Numerical Methods and Applications: 8th International Conference, NMA 2014, Borovets, Bulgaria, August 20-24, 2014, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Book 8962)

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. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Note on Local Refinement for Direction Splitting Methods....Pages 3-12 On Positivity Preservation in Some Finite Element Methods for the Heat Equation....Pages 13-24 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Optimized Particle Regeneration Scheme for the Wigner Monte Carlo Method....Pages 27-33 Sensitivity Analysis of Design Parameters for Silicon Diodes....Pages 34-43 Balancing of Systematic and Stochastic Errors in Monte Carlo Algorithms for Integral Equations....Pages 44-51 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Slot Machines RTP Optimization with Genetic Algorithms....Pages 55-61 Hierarchical Topology in Parallel Differential Evolution....Pages 62-69 On Meme Self-Adaptation in Spatially-Structured Multimemetic Algorithms....Pages 70-77 An Ant Algorithm for the Partition Graph Coloring Problem....Pages 78-84 Multi-exchange Neighborhoods for the Capacitated Ring Tree Problem....Pages 85-94 Hebbian Versus Gradient Training of ESN Actors in Closed-Loop ACD....Pages 95-102 Free Search in Multidimensional Space II....Pages 103-111 A Semi-numerical Approach to Radiation Boundary Conditions....Pages 112-119 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Spectral Analysis of Geometric Multigrid Methods for Isogeometric Analysis....Pages 123-129 Numerical Homogenization of Epoxy-Clay Composite Materials....Pages 130-137 Isogeometric Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamics of Timoshenko Beams....Pages 138-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Deterministic Solution of the Discrete Wigner Equation....Pages 149-156 Explicit-Implicit Splitting Schemes for Parabolic Equations and Systems....Pages 157-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Solving Two-Point Boundary Value Problems for Integro-Differential Equations Using the Simple Shooting-Projection Method....Pages 169-177 HPC Simulations of the Fine Particulate Matter Climate of Bulgaria....Pages 178-186 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Tall RC Buildings Environmentally Degradated and Strengthened by Cables Under Multiple Earthquakes: A Numerical Approach....Pages 187-195 Multi-scale Computational Framework for Evaluating of the Performance of Molecular Based Flash Cells....Pages 196-203 Front Matter....Pages 205-205 Parameter Identification of a Rate Dependent Constitutive Model for Rock Salt....Pages 207-216 Constitutive Parameter Adjustment for Mechanized Tunneling with Reference to Sub-system Effects....Pages 217-225 Modeling of Textiles as Nets of One-Dimensional Hyperelastic Strings with Friction Controlled by Capstan Equation....Pages 226-233 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Numerical Simulation of Drop Coalescence in the Presence of Inter-Phase Mass Transfer....Pages 237-245 Wavelet Compression of Spline Coefficients....Pages 246-253 Target Localization by UWB Signals....Pages 254-261 Performance of a Wavelet Shrinking Method....Pages 262-270 Two-Grid Decoupled Method for a Black-Scholes Increased Market Volatility Model....Pages 271-278 The Effect of a Postprocessing Procedure to Upper Bounds of the Eigenvalues....Pages 279-286 On a Type of Nonconforming Morley Rectangular Finite Element....Pages 287-294 A Numerical Study of the Upper Bound of the Throughput of a Crossbar Switch Utilizing MiMa-Algorithm....Pages 295-303 Extremal Scattered Data Interpolation in $$\mathbb {R}^3$$ Using Triangular Bézier Surfaces....Pages 304-311 Back Matter....Pages 313-313