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Mathematics, Volume 7, Issue 11

2019 November - 130 articles

Cover Story: The Wiener index is the oldest and most-studied topological index in chemistry. However, at present, there is no exact description of fullerenes with a maximum index value. In our paper, we took several steps in this direction. In particular, configurations of pentagons in caps are determined for some families of nanotubical fullerenes with the maximum Wiener index. View this paper.
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Articles (130)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,431 Views
21 Pages

19 November 2019

We introduce a class consisting of what we call quasi-periodic limit functions and then establish the relation between quasi-periodic limit functions and asymptotically quasi-periodic functions. At last, these quasi-periodic limit functions are appli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Functions and Applications)
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  • Open Access
67 Citations
5,707 Views
21 Pages

Discrete Mutation Hopfield Neural Network in Propositional Satisfiability

  • Mohd Shareduwan Mohd Kasihmuddin,
  • Mohd. Asyraf Mansor,
  • Md Faisal Md Basir and
  • Saratha Sathasivam

19 November 2019

The dynamic behaviours of an artificial neural network (ANN) system are strongly dependent on its network structure. Thus, the output of ANNs has long suffered from a lack of interpretability and variation. This has severely limited the practical usa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Computation and Mathematical Programming)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,615 Views
11 Pages

19 November 2019

We develop the two-parameter version of an arc-sine law for a last hitting time. The existing arc-sine laws are about a stochastic process X t with one parameter t. If there is another varying key factor of an event described by a process, th...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,981 Views
12 Pages

Common Fixed Point Results for Generalized Wardowski Type Contractive Multi-Valued Mappings

  • Hüseyin Işık,
  • Vahid Parvaneh,
  • Babak Mohammadi and
  • Ishak Altun

18 November 2019

In this paper, we introduce generalized Wardowski type quasi-contractions called α - ( φ , Ω ) -contractions for a pair of multi-valued mappings and prove the existence of the common fixed point for such mappings. An illust...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point, Optimization, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,582 Views
11 Pages

18 November 2019

An initial boundary value problem for a fractional in time and space shallow-water system involving ψ -Caputo fractional derivatives of different orders is considered. Using the test function method, sufficient criteria for the absence of gl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order Integral and Derivative Operators and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,665 Views
14 Pages

Analysis of Queueing System MMPP/M/K/K with Delayed Feedback

  • Agassi Melikov,
  • Sevinj Aliyeva and
  • Janos Sztrik

18 November 2019

The model of multi-channel queuing system with Markov modulated Poisson process (MMPP) flow and delayed feedback is considered. After the customer is served completely, they will decide either to join the retrial group again for another service (feed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Queueing Methods in Reliability Theory and Information Technology Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,887 Views
25 Pages

Long Term Memory Assistance for Evolutionary Algorithms

  • Matej Črepinšek,
  • Shih-Hsi Liu,
  • Marjan Mernik and
  • Miha Ravber

18 November 2019

Short term memory that records the current population has been an inherent component of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs). As hardware technologies advance currently, inexpensive memory with massive capacities could become a performance boost to EAs. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Computation and Mathematical Programming)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,942 Views
12 Pages

17 November 2019

In this article we have developed a new explicit four-step linear method of fourth algebraic order with vanished phase-lag and its first derivative. The efficiency of the method is tested by solving effectively the one-dimensional time independent Sc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Modeling and Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,265 Views
17 Pages

17 November 2019

In this work, we investigate the generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the Apollonius type additive functional equation in modular spaces with or without Δ 2 -conditions. We study the same problem in fuzzy Banach spaces and β -ho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Inequalities and Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,841 Views
25 Pages

17 November 2019

In this paper, we target the problems of finding a global minimum of nonlinear and stochastic programming problems. To solve this type of problem, we propose new approaches based on combining direct search methods with Evolution Strategies (ESs) and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Computation and Mathematical Programming)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,551 Views
11 Pages

16 November 2019

In this study, our goal is to apply a new fixed point method to prove the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of a quadratic functional equation in normed spaces which are not necessarily Banach spaces. The results of the present paper improve and extend so...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications in Theoretical and Computational Fixed Point Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,217 Views
16 Pages

