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MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING Volume Contents and Author Index Volume 44, 2006 ELSEVIER Amsterdam @ Boston ¢ Jena ¢ London ¢ New York @ Oxford ¢ Paris ¢ Philadelphia ¢ San Diego ¢ St. Louis List of Contents NUMBER 1/2 PART SPECIAL ISSUE: ADVANCES IN BUSINESS MODELING AND DECISION TECHNOLOGIES [pp. 1-95] Special Issue Papers K.M. Bretthauer and Editorial: Advances in business modeling and decision M.A. Venkataramanan technologies J.W. Kim, K.M. Lee, A preference scoring technique for personalized advertise- M.J. Shaw, H.-L. Chang, ments on Internet storefronts M. Nelson and R.F. Easley V.A. Mabert, A. Soni and Model based interpretation of survey data: A case study of M.A. Venkataramanan enterprise resource planning implementations A. Ross and K. Ernstberger Benchmarking the IT productivity paradox: Recent evidence from the manufacturing sector C. Keller Modeling dynamic sealed-offer k-double auctions using a mixture of distributions D. Mendez and R. Narasimhan Dynamic interaction among price, quality, durability and the sales rate in a steady state environment: A theoretical analysis D.G. Conway and An application of interdependent lot size and consolidation M.F. Gorman point choice M. Dawande, S. Gavirneni and Scheduling a two-stage flowshop under makespan constraint R. Rachamadugu K.M. Bretthauer, B. Shetty, Production and inventory management under multiple S. Syam and R.J. Vokurka resource constraints Regular Papers A. Stéphanou, Mathematical modelling of the influence of blood rheologi- S.R. McDougall, cal properties upon adaptative tumour-induced angiogenesis A.R.A. Anderson and M.A.J. Chaplain T. Kmet Model of the nitrogen transformation cycle G. Kvernadze A note on singularity approximation S. Gan Asymptotic stability of Rosenbrock methods for systems of functional differential and functional equations A. Chakrabarti and R.K. Bera Large amplitude vibration of orthotropic sandwich elliptic plates R.P. Agarwal, S.R. Grace and Oscillation criteria for certain fourth order nonlinear J.V. Manojlovic functional differential equations Z. Zhang and H. Wang Existence and global attractivity of positive periodic solutions for a generalized predator-prey system with time delay H. Koyunbakan and Solution of a discontinuous inverse nodal problem on a finite E.S. Panakhov interval R. Guclu Sliding mode and PID control of a structural system against earthquake M. Wang and L. Wang Global asymptotic robust stability of static neural network models with S-type distributed delays H.-T. Liaw, J.-F. Lin and An efficient and complete remote user authentication scheme W.-C. Wu using smart cards G.A.F. Ismail Erratum to “Modified technique for solving advance- delay differential systems” [Mathematical and Computer Modelling 41 (2005) 287-299] NUMBER 3/4 G. Jumarie New stochastic fractional models for Malthusian growth, the Poissonian birth process and optimal management of populations R. Birger, F. Concha, Numerical simulation of clarifier-thickener units treating K.H. Karlsen and A. Narvaez ideal suspensions with a flux density function having two inflection points A. Swaminathan Sufficiency for hypergeometric transforms to be associated with conic regions P. Goatin The Aw-Rascle vehicular traffic flow model with phase transitions S. Lipovetsky Two-parameter ridge regression and its convergence to the eventual pairwise model C.