Maths for engineers

Most books about global optimization describe the theory of the algorithms, whereas a given implementation's quality never depends exclusively on the theoretical soundness of the algorithms that are implemented.

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Telecommunications has had a major impact in all aspects of life in the last century.

Abstract Biological vision is a rather fascinating domain of research.

Search Methodologies is a tutorial survey of the methodologies that are at the confluence of several fields: Computer Science, Mathematics and Operations Research.

At first glance, this might appear to be a book on mathematics, but it is really intended for the practical engineer who wishes to gain greater control of the multidimensional mathematical models which are increasingly an important part of his environment.

As the name implies, Intermediate Dynamics: A Linear Algebraic Approach views "e;intermediate dynamics"e;--Newtonian 3-D rigid body dynamics and analytical mechanics--from the perspective of the mathematical field.

Continuous optimization is the study of problems in which we wish to opti- mize (either maximize or minimize) a continuous function (usually of several variables) often subject to a collection of restrictions on these variables.

Super-Recursive Algorithms provides an accessible, focused examination of the theory of super-recursive algorithms and its ramifications for the computer industry, networks, artificial intelligence, embedded systems, and the Internet.

This text evolved from notes used to teach two-semester courses on multi-port signals and systems theory and vector-valued signal transmission to third-year electrical and computer engineering students.

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This book is aimed at postgraduate students in applied mathematics as well as at engineering and physics students with a ?

Robust Control in Power Systems deals with the applications of new techniques in linear system theory to control low frequency oscillations in power systems.

This one-of-a-kind survey provides a comprehensive introduction to Reconfigurable Computing with FPGAs, a discipline that offers a 10X-100X acceleration of algorithms over microprocessors.

Modern Antennas, 2nd edition provides a complete and rigorous treatment of the theory and practice of modern antenna design and use.

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Geometric Fundamentals of Robotics provides an elegant introduction to the geometric concepts that are important to applications in robotics.

Differential equations, especially nonlinear, present the most effective way for describing complex physical processes.

Metaheuristics: Progress as Real Problem Solvers is a peer-reviewed volume of eighteen current, cutting-edge papers by leading researchers in the field.

Analysis, Control and Optimization of Complex Dynamic Systems gathers in a single volume a spectrum of complex dynamic systems related papers written by experts in their fields, and strongly representative of current research trends.

Column Generation is an insightful overview of the state of the art in integer programming column generation and its many applications.

Global optimization aims at solving the most general problems of deterministic mathematical programming: to find the global optimum of a nonlinear, nonconvex, multivariate function of continuous and/or integer variables subject to constraints which may be themselves nonlinear and nonconvex.

Graph theory is very much tied to the geometric properties of optimization and combinatorial optimization.

Stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are a powerful tool in science, mathematics, economics and finance.

Intuitive Probability and Random Processes using MATLAB(R) is an introduction to probability and random processes that merges theory with practice.

Semiconductor Modeling: For Simulating Signal, Power, and Electromagnetic Integrity assists engineers - both recent graduates and working product designers - in designing high-speed circuits.

Real-Time Management of Resource Allocation Systems focuses on the problem of managing the resource allocation taking place within the operational context of many contemporary technological applications, including flexibly automated production systems, automated railway and/or monorail transportation systems, electronic workflow management systems, and business transaction supporting systems.

Peter Kall and Janos Mayer are distinguished scholars and professors of Operations Research and their research interest is particularly devoted to the area of stochastic optimization.

Tabu Search (TS) and, more recently, Scatter Search (SS) have proved highly effective in solving a wide range of optimization problems, and have had a variety of applications in industry, science, and government.

This book concerns the practical solution of Partial Differential Equations.

The aim in this graduate level text is to outline the key mathematical concepts that underpin these important questions in applied mathematics.

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In February 2002, the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) De partment at the University of Florida hosted a National Science Founda tion Workshop on Collaboration and Negotiation in Supply Chain Man agement and E Commerce.

Inverse Problems is a monograph which contains a self-contained presentation of the theory of several major inverse problems and the closely related results from the theory of ill-posed problems.

The importance of mathematics in the study of problems arising from the real world, and the increasing success with which it has been used to model situations ranging from the purely deterministic to the stochastic, is well established.

Around the world, liberalization and privatization in the electricity industry have lead to increased competition among utilities.

The SAS routines on mixed models have applications in many areas of statistics, especially biostatistics, but the procedures are not well- documented.

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This book covers the impact of noise on models that are widely used in science and engineering, and applies perturbed methods which assume noise changes on a faster time or space scale than the system being studied.

The subject of antenna design, primarily a discipline within electrical en- neering, is devoted to the manipulation of structural elements of and/or the electrical currents present on a physical object capable of supporting such a current.

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This book is an update and extension of the classic text by Ludwig Prandtl, "e;Essentials of Fluid Mechanics.

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Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplines and a resurgence of interest in the modern as well as the classical techniques of applied mathematics.

A model-based approach to the design and implementation of Computational Sensor Networks (CSNs) is proposed.

Reactive Search and Intelligent Optimization is an excellent introduction to the main principles of reactive search, as well as an attempt to develop some fresh intuition for the approaches.