Scales Introduction Non Linear Optimization Rpt

Author : SCALES
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015009809933

Get Book

SCALES:INTRODUCTION NON-LINEAR, OPTIMIZATION RPT by SCALES Pdf

In this textbook the author concentrates on presenting the main core of methods in non-linear optimization that have evolved over the past two decades. It is intended primarily for actual or potential practising optimizer who need to know how different methods work, how to select methods for the job in hand and how to use the chosen method. While the level of mathematical rigour is not very high, the book necessarily contains a considerable amount of mathematical argument and pre-supposes a knowledge such as would be attained by someone reaching the end of the second year of an undergraduate course in physical science, engineering or computational mathematics. The main emphasis is on linear algebra, and more advanced topics are discussed briefly where relevant in the text. The book will appeal to a range of students and research workers working on optimization problems in such fields as applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, business studies, economics and operations research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123493624

Get Book

Recent Library Additions by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jagdish Chand Bansal,Prathu Bajpai,Anjali Rawat,Atulya K. Nagar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811997228

Get Book

Sine Cosine Algorithm for Optimization by Jagdish Chand Bansal,Prathu Bajpai,Anjali Rawat,Atulya K. Nagar Pdf

This open access book serves as a compact source of information on sine cosine algorithm (SCA) and a foundation for developing and advancing SCA and its applications. SCA is an easy, user-friendly, and strong candidate in the field of metaheuristics algorithms. Despite being a relatively new metaheuristic algorithm, it has achieved widespread acceptance among researchers due to its easy implementation and robust optimization capabilities. Its effectiveness and advantages have been demonstrated in various applications ranging from machine learning, engineering design, and wireless sensor network to environmental modeling. The book provides a comprehensive account of the SCA, including details of the underlying ideas, the modified versions, various applications, and a working MATLAB code for the basic SCA.

Author : Deuflhard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781468467543

Get Book

Large Scale Scientific Computing by Deuflhard Pdf

In this book, the new and rapidly expanding field of scientific computing is understood in a double sense: as computing for scientific and engineering problems and as the science of doing such computations. Thus scientific computing touches at one side mathematical modelling (in the various fields of applications) and at the other side computer science. As soon as the mathematical models de scribe the features of real life processes in sufficient detail, the associated computations tend to be large scale. As a consequence, interest more and more focusses on such numerical methods that can be expected to cope with large scale computational problems. Moreover, given the algorithms which are known to be efficient on a tradi tional computer, the question of implementation on modern supercomputers may get crucial. The present book is the proceedings of a meeting on "Large Scale Scientific Computing" , that was held a t the Oberwolfach Mathematical Institute (July 14-19, 1985) under the auspices of the Sonderforschungsbereich 123 of the University of Heidelberg. Participants included applied scientists with computational interests, numerical analysts, and experts on modern parallel computers. 'l'he purpose of the meeting was to establish a common under standing of recent issues in scientific computing, especially in view of large scale problems. Fields of applications, which have been covered, included semi-conductor design, chemical combustion, flow through porous media, climatology, seismology, fluid dynami. cs, tomography, rheology, hydro power plant optimization, subwil. y control, space technology.

Author : Timothy D. Barfoot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107159396

Get Book

State Estimation for Robotics by Timothy D. Barfoot Pdf

A modern look at state estimation, targeted at students and practitioners of robotics, with emphasis on three-dimensional applications.

Author : John S. Gulliver,Roger E. A. Arndt
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015018892979

Get Book

Hydropower Engineering Handbook by John S. Gulliver,Roger E. A. Arndt Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Railroads
ISBN : NWU:35556021155577

Get Book

Bibliography of FRA Office of Research and Development Technical Reports, 1974-1980 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Computers
ISBN : WISC:89051382430

Get Book

Computer Sciences Technical Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039429027

Get Book

Control and Coordination in Hierarchical Systems by Anonim Pdf

"The purpose of this book is to present the theory of control and coordination in hierarchical systems - that is, in systems where the decision-making responsibility has been divided. Since it aims to present theory that will be useful for applications, it not only encompasses the basic, general, and consequently somewhat abstract principles of coordination, but also considers such practical features as differences between models and the reality they describe, constraints, possible use of feedback information, and time horizons." --Preface.

