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June 21-25, 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Organized a Session on Reliability of Complex Hierarchical Systems for thr 4th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR'2004).SESSIONS ORGANIZED AND/OR CHAIRED
May 2 - 5, 1999, Cincinnati, Ohio. Invited Organizer of the Session on Warranty Modeling, for the Spring TIMS/ORSA Meeting INFORMS$'99. (with Dr. S. Chukova).
March 9 - 11, 1999, Wuerzburg, Germany. Tutoring and chairing a session for the Workshop on Quality Indicators. July 22 -25, 1997, Detroit, MI. Organizing and chairing the Session on Modeling and Measuring of Product and Process Quality (with E. von Collani), for the 18th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization. June 14 - 19, 1998, Sozopol, Bulgaria. Chairing Session at The 24-th Summer School on the Applications of Mathematics in Techniques, organized by the Technical University of Sofia. Invited. June 16 - 21, 1997. Sozopol, Bulgaria. Chairing Session at The 23-rd Summer School on the Applications of Mathematics in Techniques, organized by the Technical University of Sofia. Invited. October 1990, Varna, Bulgaria. Chairman of the International Seminar on Statistical Data Analysis. May 1985, Varna, Bulgaria. Organizer and Chairman of the International Seminar on Stability and Computer Modeling of Stochastic Processes (With Prof. V.M. Zolotarev, Russia).
Principal Organizer and Chairman of the National Bulgarian Seminar on Mathematical Methods in quality control, with seven regular annual conferences, since 1984 until 1990 in different sites of Bulgaria. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Principal manager of the STATISTICS CLINIC, open since Fall 1998 for providing FREE STATISTICAL CONSULTING FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF at KETTERING UNIVERSITY.
Reviewer of theses (dissertations) on Applied Probability and Applied Statistics, Stochastic Processes, Reliability, Queuing, Quality Control, Education in Stochastics and others.
Chairman of the National Stochastic Seminar at the Union of the Bulgarian Mathematicians, 1979 - 1991.
Corresponding Secretary of the KME (Kappa Mu Epsilon) Nationa Honor Mathematical Society, for its ERpsilon Michigan Chapter at Kettering University.
Associate Editor of "ECONOMIC QUALITY CONTROL" - Journal and Newsletter for Quality and Reliability with managing Editor Prof. Dr. Elart von Collani, Inst. fur Angewandte Mathematik und Statistik, Sanderring 2, D-8700, Wurzburg, GERMANY.
Dean of the Math. Faculty at Sofia University, 1989 - 1991.
Head of the Department of Probability and Statistics, Math. Faculty at Sofia University, since 1989.
Member of American Society for Quality Control, Measurement Quality Division.
Member of American Statistical Association, and of its Ann Arbor chapter.
Member of the IFNA (International Federation of Nonlinear Analysis).
Member of The Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians.
Grants, Awards:
March, 2007: Grant FAPESP No. 2006/60952-1, Sao Paulo, Brazil
September, 2006. Outstanding Researcher Award, Kettering University.
October, 1999. Grant FAPESP No. 1999/08263-1, Sao Paulo, Brazil
September, 1999. Outstanding New Researcher Award, Kettering University.
Granted proposal for an Applied Mathematics Computer Laboratory at Kettering University, August - September 1996, in collaboration with Prof. Joe Salacuse from SM Dept. The Laboratory started in July 1997.
New Faculty Development Grant (NFPDG 160009) at GMI 1995 - 1997.
Earlier in Bulgaria:
Grant MM 60 - 91, "Risk theory and applications". With Bulgarian National Science Foundation.
Grant 43 - 87, 1987-1991. "Mathematical methods for quality control and reliability studies", with The Bulgarian Committee of Sciences.
Several Grands with Bulgarian Council of Higher Education, e.g.:
1988 - 1990 Applications of the Standardized Statistical methods in quality control in Bulgarian Enterprises.
REFERENCES
- Prof. Jose Garrido, Dept. of Math. & Statist. Concordia Univ., 7141 Sherbrooke Str. West, MONTREAL H4B 1R6, CANADA,
Tel.(514)848-3252 (office), e-mail: GARRIDO@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA
Prof. Atanas Radenski, R. J. Reynolds Professor of Computer Sci. Dept. of Computer Science, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110,
Tel. (919)750-2480, e-mail: RADENSKI@RAMSUN.ACC.WSSU.EDU
Prof. Spiridon Penev, School of Mathematics, Dept. of Statist. The Univ. of New South Wales, P.O.Box 1, Kensington NSW 2033, Australia.
Tel. (612) 398-8162 (office), e-mail: spiro@hydra.maths.unsw.edu.au,
Prof. Vladimir Tonchev, Dept. of Math. Sciences College of Sci. & Arts, Michigan Technological Univ., 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295,
Phone: (906) 487-2068, e-mail: TONCHEV@MATH.MTU.EDU
Prof. Jean-Pierre Dion, UQAM, Dept. of Math., Montreal, C.P. 8888, Canada H3C 3P8;
Tel. (514) 987-6166 (office), e-mail: DION@MATH.UQAM.CA
Prof. Zohel Khalil, Dept. of Math. and Statistics, Concordia,
Tel. (514) 848-3247 (office). e-mail: KHALILZ@VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA
- RECORD OF PUBLICATIONS
- of Boyan Dimitrov, Ph.D., Dr. of Math. Sci.
- BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
- 9c. B. Dimitrov, and N. Yanev, Veroiatnosti i Statistika (2007), University of Sofia "St.Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria (in Bulgarian; Engl. Probability and Statistics, Third Edition of [9].)
- 9b. B. Dimitrov, and N. Yanev, Veroiatnosti i Statistika (1998), University of Sofia "St.Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria (in Bulgarian; Engl. Probability and Statistics, Second Edition of [9].)
- 11. Product Warranty Handbook, (1996), Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York - Basel - Hong Kong. Editors Wallace R. Blischke, and D. N. Prabhakar Murthy (
with Dr. S. Chukova, written Chapter 22: Warranty Analysis for Complex Systems ).- 10. B. Dimitrov, and E. Karashtranova, Statistika za Nematematici (1993), Southwestern University "Neophit Rilski", Blagoevgrad (in Bulgarian; Engl. Statistics for Non-mathematicians, a textbook).
