In this paper,we are concerned with the existence of multiple positive solutions to a second-order three-point boundary value problem on the half-line.The results are obtained by the Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem.
This article proposes a few tangent cones,which are relative to the constraint qualifications of optimization problems.With the upper and lower directional derivatives of an objective function,the characteristics of c...This article proposes a few tangent cones,which are relative to the constraint qualifications of optimization problems.With the upper and lower directional derivatives of an objective function,the characteristics of cones on the constraint qualifications are presented.The interrelations among the constraint qualifications,a few cones involved, and level sets of upper and lower directional derivatives are derived.展开更多
In this article, we establish the existence of at least two positive solutions for the semi-positone m-point boundary value problem with a parameter u （t） ＋ λf （t, u） = 0, t ∈ （0, 1）, u （0） = sum （biu （ξ...In this article, we establish the existence of at least two positive solutions for the semi-positone m-point boundary value problem with a parameter u （t） ＋ λf （t, u） = 0, t ∈ （0, 1）, u （0） = sum （biu （ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, u（1）= sum （aiu（ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, where λ 〉 0 is a parameter, 0 〈 ξ 1 〈 ξ 2 〈 ··· 〈 ξ m 2 〈 1 with 0 〈sum ai from i=1 to m-2 〈 1, sum bi from i=1 to m-2 =1 b i 〈 1, a i , b i ∈ [0, ∞） and f （t, u） ≥ M with M is a positive constant. The method employed is the Leggett-Williams fixed-point theorem. As an application, an example is given to demonstrate the main result.展开更多
This paper considers series and parallel systems comprising n components drawn from a heterogeneous population consisting of m different subpopulations.The components within each subpopulation are assumed to be depend...This paper considers series and parallel systems comprising n components drawn from a heterogeneous population consisting of m different subpopulations.The components within each subpopulation are assumed to be dependent,while the subpopulations are independent of each other.The authors also assume that the subpopulations have different Archimedean copulas for their dependence.Under this setup,the authors discuss the series and parallel systems reliability for three different cases,respectively.The authors use the theory of stochastic orders and majorization to establish the main results,and finally present some numerical examples to illustrate all the results established here.展开更多
基金Supported by the NNSF of China(10871116)Supported by the NSFSP of China(ZR2010AM005)
文摘In this paper,we are concerned with the existence of multiple positive solutions to a second-order three-point boundary value problem on the half-line.The results are obtained by the Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem.
基金the Natural Science Foundation ofFujian Province of China(S0650021,2006J0215)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10771086)
文摘This article proposes a few tangent cones,which are relative to the constraint qualifications of optimization problems.With the upper and lower directional derivatives of an objective function,the characteristics of cones on the constraint qualifications are presented.The interrelations among the constraint qualifications,a few cones involved, and level sets of upper and lower directional derivatives are derived.
基金Supported by Fund of National Natural Science of China (No. 10371068)Science Foundation of Business College of Shanxi University (No. 2008053)
文摘In this article, we establish the existence of at least two positive solutions for the semi-positone m-point boundary value problem with a parameter u （t） ＋ λf （t, u） = 0, t ∈ （0, 1）, u （0） = sum （biu （ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, u（1）= sum （aiu（ξ i ）） from i=1 to m-2, where λ 〉 0 is a parameter, 0 〈 ξ 1 〈 ξ 2 〈 ··· 〈 ξ m 2 〈 1 with 0 〈sum ai from i=1 to m-2 〈 1, sum bi from i=1 to m-2 =1 b i 〈 1, a i , b i ∈ [0, ∞） and f （t, u） ≥ M with M is a positive constant. The method employed is the Leggett-Williams fixed-point theorem. As an application, an example is given to demonstrate the main result.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11971116the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant No.1808085MA03the PhD research startup foundation of Anhui Normal University under Grant No.2014bsqdjj34。
文摘This paper considers series and parallel systems comprising n components drawn from a heterogeneous population consisting of m different subpopulations.The components within each subpopulation are assumed to be dependent,while the subpopulations are independent of each other.The authors also assume that the subpopulations have different Archimedean copulas for their dependence.Under this setup,the authors discuss the series and parallel systems reliability for three different cases,respectively.The authors use the theory of stochastic orders and majorization to establish the main results,and finally present some numerical examples to illustrate all the results established here.
