Calculus

The most immediate one-dimensional variation problem is certainly the problem of determining an arc of curve, bounded by two given and having a smallest possible length. The problem of deter points mining and investigating a surface with given boundary...

This proceedings volume addresses advances in global optimization-a multidisciplinary research field that deals with the analysis, characterization and computation of global minima and/or maxima of nonlinear, non-convex and nonsmooth functions in...

Estimating unknown parameters based on observation data conta- ing information about the parameters is ubiquitous in diverse areas of both theory and application. For example, in system identification the unknown system coefficients are estimated on the...

A clear and succinct presentation of the essentials of this subject, together with some of its applications and a generous helping of interesting exercises. Following an introductory chapter with a taste of what is to come, the next three chapters...

This book by two of the foremost researchers and writers in the field is the first part of a treatise that covers the subject in breadth and depth, paying special attention to the historical origins of the theory. Both individually and collectively these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617420009Author Borislav DzodzoFormat PaperbackImprint Book JunglePublisher Book JungleWeight(grams) 177g

This volume presents five surveys with extensive bibliographies and six original contributions on set optimization and its applications in mathematical finance and game theory. The topics range from more conventional approaches that look for...

There has been much excitement over the emergence of new mathematical techniques for the analysis and control of nonlinear systems. In addition, great technological advances have bolstered the impact of analytic advances and produced many new problems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389204780Author Amit M AgarwalFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Arihant PublicationPublisher Arihant Publication

Shape optimization deals with problems where the design or control variable is no longer a vector of parameters or functions but the shape of a geometric domain. They include engineering applications to shape and structural optimization, but also...

Honoring Andrei Agrachev's 60th birthday, this volume presents recent advances in the interaction between Geometric Control Theory and sub-Riemannian geometry. On the one hand, Geometric Control Theory used the differential geometric and Lie algebraic...

The author of this book made an attempt to create the general theory of optimization of linear systems (both distributed and lumped) with a singular control. The book touches upon a wide range of issues such as solvability of boundary values problems for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524978501Author Blake ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Convex Analysis may be considered as a refinement of standard calculus, with equalities and approximations replaced by inequalities. As such, it can easily be integrated into a graduate study curriculum. Minimization algorithms, more specifically those...

Since nonsmooth optimization problems arise in a diverse range of real-world applications, the potential impact of efficient methods for solving such problems is undeniable. Even solving difficult smooth problems sometimes requires the use of nonsmooth...

This book provides a comprehensive study of turnpike phenomenon arising in optimal control theory. The focus is on individual (non-generic) turnpike results which are both mathematically significant and have numerous applications in engineering and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637195673Author Reza NazariFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Effortlessmath.comPublisher Effortlessmath.comWeight(grams) 562g

Marcel Riesz (1886-1969) was the younger of the famed pair of mathematicians and brothers. Although Hungarian he spent most of his professional life in Sweden. He worked on summability theory, analytic functions, the moment problem, harmonic and...

Minimal Surfaces is the first volume of a three volume treatise on minimal surfaces (Grundlehren Nr. 339-341). Each volume can be read and studied independently of the others. The central theme is boundary value problems for minimal surfaces. The...

Current research and applications in nonlinear analysis influenced by Haim Brezis and Louis Nirenberg are presented in this book by leading mathematicians. Each contribution aims to broaden reader's understanding of theories, methods, and techniques...

Many mathematical models of physical, biological and social systems involve partial differential equations (PDEs). The desire to understand and influence these systems naturally leads to considering problems of control and optimization. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389686593Author Dr Gaikwad ShrikisanFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Nirali PrakhashanPublisher Nirali PrakhashanWeight(grams) 295g

Calculus II is the second volume of the three-volume calculus sequence by Tunc Geveci. The series is designed for the usual three-semester calculus sequence that the majority of science and engineering majors in the United States are required to take...

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A. Balakrishnan: A constructive approach to optimal control.- R. Glowinski: Methodes iteratives duales pour la minimisation de fonctionnelles convexes.- J.L. Lions: Approximation numerique des inequations d'evolution.- G. Marchuk: Introduction to the...

This book explores the updated version of the GLOBAL algorithm which contains improvements for a local search algorithm and new Java implementations. Efficiency comparisons to earlier versions and on the increased speed achieved by the parallelization,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602063853Author Karl FinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 445g

An introduction to the variational methods used to formulate and solve mathematical and physical problems, allowing the reader an insight into the systematic use of elementary (partial) convexity of differentiable functions in Euclidian space. By helping...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848900677Author Craig SmorynskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint College PublicationsPublisher College PublicationsWeight(grams) 781g

This book presents a machine-generated literature overview of quaternion integral transforms from select papers published by Springer Nature, which have been organized and introduced by the book’s editor. Each chapter presents summaries of predefined...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942341956Author Robert RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 602Imprint Suny GeneseoPublisher Suny GeneseoWeight(grams) 1175g

This book gives a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality for finite-dimensional, deterministic, optimal control problems. The emphasis is on the geometric aspects of the theory and on illustrating...

In a unified form, this monograph presents fundamental results on the approximation of centralized and decentralized stochastic control problems, with uncountable state, measurement, and action spaces. It demonstrates how quantization provides a...

This book offers readers the methods that are necessary to apply the power of calculus to analyze real problems. While most calculus textbooks focus on formula-based calculus, this book explains how to do the analysis of calculus, rates of change, and...

Geared primarily to an audience consisting of mathematically advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students, this text may additionally be used by engineering students interested in a rigorous, proof-oriented systems course that goes beyond the...

This work is a revised and enlarged edition of a book with the same title published in Romanian by the Publishing House of the Romanian Academy in 1989. It grew out of lecture notes for a graduate course given by the author at the University if Ia~i and...

The structure of approximate solutions of autonomous discrete-time optimal control problems and individual turnpike results for optimal control problems without convexity (concavity) assumptions are examined in this book. In particular, the book focuses...

Comprehensive and state-of-the art study of the basic concepts and principles of variational analysis and generalized differentiation in both finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional spaces Presents numerous applications to problems in the...

The book deals with linear time-invariant delay-differential equations with commensurated point delays in a control-theoretic context. The aim is to show that with a suitable algebraic setting a behavioral theory for dynamical systems described by such...

This book reflects a significant part of authors' research activity dur ing the last ten years. The present monograph is constructed on the results obtained by the authors through their direct cooperation or due to the authors separately or in...