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Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal

Founding Editors-in-Chief
Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi,
Ph.D., Head
Department of Mathematics
Prairie View A&M University

Marin Stefanov Marinov,
Ph. D., Former Dean
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Technical University of Sofia
AAM
Applications and Applied Mathematics:
An International Journal (AAM)

ISSN: 1932-9466
AAM is available at
http://pvamu.edu/aam
Vol. 3, No. 1 (June 2008)
pp. 1 – 164
Founding Editors-in-Chief
Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi
Prairie View A&M University, Texas, USA
Marin Stefanov Marinov
Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Editor-in-Chief
Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi, Ph. D.
Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics
Prairie View A&M University
P.O. Box 519 – Mail Stop 2225
Prairie View, Texas 77446-0519 USA
Tel:  (+936)261-1975, Fax: (+936)261-2089
amhaghighi@pvamu.edu

Editorial Board
CONTENTS

Haydar Akca, United Arab Emirate
United Arab Emirate University, Al Ain
Bruno Apolloni, Italy
University of Milano, Milano
Dirk K. Callebaut, Belgium
University of Antwerp, Antwerpen
Stefanka Chukova, New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington
Orion Ciftja, USA
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
Mohamed O. El-Doma, Sudan
University of Khartoum, Khartoum
Anwar Hossain, Bangladesh
University of Dhaka
Natalia Hritonenko, USA
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
Palle Jorgensen, USA
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Shyam L. Kalla, Kuwait
Kuwait University, Safat
Lyudmil I. Karandzhulov, Bulgaria
Technical University , Sofia
Hristo V.  Kojouharov, USA
The University of Arligton , Arlington, Texas
Mihail M. Konstantinov, Bulgaria
University of Agriculture, Civil Engin and Geodesy, Sofia
Jian-ao Lian, USA
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
Mohammad-Reza Meshkani, Iran
Shaheed Beheshti University, Tehran
Dimitar P. Michev (Mishev), USA
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
Iordan P. Michev (Mishev), USA
SUNY at Suffolk, Selden, New York
Kety Peeva, Bulgaria
Technical University of Sofia, Sofia
Guergana Petrova, USA
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Daniel Riahi, USA
The University of Texas-Pan American, Edmington, Texas
Julio D Rossi, Argentina
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Maria Ya Slavkova, Bulgaria
Technical University , Sofia
V. P. Srivastava, India
Babu Banarasi Das Nat. Inst. of Tech and Managt., Lucknow
Vladimir D. Tonchev, USA
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
Mihail D. Todorov, Bulgaria
Technical University , Sofia
Cemil Tunç, Turkey
Zeve Kampusu, Van
Bogdan Vernescu, USA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
Yuri Yatsenko, USA
Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas
Norio Yoshida, Japan
University  of Toyama, Toyama

Jelena Manojloviæ, Yutaka Shoukaku, Tomoyuki Tanigawa, and Norio Yoshida
Oscillatory Behavior of Second Order Neutral Differential Equations with Positive and Negative Coefficients, 1 – 17
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Jian-ao Lian
On a-ary Subdivision for Curve Design: I. 4-Point and 6-Point Interpolatory Schemes, 18 – 29
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Mohammad Bagher Ahmadi
The Survivability of Symmetrical Hierarchical Networks with Radial Reserve, 30 – 41
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Santanu Chakraborty
Some Applications of Dirac's Delta Function in Statistics for more than one Random Variable, 42 – 54
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Mojtaba Ganjali and H. Ranji
A Comparison of Several Algorithms and Models for Analyzing Multivariate Normal Data with Missing Responses, 55 – 68
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Cemil Tunç
A Further Result on the Instability of Solutions to a Class of Non-autonomous Ordinary Differential Equations of Sixth Order, 69 – 76
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Tofigh Allahviranloo, Nasser Mikaeilvand, Narsis Aftab Kiani, and Rasol Mastani Shabestari
Signed Decomposition of Fully Fuzzy Linear Systems, 77 – 88
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Muhammad Aslam Noor and Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din
Variational Iteration Method for Solving Initial and Boundary Value Problems of Bratu-type, 89 – 99
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William J Spezeski
Rethinking Pythagorean Triples, 100 – 112
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Mohamed El-Doma
Remarks on the Stability of some Size-Structured Population Models II: Changes in Vital Rates due to Size and Population size, 113 – 127
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S.D. Purohit, R.K. Yadav and S.L. Kalla
Certain Expansion Formulae Involving a Basic Analogue of Fox’s H-Function, 128 – 136
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Amit Medhavi
Peristaltic Pumping of a Non-Newtonian Fluid, 137 – 148
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S. Effati and M. Ranjbar
Neural Network Models for Solving the Maximum Flow Problem, 149 – 164
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