The paper is an attempt to generalize a methodology [1; 93] and [2, 3; 95], which is similar to the bounded-input bounded-output (BIBO) method currently widely used [4-9] for the system stability studies. The presented in [1, 2] methodology allows decomposition of input space into bounded subspaces and defining for each subspace its bounding surface. It also defines a corresponding predefined c...

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a bounded parameter Markov decision process as a generalization of the traditional exact MDP. A bounded parameter MDP is a set of exact MDPs speciied by giving upper and lower bounds on transition probabilities and rewards (all the MDPs in the set share the same state and action space). Bounded parameter MDPs can be used to represent variation or uncert...

 We study the notion of bounded approximate Connes-amenability for‎ ‎dual Banach algebras and characterize this type of algebras in terms‎ ‎of approximate diagonals‎. ‎We show that bounded approximate‎ ‎Connes-amenability of dual Banach algebras forces them to be unital‎. ‎For a separable dual Banach algebra‎, ‎we prove that bounded‎ ‎approximate Connes-amenability implies sequential approximat...

The object of this paper is to introduce the notion of intuitionisticfuzzy continuous mappings and intuitionistic fuzzy bounded linear operatorsfrom one intuitionistic fuzzy n-normed linear space to another. Relation betweenintuitionistic fuzzy continuity and intuitionistic fuzzy bounded linearoperators are studied and some interesting results are obtained.

The bounded approximate version of $varphi$-amenability and character amenability are introduced and studied. These new notions are characterized in several different ways, and some hereditary properties of them are established. The general theory for these concepts is also developed. Moreover, some examples are given to show that these notions are different from the others. Finally, bounded ap...

In the present paper, among other results, a decomposition formula is given for the w-bounded continuous negative definite functions of a topological *-semigroup S with a weight function w into a proper H*-algebra A in terms of w-bounded continuous positive definite A-valued functions on S. A generalization of a well-known result of K. Harzallah is obtained. An earlier conjecture of the author ...

In this Article, we give a simple criterion for the regularity of a tri-linear mapping. We provide if f : X × Y × Z −→ W is a bounded tri-linear mapping and h : W −→ S is a bounded linear mapping, then f is regular if and only if hof is regular. We also shall give some necessary and sufficient conditions such that the fourth adjoint D^∗∗∗∗ of a tri-derivation D is again tri-derivation.

is referred to as the decay rate associated with a. If a is to be introduced in order to absorb an initial disturbance then one naturally wishes to strike upon that a with the least possible (most negative) decay rate. The mathematical attraction here lies in the oftnoted fact that, with respect to damping, ‘more is not better.’ More precisely, for constant a, the decay rate is not a decreasing...

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the degree of influence of Arabic vowel duration in 'emphatic' and 'non-emphatic' contexts on the production of English sequences. The specific questions asked were the following: (i) What is the average Arabic vowel duration in 'emphatic' and 'non-emphatic contexts ? (ii) Is vowel durational variation a function of the complex features of ...