In games with strategic substitutes (GSS), convergence of the best response dynamic starting from the inf (or sup) of the strategy space is equivalent to global stability (convergence of every adaptive dynamic to the same pure strategy Nash equilibrium). Consequently, in GSS, global stability can be analyzed using a single best response dynamic. Moreover, in GSS, global stability is equivalent ...

A certain constrained vector-valued dynamic game is formulated and shown to be equivalent to a pair of multiobjective symmetric dual variational problems which have more general formulations than those studied earlier. A number of duality theorems, are established under suitable generalized convexity assumptions on the functionals. Selfduality reflecting symmetric dynamic games is investigated....

The use of intelligent nanocomposites in sensing and actuation applications has become quite common over the past decade. In this article, electro-thermo-mechanical nonlinear dynamic buckling of an orthotropic piezoelectric nanocomposite (PNC) cylindrical shell conveying viscous fluid is investigated. The composite cylindrical shell is made from Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) and reinforced by ...

This paper illustrates the work presented in ‘Part I’, giving additional examples of use of channel-types, extended rendezvous and s that lean towards real applications. Also presented are a number of other additions and extensions to the occam language that correct, tidy up or complete facilities that have long existed. These include fixing the bug, allowing an unconditional guard as the last ...

I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts, the rest are details. Overview Earth is part of the solar system and it cannot be completely understood in isolation. The chemistry of meteorites and the Sun provide constraints on the composition of the planets. The properties of the p...

This paper reports continuing research on language design, compilation and kernel support for highly dynamic concurrent reactive systems. The work extends the occam multiprocessing language, which is both sufficiently small to allow for easy experimentation and sufficiently powerful to yield results that are directly applicable to a wide range of industrial and commercial practice. Classical oc...

BACKGROUND Changes in cardiac power parameters incorporate changes in both aortic flow and blood pressure. We hypothesized that dynamic and non-dynamic cardiac power parameters would track hypovolemia better than equivalent flow- and pressure parameters, both during spontaneous breathing and non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV). METHODS Fourteen healthy volunteers underwent lower...

pushover analysis is a simplified nonlinear analysis technique that can be used to estimate the dynamic demands imposed on a structure under earthquake excitations. one of the first steps taken in this approximate solution is to assess the maximum roof displacement, known as target displacement, using the base shear versus roof displacement diagram. that could be done by the so-called dynamic p...

a new mechanical cultivator was proposed for mechanical weeding in part one. the precise point method was used to geometric design of this new cultivator. the aim of this research is selecting the suitable mechanism of the studied mechanisms in part one. the velocity and acceleration of links (kinematic) is the base of dynamic analysis of the systems. the variation of velocity, acceleration and...