一类时滞反应扩散方程的周期解和概周期解

通过构造上、下控制函数，结合上、下解方法及相应的单调迭代方法研究了一类时滞反应扩散方程，证明了在反应项非单调时，如果一雏边值问题存在一对周期（或概周期）上、下解，则方程一定存在唯一的周期（或概周期）解．并给出了二维边值问题周期（或概周期）解存在唯一性的充分条件．推广了已有的一些结果。     

YoshiZawa型周期解定理和Massera型周期解定理研究进展简介

微分方程解的有界性和周期解的存在性是檄分方程理论研究中的两个重要课题，二者之间有着紧密的联系．在解的有界性与周期解的存在性的研究中，Yoshizawa周期解定理和Massera周期解定理是非常重要的结果，具有重要的理论意义和应用价值．本文以Yoshizawa型周期解定理和Massera型周期解定理的研究为主，简要介绍泛函微分方程周期解理论研究方面的一些新进展。     

一类n维中立型泛函微分方程的周期解

通过对NFDE周期系统；周期解的讨论，给出了其周期解界的估计式，结合不动点原理研究了下列系统：周期解的存在性，唯一性等问题，得到一些新的结果．     

一类非线性时滞系统概周期解的存在唯一性

应用Liapunov，泛函，研究了一类时滞系统概周期解的存在唯一性，得到了保证系统存在唯一概周期解的一组充分条件．     

n维Reyleigh方程周期解的存在性

本文主要讨论ｎ维Ｒａｙｌｅｉｇｈ方程周期解的存在性。利用Ｍａｗｈｉｎ的重合度理论，我们给出了周期解存在的两个充分条件。对其特例ｎ维Ｄｕｆｆｉｎｇ方程给出了周期解存在唯一的条件。     

二阶多时滞非线性微分方程的周期解

研究二阶系数非线性多时滞微分方程ω周期解的存在性，得到了ω周期解存在的充分条件。     

二阶常系数中立型方程的周期解

讨论了一类二阶常系数中立型方程的周期解的存在性与唯一性，获得了保证周期解存在唯一的具体条件。     

高维系统周期解的存在性与唯一性

本文首先利用一种新方法讨论高维系统解的一致有界性，一致最终有界性及非常稳定性问题，然后将所获结果应用于高维系统周期解的存在性与唯一性的研究。另外，本文还提出了“阶梯形系统”的概念，并对其建立了一种利用系统部分方程周期解存在性判定整个系统周期解存在性的方法。     

Ezeilo概周期解存在性定理的推广

本文利用指数型二分性理论讨论了一般高维概周期系统的概周期解的存在性和唯一性，所得结果推广了Ｅｚｅｉｌｏ的一个概周期解的存在性定理     

流动致振引出的非线性四阶微分方程周期解的存在性研究

流动引起的振动问题是力学上比较著名的问题。本文应用一些不动点的基本原理研究了这一问题，并给出了周期解存在性条件和尾流振动方程周期解存在的参数范围；另外，在周期解的稳定性及渐近表达方面也做了一些工作，获得一些结果．     

Half Space and Quarter Space Dirichlet Problems for the Partial Differential Equation

A customary, heuristic, method, by which the Poisson integral formula for the Dirichlet problem, for the half space, for Laplace's equation is obtained, involves Green's function, and Kelvin's method of images. Although this heuristic method leads one to guess the correct result, this Poisson formula still has to be verified directly, independently of the method by which it was arrived at, in order to be absolutely certain that a solution of the Dirichlet problem for the half space, for Laplace's equation, has been actually obtained. A similar heuristic method, as seems to be generally known, could be followed in solving the Dirichlet problem, for the half space, for the equation where is a real constant. However, in Part 1, a different, labor-saving, method is used to study Dirichlet problems for the equation. This method is essentially based on what Hadamard called the method of descent. Indeed, it is shown that he who has solved the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation has already solved the half space Dirichlet problem for the equation In Part 2, the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation is obtained from the Poisson integral formula for the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. A representation theorem for harmonic functions in the quarter space is deduced. The method of descent is used, in Part 3, to obtain the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for the equation by means of the solution formula for the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. So that, indeed, it is also shown that he who has solved the quarter space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation has already solved the quarter space Dirichlet problem for the " equation" For the sake of completeness and clarity, and for the convenience of the reader, the appendix, at the end of Part 3, contains a detailed proof that the Poisson integral formula solves the half space Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation. The Bibliography for Parts 1,2, 3 is to be found at the end of Part 1.     

On bounds for the mode and median of the generalized hyperbolic and related distributions

Except for certain parameter values, a closed form formula for the mode of the generalized hyperbolic (GH) distribution is not available. In this paper, we exploit results from the literature on modified Bessel functions and their ratios to obtain simple but tight two-sided inequalities for the mode of the GH distribution for general parameter values. As a special case, we deduce tight two-sided inequalities for the mode of the variance-gamma (VG) distribution, and through a similar approach we also obtain tight two-sided inequalities for the mode of the McKay Type I distribution. The analogous problem for the median is more challenging, but we conjecture some monotonicity results for the median of the VG and McKay Type I distributions, from we which we conjecture some tight two-sided inequalities for their medians. Numerical experiments support these conjectures and also lead us to a conjectured tight lower bound for the median of the GH distribution.     

On the Baer Criterion for Acts Over Semigroups

It is known that although the Baer Criterion for injectivity holds for modules over rings with unit, it is not true for acts over an arbitrary monoid.

Seeking a characterization for the Baer Criterion to hold for acts over a monoid, in this article, using the notion of completeness introduced by Giuli, we find some classes of monoids such that for acts over them the Baer Criterion holds.     

Convergence in competition models with small diffusion coefficients

It is well known that for reaction-diffusion 2-species Lotka-Volterra competition models with spatially independent reaction terms, global stability of an equilibrium for the reaction system implies global stability for the reaction-diffusion system. This is not in general true for spatially inhomogeneous models. We show here that for an important range of such models, for small enough diffusion coefficients, global convergence to an equilibrium holds for the reaction-diffusion system, if for each point in space the reaction system has a globally attracting hyperbolic equilibrium. This work is planned as an initial step towards understanding the connection between the asymptotics of reaction-diffusion systems with small diffusion coefficients and that of the corresponding reaction systems.     

The shape of the hazard function for cancer incidence

A population-based cohort consisting of 126,141 men and 122,208 women born between 1874 and 1931 and at risk for breast or colorectal cancer after 1965 was identified by linking the Utah Population Data Base and the Utah Cancer Registry. The hazard function for cancer incidence is estimated from left truncated and right censored data based on the conditional likelihood. Four estimation procedures based on the conditional likelihood are used to estimate the age-specific hazard function from the data; these were the life-table method, a kernel method based on the Nelson Aalen estimator, a spline estimate, and a proportional hazards estimate based on splines with birth year as sole covariate.The results are consistent with an increasing hazard for both breast and colorectal cancer through age 85 or 90. After age 85 or 90, the hazard function for female breast and colorectal cancer may reach a plateua or decrease, although the hazard function for male colorectal cancer appears to continue to rise through age 105. The hazard function for both breast and colorectal cancer appears to be higher for more recent birth cohorts, with a more pronounced birth-cohort effect for breast cancer than for colorectal cancer. The age specific for colorectal cancer appears to be higher for men than for women. The shape of the hazard function for both breast and colorectal cancer appear to be consistent with a two-stage model for spontaneous carcinogenesis in which the initiation rate is constant or increasing. Inheritance of initiated cells appears to play a minor role.     

Economic manufacturing quantity,optimum process mean,and economic specification limits setting under the rectifying inspection plan

Economic manufacturing quantity, process mean, and specification limits setting are three important methods for the inventory and quality control problems. In the imperfect production system, we usually consider the manufacturing quantity for reducing the inventory cost, determine the process level for reducing the production cost, and select the specification limits for screening the products. In this paper, we propose the above integrated model based on the application of rectifying inspection plan for obtaining maximum expected total profit of product. The asymmetric quadratic quality loss function is adopted for measuring the product quality. The sensitivity analyses of parameters are provided for illustration.     

Pricing strategies for perishable products: the case of Vienna and the hotel reservation system hrs.com

Consider a retailer who sells perishable products for which there is uncertain demand. Yield management with dynamic pricing is a standard practice that firms use for revenue management. For perishable products, recent analysis has focused on the distribution of flight capacity, referred to as ticket sales. Other non- storable, non-transportable, immaterial hospitality products include hotel capacity. The article discusses the extent to which hotel pricing strategies vary within the internet distribution system hrs.com. This study focuses on the distribution of hotel rooms available for booking on the internet for Vienna and gives an outlook to Euroland capitals. The main research interests are the underlying pricing models and the setting of the end price. Data was taken from hrs.com, which is the most important specialist for hotel room internet distribution in Germany according to recent studies by KMPG and others. The results include the identification of different pricing strategy clusters with regard to hotel category and hotel availability over a 22-day period for Vienna and one city from all Euroland countries (the capitals were studied for all cases except for the Netherlands, for which data was collected for Amsterdam). The study took the arrival days Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays into account, and used data for all these days from the 11th of July, 2005, to the 10th of October, 2005, for Vienna, and the first and the last of these dates as a comparison base for the other Euroland cities.     

Temperature prediction at critical points in district heating systems

Current methodologies for the optimal operation of district heating systems use model predictive control. Accurate forecasting of the water temperature at critical points is crucial for meeting constraints related to consumers while minimizing the production costs for the heat supplier. A new forecasting methodology based on conditional finite impulse response (cFIR) models is introduced, for which model coefficients are replaced by coefficient functions of the water flux at the supply point and of the time of day, allowing for nonlinear variations of the time delays. Appropriate estimation methods for both are described. Results are given for the test case of the Roskilde district heating system over a period of more than 6 years. The advantages of the proposed forecasting methodology in terms of a higher forecast accuracy, its use for simulation purposes, or alternatively for better understanding transfer functions of district heating systems, are clearly shown.     

考虑多救援点的突发事件应急救援人员派遣模型

针对具有多救援点的突发事件应急救援人员派遣问题,给出了一种应急救援人员派遣模型。首先,依据救援人员关于救援任务的能力指标评价值计算出不同出救点的救援人员对救援点中救援任务的胜任度;其次,依据救援人员到达救援点的应急救援时间计算出应急救援时间满意度;然后,将救援人员对救援点的胜任度与应急救援时间满意度进行集结,获得应急救援人员与各救援点的综合匹配度;进一步地,以综合匹配度最大为目标,构建应急救援人员派遣优化模型,并通过模型求解获得最优的应急救援人员派遣方案;最后,通过一个算例说明了所构建的应急救援人员派遣模型具有可用性。     

英国运筹五十年：成就、困境和出路

英国是运筹学的发源地,五十年来对运筹学的创立,发展和推广起了重要作用,但到九十年代,情况起到了很大变化;运筹工作小组大量关闭;运筹学系基本消失,运筹工作另谋出路,为此,英国运筹学会拨出专款进行调研,组织专家讨论,在国际期刊上发表调研报告和讨论专辑,分析当前运筹学的困境和未来的路向,本对此进行介绍和探讨,希望对社会-经济转型时期的中国运筹学界和运筹工作有借鉴作用。