Advances in Numerical Methods [electronic resource] / edited by Nikos Mastorakis, John Sakellaris.

Applied mathematics -- Similarity solutions of an MHD boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid past a continuous moving surface -- Computational complexity investigations for?high-dimensional model representation algorithms used in multivariate interpolation problems -- On competition between modes of the onset of Marangoni convection with free-slip bottom under magnetic field -- Mathematical modeling of boundary layer flow over a moving thin needle with variable heat flux -- The parallel three-processor fifth-order diagonally implicit RungeKutta methods for?solving ordinary differential equations -- Comparative study of production control systems through simulation -- A DEA and goal programming approach to demand assignment problem -- Spacetime mixture model of infant mortality in?peninsular Malaysia from 1990 to 2000 -- A novel hybrid high-dimensional model representation (HDMR) based on the combination of plain and logarithmic high-dimensional model representations -- A decision support system to evaluate the competitiveness of nations -- Numerical analysis for kinetics and yield of wood biomass pyrolysis -- Maintenance of the pre-large trees for record deletion -- ALE method in the EFG crystal growth technique -- Application of e-learning methods in the curricula of the faculty of computer science -- Hierarchical Bayesian approach for ranking of accident blackspots with reference to cost of accidents -- Circuits, systems, electronics, control and signal processing -- Impulsive noise removal image ehancement technique -- Similarity-based model for transliteration -- Heart rate variation adaptive filtering based on a special model -- Performance evaluation of table-driven and buffer-adaptive WLANs -- A new algorithm in blind source separation for high-dimensional data sets such as MEG data -- Visible light source temperature estimation using digital camera photography -- Discrete decentralized observation of large-scale interconnected systems -- Improved iterative blind image deconvolution -- Design of a linear quadratic Gaussian controller for a manufacturing process -- 3D reconstruction and isometric representation of engineering drawings -- Implementation of the box-counting method in radiographic images -- Aeroelastic simulation of wind turbine blades -- Time-delay telerobot system control model research -- Hardware implementation of a multidimensional signal analysis system -- Space-filling fractal microstrip antenna -- Reliability assessment and improvement of medium power induction motor winding insulation protection system using predictive analysis -- Feature extraction by wavelet transforms to analyze the heart rate variability during two meditation techniques -- Fractional mechanical model for the dynamics of non-local continuum -- Fuzzy control for shape memory alloy tendon-actuated robotic structure -- Implementing delayed file loading functions.

Advances in Numerical Methods provides a balanced presentation of the latest concepts in the fields of applied mathematics, electrical and electronic engineering. It includes many new mathematical applications, numerical schemes, and efficient algorithms as well as the latest research and applications in modeling and simulation, systems theory, circuits, electronics, control and signal processing. The chapters are written by eminent, leading, international experts, who provide up-to-date aspects of the topics discussed and present fresh, original insights into their own experience in these fields. The authors also include methods that also apply to diverse fields such as electronic measurement, computer science, robotics, chemistry, and biology.

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