Translated from English by Dr. Techn. Science E. A. Artyukhina, I. and . Pavlovets edited by Academician V. P. Mishina, Dr. Techn. Science, prof. About. M. Alifanova . - M. : World, 1989. — 311 s. — ISBN 5-03-000914-0 . The book of authors from the United States describes methods and computational algorithms for solving inverse problems of nonstationary thermal conductivity, consisting in the restoration of thermal boundary conditions on the surface of a solid according to internal temperature measurements. Linear and nonlinear problems are described with the involvement of analytical relations and various numerical approximation schemes. for their solution. The results of the decision of a large number of control examples. Reverse problem of thermal conductivity . Precise solutions to the inverse thermal conductivity problem. Approximate methods for solving direct thermal conduction problems . Methods for solving inverse heat conduction problems . Convolutional algorithms for one heat flux density versus time. Differential methods for solving one-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem. Multivariate Inverse Thermal Conductivity Problems. Assessment of heat dissipation coefficient