Neural, Parallel & Scientific Computations

Volume 17, 2009

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CONTENTS

A. Ashyralyev, Ravi P. Agarwal, and R. Shahmurov	1

Taylor's Decomposition at Several Points for Odd Order Ordinary DEs

Anna SzafraNska	17

Numerical Methods for Systems of Nonlinear Differential Functional

Equations

E. M. Karanikolaou and M. P. Bekakos	31

A Load Balancing Fault-Tolerant Algorithm for Heterogeneous

Cluster Environments

B. Dutta, A. Ray, S. Pal, and D. C. Patranabis	47

A Connectionist Model for Rainfall Prediction

E. E. Escultura	59

The New Real Number System and Discrete Computation and Calculus

A. D. Karageorgos, A. A. Pantelous, and G.I. Kalogeropoulos	85

A Matrix Pencil Approach for the Solution of Linear Systems with

Rectangular or Singular Coefficient Matrices

V. P. Ramesh and M. K. Kadalbajoo	101

Parameter Uniform Numerical Schemes for Second Order Singularly

Perturbed Differential Difference Equations with Layer Behavior

Zhongdi Cen	123

Uniform Convergence of Monotone Difference Scheme for a

Singularly Perturbed Third-order Convection-diffusion Equation

S. N. Jator and J. Li	135

Solving Two-point Boundary Value Problems by a Family of

Linear Multistep Methods

A. Ramesh Babu and N. Ramanujam	147

An Almost Second Order Fem for a Weakly Coupled System of

Two Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations of Reaction-diffusion

Type with Discontinuous Source Term

Mohammad Zurigat, Shaher Momani, Ahmad Alawneh	169

Homotopy Analysis Method for Systems of Fractional Integro-

Differential Equations

Syed Tauseef Mohyud-din and Muhammad Aslam Noor	187

On Singular Initial Value Problems

A. K. Lal, Ankush Pathania and C. Mohan	205

An Estimation of Structure Parameters of Rotationally and Tidally

Distorted Polytropic Models of Stars in the Presence of Coriolis Force

Glen E. Deal and Fredric M. Ham	215

Speaker Recognition Using Parallel Neural Network Modules

Swarn Singh, Dinesh Khattar, and R. K. Mohanty	239

A New Coupled Approach High Accuracy Numerical Method for

the Solution of 2D Non-Linear Biharmonic Equations

Dimitris Kehagias and Michael Grivas	257

A Low-cost Platform for Cluster and Volunteer Computing

Chunling Cong and Sara Sambandham	281

Survival and Relapse Time among Different Histology Types of

Breast Cancer

Jose Roberto Mercado Vega and Zvi Retchkiman Konigsberg	291

A Linguistic Geometry Model for an Arimaa Bot

Wichuta Sae-jie and Kornkanok Bunwon	317

Numerical Verification of Certain Oscillation Result on Time Scales

Gokarna R. Aryal, Lash Mapa, and Chris P. Tsokos	339

Read Rate Analysis of Rfid Systems Using Mixed Models

C. S. Ryoo and R. P. Agarwal	351

Calculating Zeros of the Frobenius-Euler Polynomials

Chunlan Li and Zhiyue Zhang	363

Two-order Upwind Finite Volume Method for 1D Shallow Water Equations

C. S. Ryoo and R. P. Agarwal	375

A Numerical Computation of the Roots of Hurwitz q-Euler Zeta Functions

N. G. Medhin and G. L. Porter	385

Constrained Multiobjective Control Problems: Application to

Social Networks

Laurene V. Fausett	409

Hopfield Neural Networks: Adaptive Coefficients and Other Enhancements

Rahmat Ali Khan	433

Couette Flows of an Oldroyd 8-constant Fluid With Magnetic Field

Sunil Prakash, Xiaosheng Gao and T. S. Srivatsan	445

Numerical Modeling of the Constraint Effects on Cleavage

Fracture Toughness

Content-2009	463

Author Index-2009	465