Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 217

Volume 217, Number 1, September 2010

Review Articles

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  A. R. Shehata:
  The traveling wave solutions of the perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the cubic-quintic Ginzburg Landau equation using the modified (G^'/G)-expansion method. 1-10
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  William La Cruz:
  A residual method for solving nonlinear operator equations and their application to nonlinear integral equations using symbolic computation. 11-24
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  Siew Fang Woon, Volker Rehbock:
  A critical review of discrete filled function methods in solving nonlinear discrete optimization problems. 25-41
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  Chunhuan Xiang:
  Travelling wave solutions of reduced super-KdV equation: A perspective from Lamé equation. 42-47
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  Houria Triki, M. S. Ismail:
  Soliton solutions of a BBM(m, n) equation with generalized evolution. 48-54

Research Articles

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  Abderrhaman Iggidr, K. Niri, E. Ould Moulay Ely:
  Fluctuations in a SIS epidemic model with variable size population. 55-64
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  Iossif Ostrovskii, Sofiya Ostrovska:
  On the analyticity of functions approximated by their q-Bernstein polynomials when q > 1. 65-72
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  Hai-Xia Chang, Qing-Wen Wang, Guang-Jing Song:
  (R, S)-conjugate solution to a pair of linear matrix equations. 73-82
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  Ching-Yang Cheng:
  Natural convection boundary layer flow of fluid with temperature-dependent viscosity from a horizontal elliptical cylinder with constant surface heat flux. 83-91
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  Zhen-jiang Zhou, Jing-zhi Fu, Zhi-bin Li:
  Maple packages for computing Hirota's bilinear equation and multisoliton solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. 92-104
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  Dragana S. Cvetkovic-Ilic, Vladimir Pavlovic:
  A comment on some recent results concerning the reverse order law for {1, 3, 4}-inverses. 105-109
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  Gopalakrishnan Easwaran, Larry E. Parten, Rafael Moras, Paul X. Uhlig:
  Makespan minimization in machine dominated flowshop. 110-116
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  Jing Cai, Guoliang Chen:
  On the Hermitian positive definite solutions of nonlinear matrix equation X^s + A*X^-tA = Q. 117-123
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  Jieyong Zhou, Hui Wei:
  A simpler DGMRES. 124-129
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  Ai-Guo Wu, Xianlin Zeng, Guang-Ren Duan, Wei-Jun Wu:
  Iterative solutions to the extended Sylvester-conjugate matrix equations. 130-142
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  Yutaka Shoukaku, Norio Yoshida:
  Oscillations of nonlinear hyperbolic equations with functional arguments via Riccati method. 143-151
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  Parviz Ghadimi, Abbas Dashtimanesh, Hossein Hosseinzadeh:
  Solution of Poisson's equation by analytical boundary element integration. 152-163
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  Dong Zhang, Jian Xu:
  Projective synchronization of different chaotic time-delayed neural networks based on integral sliding mode controller. 164-174
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  Zhong Zhao, Ying Li, Lansun Chen:
  Dynamics of product inhibition on lactic acid fermentation. 175-184
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  Shib Sankar Sana:
  Optimal selling price and lotsize with time varying deterioration and partial backlogging. 185-194
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  Mujahid Abbas, Muhammad Ali Khan, Stojan Radenovic:
  Common coupled fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces for w-compatible mappings. 195-202
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  Betchewe Gambo, Thomas Bouetou Bouetou, Victor Kuetche Kamgang, Timoléon Crépin Kofané:
  Dynamical survey of a generalized-Zakharov equation and its exact travelling wave solutions. 203-211
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  Mohamed Hayek:
  Constructing of exact solutions to the KdV and Burgers equations with power-law nonlinearity by the extended (G'/G)-expansion method. 212-221
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  R. Thukral:
  A new eighth-order iterative method for solving nonlinear equations. 222-229
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  Yabo Chen, Zhenyun Peng, Tiejun Zhou:
  LSQR iterative common symmetric solutions to matrix equations AXB = E and CXD = F. 230-236
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  Marián Slodicka, Valdemar Melicher:
  An iterative algorithm for a Cauchy problem in eddy-current modelling. 237-246
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  Aydin Huseynov:
  Positive solutions of a nonlinear impulsive equation with periodic boundary conditions. 247-259
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  Konstantinos P. Anagnostopoulos, L. Kotsikas:
  Experimental evaluation of simulated annealing algorithms for the time-cost trade-off problem. 260-270
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  Ekrem Savas:
  Delta^m-Strongly summable sequences spaces in 2-normed spaces defined by ideal convergence and an Orlicz function. 271-276
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  Shih-sen Chang, Li Yang, Xiong Rui Wang:
  Stronger convergence theorems for an infinite family of uniformly quasi-Lipschitzian mappings in convex metric spaces. 277-282
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  DaZhao Lü, YanYing Cui, Cheng Lü, ChuYuan Wei:
  Novel composite function solutions of the modified KdV equation. 283-288
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  Vu Nhat Huy, Quôc-Anh Ngô:
  On an Iyengar-type inequality involving quadratures in n knots. 289-294
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  Shun-Hui Zhu, Yi-Tian Gao, Xin Yu, Zhi-Yuan Sun, Xiao-Ling Gai, De-Xin Meng:
  Painlevé property, soliton-like solutions and complexitons for a coupled variable-coefficient modified Korteweg-de Vries system in a two-layer fluid model. 295-307
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  Rajesh Sharma, R. Bhargava, I. V. Singh:
  Combined effect of magnetic field and heat absorption on unsteady free convection and heat transfer flow in a micropolar fluid past a semi-infinite moving plate with viscous dissipation using element free Galerkin method. 308-321
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  Nguyen Buong:
  Strong convergence theorem of an iterative method for variational inequalities and fixed point problems in Hilbert spaces. 322-329
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  Guodong Zhang, Lulu Zhu, Boshan Chen:
  Hopf bifurcation and stability for a differential-algebraic biological economic system. 330-338
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  Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Anders Grønvik Jahnsen:
  Re-seeding invalidates tests of random number generators. 339-346
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  K. I. Khudaverdiyev, A. G. Alieva:
  On the global existence of solution to one-dimensional fourth order nonlinear Sobolev type equations. 347-354
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  Yu Mao, Wallace Kit-Sang Tang, Marius-F. Danca:
  An averaging model for chaotic system with periodic time-varying parameter. 355-362
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  Jay I. Frankel, Majid Keyhani, M. G. Huang:
  Local sensitivity analysis for the heat flux-temperature integral relationship in the half-space. 363-375
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  Jin-Ming Zuo:
  Application of the extended (G'/G)-expansion method to solve the Pochhammer-Chree equations. 376-383
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  S. Kutluay, A. Esen, O. Tasbozan:
  The (G'/G)-expansion method for some nonlinear evolution equations. 384-391
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  Ben-gong Zhang, Zheng-rong Liu, Qing Xiao:
  New exact solitary wave and multiple soliton solutions of quantum Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation. 392-402
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  Yung-Ruei Chang, Chin-Yu Huang, Sy-Yen Kuo:
  Performance assessment and reliability analysis of dependable and distributed computing systems based on BDD and recursive merge. 403-413

Technical Notes

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  Nikolai A. Kudryashov, Dmitry I. Sinelshchikov:
  Nonlinear evolution equations for describing waves in bubbly liquids with viscosity and heat transfer consideration. 414-421
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  Zhouchao Wei, Qigui Yang:
  Anti-control of Hopf bifurcation in the new chaotic system with two stable node-foci. 422-429
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  Ahmet Bekir, Esin Aksoy:
  Exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations with variable coefficients using exp-function method. 430-436
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  Dug Hun Hong:
  A sharp Hardy-type inequality of Sugeno integrals. 437-440
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  Meirong Xu, Sipeng Xu:
  Global behavior of a discrete haematopoiesis model with several delays. 441-449