- 9. B. Dimitrov, and N. Yanev, Veroiatnosti i Statistika (1991), Sofia University, Sofia (in Bulgarian; Engl. Probability and Statistics, a textbook) .
- 8. A. Obretenov, and B. Dimitrov, Teoria Masowej Obslugi. Poradnik (1989), Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 1989 (Polish translation of book [4]).
- 7. B. Dimitrov, and Pl. Petrov, Prilojenie na metodite na izsledvane na operaciite v upravlenie
- na kachestvoto
(1984),Economics University of Sofia, The Post-graduate Qualification Improvement Division, Sofia (in Bulgarian; Engl. Application of the Operations Research Methods in Quality Studies ).- 6. B. Dimitrov, Nauchno Upravlenie na Zapasite (1984), Nauka i Izkustvo, Sofia (in Bulgarian; Engl. Inventory Control ).
- 5. B. Dimitrov, and A. Geshev, Matematicheska Statistika (1982), Plovdiv University, a textbook, Plovdiv (in Bulgarian; Engl. Mathematical Statistics ).
- 4. A. Obretenov, and B. Dimitrov, Spravochnik po Masovo Obslujvane (1979), Nauka i Izkustvo, Sofia (in Bulgarian; Engl. Handbook of Queuing Theory ).
- 3. B. Dimitrov, Verigi na Markov (1974), Nauka i Izkustvo, Sofia (in Bulgarian) Engl. Markov chains
- 2. A.Obretenov, B. Dimitrov, and E.Danielyan. Masovo Obslujvane i Prioritetni Sistemi na Obslujvane (1973), Nauka i Izkustvo Sofia (in Bulgarian; Engl. Queuing systems and priority Queues ).
- 1. B.Gnedenko, E.Danielyan, G.Klimov, V.Matveev, and B.Dimitrov, Prioritetnye Sistemy Obslujivania (1973), Moscow State University (in Russian; Engl. Priority Queues ).
- 13-17. Five textbooks for High-school students (with coauthors), concerning introduction in probability theory and combinatorics:
- - Applied Mathematics for Post-High-school students, and pre-college students (issued in 1986 and 1988, with coauthor Gero Gerov);
- Algebra for High-school students Grade 10 (issued in 1990 and 1993, with coauthors Z. Zaprianov, N. Georgieva, and V. Vakarelova);- - Mathematics for post-high school students, (issued in 1988, coauthors G. Stanilov, A. Langov and R. Rusev).
- All these textbooks were issued by the Nauka i Izkustvo Editorial Corporation authorized by the state of Bulgaria to print textbooks for High-school in Bulgaria at that time.
- PAPERS
- 1968
- 1. B. Dimitrov,
A survey on some recent results of the theory of conditional expectations. Math. Inst. Bulg. Tech. Report, of Prob. & Statist., p. 27 (in Bulgarian).- 2. B. Dimitrov, M. Uzunov, Renewal theory. Physical-Mathematical Jour. v. 11 (44), book 4, 1968, pp. 259-276 (in Bulgarian).
- 1970
- 3. A.Obretenov, B.Dimitrov, M.Uzunov, Study on the reliability of a system by means of stochastic processes. Bulletin de l'Inst.de Math., Acad. Bulg. Sci., v.XI, 1970, pp.259 - 276 (in Russian).
- 4. B. Dimitrov, On the expected down time duration and the average number of failures of a system of two elements in parallel with planed and accidental renewals. Technical thinking, Bulletin de Acad. Bulg. Sci., book 2, 1970, pp. 89 - 95 (in Bulgarian).
- 5. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, Service with priorities and preparation times. Math. questions in production control, Moscow State Univ. 1970, pp. 165-178 (in Russian).
- 6. B. Dimitrov and E. Danielyan, Some limit theorems in the Reliability and Queuing theory, Ibbidem, pp. 179-183.
- 1971
- 7. B. Dimitrov, On the number of failures of a system of n loaded elements. Bulletin de l'Inst. de Math., Acad. Bulg. Sci., v. XII, 1971, pp. 205 - 210 (in Russian).
- 8. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, Service with changing priorities and preparation times. Scientific Notices of the Univ. of Erevan 1971, No. 1 pp. 3 - 10 (in Russian).
- 9. B. Dimitrov, Service with priorities, Mathem. Balkanica, v. 1, 1971, pp. 66 -78 (in Russian).
- 10. E. Danielyan, B. Dimitrov and B. Piskunov, On the control of a system with finite number of components and priorities, Automatization of the production in Chemistry, NIITEHIM, Moscow 1971, pp. 3-14 (in Russian).
- 1972
- 11. B. Dimitrov, Sequences of renewal processes and random sums. Numerical Methods and Programming, N 18, Moscow State Univ., 1972, pp. 3 - 15 (in Russian).
- 12. B. Dimitrov, On the uniform renewal theory. Ibbidem, pp. 24 - 30, (in Russian).
- 13. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, On the queue length of a queuing system with non-reliable server, Ibbidem, pp. 113 - 124 (in Russian).
- 14. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, On a queuing system with finite number of sources and limited waiting time. Izvestia Armenian Acad. Sci., v. 47, No. 1, 1972, pp. 46 - 58 (in Russian).
- 15. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, On a priority queuing system with two types of failures. Scientific Notices of the Univ. of Erevan 1972, No. 2 pp.131 - 133 (in Russian).
- 16. E. Danielyan and B. Dimitrov, On the queuing system M/G/1 with waiting and two types of failures, Mathematica Balkanica, v. 2, 1972, pp. 21 - 37 (in Russian).
- 17. B. Dimitrov, Sequences of renewal processes and some limit theorems for random sums of random variables. Proc. Second All Union School in Queuing Theory, Dilijan 1971, Moscow State Univ. 1972, pp. 65 - 67 (in Russian).