16 November 2019

Finding the roots of an equation is a fundamental problem in various fields, including numerical computing, social and physical sciences. Numerical techniques are used when an analytic solution is not available. There is not a single algorithm that w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Modeling and Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,431 Views
28 Pages

16 November 2019

Here we present weighted fractional Iyengar type inequalities with respect to L p norms, with 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ . Our employed fractional calculus is of Caputo type defined with respect to another function. Our results provide quan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multivariate Approximation for solving ODE and PDE)
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  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,031 Views
18 Pages

Sine-Cosine Algorithm to Enhance Simulated Annealing for Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling with Setup Times

  • Hamza Jouhari,
  • Deming Lei,
  • Mohammed A. A. Al-qaness,
  • Mohamed Abd Elaziz,
  • Ahmed A. Ewees and
  • Osama Farouk

16 November 2019

This paper presents a hybrid method of Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm and Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA) to solve unrelated parallel machine scheduling problems (UPMSPs) with sequence-dependent and machine-dependent setup times. The proposed method,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,742 Views
12 Pages

16 November 2019

We consider the problem of short term immunization of a bond-like obligation with respect to changes in interest rates using a portfolio of bonds. In the case that the zero-coupon yield curve belongs to a fixed low-dimensional manifold, the problem i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Methods in Mathematical Finance)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,122 Views
10 Pages

Optimal Propagating Fronts Using Hamilton-Jacobi Equations

  • Angelo Alessandri,
  • Patrizia Bagnerini,
  • Roberto Cianci and
  • Mauro Gaggero

16 November 2019

The optimal handling of level sets associated to the solution of Hamilton-Jacobi equations such as the normal flow equation is investigated. The goal is to find the normal velocity minimizing a suitable cost functional that accounts for a desired beh...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,865 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2019

Renewable energy is an attractive solution for water pumping systems particularly in isolated regions where the utility grid is unavailable. An attempt is made to improve the performance of solar photovoltaic water pumping system (SPVWPS) under parti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,785 Views
15 Pages

15 November 2019

We establish sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions for a nonlinear impulsive multi-order Caputo-type generalized fractional differential equation with infinite delay and nonlocal generalized integro-initial value conditions. The existe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Analysis and Boundary Value Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,002 Views
9 Pages

15 November 2019

To use the short iterative Lanczos algorithm to solve the time-dependent Schroedinger equation, one must choose, for a given Lanczos space size, a time step. We compare the derivation of the well-known Lubich and Hochbruck time step from SIAM J. Nume...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods in Analysis and Applications 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,489 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2019

In this paper, we determine the upper and lower bound for the total domination number and exact values and the upper bound for the double-total domination number on hexagonal grid H m , n with m hexagons in a row and n hexagons in a column....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Graph Theory at Work in Carbon Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,402 Views
13 Pages

Removing Twins in Graphs to Break Symmetries

  • Antonio González and
  • María Luz Puertas

15 November 2019

Determining vertex subsets are known tools to provide information about automorphism groups of graphs and, consequently about symmetries of graphs. In this paper, we provide both lower and upper bounds of the minimum size of such vertex subsets, call...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Distances and Domination in Graphs)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,917 Views
17 Pages

15 November 2019

In ecology, G-functions can be employed to define a growth function G for a population b, which can then be universally applied to all individuals or groups b i within this population. We can further define a strategy v i for every gr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Partial Differential Equations in Ecology: 80 Years and Counting)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,525 Views
6 Pages

15 November 2019

This paper considers a topological transversality theorem for multivalued maps with continuous, compact selections. Basically, this says, if we have two maps F and G with continuous compact selections and F ≅ G, then one map being essential...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,471 Views
22 Pages

15 November 2019

This paper presents a study for solving the modified Helmholtz equation in layered materials using the multiple source meshfree approach (MSMA). The key idea of the MSMA starts with the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) as well as the collocation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,041 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2019

For stochastic flow network (SFN), given all the lower (or upper) boundary points, the classic problem is to calculate the probability that the capacity vectors are greater than or equal to the lower boundary points (less than or equal to the upper b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistics and Modeling in Reliability Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,393 Views
7 Pages

15 November 2019

Let I = [ 0 , 1 ] and f n be a sequence of continuous self-maps on I which converge uniformly to a self-map f on I. Denote by F ( I ) the set of fuzzy numbers on I, and denote by ( F ( I ) , f ^ ) and ( F ( I ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic and Their Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,712 Views
7 Pages

