Mathematics

Article	Citations
Shunting Inhibitory Cellular Neural Networks with Compartmental Unpredictable Coefficients and Inputs	369
Parabolic Hessian Equations Outside a Cylinder	271
Concrelife: A Software to Solve the Chloride Penetration in Saturated and Unsaturated Reinforced Concrete	263
A Malware Attack Enabled an Online Energy Strategy for Dynamic Wireless EVs within Transportation Systems	243
Variational Autoencoding with Conditional Iterative Sampling for Missing Data Imputation	225
Authenticated Multi-Party Quantum Private Set Intersection with Single Particles	179
A Dual-Branch Spatio-Temporal Feature Differencing Method for Robust rPPG Estimation	165
Dynamics of Eyring–Powell Nanofluids When Bioconvection and Lorentz Forces Are Significant: The Case of a Slender Elastic Sheet of Variable Thickness with Porous Medium	152
Meta-Optimization of Dimension Adaptive Parameter Schema for Nelder–Mead Algorithm in High-Dimensional Problems	150
Real-Time Management for an EV Hybrid Storage System Based on Fuzzy Control	149
Trajectory Tracking of a 2-Degrees-of-Freedom Serial Flexible Joint Robot Using an Active Disturbance Rejection Controller Approach	142
Retrieval-Augmented Knowledge Graph Reasoning for Commonsense Question Answering	140
Optimal Operation of PV Sources in DC Grids for Improving Technical, Economical, and Environmental Conditions by Using Vortex Search Algorithm and a Matrix Hourly Power Flow	132
Coupled Simultaneous Evolution of Policy, Enterprise Innovation Awareness, and Technology Diffusion in Multiplex Networks	128
Discovering PDEs Corrections from Data Within a Hybrid Modeling Framework	128
Coefficient Inequalities for Biholomorphic Mappings on the Unit Ball of a Complex Banach Space	127
Passive Aggressive Ensemble for Online Portfolio Selection	120
Asymptotic Behavior of Three Connected Stochastic Delay Neoclassical Growth Systems Using Spectral Technique	118
A Concise Relation Extraction Method Based on the Fusion of Sequential and Structural Features Using ERNIE	118
Learning-Based Cost-Minimization Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Multi-Tier Vehicular Computing	117
P-Type Contractive Mappings in b-Metric Spaces and an Application to a (p,q)-Difference Langevin Problem	112
Optimal Quantization of Finite Uniform Data on the Sphere	108
A Comparison of Three Real-Time Shortest Path Models in Dynamic Interval Graph	105
Evolution of Wellbore Pressure During Hydraulic Fracturing in a Permeable Medium	104
The Inconsistency of the Algorithms of Jaro–Winkler and Needleman–Wunsch Applied to DNA Chain Similarity Results	104

Solution of a Nonlinear Integral Equation Arising in the Moment Approximation of Spatial Logistic Dynamics	102
A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Tabu Search Using a Layered Process for High-Order QAM in MIMO Detection	102
A Novel Optical-Based Methodology for Improving Nonlinear Fourier Transform	101
Mathematical Chemistry Approaches for Computer-Aid Design of Free-Shaped Structures in Architecture and Construction Engineering	101
Some Moduli of Angles in Banach Spaces	101
An Empirical Investigation of Multinationality and Stock Price Crash Risk for MNCs in China	100
On Data-Enriched Logistic Regression	98
Analytical Bounds for Mixture Models in Cauchy–Stieltjes Kernel Families	96
Approximation of Brownian Motion on Simple Graphs	94
Existence and Uniqueness of Positive Solutions for the Fractional Differential Equation Involving the ρ(τ)-Laplacian Operator and Nonlocal Integral Condition	94
Computably Enumerable Semisimple Rings	94
Event-Triggered Time-Varying Formation Tracking Control for Multi-Agent Systems with a Switching-Directed Topology	92
Treatment Benefit and Treatment Harm Rates with Nonignorable Missing Covariate, Endpoint, or Treatment	91
Stability and Convergence Analysis of Multi-Symplectic Variational Integrator for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation	91
Start-Up Strategy-Based Resilience Optimization of Onsite Monitoring Systems Containing Multifunctional Sensors	90
