Public Systems Modeling

Daniel P. Loucks is an emeritus professor on the faculty of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (USA). He continues to conduct research in the development and application of economics, ecology, and systems analysis methods to the solution of environmental and regional planning problems.  He teaches a graduate course in systems planning and management at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, and in the Cornell’s School of Public Policy.  In the past, he has held positions in over 10 other universities and research institutes in Australia, Europe, and North America, and in various US and UN agencies, NATO, and the World Bank.  He has consulted on development projects in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. He is a fellow of American Geophysical Union, a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineering, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.

• 1. Analyzing Public Policy Decisions.- 2. Public Sector Systems.- 3. Creating Models.- 4. Modeling Examples and Solutions.- 5. Models for Managing Money.- 6. Solving Models Using Excel.- 7. Discrete Optimization Modeling.- 8. Linear Optimization Modeling.- 9. Some Linearization Methods.- 10. Solving Models Using Calculus.- 11. Lagrangian Models.- 12. Dealing with Uncertainty.- 13. Modeling Stochastic Processes.- 14. Chance Constrained and Monte Carlo Modeling.- 15. Simulation Modeling.- 16. Multi Criteria Analyses.- 17. Fuzzy Optimization.- 18. Conclusions.