Portfolio Optimization -- One-Variable Optimization -- Optimal Portfolios with N Assets -- Unconstrained Optimization in N Variables -- The Steepest Descent Method -- The Newton Method -- Quasi-Newton Methods -- Conjugate Gradient Methods -- Optimal Portfolios with Restrictions -- Larger-Scale Portfolios -- Data-Fitting & The Gauss-Newton Method -- Equality Constrained Optimization -- Linear Eq…
Multiscale Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Elliptic Problems with Multiple Scales -- Discrete Network Approximation for Highly-Packed Composites with Irregular Geometry in Three Dimensions -- Adaptive Monte Carlo Algorithms for Stopped Diffusion -- The Heterogeneous Multi-Scale Method for Homogenization Problems -- A Coarsening Multigrid Method for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media -- On th…
Nonlinear Inverse Problems: Theoretical Aspects and Some Industrial Applications -- Numerical Methods for the Simulation of Incompressible Viscous Flow: An Introduction -- Computational Techniques for the Verification and Control of Hybrid Systems -- Data Assimilation Methods for an Oceanographic Problem -- Ant Colonies: a Nature inspired Paradigm for the Mathematical Modelling of Self-Organizi…
Constraint Retraction for Dynamic Constraint Satisfaction Problems over Disjoint Real Intervals -- Computational Methods for Large Distributed Parameter Estimation Problems in 3D -- Robust Parameter Estimation for Identifying Satellite Injection Orbits -- On the Numerical Simulation of the Free Fall Problem -- Searching the Web: a Semantics-Based Approach -- Adaptive Computation with Perfectly …
Gas Flows -- Governing Equations and Slip Models -- Shear-Driven Flows -- Pressure-Driven Flows -- Thermal Effects in Microscales -- Prototype Applications of Gas Flows -- Basic Concepts and Technologies -- Liquid Flows -- Electrokinetic Flows -- Surface Tension-Driven Flows -- Mixers and Chaotic Advection -- Simple Fluids in Nanochannels -- Water in Nanochannels -- Electroosmotic Flow in Nanoc…
A Particle Strategy for Solving the Fokker-Planck Equation Modelling the Fiber Orientation Distribution in Steady Recirculating Flows Involving Short Fiber Suspensions -- Extended Meshfree Method for Elastic and Inelastic Media -- Meshfree Petrov-Galerkin Methods for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations -- The ?-shape Based Natural Element Method in Solid and Fluid Mechanics -- A Particle…
Physics of Unsteady Flows -- The Differential Equations of Fluid Flow -- Panel Methods -- Applications of Panel Method -- Boundary-Layer Methods -- Applications of Boundary-Layer Methods: Flows Without Separation -- Applications of Boundary-Layer Methods: Flows with Separation -- Navier-Stokes Methods -- Applications of Navier-Stokes Methods -- Companion Computer Programs.This book provides an …
Fundamentals -- Overview of Meshfree Methods -- Meshfree Shape Function Construction -- Meshfree Methods Based on Global Weak-Forms -- Meshfree Methods Based on Local Weak-Forms -- Meshfree Collocation Methods -- Meshfree Methods Based on Combination of Local Weak-Form and Collocation.This book aims to present meshfree methods in a friendly and straightforward manner, so that beginners can very…
Seismic Interpretation -- to Seismic Texture -- Atlas of 3D Seismic Attributes -- The Use of Structure Tensors in the Analysis of Seismic Data -- Automated Structural Interpretation Through Classification of Seismic Horizons -- Automatic Fault Extraction Using Artificial Ants -- Geological Model Building -- Geological Modelling and Reservoir Simulation -- Geological Model Building: A Hierarchic…
Introduzione -- Calcolo numerico e calcolo simbolico -- Modelli discreti -- Somme e serie -- Modelli continui -- Derivate e integrali -- Modelli discreti a più dimensioni -- Modelli continui a più dimensioni -- Modelli dinamici.Questo libro è nato dall'esperienza del corso di Matematica Generale all'Università Bocconi. Nel presentare gli oggetti matematici insegna allo studente l'utilizzo d…