Abstract: This paper is concerned with the minimal wave speed of traveling wave solutions in a predator-prey system with distributed time delay, which does not satisfy comparison principle due to delayed intraspecific terms. By constructing upper and lower solutions, we obtain the existence of traveling wave solutions when the wave speed is the minimal wave speed. Our results complete the known conclusions and show the precisely asymptotic behavior of traveling wave solutions. PubDate: Thu, 31 May 2018 09:15:53 +000
Abstract: A discrete population model integrated using the forward Euler method is investigated. The qualitative bifurcation analysis indicates that the model exhibits rich dynamical behaviors including the existence of the equilibrium state, the flip bifurcation, the Neimark-Sacker bifurcation, and two invariant closed curves. The conditions for existence of these bifurcations are derived by using the center manifold and bifurcation theory. Numerical simulations and bifurcation diagrams exhibit the complex dynamical behaviors, especially the occurrence of two invariant closed curves. PubDate: Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We extend Balser-Kostov method of studying summability properties of a singularly perturbed inhomogeneous linear system with regular singularity at origin to nonlinear systems of the form with a -valued function, holomorphic in a polydisc . We show that its unique formal solution in power series of , whose coefficients are holomorphic functions of , is -summable under a Siegel-type condition on the eigenvalues of . The estimates employed resemble the ones used in KAM theorem. A simple lemma is applied to tame convolutions that appear in the power series expansion of nonlinear equations. Applications to spherical Bessel functions and probability theory are indicated. The proposed summability method has certain advantages as it may be applied as well to (singularly perturbed) nonlinear partial differential equations of evolution type. PubDate: Tue, 29 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: Two-stage production process and its applications appear in many production environments. Job processing times are usually assumed to be constant throughout the process. In fact, the learning effect accrued from repetitive work experiences, which leads to the reduction of actual job processing times, indeed exists in many production environments. However, the issue of learning effect is rarely addressed in solving a two-stage assembly scheduling problem. Motivated by this observation, the author studies a two-stage three-machine assembly flow shop problem with a learning effect based on sum of the processing times of already processed jobs to minimize the makespan criterion. Because this problem is proved to be NP-hard, a branch-and-bound method embedded with some developed dominance propositions and a lower bound is employed to search for optimal solutions. A cloud theory-based simulated annealing (CSA) algorithm and an iterated greedy (IG) algorithm with four different local search methods are used to find near-optimal solutions for small and large number of jobs. The performances of adopted algorithms are subsequently compared through computational experiments and nonparametric statistical analyses, including the Kruskal–Wallis test and a multiple comparison procedure. PubDate: Wed, 23 May 2018 08:49:09 +000
Abstract: The avian influenza A(H7N9) virus has certain fatal effects on human. In this paper, a mathematical model describing the transmission dynamics of avian influenza A(H7N9) between human and poultry is investigated. The basic reproduction number of the model is obtained by applying the method of the next generation matrix. Then the local and global stability of the equilibria are proven. At last, we use numerical simulations to verify the theoretical results. PubDate: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:34:37 +000
Abstract: The satellite image downlink scheduling problem (SIDSP) is included in satellite mission planning as an important part. A customer demand is finished only if the corresponding images are eventually downloaded. Due to the growing customer demands and the limited ground resources, SIDSP is an oversubscribed scheduling problem. In this paper, we investigate SIDSP with the case study of China’s commercial remote sensing satellite constellation (SuperView-1) and exploit the serial scheduling scheme for solving it. The idea is first determining a permutation of the downlink requests and then producing a schedule from the given ordered requests. A schedule generation algorithm (SGA) is proposed to assign the downlink time window for each scheduled request according to a given request permutation. A hybrid genetic algorithm (HGA) combined with neighborhood search is proposed to optimize the downlink request permutation with the purpose of maximizing the utility function. Experimental results on six groups of instances with different density demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. PubDate: Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The locally optimal filter is designed for a class of discrete-time systems subject to stochastic nonlinearity functions, finite-step correlated noises, and missing measurements. The multiplicative noises are employed to describe the random disturbances in the system model. The phenomena of missing measurements occur in a random way and the missing probability is characterized by Bernoulli distributed random variables with known conditional probabilities. Based on the projection theory, a class of Kalman-type locally optimal filter is constructed and the filtering error covariance matrix is minimized in the sense of minimum mean square error