14 November 2019

We present a method using contour integration to evaluate the definite integral of arctangent reciprocal logarithmic integrals in terms of infinite sums. In a similar manner, we evaluate the definite integral involving the polylogarithmic function ...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
58 Citations
5,102 Views
13 Pages

14 November 2019

We consider a model of predator–prey interaction at fractional-order where the predation obeys the ratio-dependent functional response and the prey is linearly harvested. For the proposed model, we show the existence, uniqueness, non-negativity...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,203 Views
13 Pages

14 November 2019

Surface modeling is closely related to interpolation and approximation by using level set methods, radial basis functions methods, and moving least squares methods. Although radial basis functions with global support have a very good approximation ef...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Mathematics, Algorithms, and Data Processing)
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  • Open Access
2,547 Views
16 Pages

14 November 2019

In this paper, we extended Yennum et al.’s model, in which geometric distribution is used as a randomization device for a population that consists of different-sized clusters, and clusters are obtained by probability proportional to size (PPS)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Uncertainty Quantification Techniques in Statistics)
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  • Open Access
40 Citations
4,554 Views
17 Pages

14 November 2019

The present article is devoted to examine the significance of double stratification in third grade stagnation point flow towards a radiative stretching cylinder. The stagnation point is discussed categorically. Analysis is scrutinized in the presence...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Fluid Dynamics 2020)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,356 Views
42 Pages

14 November 2019

Scheduling jobs with release and due dates on a single machine is a classical strongly NP-hard combination optimization problem. It has not only immediate real-life applications but also it is effectively used for the solution of more complex multipr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Novel Approaches in Discrete Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,337 Views
16 Pages

Finding Determinant Forms of Certain Hybrid Sheffer Sequences

  • Monairah Alansari,
  • Mumtaz Riyasat,
  • Subuhi Khan and
  • Kaleem Raza Kazmi

14 November 2019

In this article, the integral transform is used to introduce a new family of extended hybrid Sheffer sequences via generating functions and operational rules. The determinant forms and other properties of these sequences are established using a matri...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,300 Views
11 Pages

14 November 2019

We study the singularity on principal normal and binormal surfaces generated by smooth curves with singular points in the Euclidean 3-space. We discover the existence of singular points on such binormal surfaces and study these singularities by the m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,898 Views
15 Pages

14 November 2019

In this paper, we give new examples to show that the continuity actually strictly stronger than the Fatou property in b-metric spaces. We establish a new fixed point theorem for new essential and fundamental sufficient conditions such that a Ćirić ty...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fixed Point and Best Proximity Point Problems and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,327 Views
27 Pages

13 November 2019

In this work, we investigate numerically a one-dimensional wave equation in generalized form. The system considers the presence of constant damping and functional anomalous diffusion of the Riesz type. Reaction terms are also considered, in such way...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Mathematics and Neural Systems)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,811 Views
12 Pages

13 November 2019

The direct coil cooling method is one of the existing cooling techniques for electric machines with concentrated windings, in which cooling tubes of conductive material are inserted between the windings. In such cases, eddy current losses are induced...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
3,315 Views
21 Pages

13 November 2019

Fall detection is a critical task in an aging society. To fulfill this task, smart technology applications have great potential. However, it is not easy to choose a suitable smart technology application for fall detection. To address this issue, a fu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operations Research Using Fuzzy Sets Theory)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,311 Views
14 Pages

13 November 2019

In the paper, the author gives a solution to a conjecture on a double inequality for a function involving the tri- and tetra-gamma functions, which was first posed in Remark 6 of the paper “Complete monotonicity of a function involving the tri-...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,095 Views
14 Pages

Multipolar Fuzzy p-Ideals of BCI-Algebras

  • Mohammad Mohseni Takallo,
  • Sun Shin Ahn,
  • Rajab Ali Borzooei and
  • Young Bae Jun

12 November 2019

The notion of (normal) m-polar ( ∈ , ∈ ) -fuzzy p-ideals of BCI-algebras is introduced, and several properties are investigated. Relations between an m-polar ( ∈ , ∈ ) -fuzzy ideal and an m-polar ( ∈ , &isin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzziness and Mathematical Logic )
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,761 Views
12 Pages

