Numerical Analysis [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference Held at Dundee, Scotland, June 23–26, 1981 / edited by G. Alistair Watson.

A second-order method for solving the continuous multifacility location problem -- Data smoothing by divided differences -- On the control of the global error in stiff initial value problems -- Chebyshev methods for integral and differential equations -- Simulation of miscible displacement in porous media by a modified method of characteristic procedure -- Full matrix techniques in sparse Gaussian elimination -- Second order corrections for non-differentiable optimization -- Automatic methods for highly oscillatory ordinary differential equations -- Convergence of a two-stage Richardson iterative procedure for solving systems of linear equations -- Curved knot lines and surfaces with ruled segments -- On the time integration of parabolic differential equations -- Precision control, exception handling and a choice of numerical algorithms -- Generalized hermitian matrices: A new frontier for numerical analysis? -- Some applications of geometry in numerical analysis -- A quasioptimal estimate in piecewise polynomial Galerkin approximation of parabolic problems.