AMMCS2011 a Laurier Centennial Conference JULY 25 – 29 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY | WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA
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The INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on APPLIED MATHEMATICS, MODELING and COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AMMCS2011 A Laurier Centennial Conference JULY 25 – 29 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY | WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA Mathematics and Computation in Biological Sciences and Medicine Partial Differential and Integral Equations in Mathematical Modeling Applications of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations Computational Physics and Chemistry Computational Algebra, Combinatorics and Optimization Mathematical Models in Social Sciences BOOK OF Computational Mechanics and Engineering Financial Mathematics and Computation ABSTRACTS Statistical Modeling in Envrionmental Sciences Computational Methods for Hyperbolic Problems Technical Design by Cameron Davidson-Pilon Applied Problems and Methods in Research and Education BOOK OF ABSTRACTS: THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS,MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE WATERLOO,CANADA,JULY 25 - 29, 2011 LAURIER CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE: AMMCS-2011 Disclaimer: This book contains abstracts of the International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (AMMCS-2011). Authors are responsible for the contents and accuracy. Opinions expressed may not necessarily reflect the position of the AMMCS-2011 Scientific and Organizing Committees. Publisher: AMMCS@2011 ISBN: 2810000004711 Organizing Committee General Co-chairs Ilias Kotsireas Roderick Melnik Program Chair Brian West Treasurer Zilin Wang Student Prize Committee Chair Cristina Stoica Local Organizing Committee Francine Vinette SIAM Representative Roderick Melnik Technical Support Committee Administrative Support Jeanette Haas Computer Support Sanjay Prabhakar General Logistics Support Alex Zhukov Scientific Steering Committee Kevin Burrage, University of Oxford and QUT (United Kingdom) • Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee (USA) • Wayne Enright, University of Toronto (Canada) • Charles Epstein, University of Pennsylvania (USA) • Huaxiong Huang, York University (Canada) • Barbara Keyfitz, The Ohio State University (USA) • John Lowengrub, University of California, Irvine (USA) • Boris Malomed, Tel Aviv University (Israel) • Panos Pardalos, University of Florida (USA) • Riccardo Sacco, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) • Ralph Showalter, Oregon State University (USA) • Olof Runborg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) • Konstantina Trivisa, University of Maryland (USA) • Michael Vrahatis, University of Patras (Greece) • Dimitri Vvedensky, Imperial College London (United Kingdom) • Morten Willatzen, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark) • Nicholas Zabaras, Cornell University (USA) • Sponsors Laurier Centennial Conference: AMMCS-2011 CONTENTS List of Plenary Speakers, Special Sessions, and Contributed Sessions 7 Plenary and Semi-Plenary Sessions 10 Special Sessions and Minisymposia 21 SS-AAIP - Minisymposium: Applied Analysis & Inverse Problems . 22 SS-AQT - Queueing Theory and Applications . 33 SS-BNANO - Computational Bio-nanotechnology . 40 SS-CA - Differential and Integral Symbolic-Numeric Algorithms . 46 SS-CBSG - Connections Between Statistics and Genetics . 52 SS-CC - Minisymposium: Computational Chemistry . 57 SS-CDPB - Minisymposium: Complex Dynamics of Population Behaviour with Impact to Socio-Economic Issues . 69 SS-CMHP - Minisymposium: Computational Methods for Hyperbolic Problems . 78 SS-CNP - Computational Nanophotonics . 97 SS-CNT - Minisymposium: Computational Number Theory . 102 SS-DAE - Design and Analysis of Experiments & Statistical Methods . 113 SS-EG - Evolutionary Games in Biology and Ecology . 121 SS-EHT - Recent Advances in Energy Harvesting Technologies . 126 SS-HAM - Homogenization and Applications in the Modeling of Nanoplasmonic Sensors . 130 SS-HDS - Minisymposium: Recent Progress on Hybrid Dynamical Systems . 135 SS-HONM - Minisymposium: High Order Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations . 145 SS-HPC - Minisymposium: High Performance Computing: From Models of Computation to Applications . 154 SS-IM - Industrial Mathematics . 164 SS-LSCA - Large Scale Computer Algebra Applications . 172 SS-MB - Minisymposium: Recent Advances in Mathematical Biology . 176 SS-MBP - Minisymposium: Modeling in Biophysics . 190 SS-MCMI - Minisymposium: Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Influenza . 199 SS-MMNS - Mathematical Modeling in Neuro-Science . 208 SS-MMPF - Mathematical Modeling of Protein Flexibility . 214 SS-MMSS - Mathematical Models in Social Sciences . 219 SS-MNANO - Mathematical Models for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology . 227 SS-NMMM - Minisymposium: Numerical Methods for Mathematical Models Based on ODEs, PDEs, Integral and Integro-differential Equations . 