x∈Λ px where px are prescribed and uniformly bounded above and below away from 0 and 1. Poincare inequalities are proved for the Glauber and Kawasaki dynamics, with constants of the same order as in the homogeneous case. 1. Inhomogeneous Bernoulli measures. Let hx ∈ [−K,K], x ∈ ZZ d be given and let px = ex 1 + ehx , x ∈ ZZ . For any Λ ⊂ ZZ d the inhomogeneous Bernoulli measure μΛ(η) on {0, 1} ...

— The so-called first fundamental transformation provides a natural combinatorial link between statistics involving cycle lengths of random permutations and statistics dealing with runs on Bernoulli sequences.

Let (b n) n≥0 be the binomial transform of (a n) n≥0. We show how a binomial transformation identity of Chen proves a symmetrical Bernoulli number identity attributed to Carlitz. We then modify Chen's identity to prove a new binomial transformation identity.

We prove that a Z d-action by automorphisms of a compact, abelian group is Bernoulli if and only if it has completely positive entropy. The key ingredients of the proof are the extension of certain notions of asymptotic block independence from Z-actionsto Z d-action and their equivalence with Bernoullicity, and a surprisingly close link between one of these asymptotic block independence propert...

The standard textbook method for estimating the probability of a biased coin from finite tosses implicitly assumes the sample sizes are large and gives incorrect results for small samples. We describe the exact solution, which is correct for any sample size.

the efficiency and robustness of reliability methods are two important factors in first order reliability method (form). the conjugate choice control (ccc) and directional chaos control method (dcc) were developed to improve the robustness and efficiency of form formula using the stability transformation method. in this paper, the ccc and dcc methods are applied for reliability analysis of a co...

in this paper, the mechanical behavior of three-phase inhomogeneous materials is modeled using the meso-scale model with lattice beams for static and dynamic analyses. the timoshenko beam theory is applied instead of the classical euler-bernoulli beam theory and the mechanical properties of lattice beam connection are derived based on the continuum medium using the non-local continuum theory. t...

in this paper, the capabilities of displacement curvature derived from static response data for finding the location and severity of damage in euler-bernoulli beams are assessed. static response of a beam is obtained using the finite element modeling. in order to reduce the number of measured nodal displacements, the beam deflection is fitted through a polynomial function using a limited number...