The improved stability analysis of the backward Euler method for neutral stochastic delay differential equations

The aim of this paper is to improve some results obtained in our earlier paper [Z. Yu and M. Liu, Almost surely asymptotic stability of numerical solutions for neutral stochastic delay differential equations, Discrete Dyn. Nat. Soc. 2011 (2011), article id 217672, 11 p., doi:10.1155/2011/217672]. In this paper, we establish an improved theorem and show that the backward Euler method can reproduce the property of almost sure and mean square exponential stability of exact solutions to neutral stochastic delay differential equations. To obtain the desired result, some new proof techniques are adopted.     

Delay-dependent exponential stability of the backward Euler method for nonlinear stochastic delay differential equations

Recently, several scholars discussed the question of under what conditions numerical solutions can reproduce exponential stability of exact solutions to stochastic delay differential equations, and some delay-independent stability criteria were obtained. This paper is concerned with delay-dependent stability of numerical solutions. Under a delay-dependent condition for the stability of the exact solution, it is proved that the backward Euler method is mean-square exponentially stable for all positive stepsizes. Numerical experiments are given to confirm the theoretical results.     

Spline approximation for first Order fredholm delay integro-differential equations

In this paper, a new method for approximating the solution of nonlinear first order Fredholm delay integro-differential equation is presented. Boundness of the approximate solution, convergence results as well as numerical examples are given.     

Stability analysis of extended block boundary value methods for linear neutral delay integro-differential equations

This paper is concerned with the stability of extended block boundary value methods (B₂VMs) for the linear neutral delay integro-differential-algebraic equations (NDIDAEs) and the linear neutral delay integro-differential equations (NDIDEs). It is proved that every A-stable B₂VM can preserve the asymptotic stability of the exact solution of NDIDAEs under some certain conditions. A necessary and sufficient condition of the B₂VMs to be asymptotically stable for NDIDEs is also obtained. A few numerical experiments confirm the expected results.     

Stability of linear multistep methods for delay integro-differential equations

This paper is concerned with the numerical solution of delay integro-differential equations. The adaptation of linear multistep methods is considered. The emphasis is on the linear stability of numerical methods. It is shown that every A-stable, strongly 0-stable linear multistep method of Pouzet type can preserve the delay-independent stability of the underlying linear systems. In addition, some delay-dependent stability conditions for the stability of numerical methods are also given.     

Mean square stability of stochastic Volterra integro-differential equations

The mean square stability of a non-linear stochastic Volterra integro-differential equation is studied. Non-convolution Volterra terms arise in both the drift and the dispersion term. Moreover, for the convolution case we determine the rate of convergence in terms of an integrability condition on the Volterra kernels.     

The improved split-step backward Euler method for stochastic differential delay equations

A new, improved split-step backward Euler method is introduced and analysed for stochastic differential delay equations (SDDEs) with generic variable delay. The method is proved to be convergent in the mean-square sense under conditions (Assumption 3.1) that the diffusion coefficient g(x, y) is globally Lipschitz in both x and y, but the drift coefficient f(x, y) satisfies the one-sided Lipschitz condition in x and globally Lipschitz in y. Further, the exponential mean-square stability of the proposed method is investigated for SDDEs that have a negative one-sided Lipschitz constant. Our results show that the method has the unconditional stability property, in the sense, that it can well reproduce stability of the underlying system, without any restrictions on stepsize h. Numerical experiments and comparisons with existing methods for SDDEs illustrate the computational efficiency of our method.     

An analysis of the exponential stability of linear stochastic neutral delay systems

This paper is concerned with the analysis of the mean square exponential stability and the almost sure exponential stability of linear stochastic neutral delay systems. A general stability result on the mean square and almost sure exponential stability of such systems is established. Based on this stability result, the delay partitioning technique is adopted to obtain a delay‐dependent stability condition in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In obtaining these LMIs, some basic rules of the Ito calculus are also utilized to introduce slack matrices so as to further reduce conservatism. Some numerical examples borrowed from the literature are used to show that, as the number of the partitioning intervals increases, the allowable delay determined by the proposed LMI condition approaches h_max, the maximal allowable delay for the stability of the considered system, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed stability analysis. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The variational iteration method for solving linear and nonlinear Volterra integral and integro-differential equations

The variational iteration method is used for solving the linear and nonlinear Volterra integral and integro-differential equations. The method is reliable in handling Volterra equations of the first kind and second kind in a direct manner without any need for restrictive assumptions. The method significantly reduces the size of calculations.     

