Computational Information Retrieval


Book Description

This volume contains selected papers that focus on the use of linear algebra, computational statistics, and computer science in the development of algorithms and software systems for text retrieval. Experts in information modeling and retrieval share their perspectives on the design of scalable but precise text retrieval systems, revealing many of the challenges and obstacles that mathematical and statistical models must overcome to be viable for automated text processing. This very useful proceedings is an excellent companion for courses in information retrieval, applied linear algebra, and applied statistics.




Inverse Problems in Diffusion Processes


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This collection of expository papers encompasses both the theoretical and physical application side of inverse problems in diffusion processes.




Collected Lectures on the Preservation of Stability Under Discretization


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The 13 lectures are intended to be accessible to new graduate students of mathematics, sacrificing some detail in order to offer an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of stability that can provide a foundation for further study. Presenters from the US and Britain cover preserving qualitative stability features and structural stability, and investigating physical stability and model stability. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Linear and Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient-related Methods


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Proceedings of the AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference held at the University of Washington, July 1995.




Multidisciplinary Design Optimization


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Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) has recently emerged as a field of research and practice that brings together many previously disjointed disciplines and tools of engineering and mathematics. MDO can be described as a technology, environment, or methodology for the design of complex, coupled engineering systems, such as aircraft, automobiles, and other mechanisms, the behavior of which is determined by interacting subsystems.




Complementarity and Variational Problems


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After more than three decades of research, the subject of complementarity problems and its numerous extensions has become a well-established and fruitful discipline within mathematical programming and applied mathematics. Sources of these problems are diverse and span numerous areas in engineering, economics, and the sciences. Includes refereed articles.




Recent Advances in Total Least Squares Techniques and Errors-in-variables Modeling


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An overview of the computational issues; statistical, numerical, and algebraic properties, and new generalizations and applications of advances on TLS and EIV models. Experts from several disciplines prepared overview papers which were presented at the conference and are included in this book.