... or of a function estimation approach. Such is the case despite the fact that parameter estimation problems may not be ill-posed in general. If some information is available on the functional form of the unknown quantity, the inverse problem can be reduced...

...Hosein Molavi; Ali Hakkaki-Fard; Ramin K. Rahmani; Anahita Ayasoufi; Mehdi Molavi This article presents a novel methodology, which is highly efficient and simple to implement, for simultaneous retrieval of a complete set of thermal coefficients in combined parameter and function estimation problems...