An existence theorem of positive solution is established for a nonlinear third-order three-point boundary value problem. Here, we concentrated on the case that the nonlinear term is neither superlinear nor sublinear, ...An existence theorem of positive solution is established for a nonlinear third-order three-point boundary value problem. Here, we concentrated on the case that the nonlinear term is neither superlinear nor sublinear, and is not asymptotic at zero and infinity.展开更多
Change orders are common and clearly noticeable in Jordanian construction industry. Several studies have identified change orders as significant problem in Jordanian construction projects, and they mainly cause delay ...Change orders are common and clearly noticeable in Jordanian construction industry. Several studies have identified change orders as significant problem in Jordanian construction projects, and they mainly cause delay and cost overrun. This situation spurs the researchers for investigating the significant causes of change orders in construction projects. Thus, this paper aims to determine the main causes of change orders in the Jordanian construction private sector which responsible for significant cost overrun. Both qualitative and quantitative methods, i.e. interview and questionnaire techniques, were used to achieve this aim. Interviews were conducted as the first stage of data collection, and the results formed the basis of the questionnaire, which was distributed across the Jordanian construction sector. Content analysis was used to analyse the interview responses, while factor analysis, correlation and the Severity Index (SI) were used to analyse the questionnaire results. The findings identified three main categories of causes of change orders in private sector, namely engineering causes, causes related to the client, and circumstances of the project, with sub-causes in each category which are related to each other in significant ways and which affect each other.展开更多
In this paper, we studies the relations between the mean value and the maximun norm of the infinite order entire functions which defined by legendre series. We obtained that if f(z) is an infinite order entire functio...In this paper, we studies the relations between the mean value and the maximun norm of the infinite order entire functions which defined by legendre series. We obtained that if f(z) is an infinite order entire function with a positive exponenatial lower order. then loaM (α) ~logMδ(α) ~ logMδ(α) (α→+∞).展开更多
The theory of enterprise value management was applied to the performance evaluation of the discipline construction members in colleges and universities,and a value evaluation model of performance was established.Then,...The theory of enterprise value management was applied to the performance evaluation of the discipline construction members in colleges and universities,and a value evaluation model of performance was established.Then,using the analytic hierarchy process(AHP)and quantitative research method,it evaluated the cost of the discipline construction members and the functions realized.Finally,it determined the performance value level and came up with the value optimization recommendations.展开更多
The present work considers the endpoint in the abstract metric space. It firstly introduces the metric space of partially ordered groups and the metric space of partially ordered modules, respectively;and defines the ...The present work considers the endpoint in the abstract metric space. It firstly introduces the metric space of partially ordered groups and the metric space of partially ordered modules, respectively;and defines the convergence of sequences and the multi-valued weak contractions, etc., on the introduced space. And then, with the methods of functional analysis and abstract algebra, it successively establishes an endpoint theorem for the metric space of partially ordered groups and an endpoint theorem for the metric space of partially ordered modules. The contributions of this article extend the theory of cone metric space constructed by Huang and Zhang (2007) and some recent results on the fixed point and endpoint theory, such as the endpoint theorem given by Amini-Harandi (2010).展开更多
Change orders have a significant impact on many aspects of construction projects.They are known to be the primary cause of litigation in the construction industry.Change orders are almost inevitable due to the uniquen...Change orders have a significant impact on many aspects of construction projects.They are known to be the primary cause of litigation in the construction industry.Change orders are almost inevitable due to the uniqueness of each project from many perspectives,such as the type of building,complexity of the design,human factors,and the available resources.Change orders are the formal mechanism to implement design changes during the execution phase.These changes are usually the outcome of lack of visualization by the owner,misunderstanding,miscommunication between different parties involved in the project,shortage in resources,and other factors.This research aims to investigate and rank causes,effects,and control measures of change orders in the construction industry in the U.S.This research presents the results of a questionnaire surveying owners,contractors,and consultants.A total of 123 industry professionals in the Architecture,Engineering,and Construction(AEC)field,with either significant or final decision-making authority on reviewing,issuing,and approving change orders responded to the survey.Results indicated that owners are the primary source followed by consultants and contractors,respectively.Some of the more important control measures identified in this research are collaboration and visualization technologies.展开更多
