Mathematical Methods in Engineering

ISBN-13: 9789400771826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 322 str.

Nuno Miguel Fonseca Ferreira; Jose Antonio Tenreiro Machado

Opis

This book presents a careful selection of the contributions presented at the Mathematical Methods in Engineering (MME10) International Symposium, held at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra- Engineering Institute of Coimbra (IPC/ISEC), Portugal, October 21-24, 2010.The volumediscusses recent developments about theoretical and applied mathematics toward the solution of engineering problems, thus covering a wide range of topics, such as: Automatic Control, Autonomous Systems, Computer Science, Dynamical Systems and Control, Electronics, Finance and Economics, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Fractional Mathematics, Fractional Transforms and Their Applications, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Image and Signal Analysis, Image Processing, Mechanics, Mechatronics, Motor Control and Human Movement Analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics, Partial Differential Equations, Robotics, Acoustics, Vibration and Control, andWavelets.

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Preface

1 Mathematical Modeling for Software-in-the-Loop Prototyping of Automated Manufacturing Systems

2 New Parallel Matrix Multiplication Algorithms for Wormhole-Routed All-Port 2D/3D Torus Networks

3 2.5D Acoustic Wave Propagation in Shallow Water Over an Irregular Seabed Using the Boundery Element Method

4 Towards Replacing Lyapunov’s “Direct” Method in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

5 Fractional Particle Swarm Optimization

6 Toward the Concept of Robot Society: A Multi-Robot SLAM Case Study

7 Generalized State-Space Modeling for m Level Diode-Clamped Multilevel Converters

8 Modelling Codfish Drying: Comparison Between Artificial Neural Network, Diffusive and Semi-Empirical Models

9 Stability of Matrix Differential Equations with Commuting Matrix Constant Coefficients

10 Identification of Material Thermophysical Parameters with Regard to Optimum Location of Sensors

11 Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Domain of Solidifying Alloy

12 Total Variation Approach to Density Reconstruction From X-Ray Radiograph Tomography

13 The Improvement of Total Variation Based Image Restoration Method and Its Application

14 Adaptive System for Control of Active Ankle-Foot Orthosis and Gait Analysis

15 Vector Ellipsoidal Harmonics Structure Peculiarities and Limitations

16 Casualties Distribution in Human and Natural Hazards

17 Optimization of Quadruped Robot Locomotion Gaits Through a Genetic Algorithm

18 Analysis of an Incomplete Information System Using the Rough Set Theory

19 Chain Drives Modelling Using Kinematic Constraints and Revolute Clearance Joints Formulations

20 Jacobi Polynomials and Some Related Functions

21 Descartes Rule of Signs and Linear Programming

22 Multidimensional Markov Chains Usage in the Radio Resource Management Problem

23 A Manufacturing Scheduling Approach by Combining Simulation Technique with the Hodgson’s Algorithm

24 Long Time Numerical Approximation of Coherent-Structure Solutions of the Cubic Schrodinger Equation

25 A Statistical Approach for Tuning the Windowed Fourier Transform

26 Can People With High Physical Movement Restrictions Access to Any Computer? The CaNWII Tool

27 A Proposal for Detection and Estimation of Golf Putting

28 Analysis of Electricity Market Prices Using Multidimensional Scaling

29 Mathematical and Statistical Concepts Applied to Health and Motor Control