Sequential Linear-Quadratic Method for Differential Games with Air Combat Applications

We present a numerical method for computing a local Nash (saddle-point) solution to a zero-sum differential game for a nonlinear system. Given a solution estimate to the game, we define a subproblem, which is obtained from the original problem by linearizing its system dynamics around the solution estimate and expanding its payoff function to quadratic terms around the same solution estimate. We then apply the standard Riccati equation method to the linear-quadratic subproblem and compute its saddle solution. We then update the current solution estimate by adding the computed saddle solution of the subproblem multiplied by a small positive constant (a step size) to the current solution estimate for the original game. We repeat this process and successively generate better solution estimates. Our applications of this sequential method to air combat simulations demonstrate experimentally that the solution estimates converge to a local Nash (saddle) solution of the original game.     

一类拟线性常微分方程的多解

说明一类拟线性特征值问题有两个正解;一个大解,一个小解。同时本也证明小解是一个山路解当参数大时发展成为尖解。     

Global efficiency in multiobjective programming *

In this paper, we are concerned with global efficiency in multiobjective optimization. After exposing a property of a cone-subconvexlike function, we prove that a local weakly efficient solution, a local efficient solution and a local properly efficient solution are respectively a global weakly efficient solution, a global efficient solution and a global properly efficient solution of a multiobjective programming problem if cone- subconvexlikeness or cone-pre-invexity is assumed     

An achievement rate approach to linear programming problems with an interval objective function

In this paper, we focus on a treatment of a linear programming problem with an interval objective function. From the viewpoint of the achievement rate, a new solution concept, the maximin achievement rate solution, is proposed. Nice properties of this solution are shown: a maximin achievement rate solution is necessarily optimal when a necessarily optimal solution exists, and if not, then it is still a possibly optimal solution. An algorithm for a maximin achievement rate solution is proposed based on a relaxation procedure together with a simplex method. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the proposed solution algorithm.     

AF—代数的闭的Jordan理想

讨论AF-代数的闭的Jordan理想。我们证明了AF-代灵敏的一个闭的子集是其一Jordan理想的充分必要条件是它是一个结合理想。     

On fourth-order elliptic boundary value problems with nonmonotone nonlinear function

This paper is concerned with the fourth-order elliptic boundary value problems with nonmonotone nonlinear function. The existence and uniqueness of a solution is proven by the method of upper and lower solutions. A monotone iteration is developed so that the iteration sequence converges monotonically to a maximal solution or a minimal solution, depending on whether the initial iteration is an upper solution or a lower solution.     

A bifurcation phenomenon in a singularly perturbed two-phase free boundary problem of phase transition

In this paper, we prove a bifurcation phenomenon in a two-phase, singularly perturbed, free boundary problem of phase transition. We show that the uniqueness of the solution for the two-phase problem breaks down as the boundary data decreases through a threshold value. For boundary values below the threshold, there are at least three solutions, namely, the harmonic solution which is treated as a trivial solution in the absence of a free boundary, a nontrivial minimizer of the functional under consideration, and a third solution of the mountain-pass type. We classify these solutions according to the stability through evolution. The evolution with initial data near a stable solution, such as the trivial harmonic solution or a minimizer of the functional, converges to the stable solution. On the other hand, the evolution deviates away from a non-minimal solution of the free boundary problem.     

Vanishing pressure limits of Riemann solutions to the isentropic relativistic Euler system for Chaplygin gas

The Riemann solutions to the isentropic relativistic Euler system for Chaplygin gas with a small parameter are considered. Unlike the polytropic or barotropic gas cases, we find that firstly, as the parameter decreases to a certain critical number, the two-shock solution converges to a delta shock wave solution of the same system. Moreover, as the parameter goes to zero, that is, the pressure vanishes, the solution is nothing but the delta shock wave solution to the zero-pressure relativistic Euler system. Meanwhile, the two-rarefaction wave solution tends to the vacuum solution to the zero-pressure relativistic system, and the solution containing one rarefaction wave and one shock wave tends to the contact discontinuity solution to the zero-pressure relativistic system as pressure vanishes.     

向量均衡问题的超有效性的对偶形式

在局部凸空间中引进了向量均衡问题的强超有效解、C-强超有效解、弱超有效解, C-弱超有效解、齐次超有效解、 C-齐次超有效解的概念,并在局部凸空间中用极理论为工具讨论了向量均衡问题的 C-弱超有效解, C-超有效解, C-齐次超有效解,以及C-强超有效解的对偶形式. 又在赋范线性空间中讨论了向量均衡问题的以上各种超有效解之间的等价性,并且在赋范线性空间具正规锥的条件下讨论了向量均衡问题的以上各种超有效解的对偶形式. 作为它的应用,给出了向量优化问题各种超有效解的对偶形式.     

New travelling wave solutions for a nonlinearly dispersive wave equation of Camassa-Holm equation type

In this paper, the integral bifurcation method is used to study a nonlinearly dispersive wave equation of Camassa-Holm equation type. Loop soliton solution and periodic loop soliton solution, solitary wave solution and solitary cusp wave solution, smooth periodic wave solution and non-smooth periodic wave solution of this equation are obtained, their dynamic characters are discussed. Some solutions have an interesting phenomenon that one solution admits multi-waves when parameters vary.     

(2+1)维AKNS方程的行波解研究(英文)

Based on the travelling wave method, a(2 + 1)-dimensional AKNS equation is considered. Elliptic solution and soliton solution are presented and it is shown that the soliton solution can be reduced from the elliptic solution. It also proves that the result is consistent with the soliton solution of simplify Hirota bilinear method by Wazwaz and illustrate the solution are right travelling wave solution.     

The Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge in a generalized Oldroyd-B fluid

The velocity field corresponding to the Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge, in an incompressible generalized Oldroyd-B fluid has been established by means of the double Fourier sine and Laplace transforms. The fractional calculus approach is used in the constitutive relationship of the fluid model. The obtained solution, written in terms of the generalized G-functions, is presented as a sum of the Newtonian solution and the corresponding non-Newtonian contribution. The solution for generalized Maxwell fluids, as well as those for ordinary Maxwell and Oldroyd-B fluids, performing the same motion, is obtained as a limiting case of the present solution. This solution can be also specialized to give the similar solution for generalized second grade fluids. However, for simplicity, a new and simpler exact solution is established for these fluids. For β → 1, this last solution reduces to a previous solution obtained by a different technique.      

Optimality conditions for proper efficient solutions of vector set-valued optimization

Based on the concept of an epiderivative for a set-valued map introduced in J. Nanchang Univ. 25 (2001) 122-130, in this paper, we present a few necessary and sufficient conditions for a Henig efficient solution, a globally proper efficient solution, a positive properly efficient solution, an f-efficient solution and a strongly efficient solution, respectively, to a vector set-valued optimization problem with constraints.     

Bifurcation analysis in an SIR epidemic model with birth pulse and pulse vaccination

The dynamical behavior of an SIR epidemic model with birth pulse and pulse vaccination is discussed by means of both theoretical and numerical ways. This paper investigates the existence and stability of the infection-free periodic solution and the epidemic periodic solution. By using the impulsive effects, a Poincaré map is obtained. The Poincaré map, center manifold theorem, and bifurcation theorem are used to discuss flip bifurcation and bifurcation of the epidemic periodic solution. Moreover, the numerical results show that the epidemic periodic solution (period-one) bifurcates from the infection-free periodic solution through a supercritical bifurcation, the period-two solution bifurcates from the epidemic periodic solution through flip bifurcation, and the chaotic solution generated via a cascade of period-doubling bifurcations, which are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.     

Minimax regret solution to multiobjective linear programming problems with interval objective functions coefficients

The current paper focuses on a multiobjective linear programming problem with interval objective functions coefficients. Taking into account the minimax regret criterion, an attempt is being made to propose a new solution i.e. minimax regret solution. With respect to its properties, a minimax regret solution is necessarily ideal when a necessarily ideal solution exists; otherwise it is still considered a possibly weak efficient solution. In order to obtain a minimax regret solution, an algorithm based on a relaxation procedure is suggested. A numerical example demonstrates the validity and strengths of the proposed algorithm. Finally, two special cases are investigated: the minimax regret solution for fixed objective functions coefficients as well as the minimax regret solution with a reference point. Some of the characteristic features of both cases are highlighted thereafter.     

Direct transformation of variational problems into Cauchy systems. I. Scalar-quadratic case

This series of papers addresses three interrelated problems: the solution of a variational minimization problem, the solution of integral equations, and the solution of an initial-valued system of integro-differential equations. It will be shown that a large class of minimization problems requires the solution of linear Fredholm integral equations. It has also been shown that the solution of a linear Fredholm integral equation is identical to the solution of a Cauchy system. In this paper, we bypass the Fredholm integral equations and show that the minimization problem directly implies a solution of a Cauchy system. This first paper in the series looks only at quadratic functionals and scalar functions.This research was sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Systems Command, USAF, under Grant No. AFOSR-77-3383.     

The Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge in a generalized Oldroyd-B fluid

The velocity field corresponding to the Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge, in an incompressible generalized Oldroyd-B fluid has been established by means of the double Fourier sine and Laplace transforms. The fractional calculus approach is used in the constitutive relationship of the fluid model. The obtained solution, written in terms of the generalized G-functions, is presented as a sum of the Newtonian solution and the corresponding non-Newtonian contribution. The solution for generalized Maxwell fluids, as well as those for ordinary Maxwell and Oldroyd-B fluids, performing the same motion, is obtained as a limiting case of the present solution. This solution can be also specialized to give the similar solution for generalized second grade fluids. However, for simplicity, a new and simpler exact solution is established for these fluids. For β → 1, this last solution reduces to a previous solution obtained by a different technique.     

Convolution solutions of an abstract stochastic Cauchy problem

We study convolution solutions of an abstract stochastic Cauchy problem with the generator of a convolution operator semigroup. In the case of additive noise, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a weak convolution solution; this solution is described by a formula generalizing the classical Cauchy formula in which the solution operators of the homogeneous problem are replaced by the convolution solution operators of the homogeneous problem. For the problem with multiplicative noise, we find a condition under which the weak convolution solution coincides with the soft solution and indicate a sufficient condition for the existence and uniqueness of a weak convolution solution; the latter can be obtained by the successive approximation method.     

Connectedness of the Solution Sets and Scalarization for Vector Equilibrium Problems

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of globally efficient solution and cone-Benson efficient solution for a vector equilibrium problem; we give some scalarization results for Henig efficient solution sets, globally efficient solution sets, weak efficient solution sets, and cone-Benson efficient solution sets in locally convex spaces. Using the scalarization results, we show the connectedness and path connectedness of weak efficient solution sets and various proper efficient solution sets of vector equilibrium problem. This research was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Jinxing Province, China.     

A note on the Helmholz oscillator

The possible existence of a potentially chaotic soliton solution of an unperturbed classical oscillator is investigated. It is shown that in general the solution of the so-called “Helmholz oscillator” is a periodic solution. Special solutions are also found where a localized soliton solution or a decaying solution is obtained depending on the initial conditions.