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Grundlagenreflexionen Zur Thematik Anthropomorpher Schnittstellen, Rudolf Kaehr Dec 1999

Grundlagenreflexionen Zur Thematik Anthropomorpher Schnittstellen, Rudolf Kaehr

Rudolf Kaehr

Report for the EMBASSI Project


Hopf Bifurcation In Models For Pertussis Epidemiology, Herbert W. Hethcote, Yi Li, Zhujun Jing Dec 1999

Hopf Bifurcation In Models For Pertussis Epidemiology, Herbert W. Hethcote, Yi Li, Zhujun Jing

Yi Li

Pertussis (whooping cough) incidence in the United States has oscillated with a period of about four years since data was first collected in 1922. An infection with pertussis confers immunity for several years, but then the immunity wanes, so that reinfection is possible. A pertussis reinfection is mild after partial loss of immunity, but the reinfection can be severe after complete loss of immunity. Three pertussis transmission models with waning of immunity are examined for periodic solutions. Equilibria and their stability are determined. Hopf bifurcation of periodic solutions around the endemic equilibrium can occur for some parameter values in two …


Generalized Averages For Solutions Of Two-Point Dirichlet Problems, Philip Korman, Yi Li Nov 1999

Generalized Averages For Solutions Of Two-Point Dirichlet Problems, Philip Korman, Yi Li

Yi Li

For very general two-point boundary value problems we show that any positive solution satisfies a certain integral relation. As a consequence we obtain some new uniqueness and multiplicity results.


Axiomatic Approach For Quantification Of Image Resolution, Ge Wang, Yi Li Oct 1999

Axiomatic Approach For Quantification Of Image Resolution, Ge Wang, Yi Li

Yi Li

Image resolution is the primary parameter for performance characterization of any imaging system. In this work, we present an axiomatic approach for quantification of image resolution, and demonstrate that a good image resolution measure should be proportional to the standard deviation of the point spread function of an imaging system.


Positive Solutions To Semilinear Problems With Coefficient That Changes Sign, Nguyen Phuong Cac, Juan A. Gatica, Yi Li Aug 1999

Positive Solutions To Semilinear Problems With Coefficient That Changes Sign, Nguyen Phuong Cac, Juan A. Gatica, Yi Li

Yi Li

No abstract provided.


Path Decompositions Of A Brownian Bridge Related To The Ratio Of Its Maximum And Amplitude, Jim Pitman, Marc Yor Jan 1999

Path Decompositions Of A Brownian Bridge Related To The Ratio Of Its Maximum And Amplitude, Jim Pitman, Marc Yor

Jim Pitman

We give two new proofs of Csaki's formula for the law of the ratio 1-Q of the maximum relative to the amplitude (i.e. the maximum minus minimum) for a standard Brownian bridge. The second of these proofs is based on an absolute continuity relation between the law of the Brownian bridge restricted to the event (Q < v) and the law of a process obtained by a Brownian scaling operation after back-to back joining of two independent three-dimensional Bessel processes, each started at v and run until it first hits 1. Variants of this construction and some properties of the joint law of Q and the amplitude are described.


Intersection Homology Of Toric Varieties And A Conjecture Of Kalai, Tom Braden, D. Macpherson Jan 1999

Intersection Homology Of Toric Varieties And A Conjecture Of Kalai, Tom Braden, D. Macpherson

Tom Braden

No abstract provided.


Sensory And Motor Interdependence In Postural Adjustments, Gin Mccollum Jan 1999

Sensory And Motor Interdependence In Postural Adjustments, Gin Mccollum

Gin McCollum

The sensory reafference from a movement depends upon the movement, and the movement chosen depends upon the available senses, as demonstrated by vestibular patients who abandon certain movements. Often, one variable is assumed to be dependent whereas the other is independent; however, sensory and motor dynamics in posture are interdependent as conditions upon each other. This paper applies conditional dynamics to characterize the global structure of interdependence between sensory states and motor strategies in fast postural adjustments. The mathematical formalism incorporates rich but disparate experimental, clinical, and theoretical results about sensory and motor control of posture.

The control structures presented …


Finding And Characterizing Unstable Fixed Points By Controlling System Dynamics, Daniel Kaplan Jan 1999

Finding And Characterizing Unstable Fixed Points By Controlling System Dynamics, Daniel Kaplan

Daniel T. Kaplan

No abstract provided.


Mathematica In Action, Stan Wagon Dec 1998

Mathematica In Action, Stan Wagon

Stan Wagon, Retired

No abstract provided.


Optimization Methods For Logical Inference, Vijay Chandru, John Hooker Dec 1998

Optimization Methods For Logical Inference, Vijay Chandru, John Hooker

John Hooker

No abstract provided.


Alternative Polynomial And Holomorphic Dunford-Pettis Properties, Walden Freedman Dec 1998

Alternative Polynomial And Holomorphic Dunford-Pettis Properties, Walden Freedman

Walden Freedman

Alternatives to the Polynomial Dunford-Pettis property and the Holomorphic Dunford-Pettis property, called the PDP1 and HDP1 properties, respectively, are introduced. These are shown to be equivalent to the DP1 property, an alternative Dunford-Pettis property previously introduced by the author, thus mirroring the equivalence of the three original properties.


Conditional Convergence Of Infinite Products, William F. Trench Dec 1998

Conditional Convergence Of Infinite Products, William F. Trench

William F. Trench

No abstract provided.


Linear Asymptotic Equilibrium For Nilpotent Systems Of Difference Equations, William F. Trench Dec 1998

Linear Asymptotic Equilibrium For Nilpotent Systems Of Difference Equations, William F. Trench

William F. Trench

No abstract provided.


Invertibly Convergent Infinite Products Of Matrices, William F. Trench Dec 1998

Invertibly Convergent Infinite Products Of Matrices, William F. Trench

William F. Trench

No abstract provided.


On The Laws Of Homogeneous Functionals Of The Brownian Bridge, Philippe Carmona, Frédérique Petit, Jim Pitman, Marc Yor Dec 1998

On The Laws Of Homogeneous Functionals Of The Brownian Bridge, Philippe Carmona, Frédérique Petit, Jim Pitman, Marc Yor

Jim Pitman

No abstract provided.