The generalized Stirling numbers
introduced
recently by the authors are shown to be a special case of the three
parameter family of generalized Stirling numbers
considered by Hsu and Shiue. From this
relation, several properties of
and the
associated Bell numbers
and Bell polynomials
are derived. The particular case
s=2 and
h=-1 corresponding to the meromorphic Weyl algebra is treated
explicitly and its connection to Bessel numbers and Bessel polynomials
is shown. The dual case
s=-1 and
h=1 is connected to Hermite
polynomials. For the general case, a close connection to the Touchard
polynomials of higher order recently introduced by Dattoli et al. is
established, and Touchard polynomials of negative order are introduced
and studied. Finally, a
q-analogue
is
introduced and first properties are established, e.g., the
recursion relation and an explicit expression. It is shown that the
q-deformed numbers
are special cases of
the type-II
p,
q-analogue of generalized Stirling numbers introduced
by Remmel and Wachs, providing the analogue to the undeformed case
(
q=1). Furthermore, several special cases are discussed explicitly,
in particular, the case
s=2 and
h=-1 corresponding to the
q-meromorphic Weyl algebra considered by Diaz and Pariguan.