We develop a numerical method for solving the boundary value problem of The Linear Seventh Ordinary Boundary Value Problem by using the seventh-degree B-Spline function. Formulation is based on particular terms of ord...We develop a numerical method for solving the boundary value problem of The Linear Seventh Ordinary Boundary Value Problem by using the seventh-degree B-Spline function. Formulation is based on particular terms of order of seventh order boundary value problem. We obtain Septic B-Spline formulation and the Collocation B-spline method is formulated as an approximation solution. We apply the presented method to solve an example of seventh order boundary value problem in which the result shows that there is an agreement between approximate solutions and exact solutions. Resulting in low absolute errors shows that the presented numerical method is effective for solving high order boundary value problems. Finally, a general conclusion has been included.展开更多
Through the survey of ancient residences on the Central Plain of China, several ancient residences have been selected as typical cases. By combining with residential features of watchtower, characteristics of these re...Through the survey of ancient residences on the Central Plain of China, several ancient residences have been selected as typical cases. By combining with residential features of watchtower, characteristics of these residences have been analyzed carefully. In order to reasonably illustrate anti-seismic value of watchtower-like residences, their characteristics have been concluded in the perspective of plane form, structural arrangement, and anti-seismic construction measures. The plane form is of tower; the plane and vertical surfaces are regular and even; the wall's thickness is reasonable, and doors and windows are few and small; and bonded stone has been set in the wall, resisting compression.展开更多
In this paper, a high accuracy finite volume element method is presented for two-point boundary value problem of second order ordinary differential equation, which differs from the high order generalized difference me...In this paper, a high accuracy finite volume element method is presented for two-point boundary value problem of second order ordinary differential equation, which differs from the high order generalized difference methods. It is proved that the method has optimal order error estimate O(h3) in H1 norm. Finally, two examples show that the method is effective.展开更多
Studies the existence of solutions of nonlinear two point boundary value problems for nonlinear 4n-th-order differential equationy (4n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (4n-1))(a)with the boundary conditions g 2i(y (2i)(a),y (2i+1...Studies the existence of solutions of nonlinear two point boundary value problems for nonlinear 4n-th-order differential equationy (4n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (4n-1))(a)with the boundary conditions g 2i(y (2i)(a),y (2i+1)(a))=0,h 2i(y (2i)(c),y (2i+1)(c))=0,(i=0,1,...,2n-1)(b) where the functions f, g i and h i are continuous with certain monotone properties. For the boundary value problems of nonlinear nth order differential equationy (n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (n-1))many results have been given at the present time. But the existence of solutions of boundary value problem (a),(b) studied in this paper has not been covered by the above researches. Moreover, the corollary of the important theorem in this paper, i.e. existence of solutions of the boundary value problem.y (4n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (4n-1)) a 2iy (2i)(a)+a 2i+1y (2i+1)(a)=b 2i,c 2iy (2i)(c)+c 2i+1y (2i+1)(c)=d 2i,(i=0,1,...2n-1)has not been dealt with in previous works.展开更多
We study boundary value problems for fractional integro-differential equations involving Caputo derivative of order α∈ (n-1, n) in Banach spaces. Existence and uniqueness results of solutions are established by vi...We study boundary value problems for fractional integro-differential equations involving Caputo derivative of order α∈ (n-1, n) in Banach spaces. Existence and uniqueness results of solutions are established by virtue of the Holder's inequality, a suitable singular Cronwall's inequality and fixed point theorem via a priori estimate method. At last, examples are given to illustrate the results.展开更多
By establishing a comparison result and using monotone iterative methods, the theorem of existence for minimal and maximal solutions of periodic boundary value problems for second-order nonlinear integro-differential ...By establishing a comparison result and using monotone iterative methods, the theorem of existence for minimal and maximal solutions of periodic boundary value problems for second-order nonlinear integro-differential equations in Banach spaces is proved.展开更多
