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Mathematics, Volume 7, Issue 2

2019 February - 103 articles

Cover Story: Derivatives and integrals of arbitrary non-integer (fractional) order were introduced by Leibniz, Euler, Liouville, Riemann,Weyl, and other prominent mathematicians. In this article, we propose desiderata for calling an operator a fractional derivative or a fractional integral based on a small number of time honoured and well established criteria. View this paper.
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Articles (103)

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,865 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2019

In this research, a singly diagonally implicit block backward differentiation formulas (SDIBBDF) for solving stiff ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is proposed. The formula reduced a fully implicit method to lower triangular matrix with equal d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,820 Views
20 Pages

24 February 2019

When analyzing the possibility of supporting the decision-making process, one should take into account the essential properties of economic entities (the system and its objects). As a result, the development of an effective business model ought to be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
3,994 Views
17 Pages

Nonlocal Fractional Evolution Inclusions of Order α ∈ (1,2)

  • Jia Wei He,
  • Yong Liang,
  • Bashir Ahmad and
  • Yong Zhou

24 February 2019

This paper studies the existence of mild solutions and the compactness of a set of mild solutions to a nonlocal problem of fractional evolution inclusions of order α ( 1 , 2 ) . The main tools of our study include the concepts of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,068 Views
9 Pages

More Results on the Domination Number of Cartesian Product of Two Directed Cycles

  • Ansheng Ye,
  • Fang Miao,
  • Zehui Shao,
  • Jia-Bao Liu,
  • Janez Žerovnik and
  • Polona Repolusk

24 February 2019

Let γ ( D ) denote the domination number of a digraph D and let C m C n denote the Cartesian product of C m and C n , the directed cycles of length n m 3 . Liu et al. obtained the exact valu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,269 Views
8 Pages

23 February 2019

Fractional calculus image formulas involving various special functions are important for evaluation of generalized integrals and to obtain the solution of differential and integral equations. In this paper, the Saigo’s fractional integral opera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,453 Views
12 Pages

23 February 2019

We present a local convergence of the combined Newton-Kurchatov method for solving Banach space valued equations. The convergence criteria involve derivatives until the second and Lipschitz-type conditions are satisfied, as well as a new center-Lipsc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,045 Views
8 Pages

22 February 2019

We consider Ulisse Dini-type helicoidal hypersurfaces with timelike axis in Minkowski 4-space E 1 4 . Calculating the Gaussian and the mean curvatures of the hypersurfaces, we demonstrate some special symmetries for the curvatures when they...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,386 Views
12 Pages

Stanley Depth of Edge Ideals of Some Wheel-Related Graphs

  • Jia-Bao Liu,
  • Mobeen Munir,
  • Raheel Farooki,
  • Muhammad Imran Qureshi and
  • Quratulien Muneer

21 February 2019

Stanley depth is a geometric invariant of the module and is related to an algebraic invariant called depth of the module. We compute Stanley depth of the quotient of edge ideals associated with some familiar families of wheel-related graphs. In parti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,365 Views
9 Pages

k-Rainbow Domination Number of P3Pn

  • Ying Wang,
  • Xinling Wu,
  • Nasrin Dehgardi,
  • Jafar Amjadi,
  • Rana Khoeilar and
  • Jia-Bao Liu

21 February 2019

Let k be a positive integer, and set [ k ] : = { 1 , 2 , , k } . For a graph G, a k-rainbow dominating function (or kRDF) of G is a mapping f : V ( G ) 2 [ k ] in such a way that, for any vertex v &isin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,185 Views
16 Pages

On the Domain of the Fibonacci Difference Matrix

  • Fevzi Yaşar and
  • Kuddusi Kayaduman

21 February 2019

Matrix F^ derived from the Fibonacci sequence was first introduced by Kara (2013) and the spaces lp(F) and l(F); (1 ≤ p < ∞) were examined. Then, Başarır et al. (2015) defined the spaces c0(F) and c(F) and Candan (2015) examined th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
6,766 Views
9 Pages

20 February 2019

In this paper, stability analysis of a fractional-order linear system described by the Caputo–Fabrizio (CF) derivative is studied. In order to solve the problem, character equation of the system is defined at first by using the Laplace transfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,264 Views
13 Pages

Further Results on the Resistance-Harary Index of Unicyclic Graphs

  • Jian Lu,
  • Shu-Bo Chen,
  • Jia-Bao Liu,
  • Xiang-Feng Pan and
  • Ying-Jie Ji

20 February 2019

The Resistance-Harary index of a connected graph G is defined as R H ( G ) = { u , v } V ( G ) 1 r ( u , v ) , where r ( u , v ) is the resistance distance between vertices u and v in G. A graph G is called a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,792 Views
10 Pages

