Mechanistic Data Science for STEM Education and Applications - Hardcover

Liu, Wing Kam; Gan, Zhengtao; Fleming, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030878317 ISBN 13: 9783030878313

Publisher: Springer, 2021

Synopsis

This book introduces Mechanistic Data Science (MDS) as a structured methodology for combining data science tools with mathematical scientific principles (i.e., “mechanistic” principles) to solve intractable problems.  Traditional data science methodologies require copious quantities of data to show a reliable pattern, but the amount of required data can be greatly reduced by considering the mathematical science principles. MDS is presented here in six easy-to-follow modules: 1) Multimodal data generation and collection, 2) extraction of mechanistic features, 3) knowledge-driven dimension reduction, 4) reduced order surrogate models, 5) deep learning for regression and classification, and 6) system and design. These data science and mechanistic analysis steps are presented in an intuitive manner that emphasizes practical concepts for solving engineering problems as well as real-life problems. This book is written in a spectral style and is ideal as an entry leveltextbook for engineering and data science undergraduate and graduate students, practicing scientists and engineers, as well as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) high school students and teachers.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Wing Kam Liu is Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of Global Center on Advanced Material Systems and Simulation (CAMSIM) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois;  Dr. Zhengtao Gan is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and Dr. Mark Fleming, is the Chief Technical Officer of Fusion Engineering, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

From the Back Cover

This book introduces Mechanistic Data Science (MDS) as a structured methodology for combining data science tools with mathematical scientific principles (i.e., “mechanistic” principles) to solve intractable problems.  Traditional data science methodologies require copious quantities of data to show a reliable pattern, but the amount of required data can be greatly reduced by considering the mathematical science principles. MDS is presented here in six easy-to-follow modules: 1) Multimodal data generation and collection, 2) extraction of mechanistic features, 3) knowledge-driven dimension reduction, 4) reduced order surrogate models, 5) deep learning for regression and classification, and 6) system and design. These data science and mechanistic analysis steps are presented in an intuitive manner that emphasizes practical concepts for solving engineering problems as well as real-life problems. This book is written in a spectral style and is ideal as an entry level textbook for engineering and data science undergraduate and graduate students, practicing scientists and engineers, as well as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) high school students and teachers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030878317
• ISBN 13: 9783030878313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 291