-K. Chen and C.-C. Lo Optimal production run length for products sold with warranty in an imperfect production system with allowable shortages Y. Ruan and L. Hong Use of the interacting multiple model algorithm with multiple sensors K. Alhumaizi, A. Alwan Competition of plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free organisms A. Ajbar in a chemostat: A study of bifurcation phenomena T.A. Lenhardt Evaluation of a USMC combat service support logistics concept Y.H. Liu, J.M. Chuang and Solving a nonlinear integer program for allocating resources M.-J. Hwang H. Schellhorn and Z. Chen A new simulation approach to the LIBOR market model N. Bellomo and A. Bellouquid On the mathematical kinetic theory of active particles with discrete states A. Guo and S. Cui Global solutions and self-similar solutions for nonlinear beam equations NUMBER 5/6 SPECIAL ISSUE: APPLICATION OF NATURAL COMPUTING (COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE) METHODS TO WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING H.R. Maier Preface: Application of natural computing (computational intelligence) methods to water resources and environmental modelling N.R. Siriwardene and Selection of genetic algorithm operators for urban drainage B.J.C. Perera model parameter optimisation J.M. Whitcombe, R.A. Cropp, The use of sensitivity analysis and genetic algorithms for the R.D. Braddock and management of catalyst emissions from oil refineries I.E. Agranovski H.R. Maier, A.C. Zecchin, Optimising the mutual information of ecological data L. Radbone and P. Goonan clusters using evolutionary algorithms A.C. Zecchin, A.R. Simpson, Application of two ant colony optimisation algorithms to H.R. Maier, M. Leonard, water distribution system optimisation A.J. Roberts and M.J. Berrisford G.J. Bowden, J.B. Nixon, Forecasting chlorine residuals in a water distribution system G.C. Dandy, H.R. Maier and using a general regression neural network M. Holmes M.S. Gibbs, N. Morgan, Investigation into the relationship between chlorine decay H.R. Maier, G.C. Dandy, and water distribution parameters using data driven methods J.B. Nixon and M. Holmes G.B. Kingston, H.R. Maier and 499 A probabilistic method for assisting knowledge extraction M.F. Lambert from artificial neural networks used for hydrological prediction A. Bah, I. Touré, C. Le Page, An agent-based model to understand the multiple uses of A. Ickowicz and A.T. Diop land and resources around drillings in Sahel H. Purnomo and P. Guizol Simulating forest plantation co-management with a multi- agent system J.-C. Soulié and O. Thébaud Modeling fleet response in regulated fisheries: An agent- based approach L. Elliston and L. Cao An agent-based bioeconomic model of a fishery with input controls NUMBER 7/8 I. Kramer Understanding HIV infection through dynamical modelling: Why preventative vaccines, therapeutic vaccines, and IL-2 therapy are not working E. Mamontov, Stochastic mechanics in the context of the properties of K. Psiuk-Maksymowicz and living systems A. Koptioug C.-M. Wang, Y.-H. Huang and 608 An effective algorithm for image sequence color transfer M.