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Functional derivative

Known as: Functional derivative operator, Functional deferentiation, Functional derivative(physics) 
In the calculus of variations, a field of mathematical analysis, the functional derivative (or variational derivative) relates a change in a… 
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Action (physics)Asymptotic safety in quantum gravityDensity functional theoryDirac delta function

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Calculus of variationsVariational analysis

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Modelica-based modelling and simulation to support research and development in building energy and control systems
Traditional building simulation programs possess attributes that make them difficult to use for the design and analysis of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Conformal Field Theory In Four And Six Dimensions
The goal of these notes is to give a brief explanation of how electric-magnetic duality in four dimensions is related to the… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Analytical approximate solution for fractional heat-like and wave-like equations with variable coefficients using the decomposition method
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A nested Matrosov theorem and persistency of excitation for uniform convergence in stable nonautonomous systems
A new infinitesimal sufficient condition is given for uniform global asymptotic stability (UGAS) for time-varying nonlinear… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Error analysis of an explicit finite difference approximation for the space fractional diffusion equation with insulated ends
The space fractional diffusion equation (?) is obtained from the classical diffusion equation by replacing the second space… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
NASREM AS A FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DESIGN OF ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEMS
A func t iona l a r c h i t e c t u r e i s de f i ned t o be a techno logy independent s p e c i f i c a t i o n o f a system w… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION
2 Environmental Forestry Research, Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, Washington 98422 USA Abstract. Although most temperate forests… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Classification and identification of nonrobust untestable path delay faults
Recently published results have shown that, for many circuits, only a small percentage of path delay faults is robust testable… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Image Segmentation by Variational Methods: Mumford and Shah Functional and the Discrete Approximations
In this paper we discuss the links between Mumford and Shah’s variational problem for (signal and) image segmentation, based on… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The stability of the equation $f(x+y)=f(x)f(y)$
It is proved that if f is a function from a vector space to the real numbers satisfying If(x + y) f(x)f(y)A 0 and all x, y in E… 
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