Preface -- Fundamentals -- Modeling of particulate flows -- Iterative solution schemes -- Representative numerical simulations -- Inverse problems/parameter identification -- Extensions to 'swarm-like' systems -- Advanced particulate flow models -- Coupled particle/fluid interaction -- Simple optical scattering methods for particulate media -- Closing remarks -- Appendix A. Basic (continuum) fluid mechanics -- Appendix B. Scattering -- Bibliography -- Index.