African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Microclimatic effects on activity patterns in a montane chimpanzee population

Abstract Climatic variation can shape primate activity budgets by altering the energetic and thermoregulatory costs of feeding, resting, locomotion and social behaviour. However, little is known about how chimpanzees that inhabit cool, wet montane forests adjust their activity in...

Distributed Optimization Under Uncertainty: A Cross-Paradigm Review and Future Directions

Due to its significant importance in many disciplines, distributed optimization under uncertainty has become an active research field over the past decade. This paper presents a cross-paradigm review of this development. We organize the literature around three approaches ordered...

Stochastic Optimal Control for Systems with Drifts of Bounded Variation: A Maximum Principle Approach

Abstract. We study a stochastic control problem for nonlinear systems governed by stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with irregular drift. The drift coefficient is assumed to decompose as [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is bounded and Borel measurable, [Formu...

Spatiotemporal patterns of ambient NO2 and NO pollution in Kigali Rwanda

Abstract Kigali, like many cities in sub-Saharan Africa, faces rapid urban growth alongside the need to manage air pollution and protect public health. Despite its policy efforts, systematic data on nitrogen oxides (NO x : NO 2 and NO), key indicators of combustion-related pollut...