235 SS-PMHP - Physics and Mathematics of the Human Placenta . 244 SS-SCPD - Mathematical Modeling for Supply Chain and Product Development in High-Tech Industries . 251 SS-SDAEA - Minisymposium: New Developments in Numerical Methods and Software for Differential-Algebraic Equations and Applications . 258 SS-SGT - Structured Graph Theory and Applications . 269 SS-SMES - Statistical Modeling in Environmental Sciences . 276 SS-SND - Minisymposium on Symmetry in Nonlinear Dynamics: Applications and Numerics . 281 SS-SSD - Minisymposium: Progress and Prospects in Model-Based Scientific Software Development . 294 SS-TAF - Minisymposium: Theory and Applications in Finance . 302 SS-VS - Minisymposium: Numerical Methods for First and Second Order Fully Nonlinear PDEs . 312 Contributed Sessions 320 CS-APMRE - Applied Problems and Methods in Research & Education . 321 CS-BSM - Mathematics and Computation in Biological Sciences and Medicine . 326 CS-CACO - Computational Algebra, Combinatorics and Optimization . 335 CS-CPC - Computational Physics and Chemistry . 343 CS-DSDE - Applications of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations . 354 CS-ENVIROMENT - Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Sciences and Models for Complex Media . 366 CS-FINANCE - Financial Mathematics and Computation . 372 CS-MECHE - Computational Mechanics and Engineering . 381 CS-MODELING - Partial Differential and Integral Equations in Mathematical Modeling . 390 CS-POSTER - AMMCS-2011 Poster Session . 404 Index of Authors 425 6 LIST OF PLENARY SPEAKERS,SPECIAL SESSIONS, AND CONTRIBUTED SESSIONS PS Code Plenary Session Speaker P1 Plenary Session 1 Stephen Watt, University of Western Ontario (Canada) P2 Plenary Session 2 Igor Shparlinski, Macquarie University (Australia) P3 Plenary Session 3 David Cai, New York University (USA) P4 Semi-Plenary Session 4 Mark Carpenter, NASA Langley Research Center (USA) P5 Plenary Session 5 Walter Craig, McMaster University (Canada) P6 Plenary Session 6 Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee (USA) P7 Plenary Session 7 Alan Edelman, MIT (USA) P8 Plenary Session 8 Chi Wang Shu, Brown Universtiy (USA) P9 Plenary Session 9 Ming Li, University of Waterloo (Canada) P10 Plenary Session 10 Alberto Bressan, Penn State University (USA) SS Code Special Session Title Session Organizers SS-AAIP Applied Analysis and Inverse Problems Marcus Garvie, University of Guelph (Canada) Herb Kunze, University of Guelph (Canada) SS-AQT Queueing Theory and Applications Douglas Woolford, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) David Stanford, University of Western Ontario (Canada) SS-BNANO Computational Bionanotechnology Hin-Hark Gan, New York University (USA) Gaurav Arya, UC San Diego (USA) SS-CA Differential and Integral Symbolic-Numeric Ekaterina Shemyakova, University of Western Ontario (Canada) Algorithms SS-CBSG Connections Between Statistics and Genetics John Braun, University of Western Ontario (Canada) Douglas Woolford, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) SS-CC Computational Chemistry Ian Hamilton, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) Randall Dumont, McMaster University (Canada) SS-CDPB Complex Dynamics of Population Behaviour Monica Cojocaru, University of Guelph (Canada) with Impact to Socio-Economic Issues Christopher Hogg, University of Guelph (Canada) Veronica Gheorghiade, University of Guelph (Canada) SS-CMHP Computational Methods for Hyperbolic Problems Jae-Hun Jung, SUNY at Buffalo (USA) Allen Tesdall, CUNY College of Staten Island (USA) SS-CNP Computational Nanophotonics Marek Wartak, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) Brian West, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) SS-CNT Computational Number Theory Kevin Hare, University of Waterloo (Canada) Patrick Ingram, University of Waterloo (Canada) SS-DAE Design and Analysis of Experiments and Manohar L. Aggarwal, University of Memphis (USA) Statistical Methods SS-EG Evolutionary Games in Biology and Ecology Joe Apaloo, St. Francis Xavier University (Canada) Ross Cressman Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) SS-EHT Recent Advances in Energy Harvesting Armaghan Salehian, University of Waterloo (Canada) Technologies SS-HAM Homogenization and Applications in the Chitra Rangan, University of Windsor (Canada) Modeling of Nanoplasmonic Sensors 7 SS-HDS Recent Progress on Hybrid Dynamical Systems Xinzhi Liu, University of Waterloo (Canada) SS-HONM High Order Numerical Methods for Partial Ching-Shan Chou, The Ohio State University (USA) Differential Equations Jun Jia, Oak Ridge National Laboratories (USA) Yulong Xing, Univ. of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratories (USA) SS-HPC High Performance Computing: From Models of Marc Moreno Maza, University of Western Ontario (Canada) Computation to Applications Yuzhen Xie, University of Western Ontario (Canada) SS-IM Industrial Mathematics Sean Bohun, UOIT (Canada) Huaxiong Huang, York University (Canada) SS-LSCA Large Scale Computer Algebra Applications