Authors:James L. Buchanan, Robert P. Glbert, Armand Wirgin
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: problems, inverse, direct, acoustics, marine
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2003-12-01
List price: $90.50
ISBN-10: 0898715474
ISBN-13: 9780898715477

This book presents current research trends in the field of underwater acoustic wave direct and inverse problems. Until very recently, little had been published concerning model-based inversions of the boundaries and material constants of finite-sized targets located in either the water column or the sediments. This text is the first to investigate inverse problems in an ocean environment, with a heavy emphasis placed on the description and resolution of the forward scattering problem. Marine Acoustics: Direct and Inverse Problems emphasizes computation of Green’s Functions with new mater

Authors:Desmond J. Higham, Nicholas J. Higham,
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: guide, matlab
Number of Pages: 382
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0898715784
ISBN-13: 9780898715781

Matlab is an interactive system for numerical computation that is widely used for teaching and research in industry and academia. It provides a modern programming language and problem solving environment, with powerful data structures, customizable graphics, and easy-to-use editing and debugging tools. This second edition of Matlab Guide completely revises and updates the best-selling first edition and is more than 30% longer. The book remains a lively, concise introduction to the most popular and important features of Matlab 7 and the Symbolic Math Toolbox. Key features of the second edition

Author: Carl D. Meyer
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: book, solutions, manual, algebra, linear, analysis, applied, matrix
Number of Pages: 700
Published: 2001-02-15
List price: $97.00
ISBN-10: 0898714540
ISBN-13: 9780898714548

Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra is an honest math text that circumvents the traditional definition-theorem-proof format that has bored students in the past. Meyer uses a fresh approach to introduce a variety of problems and examples ranging from the elementary to the challenging and from simple applications to discovery problems. The focus on applications is a big difference between this book and others. Meyer’s book is more rigorous and goes into more depth than some. He includes some of the more contemporary topics of applied linear algebra which are not normally found in un

Author: Leah Edelstein-Keshet
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: applied, mathematics, classics, biology, models, mathematical
Number of Pages: 586
Published: 2005-02-01
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 0898715547
ISBN-13: 9780898715545

Mathematical Models in Biology is an introductory book for readers interested in biological applications of mathematics and modeling in biology. A favorite in the mathematical biology community since its first publication in 1988, the book shows how relatively simple mathematics can be applied to a variety of models to draw interesting conclusions. Connections are made between diverse biological examples linked by common mathematical themes. A variety of discrete and continuous ordinary and partial differential equation models are explored. Although great advances have taken place in many of t

Author: Albert Tarantola
Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: parameter, estimation, model, methods, problem, theory, inverse
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2004-12-20
List price: $95.50
ISBN-10: 0898715725
ISBN-13: 9780898715729

The use of actual observations to infer the properties of a model is an inverse problem, which are often difficult as they may not have a unique solution. This book proposes a general approach that is valid for linear as well as for nonlinear problems. The philosophy is essentially probabilistic and allows the reader to understand the basic difficulties appearing in the resolution of inverse problems. The book attempts to explain how a method of acquisition of information can be applied to actual real-world problems, including many heuristic arguments. Prompted by recent developments in invers

Authors:Barry C. Arnold, N. Balakrishnan, H. N. Nagaraja,
Publisher: SIAM-Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: applied, mathematics, classics, statistics, course, order, first
Number of Pages: 305
Published: 2008-04-14
List price: $73.00
ISBN-10: 0898716489
ISBN-13: 9780898716481

Written in a simple style that requires no advanced mathematical or statistical background, A First Course in Order Statistics introduces the general theory of order statistics and their applications. The book covers topics such as distribution theory for order statistics from continuous and discrete populations, moment relations, bounds and approximations, order statistics in statistical inference and characterization results, and basic asymptotic theory. There is also a short introduction to record values and related statistics. This classic text will aid readers in understanding much of the

Authors:Ilya Shmulevich, Edward R. Dougherty,
Publisher: SIAM-Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic
Keywords: networks, gene, regulatory, control, modeling, boolean, probabilistic
Number of Pages: 281
Published: 2009-12-15
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0898716926
ISBN-13: 9780898716924

This is the first comprehensive treatment of probabilistic Boolean networks (PBNs), an important model class for studying genetic regulatory networks. This book covers basic model properties, including the relationships between network structure and dynamics, steady-state analysis, and relationships to other model classes. It also discusses the inference of model parameters from experimental data and control strategies for driving network behavior towards desirable states. The PBN model is well suited to serve as a mathematical framework to study basic issues dealing with systems-based genomi