-L. Huang L. Egghe and R. Rousseau Lorenz theory of symmetric relative concentration and similarity, incorporating variable array length H.B. Celikoglu Application of radial basis function and generalized regression neural networks in non-linear utility function specification for travel mode choice modelling Vv H. Tanta-ngai and A peer-to-peer expressway over Chord M. McAllister S.K. Sen, H. Agarwal and Chemical equation balancing: An integer programming 5. Sen approach M.R. Abdel-Aziz Computing eigenpairs of quadratic eigensystems P. Carlone, G.S. Palazzo and Pultrusion manufacturing process development by computa- R. Pasquino tional modelling and methods A. Magana and R. Quintanilla On the spatial behavior of solutions for porous elastic solids with quasi-static microvoids D.K.L. Tsang A numerical study of a detonation wave in detonation transmission tubing R. Peng and M. Wang Spatial patterns of a prey—predator model in a degenerate environment H. Erbay An efficient algorithm for rank and subspace tracking H.-J. Shyur and H.-S. Shih A hybrid MCDM model for strategic vendor selection NUMBER 9/10 O. Duman, E. Erkus and Statistical rates on the multivariate approximation theory V. Gupta Y.-H. Lee and H. Luh Characterizing output processes of Ey, /E;/1 queues I. Fortes, L. Mora-Loépez, Inductive learning models with missing values R. Morales and F. Triguero H.T. Banks and N.L. Gibson Void detection in foam with knit lines using THz pulse interrogation J. Kyle and M. Costello Comparison of measured and simulated motion of a scaled dragline excavation system Q.A. Dang and M. Ehrhardt Adequate numerical solution of air pollution problems by positive difference schemes on unbounded domains C.I. Byrnes, D.S. Gilliam, Zero dynamics modeling and boundary feedback design for A. Isidori and V.I. Shubov parabolic systems B.T. Nadiga, M. Taylor and Ocean modelling for climate studies: Eliminating short J. Lorenz time scales in long-term, high-resolution studies of ocean circulation F.J. Vermolen, E. van Baaren A simplified model for growth factor induced healing of and J.A. Adam wounds A. Nagurney, Z. Liu and 899 Optimal endogenous carbon taxes for electric power supply T. Woolley chains with power plants P. Bagnerini, R.M. Colombo On the role of source terms in continuum traffic flow models and A. Corli J.H. Dshalalow and A. Liew On fluctuations of a multivariate random walk with some applications to stock options trading and hedging R. Peng, M. Wang and Positive steady-state solutions of the Sel’kov model M. Yang A.Y. Aidoo and K. Ward Spatio-temporal concentration of acetylcholine in vertebrate synaptic cleft NUMBER 11/12 X. Jiang, A.K.S. Jardine and On a conjecture of optimal repair-replacement strategies for D. Lugitigheid warranted products I. Kucuk and I. Sadek An efficient computational method for the optimal control problem for the Burgers equation R.P. Agarwal, D. O’Regan and Constant-sign solutions of systems of higher order boundary P.J.Y. Wong value problems with integrable singularities S. Biagiola and J. Solsona State estimation in batch processes using a_ nonlinear observer J. Sastre, E. Defez and Laguerre matrix polynomial series expansion: Theory and L. Jodar computer applications W.-L. Wang and G.