A Note on Some Identities of New Type Degenerate Bell Polynomials

  • Taekyun Kim,
  • Dae San Kim,
  • Hyunseok Lee and
  • Jongkyum Kwon

11 November 2019

Recently, the partially degenerate Bell polynomials and numbers, which are a degenerate version of Bell polynomials and numbers, were introduced. In this paper, we consider the new type degenerate Bell polynomials and numbers, and obtain several expr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Polynomials)
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  • Open Access
69 Citations
4,615 Views
15 Pages

On the MHD Casson Axisymmetric Marangoni Forced Convective Flow of Nanofluids

  • Anum Shafiq,
  • Islam Zari,
  • Ghulam Rasool,
  • Iskander Tlili and
  • Tahir Saeed Khan

11 November 2019

The proposed investigation concerns the impact of inclined magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in a Casson axisymmetric Marangoni forced convective flow of nanofluids. Axisymmetric Marangoni convective flow has been driven by concentration and temperature gra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Fluid Dynamics 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,112 Views
10 Pages

11 November 2019

In this paper, we consider the recently introduced C A T p ( 0 ) , where the comparison triangles belong to ℓ p , for p ≥ 2 . We first establish an inequality in these nonlinear metric spaces. Then, we use it to prove the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point Theory and Related Nonlinear Problems with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,195 Views
18 Pages

11 November 2019

In this paper, we consider the discrete-time constrained average stochastic games with independent state processes. The state space of each player is denumerable and one-stage cost functions can be unbounded. In these game models, each player chooses...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,276 Views
21 Pages

Energy-Based Control and LMI-Based Control for a Quadrotor Transporting a Payload

  • María-Eusebia Guerrero-Sánchez,
  • Omar Hernández-González,
  • Rogelio Lozano,
  • Carlos-D. García-Beltrán,
  • Guillermo Valencia-Palomo and
  • Francisco-R. López-Estrada

11 November 2019

This paper presents the control of a quadrotor with a cable-suspended payload. The proposed control structure is a hierarchical scheme consisting of an energy-based control (EBC) to stabilize the vehicle translational dynamics and to attenuate the pa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,065 Views
16 Pages

A Compact Representation of Preferences in Multiple Criteria Optimization Problems

  • Francisco Salas-Molina,
  • David Pla-Santamaria,
  • Ana Garcia-Bernabeu and
  • Javier Reig-Mullor

11 November 2019

A critical step in multiple criteria optimization is setting the preferences for all the criteria under consideration. Several methodologies have been proposed to compute the relative priority of criteria when preference relations can be expressed ei...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization for Decision Making II)
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
12,762 Views
22 Pages

Fuzzy Logic and Its Uses in Finance: A Systematic Review Exploring Its Potential to Deal with Banking Crises

  • Marc Sanchez-Roger,
  • María Dolores Oliver-Alfonso and
  • Carlos Sanchís-Pedregosa

11 November 2019

The major success of fuzzy logic in the field of remote control opened the door to its application in many other fields, including finance. However, there has not been an updated and comprehensive literature review on the uses of fuzzy logic in the f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Logic and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,397 Views
12 Pages

Optimal Uncertain Controls for Cash Holding Problems

  • Zhengyan Wang,
  • Guanghua Xu and
  • Peibiao Zhao

11 November 2019

Determining whether an enterprise has target holdings and figuring out how to reasonably determine these cash holdings are common problems faced by all enterprises. This paper first establishes an uncertain optimal cash holdings model with a security...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,365 Views
13 Pages

On Neutral Functional Differential Inclusions involving Hadamard Fractional Derivatives

  • Bashir Ahmad,
  • Ahmed Alsaedi,
  • Sotiris K. Ntouyas and
  • Hamed H. Al-Sulami

10 November 2019

We prove the existence of solutions for neutral functional differential inclusions involving Hadamard fractional derivatives by applying several fixed point theorems for multivalued maps. We also construct examples for illustrating the obtained results.

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Differential Equations, Inclusions and Inequalities with Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,992 Views
37 Pages

10 November 2019

Thermal non-equilibrium in porous medium is a prevailing condition when discrepancy of temperature exists between the two phases. The solution of a thermal non-equilibrium model requires that the two heat transport equations corresponding to fluid an...

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