Mathematics in Industrial Problems Part 7
This is the seventh volume in the series "Mathematics in Industrial Prob lems. " The motivation for these volumes is to foster interaction between Industry and Mathematics at the "grass roots level;" that is, at the level of specific problems. These problems come from Industry:...
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Springer New York
1995, 1995
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1995 |
Series: | The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications
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Table of Contents:
- 11 Pulse optimization for multi-user data communications
- 11.1 Multiple access
- 11.2 The single user case
- 11.3 The multiple user case
- 11.4 Coupled base stations
- 11.5 Open problems
- 11.6 References
- 12 Propagation of highly scattered radiation in tissue
- 12.1 Maxwell’s equations
- 12.2 Radiation transport theory
- 12.3 Diffusion approximation
- 12.4 Imaging
- 12.5 References
- 13 Doping profiling by inverse device methods
- 13.1 Semiconductor devices
- 13.2 Measuring doping profile by direct measurements
- 13.3 PN junction
- 13.4 The inverse problem
- 13.5 References
- 14 Mathematical modeling in diffractive optics
- 14.1 The direct problem
- 14.2 Solution of the direct problem
- 14.3 Optimal design problem
- 14.4 Inverse problem
- 14.5 Diffractive optics in nonlinear media
- 14.6 Truncated periodic structure
- 14.7 References
- 15 Coping with complex boundaries
- 15.1 Capacity and translational friction
- 6 Head-media interaction in magnetic recording
- 6.1 Head-tape interaction
- 6.2 The mathematical model
- 6.3 Test case
- 6.4 Open problems
- 6.5 References
- 7 Geometric path planning in rapid prototyping
- 7.1 Layered manufacturing
- 7.2 Offset curve representation
- 7.3 Pythagorean—hodograph (PH) curves
- 7.4 Bézier representation
- 7.5 References
- 8 Feature detection and tracking in three dimensional image analysis
- 8.1 Applications
- 8.2 Edge detection
- 8.3 Topographic classification
- 8.4 Image registration
- 8.5 Future research issues
- 8.6 References
- 9 Robot localization using landmarks
- 9.1 The position estimation problem
- 9.2 Linear position estimation
- 9.3 Open problems
- 9.4 References
- 10 Coordinates for mechanisms configuration spaces
- 10.1 Kinematics of closed-loop mechanisms
- 10.2 Mechanism coordinates; an example
- 10.3 Mechanismcomplexity
- 10.4 Mathematical modeling
- 10.5 Open problems
- 10.6 References
- 20.3 Numerical results and open problems
- 20.4 References
- 21 Solutions to problems from previous parts
- 21.1 Part 6
- 21.2 Part 5
- 21.3 Part 3
- 21.4 Part 1
- 21.5 References
- 1 Mass flow sensing with heat waves
- 1.1 Air flow sensor
- 1.2 Steady-state heat transfer
- 1.3 Heat waves
- 1.4 Automotive air flow sensor model
- 1.5 Mathematical results
- 1.6 References
- 2 Mass transport in colloidal dispersions
- 2.1 Physical motivation
- 2.2 Modeling equilibrium
- 2.3 Kinetics: single component
- 2.4 Kinetics: multiple components
- 2.5 References
- 3 Crack propagation modeling
- 3.1 Crack propagation in a conductor
- 3.2 The hypersingular integrals
- 3.3 Open problems
- 3.4 References
- 4 Modeling of electrostatic bell sprayers
- 4.1 The coating process
- 4.2 Mathematical modeling
- 4.3 Numerical results
- 4.4 Future directions
- 4.5 References
- 5 Neural networks as controllers
- 5.1 Neural networks
- 5.2 Control of dynamical systems
- 5.3 Gradient methods for controller training
- 5.4 An example
- 5.5 The idle-speed control problem
- 5.6 Unresolved questions
- 5.7 References
- 15.2 Flow through duct having arbitrary cross-section
- 15.3 Effective properties of inhomogeneous media
- 15.4 References
- 16 A short random walk through polymer material behavior
- 16.1 Strain-stress relations
- 16.2 Molecular modeling
- 16.3 Open problems
- 16.4 References
- 17 Finite set statistics with applications to data fusion
- 17.1 Random sets
- 17.2 Single-sensor, single-target estimation
- 17.3 Multi-sensor, multi-target estimation
- 17.4 An example
- 17.5 References
- 18 Electromigration modeling for smart power applications
- 18.1 Universal Power Output Driver (UPOD)
- 18.2 Previous work
- 18.3 Electromigration
- 18.4 References
- 19 Maxwell’s equations and the analysis of electromagnetic devices
- 19.1 Electromagnetic actuators
- 19.2 The Maxwell equations.-19.3 The numerical scheme
- 19.4 References
- 20 Engineering modeling of batteries
- 20.1 Description of the battery cell
- 20.2 Mathematical modeling