In this paper, the boundary value problems for nonlinear third order differential equations are treated. A generic approach based on nonpolynomial quintic spline is developed to solve such boundary value problem. We s...In this paper, the boundary value problems for nonlinear third order differential equations are treated. A generic approach based on nonpolynomial quintic spline is developed to solve such boundary value problem. We show that the approximate solutions of such problems obtained by the numerical algorithm developed using nonpolynomial quintic spline functions are better than those produced by other numerical methods. The algorithm is tested on a problem to demonstrate the practical usefulness of the approach.展开更多
This paper deals with the singular nonlinear third-order periodic boundary value problem u'' + p(3)u = f (t, u), 0 less than or equal to t less than or equal to 2pi, with u((i)) (0) = u((i)) (2pi), i = 0, 1, 2...This paper deals with the singular nonlinear third-order periodic boundary value problem u'' + p(3)u = f (t, u), 0 less than or equal to t less than or equal to 2pi, with u((i)) (0) = u((i)) (2pi), i = 0, 1, 2, where p is an element of (Graphics) and f is singular at t = 0, t = 1 and u = 0. Under suitable weaker conditions than those of [1], it is proved by constructing a special cone in C[0, 2pi] and employing the fixed point index theory that the problem has at least one or at least two positive solutions.展开更多
In this article, we develop numerical method by constructing ninth degree spline function using extended cubic spline Bickley’s method to find the approximate solution of seventh order linear boundary value problems ...In this article, we develop numerical method by constructing ninth degree spline function using extended cubic spline Bickley’s method to find the approximate solution of seventh order linear boundary value problems at different step lengths. The approximate solution is compared with the solution obtained by eighth degree splines and exact solution. It has been observed that the approximate solution is an excellent agreement with exact solution. Low absolute error indicates that our numerical method is effective for solving high order linear boundary value problems.展开更多
In this article we consider the asymptotic behavior of extreme distribution with the extreme value index γ>0 . The rates of uniform convergence for Fréchet distribution are constructed under the second-order ...In this article we consider the asymptotic behavior of extreme distribution with the extreme value index γ>0 . The rates of uniform convergence for Fréchet distribution are constructed under the second-order regular variation condition.展开更多
New existence results are presented for the singular second-order nonlinear boundary value problems u ' + g(t)f(u) = 0, 0 < t < 1, au(0) - betau ' (0) = 0, gammau(1) + deltau ' (1) = 0 under the cond...New existence results are presented for the singular second-order nonlinear boundary value problems u ' + g(t)f(u) = 0, 0 < t < 1, au(0) - betau ' (0) = 0, gammau(1) + deltau ' (1) = 0 under the conditions 0 less than or equal to f(0)(+) < M-1, m(1) < f(infinity)(-)less than or equal to infinity or 0 less than or equal to f(infinity)(+)< M-1, m(1) < f (-)(0)less than or equal to infinity where f(0)(+) = lim(u -->0)f(u)/u, f(infinity)(-)= lim(u --> infinity)f(u)/u, f(0)(-)= lim(u -->0)f(u)/u, f(infinity)(+) = lim(u --> infinity)f(u)/u, g may be singular at t = 0 and/or t = 1. The proof uses a fixed point theorem in cone theory.展开更多
This paper is concerned with the following fourth-order three-point boundary value problem , where , we discuss the existence of positive solutions to the above problem by applying to the fixed point theory in cones a...This paper is concerned with the following fourth-order three-point boundary value problem , where , we discuss the existence of positive solutions to the above problem by applying to the fixed point theory in cones and iterative technique.展开更多
文摘An existence theorem of positive solution is established for a nonlinear third-order three-point boundary value problem. Here, we concentrated on the case that the nonlinear term is neither superlinear nor sublinear, and is not asymptotic at zero and infinity.
文摘Change orders are common and clearly noticeable in Jordanian construction industry. Several studies have identified change orders as significant problem in Jordanian construction projects, and they mainly cause delay and cost overrun. This situation spurs the researchers for investigating the significant causes of change orders in construction projects. Thus, this paper aims to determine the main causes of change orders in the Jordanian construction private sector which responsible for significant cost overrun. Both qualitative and quantitative methods, i.e. interview and questionnaire techniques, were used to achieve this aim. Interviews were conducted as the first stage of data collection, and the results formed the basis of the questionnaire, which was distributed across the Jordanian construction sector. Content analysis was used to analyse the interview responses, while factor analysis, correlation and the Severity Index (SI) were used to analyse the questionnaire results. The findings identified three main categories of causes of change orders in private sector, namely engineering causes, causes related to the client, and circumstances of the project, with sub-causes in each category which are related to each other in significant ways and which affect each other.