Laguerre–Freud Equations for the Gauss Hypergeometric Discrete Orthogonal Polynomials	89
Stabilization of the GLV System with Asymptotically Unbounded External Disturbances	88
A Privacy-Preserving Authentication Scheme for a Blockchain-Based Energy Trading System	88
Graded Rings Associated with Factorizable Finite Groups	87
Plane Partitions and a Problem of Josephus	87
Physics-to-Geometry Transformation to Construct Identities between Reynolds Stresses	86
Differentially Private Sparse Covariance Matrix Estimation under Lower-Bounded Moment Assumption	86
High-Dimensional Mediation Analysis for Time-to-Event Outcomes with Additive Hazards Model	85
A Mathematically Exact and Well-Determined System of Equations to Close Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Equations	85
Non-Aggressive Adaptive Routing in Traffic	84
The F/DR-D-10 Algorithm: A Novel Heuristic Strategy to Solve the Minimum Span Frequency Assignment Problem Embedded in Mobile Applications	84
Voiceprint Recognition under Cross-Scenario Conditions Using Perceptual Wavelet Packet Entropy-Guided Efficient-Channel-Attention–Res2Net–Time-Delay-Neural-Network Model	83
A Wireless Channel Equalization Method Based on Hybrid Whale Optimization: For Constant Modulus Blind Equalization System	83
A Weights Direct Determination Neural Network for International Standard Classification of Occupations	83
Quality Analysis of Natural Gas Using the Structural Reliability of an Analytical Information System	82
Sorting Permutations on an n − Broom	80
Editorial for the Special Issue “Analytical and Computational Methods in Differential Equations, Special Functions, Transmutations and Integral Transforms”	80
Learned Query Optimization by Constraint-Based Query Plan Augmentation	80
A Family of Conditionally Explicit Methods for Second-Order ODEs and DAEs: Application in Multibody Dynamics	80
Reinforcement Learning-Based Network Dismantling by Targeting Maximum-Degree Nodes in the Giant Connected Component	80
Partial Eigenstructure Assignment for Linear Time-Invariant Systems via Dynamic Compensator	79
Partial Slip Effects for Thermally Radiative Convective Nanofluid Flow	79
Optimal Investment of Merton Model for Multiple Investors with Frictions	78
Connections between Linear Complementary Dual Codes, Permanents and Geometry	78
Consumer Sentiment in the United States and the Impact of Mental Disorders on Consumer Behavior—Time Trends and Persistence Analysis	78
Higher Monotonicity Properties for Zeros of Certain Sturm-Liouville Functions	78
COVID-19: From Limit Cycle to Stable Focus	76
Could You Understand Me? The Relationship among Method Complexity, Preprocessing Complexity, Interpretability, and Accuracy	75
Bound for an Approximation of Invariant Density of Diffusions via Density Formula in Malliavin Calculus	74
Systems of Linear Equations with Non-Negativity Constraints: Hyper-Rectangle Cover Theory and Its Applications	74
An Adaptive Multiple-Asset Portfolio Strategy with User-Specified Risk Tolerance	73
Generating Representative Phrase Sets for Text Entry Experiments by GA-Based Text Corpora Sampling	73
Rolling Horizon Robust Real-Time Economic Dispatch with Multi-Stage Dynamic Modeling	73
Fuzzy-Valued Functions Calculus Through Midpoint Representation	72
Path Navigation and Precise Deviation Correction Control for Tracked Roadheaders in Confined Roadway Spaces of Underground Coal Mines	70

Promotion of Lattice Paths by Riordan Arrays	70
Toward Optimal Multi-Agent Robot and Lift Schedules via Boolean Satisfiability	70
Controllability of Bilinear Systems: Lie Theory Approach and Control Sets on Projective Spaces	69
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Two-Layer Control Plane for Traffic Engineering	69
The Modified Stochastic Theta Scheme for Mean-Field Stochastic Differential Equations Driven by G-Brownian Motion Under Local One-Sided Lipschitz Conditions	69
Multi-Stage Methods for Cost Controlled Data Compression Using Principal Component Analysis	68
A Biased–Randomized Iterated Local Search with Round-Robin for the Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem	68