- 1973
- 18. E. Danielyan, B.Dimitrov and B. Piskunov, On a priority control model under restrictions, Automatization of the production in Chemistry, NIITEHIM, Moscow 1973, No. 5 pp. 43-54 (in Russian).
- 19. B. Dimitrov and V. Zaitzev, On the standby systems with renewals, Mathematica Balkanica, v. 3, 1973, pp. 78 - 87 (in Russian).
- 20. B. Dimitrov and V. Zaitzev, On a standby system with renewals and switching, Anniv. of the Univ. of Sofia, Ser. Math. v. 65, 1973, pp. 167 - 173 (in Russian).
- 21. B. Dimitrov, Queues - problems and solutions. "Universe'72", Nauka i Izkustvo, Sofia, 1973, pp. 74 - 89 (in Bulgarian).
- 1974
- 22. B. Dimitrov, An integral estimate of the vicinity of non-stationary and stationary characteristics of the queuing process. Ann. de l'Univ. de Sofia, Fac. de Math., v. 66, Sofia, 1974, pp. 219-229 (in Russian).
- 23. B. Dimitrov, Asymptotic expansions of characteristics for queuing systems of the type M/G/1. Bulletin de l'Inst. de Math., Acad. Bulg. Sci., v. XV, 1974, pp. 237-263 (in Bulgarian).
- 24. B. Dimitrov and Kh. Karapenev, A queuing system with finite source and non-reliable server, Ann. of Technical High Schools, v. 9, Sofia, 1974, pp. 173-186 (in Bulgarian).
- 25. B. Dimitrov, Some new characteristics of the queuing processes Math. and Math. Education, Bulg. Acad. Sci. 1976, pp. 160-168 (in Bulgarian).
- 1975
- 26. B. Dimitrov and Kh. Karapenev, Some characteristics of the queuing systems with finite sources, non-reliable servers and absolute priorities, Serdica, Bulgarian Journal in Math. v. 1 Sofia, 1975, pp. 158-166 (in Russian).
- 27. B. Dimitrov and Kh. Karapenev, On the number of served calls in a queuing system with finite sources and non-reliable server, Ann. of Technical High Schools, v. 10, No 3 Sofia, 1975, pp. 139 - 150 (in Bulgarian).
- 28. B. Dimitrov and P. Petrov, Non-parametric testing of the type of distribution in the studies of the item's reliability. Systems and Control, books 1-2, 1975, pp. 70-82 (in Bulgarian).
- 1976
- 29. B. Dimitrov and P. Petrov, Testing of the stability of the failure rate function in the studies of the item's reliability, Technical Thinking, Bulletin de Acad. Bulg. Sci., Book 5, 1976, pp. 15 - 19 (in Bulgarian).
- 30. B. Dimitrov and Kh. Karapenev, On the queuing systems with finite sources and non-reliable server, Ann. of Univ. of Sofia Ser. Math. v. 67, Sofia, 1976, pp. 483-505 (in Russian).
- 1977
- 31. B. Dimitrov, A. Petrova, Single server queuing system with Poisson input and exponentially bounded waiting time in the queue. Proc. Fifth Conf. on Prob. Theory, Brasov, 1977, pp. 367 - 373.
- 32. B. Dimitrov, S. Delev and R. Rangelova, Characteristics of the queue appearance in the service systems with Poissonian Input, Serdica, Bulg. Journal in Math. v. 3 Sofia, 1977, pp. 71 - 81 (in Russian).
- 33. B. Dimitrov and B. Arabadjieva, Characteristics of the time-spaced teletraffic system with sin-phase type of commutation, Systems and Control, book 1, 1977, pp. 34 - 41 (in Bulgarian).
- 34. B.Dimitrov and K.Yanev, Optimal control of the average duration of a computational process with non-reliable computer, Systems and Control, book 4, 1977, pp. 43-50 (in Bulgarian).
- 1978
- 35. B. Dimitrov and V. Zaitzev, A queuing systems of type M/M/1 with slowly varying intensities. Minimization of the queue length. Systems and Control, book 3, 1978,
- pp. 45 - 49 (in Bulgarian).
- 36. B.Dimitrov, P.Petrov and K. Yanev, Control of the computational process with non-reliable computer, Math. and Math. Education, 1978, pp. 314 - 324 (in Bulgarian).
- 37. B. Dimitrov and S. Rachev, Maximum likelihood estimation of the failure rate function of the U-shape, Ann. of Univ. of Sofia Ser. Math., v. 68 , Sofia, 1978, pp. 127 - 140 (in Russian).
- 1979
- 38. B.Dimitrov and Ch. Dokev, The system GI/M/n/N in discrete time, Math. and Math. Education, 1979, pp. 225 - 235 (in Bulgarian).
- 1981
- 39. B. Dimitrov, Ch. Dokev, The single server queue system with non-reliable server in discrete time. Non-stationary characteristics, Ann. of Univ. of Sofia Ser. Math. v. 70 , Sofia, 1981, pp. 175 - 190 (in Russian).
- 40. B.Dimitrov and P.Petrov, Some problems of the optimal control of the service with non-reliable server, Proc. Fourth All-Union School in Queuing Theory, Baku 1979, Edit. Moscow VNIISI, 1981, pp. 52 - 54 (in Russian).
- 41. Dimitrov B., Petrov P., On the optimal regulation of an unreliable process. III Int. Vilnius Conf. of Prob. and Mathem. Statistic., 1981, v. 3, 68-69.
- 42. Dimitrov B., Petrov P., The minimal blocking time by unreliable server and latent failures, in 14-th European Meeting of Statisticians, Wroclaw, 1981, 126-127.
- 43. B. Dimitrov and Pl. Petrov, A classification of the quality according an informative quantitative parameter under empirical data, Systems and Control, book 3, 1981, pp. 50 - 54 (in Bulgarian).
- 1982
- 44. I. Stoikov and B. Dimitrov, Stochastic approach to modeling the multiple effect, Systems and Control, book 2, 1982, pp. 7 - 14 (in Bulgarian).
