Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychoacoustics, and Models

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The result of extensive collaboration among leaders of the worldwide auditory research community, Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychoacoustics, and Models is a record of the papers presented at the XIIIth International Symposium on Hearing (ISH) Dourdan, France, August 24-29, 2003. The volume includes a total of 62 invited papers, organized into 12 broad thematic areas: cochlear signal processing; brainstem signal processing; pitch; frequency modulation; streaming; amplitude modulation; responses to complex sounds; speech; comodulation masking release; binaural hearing; temporal coding; and plasticity.

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Provides repair methods for adhesive bonded and composite structures, identifies suitable materials and equipment for repairs, describes damage evaluation criteria and techniques, and methods of inspection before and after repair.

Handbook of Adhesive Bonded Structural Repair

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Raymond F. Wegman
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ASIN: B000MU6Q3S

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Fluid-structure interactions (FSI), that is interactions of some movable or deformable structure with an internal or surrounding fluid flow, are among the most important and, with respect to both modelling and computational issues, the most challenging multi-physics problems. The variety of FSI occurrences is abundant and ranges from tent-roofs to micropumps, from parachutes via airbags to blood flow in arteries. This volume of LNCSE contains a collection of papers presented at the International Workshop on FSI held in October 2005 in Hohenwart and organized by DFG's Research Unit 493 "FSI: Modelling, Simulation, and Optimization". The papers address partitioned and monolithic coupling approaches, methodical issues and applications, and discuss FSI from the mathematical, informatical, and engineering point of view.

Scientific Computing with Mathematica: Mathematical Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology)

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Scientific Computing with Mathematica: Mathematical Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology)
Addolorata Marasco , and Antonio Romano
Manufacturer: Birkhäuser Boston
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ASIN: 0817642056

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Many interesting behaviors of real physical, biological, economical, and chemical systems can be described by ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Scientific Computing with Mathematica® provides a general framework useful for the applications on the conceptual aspects of the theory of ODEs, as well as a sophisticated use of Mathematica® software for the solutions of problems related to ODEs. In particular, a chapter is devoted to the use of ODEs and Mathematica® in the dynamics of rigid bodies.

Mathematical methods and scientific computation are dealt with jointly to supply a unified presentation. The main problems of ODEs such as phase portrait, approximate solutions, periodic orbits, stability, bifurcation, and boundary problems are covered in an integrated fashion with numerous worked examples and computer program demonstrations using Mathematica®.

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* Explanation of how to use the Mathematica® package ODE.m to support qualitative and quantitative problem solving

* End-of-chapter exercise sets incorporating the use of Mathematica® programs

* Detailed description of the mathematical procedures underlying the twenty-eight programs written in Mathematica®

* Appendix describing the use of ten notebooks to guide the reader through all the exercises.

This book is an essential text/reference for students, graduates and practitioners in engineering and applied mathematics interested in problems of ODEs in both the qualitative and quantitative description of solutions with the Mathematica® program. It is also suitable as a self-study resource for professionals and others seeking an understanding of how to use ODEs in modeling physical, biological, and economic phenomena.

Advances in Decision Analysis (Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications)

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Advances in Decision Analysis (Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications)

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ASIN: 0792355636

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This book provides a select collection of papers written by experts on multiple criteria decision aid and presented at the International Conference on Methods and Applications of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (May 1997, Mons, Belgium). It covers methodological aspects of decision theory and comparisons between theoretical approaches to multiple criteria decision making. The material includes choice procedures, Multiple Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT), outranking methods like ELECTRE and PROMETHEE, verbal decision analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
Audience: This book is mathematically oriented but the results are also of great interest to engineers and economists who design and implement decision support systems in practice. It also contains a sufficient number of examples to make it attractive to non-specialists.

Applied Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems (Applied Optimization)

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Applied Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems (Applied Optimization)
N.V. Hritonenko , and Y.P. Yatsenko
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 1402074840

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The subject of the book is the "know-how" of applied mathematical modelling: how to construct specific models and adjust them to a new engineering environment or more precise realistic assumptions; how to analyze models for the purpose of investigating real life phenomena; and how the models can extend our knowledge about a specific engineering process.

Two major sources of the book are the stock of classic models and the authors' wide experience in the field. The book provides a theoretical background to guide the development of practical models and their investigation. It considers general modelling techniques, explains basic underlying physical laws and shows how to transform them into a set of mathematical equations. The emphasis is placed on common features of the modelling process in various applications as well as on complications and generalizations of models.

The book covers a variety of applications: mechanical, acoustical, physical and electrical, water transportation and contamination processes; bioengineering and population control; production systems and technical equipment renovation. Mathematical tools include partial and ordinary differential equations, difference and integral equations, the calculus of variations, optimal control, bifurcation methods, and related subjects.

Audience: The book may be used as a professional reference for mathematicians, engineers, applied or industrial scientists, and advanced students in mathematics, science or engineering. It provides excellent material for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematical modelling.

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DPSM for Modeling Engineering Problems
Dominique Placko , and Tribikram Kundu
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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ASIN: 0471733148

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This book is the first book on this technique; it describes the theory of DPSM in detail and covers its applications in ultrasonic, magnetic, electrostatic and electromagnetic problems in engineering. For the convenience of the users, the detailed theory of DPSM and its applications in different engineering fields are published here in one book making it easy to acquire a unified knowledge on DPSM.

