Energy Optimization in Process Systems and Fuel Cells (Revised)
by Stanislaw Sieniutycz and Jacek Jezowski
Despite the vast research on energy optimization and process integration, there has to date been no synthesis linking these together. This book fills the gap, presenting optimization and integration in energy and process engineering. The content is based on the current literature and includes novel approaches developed by the authors. Various thermal and chemical systems (heat and mass exchangers, thermal and water networks, energy converters, recovery units, solar collectors, and separators)...
Inverse Problems: Tikhonov Theory And Algorithms (Series On Applied Mathematics, #22)
by Kazufumi Ito and Bangti Jin
Inverse problems arise in practical applications whenever one needs to deduce unknowns from observables. This monograph is a valuable contribution to the highly topical field of computational inverse problems. Both mathematical theory and numerical algorithms for model-based inverse problems are discussed in detail. The mathematical theory focuses on nonsmooth Tikhonov regularization for linear and nonlinear inverse problems. The computational methods include nonsmooth optimization algorithms, d...
Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications (Aerospace Engineering)
by He Ren, Xi Chen, and Yong Chen
Reliability Based Aircraft Maintenance Optimization and Applications presents flexible and cost-effective maintenance schedules for aircraft structures, particular in composite airframes. By applying an intelligent rating system, and the back-propagation network (BPN) method and FTA technique, a new approach was created to assist users in determining inspection intervals for new aircraft structures, especially in composite structures. This book also discusses the influence of Structure Healt...
Handbook of Research on Natural Computing for Optimization Problems, VOL 2
Combinatorial Optimization
by Rita Malhotra, C. S. Lalitha, Pankaj Gupta, and Aparna Mehra Sonia
Combinatorial Optimization comprises research-level linear and combinatorial problems together with algorithms and solution-procedures to solve them. The growing need of the industry and the increase in complexity of conglomerates and multinationals entail focus on two very significant classes of problems; namely Transportation and Assignment Problems included in this volume. Far-reaching variants of these problems like the Multi-index and Multi-objective Problems, Bulk Transportation Problems,...
This book covers an introduction to convex optimization, one of the powerful and tractable optimization problems that can be efficiently solved on a computer. The goal of the book is tohelp develop a sense of what convex optimization is, and how it can be used in a widening array of practical contexts with a particular emphasis on machine learning.The first part of the book covers core concepts of convex sets, convex functions, and related basic definitions that serve understanding convex optimi...
Game Theory & Applications
Game Theory & Applications
A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video games Did you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a game world steeped in mathematics? Power-Up reveals the hidden mathematics in many of today's most popular video games and explains why mathematical learning doesn't just happen in the classroom or from books--you're doing it without even realizing it when you play games on your cell phone. In this lively and entertaini...
Solving Semi-infinite Optimization Problems with Quadratic Rate of Convergence.
by Tobias Seidel
Shadows Of The Circle: From Conic Sections To Planetary Motion
by Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
The ancient Greeks were the first to seriously ask for scientific explanations of the panorama of the heavens based on mathematical ideas. Ever since, mathematics has played a major role for human perception and description of the outside physical world, and in a larger perspective for comprehending the universe. This second edition pays tribute to this line of thought and takes the reader on a journey in the mathematical universe from conic sections to mathematical modelling of planetary system...
Stabilisation and Motion Control of Unstable Objects (De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics)
by Alexander M. Formalskii
Systems with mechanical degrees of freedom containing unstable objects are analysed in this monograph and algorithms for their control are developed, discussed, and numerically tested. This is achieved by identifying unstable modes of motion and using all available resources to suppress them. By using this approach the region of states from which a stable regime can be reached is maximised. The systems discussed in this book are models for pendula and vehicles and find applications in mechatro...
Linear Programs & Related Problems (Computer Science and Scientific Computing)
by Evar D. Nering and Albert W. Tucker
This text is concerned primarily with the theory of linear and nonlinear programming, and a number of closely-related problems, and with algorithms appropriate to those problems. In the first part of the book, the authors introduce the concept of duality which serves as a unifying concept throughout the book. The simplex algorithm is presented along with modifications and adaptations to problems with special structures. Two alternative algorithms, the ellipsoidal algorithm and Karmarker's algori...
The Problem of Tuning Metaheuristics (Dissertations in Artificial Intelligence: Infix)
by Mauro Birattari
A metaheuristic is a generic algorithmic template that can be used for finding high quality solutions of hard combinatorial optimization problems. To arrive at a functioning algorithm, a metaheuristic needs to be configured: typically some modules need to be instantiated and some parameters need to be tuned. We call these two problems "structural" and "parametric" tuning, respectively. More generally, we refer to the combination of the two problems as "tuning". Tuning is crucial to metaheuristic...
Optimization Tools for Logistics covers the theory and practice of the main principles of operational research and the ways it can be applied to logistics and decision support with regards to common software. The book is supported by worked problems and examples from industrial case studies, providing a comprehensive tool for readers from a variety of industries.
Mathematical Optimization Techniques
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
Design of Experiments and Calibration Models. Examples with MATLAB
by J Lopez
60 Worksheets - Identifying Smallest Number of 4 Digits (60 Days Math Smallest Numbers, #3)
by Kapoo Stem
60 Worksheets - Identifying Smallest Number of 10 Digits (60 Days Math Smallest Numbers, #9)
by Kapoo Stem