Injectivity Conditions for Some Classes of Domains. I

New conditions are given for continuously differentiable mappings of some plane domains to be injective. In the case of a circular plane domain, these criteria coincide with well-known conditions. The method of locally homeomorphic extension is used. Bibliography: 18 titles.     

Nonlinear Stability of General Linear Methods

This paper is devoted to a study of stability of general linear methods for the numerical solution of nonlinear stiff initial value problems in a Hilbert space. New stability concepts are introduced. A criterion of weak algebraic stability is established, which is an improvement and extension of the existing criteria of algebraic stability.     

The band method for positive and strictly contractive extension problems: An alternative version and new applications

The band method for positive and strictly contractive extension problems is deduced from a new set of axioms. New applications concern extension problems for operator-valued functions in the Wiener class and for certain infinite operator matrices.This research was supported in part by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications with funds provided by the National Science Foundation.     

Oscillation theory of first order functional differential equations with deviating arguments

Summary New oscillation criteria are established for the first order functional differential equation (*) y'(t)+p(t)y(g(t))=0and its nonlinear analogue. The results are presented so that a remarkable duality existing between the case where (*) is retarded (g(t)t) is apparent. Possible extension of the results for (*) to equations with several deviating arguments is attempted. Finally, it is shown that there exists a class of autonomous equations for which the oscillation situation can be completely characterized.     

Asymptotic synchronization of continuous/discrete complex dynamical networks by optimal partitioning method

The synchronization problem for both continuous and discrete‐time complex dynamical networks with time‐varying delays is investigated. Using optimal partitioning method, time‐varying delays are partitioned into l subintervals and generalized results are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). New delay‐dependent synchronization criteria in terms of LMIs are derived by constructing appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, reciprocally convex combination technique and some inequality techniques. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed synchronization criteria. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 193–210, 2015     

The derivation of cubic splines with obstacles by methods of optimization and optimal control

Summary Interpolating splines which are restricted in their movement by the presence of obstacles are investigated. For simplicity we mainly treat cubic splines which are required to be non-negative. The extension to splines of higher order and to certain other forms of obstacles is straightforward. Methods of optimization and of optimal control are used to obtain necessary optimality criteria. These criteria are applied to derive an algorithm to compute splines which are restricted to constant lower or upper bounds. There is a numerical example which illustrates the method presented.Dedicated to Günter Meinardus on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

On estimates of the spectrum of a linear operator

The paper is concerned with new approaches to the analysis of spectra of linear operators. New algorithms are proposed to calculate the coefficients of the minimal polynomial of a matrix; they are based on the well-known Krylov’s method, SSA decomposition, and the “Caterpillar” method of recurrent translation. The extension obtained is capable of dealing with matrices of infinite order; this has great value in solving queuing problems. Results from numerical experiments for matrices of various orders are given.     

多时滞随机神经网络的稳定性

通过构建李雅普偌夫函数的方法和利用半鞅收敛定理对一类随机时滞神经网络的全局指数稳定进行了分析,提出了易于判定随机时滞神经网络几乎必然指数稳定性新的代数判据,推广了[1]中的主要结论.     

Improved delay-dependent robust stability criteria for uncertain time delay systems

This paper deals with the robust stability analysis for uncertain systems with time-varying delay. New delay-dependent robust stability criteria of uncertain time-delay systems are proposed by exploiting appropriate Lyapunov functional candidate. These developed results have advantages over some previous ones in that they have fewer matrix variables yet less conservatism, due to the introduction of a method to estimate the upper bound of the derivative of Lyapunov functional candidate without ignoring the additional useful terms. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and the advantage of the proposed method.     

Behavioral multi-criteria decision analysis: the TODIM method with criteria interactions

In this paper a multi-criteria decision aiding model is developed through the use of the Choquet integral. The proposed model is an extension of the TODIM method, which is based on nonlinear Cumulative Prospect Theory. The paper starts by reviewing the first steps of behavioral decision theory. A presentation of the TODIM method follows. The basic concepts of the Choquet integral as related to multi-criteria decision aiding are reviewed. It is also shown how the measures of dominance of the TODIM method can be rewritten through the application of the Choquet integral. From the ordering of decision criteria the fuzzy measures of criteria interactions are computed, which leads to the ranking of alternatives. A case study on the forecasting of property values for rent in a Brazilian city illustrates the proposed model. Results obtained from the use of the Choquet integral are then compared against a previously made usage of the TODIM method. It is concluded that significant advantages exist derived from the use of the Choquet integral. The paper closes with recommendations for future research.     

Eine Klasse inhomogener Bessel-Gleichungen

Summary New particular solutions are given for certain types of nonhomogeneous Bessel equations. Previous considerations allow of considerable extension and their technical importance is illustrated by an example in heat conduction.     

