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This special issue presents a selection of papers related to the 12th International Workshop on ‘Optimization and Inverse Problems in Electromagnetism (OIPE 2012)’, held in Ghent, Belgium, on September 19–21, 2012.The aim of the OIPE workshop is to discuss recent developments in optimization and inverse methodologies and their applications to the design and operation of electromagnetic devices. It is intended to establish an occasion when experts in electromagnetism and other areas (in e.g. engineering, mathematics, physics), involved in research or industrial activities, can discuss on the theoretical aspects and on the technical relevance of optimization and inverse problems, in the general framework of the innovation in electromagnetic methods and applications. The high scientific and technical quality of the Workshop is well reflected in the quality of the manuscripts contained in this special issue of COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The late professor J.M. van Noortwijk (1961-2008) worked to bridge the practiceof mathematical modeling with solving complex problems in the field ofcivil engineering. He developed advanced probabilistic and statistical modelsand made these accessible to engineers working in such areas as structuralreliability, hydraulic engineering and maintenance optimization.This book contains an overview of his work and a collection of twelve papers presentedat the symposium held in his honor on November 24, 2009, in Delft,the Netherlands. The topics covered by these contributions include the elicitationof experts' opinion, condition-based maintenance optimization usingthe gamma process, and the assessment and management of flood risks.They present the latest developments by his peers in their respective fields.

Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension demonstrates the universality of mathematical techniques through a wide variety of applications. Learn how the same mathematical idea governs loan repayments, drug accumulation in tissues or growth of a population, or how the same argument can be used to find the trajectory of a dog pursuing a hare, the trajectory of a self-guided missile or the shape of a satellite dish. The author places equal importance on difference and differential equations, showing how they complement and intertwine in describing natural phenomena.

This book covers different topics on optimal design and operations with particular emphasis on chemical engineering applications. A wide range of optimization methods — deterministic, stochastic, global and hybrid — are considered.

Over the past several years, cooperative control and optimization have increasingly played a larger and more important role in many aspects of military sciences, biology, communications, robotics, and decision making. At the same time, cooperative systems are notoriously difficult to model, analyze, and solve - while intuitively understood, they are not axiomatically defined in any commonly accepted manner. The works in this volume provide outstanding insights into this very complex area of research. They are the result of invited papers and selected presentations at the Fourth Annual Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization held in Destin, Florida, November 2003. This book has been selected for coverage in: * Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings) * Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) * CC Proceedings - Engineering & Physical Sciences