FLIP AND N-S BIFURCATION BEHAVIOR OF A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL WITH PIECEWISE CONSTANT ARGUMENTS AND TIME DELAY

In this paper, the stability and bifurcation behaviors of a predator-prey model with the piecewise constant arguments and time delay are investigated. Technical approach is fully based on Jury criterion and bifurcation theory. The interesting point is that the model will produce two different branches by limiting branch parameters of different intervals. Besides, image simulation is also given.

ASYMPTOTIC EQUIVALENCE OF ALTERNATELY ADVANCED AND DELAYED DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS WITH PIECEWISE CONSTANT GENERALIZED ARGUMENTS

In this paper, we investigate the existence, uniqueness and the asymptotic equiv- alence of a linear system and a perturbed system of differential equations with piecewise alternately advanced and retarded argument of generalized type （DEPCAG）. This is based in the study of an equivalent integral equation with Cauchy and Green matrices type and in a solution of a DEPCAG integral inequality of Gronwall type. Several examples are also given to show the feasibility of results.

ON THE LASOTA-WAZEWSKA MODEL WITH PIECEWISE CONSTANT ARGUMENT

In this article, a delay differential equation with piecewise constant argument is considered; the existence and global attractivity condition of almost periodic solution and quasi-periodic solution are obtained.

Asymptotically Antiperiodic Solutions for a Nonlinear Differential Equation with Piecewise Constant Argument in a Banach Space

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of asymptotically w-antiperiodic solutions for a nonlinear differential equation with piecewise constant argument in a Banach space when w is an integer. This is done using the Banach fixed point theorem. An example involving the heat operator is discussed as an illustration of the theory.

3D Multiphase Piecewise Constant Level Set Method Based on Graph Cut Minimization

Segmentation of three-dimensional(3D) complicated structures is of great importance for many real applications.In this work we combine graph cut minimization method with a variant of the level set idea for 3D segmentation based on the Mumford-Shah model.Compared with the traditional approach for solving the Euler-Lagrange equation we do not need to solve any partial differential equations.Instead,the minimum cut on a special designed graph need to be computed.The method is tested on data with complicated structures.It is rather stable with respect to initial value and the algorithm is nearly parameter free.Experiments show that it can solve large problems much faster than traditional approaches.

An Improved Mumford-Shah Model and Its Applications to Image Processing with the Piecewise Constant Level Set Method

为快分割并且降噪，提高 penalization 学期的古典 Mumford-Shah (MS ) 模型需要，即增加 penalization 参数，它导致目标的渐渐的消失。在这份报纸，我们建议一个改进 Mumford-Shah (IMS ) 模型避免现象，并且采用 piecewise 常数水平集合方法(PCLSM ) 和坡度降下方法解决最小化问题。数字实验被给显示出新模型和算法的效率和优点。

L0 Regularization for the Estimation of Piecewise Constant Hazard Rates in Survival Analysis

In a survival analysis context, we suggest a new method to estimate the piecewise constant hazard rate model. The method provides an automatic procedure to find the number and location of cut points and to estimate the hazard on each cut interval. Estimation is performed through a penalized likelihood using an adaptive ridge procedure. A bootstrap procedure is proposed in order to derive valid statistical inference taking both into account the variability of the estimate and the variability in the choice of the cut points. The new method is applied both to simulated data and to the Mayo Clinic trial on primary biliary cirrhosis. The algorithm implementation is seen to work well and to be of practical relevance.

Analytical Approach to Differential Equations with Piecewise Continuous Arguments via Modified Piecewise Variational Iteration Method

In the present article, we apply the modified piecewise variational iteration method to obtain the approximate analytical solutions of the differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments. This technique provides a sequence of functions which converges to the exact solution of the problem. Moreover, this method reduces the volume of calculations because it does not need discretization of the variables, linearization or small perturbations. The results seem to show that the method is very reliable and convenient for solving such equations.

