Numerical Data Fitting in Dynamical Systems: A Practical Introduction With Applications and Software - Couverture rigide

Schittkowski, Klaus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1402010796 ISBN 13 : 9781402010798

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2002

Synopsis

Real life phenomena in engineering, natural, or medical sciences are often described by a mathematical model with the goal to analyze numerically the behaviour of the system. Advantages of mathematical models are their cheap availability, the possibility of studying extreme situations that cannot be handled by experiments, or of simulating real systems during the design phase before constructing a first prototype. Moreover, they serve to verify decisions, to avoid expensive and time consuming experimental tests, to analyze, understand, and explain the behaviour of systems, or to optimize design and production. As soon as a mathematical model contains differential dependencies from an additional parameter, typically the time, we call it a dynamical model. There are two key questions always arising in a practical environment: 1 Is the mathematical model correct? 2 How can I quantify model parameters that cannot be measured directly? In principle, both questions are easily answered as soon as some experimental data are available. The idea is to compare measured data with predicted model function values and to minimize the differences over the whole parameter space. We have to reject a model if we are unable to find a reasonably accurate fit. To summarize, parameter estimation or data fitting, respectively, is extremely important in all practical situations, where a mathematical model and corresponding experimental data are available to describe the behaviour of a dynamical system.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Real life phenomena of engineering, natural science or medical problems are often formulated by means of a mathematical model to simulate the behaviour of the system in computerized form. Advantages of mathematical models are their cheap availability, the possibility to simulate extreme situations that cannot be handled by experiments, or to simulate real systems during the design phase before constructing a first prototype.
The scope of the book is to give an overview of the state–of–the–art numerical methods that are needed to compute parameters of a dynamical model by fitting methods.
The book is a mathematical ′toolbox′ for all those, who have to identify parameters in dynamical systems in chemistry, physics, medicine, pharmacy, or the life sciences. Besides of about 750 practical examples on CD–ROM to point out various modeling concepts, 12 real–life case studies are presented with some industrial or academic background.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Klaus Schittkowski, Full Professor
University of Bayreuth, Germany
5 books published

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1402010796
• ISBN 13: 9781402010798
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 396
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible