A necessary and sufficient condition for Pareto-optimal security strategies in multicriteria matrix games

In this paper, a scalar game is derived from a zero-sum multicriteria matrix game, and it is proved that the solution of the new game with strictly positive scalarization is a necessary and sufficient condition for a strategy to be a Pareto-optimal security strategy (POSS) for one of the players in the original game. This is done by proving that a certain set, which is the extension of the set of security level vectors in the criterion function space, is convex and polyhedral. It is also established that only a finite number of scalarizations are necessary to obtain all the POSS for a player. An example is included to illustrate the main steps in the proof.This work was done while the author was a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science and was financially supported by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Delhi, India.The author wishes to express his gratefulness to Professor U. R. Prasad for helpful discussions and to two anonymous referees for suggestions which led to an improved presentation.     

Roughness effects on the double-layer charge capacitance: the case of Helmholtz layer induced roughness attenuation

For electrical double layers, the presence of a Helmholtz layer could lead to electrode roughness attenuation. The latter is assumed of self-affine type which is characterized by the roughness amplitude w, the correlation length ξ, and the roughness exponent H. For sufficiently rough metal electrode surfaces (H1 and/or ratios w/ξ0.1) the diffuse/Helmholtz layer interface would not have the same roughness parameters with the metal electrode surface. If the latter is smoothened at lateral length scales smaller than a healing length Λ (ξ), the diffuse charge capacitance decreases and approaches values close to that of the Gouy–Chapman theory for flat electrodes.     

算子点态遍历定理

本文证明了关于Ｌ^P（１≤Ｐ≤∞）空间中线性算子与非线性算子的几个点态遍历定理，还推广了Ｙｏｓｉｄａ与ＫａＫｕｔａｎｉ关于拟紧算子的一致遍历定理。     

New integrable cases of a Cremona transformation: a finite-order orbits analysis

We analyse the properties of a particular birational mapping of two variables (Cremona transformation) depending on two free parameters ( and ), associated with the action of a discrete group of non-linear (birational) transformations on the entries of a q × q matrix. This mapping originates from the analysis of birational transformations obtained from very simple algebraic calculations, namely taking the inverse of q × q matrices and permuting some of the entries of these matrices. It has been seen to yield weak chaos and integrability. We have found new integrable cases of this Cremona transformation, corresponding to the values of = 0 when , besides the already known values = 0 and = −1, and also arbitrary when = 0. For these cases, one has a foliation of the parameter space in elliptic curves. We give the equations of these elliptic curves. Based on this very example we show how one can find these integrability cases of the Cremona transformation and actually integrate it using a method based on the systematic study of the finite-order conditions of the Cremona transformation. The method is shown to be efficient and straightforward. The various integrability cases are revisited using many different representations of this very mapping (birational transformations, recursion in one variable, …).     

Gap Functions and Existence of Solutions to Generalized Vector Quasi-Equilibrium Problems

This paper deals with generalized vector quasi-equilibrium problems. By virtue of a nonlinear scalarization function, the gap functions for two classes of generalized vector quasi-equilibrium problems are obtained. Then, from an existence theorem for a generalized quasi-equilibrium problem and a minimax inequality, existence theorems for two classes of generalized vector quasi-equilibrium problems are established. This research is partially supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

非线性离散开关系统的鲁棒镇定问题

利用切换Lypunov函数方法,把非线性离散开关系统的鲁棒镇定问题转化成一个矩阵不等式的最优解问题,给出了在任意切换下具有非线性扰动的线性开关系统的可鲁棒镇定的充分条件,并进一步讨论了同类时滞开关系统的鲁棒镇定问提.最后把以上结论推广到广义开关系统,由于结果均以矩阵不等式形式给出,便于验证和实现.     

Nonlinear analysis of a structure loaded by a stochastic excitation

For a non-linear system excited by a stochastic load which is expressed as a time series,a recursive method based on the Z-transform is presented.To identify the obtained response time series,a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) technique is proposed.     

Some studies on rotors with polynomial type non-linear external and internal damping

Non-linear internal damping in rotating cylindrical shafts leads to isotropic non-linear circulatory and dissipative force fields. Orbital instability in such class of systems arises when the regenerative work due to circulatory forces exceeds the dissipative work done over an orbit. In this paper, stability condition for rotor shafts with polynomial type non-linear internal damping is derived and also it is shown that distortion of the critical orbit, which results in larger change in orbital path as compared to the change in enclosed area, may lead to stable orbit at normally unstable operating conditions. This principle is applied to stabilize a simple rotor with discontinuous stiffness characteristics, which come into effect on exceeding some threshold displacement of the rotor itself.     

A Second-Order Solution of Saint-Venant's Problem for a Piezoelectric Circular Bar Using Signorini's Perturbation Method

We study electromechanical deformations of a homogeneous transversely isotropic piezoelectric prismatic circular bar loaded only at the end faces. The constitutive relations for the material of the bar are taken to be quadratic in the displacement gradients and the electric field. It is found that the two end faces of the bar when twisted with no electric charge applied to them will exhibit a difference in the electric potential. Thus the piezoelectric cylinder could be used to measure the torque or the angular twist. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

一种确定均匀动脉壁面切应力的非线性方法

从Ling和Atabek提出的``局部流'理论出发，提出一种利用测量血液黏度、管轴上 的血流速度、压力和管径波形计算均匀动脉管壁切应力的非线性方法. 将这种方法与柳兆荣 等提出的利用测量血液黏度、管轴上的血流速度和平均管径计算切应力的线性方法比较，结 果表明，当管壁脉动幅度较小时，两种方法计算的压力梯度、流速剖面和管壁切应力差别较 小；而当管壁脉动幅度增大时，两种方法计算的压力梯度、流速剖面和管壁切应力差别增大. 对于小幅脉动均匀动脉，用线性方法计算管壁切应力有较高的精度；而对于大变形 均匀动脉，则需要考虑非线性因素对管壁切应力的影响. 由于作为输入量的血液黏度、轴心 血流速度、压力波形和管径波形可在活体上通过无损伤或微损伤的检测方法得到， 所提出的计算切应力的方法为在体或离体研究切应力与动脉重建的关系提供了方法学基础.