A neural network-based robust adaptive control design scheme is developed for a class of nonlinear systems represented by input–output models with an unknown nonlinear function and unmodeled dynamics. By on-line approximating the unknown nonlinear functions and unmodeled dynamics by radial...

This study proposes a network-based model with two parameters to find influential authors based on the idea that the prestige of a whole network changes when a node is removed. We apply the Katz–Bonacich centrality to define network prestige, which agrees with the idea behind the PageRank...

In this paper, we establish a viability result for stochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by a multi-dimensional G-Brownian motion. Then we obtain a sufficient and necessary condition for comparison theorem of multi-dimensional G-SDEs by an equivalent criterion of viability condition...

In this paper, we show that the integration of a stochastic differential equation driven by G-Brownian motion (G-SDE for short) in R can be reduced to the integration of an ordinary differential equation (ODE for short) parameterized by a variable in (Ω,F). By this result, we obtain a...

The standard approach used to model interlocks in the business and management literature is to treat each interlock of a network as an independent data point. However, such an approach ignores the complex inter-dependencies among the common director interlocks. We propose that an interlocking...

Rural living environment is an important part of the habitat environment science, but there is the serious phenomenon of "favoring city" in current researches on the habitat environment. There is not enough attention paid to the deteriorating rural environment. Taking the case of Ziquejie,...

Purpose -This paper addresses the topic “The interaction between financial institutions and firms in the nonfinancial sectors” in the special issue of “Banking and finance in China.” The purpose of this paper is to examine the trading behavior and price effects of foreign institutions...

Patterning materials on hydrophobic polymer substrates have extensive applications in fabricating flexible devices at low cost, while the low transfer efficiency encumbers its advance. This paper provides a facile route to transfer materials onto hydrophobic polymer substrates with high...

Ce-doped Bi2Ti2O7 thin films have been successfully prepared on P-type Si substrates by a chemical solution deposition method. The structural properties of the films were studied by X-ray diffraction. The phase of Ce-doped Bi2Ti2O7 was more stable than that of Bi2Ti2O7 without Ce substitution....

Motivated by the great moderation in major U.S. macroeconomic time series, we formulate the regime switching problem through a conditional Markov chain. We model the long-run volatility change as a recurrent structure change, while short-run changes in the mean growth rate as regime switches....