Fluid analysis of Population CTMCs with non-linear evolution rates requires moment closures to transform a linear system with infinitely many ordinary differential equations (ODEs) into a non-linear one with a finite number of ODEs. Due to the ubiquity of kinetics with quadratic rates in physical processes, various closure techniques have been discussed in the context of systems biology and per...

We provide a real algebraic symbolic-numeric algorithm for computing the real variety VR(I) of an ideal I ⊆ R[x], assuming VR(I) is finite (while VC(I) could be infinite). Our approach uses sets of linear functionals on R[x], vanishing on a given set of polynomials generating I and their prolongations up to a given degree, as well as on polynomials of the real radical ideal R √ I obtained from ...

Traditionally, the Method of (Shannon-Kullback’s) Relative Entropy Maximization (REM) is considered with linear moment constraints. In this work, the method is studied under frequency moment constraints which are non-linear in probabilities. The constraints challenge some justifications of REM since a) axiomatic systems are developed for classical linear moment constraints, b) the feasible set ...

Let μ be a given Borel measure on K ⊆ R and let y = (yα), α ∈ N, be a given sequence. We provide several conditions linking y and the moment sequence z = (zα) of μ, for y to be the moment sequence of a Borel measure ν on K which is absolutely continuous with respect to μ and such that its density is in L∞(K, μ). The conditions are necessary and sufficient if K is a compact basic semi-algebraic ...

This paper is about discrete sensitivity analysis. A triangular bending element with constant moment and six degrees of freedom is used. The required derivatives for sensitivity analysis are calculated explicitly. These formulations, finite element method and sequential linear programming are utilized to find shape optimization of plate bending structures. The numerical examples, which show the...

This paper is about discrete sensitivity analysis. A triangular bending element with constant moment and six degrees of freedom is used. The required derivatives for sensitivity analysis are calculated explicitly. These formulations, finite element method and sequential linear programming are utilized to find shape optimization of plate bending structures. The numerical examples, which show the...