We propose an algorithm to select parameter subset combinations that can be estimated using an ordinary least-squares (OLS) inverse problem formulation with a given data set. First, the algorithm selects the parameter combinations that correspond to sensitivity matrices with full rank. Second, the algorithm involves uncertainty quantification by using the inverse of the Fisher Information Matri...

Recent work using plasmonic nanosensors in a clinically relevant detection assay reports extreme sensitivity based upon a mechanism termed inverse sensitivity, whereby reduction of substrate concentration increases reaction rate, even at the single-molecule limit. This near-homœopathic mechanism contradicts the law of mass action. The assay involves deposition of silver atoms upon gold nanostar...

The homogenization method is applied to obtain the preferred mechanical characteristics of materials. Since the homogenization method takes into account the effect of microstructural configuration to characterize thermo-mechanical properties of composite materials based on the asymptotic expansion method, our design methods can reflect the micromechanical responses. Two examples of the design-o...

The coupled magneto-thermal problem is analyzed, with reference to a particular heating application, by means of an equivalent thermal network, that is based on a first-approximation interpretation of the field equations. The connections between the thermal characteristics and the magnetic ones are taking into account by considering the skin-effect and the dependence of electric conductibility ...

the actual European energy context highlights the building sector as one of the largest sectors of energy consumption. Consequently, the "Energy Performance of Buildings Directive", adopted in 2002 and focusing on energy use in buildings, requires all the EU members to enhance their building regulations and to introduce energy certification schemes, with the aim of both reducing energy consumpt...