Geometric and Structural Properties of Indefinite Kenmotsu Manifolds Admitting Eta-Ricci–Bourguignon Solitons	68
Risk Measurement of TAVR Surgical Complications Based on Unbalanced Multilabel Classification Approaches	68
Numerical Comparisons of Heuristic Stress Topology Optimization Methods	68
Convection in a Rapidly Rotating Spherical Shell: Newton’s Method Using Implicit Coriolis Integration	68
Deep Reinforcement Learning Method for Wireless Video Transmission Based on Large Deviations	68
Some Further Insight into the Sturm–Liouville Theory	67
Performance Analysis of Maximum Likelihood Detection in Cooperative DF MIMO Systems with One-Bit ADCs	67
Comparative Model Efficiency Analysis Based on Dissimilar Algorithms for Image Learning and Correction as a Means of Fault-Finding	66
Partial Sums of the Hurwitz and Allied Functions and Their Special Values	66
Ambiance Preservation Augmenting for Semantic Segmentation of Pediatric Burn Skin Lesions	65
A Novel Forecasting Framework for Carbon Emission Trading Price Based on Nonlinear Integration	65
Robustness Study of Unit Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution Assumption and Preference Misspecification	65
On the Recursive Sequence xn+1=axn−1b+cxnxn−1	65
Modeling of Must Fermentation Processes for Enabling CO2 Rate-Based Control	65
Mathematical, Fluid Dynamic and Experimental Analysis of a Spiral Case Without Guide Vanes	64
(2, 4)-Colorability of Planar Graphs Excluding Cycles with 3, 4, and 6 Vertices	64
Faster? Softer? Or More Formal? A Study on the Methods of Enterprises’ Crisis Response on Social Media	64
A Characterization of Three-Dimensional Convex Polytopes with Five Pairwise Antipodal Vertices	64
Decomposition Algorithm for a Nonlinear Three-Index Transportation Problem	63
On Log-Definite Tempered Combinatorial Sequences	63
Rat Locomotion Analysis Based on Straight Line Detection in Hough Space	61
Geometry of Manifolds and Applications	61
Zappa–Szép Groupoids of Inverse Semigroups and an Alternative Proof of Billhardt’s λ-Semidirect Products	61
A Diophantine Inequality Involving Mixed Powers of Primes with a Specific Type	60
Generalized Vector Quasi-Equilibrium Problems	60
Calculus Through Transfer-Matrix Method of Continuous Circular Plates for Applications to Chemical Reactors	60
An Enhanced Subgradient Extragradient Method for Fixed Points of Quasi-Nonexpansive Mappings Without Demi-Closedness	60
Numerical Study on Dynamics of Blood Cell Migration and Deformation in Atherosclerotic Vessels	59
Imputation-Based Variable Selection Method for Block-Wise Missing Data When Integrating Multiple Longitudinal Studies	58
An Age of Infection Kernel, an R Formula, and Further Results for Arino–Brauer A, B Matrix Epidemic Models with Varying Populations, Waning Immunity, and Disease and Vaccination Fatalities	58
A Blockchain-Based Fairness Guarantee Approach for Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Training in Computing Force Network	58
Impact of Imperfect Vaccine, Vaccine Trade-Off and Population Turnover on Infectious Disease Dynamics	58
An Inverse Optimal Value Approach for Synchronously Optimizing Activity Durations and Worker Assignments with a Project Ideal Cost	57
Some Properties of the χ-Curvature under Conformal Transformation	57
Nonuniform Dependence of a Two-Component NOVIKOV System in Besov Spaces	57
Two-Dimensional Exponential Sparse Discriminant Local Preserving Projections	56
Some Functionals and Approximation Operators Associated with a Family of Discrete Probability Distributions	56
Automatic Completion of Data Gaps Applied to a System of Water Pumps	56
Intelligence in Finance and Economics for Predicting High-Frequency Data	55
An improved Fractional MPPT Method by Using a Small Circle Approximation of the P–V Characteristic Curve	55
Neural Teleportation	55
Anisotropy-Based Adaptive Polynomial Chaos Method for Hybrid Uncertainty Quantification and Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Structural-Acoustic System	55
The Computational Complexity of Subclasses of Semiperfect Rings	54