文摘In this paper, we studies the relations between the mean value and the maximun norm of the infinite order entire functions which defined by legendre series. We obtained that if f(z) is an infinite order entire function with a positive exponenatial lower order. then loaM (α) ~logMδ(α) ~ logMδ(α) (α→+∞).
基金Project of the 13th Five-Year Plan for Education and Science of Tianjin"Study on Dynamic Monitoring Mechanism of Discipline Construction Performance in Colleges and Universities"(HE3078).
文摘The theory of enterprise value management was applied to the performance evaluation of the discipline construction members in colleges and universities,and a value evaluation model of performance was established.Then,using the analytic hierarchy process(AHP)and quantitative research method,it evaluated the cost of the discipline construction members and the functions realized.Finally,it determined the performance value level and came up with the value optimization recommendations.
文摘The present work considers the endpoint in the abstract metric space. It firstly introduces the metric space of partially ordered groups and the metric space of partially ordered modules, respectively;and defines the convergence of sequences and the multi-valued weak contractions, etc., on the introduced space. And then, with the methods of functional analysis and abstract algebra, it successively establishes an endpoint theorem for the metric space of partially ordered groups and an endpoint theorem for the metric space of partially ordered modules. The contributions of this article extend the theory of cone metric space constructed by Huang and Zhang (2007) and some recent results on the fixed point and endpoint theory, such as the endpoint theorem given by Amini-Harandi (2010).
文摘Change orders have a significant impact on many aspects of construction projects.They are known to be the primary cause of litigation in the construction industry.Change orders are almost inevitable due to the uniqueness of each project from many perspectives,such as the type of building,complexity of the design,human factors,and the available resources.Change orders are the formal mechanism to implement design changes during the execution phase.These changes are usually the outcome of lack of visualization by the owner,misunderstanding,miscommunication between different parties involved in the project,shortage in resources,and other factors.This research aims to investigate and rank causes,effects,and control measures of change orders in the construction industry in the U.S.This research presents the results of a questionnaire surveying owners,contractors,and consultants.A total of 123 industry professionals in the Architecture,Engineering,and Construction(AEC)field,with either significant or final decision-making authority on reviewing,issuing,and approving change orders responded to the survey.Results indicated that owners are the primary source followed by consultants and contractors,respectively.Some of the more important control measures identified in this research are collaboration and visualization technologies.
文摘We develop a numerical method for solving the boundary value problem of The Linear Seventh Ordinary Boundary Value Problem by using the seventh-degree B-Spline function. Formulation is based on particular terms of order of seventh order boundary value problem. We obtain Septic B-Spline formulation and the Collocation B-spline method is formulated as an approximation solution. We apply the presented method to solve an example of seventh order boundary value problem in which the result shows that there is an agreement between approximate solutions and exact solutions. Resulting in low absolute errors shows that the presented numerical method is effective for solving high order boundary value problems. Finally, a general conclusion has been included.
基金Supported by Project of Department of Education of Henan Province of 2008 (20008A560007)~~
文摘Through the survey of ancient residences on the Central Plain of China, several ancient residences have been selected as typical cases. By combining with residential features of watchtower, characteristics of these residences have been analyzed carefully. In order to reasonably illustrate anti-seismic value of watchtower-like residences, their characteristics have been concluded in the perspective of plane form, structural arrangement, and anti-seismic construction measures. The plane form is of tower; the plane and vertical surfaces are regular and even; the wall's thickness is reasonable, and doors and windows are few and small; and bonded stone has been set in the wall, resisting compression.
基金heprojectissupportedbyNNSFofChina (No .1 9972 0 39) .
文摘In this paper, a high accuracy finite volume element method is presented for two-point boundary value problem of second order ordinary differential equation, which differs from the high order generalized difference methods. It is proved that the method has optimal order error estimate O(h3) in H1 norm. Finally, two examples show that the method is effective.
