Abstract: Averages are measured in many circumstances for diagnostic, predictive, or surveillance purposes. Examples include average stress along a beam, average speed along a section of highway, average alcohol consumption per ...

Abstract: Engineering design and technological risk assessment both entail learning or discovering new knowledge. Optimal learning is a procedure whereby new knowledge is obtained while minimizing some specific measure of effort ...

Abstract: Computational modeling and simulation is a central tool in science and engineering, directed at solving partial differential equations for which analytical solutions are unavailable. The continuous equations are generally ...