Depth notions for orthogonal regression

Global depth, tangent depth and simplicial depths for classical and orthogonal regression are compared in examples, and properties that are useful for calculations are derived. The robustness of the maximum simplicial depth estimates is shown in examples. Algorithms for the calculation of depths for orthogonal regression are proposed, and tests for multiple regression are transferred to orthogonal regression. These tests are distribution free in the case of bivariate observations. For a particular test problem, the powers of tests that are based on simplicial depth and tangent depth are compared by simulations.     

Periodic and solitary-wave solutions of the Degasperis–Procesi equation

Travelling-wave solutions of the Degasperis–Procesi equation are investigated. The solutions are characterized by two parameters. For propagation in the positive x-direction, hump-like, inverted loop-like and coshoidal periodic-wave solutions are found; hump-like, inverted loop-like and peakon solitary-wave solutions are obtained as well. For propagation in the negative x-direction, there are solutions which are just the mirror image in the x-axis of the aforementioned solutions. A transformed version of the Degasperis–Procesi equation, which is a generalization of the Vakhnenko equation, is also considered. For propagation in the positive x-direction, hump-like, loop-like, inverted loop-like, bell-like and coshoidal periodic-wave solutions are found; loop-like, inverted loop-like and kink-like solitary-wave solutions are obtained as well. For propagation in the negative x-direction, well-like and inverted coshoidal periodic-wave solutions are found; well-like and inverted peakon solitary-wave solutions are obtained as well. In an appropriate limit, the previously known solutions of the Vakhnenko equation are recovered.     

State models and asymptotic behaviour of 2D positive systems

Homogeneous 2D positive systems are 2D state-space models whosevariables are alwalys nonnegative and, consequently, are describedby a pair of nonnegative square matrices (A, B). In the paper,the properties of these pairs are discussed both in the generalcase and under particular assumptions like finite memory, separability,and property L. Various aspects of the positive asymptotic dynamic are considered;in particular, sufficient conditions are provided guaranteeingthat the local states are eventually strictly positive. Finally,some results on the convergence of the states towards a constantasymptotic distribution are presented.     

Some properties of singular integral operators over an open curve Dedicated to the 85th birthday of Prof. Lu Jianke

In this paper, the stability properties, the endpoint behavior and the invertible relations of Cauchy-type singular integral operators over an open curve are discussed. If the endpoints of the curve are not special, this type of operators are proved to be stable. At the endpoints, either the singularity or smoothness of the operators are exactly described. And the function sets or spaces on which the operators are invertible as well as the corresponding inverted operators are given. Meanwhile, some applications for the solution of Cauchy-type singular integral equations are illustrated.     

Some properties of singular integral operators over an open curve Dedicated to the 85th birthday of Prof.Lu Jinake

In this paper, the stability properties, the endpoint behavior and the invertible relations of Cauchy-type singular integral operators over an open curve are discussed. If the endpoints of the curve are not special, this type of operators are proved to be stable. At the endpoints, either the singularity or smoothness of the operators are exactly described. And the function sets or spaces on which the operators are invertible as well as the corresponding inverted operators are given. Meanwhile, some applications for the solution of Cauchy-type singular integral equations are illustrated.     

On the boundedness and unboundedness of external polyhedral estimates for reachable sets of linear differential systems

The boundedness and unboundedness properties of external polyhedral (paralle-lepiped-valued) estimates are investigated for reachable sets of linear differential systems with a stable matrix. Boundedness and unboundedness criteria on an infinite time interval are presented for two types of estimates (“touching” estimates, which were introduced earlier, and estimates with constant orientation matrix). Conditions for the system matrix and bounding sets are given under which there are bounded estimates among the estimates of the mentioned types, under which there are unbounded estimates, and under which all the estimates are bounded or all the estimates are unbounded. In terms of the exponents of the estimates, the possible rate of their growth is described. For two-dimensional systems, the classification and comparison of possible situations of the boundedness or unboundedness for estimates of both types are given and boundedness criteria for estimates with special (orthogonal and “quasi-orthogonal”) constant orientation matrices are found. Results of numerical modeling are presented.     