文摘Studies the existence of solutions of nonlinear two point boundary value problems for nonlinear 4n-th-order differential equationy (4n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (4n-1))(a)with the boundary conditions g 2i(y (2i)(a),y (2i+1)(a))=0,h 2i(y (2i)(c),y (2i+1)(c))=0,(i=0,1,...,2n-1)(b) where the functions f, g i and h i are continuous with certain monotone properties. For the boundary value problems of nonlinear nth order differential equationy (n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (n-1))many results have been given at the present time. But the existence of solutions of boundary value problem (a),(b) studied in this paper has not been covered by the above researches. Moreover, the corollary of the important theorem in this paper, i.e. existence of solutions of the boundary value problem.y (4n)=f(t,y,y′,y″,...,y (4n-1)) a 2iy (2i)(a)+a 2i+1y (2i+1)(a)=b 2i,c 2iy (2i)(c)+c 2i+1y (2i+1)(c)=d 2i,(i=0,1,...2n-1)has not been dealt with in previous works.
基金supported by Grant In Aid research fund of Virginia Military Instittue, USA
文摘We study boundary value problems for fractional integro-differential equations involving Caputo derivative of order α∈ (n-1, n) in Banach spaces. Existence and uniqueness results of solutions are established by virtue of the Holder's inequality, a suitable singular Cronwall's inequality and fixed point theorem via a priori estimate method. At last, examples are given to illustrate the results.
基金theNaturalScienceFoundationofEducationalCommitteeofHainanProvince China
文摘By establishing a comparison result and using monotone iterative methods, the theorem of existence for minimal and maximal solutions of periodic boundary value problems for second-order nonlinear integro-differential equations in Banach spaces is proved.
文摘In this paper, the boundary value problems for nonlinear third order differential equations are treated. A generic approach based on nonpolynomial quintic spline is developed to solve such boundary value problem. We show that the approximate solutions of such problems obtained by the numerical algorithm developed using nonpolynomial quintic spline functions are better than those produced by other numerical methods. The algorithm is tested on a problem to demonstrate the practical usefulness of the approach.
文摘This paper deals with the singular nonlinear third-order periodic boundary value problem u'' + p(3)u = f (t, u), 0 less than or equal to t less than or equal to 2pi, with u((i)) (0) = u((i)) (2pi), i = 0, 1, 2, where p is an element of (Graphics) and f is singular at t = 0, t = 1 and u = 0. Under suitable weaker conditions than those of [1], it is proved by constructing a special cone in C[0, 2pi] and employing the fixed point index theory that the problem has at least one or at least two positive solutions.
文摘In this article, we develop numerical method by constructing ninth degree spline function using extended cubic spline Bickley’s method to find the approximate solution of seventh order linear boundary value problems at different step lengths. The approximate solution is compared with the solution obtained by eighth degree splines and exact solution. It has been observed that the approximate solution is an excellent agreement with exact solution. Low absolute error indicates that our numerical method is effective for solving high order linear boundary value problems.
文摘In this article we consider the asymptotic behavior of extreme distribution with the extreme value index γ>0 . The rates of uniform convergence for Fréchet distribution are constructed under the second-order regular variation condition.
文摘New existence results are presented for the singular second-order nonlinear boundary value problems u ' + g(t)f(u) = 0, 0 < t < 1, au(0) - betau ' (0) = 0, gammau(1) + deltau ' (1) = 0 under the conditions 0 less than or equal to f(0)(+) < M-1, m(1) < f(infinity)(-)less than or equal to infinity or 0 less than or equal to f(infinity)(+)< M-1, m(1) < f (-)(0)less than or equal to infinity where f(0)(+) = lim(u -->0)f(u)/u, f(infinity)(-)= lim(u --> infinity)f(u)/u, f(0)(-)= lim(u -->0)f(u)/u, f(infinity)(+) = lim(u --> infinity)f(u)/u, g may be singular at t = 0 and/or t = 1. The proof uses a fixed point theorem in cone theory.
文摘This paper is concerned with the following fourth-order three-point boundary value problem , where , we discuss the existence of positive solutions to the above problem by applying to the fixed point theory in cones and iterative technique.