Provides solutions for two- and three-dimensional linear models of controlled-release systems Real-world applications are taken from used to help illustrate the methods in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinate systemsCovers the modeling of drug-delivery systems and provides mathematical tools to evaluate and build controlled-release devicesIncludes classical and analytical techniques to solve boundary-value problems involving two- and three-dimensional partial differential equationsProvides detailed examples, case studies and step-by-step analytical solutions to relevant problems using popular computational software