principle. Also, by solving the recursive matrix equation, we can obtain the filter gain. Finally, two examples are provided: one is a numerical example to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed filtering scheme; the other is to solve the problem of target estimation for a tracking system considering networked phenomena. PubDate: Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We propose a new algorithm for solving the terminal value problems on a -difference equations. Through some transformations, the terminal value problems which contain the first- and second-order delta-derivatives have been changed into the corresponding initial value problems; then with the help of the methods developed by Liu and H. Jafari, the numerical solution has been obtained and the error estimate has also been considered for the terminal value problems. Some examples are given to illustrate the accuracy of the numerical methods we proposed. By comparing the exact solution with the numerical solution, we find that the convergence speed of this numerical method is very fast. PubDate: Mon, 14 May 2018 06:19:18 +000
Abstract: A fourth-order nonlinear difference equation is considered. By making use of critical point theory, some new criteria are obtained for the existence of periodic solutions with minimal period. The main methods used are a variational technique and the Linking Theorem. PubDate: Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: Product quality and pricing, as the important competitive tools, play a key role in attracting consumers. In a supply chain, the decisions on product quality and pricing are usually interlinked and would influence the cooperation relation between the members, especially when they are fairness-concerned and have different bargaining power. However, linking the quality and pricing decisions to the decision-makers’ behavioral factors such as fairness concern draws a little attention in the literature of supply chain management. This paper incorporates the members’ fairness preference and bargaining power into the product quality and pricing decisions in a two-echelon supply chain, where the supplier offers core components with a certain quality level to the downstream manufacturer, who subsequently sells the final products in the end market. Both the supplier and the manufacturer are assumed to be fairness-concerned by adopting Nash bargaining solutions as their fairness reference points. We use game-theoretic models to analyze the equilibrium product quality and pricing strategies under the setting of integrated and decentralized supply chain, respectively. Detailed comparisons and sensitivity analysis are further conducted to examine the impacts of members’ strengths of fairness concern, bargaining power, and decision structure on their equilibrium product quality and pricing strategies and corresponding payoffs. PubDate: Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: By using the symmetric mountain pass lemma, we investigate the problem of existence of infinitely many solutions for a class of fractional impulsive coupled systems with -Laplacian, which possesses mixed type nonlinearities, and the nonlinearities do not need to satisfy the well-known Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition. PubDate: Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The optimal reinsurance-investment strategies considering the interests of both the insurer and reinsurer are investigated. The surplus process is assumed to follow a jump-diffusion process and the insurer is permitted to purchase proportional reinsurance from the reinsurer. Applying dynamic programming approach and dual theory, the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations are derived and the optimal strategies for exponential utility function are obtained. In addition, several sensitivity analyses and numerical illustrations in the case with exponential claiming distributions are presented to analyze the effects of parameters about the optimal strategies. PubDate: Tue, 08 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: When analyzing the reliability of low-voltage switchgear by Bayesian method, the maximum entropy multisource information fusion method was proposed to obtain the prior information of low-voltage switchgear and then evaluate the reliability. The historical data of low-voltage switchgear was collected and organized from a manufacturer. According to the expert experience and the data, the creditability analysis and the compatibility test were presented by the Smirnov test method. Based on the high creditability and compatibility, the result of the maximum entropy multisource information fusion method is the determination of prior information. Therefore, the distribution type of the prior information was confirmed by using the maximum entropy method, and the parameter of the prior information was received by bootstrap method with MATLAB. Then the posterior distribution was obtained to evaluate the MTBF of low-voltage switchgear. Finally, the historical data of years from 2007 to 2010 was taken as prior information to illustrate the maximum entropy multisource information fusion method and to get the MTBF of low-voltage switchgear. The evaluation result reduces the experimental period and test cost, which is an improvement for the reliability evaluation and management of low-voltage switchgear and also an improvement for other systems with simple sample data. Compared with traditional Bayesian networks, the proposed method can fuse experts experience and historical data and has advantages for the use of prior information effectively. PubDate: Mon, 07 May 2018 06:51:11 +000
