Mathematical Methods in Engineering

Discusses novel insights into nonlinear dynamical systems and new theory and methodology applied to nonlinear physics, nonlinear engineering and nonlinear social science Includes functional equations and their application in treatment of complex systems Presents local fractional partial differential equations and their applications in physics
This book presents recent developments in nonlinear dynamics with an emphasis on complex systems. The volume illustrates new methods to characterize the solutions of nonlinear dynamics associated with complex systems. This book contains the following topics: new solutions of the functional equations, optimization algorithm for traveling salesman problem, fractals, control, fractional calculus models, fractional discretization, local fractional partial differential equations and their applications, and solutions of fractional kinetic equations.