1. 7/2/2015 http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu 1 Differentiation-Discrete Functions Industrial Engineering Majors Authors: Autar Kaw, Sri Harsha Garapati http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu Transforming Numerical Methods Education for STEM Undergraduates

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3. 3 Forward Difference Approximation For a finite

4. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu4 Figure 1 Graphical Representation of forward difference approximation of first derivative. Graphical Representation Of Forward Difference Approximation

5. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu5 Example 1 The failure rate of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is given by the formula Where is the reliability at a certain time, and the values of the reliability are given in Table 1. 011010010002000300040005000 10.99990.99980.99800.98020.96090.94190.92330.9050 Table 1 Reliability of DMFC system. Using the forward divided difference method, find the failure rate of the DMFC system at hours.

6. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu6 Example 1 Cont. Solution

7. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu7 Example 1 Cont. The reliability at hours is The failure rate at hours is then

8. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu8 Direct Fit Polynomials In this method, given data points one can fit a order polynomial given by To find the first derivative, Similarly other derivatives can be found.

9. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu9 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials The failure rate of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is given by the formula Where is the reliability at a certain time, and the values of the reliability are given in Table 2. 011010010002000300040005000 10.99990.99980.99800.98020.96090.94190.92330.9050 Table 2 Reliability of DMFC system. Using a third order polynomial interpolant for reliability, find the failure rate of the DMFC system at hours.

10. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu10 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. For the third order polynomial (also called cubic interpolation), we choose the reliability given by Since we want to find the reliability at, and we are using third order polynomial, we need to choose the four points closest to and that also bracket to evaluate it. The four points are,, and hours. Solution

11. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu11 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. such that Writing the four equations in matrix form, we have

12. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu12 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. Solving the above four equations gives Hence

13. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu13 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. Figure 2 Graph of reliability as a function of time.

14. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu14 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. The reliability at is given by, Given that,

15. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu15 Example 2-Direct Fit Polynomials cont. Using the same function, we can also calculate the value of at. The failure rate is then

16. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu16 Lagrange Polynomial In this method, given, one can fit a order Lagrangian polynomial given by where ‘’ in stands for the order polynomial that approximates the function given atdata points as, and a weighting function that includes a product ofterms with terms of omitted.

17. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu17 Then to find the first derivative, one can differentiate for other derivatives. For example, the second order Lagrange polynomial passing through is Differentiating equation (2) gives once, and so on Lagrange Polynomial Cont.

18. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu18 Differentiating again would give the second derivative as Lagrange Polynomial Cont.

19. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu19 Example 3 The failure rate of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is given by the formula Where is the reliability at a certain time, and the values of the reliability are given in Table 3. 011010010002000300040005000 10.99990.99980.99800.98020.96090.94190.92330.9050 Table 3 Reliability of DMFC system. Determine the value of the failure rate at hours using the second order Lagrangian polynomial interpolation for reliability.

20. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu20 Solution Example 3 Cont. For second order Lagrangian polynomial interpolation, we choose the reliability given by Since we want to find the reliability at, and we are using a second order Lagrangian polynomial, we need to choose the three points closest to that also bracket to evaluate it. The three points are,, and. Differentiation the above equation gives.

21. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu21 Hence Example 3 Cont. We must also find the value of at.

22. http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu22 Example 3 Cont. The failure rate is then

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