A Journal Bridging Mathematics and Sciences

Aims and Scope
DCDS-B is a journal of multidisciplinarity focusing on the interdisciplinary interactions between mathematical modeling, analysis and scientific computations. The mission of the Journal is to bridge mathematics and sciences by publishing research papers that augment the fundamental ways we interpret, model, and predict scientific phenomena. The Journal covers a broad range of areas including chemical, engineering, physical, and life sciences. A more detailed indication is given by the subject interests of the members of the Editorial Board. All submitted papers must be relevant to scientific applications in which mathematical analysis plays an essential role.

Paper Qualifications
To be considered by the Journal, a paper should be in one (or a combination) of the three categories. (a): papers developing and (mathematically) analyzing scientific models; (b): papers devoted to mathematical theory and methods with a clear scientific motivation and the results must lead to an improved understanding of the underlying scientific problem; and (c): papers using numerical simulations and/or experiments, to reveal or explain some new scientific phenomena, where mathematical analysis plays a major role in the analysis and process. 
To be acceptable by the Journal, a paper must contain a comprehensive introductory section. The scientific importance of the paper and its conclusions should be made clear. Furthermore, the paper must be presented in a way that the main results and methods, together with their applicability, can be comprehended by people from a wide range of scientific fields. Manuscripts applying standard techniques to slightly new problems or providing mathematical analysis in the absence of significant scientific motivation will not be considered. On the other hand, papers oriented toward experimentation or numerical simulation must not simply report results without a serious theoretical explanation.

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B (ISSN 1531-3492) will publish four issues in 2003, February, May, August and November.

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shouchuan Hu,
Department of Mathematics,
Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, MO 65804, USA.
Tel: (417) 836-5377;
fax: (417) 886-0559
email: shh209f@smsu.edu

Managing Editor: Dr. Lu Xin
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403, USA.
Tel: (910)-962-3673
Fax: (910)-962-7107
Email: lux@uncw.edu