Modified Roller Coaster Surface in Space

  • Selçuk BAŞ and
  • Talat KÖRPINAR

19 February 2019

In this paper, a new modified roller coaster surface according to a modified orthogonal frame is investigated in Euclidean 3-space. In this method, a new modified roller coaster surface is modeled. Both the Gaussian curvature and mean curvature of ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,625 Views
14 Pages

19 February 2019

We generalize a family of optimal eighth order weighted-Newton methods to Banach spaces and study their local convergence. In a previous study, the Taylor expansion of higher order derivatives is employed which may not exist or may be very expensive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,660 Views
35 Pages

19 February 2019

In this paper, we study free probability on (weighted-)semicircular elements in a certain Banach *-probability space ( LS , τ 0 ) induced by measurable functions on p-adic number fields Q p over primes p . In pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,908 Views
26 Pages

18 February 2019

Shift scheduling problems (SSPs) are advanced NP-hard problems which are generally evaluated with integer programming. This study presents an applicable shift schedule of workers in a large-scale natural gas combined cycle power plant (NGCCPP), which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,700 Views
11 Pages

18 February 2019

In the present work, the concept of F -generalized contractive type mappings by using C -class functions is introduced, and some common fixed point results for weakly isotone increasing set-valued mappings in the setting of ordered partial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,794 Views
15 Pages

18 February 2019

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the notion of generalized multivalued ψ , ϕ-type contractions and generalized multivalued ψ , ϕ-type Suzuki contractions and establish some new common fixed point theorems for such multivalued...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,232 Views
20 Pages

17 February 2019

This study develops an integrated production-inventory model for a two-echelon supply chain network with controllable probabilistic deterioration. The investment in preservation technology is considered a decision variable to control the deteriorated...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,634 Views
16 Pages

Approximate Controllability of Sub-Diffusion Equation with Impulsive Condition

  • Lakshman Mahto,
  • Syed Abbas,
  • Mokhtar Hafayed and
  • Hari M. Srivastava

17 February 2019

In this work, we study an impulsive sub-diffusion equation as a fractional diffusion equation of order α ( 0 , 1 ) . Existence, uniqueness and regularity of solution of the problem is established via eigenfunction expansion. Moreo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
3,782 Views
16 Pages

17 February 2019

A divergence measure plays a crucial part in discriminating two probability distributions and drawing inferences constructed on such discrimination. The intention of this study is to propose such a divergence measure based on Jensen inequality and ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,790 Views
13 Pages

16 February 2019

In this paper, a consensus-based method for multi-person decision making (MPDM) using product transitivity with incomplete fuzzy preference relations (IFPRs) is proposed. Additionally, an average aggregation operator has been used at the first level...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,002 Views
9 Pages

16 February 2019

In this article, by using the monotone iterative technique coupled with the method of upper and lower solution, we obtain the existence of extremal iteration solutions to conformable fractional differential equations involving Riemann-Stieltjes integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,929 Views
19 Pages

16 February 2019

In this paper, we introduce a multiple hybrid implicit iteration method for finding a solution for a monotone variational inequality with a variational inequality constraint over the common solution set of a general system of variational inequalities...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,135 Views
10 Pages

16 February 2019

In this contribution, we define a new operator sequence which contains analytic functions. Using approximation techniques found by Korovkin, some results are derived. Moreover, a generalization of this operator sequence called Kantorovich type genera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,637 Views
12 Pages

15 February 2019

This paper is devoted to studying the existence of best proximity points and convergence for a class of generalized contraction pairs by using the concept of proximally-complete pairs and proximally-complete semi-sharp proximinal pairs. The obtained...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,427 Views
17 Pages

Dynamic Keynesian Model of Economic Growth with Memory and Lag

  • Vasily E. Tarasov and
  • Valentina V. Tarasova

15 February 2019

A mathematical model of economic growth with fading memory and continuous distribution of delay time is suggested. This model can be considered as a generalization of the standard Keynesian macroeconomic model. To take into account the memory and gam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
3,771 Views
15 Pages

15 February 2019

Existing fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methods usually aggregate the fuzzy pairwise comparison results produced by multiple decision-makers (DMs) rather than the fuzzy weights estimations. This is problematic because fuzzy pairwise comparis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,508 Views
11 Pages

15 February 2019

The third and fourth pseudo-Chebyshev irrational functions of half-integer degree are defined. Their definitions are connected to those of the first- and second-kind pseudo-Chebyshev functions. Their orthogonality properties are shown, with respect t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
129 Citations
4,552 Views
15 Pages

Hankel and Toeplitz Determinants for a Subclass of q-Starlike Functions Associated with a General Conic Domain

  • Hari M. Srivastava,
  • Qazi Zahoor Ahmad,
  • Nasir Khan,
  • Nazar Khan and
  • Bilal Khan

15 February 2019

By using a certain general conic domain as well as the quantum (or q-) calculus, here we define and investigate a new subclass of normalized analytic and starlike functions in the open unit disk U . In particular, we find the Hankel determinant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
5,978 Views
19 Pages

An Integrated Best-Worst and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy TOPSIS Methodology for Green Supplier Selection

  • Melih Yucesan,
  • Suleyman Mete,
  • Faruk Serin,
  • Erkan Celik and
  • Muhammet Gul

15 February 2019

Supplier selection is one of the most important multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems for decision-makers in the competitive market. Today’s organizations are seeking new ways to reduce the negative effects they have on the environment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,460 Views
14 Pages

15 February 2019

In this paper, we introduced some new integral inequalities of the Hermite–Hadamard type for functions whose second derivatives in absolute values at certain powers are strongly η -convex functions via the Katugampola fractional integrals.