Volume 217, Number 2, September 2010

Review Article

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  Ahmad T. Ali, Ezzat R. Hassan:
  General Exp_a-function method for nonlinear evolution equations. 451-459

Research Articles

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  Robert A. Van Gorder, K. Vajravelu:
  A general class of coupled nonlinear differential equations arising in self-similar solutions of convective heat transfer problems. 460-465
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  Houria Triki, Abdul-Majid Wazwaz:
  Bright soliton solution to a generalized Burgers-KdV equation with time-dependent coefficients. 466-471
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  Baojian Hong:
  New exact Jacobi elliptic functions solutions for the generalized coupled Hirota-Satsuma KdV system. 472-479
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  Bashir Ahmad, S. Sivasundaram:
  On four-point nonlocal boundary value problems of nonlinear integro-differential equations of fractional order. 480-487
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  Yi Jiang, Shihui Zhu:
  Upper bound of weak-limitation for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. 488-494
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  Nasser Hassan Sweilam, Mohamed M. Khader:
  Approximate solutions to the nonlinear vibrations of multiwalled carbon nanotubes using Adomian decomposition method. 495-505
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  Xinzhu Meng:
  Stability of a novel stochastic epidemic model with double epidemic hypothesis. 506-515
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  P. Patrício, R. E. Hartwig:
  The (2, 2, 0) group inverse problem. 516-520
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  Zhao-Yan Li, Yong Wang, Bin Zhou, Guang-Ren Duan:
  On unified concepts of detectability and observability for continuous-time stochastic systems. 521-536
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  Honglei Xu, Yuanqiang Chen, Kok Lay Teo:
  Global exponential stability of impulsive discrete-time neural networks with time-varying delays. 537-544
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  Mergen H. Ghayesh, Mostafa Yourdkhani, Sara Balar, Tyler Reid:
  Vibrations and stability of axially traveling laminated beams. 545-556
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  Li-Man Liao, Ching-Jen Huang:
  Tabu search for non-permutation flowshop scheduling problem with minimizing total tardiness. 557-567
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  Shigeki Matsutani:
  Sheaf-theoretic investigation of CIP-method. 568-579
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  Mohammed M. M. Jaradat:
  Fundamental group and cycle space of dual graphs and applications. 580-582
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  Hongmin Ren, Qingbiao Wu, Weihong Bi:
  On convergence of a new secant-like method for solving nonlinear equations. 583-589
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  Lei Zhao, Shuigeng Zhou:
  Symbolic analysis and exact travelling wave solutions to a new modified Novikov equation. 590-598
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  Beong In Yun:
  Transformation methods for finding multiple roots of nonlinear equations. 599-606
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  Jionghui Cai, Wen Qiu, Pizhu Jia:
  Exact traveling wave solutions for a modified Camassa-Holm equation. 607-611
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  Hongmin Ren, Ioannis K. Argyros:
  Convergence radius of the modified Newton method for multiple zeros under Hölder continuous derivative. 612-621
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  Tasawar Hayat, Raseelo Joel Moitsheki, Shirley Abelman:
  Stokes' first problem for Sisko fluid over a porous wall. 622-628
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  Qing Liu, Jia-Cheng Lan, Hong-Yu Wu, Zi-Hua Wang:
  A series of exact solutions for (2 + 1)-dimensional Wick-type stochastic generalized Broer-Kaup system via a modified variable-coefficient projective Riccati equation mapping method. 629-638
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  Higinio Ramos:
  Contributions to the development of differential systems exactly solved by multistep finite-difference schemes. 639-649
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  Braulio De Abreu, Marcos Raydan:
  Residual methods for the large-scale matrix pth root and some related problems. 650-660
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  Ruixi Liang, Jianhua Shen:
  Positive periodic solutions for impulsive predator-prey model with dispersion and time delays. 661-676
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  Hongjian Guo, Lansun Chen:
  A study on time-limited control of single-pest with stage-structure. 677-684
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  J. Singh, S. K. Gupta, Srinivasan Chandrasekaran:
  Computational treatment of free convection effect on flow of elastico-viscous fluid past an accelerated plate with constant heat flux. 685-688
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  Mark W. Coffey, Nicholas Lubbers:
  On generalized harmonic number sums. 689-698
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  Cristinel Mortici:
  New improvements of the Stirling formula. 699-704
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  Baljeet Singh:
  Wave propagation in an initially stressed transversely isotropic thermoelastic solid half-space. 705-715
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  Caier Ye, Weiguo Zhang:
  New explicit solutions for the Klein-Gordon equation with cubic nonlinearity. 716-724
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  Zhixiang Chen, Feilong Cao:
  Global errors for approximate approximations with Gaussian kernels on compact intervals. 725-734
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  Liu Qiang, Zhang Weiguo:
  Exact travelling wave solutions for the dissipative (2 + 1)-dimensional AKNS equation. 735-744
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  Jie Wu, Feng Yang, Liang Liang:
  A modified complete ranking of DMUs using restrictions in DEA models. 745-751
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  Maria Letizia Bertotti:
  Modelling taxation and redistribution: A discrete active particle kinetic approach. 752-762
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  John A. D. Appleby, Malgorzata Guzowska, Cónall Kelly, Alexandra Rodkina:
  Preserving positivity in solutions of discretised stochastic differential equations. 763-774
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  Ie. Karnaukh:
  Risk process with stochastic income and two-step premium rate. 775-781
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  Zaid M. Odibat:
  A study on the convergence of homotopy analysis method. 782-789
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  J. M. Aldaz, Ognyan Kounchev, Hermann Render:
  Bernstein operators for extended Chebyshev systems. 790-800
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  Tong Zhang, Yinnian He:
  Blow-up and global solutions for a class of nonlinear parabolic equations with different kinds of boundary conditions. 801-810
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  Junfang Zhao, Fengjie Geng, Jianfeng Zhao, Weigao Ge:
  Positive solutions to a new kind Sturm-Liouville-like four-point boundary value problem. 811-819
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  Abdul-Majid Wazwaz:
  Non-integrable variants of Boussinesq equation with two solitons. 820-825
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  Hongying Luo, Mianyi Duan, Xi Liu, Jun Liu:
  Explicit periodic solitary wave solutions for the (2 + 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation. 826-829
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  Gholam-Ali Zakeri:
  Analysis of ray tube area in geometrical shock dynamics. 830-836
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  Anuar Ishak:
  Similarity solutions for flow and heat transfer over a permeable surface with convective boundary condition. 837-842
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  A. C. Rios-Coelho, Wagner F. Sacco, Nélio Henderson:
  A Metropolis algorithm combined with Hooke-Jeeves local search method applied to global optimization. 843-853
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  Hui Liang, Dongyang Shi, Wanjin Lv:
  Convergence and asymptotic stability of Galerkin methods for a partial differential equation with piecewise constant argument. 854-860
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  Yue-Ting Zhou, Jin Li, Dehao Yu, Kang Yong Lee:
  Numerical solution of hypersingular equation using recursive wavelet on invariant set. 861-868
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  Anwar Ja'afar Mohamad Jawad, Marko D. Petkovic, Anjan Biswas:
  Modified simple equation method for nonlinear evolution equations. 869-877
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  Janak Raj Sharma, Rajni Sharma:
  Modified Jarratt method for computing multiple roots. 878-881
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  M. S. Apostolopoulou, D. G. Sotiropoulos, C. A. Botsaris:
  A curvilinear method based on minimal-memory BFGS updates. 882-892
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  Zhijun Liu, Jianhua Wu, Ronghua Tan, Yiping Chen:
  Modeling and analysis of a periodic delayed two-species model of facultative mutualism. 893-903
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  Shaofen Zou, Lihong Huang, Yaonan Wang:
  Bifurcation of a three-unit neural network. 904-917
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  Nak Eun Cho, In Hwa Kim, H. M. Srivastava:
  Sandwich-type theorems for multivalent functions associated with the Srivastava-Attiya operator. 918-928