- 45. B. Dimitrov, L. Klebanov, S. Rachev, Stability of the characterization of the exponential law, in Stability Problems in Stochastic Models, Moscow, VNIISI, 1982, pp. 39-46 (in Russian).
- 1983
- 46. B. Dimitrov and Pl. Petrov, Contingency tables and informative quantitative parameters by the quality control, Systems and Control, book 4, 1983, pp. 42-46 (in Bulgarian).
- 47. B. Dimitrov, V. Zdravkov, A mathematical model for the study of the dynamic of human resources, In Stochastic Models in Urban service Systems, Athens, Greece, 1983, 21-22.
- 48. B.Dimitrov and K. Yanev, On an approach to modeling of queuing networks, Proc. Intern. Seminar on Stochastic Modelling, Moscow, MNIIPU, 1983, pp. 71-94 (in Russian).
- 49. A. Obretenov, B. Dimitrov, S. Rachev, On the stability of the queuing process in the system of type M/M/1. Stability Problems of Statist. models, Moscow, 1983, pp. 71 -79 (in Russian).
- 50. B. Dimitrov, Isotonic estimations of the distributions in reliability, Lecture Notes of the Fourth Intern. Summer School in Probab. and Statistics, Sofia, 1983, pp. 39-74 (in Russian).
- 1984
- 51. B.Dimitrov, P.Petrov, Controlled process with random breakdowns and repeat actions, Pliska Studia Mathematica Bulgarica, v. 7, 1984, pp. 102-108.
- 52. Ruskov P., Yanev K., Dimitrov B. and Boyanov K., A model for study and analysis of local networks as a queuing system, In Controlling Systems and Machines, Book 5, Kiev, 1984, pp. 37 - 40 (in Russian).
- 53. B.Dimitrov, M.Varbanova P. Petrov and P. Mateev,
- Calculation of the quantitative reliability characteristics of transport items, NTS, In the Aid to the Specialists, No. 4, 1984, pp. 72 - 77 (in Bulgarian).
- 1985
- 54. Boyanov K., Ruskov P., Yanev K., Dimitrov B., Performance analysis of local networks with data and voice traffic, Network in office automation. Elsevier Science Publishers (North - Holland), IFIP, 1985, 231-240.
- 55. A.Yacovlev, B.Dimitrov, S.Rachev. Maximum likelihood estimation of the mortality rate function, Biometrical Journal., v. 27, No.3, 1985, pp. 317-326.
- 56. K.Boyanov, P.Ruskov, K. Yanev, B. Dimitrov, An analytical model of local network in discrete time, Proc. of the Int. Symp. Networks in Office Automation, Budapest, 1985, pp. 725-733.
- 57. B. Dimitrov and P. Ruskov, A discrete model of a single server queue with repeat calls, Math. and Math. Education, pp. 376 - 384 (in Russian).
- 58. B. Dimitrov, M. Varbanova and P. Petrov, Programming support of the standards on applied statistics and statistical quality control, Standards and Quality, No 1, 1985, pp. 17 - 20 (in Bulgarian).
- 59. B.Dimitrov and N. Manolov, Mathematical aspects of the problems in tribology, quality and reliability of the technical systems. Proceedings of the II National Seminar on Math. methods in Quality studies, Sofia, 1985, pp. 15 - 20 (in Bulgarian).
- 1986
- 60. B. Dimitrov, L. Klebanov, S. Rachev, Stability of the characterization of the exponential law. Jour. of Soviet Math., v. 35, N 3, 1986, pp. 2476 - 2485.
- 61. B. Dimitrov, S. Rachev, On optimal quality usage, Proc. IV INTERN. Conference on Statist. Methods in Experim. Res. and quality Control, v. 2, Varna, 1986, pp. 5-10.
- 62. M. Varbanova and B. Dimitrov, Principal requirements to the implementation of the methods of statistical quality control in the production processing, Standards and Quality, No 1, 1985, pp. 17-20 (in Bulgarian).
- 1987
- 63. B. Dimitrov and P. Petrov, Controlled process with explicit or implicit breakdowns and repeat action, In "System Fault Diagnostics, Reliability and Related Knowledge - Basic Approaches ", v. 1 (Edit. Sp. Tzafestas et al), D. Reidel Publ.Comp. 1987, pp. 415-428.
- 64. K.Boyanov, B.Dimitrov, P. Ruskov, The method for discretization for queuing process and its applications by modeling of some distributed computer systems, Informatic, Informationen Reporten, Acad. Wiss. DDR, 1987, pp. 1.1-1.19.
- 65. S. Dimitrov, B. Dimitrov, K. Boyanov, H. Tourlakov. A Markovian model for the performance and congestion analysis in a gateway node. IBBIDEM, pp. 3.45-3.59.
- 66. B. Dimitrov, N. Kolev, P. Petrov, Controlled unreliable process with explicit or implicit breakdowns and mixed executive times, In Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Lecture Notes in Engineering, Vol. 33, Springer Verlag, 1987, pp. 77-90.
- 67. B. Dimitrov and T.Z.Fu, On the stochastic inventory models with incomplete demand information. Dokl. Bulg. Acad. Sci. v.40, No 12 1987, pp. 11-14.
- 1988
- 68. B. Dimitrov and K. Yanev, On the performance evaluation of the queuing networks. Proc. Int. Seminar on Teletraffic Theory and Computer Modelling, Sofia, 1988, pp. 47-60.
- 69. B. Dimitrov, On the integral estimation when measuring the quality, Proc. XIII National School "Appl. of Math. in Technique", Varna, 1988, pp. 64-81.
- 70. B.Dimitrov, N.Kolev and P.Petrov, Control of unreliable process with implicit breakdowns and mixed executive times. Math. Balkanica, New Series, v. 2, 1988, pp. 391-396.
- 71. Z. Khalil, B. Dimitrov, J.-P. Dion, A characterization of the geometric distribution related to random sums, Rapport de recherche N 76, Univ. de Quebec a Montreal, Dec. 1988, pp. 1-21.
- 72. M. Varbanova, B. Dimitrov, I. Stefanov, L. Boneva, A computer aided SQC system for mass production implementing standardized methods. Proc. EOQC, Moscow, 1988, pp. 103-108.
