Collaborative Mathematics And Statistics Research: Topics From The 9th Annual Uncg Regional Mathematics And Statistics Conference

Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics Jan Rychtář Maya Chhetri Sat Gupta Ratnasingham Shivaji Editors Collaborative Mathematics and Statistics Research Topics from the 9th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics Volume 109 More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10533 Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics This book series features volumes composed of select contributions from workshops and conferences in all areas of current research in mathematics and statistics, including operation research and optimization. In addition to an overall evaluation of the interest, scientific quality, and timeliness of each proposal at the hands of the publisher, individual contributions are all refereed to the high quality standards of leading journals in the field. Thus, this series provides the research community with well-edited, authoritative reports on developments in the most exciting areas of mathematical and statistical research today. Jan Rychtáˇr • Maya Chhetri • Sat Gupta Ratnasingham Shivaji Editors Collaborative Mathematics and Statistics Research Topics from the 9th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference 123 Editors Jan Rychtáˇr Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA Maya Chhetri Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA Sat Gupta Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA Ratnasingham Shivaji Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA ISSN 2194-1009 ISSN 2194-1017 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-11124-7 ISBN 978-3-319-11125-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11125-4 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014955059 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liabl