Sexual selection is responsible for much of the spectacular natural diversity of mating traits. It is unclear, however, how this powerful evolutionary force affects the evolution of traits unrelated to mating. Four recent theoretical studies have argued that sexual selection might increase the rate of adaptation, but each relies on the assumption of a substantial positive covariance between mal...

We propose a new nonparametric test of affiliation, a strong form of positive dependence with independence as a special, knife–edge, case. The test is consistent against all departures from the null of affiliation, and its null distribution is standard normal. Like most nonparametric tests, a sample–size dependent input parameter is needed. We provide an informal procedure for choosing the inpu...

We numerically analyze the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation with the full dependence on impact parameter b. We show that due to a particular b-dependence of the initial condition the amplitude decreases for large dipole sizes r. Thus the region of saturation has a finite extension in the dipole size r, and its width increases with rapidity. We also calculate the b-dependent saturation scale and disc...

The task of deriving a functional annotation for genes is complex as their involvement in various processes depends on multiple factors such as environmental conditions and genetic backup mechanisms. This study employs a large-scale model of the metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to investigate the function of yeast genes and derive a condition-dependent annotation (CDA) for their involveme...

Theory suggests that the net benefit of allocating resources to a sexual trait depends both on the strength of sexual selection on that trait and on individual condition. This predicts a tight coevolution between sexual dimorphism and condition dependence and suggests that these patterns of within-sex and between-sex variation may share a common genetic and developmental basis. Although conditi...

The last decade has witnessed considerable theoretical and empirical investigation of how male sexual ornaments evolve. This strong male-biased perspective has resulted in the relative neglect of variation in female mate preferences and its consequences for ornament evolution. As sexual selection is a co-evolutionary process between males and females, ignoring variation in females overlooks a k...

In this paper, we consider a robust dynamic output feedback model predictive controller (MPC) design for linear parameter varying (LPV) systems. According to the proposed MPC algorithm, the control law is computed based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) at each sampling time by solving convex optimization problem. Also, a new parameter-dependent Lyapunov function is proposed to get a less conse...

We study the existence and stability of synchronous solutions in a continuum field of nonlocally coupled identical phase oscillators with distance-dependent propagation delays. We present a comprehensive stability diagram in the parameter space of the system. From the numerical results, a heuristic synchronization condition is suggested and an analytic relation for the marginal stability curve ...

This paper considers a minimax control problem over multiple packet dropping channels. The channel losses are assumed to be Bernoulli processes, and operate under the transmission control protocol (TCP); hence acknowledgments of control and measurement drops are available at each time. Under this setting, we obtain an output feedback minimax controller, which are implicitly dependent on rates o...