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The second-order adjoint sensitivity analysis methodology /

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"The author has achieved the breakthrough of generalizing the First-Order Theory presented in his previous books, to the efficient computations of arbitrarily high-order sensitivities for nonlinear systems (HONASAP). This breakthrough has many applications, especially when there is a need to qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cacuci, Dan Gabriel (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2018.
Series:Advances in applied mathematics.
Subjects:
Sensitivity theory (Mathematics)
Large scale systems.
Nonlinear systems.
Applied Mathematics.
Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers.
Mathematical Physics.
Théorie de la sensibilité (Mathématiques)
Systèmes de grandes dimensions.
Systèmes non linéaires.
SCIENCE > System Theory.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Operations Research.
Large scale systems
Nonlinear systems
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Motivation for computing first- and second-order sensitivities of system responses to the system
  • Illustrative application of the 2nd-ASAM to a linear evolution problem
  • The 2nd-ASAM for linear systems
  • Application of the 2nd-ASAM to a linear heat conduction and convection benchmark problem
  • Application of the 2nd-ASAM to a linear particle diffusion problem
  • Application of the 2nd-ASAM for computing sensitivities of detector responses to uncollided radiation transport
  • The 2nd-ASAM for nonlinear systems
  • Application of the 2nd-ASAM to a nonlinear heat conduction problem.