"The following general areas were the subjects of this symposium: mathematical and computational aspects of the inverse problems, parameter or system identification, shape determination, sensitivity analysis, optimization, material property characterization, ultrasonic non-destructive testing, elastodynamic inverse problems, themal inverse problems, and other engineering applications. Seventy-two papers from Asia, Europe, and North America were presented at ISIP '98 in Nagano, Japan. The final version of 65 papers from these presentations are contained in this volume"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and Author Index.