- 1989
- 73. Z. Khalil, J.-P. Dion and B. Dimitrov, Branching processes with pair-dependent families, Tech. Rep. N 1/89, Concordia Univ., Montreal, 1989, pp. 1-13.
- 74. Lilov, V., Dimitrov, B., Ruskov, P. and Kisimov, V., A model for single server data sharing in a local area network information processing systems, Proceedings of the IFIP TC 6 TC 8 Open Symposium, North - Holland, 1989.
- 1990
- 75. B. Dimitrov, Z. Khalil, On a new characterization of the exponential distribution related to a queuing system with an unreliable server, J. Appl Probab. v. 27, 1990, pp. 221-226.
- 76. M. Varbanova, B. Dimitrov, L.Boneva, Computer aided statistical methods in quality control, Proc. Eighth Intern. Conf. of the ISQA, Jerusalem, 1990.
- 1991
- 77. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S. (1991), Warranty Analysis, Economic, Quality, Control. Journal and Newsletters for Quality and Reliability, v. 6, No. 2, pp. 61-82.
- 79. Z. Khalil, B. Dimitrov, J.-P. Dion, A characterization of the geometric distribution related to random sums, Commun. in Statist. Stochastic Models, v. 7, pp. 726-729.
- 80. B.Dimitrov and S.Chukova, On the bivariate distributions having the almost-lack-of-memory property, Technical Report of the Wurzburg Research Group on Quality Control, No. 33, June 1991, pp. 1-16.
- 81. B. Dimitrov and E. von Collani, A characterization of distributions having the multiplicative almost lack of memory property, Technical report of the Wurzburg Research Group on Quality Control No. 32, June 1991, pp. 1-16.
- 82. Khalil Z., Dimitrov B. and Petrov P., On the total execution time of a job on unreliable server, Technical report, # 1/91, Concordia Univ., Math & Stat. Dept. July 1991.
- 83. Boneva, L., Dimitrov, B., Stefanov, I., and Varbanova, M. Computerized statistical methods for quality control and reliability, Economics, Quality, Control, v. 6, No. 1, pp. 19-28.
- 1992
- 84. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S. and Khalil, Z., Characterization of probability distributions similar to the exponential, Tech. Report, Concordia Univ. # 2, 1992, pp. 1 - 29.
- 85. Dion, J.-P., Dimitrov, B. and Khalil, Z., Statistical estimation of the parameters of a production-demand process, Rapport de rechershe No 171, fevrier 1992, Dept. of Math. Informatics, Univ. de Quebec a Montreal.
- 86. Dimitrov, B. and Chukova, S. (1992), On the distributions having the almost lack-of-memory property, J. Appl. Prob. v. 429 No. 3, pp. 691 - 698.
- 87. Rachev, S. T., Dimitrov, B. N. and Khalil, Z. (1992) A probabilistic approach to optimal quality usage, Computers Math. & Applic., v. 24, No 8/9, pp. 219 - 227.
- 88. Dimitrov, B. and Khalil, Z. (1992) A class of new probability distributions for modeling environmental evolution with periodic behavior,Environmetrics, v. 3(4), pp. 447-464.
- 1993
- 89. Chukova, S., Dimitrov, B. and Garrido, J. (1993) Renewal processes generated by distributions with periodic failure rates, Proc. 26-th Annual Actuarial Research Conference, Univ. of Iowa, Aug. 1992, Editors: James Broffit and Elias S. Shiu, Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1993, Part 1, pp. 83 - 95.
- 90. Chukova, S., Dimitrov, B. and Garrido, J. (1993) Renewal and non-homogeneous Poisson processes generated by distributions with periodic failure rate, Statistics & Probability Letters, v. 17, pp. 19 - 25.
- 91. Chukova, S., Dimitrov, B. and Khalil, Z. (1993) A characterization of probability distributions similar to the exponential, The Canadian Jour. of Statistics, v. 21, No. 3, pp. 269 - 276.
- * 92. Dimitrov, B., Khalil, Z., and Le Normand, L. (1993) A statistical study of periodic environmental processes, Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Dec. 6-10, 1993, The Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, v. 41, pp. 169 - 174.
- * 93. Chukova, S., Dimitrov B., and Dion, J.-P. (1993) Relevation transforms characterize probability distributions, J. of Appl. Math. and Stochastic Analysis, v6, N0.4, pp. 345-358.
- 94. Chukova, S. S., Dimitrov, B. N., and Rykov, V. V. (1993) Warranty Analysis (Review), Jour. of Soviet Mathematics, 67, No. 6, December, 1993, pp. 3486 - 3508.
- 95. Khalil, Z., Dion, J.-P., and Dimitrov, B. (1993) Branching processes with pair-dependent families, Proc. Internat. Symp. on Optimization & Statistics, Dec. 18-21, Aligarh, India, pp. 263 - 275.
- 96. Dion, J.-P., Dimitrov, B., and Khalil, Z. (1993) Statistical estimation of the parameters of a production-demand process. Proc. Internat. Symp. on Optimization & Statistics, Dec. 18-21, Aligarh, India, pp. 276 - 285.
- 97. Dimitrov, B., and Khalil, Z. (1993) Some characterizations of the exponential distribution based on the service time properties of an unreliable server, Stability Problems for Stochastic Models (Editors V. V. Kalashnikov, and V. M. Zolotarev). Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1546, Springer 1993, pp. 17 - 25.
- 1994
- * 98. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and Green, D. (1994) Probability distributions in periodic random environment, ASA 1993 Proceedings of the Section on Quality and Productivity, pp. 251-256.
- * 99. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and Khalil, Z. (1994) Bivariate probability distributions similar to exponential, Approximation Probability and Related Fields, Edit. G. Anastassiou and S. Rachev, pp. 167 - 178.
- 100. Khalil, Z., and Dimitrov, B. (1994) The service time properties of an unreliable server characterize the exponential distribution, Adv. Appl. Prob., 26, 172-182.
- 1995
- 101. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S. and Khalil, Z. (1995) Definitions, characterizations and structural properties of probability distributions similar to the exponential, J. of Statistical Planning and Inference, pp. 271 - 287.
