Complex stochastic systems and engineering
By: edited by D.M. Titterington.
Contributors: Titterington, D. M.; Institute of Mathematics andits Applications. Conference,
Series: The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Conference series : New series -- No. 54
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
Notes: Based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and the Royal Statistical Society, held at the University of Leeds in September 1993.
Table of contents: title: - I: CHAOS; title: - Overview: Chaos, H. Tong; title: - Nonlinear signal processing, D.S. Broomhead; title: - Detecting symmetric chaos, M.R. Owen, M.G.M. Gomes and G.P. King; title: - Stochastically reversed chaotic map models, A.J. Lawrance and N.M. Spencer; title: - Theory and application of synchronised chaotic systems to communication systems, P. Mars, J.R. Chen and V. Thornley; title: - Chaos in search: the Golden Section, normal numbers and ergodically fast line-search, H.P. Wynn and A.A. Zhigljavsky; title: - II: IMAGE ANALYSIS; title: - Overview: Image analysis, D.M. Titterington; title: - Statistics, shape and images, K.V. Mardia, S. Rabe and J.T. Kent; title: - Accelerated optimization in Image Processing via the Renormalization Group Transformation, M. Petrou; title: - Bayesian inference for vector-based images, P. Clifford and G.K. Nicholls; title: - Statistics for the spatial Poisson-Voronoi tessellation, U. Lorz; title: - Bayesian method for compact object recognition from noisy images, K.V. Mardia and W. Qian; title: - Bayesian deformable templates, D.B. Phillips and A.F.M. Smith; title: - Binary image restoration at sub-pixel resolution from multi-level data, D. Hitchcock and C.A. Glasbey; title: - Bayesian analysis of image sequences, A.I. Sutherland and D.M. Titterington; title: - III: MONTE CAROL METHODS; title: - Overview: Monte Carlo methods, P.J. Green; title: - The "Markov chain Monte Carlo" method: analytical techniques and applications, M. Jerrum; title: - Stochastic optimisation: simulated annealing and the genetic algorithm, C. Jennison, L. Franconi and N. Sheehan; title: - IV: NETWORKS; title: - Overview: Networks, F.P. Kelly; title: - Mathematical models of multiservice networks, F.P. Kelly; title: - Admission control problems in telecommunications, P.B. Key; title: - Fractal structure of traffic jam images, C.R. Abbess and P. Roberg; title: - Performance bounds applied to loss networks, R.J. Gibbens and P.C. Reichl; title: - Routing in diverse queueing networks, C.N. Laws; title: - V: MISCELLANEOUS ABSTRACTS; title: - Estimating optimum inspection intervals for a repairable system using a delay-time model, P.A. Scarf, R.D. Baker and W. Wang; title: - Stochastic geometry of root growth in agricultural soils, D. Wulfsohn