On Time Discretizations for Spectral Methods

New methods are introduced for the time integration of the Fourier and Chebyshev methods of solution for dynamic differential equations. These methods are unconditionally stable, even though no matrix inversions are required. Time steps are chosen by accuracy requirements alone. For the Fourier method both leapfrog and Runge-Kutta methods are considered. For the Chebyshev method only Runge-Kutta schemes are tested. Numerical calculations are presented to verify the analytic results. Applications to the shallow water equations are presented.     

Three types of matrix stability

Three types of stability of real matrices are compared and necessary conditions are obtained in terms of the principal submatrices. For normal matrices and matrices whose off-diagonal elements are all positive, these conditions are sufficient, and the three types of stability are all equivalent. Necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of the elements of the matrix are proven for matrices of order 2 and 3.     

Morse decompositions of nonautonomous dynamical systems

The global asymptotic behavior of dynamical systems on compact metric spaces can be described via Morse decompositions. Their components, the so-called Morse sets, are obtained as intersections of attractors and repellers of the system. In this paper, new notions of attractor and repeller for nonautonomous dynamical systems are introduced which are designed to establish nonautonomous generalizations of the Morse decomposition. The dynamical properties of these decompositions are discussed, and nonautonomous Lyapunov functions which are constant on the Morse sets are constructed explicitly. Moreover, Morse decompositions of one-dimensional and linear systems are studied.

     

Stability of random impulsive coupled systems on networks with Markovian switching

Abstract

This article is intended to study global asymptotical stability in probability for random impulsive coupled systems on networks with Markovian switching. Two cases are considered. (1) Continuous dynamics are stable while impulses are unstable; (2) impulses are stable while continuous dynamics are unstable. To begin with, based on Lyapunov method as well as graph-theoretic technique, several new stability criteria in two cases are derived, that are, the Lyapunov-type criteria and the coefficients-type criteria. Then main results are used for a class of random impulsive coupled oscillators. Finally, the effectiveness of the obtained results is verified by numerical simulations.     

Algorithms for finding optimum trees: Description,use and evaluation

This work is devoted to the problem of finding an optimum spanning tree in an undirected graph. Both min-sum and min-max trees are sought. The five algorithms considered are among the most well-known proposed in the literature. They are described in sect. 1 as thoroughly as possible, using a simplified Pascal language; all min-sum algorithms are derived from a unique prototype formulation. In sect. 2, the algorithms are implemented in PFORT to enhance their portability and ad hoc data structures are utilized in order to obtain subroutines as efficient as possible. Finally, in sect. 3, the programs are evaluated, comparing their performances in handling several classes of randomly generated graphs. Various observations are reported, and some indications for choosing the most suitable algorithm in each case are provided.Sponsored by the CNR finalized project on Informatics (subproject P1, task SOFMAT), Italy.     

Economic design of screening procedures when the rejected items are reprocessed

In a screening inspection, all of the items are subject to acceptance inspection. If an item fails to meet the predetermined specifications, it is rejected. In this paper, economic screening procedures are considered when the rejected items are reprocessed. It is assumed that the reprocessed and nonreprocessed items are produced by the same manufacturing process and therefore their quality characteristics are identically and independently distributed. Screening procedures based on the performance variable of interest and a variable which is correlated with the performance variable are considered. Cost models are constructed which involve the cost incurred by imperfect quality, reprocessing cost, and inspection cost. Methods of finding the optimal screening procedures are presented and an example is given.     

Potential-based numerical solution of Dirichlet problems for the Helmholtz equation

Three-dimensional Dirichlet problems for the Helmholtz equation are considered in generalized formulations. By applying single-layer potentials, they are reduced to Fredholm boundary integral equations of the first kind. The equations are discretized using a special averaging method for integral operators with weak singularities in the kernels. As a result, the integral equations are approximated by systems of linear algebraic equations with easy-to-compute coefficients, which are solved numerically by applying the generalized minimal residual method. A modification of the method is proposed that yields solutions in the spectra of interior Dirichlet problems and integral operators when the integral equations are not equivalent to the original differential problems and are not well-posed. Numerical results are presented for assessing the capabilities of the approach.     

New perturbation bounds for denumerable Markov chains

This paper is devoted to perturbation analysis of denumerable Markov chains. Bounds are provided for the deviation between the stationary distribution of the perturbed and nominal chain, where the bounds are given by the weighted supremum norm. In addition, bounds for the perturbed stationary probabilities are established. Furthermore, bounds on the norm of the asymptotic decomposition of the perturbed stationary distribution are provided, where the bounds are expressed in terms of the norm of the ergodicity coefficient, or the norm of a special residual matrix. Refinements of our bounds for Doeblin Markov chains are considered as well. Our results are illustrated with a number of examples.     

