Mathematical Modeling and Computational Intelligence in Engineering Applications

This book brings together a rich selection of studies in mathematical modeling and computational intelligence, with application in several fields of engineering, like automation, biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, electronic, geophysical and mechanical engineering, on a multidisciplinary approach. Authors from five countries and 16 different research centers contribute with their expertise in both the fundamentals and real problems applications based upon their strong background on modeling and computational intelligence. The reader will find a wide variety of applications, mathematical and computational tools and original results, all presented with rigorous mathematical procedures.

 

This work is intended for use in graduate courses of engineering, applied mathematics and applied computation where tools as mathematical and computational modeling, numerical methods and computational intelligence are applied to the solution of real problems.

Antônio José da Silva Neto is a Mechanical and Nuclear Engineer (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil, 1983), M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering (UFRJ, 1989), and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in Computational Mathematics (North Carolina State University, USA, 1993). He worked as engineer and researcher for the Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission - CNEN (1984-1986), and as consultant and engineer for Promon Engineering (1986-1997). In 1997 he joined the faculty of Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, being currently a Full Professor at the Polytechnic Institute. He is the President (2014-2017) of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics - SBMAC, Member (2014-2016) of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, Coordination Member (2008 - ) of the Interdisciplinary Area of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES, and Area Coordinator in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (2012 - ) of the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). He is also the Head of the Patrícia Oliva Soares Laboratory for Experimentation and Numerical Simulation in Heat and Mass Transfer (LEMA) and of the Paulo Márcio Mello Laboratory for Metrology and Mechanical Testing (LEMec). He was the President (2009-2013) of the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering - ABCM, the Secretary of Science and Technology  (2010-2011) in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, and the Coordinator of Projects and Technological Development (1997 - 2008) and the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Computational Modeling (2005-2007) of the Polytechnic Institute (UERJ). He published nine books (four as editor/organizer), more than 90 journal papers, and more than 300 conference papers. He has supervised 19 doctoral and 39 masters students. His areas of interest are Mechanical Engineering, with emphasis in heat transfer, and Applied and Computational Mathematics, with emphasis in numerical methods and inverse problems.