Numerical Methods and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Invited Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Note on Local Refinement for Direction Splitting Methods

      • T. Gornak, O. Iliev, P. Minev

      Pages 3-12

   3. On Positivity Preservation in Some Finite Element Methods for the Heat Equation

      • V. Thomée

      Pages 13-24

3. Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Optimized Particle Regeneration Scheme for the Wigner Monte Carlo Method

      • Paul Ellinghaus, Mihail Nedjalkov, Siegfried Selberherr

      Pages 27-33

   3. Sensitivity Analysis of Design Parameters for Silicon Diodes

      • J. M. Sellier, Rayna Georgieva, Ivan Dimov

      Pages 34-43

   4. Balancing of Systematic and Stochastic Errors in Monte Carlo Algorithms for Integral Equations

      • Ivan Dimov, Rayna Georgieva, Venelin Todorov

      Pages 44-51

4. Metaheuristics for Optimization Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Slot Machines RTP Optimization with Genetic Algorithms

      • Todor Balabanov, Iliyan Zankinski, Bozhidar Shumanov

      Pages 55-61

   3. Hierarchical Topology in Parallel Differential Evolution

      • Petr Bujok

      Pages 62-69

   4. On Meme Self-Adaptation in Spatially-Structured Multimemetic Algorithms

      • Rafael Nogueras, Carlos Cotta

      Pages 70-77

   5. An Ant Algorithm for the Partition Graph Coloring Problem

      • Stefka Fidanova, Petrică C. Pop

      Pages 78-84

   6. Multi-exchange Neighborhoods for the Capacitated Ring Tree Problem

      • Alessandro Hill

      Pages 85-94

   7. Hebbian Versus Gradient Training of ESN Actors in Closed-Loop ACD

      • Petia Koprinkova-Hristova

      Pages 95-102

   8. Free Search in Multidimensional Space II

      • Kalin Penev

      Pages 103-111

   9. A Semi-numerical Approach to Radiation Boundary Conditions

      • Ivan A. Starkov, Alexander S. Starkov

      Pages 112-119

5. Advanced Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Spectral Analysis of Geometric Multigrid Methods for Isogeometric Analysis

      • Clemens Hofreither, Walter Zulehner

      Pages 123-129

   3. Numerical Homogenization of Epoxy-Clay Composite Materials

      • Ivan Georgiev, Evgeni Ivanov, S. Margenov, Y. Vutov

      Pages 130-137

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications, NMA 2014, held in Borovets, Bulgaria, in August 2014. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions for inclusion in this book. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods; metaheuristics for optimization problems; advanced numerical methods for scientific computing; advanced numerical techniques for PDEs and applications; solving large engineering and scientific problems with advanced mathematical models; numerical simulations and back analysis in civil and mechanical engineering.

• Approximation Techniques in Numerical Analysis
• Computational Mechanics
• Computational Physics, Chemistry and Biology
• Engineering Applications for Differential and Integral Equations
• Hierarchical and Domain Decomposition Methods
• Metaheuristics
• Monte Carlo Methods
• Numerical Linear Algebra
• Numerical Methods
• Numerical Methods for Integral Equations
• Parallel Algorithms
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Ivan Dimov, Stefka Fidanova, Ivan Lirkov

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