Machine learning of microstructure–property relationships from data is an emerging approach in computational materials science. Most existing machine learning efforts focus on the development of task-specific models ...
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Group fairness requires that different protected groups, characterized by a given sensitive attribute, receive equal outcomes overall. Typically, the level of group fairness is measured by the statistical gap between ...
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CUSHING, JMDepartment of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics Building 89 University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
A size-structured model for the dynamics of a cannibalistic population is derived under the assumption that cannibals (successfully) attack only smaller bodied victims, as is generally the case in the biological world...
A size-structured model for the dynamics of a cannibalistic population is derived under the assumption that cannibals (successfully) attack only smaller bodied victims, as is generally the case in the biological world. In addition to the resulting size-dependent death rate, the model incorporates the positive feedback mechanism resulting from the added resource energy obtained by the cannibal from the consumption of the victim. From the nonlinear partial integro-differential equation model, it is shown how to obtain a complete analysis of the global dynamics of the total population biomass. This analysis yields many dynamical features that have been attributed to cannibalism in the literature, including density self-regulation, a “life-boat strategy” phenomenon by which a population avoids extinction by practicing cannibalism under circumstances when it would otherwise go extinct, and multiple stable positive equilibrium states and hysteresis.
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CUSHING, JMDepartment of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics Building 89 University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
This paper deals with the problem of relating physiological properties of individual organisms to the dynamics at the total population level. A general nonlinear matrix difference equation is described which accounts ...
This paper deals with the problem of relating physiological properties of individual organisms to the dynamics at the total population level. A general nonlinear matrix difference equation is described which accounts for the dynamics of stage-structured populations under the assumption that individuals in the populations can be placed into well defined descriptive stages. Density feedback is modeled through an assumption that (stage-specific) fertilities and transitions are proportional to a resource uptake functional which is dependent upon a total weighted population size. It is shown how, if stage-specific differences in mortality are insignificant compared to stage-specific differences in fertility and inter-stage transitions, a nonlinear version of the strong ergodic theorem of demography mathematically separates the population level dynamics from the dynamics of the stage distribution vector, which is shown to stabilize independently of the population level dynamics. The nonlinear dynamics at the population level are governed by a key parameter π that encapsulates the stage-specific parameters and thereby affords a means by which population level dynamics can be linked to properties of individual organisms. The method is applied to a community of stagestructured populations competing for a common limiting resource, and it is seen how the parameter π determines the competitively superior species. An example of size structured competitors illustrates how the method can relate the competitive success of a species to such size-specific properties as resource conversion efficiencies and allocation fractions for individual growth and reproduction, largest adult body size, and size at birth and maturation.
A simple nonlinear discrete model is derived for the dynamics of a two-age class population consisting of juveniles and adults that includes cannibalism of juveniles by adults. The model is investigated analytically a...
A simple nonlinear discrete model is derived for the dynamics of a two-age class population consisting of juveniles and adults that includes cannibalism of juveniles by adults. The model is investigated analytically and numerically. It is shown how even this very simple model, by incorporating the negative and positive feedbacks due to cannibalism, can account for several important phenomena concerning the dynamics of cannibalistic populations that have been discussed and studied in the literature. These include the possibilities that the practice of cannibalism can (1) in certain circumstances be a form of self-regulation that promotes stable equilibration, while in other Circumstances it can lead to population oscillations;(2) result in a viable population in circumstances when its absence would otherwise result in extinction;and (3) be the source of multiple stable equilibria and hysteresis effects.
An age-structured population is considered in which the birth and death rates of an individual of age a is a function of the density of individuals older and/or younger than a. An existence/uniqueness theorem is prove...
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An age-structured population is considered in which the birth and death rates of an individual of age a is a function of the density of individuals older and/or younger than a. An existence/uniqueness theorem is proved for the McKendrick equation that governs the dynamics of the age distribution function. This proof shows how a decoupled ordinary differential equation for the total population size can be derived. This result makes a study of the population's asymptotic dynamics (indeed, often its global asymptotic dynamics) mathematically tractable. Several applications to models for intra-specific competition and predation are given.
Radial basis functions(RBFs)can be used to approximate derivatives and solve differential equations in several ***,we compare one important scheme to ordinary finite differences by a mixture of numerical experiments a...
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Radial basis functions(RBFs)can be used to approximate derivatives and solve differential equations in several ***,we compare one important scheme to ordinary finite differences by a mixture of numerical experiments and theoretical Fourier analysis,that is,by deriving and discussing analytical formulas for the error in differentiating exp(ikx)for arbitrary k.‘Truncated RBF differences”are derived from the same strategy as Fourier and Chebyshev pseudospectral methods:Differentiation of the Fourier,Chebyshev or RBF interpolant generates a differentiation matrix that maps the grid point values or samples of a function u(x)into the values of its derivative on the *** Fourier and Chebyshev interpolants,the action of the differentiation matrix can be computed indirectly but efficiently by the Fast Fourier Transform(FFT).For RBF functions,alas,the FFT is inapplicable and direct use of the dense differentiation matrix on a grid of N points is prohibitively expensive(O(N2))unless N is ***,for Gaussian RBFs,which are exponentially localized,there is another option,which is to truncate the dense matrix to a banded matrix,yielding“truncated RBF differences”.The resulting formulas are identical in form to finite differences except for the difference *** a grid of spacing h with the RBF asφ(x)=exp(−α^(2)(x/h)^(2)),d f dx(0)≈∑^(∞)_(m)=1 wm{f(mh)−f(−mh)},where without approximation wm=(−1)m+12α^(2)/sinh(mα^(2)).We derive explicit formula for the differentiation of the linear function,f(X)≡X,and the errors *** show that Gaussian radial basis functions(GARBF),when truncated to give differentiation formulas of stencil width(2M+1),are significantly less accurate than(2M)-th order finite differences of the same stencil *** error of the infinite series(M=∞)decreases exponentially asα→***,truncated GARBF series have a second error(truncation error)that grows exponentially asα→*** forα∼O(1)where the sum of these two errors is minimized,it is
A general class of discrete, nonlinear renewal equations containing a real parameter is studied. Bifurcation theory methods are used to prove the existence of nontrivial periodic solutions and asymptotically periodic ...
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A general class of discrete, nonlinear renewal equations containing a real parameter is studied. Bifurcation theory methods are used to prove the existence of nontrivial periodic solutions and asymptotically periodic solutions. Fundamental to the approach is the “limit equation” whose periodic solutions are shown to be asymptotic limits of solutions of the renewal equation. An application is made to a model of age-structured population dynamics in which the bifurcation of nontrivial equilibria and 2-cycles is shown to occur with increasing inherent net reproductive value.
The classic Beverton-Holt (discrete logistic) difference equation, which arises in population dynamics, has a globally asymptotically stable equilibrium (for positive initial conditions) if its coefficients are consta...
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