Mathematical Modeling in Social Sciences and Engineering

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Chapter 1 Second-order Perturbations in Encke's Method for Spacecraft Flybys
L. Acedo
Chapter 2 Common-Rail Diesel Injectors Bond Graph Modelling through the AMESim Platform
F. J. Salvador, M. Carreres, J. V. Romero and M. D. Roselló
Chapter 3 Mathematical Modelling of Filtration and Catalytic Oxidation of Diesel Particulates in Filter Porous Media
N. V. Vernikovskaya, T. L. Pavlova, N. A. Chumakova and A. S. Noskov
Chapter 4 Water Demand Simplifications Used to Build Mathematical Models for Hydraulic Simulations
J. Izquierdo, E. Campbell, I. Montalvo, R. Pérez-García and D. Ayala-Cabrera
Chapter 5 Dynamic Prediction of Failures. A Comparison of Methodologies for a Wind Turbine
S. Carlos, A. Sanchez, I. Marton and S. Martorell
Chapter 6 Advances in Mathematical Modeling of Supercritical Extraction Processes
Florian Meyer, Marko Stamenic, Irena Zizovic and Rudolf Eggers
Chapter 7 Pipe Database Analysis Transduction to Assess the Spatial Vulnerability to Biofilm Development in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
E. Ramos-Martínez, J. A. Gutíerrez-Pérez, M. Herrera, J. Izquierdo and R. Pérez-García
Chapter 8 On Kernel Spectral Clustering for Identifying Areas of Biofilm
Development in Water Distribution Systems
M. Herrera, E. Ramos-Martínez, J. A. Gutíerrez-Pérez,
J. Izquierdo and R. Pérez-García
Chapter 9 Unsupervised Methodology for Sectorization of Trunk Depending Water Supply Networks
E. Campbell, R. Pérez-García, J. Izquierdo and D. Ayala-Cabrera
Chapter 10 Quantifying the Behavior of the Actors in the Spread of Android Malware Infection
J. Alegre, J. C. Cortés, F. J. Santonja and R. J. Villanueva
Chapter 11 A Stochastic Agent-Based Approach to Interregional Migration in Quantitative Sociodynamics
Minoru Tabata, Nobuoki Eshima, Keiko Kanenoo and Ichiro Takagi
Chapter 12 A Bayesian Mathematical Model to Analyse Religious Behavior in Spain
R. Cervelló-Royo, A. Sánchez-Sánchez, F. Guerrero, F. J. Santonja and R. J. Villanueva
Chapter 13 Model of Problems Cleaning in Education 135
Jan M. Myszewski, Malgorzata Gromek and Joanna Oczkowicz
Chapter 14 Does VAT Growth Impact Compulsive Shopping in Spain? 149
E. de la Poza, I. García, L. Jódar and P. Merello
Chapter 15 Is Fitness Activity an Emergent Business? Economic Influences and Consequences of Male Fitness Practice
M. S. S. Alkasadi, E. De la Poza and L. Jódar
Chapter 16 Popular Support to Terrorist Organizations: A Short-Term Prediction Based on a Dynamic Model Applied to a Real Case
Matthias Ehrhardt, Miguel Peco, Ana C. Tarazona, Rafael J. Villanueva and Javier Villanueva-Oller
Chapter 17 Mathematical Modelling of the Consumption of High-Invasive Plastic Surgery: Economic Influences and Consequences
M. S. S. Alkasadi, E. De la Poza and L. Jódar
Chapter 18 An Optimal Scheme for Solving the Nonlinear Global Positioning System Problem
Manuel Abad, Alicia Cordero and Juan R. Torregrosa
Chapter 19 How to Make a Comparison Matrix in AHP without All the Facts
J. Benítez, L. Carrión, J. Izquierdo and R. Pérez-García
Chapter 20 On Optimal Gaussian Preliminary Orbit Determination by Using a Generalized Class of Iterative Methods
Alicia Cordero, Juan R. Torregrosa and María P. Vassileva
Chapter 21 Solving Engineering Models which Use Matrix Hyperbolic Sine and Cosine Functions
Emilio Defez, Jorge Sastre, Javier J. Ibáñez and Jesús Peinado
Chapter 22 RSV Modeling Using Genetic Algorithms in a Distributed Computing Environment Based on Cloud File Sharing
J. Gabriel García Caro, Javier Villanueva-Oller and J. Ignacio Hidalgo
Chapter 23 Multi-Agent and Clustering in Data Analysis of GPR Images
D. Ayala-Cabrera, E. P. Carreño-Alvarado, S. J. Ocaña-Levario, J. Izquierdo and R. Pérez-García
Chapter 24 Semi-Automatic Segmentation of IVUS Images for the Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Damián Ginestar, José L. Hueso, Jaime Riera and Ignacio Sánchez Lázaro
Chapter 25 Analysis and Detection of V-Formations and Circular Formations in a Set of Moving Entities
Francisco Javier Moreno Arboleda, Jaime Alberto Guzmán Luna and Sebastián Alonso Gómez Arias
Chapter 26 Analysis of Noise for the Sparse Givens Method in CT Medical Image Reconstruction
A. Iborra, M. J. Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. Soriano, F. Sánchez, M. D. Roselló, P. Bellido, P. Conde, J. P. Rigla, M. Seimetz, L. F. Vidal and J. M. Benlloch
Chapter 27 Agent-Based Model to Determine the Evolution of the Seroprotection Against Meningococal C over the Next Years
L. Pérez-Breva, R. J. Villanueva, J. Villanueva-Oller, L. Acedo, F. J. Santonja, J. A. Moraño, R. Abad,
J. A. Vázquez and J. Díez-Domingo
Chapter 28 Applying Clustering Based on Rules for Finding Patterns of Functional Dependency in Schizophrenia
Karina Gibert and Luis Salvador Carulla
Chapter 29 Modeling Mathematical Flowgraph Models in Recurrent Events: An Application to Bladder Carcinoma
B. García-Mora, C. Santamaría, G. Rubio and J. Camacho
Chapter 30 Numerical Solution of American Option Pricing Models Using Front-Fixing Method
V. Egorova, R. Company and L. Jódar
Chapter 31 Estimation of the Cost of Academic Underachievement in High School in Spain Over the Next Few Years
J. Camacho, R. Cervelló-Royo, J. M. Colmenar and A. Sánchez-Sánchez
Chapter 32 A Finite Difference Scheme for Options Pricing Modeled by Lévy Processes
R. Company, M. Fakharany and L. Jódar
Chapter 33 Portfolio Composition to Replicate Stock Market Indexes. Application to the Spanish Index IBEX-35
J. C. Cortés, A. Debón and C. Moreno
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