This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications, NMA 2002, held in Borovets, Bulgaria, in August 2002. The 58 revised full papers presented together with 6 invited papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. In accordance with various mini-symposia, the papers are organized in topical sections on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, robust iterative solution methods and applications, control and uncertainty systems, numerical methods for sensor data processing, as well as in a section comprising various other methods, tools, and applications.

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Invited Papers.- Forgivable Variational Crimes.- An Introduction to the Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning.- Comparison of Ten Methods for the Solution of Large and Sparse Linear Algebraic Systems.- Variable-Coefficient Difference Schemes for Quasilinear Evolution Problems.- Additive Schemes for Systems of Time-Dependent Equations of Mathematical Physics.- Geometry of Polynomials and Numerical Analysis.- Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods.- Hybrid Monte Carlo Methods for Matrix Computation.- A New Efficient Algorithm for Generating the Scrambled Sobol' Sequence.- Generating and Testing the Modified Halton Sequences.- Parallel Importance Separation and Adaptive Monte Carlo Algorithms for Multiple Integrals.- Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Algorithms for the Barker-Ferry Equation with Low Complexity.- On Some Weight Monte Carlo Methods for Investigating the Asymptotical Behavior of Solution of the Transfer Equation.- A Monte Carlo Approach for Finding More than One Eigenpair.- A New Class of Grid-Free Monte Carlo Algorithms for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.- Monte-Carlo Integration Using Cryptographically Secure Pseudo-random Generator.- Robust Iterative Solution Methods and Applications.- Galerkin and Control Volume Finite Element Methods for Large Scale Air Pollution Simulations: A Comparison.- Robust Preconditioners for Saddle Point Problems.- Solving Eigenproblems: From Arnoldi via Jacobi-Davidson to the Riccati Method.- On a Multigrid Adaptive Refinement Solver for Saturated Non-Newtonian Flow in Porous Media.- On a Multigrid Eigensolver for Linear Elasticity Problems.- On a Two-Level Parallel MIC(0) Preconditioning of Crouzeix-Raviart Non-conforming FEM Systems.- Control and Uncertain Systems.- Discrete Methods for Optimal Control Problems.- Numerical Schemes of Higher Order for a Class of Nonlinear Control Systems.- A Size Distribution Model Applied to Fish Farming.- A Stabilizing Feedback of an Uncertain Control System.- On the Stabilizability of Control Constrained Linear Systems.- An Interval Analysis Based Algorithm for Computing the Stability Margin of Uncertain Systems.- Evaluation of Crisis, Reversibility, Alert Management for Constrained Dynamical Systems Using Impulse Dynamical Systems.- Numerical Methods for Sensor Data Processing.- Digital Quadrature Demodulation of LFM Signals Obtained by Lowpass Filtering.- An Accelerated IMM JPDA Algorithm for Tracking Multiple Manoeuvring Targets in Clutter.- Tracking Algorithms Represented as Classes.- CFAR Processors in Pulse Jamming.- Statistical Classifier of Radar Returns.- Estimation of Markovian Jump Systems with Unknown Transition Probabilities through Bayesian Sampling.- A Comparison of Decision Making Criteria and Optimization Methods for Active Robotic Sensing.- Gaze-Contingent Multi-modality Displays of Multi-layered Geographical Maps.- About the Specifics of the IMM Algorithm Design.- Target Behaviour Tendency Estimation Using Fuzzy Logic.- Contributed Papers.- Two Approaches to the Finite Element Analysis of the Stiffened Plates.- On the Postprocessing Technique for Eigenvalue Problems.- The Kachanov Method for a Rigid-Plastic Rolling Problem.- Implementation of Bilinear Nonconforming Finite Elements in an Eulerian Air Pollution Model: Results Obtained by Using the Rotational Test.- Contour-Integral Representation of Single and Double Layer Potentials for Axisymmetric Problems.- Uniformly Convergent High-Order Schemes for a 2D Elliptic Reaction-Diffusion Problem with Anisotropic Coefficients.- Kantorovich Method for Solving the Multi-dimensional Eigenvalue and Scattering Problems of Schrödinger Equation.- A Unified Algorithm to Predict Both Compressible and Incompressible Flows.- Parameter Estimation in Size/Age Structured Population Models Using the Moving Finite Element Method.- Numerical Solution of Large Non-Hermitian Eigenvalue Problem Arising from Model of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array.- ACO Algorithm for MKP Using Various Heuristic Information.- Discretization Methods with Discrete Minimum and Maximum Property for Convection Dominated Transport in Porous Media.- Finite Difference Scheme for Filtration and Consolidation Problems.- An Algorithm for Parallel Implementations of an Eulerian Smog Model.- Generating Minimal Surfaces Subject to the Plateau Problems by Finite Element Method.- Optimal Structural Design of Biomorphic Composite Materials.- A Generalized (Meshfree) Finite Difference Discretization for Elliptic Interface Problems.- Applications of Weighted Compact Scheme to Curvilinear System.- Immersed Interface Method for a Reaction-Diffusion Equation with a Moving Own Concentrated Source.- Effectiveness Evaluation of Parallel Execution of Some Mathematical Methods.- A Numerical Approach for a Hemivariational Inequality Concerning the Dynamic Interaction between Adjacent Elastic Bodies.- Parallel Performance of an MPI Solver for 3D Elasticity Problems.- Unconditionally Stable Explicit Difference Schemes for the Variable Coefficients Parabolic Differential Equation (IV).- Flexible Two-Level Parallel Implementations of a Large Air Pollution Model.- High Accuracy Difference Schemes on Unstructured Triangle Grids.- The PCD Method.