Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2-7 August 2004

A discrete-time Beverton-Holt competition model / Azmy S. Ackleh, Youssef M. Dib and Sophia R.-J. Jang -- A dynamic analysis of the Bush fiscal policy / Richard H. Day and Chengyu Yang -- A hybrid approximation to certain delay differential equation with a constant delay / George Seifert -- Compulsory asymptotic behavior of solutions of two-dimensional systems of difference equations / Josef Diblík and Irena R°uz̮ic̮ková -- Discrete models of differential equations : the roles of dynamic consistency and positivity / Ronald E. Mickens -- Enveloping implies global stability / Paul Cull -- Global asymptotic stability in the Jia Li model for genetically altered mosquitoes / Robert J. Sacker and Hubertus F. von Bremen -- Global behavior of solutions of a nonlinear second-order nonautonomous difference equation / Vlajko L. Kocic -- How can three species coexist in a periodic chemostat? Mathematical and numerical study / Shinji Nakaoka and Yasuhiro Takeuchi -- Information-theoretic measures of discrete orthogonal polynomials / Jesus Sanchez Dehesa [und weiteren] -- Local approximation of invariant fiber bundles : an algorithmic approach / Christian Pötzsche and Martin Rasmussen -- Necessary and sufficient conditions for oscillation of coupled nonlinear discrete systems / Serena Matucci and Pavel R̮ehák -- Non-standard finite difference methods for dissipative singular perturbation problems / Jean M.-S. Lubuma and Kailash C. Patidar -- On a class of generalized autoregressive processes / Kamal C. Chanda -- On [symbol] with period-two coefficients / Carol H. Gibbons and Carol B. Overdeep -- Periodically forced nonlinear difference equations with delay / Abdul-Aziz Yakubu -- Regularity of difference equations / Jarmo Hietarinta -- Robustness in difference equations / Jack K. Hale -- Solvability of the discrete LQR-problem under minimal assumptions / Roman Hilscher and Vera Zeidan -- Some discrete competition models and the principle of competitive exclusion / Jim M. Cushing and Sheree Le Varge -- Stability under constantly acting perturbations for difference equations and averaging / Vladimir Burd -- Symbolic dynamics in the study of bursting electrical activity / Jorge Duarte, Jose Sousa Ramos and Luis Silva