Author : Ben M. Chen,Tong Heng Lee,Kemao Peng,Venkatakrishnan Venkataramanan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781846283055

Get Book

Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems by Ben M. Chen,Tong Heng Lee,Kemao Peng,Venkatakrishnan Venkataramanan Pdf

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. New theory, new controllers, actuators, sensors, new industrial processes, computer methods, new applications, new philosophies , new challenges. Much of this development work resides in industrial reports, feasibility study papers and the reports of advanced collaborative projects. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of such new work in all aspects of industrial control for wider and rapid dissemination. Hard disk drive systems are ubiquitous in today’s computer systems and the technology is still evolving. There is a review of hard disk drive technology and construction in the early pages of this monograph that looks at the characteristics of the disks and there it can be read that: “bit density... continues to increase at an amazing rate”, “spindle speed... the move to faster and faster spindle speeds continue”, “form factors... the trend...is downward... to smaller and smaller drives”, “performance... factors are improving”, “redundant arrays of inexpensive disks... becoming increasingly common, and is now seen in consumer desktop machines”, “reliability... is improving slowly... it is very hard to improve the reliability of a product when it is changing rapidly” and finally “interfaces... continue to create new and improved standards... to match the increase in performance of the hard disks themselves”.

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524761356

Get Book

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY? Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous—and addictive—than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest—a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who’ll kill millions to get what he wants. Wade’s life and the future of the OASIS are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance. Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

Author : Ph. Th Stol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031822419

Get Book

A Contribution to Theory and Practice of Nonlinear Parameter Optimization by Ph. Th Stol Pdf

Nonlinear parameter optimization in least squares was studied from a point of view of differential geometry. Properties of curvilinear coordinates, scale factors and curvature were investigated. Parameters of the condition function were expressed as functions of algorithm parameters to generalize the formulas. The analysis of the convergence process cumulated in the development of procedures that accelerate convergence. Scale factors were used as weights to the differential correction vector to improve the direction of search. A method to correct for curvature, called back projection method, was developed. Use was made of the tangent plane on which the path of search on the fitting surface was projected. Deviations from the original direction were corrected by optimizing the angle of deviation and the step factor. The correspondence between rate of convergence and curvature of the path of search was illustrated with an example. A small geodesic curvature at the starting point indicates fast convergence. Curvature properties of the parametric curves appeared to be of more influence than those of the fitting surface. To avoid heavy oscillation of intermediate parameter values a method was developed that required the intermediate points to be the foot of a perpendicular from the terminal point of intermediate observation vectors thus producing paths of controlled approach. Since condition functions may have a complicated structure in that they can be implicit functions, sequential functions or can consist of mathematical models involving alternative functions, it was treated how first derivatives can be calculated and programmed systematically for these functions. Methods introduced were made operational by means of a FORTRAN program. A description of the use of the subprograms and instructions to modify the main program to suit the various algorithms and procedures developed are given in the Appendices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : UOM:39015023544284

Get Book

Nuclear Science Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward Ashford Lee,Sanjit Arunkumar Seshia
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262533812

Get Book

Introduction to Embedded Systems, Second Edition by Edward Ashford Lee,Sanjit Arunkumar Seshia Pdf

An introduction to the engineering principles of embedded systems, with a focus on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems. The most visible use of computers and software is processing information for human consumption. The vast majority of computers in use, however, are much less visible. They run the engine, brakes, seatbelts, airbag, and audio system in your car. They digitally encode your voice and construct a radio signal to send it from your cell phone to a base station. They command robots on a factory floor, power generation in a power plant, processes in a chemical plant, and traffic lights in a city. These less visible computers are called embedded systems, and the software they run is called embedded software. The principal challenges in designing and analyzing embedded systems stem from their interaction with physical processes. This book takes a cyber-physical approach to embedded systems, introducing the engineering concepts underlying embedded systems as a technology and as a subject of study. The focus is on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems, which integrate computation, networking, and physical processes. The second edition offers two new chapters, several new exercises, and other improvements. The book can be used as a textbook at the advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level and as a professional reference for practicing engineers and computer scientists. Readers should have some familiarity with machine structures, computer programming, basic discrete mathematics and algorithms, and signals and systems.

Author : United States. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Technical Assistance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
ISBN : UIUC:30112018845716

Get Book

Catalogue of Research Literature for Development: Food production and nutrition by United States. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Technical Assistance Pdf