Jäger W., Krebs H.-J. (Eds.) Mathematics - Key Technology for the Future. Joint Projects Between Universities and Industry 2004-2007

Berlin: Springer-Verlag. – 2008. – 352 p. In 1993, the Federal Ministry of Research and Education of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMBF) started the first of now five periods of funding mathematics for industry and services. To date, its efforts have supported approximately 280 projects investigating complex problems in industry and services.Whereas standard problems can be solved using standard mathematical methods and software off the shelf, complex problems arising from e.g. industrial research and developments require advanced and innovative mathematical approaches and methods. Therefore, the BMBF funding programme focuses on the transfer of the latest developments in mathematical research to industrial applications. This initiative has proved to be highly successful in promoting mathematical modelling, simulation and optimization in science and technology. This volume presents the results from the BMBF’s fourth funding period (2004 to 2007) and contains a similar spectrum of industrial and mathematical problems as described in the previous publications, but with one additional new topic in the funding programme: risk management in finance and insurance. Other topics covered are mathematical modelling and numerical simulation in microelectronics, thin films, biochemical reactions and transport, computeraided medicine, transport, traffic and energy.Numerical Simulation of Multiscale Models for Radio Frequency Circuits in the Time Domain
Numerical Simulation of High-Frequency Circuits in Telecommunication
Wavelet-Collocation of Multirate PDAEs for the Simulation of Radio Frequency Circuits
Numerical Simulation of Thermal Effects in Coupled Optoelectronic Device-Circuit Systems
Efficient Transient Noise Analysis in Circuit Simulation
Numerical Methods for the Simulation of Epitaxial Growth and Their Application in the Study of a Meander Instability
Micro Structures in Thin Coating Layers:
Micro Structure Evolution and Macroscopic Contact Angle
Modeling and Simulation of Hairy Root Growth
Simulation and Optimization of Bio-Chemical Microreactors
Modeling and Optimization of Correction Measures for Human Extremities
Image Segmentation for the Investigation of Scattered-Light Images when Laser-Optically Diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dynamic Routing of Automated Guided Vehicles in Real-Time
Optimization of Signalized Traffic Networks
Optimal Sorting of Rolling Stock at Hump Yards
Stochastic Models and Algorithms for the Optimal Operation of a Dispersed Generation System Under Uncertainty
Parallel Adaptive Simulation of PEM Fuel Cells
Advanced Credit Portfolio Modeling and CDO Pricing
Contributions to Multivariate Structural Approaches in Credit Risk Modeling
Economic Capital Modelling and Basel II Compliance in the Banking Industry
Numerical Simulation for Asset-Liability Management in Life Insurance
On the Dynamics of the Forward Interest Rate Curve and the Evaluation of Interest Rate Derivatives and Their Sensitivities