Technical Notes

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  Anjan Biswas, A. H. Kara:
  1-Soliton solution and conservation laws of the generalizedDullin-Gottwald-Holm equation. 929-932
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  P. M. Jordan:
  A note on Chrystal's equation. 933-936
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  Ismail Aslan:
  A note on the (G'/G)-expansion method again. 937-938
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  Dehua Xu, Yunqiang Yin, Hongxing Li:
  Comments on "A note on minimizing maximum lateness in an m-machine scheduling problem with a learning effect". 939-943
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  Anjan Biswas, A. H. Kara:
  1-Soliton solution and conservation laws for the Jaulent-Miodekequation with power law nonlinearity. 944-948
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  Xiang Li, Zhongfeng Qin, Lixing Yang:
  A chance-constrained portfolio selection model with risk constraints. 949-951

Volume 217, Number 3, October 2010

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  Firdaus E. Udwadia:
  Photograph, biosketch and editorial for special issue. 953-955
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  Ricardo Almeida, Delfim F. M. Torres:
  Leitmann's direct method for fractional optimization problems. 956-962
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  Jean-Pierre Aubin:
  Macroscopic traffic models: Shifting from densities to "Celerities". 963-971
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  Tamer Basar, Alain Bensoussan, Suresh P. Sethi:
  Differential games with mixed leadership: The open-loop solution. 972-979
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  Ye-Hwa Chen:
  Adaptive robust control of artificial swarm systems. 980-987
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  Pietro De Lellis, Mario di Bernardo, Franco Garofalo, Davide Liuzza:
  Analysis and stability of consensus in networked control systems. 988-1000
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  Engelbert J. Dockner, Andrea Gaunersdorfer:
  Dynamic investment strategies with demand-side and cost-side risks. 1001-1009
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  Davide Dragone, Luca Lambertini, Arsen Palestini:
  The Leitmann-Schmitendorf advertising game with n players and time discounting. 1010-1016
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  Gustav Feichtinger, Andreas J. Novak, Vladimir M. Veliov:
  Applying the Leitmann-Stalford sufficient conditions to maximization control problems with non-concave Hamiltonian. 1017-1022
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  Gastão S. F. Frederico, Delfim F. M. Torres:
  Fractional Noether's theorem in the Riesz-Caputo sense. 1023-1033
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  Susan A. Frost, Mark J. Balas:
  Evolving systems: Adaptive key component control and inheritance of passivity and dissipativity. 1034-1044
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  Efim A. Galperin:
  G. Leitmann's integral transformation for global optimal control. 1045-1052
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  Luigi Glielmo, Martin Corless:
  On output feedback control of singularly perturbed systems. 1053-1070
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  B. S. Goh, C. S. Lee, T. L. Vincent:
  ODE methods for optimization with equality constraints. 1071-1076
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  Shaul Gutman, Orly Goldan:
  3D differential game guidance. 1077-1084
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  Peter F. Hokayem, Dusan M. Stipanovic, Mark W. Spong:
  Coordination and collision avoidance for Lagrangian systems with disturbances. 1085-1094
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  Vyacheslav K. Isaev:
  To the theory of optimal splines. 1095-1109
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  Steffen Jørgensen, Guiomar Martín-Herrán, Georges Zaccour:
  The Leitmann-Schmitendorf advertising differential game. 1110-1116
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  Werner Krabs, Stefan Pickl:
  An optimal control problem in cancer chemotherapy. 1117-1124
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  Andrey A. Krasovskii, Alexander M. Tarasyev, Chihiro Watanabe:
  Optimization of functionality development. 1125-1134
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  Arkady Kryazhimskiy, Vyacheslav Maksimov:
  Resource-saving infinite-horizon tracking under uncertain input. 1135-1140
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  Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger, Arleta Mietek:
  Bonus or flat wage? An experiment into the principal-agent problem. 1141-1149
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