Existence and location of Stackelberg equilibria is studied for two players by using appropriate variational inequalities and fixed point arguments. Both compact and non-compact strategy sets are considered in Euclidean spaces; in the non-compact case, we apply arguments from the theory of...

This paper focuses on combinatorial feasibility and optimization problems that arise in the context of parameter identification of discrete dynamical systems. Given a candidate parametric model for a physical system and a set of experimental observations, the objective of parameter...

Considering a prototypic model of a bimodal oscillator we investigate the synchronization of the internal time scales for a system with interacting fast and slow oscillatory modes. Particular emphasis is given to the transition between mode-locked and mode-unlocked chaos. It is shown that this...

We analyze some models of nonequilibrium systems proposed in the past decade which derive the laws of irreversible thermodynamics from deterministic dynamics. We find that these models do not posses the crucial property of local thermodynamic equilibrium, since they represent noninteracting...

We present an automated algorithm for inferring analytical models of closed reactive biochemical mixtures, on the basis of standard approaches borrowed from thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases. As input, the method requires a number of steady states (i.e. an equilibria cloud in...

Maximum entropy principle does not seem to distinguish between the use of Tsallis and Renyi entropies as either of them may be used to derive similar kind of q-exponential distributions. In this paper, we address the question whether the Renyi entropy is equally suitable to describe those...

A Tsallis-like information measure that elaborates upon those of the Tsallis type is shown to be a rather powerful tool for the analysis of complex, non-stationary signals, as exemplified by the Henon map and EEGs. The ensuing results could be of importance concerning the automatic detection of...

Global emissions beyond 44 gigatonnes of carbondioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2020 can potentially lead the world to an irreversible climate change. Employing a novel dynamical system modeling approach, we predict that in a business-asusual scenario, it will reach 61 GtCO2e by 2020. Testing...

A key aim of economics is to set goals and investigate the relationship between various socio-economic indicators. By tting time series data using a Bayesian dynamical systems approach we identify non-linear interactions between GDP, child mortality, fertility rate and female education. We show...