MTL代数的特征定理

对于逻辑系统代数结构的研究,是一个十分重要的研究课题.近期提出的BL代数,R_0代数,MTL代数就是这个方向具有代表性的研究成果.本文讨论MTL代数的性质与结构,给出这种代数的几个特征定理,澄清这种代数与其它代数结构的关系.鉴于单位区间中由左连续t-范数诱导的剩余蕴涵与MTL代数的紧密联系,本文还考察了这种模糊蕴涵的特征性质.     

Some properties of singular integral operators over an open curve

In this paper, the stability properties, the endpoint behavior and the invertible relations of Cauchy-type singular integral operators over an open curve are discussed. If the endpoints of the curve are not special, this type of operators are proved to be stable. At the endpoints, either the singularity or smoothness of the operators are exactly described. And the function sets or spaces on which the operators are invertible as well as the corresponding inverted operators are given. Meanwhile, some applications for the solution of Cauchy-type singular integral equations are illustrated. This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10471048)     

Some properties of complex matrix-variate generalized Dirichlet integrals

Dirichlet integrals and the associated Dirichlet statistical densities are widely used in various areas. Generalizations of Dirichlet integrals and Dirichlet models to matrix-variate cases, when the matrices are real symmetric positive definite or hermitian positive definite, are available [4]. Real scalar variables case of the Dirichlet models are generalized in various directions. One such generalization of the type-2 or inverted Dirichlet is looked into in this article. Matrix-variate analogue, when the matrices are hermitian positive definite, are worked out along with some properties which are mathematically and statistically interesting.     

Nonstandard finite difference schemes for a class of generalized convection–diffusion–reaction equations

In this work, a class of nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) schemes are proposed to approximate the solutions of a class of generalized convection–diffusion–reaction equations. First, in the case of no diffusion, two exact finite difference schemes are presented using the method of characteristics. Based on these two exact schemes, a class of exact schemes are presented by introducing a parameter α. Second, since the forms of these exact schemes are so complicated that they are not convenient to use, a class of NSFD schemes are derived from the exact schemes using numerical approximations. It follows that, under certain conditions about denominator function of time‐step sizes, these NSFD schemes are elementary stable and the solutions are positive and bounded. Third, by means of the Mickens' technique of subequations, a new class of implicit NSFD schemes are constructed for the full convection–diffusion–reaction equations. It is shown that, under certain parameters set, these NSFD schemes are capable of preserving the non‐negativity and boundedness of the analytical solutions. Finally, some numerical simulations are provided to verify the validity of our analytical results. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 1288–1309, 2015     

Conflict resolution in fuzzy environment

Conflict resolution methodology is discussed with fuzzified Pareto frontier. Four solution concepts, namely, the Nash solution, the generalized Nash solution, the Kalai-Smorodinsky concept, and a solution method based on a special bargaining process are examined. The solutions are also fuzzy, the corresponding payoff values are fuzzy numbers, the membership functions of which are determined. Three particular cases are considered in the paper. Linear, quadratic, and general nonlinear Pareto frontiers with known shape are examined.     

Analysis of the Euler–Poisson equations by methods of power geometry and normal form

New approaches and methods for studying non-linear problems are applied to the classical problem of the motion of a heavy rigid body about a fixed point, i.e., to the system of Euler–Poisson equations. All the asymptotic expansions of the solutions of the Kowalewski equations, to which the Euler–Poisson equations reduce when certain constraints are imposed on the parameters, are found using power geometry. They form 24 families. Then all the exact solutions of the Kowalewski equations of a specific class (which includes almost all the known exact solutions) are found on the basis of these expansions. Five new families of such solutions are found. Instead of the conventional technique of studying the global integrability of the Euler–Poisson equations, studying their local integrability near stationary and periodic solutions is proposed. Normal forms are used for this purpose. Sets of real stationary solutions, in the vicinity of which these equations are locally integrable, are discovered using them. Other real stationary solutions, in the vicinity of which the Euler–Poisson equations are locally non-integrable, are also found. This is established using the theory of resonant normal forms developed and computer calculations of the coefficients of a normal form.