Difference Equations, Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications

Part I - Papers by Plenary Speakers: Stephen Baigent, Carrying Simplices for Competitive Maps.- Hongyong Cui and Peter E. Kloeden, Comparison of Attractors of Asymptotically Equivalent Difference Equations.- Saber Elaydi, Global Dynamics of Discrete Dynamical Systems and Difference Equations.- Laura Gardini and Iryna Sushko, Bifurcations in Smooth and Piecewise Smooth Noninvertible Maps.- Armengol Gasull, Difference Equations Everywhere: Some Motivating Examples.- Part II - Contributed Papers: Ricardo Baccas, Cónall Kelly and Alexandra Rodkina, On Cubic Difference Equations with Variable Coefficients and Fading Stochastic Perturbations.- Larisa Elena Biriș, Traian Ceaușu and Claudia Luminița Mihiț, On Uniform Exponential Splitting of Variational Nonautonomous Difference Equations in Banach Spaces.- George Bitsoris, Sorin Olaru and Marina Vassilaki, The Linear Constrained Control Problem for Discrete-Time Systems: Regulation on the Boundaries.- Beniamin Bogosel, Discrete Version of an Optimal Partitioning Problem.- Violeta Crai and Mirela Aldescu, On (h, k) - Dichotomy of Linear Discrete-Time Systems in Banach Spaces.- Yoshihiro Hamaya, Existence and Stability Properties of Almost Periodic Solutions in Discrete Almost Periodic Systems.- Konrad Kitzing, Rainer Picard, Stefan Siegmund, Sascha Trostorff and Marcus Waurick, A Hilbert Space Approach to Difference Equations.- Vlajko L. Kocic, Global Behavior of Some Nonautonomous Delay Difference Equations.- Maria Mălin, Ionel Rovenţa and Mihai Tudor, The Convergence of a Sequence of Iterated Polygons: A Discrete Combinatorial Analysis.- Mihail Megan, Claudia Luminița Mihiț and Raluca Lolea, On Splitting with Different Growth Rates for Linear Discrete-Time Systems in Banach Spaces.- Youssef N. Raffoul, Lyapunov Functionals and Stability in Finite Delays Difference Equations.