Mathematics in industrial problems (Q1189384)

This is the fourth volume in the series: ``Mathematics in Indutrial Problems''. As the previous volumes, this one is intended to discuss the interaction between Mathematics and Applications: from practical and physical models, generated by industrial scientists, to new or open problems for mathematicians. To have an idea of the discussed problems, we give the Contents: (1) Real-world free boundary problems, (2) Terminally attached polymer chains, (3) Orientation of colloidal magnetically switchable particles, (4) Information, probability and learning from examples, (5) An augmented drift-diffusion formulation in semiconductor devices, (6) Analytical and heuristic modeling of distributed algorithms, (7) Modeling catalytic converter performance, (8) A model for titanium silicide film growth, (9) A three-state model for gel electrophoresis, (10) A limited coalescence problem, (11) High field semiconductor equations, (12) Structured singular values and invariant theory, (13) Signal design with amplitude constraints, (14) Head-disk interface in magnetic storage device, (15) Parameter identification in a reaction diffusion model, (16) Linear analysis of megastructures, (17) Aerodynamic design with cfd, (18) Experimental design and quality loss function, (19) Numerical simulations for industrial chemical research, (20) An adaptive feed forward approach to robot control, (21) Solutions to problems from part 3, Index. It is clear that most of interesting and new domains are included: mathematics of chemistry (2), (3), (7), (9), (19); supersonic flows (1), (17); information theory (4), (6); semiconductor equations (5), (8), (11); signal and system theory (12), (13), (20). The book is addressed both to mathematicians and industrial researchers by this way aiding to more communication between these two communities. It gives the essential physical ideas and also the mathematical difficulties arising when solving the posed problems. As the other volumes, this one has an abundant novelty and will of great use for those working at the boundary between Mathematics and Industry.