The control gain region for synchronization of non-diffusively coupled networks was studied with respect to three conditions: synchronization, synchronization in finite time, and synchronization in the minimum time. Based on cancellation control methodology and master stability function...

Earthquakes exhibit complex correlations in space, time, and magnitude. As such, they present a unique example for a time series exhibiting complexity. To uncover hidden dynamic features of seismicity before the Mw6.4, October 12, 2013 earthquake in the South West part of the Hellenic Arc, we...

We discuss a possibility of deriving an H-theorem for nonlinear discrete time evolution equation that describes random wealth exchanges. In such kinetic models economical agents exchange wealth in pairwise collisions just as particles in a gas exchange their energy. It appears useful to...

We investigate hierarchical structures of the European countries by using debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the countries as they change over a certain period of time. We obtain the topological properties among the countries based on debt as a percentage of GDP of European...

In tension and compression of polymers, some abnormal phenomena of volume changes were often observed and its mechanism is still unclear. In this paper, based on the thermodynamics principle, it is shown that the combined effects of internal energy and entropy are the basic reason of causing the...

In this paper, we consider the pricing of the CDS (credit default swap) under a GMFBM (generalized mixed fractional Brownian motion) model. As the name suggests, the GMFBM model is indeed a generalization of all the FBM (fractional Brownian motion) models used in the literature, and is proved to...

Continuous time-series measurements of diel dissolved oxygen (DO) through online sensors are vital to better understanding and management of metabolism of lake ecosystems, but are prone to noise. Discrete wavelet transforms (DWT) with the orthogonal Symmlet and the semiorthogonal Chui–Wang...

The iterated spatial game among the mobile population is an interesting problem in the fields of biological, social and economic sciences. Inspired by some recent works, this paper concentrates on the iterated snowdrift game among movable and myopic agents. Two different decision-making schemes,...

The network topology has lately proved to be critical to the appearance of traffic congestion, with scale-free networks being the less affected at high volumes of traffic. Here, the congestion dynamics are investigated for a class of networks that has experienced a resurgence of interest, the...

The multifractal properties of daily rainfall time series at the stations in Pearl River basin of China over periods of up to 45 years are examined using the universal multifractal approach based on the multiplicative cascade model and the multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MF-DFA)....