Comparing Friends and Peer Tutors Amidst COVID-19 Using Social Network Analysis	54
A Class of Binary Codes Using a Specific Automorphism Group	54
Symmetries for the Semi-Discrete Lattice Potential Korteweg–de Vries Equation	54
Single-Machine Rescheduling with Rejection and an Operator No-Availability Period	54
Risk-Sensitive Maximum Principle for Controlled System with Delay	54
A Probabilistic Approach for Threshold Reliability Structures with Three Different Types of Components	53
Lebesgue Spaces and Operators with Complex Gaussian Kernels	53
A Morley Type Triangular Finite Element with High Convergence for the Biharmonic Problem	53
Operational Performance Evaluation Model for Food Processing Machinery Industry Chain	53
Perfect Codes over Non-Prime Power Alphabets: An Approach Based on Diophantine Equations	52
ARFGCN: Adaptive Receptive Field Graph Convolutional Network for Urban Crowd Flow Prediction	52
Application of Salp Swarm Algorithm and Extended Repository Feature Selection Method in Bearing Fault Diagnosis	52
Saturated (n, m)-Regular Semigroups	51
Chinese Family Farm Business Risk Assessment Using a Hierarchical Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Model	51
Dynamic Behavior and Bifurcation Analysis of a Modified Reduced Lorenz Model	51
Global Stability of Traveling Waves for the Lotka–Volterra Competition System with Three Species	51
Existence and Hyers–Ulam Stability of Stochastic Delay Systems Governed by the Rosenblatt Process	51
New Random Walk Algorithm Based on Different Seed Nodes for Community Detection	51
On the Sub and Supersolution Method for Nonlinear Elliptic Equations with a Convective Term, in Orlicz Spaces	50
On Some Interesting Classes of Analytic Functions Related to Univalent Functions	50
Hyperpolyadic Structures	50
Optimal Coloring Strategies for the Max k-Cut Game	50
Preface to the Special Issue on “Advances in Machine Learning, Optimization, and Control Applications”	50
Statistical Depth in Spatial Point Process	50
An Efficient Linearized Difference Algorithm for a Diffusive Sel′kov–Schnakenberg System	49
McmIQA: Multi-Module Collaborative Model for No-Reference Image Quality Assessment	49
Self-Intersections of Cubic Bézier Curves Revisited	49
Investigating the Influence of Non-Uniform Characteristics of Layered Foundation on Ground Vibration Using an Efficient 2.5D Random Finite Element Method	49
Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks for Geometric Bone Model Reconstruction in Mandibular Prognathism Patients	49
IBA-VNS: A Logic-Based Machine Learning Algorithm and Its Application in Surgery	49

Estimating Cross-Border Mobility from the Difference in Peak Timing: A Case Study of Poland–Germany Border Regions	49
Fast High-Order Algorithms for Electromagnetic Scattering Problem from Finite Array of Cavities in TE Case with High Wave Numbers	48
A Stochastic Optimization Algorithm to Enhance Controllers of Photovoltaic Systems	48
Higher-Order Asymptotic Numerical Solutions for Singularly Perturbed Problems with Variable Coefficients	48
Faber Polynomial Coefficient Estimates of Bi-Close-to-Convex Functions Associated with Generalized Hypergeometric Functions	48
Integer Solutions to Some Diophantine Equations of Leech Type with Geometric Applications	47
Framework for Integrated Use of Agent-Based and Ambient-Oriented Modeling	47
Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention on Social Climate (School and Family) and Performance in Mathematics of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	47
Data Reconstruction-Based Two-Step Non-Intrusive Reduced-Order Modeling Using Fourier Transform and Interpolations	47
Non-Smooth Dynamic Behaviors as well as the Generation Mechanisms in a Modified Filippov-Type Chua’s Circuit with a Low-Frequency External Excitation	47
Radio Frequency Fingerprint-Identification Learning Method Based-On LMMSE Channel Estimation for Internet of Vehicles	47
Quality Evaluation for Reconstructing Chaotic Attractors	47
A Novel Approach to Integrating Uncertainty into a Push Re-Label Network Flow Algorithm for Pit Optimization	47
