Efficient stochastic model for the point kinetics equations

A new stochastic model for the point kinetics equations with I-delayed neutron precursor groups is presented. In this stochastic model, the point kinetics equations are separated into three terms: prompt neutrons, delayed neutrons and external neutrons source. The matrix form of the efficient stochastic model is solved by a semi-analytical method. The semi-analytical method is based on the exponential function of the coefficient matrix. The eigenvalues of the coefficient matrix and Gaussian elimination are used to calculate this exponential function. The mean and standard deviation of neutron and precursor populations of the efficient stochastic model with step, ramp, and sinusoidal reactivities are computed. The results of the efficient stochastic model are compared with the results of Allen's stochastic model for the point kinetics equations. This comparison confirms that the efficient stochastic model is an accurate model compared with the deterministic point kinetics equations. This stochastic model is efficient to study the natural behavior of neutron and precursor populations in the nuclear reactor dynamics.     

Mean-square exponential stability of stochastic theta methods for nonlinear stochastic delay integro-differential equations

This paper deals with the mean-square exponential stability of stochastic theta methods for nonlinear stochastic delay integro-differential equations. It is shown that the stochastic theta methods inherit the mean-square exponential stability property of the underlying system. Moreover, the backward Euler method is mean-square exponentially stable with less restrictions on the step size. In addition, numerical experiments are presented to confirm the theoretical results.     

Convergence and Mean-Square Stability of Exponential Euler Method for Semi-Linear Stochastic Delay Integro-Differential Equations

In this paper, the numerical methods for semi-linear stochastic delay integro-differential equations are studied. The uniqueness, existence and stability of analytic solutions of semi-linear stochastic delay integro-differential equations are studied and some suitable conditions for the mean-square stability of the analytic solutions are also obtained. Then the numerical approximation of exponential Euler method for semi-linear stochastic delay integro-differential equations is constructed and the convergence and the stability of the numerical method are studied. It is proved that the exponential Euler method is convergent with strong order $\frac{1}{2}$ and can keep the mean-square exponential stability of the analytical solutions under some restrictions on the step size. In addition, numerical experiments are presented to confirm the theoretical results.     

Almost sure exponential stability of numerical solutions for stochastic delay differential equations with jumps

This paper deals with the almost sure exponential stability of the Euler-type methods for nonlinear stochastic delay differential equations with jumps by using the discrete semimartingale convergence theorem. It is shown that the explicit Euler method reproduces the almost sure exponential stability under an additional linear growth condition. By replacing the linear growth condition with the one-sided Lipschitz condition, the backward Euler method is able to reproduce the stability property.     

线性随机变时滞微分方程指数Euler方法的收敛性和稳定性

文应用指数Euler方法研究了线性随机变时滞微分方程的收敛性和稳定性;首先,证明了指数Euler方法是$\frac{1}{2}$阶均方收敛的;其次,在解析解均方稳定的前提下,通过跟Euler-Maruyama方法比较发现指数Euler方法在大步长下依然保持解析解的均方稳定性;最后,用数值试验验证了收敛和稳定的结果.     

The kinetics equations in a multiplying medium with free boundaries

We study a mathematical model of neutron multiplication in a slab ??, by taking into account temperature feedback effects and considering one group of delayed neutrons. The thickness 2a of ?? is time dependent because of temperature variations due to the energy released by fissions. Starting from a quite detailed picture of the physical phenomena occurring in ??, we derive a system of three coupled ordinary differential equations for the total number of neutrons F? = F?(t), for the total number of precursors ? = ?(t), and for the half-thickness of ??, a = a(t). We finally examine some stability properties of such a system of ordinary differential equations.     

Exponential stability of impulsive nonlinear stochastic differential equations with mixed delays

This paper is concerned with the problem of exponential stability for a class of impulsive nonlinear stochastic differential equations with mixed time delays. By applying the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, Dynkin formula and Razumikhin technique with a stochastic version as well as the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) technique, some novel sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the exponential stability of the trivial solution in the mean square. The obtained results generalize and improve some recent results. In particular, our results are expressed in terms of LMIs, and thus they are more easily verified and applied in practice. Finally, a numerical example and its simulation are given to illustrate the theoretical results.     

