Reconstruction may refer to:

Politics, history, and sociology

Reconstruction (law) {{distinguish, Restructuring Reconstruction, in law, is the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company. The old company will get put into liquidation, and shareholders will agree to take shares of equivalent value in ...

, the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company *''

Perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Union political movement *

Critical reconstruction Critical Reconstruction is a theory of architecture and urbanism originally developed by the Berlin architect Josef Paul Kleihues. It was first applied in Berlin's International Building Exhibition in the 1980s, and was subsequently used in the r ...

, an architectural theory related to the reconstruction of Berlin after the end of the Berlin Wall *

Economic reconstruction Economic reconstruction is a process for creating a proactive vision of economic change. The most basic idea is that problems in the economy, such as deindustrialization, environmental decay, outsourcing, industrial incompetence, poverty and ad ...

Ministry of Reconstruction The Ministry of Reconstruction was a department of the United Kingdom government which existed after both World War I and World War II in order to provide for the needs of the population in the post war years. World War I The Ministry of Recons ...

, a UK government department *The

Reconstruction era The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865) and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloo ...

of the United States, the period after the Civil War, 1865–1877 ** The

Reconstruction Acts The Reconstruction Acts, or the Military Reconstruction Acts, (March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 428-430, c.153; March 23, 1867, 15 Stat. 2-5, c.6; July 19, 1867, 15 Stat. 14-16, c.30; and March 11, 1868, 15 Stat. 41, c.25) were four statutes passed duri ...

, or Military Reconstruction Acts, addressing requirements for Southern States to be readmitted to the Union *

Reconstruction Finance Corporation The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgag ...

, a United States government agency from 1932–1957

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Reconstruction'' (1968 film), a Romanian tragicomedy * ''Reconstruction'' (2001 film), about the 1959 Ioanid Gang bank heist in Romania * ''Reconstruction'' (2003 film), a Danish psychological romantic drama

Music

Reconstruction (band) Reconstruction was a band formed in 1978 by John Kahn initially to occupy him while Jerry Garcia, his long-time musical collaborator, was busy with the Grateful Dead. The band's original guitar player was Jerry Miller, best known for performin ...

, featuring Jerry Garcia, Nick Kahner and John Kahn * ''Reconstruction'' (Hugh Masekela album), 1970 * ''Reconstruction'' (Max Romeo album), 1977 * ''Reconstructions'' (Don Diablo album) * ''Reconstructions'' (Kerry Livgren album)

Television

* "Reconstruction" (''Jericho'' episode) *'' Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction'', a machinima comedy series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Reconstruction'' (magazine), a monthly edited by Allan L. Benson from 1919 to 1921 *

ReConStruction Reconstruction may refer to: Politics, history, and sociology *Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company *''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Union ...

, a 2010 science fiction convention *

Memorial reconstruction Memorial reconstruction is the hypothesis that the scripts of some 17th century plays were written down from memory by actors who had played parts in them, and that those transcriptions were published.British LibrarRetrieved: 10 December 2007. Th ...

, a hypothesis regarding the transcription of 17th-century plays

Science and computing

3D reconstruction In computer vision and computer graphics, 3D reconstruction is the process of capturing the shape and appearance of real objects. This process can be accomplished either by active or passive methods. If the model is allowed to change its shape i ...

in computer vision *

Ancestral reconstruction Ancestral reconstruction (also known as ''Character Mapping'' or ''Character Optimization'') is the extrapolation back in time from measured characteristics of individuals (or populations) to their common ancestors. It is an important application ...

, the analysis of organisms' relationships via genome data *

Cone beam reconstruction In microtomography X-ray scanners, cone beam reconstruction is one of two common scanning methods, the other being Fan beam reconstruction. Cone beam reconstruction uses a 2-dimensional approach for obtaining projection data. Instead of utiliz ...

, a computational microtomography method *

Crime reconstruction Crime reconstruction or crime scene reconstruction is the forensic science discipline in which one gains "explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime using deductive and inductive reasoning, physical evidenc ...

Event reconstruction In a particle detector experiment, event reconstruction is the process of interpreting the Electronics, electronic signals produced by the detector to determine the original Elementary particle, particles that passed through, their momenta, direct ...

, the interpretation of signals from a particle detector *

Forensic facial reconstruction Forensic facial reconstruction (or forensic facial approximation) is the process of recreating the face of an individual (whose identity is often not known) from their skeletal remains through an amalgamation of artistry, anthropology, osteol ...

, the process of recreating the face of an individual from its skeletal remains *

Iterative reconstruction Iterative reconstruction refers to iterative algorithms used to reconstruct 2D and 3D images in certain imaging techniques. For example, in computed tomography an image must be reconstructed from projections of an object. Here, iterative recons ...

, methods to construct images of objects **

Reconstruction algorithm Tomographic reconstruction is a type of multidimensional inverse problem where the challenge is to yield an estimate of a specific system from a finite number of projections. The mathematical basis for tomographic imaging was laid down by Johann ...

, an algorithm used in iterative reconstruction *

Reconstruction conjecture Informally, the reconstruction conjecture in graph theory says that graphs are determined uniquely by their subgraphs. It is due to KellyKelly, P. J.A congruence theorem for trees ''Pacific J. Math.'' 7 (1957), 961–968. and Ulam.Ulam, S. M. ...

, in graph theory *

Reconstructive plastic surgery Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofa ...

Shooting reconstruction Shooting incident reconstruction is the examination of the physical evidence recovered or documented at the scene of a shooting. Shooting reconstruction may also include the laboratory analysis of the evidence recovered at the scene. The goal is a ...

Signal reconstruction In signal processing, reconstruction usually means the determination of an original continuous signal from a sequence of equally spaced samples. This article takes a generalized abstract mathematical approach to signal sampling and reconstructi ...

, the determination of an original continuous signal from samples *

Single particle reconstruction Single particle analysis is a group of related computerized image processing techniques used to analyze images from transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These methods were developed to improve and extend the information obtainable from TEM imag ...

, the combination of multiple images of molecules to produce a three-dimensional image *

Surface reconstruction Surface reconstruction refers to the process by which atoms at the surface of a crystal assume a different structure than that of the bulk. Surface reconstructions are important in that they help in the understanding of surface chemistry for variou ...

, the process which alters atomic structure in crystal surfaces *

Tomographic reconstruction Tomographic reconstruction is a type of multidimensional inverse problem where the challenge is to yield an estimate of a specific system from a finite number of projections. The mathematical basis for tomographic imaging was laid down by Johann ...

Vector field reconstruction Vector field reconstruction is a method of creating a vector field from experimental or computer generated data, usually with the goal of finding a differential equation model of the system. A differential equation model is one that describes th ...

, the creation of a vector field from experimental data

Other uses

3D sound reconstruction 3D sound reconstruction is the application of reconstruction techniques to 3D sound localization technology. These methods of reconstructing three-dimensional sound are used to recreate sounds to match natural environments and provide spatial cues o ...

Reconstruction (architecture) Reconstruction in architectural conservation is the returning of a place to a known earlier state by the introduction of new materials. It is related to the architectural concepts of restoration (repairing existing building fabric) and preservation ...

, the act of rebuilding a destroyed structure *

Linguistic reconstruction Linguistic reconstruction is the practice of establishing the features of an unattested ancestor language of one or more given languages. There are two kinds of reconstruction: * Internal reconstruction uses irregularities in a single language to ...