\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 06081402} \itemau{Shevelev, Vladimir} \itemti{Number of permutations with prescribed up-down structure as a function of two variables.} \itemso{Integers 12, No. 4, 529-569 (2012).} \itemab Summary: We consider the number of permutations with prescribed up-down structure as a function of two arguments: the number $n$ of elements and the introduced up-down index $k$ of a permutation. We consider sets of permutations for which $k$ is a fixed number and when $k$ is a function of $n$. In the first case the number of permutations is a polynomial in $n$, the degree of which is defined by $k$. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{} \itemut{alternating permutations; Eulerian numbers; Niven's signature for permutations} \itemli{doi:10.1515/integers-2011-0122} \end