Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics I: Contributions from ICMOD 2010 and the 5th Bioeconomy Conference 2012 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics Book 73)

This volume explores the emerging and current, cutting-edge theories and methods of modeling, optimization, dynamics and bio economy. It provides an overview of the main issues, results and open questions in these fields as well as covers applications to biology, economy, energy, industry, physics, psychology and finance. The majority of the contributed papers for this volume come from the participants of the International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Dynamics (ICMOD 2010), a satellite conference of EURO XXIV Lisbon 2010, which took place at Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Portugal and from the Berkeley Bio economy Conference 2012, at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Content: Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Dynamic Management of Fossil Fuel, Biofuel, and Solar Energy....Pages 1-16 Optimal Localization of Firms in Hotelling Networks....Pages 17-22 On the Dynamics and Effects of Corruption on Environmental Protection....Pages 23-41 A Bayesian Pricing Model for CAT Bonds....Pages 43-63 Properties and Comparative-Static Effects in Models of Decision Under Uncertainty: Applications to the Theory of the Firm....Pages 65-75 On Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions and Existence of Physical Measure for 3-Flows....Pages 77-97 Thermodynamic Formalism for the General One-Dimensional XY Model: Positive and Zero Temperature....Pages 99-109 Impact of Political Economy and Logistical Constraints on Assessments of Biomass Energy Potential: New Jersey as a Case Study....Pages 111-124 Modelling Decentralized Interaction in a Monopolistic Competitive Market....Pages 125-148 Measuring the Effectiveness of an E-Commerce Site Through Web and Sales Activity....Pages 149-162 Worldwide Survey of Biodegradable Feedstocks, Waste-to-Energy Technologies, and Adoption of Technologies....Pages 163-181 Ergodic Transport Theory, Periodic Maximizing Probabilities and the Twist Condition....Pages 183-219 Measuring the Welfare Impact of Biofuel Policies: A Review of Methods and Findings from Numerical Models....Pages 221-236 Advanced Mathematical and Statistical Tools in the Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Gene-Environment Regulatory Networks....Pages 237-257 BHP Universality in Energy Sources....Pages 259-268 Dynamical Phase Transition in Slowed Exclusion Processes....Pages 269-278 Cooperative Ellipsoidal Games: A Survey....Pages 279-284 Zeta Functions and Continuous Time Dynamics....Pages 285-303 Diffusion Dynamics in Economics: An Application to the Effects of Fiscal Policy....Pages 305-328 Occupation Times of Exclusion Processes....Pages 329-341 Error Estimates for a Coupled Continuous-Discontinuous FEM for the Two-Layer Shallow Water Equations....Pages 343-355 Bankruptcy Triggering Asset Value: Continuous Time Finance Approach....Pages 357-382 Economic Impact Analysis of Potential Trade Restrictions on Biotech Maize in Latin American Countries....Pages 383-404 How Venture Capital Creates Externalities in the Bioeconomy: A Geographical Perspective....Pages 405-435 Inverse Problems in Complex Multi-Modal Regulatory Networks Based on Uncertain Clustered Data....Pages 437-451 Financial Bubbles....Pages 453-468 Modern Applied Mathematics for Alternative Modeling of the Atmospheric Effects on Satellite Images....Pages 469-485 Modeling Ethanol Investment Decisions....Pages 487-495 Ethanol and Distiller’s Grain: Implications of the Multiproduct Firm on United States Bioenergy Policy....Pages 497-509 A Review on Protein-Protein Interaction Network Databases....Pages 511-519 On the Use of Cross Impact Analysis for Enhancing Performance in Primary School Education....Pages 521-538 The Bioeconomics of Migration: A Selective Review Towards a Modelling Perspective....Pages 539-566 Complete versus Incomplete Information in the Hotelling Model....Pages 567-583 Maximal Differentiation in the Hotelling Model with Uncertainty....Pages 585-600 A Cost Sharing Mechanism for Job Scheduling Problems....Pages 601-611 Welfare Assessment of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Economic Efficiency, Rebound Effect, and Policy Interactions in a General Equilibrium Framework....Pages 613-632 New Uncertainties in Land Use Changes Caused by the Production of Biofuels....Pages 633-657 Inequalities on the Parameters of a Strongly Regular Graph....Pages 659-671 Financial, Real, and Quasi Options: Similarities and Differences....Pages 673-693 A Review and New Contribution on Conic Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (CMARS): A Powerful Tool for Predictive Data Mining....Pages 695-722 Survey and Evaluation on Modelling of Next-Day Electricity Prices....Pages 723-737 Calculus and “Digitalization” in Finance: Change of Time Method and Stochastic Taylor Expansion with Computation of Expectation....Pages 739-753 This volume explores the emerging and current, cutting-edge theories and methods of modeling, optimization, dynamics and bio economy. It provides an overview of the main issues, results and open questions in these fields as well as covers applications to biology, economy, energy, industry, physics, psychology and finance. The majority of the contributed papers for this volume come from the participants of the International Conference on Modeling, Optimization and Dynamics (ICMOD 2010), a satellite conference of EURO XXIV Lisbon 2010, which took place at Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, Portugal and from the 5th Bioeconomy Conference 2012 at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.