The piecewise constant method in gait design through optimization

The objective of this paper is to introduce the piecewise constant method in gait design of a planar,under actuated,five-link biped robot model and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages.The piecewise constant method transforms the dynamic optimal control problem into a static problem.

Determination of pKa values of alendronate sodium in aqueous solution by piecewise linear regression based on acid-base potentiometric titration

As a mono-sodium salt form of alendronic acid,alendronate sodium presents multi-level ionization for the dissociation of its four hydroxyl groups.The dissociation constants of alendronate sodium were determined in this work by studying the piecewise linear relationship between volume of titrant and p H value based on acidbase potentiometric titration reaction.The distribution curves of alendronate sodium were drawn according to the determined p Ka values.There were 4 dissociation constants(pKa_1=2.43,pKa_2=7.55,pKa_3=10.80,pKa_4=11.99,respectively) of alendronate sodium,and 12 existing forms,of which 4 could be ignored,existing in different p H environments.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL MULTI-KNOTS PIECEWISE LINEAR SPECTRAL SEQUENCES

Motivated by representing multidimensional periodic nonlinear and non-stationary signals （functions）, we study a class of orthonormal exponential basis for L2（Id） with I ：= [0, 1）, whose exponential parts are piecewise linear spectral sequences with p-knots. It is widely applied in time-frequency analysis.

Continuous Piecewise Linear Approximation of BV Function

Nonlinear approximation is widely used in signal processing. Real-life signals can be modeled as functions of bounded variation. Thus the variable knot of approximating function could be self- adaptively chosen by balancing the total variation of the target function. In this paper, we adopt continuous piecewise linear approximation instead of the existing piecewise constants approximation. The results of experiments show that this new method is superior to the old one.

Global Stability in a Differential Equation with Piecewisely Constant Arguments

In this paper we consider the differential equation with piecewisely constant arguments where ['] -denotes the greates integer function, r(t) E C([0,+∞),(0, +∞)),Pi ∈ [0, +∞)(i = 1, 2,''' , m), with Pm > 0, we establish some new sufficient conditions for an arbitrary solution N(t) to satisfy the initial conditions of the form N(0) = NO > 0 and N(-j) = N-j ≥ 0,j = 1, 2, ., m, to converge to the positive equilibrium N* as t →∞.

一类带有分段常数变元的线性时滞微分方程的振动判据

针对一类带有分段变元的线性时滞微分方程,在系数缓慢变化的情形下,利用Bolzano-Weierstrass定理,建立判定其振动性的充分条件,将已有的下极限型条件改进为上极限型条件,进而可以判定部分原先所不能判定的方程的振动性,并采用2个例子证明其有效性。

Existence of almost periodic solutions of neutral differential equations with piecewise constant argument

Based on the properties on almost periodic sequence, it is proved that the almost periodic solutions for a class of neutral differential equations with piecewise constant argument exist.

PSEUDO ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITHPIECEWISE CONSTANT ARGUMENT

The authors discuss the existence of pseudo almost periodic solutions of differential equations with piecewise constant argument by means of introducing new concept, pseudo almost periodic sequence.

Pseudo almost periodic solutions for the systems of differential equations with piecewise constant argument [t]

In this paper, we investigate the existence and uniqueness of new almost periodic type solutions, so-called pseudo almost periodic solutions for the systems of differential equations with piecewise constant argument by means of introducing the notion of pseudo almost periodic vector sequences.

Pseudo Almost Periodic Solutions of a Singularly Perturbed Differential Equation with Piecewise Constant Argument

Under suitable assumptions, the existence and the uniqueness of the pseudo-almost periodic solution for a singularly perturbed differential equation with piecewise constant argument are obtained. In addition, the stability properties of these solutions are characterized by the construction of manifolds of initial data.

The Existence of Pseudo-almost Periodic Solutions of Third-order Neutral Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Argument

In this paper, we present some existence theorems for pseudo-almost periodic solutions of differential equations with piecewise constant argument by means of pseudo-almost periodic solutions of relevant difference equations.