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Mechanical inelasticity (2022)
Book Chapter
Wilkie, I., & Diddams, N. (2022). Mechanical inelasticity. In J. Gray, & L. Trahair (Eds.), Second Nature: Comic Performance and Philosophy (270). Rowman & Littlefield

Bergson’s concept of ‘mechanical inelasticity’ from Laughter (1900) has become a staple of comic theory. We consider whether this idea retains any resonance for the twenty-first century comic spectator. Locating the theory as originally, and specific... Read More about Mechanical inelasticity.

Gas network optimisation using Nash equilibria derived from dynamic non-cooperative non-zero sum game theory (1992)
Thesis
Ramchandani, N. Gas network optimisation using Nash equilibria derived from dynamic non-cooperative non-zero sum game theory. (Thesis). University of Salford

Efficient management of the national gas grid in Great Britain involves a complex optimisation task to resolve the sometimes conflicting requirements of security of supplies to customers, contractual obligation to suppliers and the cost of transmis... Read More about Gas network optimisation using Nash equilibria derived from dynamic non-cooperative non-zero sum game theory.