-Q. Xu The well-posedness and stability of a repairable standby human—machine system G. Mosheiov and D. Oron Due-date assignment and maintenance activity scheduling problem R. Company, A.L. Gonzalez Numerical solution of modified Black-Scholes equation and L. Jédar pricing stock options with discrete dividend A. Baksi, B.K. Roy and Eigenvalue approach to study the effect of rotation and R.K. Bera relaxation time in generalized magneto-thermo-viscoelastic medium in one dimension J. Banas and LJ. Cabrera 1080 On solutions of a neutral differential equation with deviating argument G. Wei and j. Shen Asymptotic behavior of solutions of nonlinear impulsive delay differential equations with positive and negative coefficients J. Li, J. Xu and M. Gen A class of multiobjective linear programming model with fuzzy random coefficients K. Kassara A set-valued approach to control immunotherapy J. Cui and Y. Takeuchi A predator-prey system with a stage structure for the prey S. Chukova and Two-dimensional warranty repair strategy based on minimal M.R. Johnston and complete repairs H. Haddadpour An exact solution for variable coefficients fourth-order wave equation using the Adomian method N.K. Govil and V. Gupta Simultaneous approximation for the Bézier variant of Baskakov-Beta operators M. Dehghan and M. Tatari 1160 Determination of a control parameter in a one-dimensional parabolic equation using the method of radial basis functions H. Fu, X. Zhong and Z. Zeng 1169 Automated and readable simplification of trigonometric expressions Author Index Abdel-Aziz, M.R. 44 (7/8),692 Dandy, G.C. 44 (5/6),469,485 Jardine, A.K.S. 44 (11/12),963 Adam, J.A. 44 (9/10),887 Dang, Q.A. 44 (9/10),834 Jiang, X. 44 (11/12),963 Agarwal, H. 44 (7/8),678 Dawande, M. 44 (1/2),73 Joédar, L. 44 (11/12),1025,1058 Agarwal, R.P. 44 (1/2),163, Defez, E. 44 (11/12),1025 Johnston, M.R. 44 (11/12),1133 (11/12),983 Dehghan, M. 44 (11/12),1160 Jumarie, G. 44 (3/4),231 Agranovski, I.E. 44 (5/6),430 Diop, A.T. 44 (5/6),513 Aidoo, A.Y. 44 (9/10),952 Dshalalow, J.H. 44 (9/10),931 Karlsen, K.H. 44 (3/4),255 Ajbar, A. 44 (3/4),342 Duman, O. 44 (9/10),763 Kassara, K. 44 (11/12),1114 Alhumaizi, K. 44 (3/4),342 Keller, C. 44 (1/2).43 Alwan, A. 44 (3/4),342 Easley, R.F. 44 (1/2),3 Kim, J.W. 44 (1/2),3 Anderson, A.R.A. 44 (1/2),96 Egghe, L. 44 (7/8),628 Kingston, G.B. 44 (5/6),499 Kmet, T. 44 (1/2),124 Ehrhardt, M. 44 (9/10),834 Bagnerini, P. 44 (9/10),917 Elliston, L. 44 (5/6),565 Koptioug, A. 44 (7/8),595 Bah, A. 44 (5/6),513 Erbay, H. 44 (7/8),742 Koyunbakan, H. 44 (1/2),204 Baksi, A. 44 (11/12),1069 Erkus, E. 44 (9/10),763 Kramer, I. 44 (7/8),577 Banas, J. 44 (11/12),1080 Ernstberger, K. 44 (1/2),30 Kucuk, I. 44 (1 1/12),973 Kvernadze, G. 44 (1/2),138 Banks, H.T. 44 (9/10),807 Kyle, J. 44 (9/10),816 Bellomo, N. 44 (3/4),397 Fortes, I. 44 (9/10),790 Bellouquid, A. 44 (3/4),397 Fu, H. 44 (11/12),1169 Bera, R.K. 44 (1/2),151, Lambert, M.F. 44 (5/6),499 (11/12),1069 Gan, S. 44 (1/2),144 Lee, K.M. 44 (1/2),3 Berrisford, M.J. 44 (5/6),451 Gavirneni, S. 44 (1/2),73 Lee, Y.-H. 44 (9/10),771 Biagiola, S. 44 (11/12),1009 Gen, M. 44 (11/12),1097 Lenhardt, T.A. 44 (3/4),368 Leonard, M. 44 (5/6),451 Bowden, G.J. 44 (5/6),469 Gibbs, MLS. 44 (5/6),485 Le Page, C. 44 (5/6),513 Braddock, R.D. 44 (5/6),430 Gibson, N.L. 44 (9/10),807 Li, J. 44 (11/12),1097 Bretthauer, K.M. 44 (1/2),1,85 Gilliam, D.S. 44 (9/10),857 Liaw, H.-T. 44 (1/2),223 Birger, R. 44 (3/4),255 Goatin, P. 44 (3/4),287 Liew, A. 44 (9/10),93 1 Byrnes, C.1. 44 (9/10),857 Gonzalez, A.L. 44 (11/12),1058 Lin, J.