SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Innovate. Sustain. Transform.
Save up to 30% on top Physical Sciences & Engineering titles!
Problem Analysis In Science and Engineering
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Editor: F.H. Jr. Branin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 2 5 5 5 0 - 3
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 4 3 8 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 7 0 1 - 9
Problem Analysis in Science and Engineering discusses several issues regarding the problems faced by disciplines that are reliant on mathematical equations and solutions. The book… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteProblem Analysis in Science and Engineering discusses several issues regarding the problems faced by disciplines that are reliant on mathematical equations and solutions. The book describes alternative ways to approach several problems faced by different fields. Chapters in this book are written by different authors who in turn discuss different subjects, such as the aspects of network theory and its applications in engineering and physics, economy, ecology, catastrophe theory, and the mathematical aspects of problem structure and analysis tools. Since this book tackles issues from a variety of disciplines, it will appeal to a wide audience from different fields.
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 A General Restatement of the Laws of Dynamics Based on Graph Theory
Chapter 2 The Network Concept as a Unifying Principle in Engineering and the Physical Sciences
Chapter 3 Systems Structure and Stability
Chapter 4 On Measurements and Their Group-Theoretical Foundations
Chapter 5 A Qualitative Model of the Quality of Rangeland of the Sahelian Ecosystem
Chapter 6 The Multiple-Parameter Stability Theory and Its Relation to Catastrophe Theory
Chapter 7 Tensors versus Matrices in Discrete Mechanics
Chapter 8 Energy, Ecology, and Economics: Elements of a Thermodynamically Based Economy
Chapter 9 Economic Activities under Public Regulation—A Thermodynamic Analogy
Chapter 10 A Sparsity-Oriented Approach to the Design of Mechanical Systems
Chapter 11 Elementary Catastrophe Theory
Chapter 12 On the Extension of Complementary Variables Modeling Theory to Biology and Ecology
Chapter 13 The Reason of the Analogies in Physics
- No. of pages: 528
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1977
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780121255503
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124143838
- eBook ISBN: 9780323147019
Read Problem Analysis In Science and Engineering on ScienceDirect