Optimal Control of Multigroup Neutron Fission Systems

This article considers the optimal control of nuclear fission reactors modeled by parabolic partial differential equations. The neutrons are divided into fast and thermal groups with two equations describing their interaction and fission, while a third equation describes the temperature in the reactor. The coefficient for the fission and absorption of the thermal neutron is assumed to be controlled by a function through the use of control rods in the reactor. The object is to maintain a target neutron flux shape, while a desired power level and adjustment costs are taken into consideration. A nonlinear optimality system of six equations is deduced, characterizing the optimal control. An iterative procedure is shown to contract toward the solution of the optimality system in small time intervals. The theory is extended to include the effect of other fission products, leading to coupled ordinary and partial differential equations. Numerical experiments are also included, suggesting directions for further research. Accepted 13 January 1998     

Analytical Blowup Solutions to the Compressible Euler Equations with Time-depending Damping

In this paper, the analytical blowup solutions of the N-dimensional radial symmetric compressible Euler equations are constructed. Some previous results of the blowup solutions for the compressible Euler equations with constant damping are generalized to the time-depending damping case. The generalization is untrivial because that the damp coefficient is a nonlinear function of time t.

     

Compensated split-step balanced methods for nonlinear stiff SDEs with jump-diffusion and piecewise continuous arguments

This paper deals with numerical solutions of nonlinear stiff stochastic differential equations with jump-diffusion and piecewise continuous arguments. By combining compensated split-step methods and balanced methods, a class of compensated split-step balanced (CSSB) methods are suggested for solving the equations. Based on the one-sided Lipschitz condition and local Lipschitz condition, a strong convergence criterion of CSSB methods is derived. It is proved under some suitable conditions that the numerical solutions produced by CSSB methods can preserve the mean-square exponential stability of the corresponding analytical solutions. Several numerical examples are presented to illustrate the obtained theoretical results and the effectiveness of CSSB methods. Moreover, in order to show the computational advantage of CSSB methods, we also give a numerical comparison with the adapted split-step backward Euler methods with or without compensation and tamed explicit methods.

     

A reflection on the fractional order nuclear reactor dynamics

Bifurcation and stability analysis in the coupled integer-fractional order dynamic equations of a nuclear reactor is carried out in this work. To this end, the dynamics of a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) is taken into account as a mainstay design in the water reactor technology. The effect of fractional derivative order on the stability threshold and the onset of bifurcation phenomena is inspected therein with the temperature feedback coefficient taken as the bifurcation parameter. Overall, the transport of neutrons inside the nuclear reactor core, especially in the high neutron absorbing spaces such as the fuel or control rod, resembles that of a sub-diffusion phenomenon. As such, the pertaining equations which comprise neutron diffusion terms are more carefully treated within a fractional order framework. In this work, a formal approach is examined to help readily compute system poles and the associated stable half plane. Results confirm a sensible tendency towards instability as the value of the fractional order is decreased and a more sub-diffusive regime is established.     

非线性随机分数阶微分方程Euler方法的弱收敛性

论文首先证明了非线性随机分数阶微分方程解的存在唯一性,然后构造了数值求解该方程的Euler方法,并证明了当方程满足一定约束条件时,该方法是弱收敛的.特别地,当分数阶α=0时,该方程退化为非线性随机微分方程,所获结论与现有文献中的相关结论是一致的;当α≠0,且初值条件为齐次时,所获结论可视为现有文献中线性随机分数阶微分方...     

求解非线性Black-Scholes模型的自适应小波精细积分法

针对非线性Black-Scholes方程,基于quasi-Shannon小波函数给出了一种求解非线性偏微分方程的自适应多尺度小波精细积分法.该方法首先利用插值小波理论构造了用于逼近连续函数的多尺度小波插值算子,利用该算子可以将非线性Black-Scholes方程自适应离散为非线性常微分方程组;然后将用于求解常微分方程组的精细积分法和小波变换的动态过程相结合,并利用非线性处理技术(如同伦分析技术)可有效求解非线性Black-Scholes方程.数值结果表明了该方法在数值精度和计算效率方面的优越性.     

