Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Meta-Regression Analysis
N. Fonseca, PhD
Department Economics and Management, Superior School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Chapter 2. Balanced Truncation-Padé Approximation Method Extended to Large-Scale Linear Dynamic Systems
Santosh Kumar Suman, Awadhesh Kumar and Shekhar Yadav
Department of Electrical Engineering,Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chapter 3. Statistical Methods Used for the Sensory Evaluation of Food
Yessica Enciso-Martínez¹, MSc, César O. Sepúlveda-Moreno², PhD, Cristóbal J. González-Pérez³, PhD, and Jesús F. Ayala-Zavala¹, PhD
¹Coordinación de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
²Departamento de Ciencias Económico-Administrativo, Universidad de Sonora, Caborca, Sonora, México
³Departamento de Investigación en Polímeros y Materiales, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México
Chapter 4. Structural Stability and Dynamic Quantum Models
A. Weissblut
Kherson State University, Kherson, Ukraine
Chapter 5. Introduction to Linear Difference Equations
S. K. Kydyraliev¹, ScD, A. B. Urdaletova², PhD, and A. A. Doolotova³
¹Department of Applied Mathematics, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
²Department of Mathematics, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
³Department of Business Administration, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Chapter 6. Cohort Measurement and Indices
Morteza Aalabaf-Sabaghi
ECO College of Insurance, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
Chapter 7. Mixed Boundary Value Problems Which Describe Motions of Maxwell Fluids with Power-Law Dependence of Viscosity on Pressure
Constantin Fetecau¹, Dumitru Vieru², Abdul Rauf³ and Tahir Mushtaq Qureshi4
¹Section of Mathematics, Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania
²Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
³Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Air University Islamabad, Multan, Pakistan
4Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
Chapter 8. New Permanent Solutions for Stokes’ Second Problem of Incompressible Burgers Fluids and Their Applications
Constantin Fetecau¹, Dumitru Vieru², Masood Khan³ and Shehraz Akhtar4
¹Section of Mathematics, Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania
²Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
³Department of Mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
4Department of Mathematics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan Campus, Pakistan
Chapter 9. On the Definitions of Fractional Sum and Difference on Non-Uniform Lattices
Jinfa Cheng
School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University
Chapter 10. The Carleman Linearization Method for Boundary Value Problems
Svantnerné Sebestyén Gabriella
Institute of Mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Chapter 11. Pattern Containment and Pattern Avoidance in Colored and/or Circular Permutations
Daniel Gray and Hua Wang
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
Index