- * 102. Chakravarthy, S., Chukova, S., and Dimitrov, B. (1995) A stochastic model with re-sequencing of messages. IEMS'95 Proceedings: Annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, pp. 601-606.
- * 103. Dimitrov, B., and von Collani, E. (1995) Contorted uniform and Pareto distributions, Statistics & Probability Letters, 23, No.1, pp. 157-164.
- 1996
- * 104. Chukova, S., and Dimitrov, B. (1996) Execution time on an unreliable server with latent breakdowns. Matrix-Analytics Methods in Stochastic Models, Edt. S. Chakravarthy and A. Alfa, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York - Basel - Hong Kong, pp. 225 - 239.
- * 105. Dimitrov, B. (1996) Periodic random environment generates compound counting processes with amazing properties. Applications. 7-th Annual GMI Industry Symposium. Proceedings: Technology & The Quality Revolution, pp. 148-163.
- * 106. El-Saidi, M. A., Dimitrov, B., and Chukova, S. (1996) Some moment properties and limit theorems of the Reversed Generalized Logistic Distribution with applications. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 25, No. 3 pp. 609-630.
- * 107. Dimitrov, B., Khalil, Z., and El-Saidi, M. A. (1996) On probability distributions with accumulating failure rates in periodic random environment. Environmetrics, 7, pp. 17-26.
- * 108. Chukova, S., and Dimitrov, B. (1996) Warranty Analysis for Complex Systems. Chapter 22 of Product Warranty Handbook, Editors Wallace R. Blischke, and D. N. Prabhakar Murthy, Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York - Basel - Hong Kong.
- * 109. J. Garrido, B. Dimitrov, and S. Chukova (1996) Ruin Modeling for Compound Non-Stationary Process with Periodic Claim Intensity Rate, Technical Report No. 2/96, May, Concordia University, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Montreal, Canada.
- 1997
- * 110. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and Green, D. (1997) Probability distributions in periodic random environment and their applications, SIAM J. Appl. Math., Vol.57, No. 2, pp. 501-517.
- * 111. Dimitrov, B., and Green, D. (1997) Stochastic optimization problems under incomplete information on distribution functions,
- Control and Cybernetics, Vol.26, No. 1, pp. 93 - 110.
- * 112. Dimitrov, B. (1997) Queues with Re-sequencing. A Survey and Recent Results, Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods & Applications, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 5447 - 5456.
- 1998
- * 113. Dimitrov, B. (1998) Quality Evaluation Methods - A Review, Economics, Quality, Control (EQC Journal and Newsletter for Quality and Reliability), Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 117 - 128.
- * 114. S. Chukova, M. A. El-Saidi, and B. Dimitrov (1998) Extended Logistic Distribution. Properties and Possible Applications, Statistical Data Analysis, Edt. D. Vandev, Bulg. Acad. Sci., and St. Kl. Ohridski Univ. of Sofia, pp. 10 - 22.
- * 115. Dimitrov, B. (1998) Uncertainty in periodic random environment, Applications of Mathematics Engineering'23, Heron Press, Sofia, pp. 15 - 26.
- * 116. Dimitrov, B., M. A. El-Saidi, and Z. Khalil (1988) Overall Population Growth in Periodic Environment, Environmetrics, Vol. 9, pp. 317 - 328.
- 1999
- * 117. Dimitrov, B. Chukova, S., and Khalil, Z. (1999) (1999) Processing Times Modeled by Reliability Systems with Random Number of Spare Units, European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE) on Maintenance, Reliability and Safety, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 279 - 291.
- * 118. Dimitrov, B., and Chukova, S.(1999) (1999) Environmental Modeling in Driving Periodic Conditions, Applications of Mathematics in Engineering'24, Heron Press, Sofia, pp. 21 - 30.
- * 119. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and Green, D. (1999) The Bivariate Probability Distributions with Periodic Failure Rate Via a Hyperbolic Differential Equation, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Vol. 5, pp. 81 - 92.
- * 120. Dimitrov, B., Chukova, S., and El-Saidi, M. A. (1999) Modeling Uncertainty in Periodic Random Environment: Applications to Environmental Studies, Environmetrics, Vol. 10, pp. 467 - 485.
- * 121. B.Dimitrov, S.Chukova, and Z.Khalil (1999) Warranty Cost Analysis of an Age Dependent Failure Model for Repairable and Non-Repairable Products, Tech. Rep. No.2/99, July 1999 Dept. of Math. and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, pp. 1 - 16.
- 2000
- * 122. Dimitrov B., and Kolev N. (2000) Beta Transformation. Beta-type Self-decomposability and Related Characterizations, Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics (RABRAPE) v. 14, pp. 123 - 140.
- * 123. Chukova S., and Dimitrov, B. (2000) Rate Models in Environmental Studies, Research Report 2000:1, Division of Quality Technology & Statistics, Luleo Univ. of Technoogy, SE-971 87, Luleo, SWEDEN, pp. 1 - 6.
- * 124. Borges W., Dimitrov B., Khalil Z., and Kolev N. (2000) System's Performance Under Mixed Minimal and Imperfect Repair Maintenance Strategies, RT-MAE 2000-6, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil Ser. 6, pp. 1 - 17.
- 2001
- * 125. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Rumchev V. (2001) Warranty Claims as Marked Point Processes, The Journal of Nonlinear Analysis: Series A: Theory and Methods, v. 47, pp. 2145 - 2150.
- * 126. Dimitrov B., Khalil Z., and Christozov D. (2001) Reliability Maintenance Under Age - Proportional Repairs, ESRL 2001 Towards a Safer World, Ed. E.Zio, M.Demichela, N.Piccinini, Politecnico di Torino, Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Meeting, v. 2, pp. 1147-1154.
- * 127. Dimitrov B., Green D, Jr., and Rykov V. (2001) On the influence of the observability and controllability to the optimal control quality, Proceedings of the 5-th International Conference on Optimization. Techniques and Applications (ICOTA 2001, Editor D. Li), Hong Kong v. 2, pp. 669 - 687.