FAS-UNet: A Novel FAS-Driven UNet to Learn Variational Image Segmentation	47
Symmetric Properties of (b,c)-Inverses	47
Existence and Multiplicity of Solutions for a Bi-Non-Local Problem	47
Performance Evaluation of Query Plan Recommendation with Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark	47
A Track-Based Conference Scheduling Problem	47
Evolutionary Game Analysis of SME Social Responsibility Performance under Public Health Emergencies	46
Tensor Network Space-Time Spectral Collocation Method for Time-Dependent Convection-Diffusion-Reaction Equations	45
Mixed ABMs for NDC Pension Schemes in the Presence of Demographic and Economic Uncertainty	45
LEMSOFT: Leveraging Extraction Method and Soft Voting for Android Malware Detection	45
D-Finite Discrete Generating Series and Their Sections	45
Control of a Hydraulic Generator Regulating System Using Chebyshev-Neural-Network-Based Non-Singular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Method	45
On-Orbit Verification of RL-Based APC Calibrations for Micrometre Level Microwave Ranging System	45
Toward Optimal Robot Machining Considering the Workpiece Surface Geometry in a Task-Oriented Approach	45
Quasi-Compactness of Operators for General Markov Chains and Finitely Additive Measures	45
Leveraging Massive MIMO for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in High-Density IoT Networks	44
The Linear Stability of a Power-Law Liquid Film Flowing Down an Inclined Deformable Plane	44
On the Control Policy of a Queuing–Inventory System with Variable Inventory Replenishment Speed	44
On the Dynamics of Some Higher-Order Nonlinear Difference Equations	44
Notes on the Distribution of Roots Modulo a Prime of a Polynomial V: Weyl’s Criterion	44
Sharpe-Ratio Portfolio in Controllable Markov Chains: Analytic and Algorithmic Approach for Second Order Cone Programming	44
An Efficient Zero-Knowledge Dual Membership Proof Supporting Pos-and-Neg Membership Decision	44
Constraint-Efficient Comparators via Weighted Accumulation	44
Structural Properties and a Revised Value Iteration Algorithm for Dynamic Capacity Expansion and Reduction	44
Modeling Typhoid Fever Dynamics: Stability Analysis and Periodic Solutions in Epidemic Model with Partial Susceptibility	44
Periodicity Shadows II: Computational Aspects	44
Volatility Spillover Between the Carbon Market and Traditional Energy Market Using the DGC-t-MSV Model	43
A Dynamic Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology for Hydrocarbon-Bearing Plays Across Full Exploration Stages	43
(R, S)-(Skew) Symmetric Solutions to Matrix Equation AXB = C over Quaternions	43
Dynamics of a Predator–Prey Model with Impulsive Diffusion and Transient/Nontransient Impulsive Harvesting	43
On Statistical Convergence of Order α in Partial Cone Metric Spaces	43
Improving the Efficiency of Electricity Consumption by Applying Real-Time Fuzzy and Fractional Control	43
Capacity-Raising Reversible Data Hiding Using Empirical Plus–Minus One in Dual Images	43
A Robust Hermitian and Skew-Hermitian Based Multiplicative Splitting Iterative Method for the Continuous Sylvester Equation	43
On the Analytic Continuation of Lauricella–Saran Hypergeometric Function FK(a1,a2,b1,b2;a1,b2,c3;z)	42
Cloud-Assisted Private Set Intersection via Multi-Key Fully Homomorphic Encryption	42
Adaptive Asymptotic Shape Synchronization of a Chaotic System with Applications for Image Encryption	42
A Claim-Conditioned Framework for Assessing Emotion Expression Reliability in LLM-Generated Text	42
Skewness and Kurtosis of mRNA Distributions in Stochastic Gene Transcription with Promoter Switching	41
A Novel Context-Aware Reliable Routing Protocol and SVM Implementation in Vehicular Area Networks	41
Regularized Asymptotics of the Solution of a Singularly Perturbed Mixed Problem on the Semiaxis for the Schrödinger Equation with the Potential Q = X2	41
Generalized Federated Learning via Gradient Norm-Aware Minimization and Control Variables	41
Error Propagation Model Using Jacobian-Torsor Model Weighting for Assembly Quality Analysis on Complex Product	41
