Ricam Special Semester 2011

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs, surveys and proceedings which cover the whole spectrum of computational and applied mathematics. The books of this series are addressed to both specialists and advanced students. Interested authors may submit book proposals to the Managing Editor or to any member of the Editorial Board. Managing Editor Ulrich Langer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Editorial Board Hansjoerg Albrecher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Heinz W. Engl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria; University of Vienna, Austria Ronald H. W. Hoppe, University of Houston, USA Karl Kunisch, RICAM, Linz, Austria; University of Graz, Austria Harald Niederreiter, RICAM, Linz, Austria Christian Schmeiser, University of Vienna, Austria