- * 128. Dimitrov B., Khalil Z., Rykov V. and Ghitany M. (2001) Likelihood Ratio Test for Almost-Lack-of-Memory Distributions, Technical Report # 1/2001, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. v. 2, pp. 669 - 687.
- * 129. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Chakravarthy S. (2001) A simple unreliable service model characterizes exponential distribution. Kuwait Journal of Sciences v. 28, No. 2, pp. 203 - 212.
- * 130. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Khalil Z. (2001) Warranty Costs: An Age Dependent Failure/Repair Model, SMCS, Research Report 01-20, Victoria Univ in Wellington, New Zealand 2001.
- 2002
- * 131. Dimitrov B., and Kolev N. (2002) Bernoulli Trials: Extensions, Related Probability Distributions and Modeling Powers, Mathematics and Education in Mathematics, Proceedings of 31st Spring Conf. of the UBM, Borovec, April 2002, pp. 15-24.
- * 132. Dimitrov B., Rykov V. and Stanchev P. (2002) On Multi-State Reliability Systems, 3rd International Conf. on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Methodology and Practice, COMMUNICATIONS, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 201-204.
- * 133. Stanchev P., Dimitrov B. and Rykov V. (2002) Object recognition in the ANIMATION system 5-th IASTED International Conf. "Computer Graphics and Imaging", CGIM-2002, Aug. 12-14, Kuauai, Hawaii, USA.
- * 134. Rykov V., and Dimitrov B. (2002) On Multi-State Reliability Systems, Applied Stochastic Models and Information Processes, Memorial Seminar to the 60th Birthday of V. Kalashnikov, Petrozavodsk Sept. 8-13, 2002, pp. 128-135.
- * 135. B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr., V. Rykov, P.Stanchev. (2002) On performance evaluation and optimization problems in queues with resequencing, Advances in Stochastic Modeling, ed. by J. Artalejo and A. Krishnamoorthy. Notable Publications, 2002, pp. 55-72.
- * 136. Dimitrov B., Chukova S., and Vogt H. (2002) A Class of Symmetric Probability Distributions Similar to the Double Exponential, Engineering Simulations, v. 24, No. 5, pp. 25-37.
- 2003
- * 137. B.Dimitrov, D.Green, V.Rykov, P.Stanchev (2003) On Statistical Hypothesis Testing via Simulation Methods, < International Jour. Information Theories & Applications, vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 408-414.
- * 138. B.Dimitrov, V.Rykov, Z Krougly and M. Ghitany (2003) On properties and statistical estimation of ALM distributions. Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on Statistics and Related fields, Honolulu, June 5-8, 2003. * 139. Stanchev P, Green D, Jr, Dimitrov B. (2003) High level color similarity retrieval, International Jour. Information Theories & Applications, vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 283-287.
- * 140. Dimitrov B., Rykov V., Krougly Z. and Green D. (2003) Periodic non-stationary arrival process in queueing networks and their characterization. Proceedings of Workshop DCCN-2003, June 29-July 5, 2003, Moscow.
- 2004
- * 141. Dimitrov B., Green D., Jr, Chukova S., and Khalil Z. (2004) Age Affecting Repairs and Warranty Costs. International conference "The Model of Durability, Aging and Degradation in Medicine, Biology, and Technique", St Petersburg, Russia, June 7-9, pp. 230-240.
- * 142. V.Rykov, B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr., P.Stanchev, (2004) Reliability Model For Biological Objects, International conference "The Model of Durability, Aging and Degradation in Medicine, Biology, and Technique" St Petersburg, Russia, June 7-9, pp. 230-240.
- * 143. P.Stanchev, D.Green, Jr, B.Dimitrov, (2004) MPEG-7: The multimedia content description interface, International Journal "Information Theories & Applications" ", v. 11, No. 2, pp. 120-126. p 3802-3815 p 3802-3815
- * 144. Rykov V., and Dimitrov B. (2004) On Reliability of Hierarchical Systems with Gradual Failures, Journal of Mathematical Sciences , v. 123, No 1, pp. 3802-3815. Article ID: 492650
- * 145. B. Dimitrov, V. Rykov, Z. Krougly (2004) Periodic Poisson Processes and Almost-lack-of-memory Distributions. Automation and Remote Control , v. 65, No 10, pp. 1597-1610. (Translated from Russian)
- * 146. B. Dimitrov, S. Chukova, and Z. Khalil (2004) Warranty Costs: An Age-Dependent Failure/Repair Model. Naval Research Logistic Quarterly v. 51, pp. 959-976.
- * 147. P.Stanchev and B.Dimitrov (2004) WWW - based distance education course "Management Support Systems", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, August 14-17, 2004 - Austin, Texas, USA, Volume 2, pp. 222-226.
- * 148. V. Rykov, B.Dimitrov, D.Green Jr., P.Stanchev (2004) Reliability of Complex Hierarchical Fault Tolerance Systems. In: Abstracts of The 4-th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR-2004), Santa Fe, (USA), 21-25 July, 2004
- * 149. B.Dimitrov (2004) The Use of IT in Teaching Mathematics at Kettering University, ITE Proceedings of the Conference on Information Technology in Education, Editor F. Zlatareva, September 2004, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, pp. 124 - 131
- 2005
- * 150. P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B. Dimitrov (2005), Semantic Notation and Retrieval in Art and Architecture Image Collections, Third special workshop "Multimedia semantics, Pisa, June 22-24 2005, 45-53
- * 151. B. Dimitrov, D. Green Jr., P. Stanchev (2005), Age Affecting Control in Biological Systems, In the ABSTRACTS if the 55th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Sydney, Australia, 2005, p.337.
- * 152. P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B. Dimitrov (2005) Semantic Notation and Retrieval in Art and Architecture Image Collections Journal of Digital Information Management, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 2005, pp. 218-221.
- * 153. V. Rykov, B. Dimitrov (2005) On Parameter Estimation of MAP Via Simulation Method, Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Simulation, St. Petersburg 2005, pp. 583 - 590.