Abstract: We propose a simple and robust numerical algorithm to estimate a time-dependent volatility function from a set of market observations, using the Black–Scholes (BS) model. We employ a fully implicit finite difference method to solve the BS equation numerically. To define the time-dependent volatility function, we define a cost function that is the sum of the squared errors between the market values and the theoretical values obtained by the BS model using the time-dependent volatility function. To minimize the cost function, we employ the steepest descent method. However, in general, volatility functions for minimizing the cost function are nonunique. To resolve this problem, we propose a predictor-corrector technique. As the first step, we construct the volatility function as a constant. Then, in the next step, our algorithm follows the prediction step and correction step at half-backward time level. The constructed volatility function is continuous and piecewise linear with respect to the time variable. We demonstrate the ability of the proposed algorithm to reconstruct time-dependent volatility functions using manufactured volatility functions. We also present some numerical results for real market data using the proposed volatility function reconstruction algorithm. PubDate: Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We study an initial-boundary value problem for a nonlinear evolution system with damping and diffusion; our main purpose is to investigate the boundary layer effects when the vanishing diffusion limit , especially for the mixed boundary conditions; we prove that the thickness of layer is of the order . Furthermore, the corresponding convergence rates are also obtained. PubDate: Sun, 06 May 2018 07:15:08 +000
Abstract: Advertising and sales promotion are two important specific marketing communications tools. In this paper, Internet sales promotion is introduced into a differential advertising model and investigated quantitatively. The conditions for the existence and stability of periodic solutions are obtained. Flip bifurcation of periodic solution is investigated analytically. The results show that the sales promotion parameter can modify the stability of the differential advertising model and lead to chaos through flip bifurcation, the sales level will eventually be no less than a given value by adjusting the value of the sales promotion parameter, and the optimal sales promotion strategy can lead to maximum profit. Numerical results for periodic solutions, bifurcation diagrams, and the effects of sales promotion strategies, which are illustrated with an example, are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis. These results have certain significant theoretical and practical value in related markets. PubDate: Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to generalize the nonlinear incidence rate of a stochastic SIRS (susceptible-infected-recovered-susceptible) epidemic model. Our basic model was enriched with the hypotheses of vertical transmission and transfer from infected to susceptible individuals, to approach the reality. Our analysis showed that the model is well-posed. Under some conditions imposed on the intensity of the white noise perturbation, the global stability of the system is proven. Furthermore, the threshold of our model which determines the extinction and persistence of the disease is established. Numerical examples are realized to prove the rigor of our theoretical results. PubDate: Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The structure of the solutions for the system nonlinear difference equations , , is clarified in which the initial conditions ,,,,, are considered as arbitrary positive real numbers. To exemplify the theoretical discussion, some numerical examples are presented. PubDate: Thu, 03 May 2018 08:00:47 +000
Abstract: We introduce a new family of iterative methods for solving mathematical models whose governing equations are nonlinear in nature. The new family gives several iterative schemes as special cases. We also give the convergence analysis of our proposed methods. In order to demonstrate the improved performance of newly developed methods, we consider some nonlinear equations along with two complex mathematical models. The graphical analysis for these models is also presented. PubDate: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:27:08 +000
Abstract: This paper studies a damped Frenkel–Kontorova model with periodic boundary condition. By using Nash–Moser iteration scheme, we prove that such model has a family of smooth traveling wave solutions. PubDate: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We present in this paper an investigation on a discrete predator-prey system with Crowley-Martin type functional response to know its complex dynamics on the routes to chaos which are induced by bifurcations. Via application of the center manifold theorem and bifurcation theorems, occurrence conditions for flip bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation are determined, respectively. Numerical simulations are performed, on the one hand, verifying the theoretical results and, on the other hand, revealing new interesting dynamical behaviors of the discrete predator-prey system, including period-doubling cascades, period-2, period-3, period-4, period-5, period-6, period-7, period-8, period-9, period-11, period-13, period-15, period-16, period-20, period-22, period-24, period-30, and period-34 orbits, invariant cycles, chaotic attractors, sub-flip bifurcation, sub-(inverse) Neimark-Sacker bifurcation, chaotic interior crisis, chaotic band, sudden disappearance of chaotic dynamics and abrupt emergence of chaos, and intermittent periodic behaviors. Moreover, three-dimensional bifurcation diagrams are utilized to study the transition between flip bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation, and a critical case between the two bifurcations is found. This critical bifurcation case is a combination of flip bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation, showing the nonlinear characteristics of both bifurcations. PubDate: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: This paper is devoted to the dynamics of a stochastic modified Bazykin predator-prey system with Lévy jumps. First, we show that the system has a unique global positive solution and give some properties of solutions. Then, some sufficient conditions for persistence and extinction are derived by Itô formula and some inequalities on stochastic analysis. At last, some simulations are provided to check the main results. PubDate: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We study in this paper the following max-type system of difference equations of higher order: and , , where , , and the initial conditions . We show that if , then every solution of the above system is periodic with period eventually. If , then every solution of the above system is periodic with period or eventually. If or , then the above system has a solution which is not periodic eventually. PubDate: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:45:09 +000
Abstract: This paper is concerned with the existence and multiplicity of the positive solutions for a fractional boundary value problem with multistrip Riemann–Stieltjes integral boundary conditions. Our results are based on the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem. In the end, two examples are worked out to illustrate our main work. PubDate: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The key of realizing the cross docking is to design the joint of inbound trucks and outbound trucks, so a proper sequence of trucks will make the cross-docking system much more efficient and need less makespan. A cross-docking system is proposed with multiple receiving and shipping dock doors. The objective is to find the best door assignments and the sequences of trucks in the principle of products distribution to minimize the total makespan of cross docking. To solve the problem that is regarded as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model, three metaheuristics, namely, harmony search (HS), improved harmony search (IHS), and genetic algorithm (GA), are proposed. Furthermore, the fixed parameters are optimized by Taguchi experiments to improve the accuracy of solutions further. Finally, several numerical examples are put forward to evaluate the performances of proposed algorithms. PubDate: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: A new fractional two-dimensional triangle function combination discrete chaotic map (2D-TFCDM) with the discrete fractional difference is proposed. We observe the bifurcation behaviors and draw the bifurcation diagrams, the largest Lyapunov exponent plot, and the phase portraits of the proposed map, respectively. On the application side, we apply the proposed discrete fractional map into image encryption with the secret keys ciphered by Menezes-Vanstone Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (MVECC). Finally, the image encryption algorithm is analysed in four main aspects that indicate the proposed algorithm is better than others. PubDate: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a new closeness degree-based hesitant trapezoidal fuzzy (HTrF) multicriteria decision making (MCDM) approach for identifying the most appropriate green suppliers in food supply chain involving uncertain qualitative evaluation information. The uniqueness of the proposed HTrF MCDM method is the consideration of uncertain qualitative information represented by flexible linguistic expressions based on HTrF values and the construction of compromise solution with the revised closeness degree. The revised closeness degree can make sure that the most appropriate solution has the shortest distance from the HTrF positive ideal solution and the farthest distance from the HTrF negative ideal solution, simultaneously. This proposed HTrF MCDM technique not only offers a simple and efficient decision support tool to aid the food firms for identifying the optimal suppliers in food supply chain but also can enable the managers of food firms to better understand the complete evaluation and decision processes. In addition, this study provides a novel defuzzification technique to manage the HTrF weights values of main-criteria and subcriteria, respectively. PubDate: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: We consider the problem of convergence to zero of matrix products with factors from two sets of matrices, and , due to a suitable choice of matrices . It is assumed that for any sequence of matrices there is a sequence of matrices such that the corresponding matrix products converge to zero. We show that, in this case, the convergence of the matrix products under consideration is uniformly exponential; that is, , where the constants and do not depend on the sequence and the corresponding sequence . Other problems of this kind are discussed and open questions are formulated. PubDate: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
Abstract: Linear feedback control and adaptive feedback control are proposed to achieve the synchronization of stochastic neutral-type memristive neural networks with mixed time-varying delays. By applying the stochastic differential inclusions theory, Lyapunov functional, and linear matrix inequalities method, we obtain some new adaptive synchronization criteria. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results. PubDate: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +000
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