The SIR method: A superiority and inferiority ranking method for multiple criteria decision making

In this paper, a superiority and inferiority ranking (SIR) method is proposed. This new method uses two types of information, the superiority and the inferiority information, to derive two types of flows, the superiority flow and the inferiority flow, by which the set of alternatives are ranked partially or completely. Relationships between the SIR method and some of the classical multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods (such as SAW, TOPSIS and PROMETHEE) are explored. It is proved that the SIR method is a significant extension of the well-known PROMETHEE method.     

Stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis using the data envelopment model

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA-2) are methods for evaluating alternatives based on multiple criteria. While DEA is mainly an ex-post tool used for classifying alternatives into efficient and inefficient ones, SMAA-2 is an ex-ante tool for supporting multiple criteria decision-making. Both methods use a kind of value function where the importance of criteria is modeled using weights. Unlike many other methods, neither DEA nor SMAA-2 requires decision-makers’ weights as input. Instead, these so-called non-parametric methods explore the weight space in order to identify weights favorable for each alternative. This paper introduces the SMAA-D method, which is a combination of DEA and SMAA-2. SMAA-D can be characterized as an extension of DEA to handle uncertain or imprecise data to provide stochastic efficiency measures. Alternatively, the combined method can be seen as a variant of SMAA-2 with a DEA-type value function.     

三角模糊数去模糊化对VIKOR妥协解的影响研究

针对准则值和准则权重均为三角模糊数的多准则决策问题,研究了不同三角模糊数去模糊化方法适用的数学运算规则,应用VIKOR方法进行三角模糊数去模糊化的必要环节和前提条件,分析了去模糊化对群体效用值和个体遗憾值以及对妥协解的影响机制,给出了一种拓展的VIKOR方法的决策步骤,最后运用算例说明了方法的实施过程和有效性。     

Knowledge representation and acquisition in expert systems for pattern recognition

A new approach to the design of fuzzy expert systems is proposed. The representation of knowledge and the formation of statements by fuzzy logic tools are discussed in detail. A model of fuzzy inference is described. Primary attention is given to automatic extraction of knowledge (fuzzy inference rules) from a set of precedents. Various performance criteria for rules are introduced, and an algorithm for their generation (the method of effective restrictions) is proposed. An extension of the type of admissible rules by introducing a fuzzy disjunction operation is described. The possibility of optimizing the rules found is explored. The benefits of the approaches proposed are illustrated by experiments.     

A note on a derivation method for SDE models: Applications in biology and viability criteria

We discuss a method, which was popularized by E. J. Allen and that is frequently used in applications to construct SDE models. The derivation procedure is based on information about the elementary processes involved in the dynamics and their corresponding probabilities. We formulate criteria for the viability of the resulting models. In particular, explicit necessary and sufficient conditions are deduced for the non-negativity and/or boundedness of solutions. Moreover, we show that the class of deterministic models for which the construction leads to an admissible SDE extension is strongly limited. Several examples are presented to illustrate the implications of our results.     

Frequency-domain criteria for the global stability of phase synchronization systems

New criteria for the global stability of phase synchronization systems are formulated and proved. The efficiency of the criteria for phase-locked loops is demonstrated.     

ON ENTIRE FUNCTIONS, BLOCH AND NORMAL FUNCTIONS

New criteria for an analytic function to be Bloch and for a meromorphic function to benormal are given. These criteria generalize the recently introduced area integral conditionsinvolving a Green's function.     

分段Koszul代数, II

本文继续研究了分段Koszul 代数. 具体地, 给出了一些分段Koszul 代数的判定准则; 作为构造更多分段Koszul 代数例子的尝试, 讨论了分段Koszul 代数的“单点扩张” 和“H-Galois 分次扩张”, 其中H 是有限维的半单余半单Hopf 代数.     

Learning multicriteria classification models from examples: Decision rules in continuous space

The classification problem statement of multicriteria decision analysis is to model the classification of the alternatives/actions according to the decision maker's preferences. These models are based on outranking relations, utility functions or (linear) discriminant functions. Model parameters can be given explicitly or learnt from a preclassified set of alternatives/actions.In this paper we propose a novel approach, the Continuous Decision (CD) method, to learn parameters of a discriminant function, and we also introduce its extension, the Continuous Decision Tree (CDT) method, which describes the classification more accurately.The proposed methods are results of integration of Machine Learning methods in Decision Analysis. From a Machine Learning point of view, the CDT method can be considered as an extension of the C4.5 decision tree building algorithm that handles only numeric criteria but applies more complex tests in the inner nodes of the tree. For the sake of easier interpretation, the decision trees are transformed to rules.