Hydrogen Storage Prediction in Dibenzyltoluene as Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Empowered with Weighted Federated Machine Learning	41
Random Drift Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Riemannian Manifolds	41
Formulation for Multiple Cracks Problem in Thermoelectric-Bonded Materials Using Hypersingular Integral Equations	41
Analysis of Stress and Deformation on Surrounding Rock Mass of a Trapezoidal Roadway in a Large Inclination Coal Seam and Novel High Yielding Prop Support: A Case Study	41
Enhancing Decision-Making Processes in the Complex Landscape of the Taiwanese Electronics Manufacturing Industry through a Fuzzy MCDM Approach	41
Representing the Information of Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) Video Games Using Convolutional Accordion Auto-Encoder (A2E) Enhanced by Attention Mechanisms	41
Latent-PER: ICA-Latent Code Editing Framework for Portrait Emotion Recognition	41
Multilingual Multiword Expression Identification Using Lateral Inhibition and Domain Adaptation	41
Characterization of Ricci Solitons and Harmonic Vector Fields on the Lie Group Nil4	41
Optimal Design of Variable-Stiffness Fiber-Reinforced Composites	40
An Improved Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm for Numerical Optimization Problems	40
Quantales for Fuzzy Sets and Relations of Higher Types	40
A Hybrid Mathematical Framework for Dynamic Incident Prioritization Using Fuzzy Q-Learning and Text Analytics	40
The Impact of Missing Continuous Blood Glucose Samples on Machine Learning Models for Predicting Postprandial Hypoglycemia: An Experimental Analysis	40
Lyapunov-Based Event-Triggered Fault-Tolerant Distributed Control for DC Microgrids with Communication Failures	39
LoRA Fusion: Enhancing Image Generation	39
Safest-Value of the Number of Primes in RSA Modulus and an Improvised Generalized Multi-Moduli RSA	39
Analysis of the Characteristics and Speed of Spread of the “FUNA” on Twitter	39
Automatic Piston-Type Flow Standard Device Calibration System	39
Difference Lindelöf Perfect Function in Topology and Statistical Modeling	39
Efficient Image Inpainting for Handwritten Text Removal Using CycleGAN Framework	39
Multi-Condition Degradation Sequence Analysis in Computers Using Adversarial Learning and Soft Dynamic Time Warping	39
Event-Triggered Anti-Synchronization of Fuzzy Delay-Coupled Fractional Memristor-Based Discrete-Time Neural Networks	39
Evolution and Motivation of the Value-Added Trade Pattern of Producer Services Based on a Complex Network	39
An LLM-Powered Framework for Privacy-Preserving and Scalable Labor Market Analysis	39
Task-Aligned Transformer Imputation for Long-Horizon Air Quality Forecasting	39
Solution Methods for the Dynamic Generalized Quadratic Assignment Problem	39
Power Families of Bivariate Proportional Hazard Models	39
Parameter Identification for Lithium-Ion Battery Based on Hybrid Genetic–Fractional Beetle Swarm Optimization Method	39
Determinants of Tax Ethics in Society: Statistical and Logistic Regression Approach	39
On Targeted Control over Trajectories of Dynamical Systems Arising in Models of Complex Networks	38
New Closed Form Estimators for the Beta Distribution	38
Three Edge-Disjoint Hamiltonian Cycles in Folded Locally Twisted Cubes and Folded Crossed Cubes with Applications to All-to-All Broadcasting	38
An Improved Mayfly Optimization Algorithm for Type-2 Multi-Objective Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling	38
Earthquake Catastrophe Bond Pricing Using Extreme Value Theory: A Mini-Review Approach	38
Some New n-Point Ternary Subdivision Schemes without the Gibbs Phenomenon	38
Numerical Study of Amplitude-Driven Flow Dynamics in Shocked Heavy-Fluid Layers	38
Calculating Generators of Power Integral Bases in Sextic Fields with a Quadratic Subfield: The General Case	38
Multipath Routing Scheme for Optimum Data Transmission in Dense Internet of Things	38
Review of Methods, Applications and Publications on the Approximation of Piecewise Linear and Generalized Functions	38