Inverse and Crack Identification Problems in Engineering Mechanics (Applied Optimization, Volume 46)

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Inverse and Crack Identification Problems in Engineering Mechanics (Applied Optimization, Volume 46)
G.E. Stavroulakis
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0792366905

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Inverse and crack identification problems are of paramount importance for health monitoring and quality control purposes arising in critical applications in civil, aeronautical, nuclear, and general mechanical engineering. Mathematical modeling and the numerical study of these problems require high competence in computational mechanics and applied optimization. This is the first monograph which provides the reader with all the necessary information. Delicate computational mechanics modeling, including nonsmooth unilateral contact effects, is done using boundary element techniques, which have a certain advantage for the construction of parametrized mechanical models. Both elastostatic and harmonic or transient dynamic problems are considered. The inverse problems are formulated as output error minimization problems and they are theoretically studied as a bilevel optimization problem, also known as a mathematical problem with equilibrium constraints. Beyond classical numerical optimization, soft computing tools (neural networks and genetic algorithms) and filter algorithms are used for the numerical solution. The book provides all the required material for the mathematical and numerical modeling of crack identification testing procedures in statics and dynamics and includes several thoroughly discussed applications, for example, the impact-echo nondestructive evaluation technique. Audience: The book will be of interest to structural and mechanical engineers involved in nondestructive testing and quality control projects as well as to research engineers and applied mathematicians who study and solve related inverse problems. People working on applied optimization and soft computing will find interesting problems to apply to their methods and all necessary material to continue research in this field.

Mathematical Modeling, Bayesian Estimation, and Inverse Problems: 21-23 July 1999, Denver, Colorado (Proceedings of Spie--the International Society for Optical Engineering, V. 3816.)

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Mathematical Modeling, Bayesian Estimation, and Inverse Problems: 21-23 July 1999, Denver, Colorado (Proceedings of Spie--the International Society for Optical Engineering, V. 3816.)

Manufacturer: Society of Photo Optical
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Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries (Crc Mathematical Modelling)

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Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries (Crc Mathematical Modelling)
A.B. Movchan , and N.V. Movchan
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ASIN: 0849383382

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Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries demonstrates the use of asymptotic methods and other analytical techniques for investigating problems in solid mechanics. Applications to solids with nonregular boundaries are described in detail, providing precise and rigorous treatment of current methods and techniques. The book addresses problems in fracture mechanics of inhomogeneous media and illustrates applications in strength analysis and in geophysics. The rigorous approach allows the reader to explicitly analyze the stress-strain state in continuous media with cavities or inclusions, in composite materials with small defects, and in elastic solids with sharp inclusions. Effective asymptotic procedures for eigenvalue problems in domains with small defects are clearly outlined, and methods for analyzing singularly perturbed boundary value problems are examined. Introductory material is provided in the first chapter of Mathematical Modelling of Solids with Nonregular Boundaries, which presents a survey of relevant and necessary information, including equations of linear elasticity and formulations of the boundary value problems. Background information - in the form of definitions and general solutions - is also provided on elasticity problems in various bounded and unbounded domains. This book is an excellent resource for students, applied scientists, and engineers.

Mathematical Modelling: A Tool for Problem Solving in Engineering, Physical, Biological, and Social Sciences (International Series in Modern Applied)

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Mathematical Modelling: A Tool for Problem Solving in Engineering, Physical, Biological, and Social Sciences (International Series in Modern Applied)
D. N. Prabhakar Murthy , N. W. Page , and Ervin Y. Rodin
Manufacturer: Pergamon
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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis via Ratio and Difference Judgement (Applied Optimization)

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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis via Ratio and Difference Judgement (Applied Optimization)
Freerk A. Lootsma
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ASIN: 0792356691

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The point of departure in the present book is that the decision-makers involved in the evaluation of alternatives under conflicting criteria express their preferential judgement by estimating ratios of subjective values or differences of the corresponding logarithms, the so-called grades. Three MCDA methods are studied in detail; the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique SMART, and the Additive and the Multiplicative AHP, both pairwise-comparison methods which do not suffer from the well-known shortcomings of the original Analytic Hierarchy Process. Context-related preference modeling on the basis of psychophysical research in visual perception and motor skills is extensively discussed in the introductory chapters. Thereafter many extensions of the ideas are presented via case studies in university administration, health care, environmental assessment, budget allocation, and energy planning at the national and the European level. The issues under consideration are: group decision-making with inhomogeneous power distributions, the search for a compromise solution, resource allocation and fair distribution, scenario analysis in long-term planning, conflict analysis via the pairwise comparison of concessions and multi-objective optimization. The final chapters are devoted to the fortunes of MCDA in the hands of its designers.
Audience: The book presents methods for decision support and their applications in the fields of university administration, health care, environmental assessment, budget allocation, and strategic energy planning and will be of value to practitioners, students and researchers in these and related fields.

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Invigorating creative nonfiction—short, but never slight—gathered by the co-editor of In Short and In Brief.

In the years since the perennially popular In Short and In Brief were published, readers have come to delight in the deft focus of the succinct piece we now call The Short. Extending this trend, Short Takes presents over seventy-five writers whose range and style demonstrate the myriad ways we humans have of telling our truths. Themes develop and speak to or collide with one another: musings about parents, childhood, sports, weather, war, solitude, nature, loss—and, of course, love. The stellar roster of contributors includes well-known writers—Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jo Ann Beard, David Sedaris, Dorothy Allison, Salman Rushdie, and Terry Tempest Williams—along with Michael Perry, Mark Spragg, Jane Brox, and others whose literary stars are clearly rising.

Each short—whether a few paragraphs or reaching 2,000 words, and reflecting almost every way nonfiction can be written—invites us to experience the power of the small to move, persuade, and change us.

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