The paper, ‘Ne’er the Twain Shall Meet? Bridging the Network Optimisation Reality Gap’, appeared in a professional magazine a few years ago. However, as an exercise, the abstract has been removed in this version.

Your task is to supply a 150–200 word abstract summarising the paper, including the case it attempts to make and how it achieves this. Your abstract should include the paper’s purpose and structure and touch upon its methods of explanation.

Module learning outcomes

2. Critically analyse relevant material and examine research methodologies

4. Present logical arguments