-F. 44 (1/2),223 Goonan, P. 44 (5/6),439 Lipovetsky, S. 44 (3/4),304 Gorman, M.F. 44 (1/2).65 Cabrera, I.J. 44 (11/12),1080 Liu, Y.H. 44 (3/4),377 Govil, N.K. 44 (11/12),1153 Cao, L. 44 (5/6),565 Liu, Z. 44 (9/10),899 Carlone, P. 44 (7/8),701 Grace, S.R. 44 (1/2),163 Lo, C.-C. 44 (3/4),319 Celikoglu, H.B. 44 (7/8),640 Guclu, R. 44 (1/2),210 Lorenz, J. 44 (9/10),870 Guizol, P. 44 (5/6),535 Chakrabarti, A. 44 (1/2),151 Lugitigheid, D. 44 (1 1/12),963 Chang, H.-L. 44 (1/2),3 Guo, A. 44 (3/4),405 Luh, H. 44 (9/10),771 Chaplain, M.A.J. 44 (1/2),96 Gupta, V. 44 (9/10),763, Chen, C.-K. 44 (3/4),319 (11/12),1153 Mabert, V.A. 44 (1/2),16 Chen, Z. 44 (3/4),382 Magana, A. 44 (7/8),710 Chuang, J.M. 44 (3/4),377 Haddadpour, H. 44 Maier, H.R. 44 Chukova, S. 44 (11/12),1133 (11/12),1144 (5/6),413,439,45 1,469,485,499 Colombo, R.M. 44 (9/10),917 Holmes, M. 44 (5/6),469,485 Mamontoy, E. 44 (7/8),595 Company, R. 44 (11/12),1058 Hong, L. 44 (3/4),332 Manojlovic, J.V. 44 (1/2),163 Concha, F. 44 (3/4),255 Huang, M.-L. 44 (7/8),608 McAllister, M. 44 (7/8),659 Conway, D.G. 44 (1/2),65 Huang, Y.-H. 44 (7/8),608 McDougall, S.R. 44 (1/2),96 Corli, A. 44 (9/10),917 Hwang, M.-J. 44 (3/4),377 Mendez, D. 44 (1/2),49 Costello, M. 44 (9/10),816 Morales, R. 44 (9/10),790 Cropp, R.A. 44 (5/6),430 Ickowicz, A. 44 (5/6),513 Mora-Lopez, L. 44 (9/10),790 Cui, J. 44 (1 1/12),1126 Isidori, A. 44 (9/10),857 Morgan, N. 44 (5/6),485 Cui, S. 44 (3/4),405 Ismail, G.A.F. 44 (1/2),229 Mosheiov, G. 44 (11/12),1053 IX Nadiga, B.T. 44 (9/10),870 Sadek, I. 44 (11/12),973 van Baaren, E. 44 (9/10),887 Nagurney, A. 44 (9/10),.899 Sastre, J. 44 (11/12),1025 Venkataramanan, M.A. 44 Narasimhan, R. 44 (1/2),49 Schellhorn, H. 44 (3/4),382 (1/2),1,16 Narvaez, A. 44 (3/4),255 Sen, S. 44 (7/8),678 Vermolen, F.J. 44 (9/10),887 Nelson, M. 44 (1/2),3 Sen, S.K. 44 (7/8),678 Vokurka, R.J. 44 (1/2).85 Nixon, J.B. 44 (5/6).469.485 Shaw, M.J. 44 (1/2),3 Shen, J. 44 (1 1/12),1089 Wang, C.-M. 44 (7/8),608 O’ Regan, D. 44 (1 1/12),983 Shetty, B. 44 (1/2),85 Wang, H. 44 (1/2),188 Oron, D. 44 (1 1/12),1053 Shih, H.-S. 44 (7/8),749 Wang, L. 44 (1/2),218 Wang, M. 44 (1/2),218 Shuboy, V.I. 44 (9/10),857 Palazzo, G.S. 44 (7/8),701 Shyur, H.-J. 44 (7/8),749 Wang, M. 44 (7/8),735, Panakhoy, E.S. 44 (1/2),204 Simpson, A.R. 44 (5/6),451 (9/10),945 Wang, W.-L. 44 (1 1/12),1044 Pasquino, R. 44 (7/8).701 Siriwardene, N.R. 44 (5/6),415 Ward, K. 44 (9/10).952 Peng, R. 44 (7/8),735, (9/10),945 Solsona, J. 44 (11/12),1009 Wei, G. 44 (11/12),1089 Perera, B.J.C. 44 (5/6),415 Soni, A. 44 (1/2),16 Whitcombe, J.M. 44 (5/6),430 Psiuk-Maksymowicz, K. 44 Soulié, J.-C. 44 (5/6),553 Wong, P.J.Y. 44 (11/12),983 (7/8),595 Stéphanou, A. 44 (1/2),96 Woolley, T. 44 (9/10),899 Purnomo, H. 44 (5/6).535 Swaminathan, A. 44 (3/4).276 Wu, W.-C. 44 (1/2),223 Syam, S. 44 (1/2),85 Quintanilla, R. 44 (7/8),710 Xu, G.-Q. 44 (11/12),1044 Takeuchi, Y. 44 (11/12),1126 Xu, J.4 4 (11/12),1097 Rachamadugu, R. 44 (1/2),73 Tanta-ngai, H. 44 (7/8),659 Radbone, L. 44 (5/6).439 Tatari, M. 44 (11/12),1160 Yang, M. 44 (9/10),945 Roberts, A.J. 44 (5/6).451 Taylor, M. 44 (9/10),870 Ross, A. 44 (1/2),30 Thébaud, O. 44 (5/6),553 Zecchin, A.C. 44 (5/6),439.451 Rousseau, R. 44 (7/8),628 Touré, I. 44 (5/6),513 Zeng, Z. 44 (11/12),1169 Roy, B.K. 44 (11/12),1069 Triguero, F. 44 (9/10),790 Zhang, Z. 44 (1/2),188 Ruan, Y. 44 (3/4),332 Tsang, D.K.L. 44 (7/8),717 Zhong, X. 44 (11/12),1169