Approximate solution of a class of linear integro-differential equations by Taylor expansion method

In this paper, a simple and effective Taylor expansion method is presented for solving a class of linear integro-differential equations including those of Fredholm and of Volterra types. By means of the nth-order Taylor expansion of an unknown function at an arbitrary point, a linear integro-differential equation can be converted approximately to a system of linear equations for the unknown function itself and its first n derivatives under initial conditions. The nth-order approximate solution is exact for a polynomial of degree equal to or less than n. Some examples are given to illustrate the accuracy of this method.     

The numerical solution of first order delay integro-differential equations by spline functions

In this paper, a new method for approximating the solution of nonlinear first-order delay integro-differential equations is presented. Boundedness of the approximate solution, conver-gence results, as well as numerical examples are given.     

Robustness of exponential stability of a class of stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay

We regard the stochastic functional differential equation with infinite delay as the result of the effects of stochastic perturbation to the deterministic functional differential equation , where is defined by x_t(θ)=x(t+θ),θ(−∞,0]. We assume that the deterministic system with infinite delay is exponentially stable. In this paper, we shall characterize how much the stochastic perturbation can bear such that the corresponding stochastic functional differential system still remains exponentially stable.     

Attraction, stability and robustness for stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay

This paper establishes the stochastic LaSalle theorem to locate limit sets for stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay, from which some criteria on attraction, boundedness, stability and robustness are obtained. To illustrate the applications of our results clearly, this paper considers a scalar stochastic integro-differential equation with infinite delay as an example.     

Convergence acceleration for the steady-state Euler equations

We consider the iterative solution of systems of equations arising from discretizations of the non-linear Euler equations governing compressible flow. The differential equation is discretized on a structured grid, and the steady-state solution is computed by a time-marching method.A convergence acceleration technique based on semicirculant approximations of the difference operator or the Jacobian is used. Implementation issues and variants of the scheme allowing for a reduction of the arithmetic complexity and memory requirement are discussed. The technique can be combined with a variety of iterative solvers, but we focus on non-linear explicit Runge-Kutta time-integration schemes. The results show that the single-stage forward Euler method can be used, and that the time step is not limited by a CFL-criterion. This results in that the arithmetic work required for computing the solution is equivalent to the work required for a fixed number of residual evaluations.     

Point delay methods applied to the investigation of stability for a class of distributed delay systems

The main target of this paper is to present criteria (adapted from the point delay systems) for the different kinds of stability, boundedness and existence of a stochastic attractor for a class of distributed delay differential stochastic equations. The new results are based on a technique of reduction of distributed delay to a lumped delay and Mao criteria for point delay equations.     

灰色随机线性时滞系统的渐近稳定性

首先提出了灰色随机线性时滞系统及其渐近稳定性的概念;然后,利用矩阵理论和随机微分时滞方程解的渐近收敛定理及李雅普诺夫函数,研究了灰色随机线性时滞系统的渐近稳定性,得到了随机淅近稳定的几个充分性条件;最后,通过数值例子说明了所得结果在实际应用中的方便性和有效性.     

Almost sure and mean square exponential stability of numerical solutions for neutral stochastic functional differential equations

In this paper, we investigate the almost sure and mean square exponential stability of the Euler method and the backward Euler method for neutral stochastic functional differential equations (NSFDEs). Moreover, the almost sure and pth moment exponential stability of exact solutions for NSFDEs are considered. It is shown that the Euler method and the backward Euler method can reproduce the property of almost sure and mean square exponential stability of exact solutions to NSFDEs under suitable conditions. Numerical examples are demonstrated to illustrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Stability of linear stochastic delay differential equations with infinite Markovian switchings

This paper investigates the stability of linear stochastic delay differential equations with infinite Markovian switchings. Some novel exponential stability criteria are first established based on the generalized It formula and linear matrix inequalities. Then, a new sufficient condition is proposed for the equivalence of 4 stability definitions, namely, asymptotic mean square stability, stochastic stability, exponential mean square stability with conditioning, and exponential mean square stability. In particular, our results generalize and improve some of the previous results. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Homotopy analysis method for higher-order fractional integro-differential equations

In this paper, we present the homotopy analysis method (shortly HAM) for obtaining the numerical solutions of higher-order fractional integro-differential equations with boundary conditions. The series solution is developed and the recurrence relations are given explicitly. The initial approximation can be freely chosen with possible unknown constants which can be determined by imposing the boundary conditions. The comparison of the results obtained by the HAM with the exact solutions is made, the results reveal that the HAM is very effective and simple. The HAM contains the auxiliary parameter h, which provides us with a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region of series solution.