Maths for engineers

This volume collects the edited and reviewed contributions presented in the 8th iTi Conference on Turbulence, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in September 2018.

This work gathers a selection of outstanding papers presented at the 25th Conference on Differential Equations and Applications / 15th Conference on Applied Mathematics, held in Cartagena, Spain, in June 2017.

This monograph investigates the existence of higher order sliding mode in discrete-time systems and propounds a new concept of discrete-time higher order sliding mode.

This book is the second edition of Numerical methods for diffusion phenomena in building physics: a practical introduction originally published by PUCPRESS (2016).

This book concisely presents a broad range of models and theories on social systems.

This book describes recent developments in a wide range of areas, including the modeling, analysis and control of dynamical systems, and explores related applications.

This updated edition retains its introduction to applied fundamental statistics, probability, reliability, and decision theory as these pertain to problems in Civil Engineering.

This book presents selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Global Research and Education, Inter-Academia 2019, held in Budapest and Balatonfured on September 4-7, 2019.

Since 1950, the Highway Capacity Manual has been a standard used in the planning, design, analysis, and operation of virtually any highway traffic facility in the United States.

This book highlights recent advances in the field of districting, territory design, and zone design.

This monograph presents computational models that describe electro-mechanical characteristics of tapered and cylinder roller bearings in various industrial applications.

This book presents the methodology of complex activity with a set of interconnected mathematical models that describe the processes of technology design, adoption and use.

This textbook introduces senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students of mechanical engineering to the field of digital control with an emphasis on applications.

Written in the 1980s by one of the fathers of chaos theory, Otto E.

This book opens up new ways to develop mathematical models and optimization methods for interdependent energy infrastructures, ranging from the electricity network, natural gas network, district heating network, and electrified transportation network.

This book presents, in a uniform way, several problems in applied mechanics, which are analysed using the matrix theory and the properties of eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

The book is devoted to intelligent design of structures as a novel kind of designing based on computational intelligence.

This book discusses the problems of complexity in industrial data, including the problems of data sources, causes and types of data uncertainty, and methods of data preparation for further reasoning in engineering practice.

This book is intended for specialists in systems engineering interested in new, general techniques and for students and practitioners interested in using these techniques for solving specific practical problems.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications.

This book presents a diversity of innovative and impactful research in the field of industrial and systems engineering (ISE) led by women investigators.

This textbook integrates the most advanced topics of physical-layer security, cryptography, covert/stealth communications, quantum key distribution (QKD), and cyber security to tackle complex security issues.

This book proposes a number of promising models and methods for adaptive segmentation, swarm partition, permissible segmentation, and transform properties, as well as techniques for spatio-temporal video segmentation and interpretation, online fuzzy clustering of data streams, and fuzzy systems for information retrieval.

This book gathers all papers presented at the third edition of the international conference "e;Complex Systems Design & Management Asia"e; (CSD&M Asia 2018), which was held at the National University of Singapore (NUS) on December 6-7, 2018.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in supercomputer simulation.

This textbook explains the physics of phase transformation and associated constraints from a metallurgical or materials science point of view, based on many topics including crystallography, mass transport by diffusion, thermodynamics, heat transfer and related temperature gradients, thermal deformation, and even fracture mechanics.

This book introduces methods of re-processing images to extract numerical information that can be used to quantify the observables in environmental modelling.

This book is a short primer in engineering mathematics with a view on applications in nonlinear control theory.

This book provides step-by-step explanations of successful implementations and practical applications of machine learning.

This monograph is a comprehensive and cohesive exposition of power-law statistics.

This book contains all refereed papers accepted during the tenth edition of the conference that took place at the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris on December 12-13, 2019.

This book is aimed at students in social sciences programs that include some course in quantitative methods.

This book focuses on the latest approaches and methods in fundamental mathematics and mechanics, and discusses the practical application of abstract mathematical approaches, such as differential geometry, and differential and difference equations in solid mechanics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, optimization, decision-making theory and control theory.

This book deals with the design and optimization of the bucket elevator using the discrete element method (DEM).

This book addresses the challenging topic of modeling adaptive networks, which often manifest inherently complex behavior.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications.

This contributed volume collects papers presented at a special session of the conference Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE) held in Cadiz, Spain from June 30 - July 6, 2019.

This self-contained book describes social influence from a computational point of view, with a focus on recent and practical applications, models, algorithms and open topics for future research.

In the face of growing challenges, we need modes of thinking that allow us to not only grasp complexity but also perform it.

This book presents the proceedings of the fifth International Symposium on Modelling and Implementation of Complex Systems (MISC 2018).

This textbook introduces the basics principles of intersection signalization including need studies, signal phasing, sequencing, timing, as well as more advanced topics such as detectors, controllers, actuated control schemes, and signal coordination.

The book presents eight well-known and often used algorithms besides nine newly developed algorithms by the first author and his students in a practical implementation framework.

This reader-friendly textbook presents a comprehensive review of the essentials of image data mining, and the latest cutting-edge techniques used in the field.

This book addresses two disciplines that have traditionally occupied completely different realms: quantum information and computation, and game theory.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3:  Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the third volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The book examines innovative numerical methods for computational solid and fluid mechanics that can be used to model complex problems in engineering.

This book provides general guidelines for solving thermal problems in the fields of engineering and natural sciences.

This book presents a number of modeling studies of various water resources systems in the humid tropics and the typical short, steep mountain-to-coast systems in the archipelagic setting of the Philippines.

This book provides a systemic view on the digital future from the perspectives of various socio-humanitarian sciences: economics, social sciences, pedagogics and law.

This work presents recent mathematical methods in the area of optimal control with a particular emphasis on the computational aspects and applications.