Under the coalescent model, the random number nt of lineages ancestral to a sample is nearly deterministic as a function of time when nt is moderate to large in value, and it is well approximated by its expectation E[nt]. In turn, this expectation is well approximated by simple deterministic functions that are easy to compute. Such deterministic functions have been applied to estimate allele ag...

We consider the problem of scheduling trains and containers (or trucks and pallets) between a depot and a destination. Goods arrive at the depot dynamically over time and have distinct due dates at the destination. There is a fixed-charge transportation cost for each vehicle, and each vehicle has the same capacity. The cost of holding goods may differ between the depot and the destination. The ...

We establish well-posedness of initial-boundary value problems for continuity equations with BV (bounded total variation) coefficients. We do not prescribe any condition on the orientation of the coefficients at the boundary of the domain. We also discuss some examples showing that, regardless the orientation of the coefficients at the boundary, uniqueness may be violated as soon as the BV regu...

The fluid-particle interaction model introduced by the three last authors in [J. Differential Equations, 245 (2008), pp. 3503–3544] is the object of our study. This system consists of the Burgers equation with a singular source term (term that models the interaction via a drag force with a moving point particle) and of an ODE for the particle path. The notion of entropy solution for the singula...