This note aims at presenting the most general framework for a class U of random upper semicontinuous functions, namely random elements whose sample paths are upper semicontinuous (u.s.c.) functions, defined on some locally compact, Hausdorff and second countable base space, extending Matheron’s framework for random closed sets. It is shown that while the natural embedding process does not provi...

1. Introduction. R. H. Bing showed that an upper semicontinuous decomposition of £3 into points and tame arcs did not necessarily produce a decomposition space topologically equivalent to E3 [1J. M. L. Curtis and R. L. Wilder showed [2] that the decomposition space of Bing was a homotopy manifold, thus negatively answering a question proposed by Griffiths [3J. R. Rosen recently announced [4] a ...

We formulate a multi-valued version of the Tietze-Urysohn extension theorem. Precisely, we prove that any upper semicontinuous multi-valued map with nonempty closed convex values defined on a closed subset (resp. closed perfectly normal subset) of a completely normal (resp. of a normal) space X into the unit interval [0, 1] can be extended to the whole space X. The extension is upper semicontin...

We consider the application of multiple imputation to data containing not only partially missing categorical and continuous variables, but also partially missing ‘semicontinuous’ variables (variables that take on a single discrete value with positive probability but are otherwise continuously distributed). As an imputation model for data sets of this type, we introduce an extension of the stand...

and Applied Analysis 3 Theorem 4 (see [21, 22]). Let X,Y be two Banach spaces satisfy the previous assumptions, and let {U(t, τ)} be amultivalued process onX andY, respectively. Assume that {U(t, τ)} is upper semicontinuous or weak upper semicontinuous on Y. If for fixed t ⩾ τ, τ ∈ R, U(t, τ) maps compact subsets of X into bounded subsets ofP(X), then U(t, τ) is norm-to-weak upper semicontinuou...

Perfusion culture optimization in multiple noninstrumented small-scale flasks allows reduced expense and time associated with process development. These cultures normally use a different process mode because at small scales it is not practical to retain the cells for medium perfusion. In this work, the kinetics of growth, nutrient consumption, metabolite, and product formation were compared in ...

4. Let (Ω,Σ, μ) be a measure space. If f : Ω → R, then we say that f is a measurable function if for every t ∈ R, the level set: Sf (t) = {x ∈ Ω|f(x) > t} is measurable. f : Ω→ C is measurable if and only if both Re(f) and Im(f) are measurable. 5. A real function f : Ω → R is lower semicontinuous on Ω if Sf (t) is open, and is upper semicontinuous if {x ∈ Ω|f(x) < t} is open. Equivalently, f is...