**Meet the editor**

Mohammad Saber Fallah Nezhad is Associate Professor at Yazd University, Iran. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, all in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Also he has been a visiting researcher in Karlsruhe University, Germany. He has published more than 60 research papers in national and international journals and is author of five books. Also, he has been awarded a Silver medal in 16th National Mathematics Olympiad in Iran and he has been ranked 1st in the graduate national university comprehensive exam in System Management in Iran. He has been ranked 47th among all high school graduates in Iran. His areas of interest include: reliability, quality control, quality engineering and operations research.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Applications of Bayesian Inference 1**

**Control of Smart Buildings 3**

Chapter 1 **Bayesian Networks for Supporting Model Based Predictive**

Chapter 2 **Integration of Remotely Sensed Images and Electromagnetic**

Claudia Notarnicola and Romina Solorza

Chapter 3 **Optimizing Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratios 67**

**Approximate Dynamic Programming 91** Miguel Gil-Pugliese and Fernando Olsina

**Section 2 Applications of Dynamic Programming 65**

**Selection Problems 125** Mohammad Saber Fallah Nezhad

Alessandro Carbonari, Massimo Vaccarini and Alberto Giretti

**Models into a Bayesian Approach for Soil Moisture Content Retrieval: Methodology and Effect of Prior Information 39**

J. Mukuddem-Petersen, M.A. Petersen and M.P. Mulaudzi

Chapter 4 **Risk-Constrained Forward Trading Optimization by Stochastic**

Chapter 5 **Using Dynamic Programming Based on Bayesian Inference in**