- * 154. B. Dimitrov, Z. Khalil, and G. Hayrapetyan (2005) Age Affecting Control in Biological Systems Explains the Mechanism of Aging and Longevity of Biological Systems IPSI - 2005, Venice, Italy, pp. 1-10.
- 2006
- * 155. Dimitrov B., Green D. Jr., Rykov V., Stanchev P. (2006) On the Fair Share of the Reliability of an Entity between its Components, Maintenance and Reliability, 2 (30), pp. 44-47.
- * 156. P. Stanchev, D. Green Jr., B. Dimitrov (2006), Some Issues in the Art Image Database Systems Journal of Digital Information Systems Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 227 - 232.
- 2007
- * 157. B. Dimitrov (2007) Lifetime Distributions and Equivalent Ages. Applications in Insurance, Risk, and More, Proceedings of the Third Brazilian Conference on Statistical Modelling in Insurance and Finance, March 25 - 30, 2007, Maresias, Brazil, pp. 21 - 40.
- * 158. B. Dimitrov, G. Hayrapetyan, Z. Khalil, and P. Stanchev (2007) Aging and Longevity Control of Biological Systems via Drugs - a Reliability Model. e-journal: Reliability: Theory & Applications No 2, Vol.2: http://www.gnedenko-forum.org/Journal/files/022007/eng/article04_2_07_eng.pdf , June 2007, pp. 10 - 20.
- * 159. Dimitrov B., Green D. Jr. and Stanchev P. (2007) Multidimensional Life Time Equivalence, Proceedings of the International Workshop "Distributed Computer and Communication Networks: Theory and Applications, Moscow, Russia Sept. 10-12, v. 1 , pp. 26-33.
- 2008
- * 160. E. U. Ubong and B. Dimitrov (2008) A Statistical Approach in Studying the Air/Fuel Ratio Variation Based on Oxigen Sensors' Signals Transactions of CSICE Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 11-23.
- * 161. K. Ivanova, P. Stanchev, B. Dimitrov(2008) Analysis of the Distributions of Color Characteristics in Art Painting Images, Serdica J., Computing 2 pp. 111-136
- 2009
- * 162. B.Dimitrov, D.Green and P.Stanchev (2009) Warranty and Fair Pricing for Used Items in Two-Dimensional Life Time, VI International Conf. MMR'2009, Proceedings , Moscow, pp. 262-267;
- * 163. B.Dimitrov and Sahib Esa (2009) Reliability Modeling of Political Processes, VI International Conf. MMR'2009, Proceedings , Moscow, pp. 268-272,
- 2010
- * 164. E. U. Ubong, B. Dimitrov (2010) Regression of the Response Variable of a High Temperature PEMFC-PBI Based Membrane, J. Electrochem. Soc., Volume 157, Issue 7, pp. B1059-B1067.
- * 165. B.Dimitrov (2010) Ages in Reliability and Bio Systems, Interpretations, Control, and Applications, Edtrs V. Rykov and N. Balakrishnan: "Mathematical and Statistical Models and Methods in Reliability" , Chapter 25, Springer Verlag.
- * 166. B. Dimitrov (2010) Some Obreshkov Measures of Dependence and Their Use Compte Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences Volume 63, No.1, pp. 15-18.
- 2011
- * 167. S. Esa, and B. Dimitrov (2011) Survival Models of Some Political Processes, Proceedings of The 7-th Internatiional Conference on "Mathematical Methods in Reliability": Theory, Methds, Applications. Survival Models of Some Political Processes, (MMR2011). Edited by Lirong Cui & Xian Zhao. Beijing Institute of Technology Press, Paper id: 068, Beijing, pp. 801-808.
- * 168. B. Dimitrov (2011) Distributions with Periodic Failure Rats In Reliability, Proceedings of The 7-th Internatiional Conference on "Mathematical Methods in Reliability": Theory. Methds. Applications. (MMR2011). Edited by Lirong Cui & Xian Zhao. Beijing Institute of Technology Press, Paper id: 031, Beijing, pp. 721-726.
- * 169. B. Dimitrov, D. Green and P. Stanchev (2011) Distributions with Periodic Failure Rats and The Relevation Trinsformation, Proceedings of The 7-th Internatiional Conference on "Mathematical Methods in Reliability": Theory. Methds. Applications. (MMR2011). Edited by Lirong Cui & Xian Zhao. Beijing Institute of Technology Press, Paper id: 109, Beijing, pp. 397-401.
- 2012
- * 170. B. Dimitrov (2012) Do the Live Time Distributions with Periodic Failure Ratess Exist in Reliability, Internatiional Conference PROBABILITY THEORY and its APPLICATION S (Moscow, June 26-30, 2012),
- * 171. B. Dimitrov and Z. Khalil (2012) On the characterizations of probability distrivutions via properties of Reliability or queuing processes,v Internatiional Conference PROBABILITY THEORY and its APPLICATION S (Moscow, June 26-30, 2012),
- 2013
- * 172. B. Dimitrov (2013) Measures of dependence in reliability, Proceedings of the 8-th International Conf. on Mathematical Methods in Reliability MMR2014, Stellenbosh, South Africa, July 1-4 , pp 65-69.
- * 173. Sahib Esa and B. Dimitrov (2013) Dependencies in the world of politics, Proceedings of the 8-th International Conf. on Mathematical Methods in Reliability MMR2014, Stellenbosh, South Africa, July 1-4 , pp 70 - 73.
- * 174. Sahib Esa and B. Dimitrov (2013) "Survival Models in Some Political Processes", Risk Analysu and Applications (RT&A), v. 8, # 3, (30) pp 97 - 102.
- * 175. 11.B. Dimitrov, N. Kolev (2013) "The BALM Copula", International Journal of Stochastic Analysis, Vol. 2013, Article ID 652364, 6 pages, Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 (online journal).
- 2014
- * 176. B. Dimitrov, S. Esa2, N. Kolev, G. Pitselis (2014) "Transfer a Global Measures of Dependence into Cumulative Local", Applied Mathematics, 2014, Vol. 5, pp. 315-327.
Update Partially: May 2014 .