and Newton-type algorithms for solving large sparse systems of equations are reported by Népomiastchy and Ravelli (1978), Gabay et al. (1980) and Norman et al. (1983). The first two favour Newton's method, the third favours Gauss-Seidel. Apart from working on...

Researchers have long believed the concept of "excitement" in games to be subjective and difficult to measure. This paper presents the development of a mathematically computable index that measures the concept from the viewpoint of an audience and from that of a player. One of the key aspects of...

This book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling...