arXiv research

The aim of this paper is to construct and analyze solutions to a class of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations with range bounds on the optimal response variable. Using the Riccati transformation we derive and analyze a fully nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation for the optimal response function. We construct…

Classifies solitons for surface diffusion flow of graphs.

We give new results concerning the Frobenius integrability and solution of evolution equations admitting travelling wave solutions. In particular, we give a powerful result which explains the extraordinary integrability of some of these equations. We also discuss "local" conservations laws for evolution equations in ge…

We consider the problem of recovering material parameters in a transversely isotropic medium from the qP and qSV waves' travel times, given the axis of isotropy and the material parameters associated to the qSH wave speed. The operators obtained from the pseudolinearization argument are of parabolic type, and so we dis…

Develops methods to construct harmonic and wave maps into variable-curvature surfaces.

Study traveling waves in hyperbolic space for Fisher-KPP equations.

We consider an evolving plane curve with two endpoints that can move freely on the $x$-axis with generating constant contact angles. We discuss the asymptotic behavior of global-in-time solutions when the evolution of this plane curve is governed by area-preserving curvature flow equation. The main result shows that an…

We show that wave maps $φ$ from two-dimensional Minkowski space $\R^{1+2}$ to hyperbolic spaces $\H^m$ are globally smooth in time if the initial data is smooth, conditionally on some reasonable claims concerning the local theory of such wave maps, as well as the self-similar and travelling (or stationary solutions); w…

The study finds solutions to a financial equation related to volatility.

Over the last few years, traffic data has been exploding and the transportation discipline has entered the era of big data. It brings out new opportunities for doing data-driven analysis, but it also challenges traditional analytic methods. This paper proposes a new Divide and Combine based approach to do K means clust…

Model for corporate bond pricing with credit rating migration, solving a double free boundary problem.

Solitary waves are localized gravity waves that preserve their consistency and henceforth their visibility through properties of nonlinear hydrodynamics. Solitary waves have finite amplitude and spread with constant speed and constant shape. In this paper, we have used Lie group of transformation method to solve (3 + 1…

Researchers recover Riemannian manifolds and lower order terms from travel time data.

In this paper we show that in anisotropic elasticity, in the particular case of transversely isotropic media, under appropriate convexity conditions, knowledge of the qSH wave travel times determines the tilt of the axis of isotropy as well as some of the elastic material parameters, and the knowledge of qP and qSV tra…

The equation of a motion of curves in the projective plane is deduced. Local flows are defined in terms of polynomial differential functions. A family of local flows inducing the Kaup-Kupershmidt hierarchy is constructed. The integration of the congruence curves is discussed. Local motions defined by the traveling wave…

In this paper we construct a parametrix for the forward fundamental solution of the wave and Klein-Gordon equations on asymptotically de Sitter spaces without caustics. We use this parametrix to obtain asymptotic expansions for solutions of the inhomogeneous equation and to obtain a uniform L^p estimate for a family of…

We consider the mixed ray transform of tensor fields on a three-dimensional compact simple Riemannian manifold with boundary. We prove the injectivity of the transform, up to natural obstructions, and establish stability estimates for the normal operator on generic three dimensional simple manifold in the case of 1+1 a…

Researchers reconstruct simple Riemannian manifolds from boundary wave arrival times.

We analyze the inverse problem, originally formulated by Dix in geophysics, of reconstructing the wave speed inside a domain from boundary measurements associated with the single scattering of seismic waves. We consider a domain $\tilde M$ with a varying and possibly anisotropic wave speed which we model as a Riemannia…

We prove that the boundary distance map of a smooth compact Finsler manifold with smooth boundary determines its topological and differentiable structures. We construct the optimal fiberwise open subset of its tangent bundle and show that the boundary distance map determines the Finsler function in this set but not in …

We survey some results on travel time tomography. The question is whether we can determine the anisotropic index of refraction of a medium by measuring the travel times of waves going through the medium. This can be recast as geometry problems, the boundary rigidity problem and the lens rigidity problem. The boundary r…

We establish sufficient conditions for existence of curves minimizing length as measured with respect to a degenerate metric on the plane while enclosing a specified amount of Euclidean area. Non-existence of minimizers can occur and examples are provided. This continues the investigation begun in [ABCDS] where the met…

Study reconstructs Riemannian metric from Cherenkov radiation in complex media.

The class of traveling wave solutions of the sine-Gordon equation is known to be in 1-1 correspondence with the class of (necessarily singular) pseudospherical surfaces in Euclidean space with screw-motion symmetry: the pseudospherical helicoids. We explicitly describe all pseudospherical helicoids in terms of elliptic…

We study the boundary rigidity problem with partial data consisting of determining locally the Riemannian metric of a Riemannian manifold with boundary from the distance function measured at pairs of points near a fixed point on the boundary. We show that one can recover uniquely and in a stable way a conformal factor …

We consider the energy-critical half-wave maps equation $\partial_t \mathbf{u} + \mathbf{u} \wedge |\nabla| \mathbf{u} = 0$ for $\mathbf{u} : [0,T) \times \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{S}^2$. We give a complete classification of all traveling solitary waves with finite energy. The proof is based on a geometric characterizat…

The Euclidean traveller explores various geometric spaces, seeing different places in each.

We study an equation lying `mid-way' between the periodic Hunter-Saxton and Camassa-Holm equations, and which describes evolution of rotators in liquid crystals with external magnetic field and self-interaction. We prove that it is an Euler equation on the diffeomorphism group of the circle corresponding to a natural r…

Bayesian framework predicts post-disruption travel times in metro networks.

This study uses Twitter to analyze traveler behavior in Manhattan.

New proofs confirm travel time data determine simple metrics on a disc.

Method recovers obstacles from travel times on curved surfaces.

Paper addresses travel time tomography stability and statistical inversion.

Study highlights fairness issues in travel behavior prediction models.

Financial derivatives based on road travel times for hedging and pricing.

Recover simple irreversible Finsler geometry from travel time data

Same travelling times imply identical obstacles in Riemannian manifolds.

Billiard trajectories in curved spaces have predictable travel times.

Study uses neural networks to predict travel times for public transportation.

Estimating temporal patterns in travel times along road segments in urban settings is of central importance to traffic engineers and city planners. In this work, we propose a methodology to leverage coarse-grained and aggregated travel time data to estimate the street-level travel times of a given metropolitan area. Ou…

We consider an infinite 3-dimensional elastic continuum whose material points experience no displacements, only rotations. This framework is a special case of the Cosserat theory of elasticity. Rotations of material points are described mathematically by attaching to each geometric point an orthonormal basis which give…

In building intelligent transportation systems such as taxi or rideshare services, accurate prediction of travel time and distance is crucial for customer experience and resource management. Using the NYC taxi dataset, which contains taxi trips data collected from GPS-enabled taxis [23], this paper investigates the use…

To study users' travel behaviour and travel time between origin and destination, researchers employ travel surveys. Although there is consensus in the field about the potential, after over ten years of research and field experimentation, Smartphone-based travel surveys still did not take off to a large scale. Here, com…

Study shows stability of travel time data reconstruction from closed subsets.

TripDecoder recovers metro routes and travel times from smart card data.

STAD improves travel time estimation by learning from real traffic data.

In this paper we investigate a dynamic stochastic portfolio optimization problem involving both the expected terminal utility and intertemporal utility maximization. We solve the problem by means of a solution to a fully nonlinear evolutionary Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. We propose the so-called Riccati met…

Study travel time tomography for transversely isotropic media using modified pseudodifferential calculus.