Adaptive synchronization under almost every initial data for stochastic neural networks with time-varying delays and distributed delays

This paper is concerned with the adaptive synchronization problem for a class of stochastic delayed neural networks. Based on the LaSalle invariant principle of stochastic differential delay equations and the stochastic analysis theory as well as the adaptive feedback control technique, a linear matrix inequality approach is developed to derive some novel sufficient conditions achieving complete synchronization of unidirectionally coupled stochastic delayed neural networks. In particular, the synchronization criterion considered in this paper is the globally almost surely asymptotic stability of the error dynamical system, which has seldom been applied to investigate the synchronization problem. Moreover, the delays proposed in this paper are time-varying delays and distributed delays, which have rarely been used to study the synchronization problem for coupled stochastic delayed neural networks. Therefore, the results obtained in this paper are more general and useful than those given in the previous literature. Finally, two numerical examples and their simulations are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Exponential stability of second-order stochastic evolution equations with Poisson jumps

This paper is concerned with the exponential stability problem of second-order nonlinear stochastic evolution equations with Poisson jumps. By using the stochastic analysis theory, a set of novel sufficient conditions are derived for the exponential stability of mild solutions to the second-order nonlinear stochastic differential equations with infinite delay driven by Poisson jumps. An example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed result.     

Stabilization of nonlinear networked systems with sensor random packet dropout and time-varying delay

In this paper, a nonlinear stochastic system model is proposed to describe the networked control systems (NCSs) with both random packet dropout and network-induced time-varying delay. Based on this more general nonlinear NCSs model, by choosing appropriate Lyapunov functional and employing new discrete Jensen type inequality, a sufficient condition is derived to establish the quantitative relation of maximum allowable delay upper bound, packet dropout rate and the nonlinear level to the exponential stability of the nonlinear NCSs. Design procedures for output feedback controller are also presented in terms of utilizing cone complementarities linearization algorithm or solving corresponding linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Global exponential synchronization of nonlinear time-delay Lur’e systems via delayed impulsive control

This paper is concerned with the global exponential synchronization problem of two identical nonlinear time-delay Lur’e systems via delayed impulsive control. Some novel impulsive synchronization criteria are obtained by introducing a discontinuous Lyapunov function and by using the Lyapunov–Razumikhin technique, which are expressed in forms of linear matrix inequalities. The derived criteria reveal the effects of impulsive input delays and impulsive intervals on the stability of synchronization error systems. Then, sufficient conditions on the existence of a delayed impulsive controller are derived by employing these newly-obtained synchronization criteria. Additionally, some synchronization criteria for two identical time-delay Lur’e systems with impulsive effects are presented by using delayed continuous feedback control. The synchronization criteria via delayed continuous feedback control can deal with the case when the impulsive control strategy fails to synchronize two identical impulsive time-delay Lur’e systems. Three numerical examples are provided to illustrate the efficiency of the obtained results.     

The dynamics of second-order equations with delayed feedback and a large coefficient of delayed control

The dynamics of second-order equations with nonlinear delayed feedback and a large coefficient of a delayed equation is investigated using asymptotic methods. Based on special methods of quasi-normal forms, a new construction is elaborated for obtaining the main terms of asymptotic expansions of asymptotic residual solutions. It is shown that the dynamical properties of the above equations are determined mostly by the behavior of the solutions of some special families of parabolic boundary value problems. A comparative analysis of the dynamics of equations with the delayed feedback of three types is carried out.     

A variance reduction technique for use with the extrapolated Euler method for numerical solution of stochastic differential equations

A simple, effective technique is described and tested for reducing the variation in estimated expectations of functions of functions of solutions of stochastic differential equations. The technique is implemented with extrapolated Euler method for numerical solution of stochastic differential equations