Intuitionistic preference relations constitute a flexible and simple representation format of experts’ preference on a set of alternative options, while at the same time allowing to accommodate degrees of hesitation inherent to all decision making processes. In comparison with fuzzy preference relations, the use of intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations in decision making is limited, which i...

Mahler’s measure is generalized to create the class of multiplicative distance functions. These functions measure the complexity of polynomials based on the location of their zeros in the complex plane. Several examples of multiplicative distance functions are given including those formed from equilibrium potentials of compact connected subsets of C. To each multiplicative distance function we ...

Of 67 patients with reciprocal atrioventricular (A-V) nodal tachycardia consecutively studied by programmed electrical stimulation of the heart, nine patients showed second degree block toward the ventricle and one patient toward the atrium during tachycardia. In four patients the occurrence of block was critically related to the prematurity of the test stimulus initiating the tachycardia. In t...

The first author [1] proved that all zeros of the reciprocal polynomial Pm(z) = m ∑ k=0 Akz k (z ∈ C), of degree m ≥ 2 with real coefficients Ak ∈ R (i.e. Am 6= 0 and Ak = Am−k for all k = 0, . . . , [ m 2 ] ) are on the unit circle, provided that |Am| ≥ m ∑ k=0 |Ak −Am| = m−1 ∑ k=1 |Ak −Am|. Moreover, the zeros of Pm are near to the m + 1st roots of unity (except the root 1). A. Schinzel [3] g...

the degree kirchhoff index of a connected graph $g$ is defined as‎ ‎the sum of the terms $d_i,d_j,r_{ij}$ over all pairs of vertices‎, ‎where $d_i$ is the‎ ‎degree of the $i$-th vertex‎, ‎and $r_{ij}$ the resistance distance between the $i$-th and‎ ‎$j$-th vertex of $g$‎. ‎bounds for the degree kirchhoff index of the line and para-line‎ ‎graphs are determined‎. ‎the special case of regular grap...

Primate affiliative relationships are differentiated, individual-specific and often reciprocal. However, the required cognitive abilities are still under debate. Recently, we introduced the EMO-model, in which two emotional dimensions regulate social behaviour: anxiety-FEAR and satisfaction-LIKE. Emotional bookkeeping is modelled by providing each individual with partner-specific LIKE attitudes...