  • Article
  • Open Access
132 Citations
7,513 Views
20 Pages

A Multi-Objective DV-Hop Localization Algorithm Based on NSGA-II in Internet of Things

  • Penghong Wang,
  • Fei Xue,
  • Hangjuan Li,
  • Zhihua Cui,
  • Liping Xie and
  • Jinjun Chen

15 February 2019

Locating node technology, as the most fundamental component of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and internet of things (IoT), is a pivotal problem. Distance vector-hop technique (DV-Hop) is frequently used for location node estimation in WSN, but it h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,456 Views
10 Pages

14 February 2019

Recently, it was observed that the concentration/heat transfer of pure/nano fluids are finally governed by singular second-order boundary value problems with exponential coefficients. These coefficients were transformed into polynomials and therefore...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,206 Views
7 Pages

Some Special Elements and Pseudo Inverse Functions in Groupoids

  • Yong Lin Liu,
  • Hee Sik Kim and
  • Joseph Neggers

14 February 2019

In this paper, we consider a theory of elements u of a groupoid ( X , ) that are associated with certain functions u ^ : X X , pseudo-inverse functions, which are generalizations of the inverses associated with units...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,208 Views
14 Pages

Normed Dual Algebras

  • Sergey V. Ludkowski

14 February 2019

This article is devoted to the investigation of dual and annihilator normed algebras. Their structure is studied in the paper. Extensions of algebras and fields are considered and by using them, core radicals and radicals are investigated. Moreover,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,267 Views
19 Pages

Cumulative Measure of Inaccuracy and Mutual Information in k-th Lower Record Values

  • Maryam Eskandarzadeh,
  • Antonio Di Crescenzo and
  • Saeid Tahmasebi

14 February 2019

In this paper, we discuss the cumulative measure of inaccuracy in k-lower record values and study characterization results of dynamic cumulative inaccuracy. We also present some properties of the proposed measures, and the empirical cumulative measur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
3,636 Views
26 Pages

Lexicographic Orders of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Values and Their Relationships

  • Feng Feng,
  • Meiqi Liang,
  • Hamido Fujita,
  • Ronald R. Yager and
  • Xiaoyan Liu

13 February 2019

Intuitionistic fuzzy multiple attribute decision making deals with the issue of ranking alternatives based on the decision information quantified in terms of intuitionistic fuzzy values. Lexicographic orders can serve as efficient and indispensable t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,707 Views
19 Pages

13 February 2019

In this work, we study the inclusion problem of the sum of two monotone operators and the fixed-point problem of nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces. We prove the weak and strong convergence theorems under some weakened conditions. Some numerical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,902 Views
11 Pages

13 February 2019

In this work, we consider almost contact metric manifolds. We investigate the generalized D-conformal deformations of nearly K-cosymplectic, quasi-Sasakian and β -Kenmotsu manifolds. The new Levi–Civita covariant derivative of the new...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,628 Views
17 Pages

Extraction of Blood Vessels in Fundus Images of Retina through Hybrid Segmentation Approach

  • Ramakrishnan Sundaram,
  • Ravichandran KS,
  • Premaladha Jayaraman and
  • Venkatraman B

13 February 2019

A hybrid segmentation algorithm is proposed is this paper to extract the blood vessels from the fundus image of retina. Fundus camera captures the posterior surface of the eye and the captured images are used to diagnose diseases, like Diabetic Retin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,000 Views
17 Pages

13 February 2019

In this paper, the Lax pair of the modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation (mNLS) is derived by means of the prolongation structure theory. Based on the obtained Lax pair, the mNLS equation on the half line is analyzed with the assistance of Fok...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,990 Views
19 Pages

13 February 2019

In this paper, we introduce a new graph operation called subdivision vertex-edge join (denoted by G 1 S ( G 2 V G 3 E ) for short), and then the adjacency spectrum, the Laplacian spectrum and the signless Laplacian spectrum of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,579 Views
10 Pages

12 February 2019

Finding a simple root for a nonlinear equation f ( x ) = 0 , f : I R R has always been of much interest due to its wide applications in many fields of science and engineering. Newton’s method is usually applied to s...

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