FUNCTIONAL OF RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY AND ADJOINT EQUATIONS

V. P. Reshetina and D. Regensb  

UDC 551.510.41

The functional of receptor sensitivity of a territory 
to the disposition of emission sources can adequately be calculated 
with the use of the mathematical apparatus of adjoint equations. The 
solutions of these equations allow one to determine the action of 
pollutants in the form of aerosols or harmful gaseous impurities on 
the environment and human health. Examples of calculation of the sensitivity 
functional on the basis of solution of adjoint equations have been 
presented. Mathematical models for the typical equations on optimum 
placement of industrial plants have been formulated. An interpretation 
of the results obtained has been given.

aJoint Institute for Energy 
and Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, 
Belarus; email: reshetin@sosny.bas-net.by; 
bInstitute for Science and Public Policy, University of Oklahoma, 
Oklahoma, USA. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 
76, No. 4, pp. 53-60, July-August, 2003. Original article 
submitted December 19, 2002.