The design of key nonlinear systems often requires the use expensive blackbox simulations presenting inherent discontinuities whose positions in variable space cannot be analytically predicted. Without further precautions, solution related optimization problems leads to configurations which may close output functions. These betray unsafe regions space, such as resonance regions. To account for ...

Escaping Catch-22 About 27% of Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get a Covid vaccine, even if it’s free and deemed safe by scientists. The behavioral obstacles to widespread vaccinati...

328 words Introduction: 420 words Discussion: 1403 words Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; CL, clearance, Cmax, maximum concentration; F, bioavailability; Fa, fraction absorbed; Fg, fraction escaping gut wall elimination; Fh, fraction escaping hepatic elimination; HLM, human liver microsomes; PK, pharmacokinetics, SD, standard deviation; tmax, time to reach Cmax. This article has not be...

‎in this paper‎, ‎we introduce and study a class of generalized vector quasi-equilibrium problem‎, ‎which includes many vector equilibrium problems‎, ‎equilibrium problems‎, ‎vector variational inequalities and variational inequalities as special cases‎. ‎using one person game theorems‎, ‎the concept of escaping sequences and without convexity assumptions‎, ‎we prove some existence results for ...

We construct several new classes of transcendental entire functions, f , such that both the escaping set, I ( f ), and the fast escaping set, A( f ), have a structure known as a spider’s web. We show that some of these classes have a degree of stability under changes in the function. We show that new examples of functions for which I ( f ) and A( f ) are spiders’ webs can be constructed by comp...

We consider the case of an exponential map Eκ : z 7→ exp(z) + κ for which the singular value κ is accessible from the set of escaping points of Eκ. We show that there are dynamic rays of Eκ which do not land. In particular, there is no analog of Douady’s “pinched disk model” for exponential maps whose singular value belongs to the Julia set. We also prove that the boundary of a Siegel disk U fo...

The simulation of damaged buildings is of great interest. Virtual-reality technologies allow us to experience such a situation. A main concern here is escaping from the building. To simulate this scenario, a model of the environment and an interface for locomotion are needed. Locomotion inside virtual buildings requires special input devices. This paper discusses several simulation methods for ...

In this paper, we present the evacuation simulation system that is the combination of a virtual city and a crisis management simulation. The system allows users to become virtual evacuees in an evacuation simulation to learn about crowd behavior. In the experimental use of the system, we found that the synergic effects between a bird’s-eye and a first-person views in learning emergency escaping...