European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

ADVISORY EDITORS

John R. Birge
University of Chicago

Hamparsum Bozdogan
The University of Tennessee

John L. Casti
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Viladimir F. Demyanov
Saint-Petersburg State University

Ed Dubinsky
Kent State University

Victoria Gould
University of York

Martha Grabowski
Le Moyne College

Sir Clive W.J. Granger, Nobel Laureate
University of California (deceased May 2009)

Arjun K.Gupta
Bowling Green State University

Sir David F. Hendry, FBA
Oxford University

Vangipuram Lakshmikantham
Florida Institute of Technology

Tom Lenagan
University of Edinburgh

Yusuf Mehmedov
Azerbaijan State University of Pedagogy

Eric S. Maskin, Nobel Laureate
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

John Monaghan
University of Leeds

Takashi Noiri
Yatsushiro College of Technology

Yaşar A. Özcan
Virginia Commonwealth University

András Prékopa
Rutgers University

Thomas L. Saaty
University of Pittsburgh

David Simchi-Levi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kar Ping Shum
The University of Hong Kong

Hari M. Srivastava
University of Victoria

Roman Slowinski
Poznan University of Technology

Hamdy A. Taha
University of Arkansas

Halbert L. White
University of California, San Diego

Wayne L. Winston
Indiana University

Lotfi A. Zadeh
University of California, Berkeley

AREA EDITORS

AREA EDITORS

Algebra
Robin Harte, Trinity College
A. Göksel Ağargün, Yıldız Technical University
and
Chillumuntala Jayaram, University of Botswana

Algebraic Geometry
Stefan Kebekus, University of Cologne

Algebraic Topology
Ralph Kaufmann, Purdue University

Approximation Theory
Vijay Gupta, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Coding Theory and Cryptology
İrfan Şiap, Yıldız Technical University

Complex Analysis
Alan T. Huckleberry, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum

Computer Science
Sona Mardikyan, Boðaziçi University
and
Ulvi Celepcikay, University of Phoenix

Differential Equations
J. Vasundhara Devi,GVP Institute for Advanced Studies
and
Anatoliyeviç Kiyko, Moscow State University

Differential Geometry
Nuri Kuruoğlu, Bahçeşehir University
and
Salim Yüce, Yıldız Technical University

Discrete Mathematics
Elimhan Mahmudov, Istanbul University

Econometrics and Forecasting
Norman Swanson, Rutgers University
Jennifer L. Castle, Oxford University

Functional Analysis
Robert Boyer, Drexel University

Game Theory
Abbas Azimli, Yıldız Technical University

Industrial and Managerial Mathematics
Erdal Balaban, Istanbul University

Informatics, Information Systems and Complexity Theory
Erman Coşkun, Le Moyne College

Mathematical and Fuzzy Logic
Naim Çağman, Gaziosmanpaşa University

Mathematical Analysis
Marcelina Mocanu, University of Bacau
and
Hidayet Hüseyinov, Bakü State University

Mathematical Biosciences
Eva K. Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
and
Ruth Baker, University of Oxford
Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis
Mustafa Bayram, Yıldız Technical University

Mathematical Physics
Michael Stone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and
M. Ali Çorlu, Marmara University

Mathematical Psychology
Hans Colonius, Oldenburg University

Mathematical Statistics
Memmedaga Mammadov, Anadolu University

Mathematics Education
Ali Delice, Marmara University
Elizabeth Jakubowski, Florida State University
Emin Aydin, Marmara University
and
Alejandro S. González-Martín, Université de Montréal

Mathematics of Finance
Tomasz R. Bielecki, Illinois Institute of Technology

Nonlinear Analysis
Erhan Özdemir, Istanbul University

Number Theory
Roger Plymen, Manchester University
and
Pante Stanica, Naval Postgraduate School

Operational Research
Öner Esen, Istanbul University
and
Mehpare Timor, Istanbul University

Optimal Control
Agamali Agamaliyev, Istanbul University

Optimization
Yunbin Zhao, University of Birmingham
and
Iqbal Husain, Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology

p-adic Analysis
Andrei Khrennikov , University of Vaxjo
and
Hamza Menken, Mersin University

Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Musa İlyasov, Istanbul University

Software Engineering
Osman Nuri Darcan, Boğaziçi University

Statistics
Neyran Orhunbilge, Istanbul University
Hasan Çatalca, Istanbul Arel University
Genshiro Kitagawa, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
and
Çiğdem Arıcıgil Çilan, Istanbul University
Topology
Valeriu Popa, University of Bacau

Wave Theory
David JN Wall , University of

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Murat Alan, Yıldız Technical University

Ali Sait Albayrak, Zonguldak Karaelmas University

Moawia Alghalith, University of the West Indies

Reza Ameri, University of Mazandaran

S. Ebrahimi Atani, University of Guilan

Abraham Bagherjeiran, Yahoo! Inc.

Charalambos Charalambides, University of Athens

John Chen, Bowling Green State University

Min Chen, Purdue University

Seungjin Choi, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Jaka Cimpric, University of Ljubljana

Piergiulio Corsini, University of Udine

Bijan Davvaz, Yazd University

Adele Diederich, Jacobs University Bremen

Gishan Dissanaike, University of Cambridge

Ergün Eroğlu, Istanbul University

Bayram Ali Ersoy, Yıldız Technical University

Zhide Fang, University of New Orleans

Jerry Farlow, University of Maine

Sorin G. Gal, University of Oradea

Müfit Giresunlu, Istanbul University

Narendra Kumar Govil, Auburn University

Osman Güzide, Shepherd University

J. Andrew Howe, University of Tennessee

Mircea Ivan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, Technological Institute of Monterrey

Erol Karakırık, Abant İzzet Baysal University

Hemanshu Kaul, Illinois Institute of Technology

Adem Kılıçman, University Malaysia Terengganu

Libor Koudela, University of Pardubice

Emrah Kılıç, TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Narendra Kumar Govil, Auburn University

Violeta Leoreanu, Al.I. Cuza University

Anna Mazzucato, Penn State University

Siddiqui Merajuddin, Aligarh University

Craig Nolder, Florida State University

Mehmet Özkan, Yıldız Technical University

Vojislav Petrovich, University of Novi Sad

Guoqi Qian,The University of Melbourne

Tamer Saka, Sabancı Holding

María Consuelo Cañadas Santiago
University of Zaragoza

Pirzada Shariefuddin, University of Kashmir

Kazuo Shigemasu, The University of Tokyo

Karan P. Singh, University of North Texas

Muni S. Srivastava, University of Toronto

Saliha Durmuş Tekir, Boğaziçi University

Angela Testi, University of Genova

Ali Ünlü, University of Augsburg

Maurizio Vichi, La Sapienza University of Rome

Vincenzo Esposit o Vinzi, ESSEC Business School of Paris and Singapore

Thomas Vougiouklis, Democritus University of Thrace

Mehmet Yakubov, Baku State University

Gürsel Yeşilot, Yıldız Technical University

Xiao-Ming Zeng, Xiamen University

Xiaoyu Zheng, Kent State University