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, RICAM, Linz, Austria; Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Editorial Board Hansjörg Albrecher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Ronald H. W. Hoppe, University of Houston, USA Karl Kunisch, RICAM, Linz, Austria; University of Graz, Austria Harald Niederreiter, RICAM, Linz, Austria Otmar Scherzer, RICAM, Linz, Austria; University of Vienna, Austria Christian Schmeiser, University of Vienna, Austria.