时间序列的层次分段及相似性度量

时间序列的相似性度量是时间序列数据挖掘的研究基础,为数据挖掘任务的效率和准确度提供可靠的保障。提出一种时间序列的层次分段及相似性度量方法,方法首先识别时间序列中的极值点,依据极值点的特征对时间序列进行分层次分段,并以此为基础,通过定义新的距离公式来度量时间序列间的相似性。使用新提出的相似性度量方法对时间序列进行聚类计算,实验结果表明,该方法能够有效地度量时间序列间的相似性,聚类效果明显,具有较好的实用性和良好的应用前景。     

符号序列的概率向量聚类方法*

针对符号序列聚类中表示模型及序列间距离度量定义的困难问题,提出一种基于概率向量的表示模型及基于该模型的符号序列聚类算法。该模型引入符号序列的概率分布表示法,定义了一种基于概率分布差异的符号序列距离度量及该模型的目标函数,最后给出了一种符号序列K-均值型聚类算法,并在来自不同领域的实际应用序列集上进行了实验验证。实验结果表明,与基于子序列表示模型的符号序列聚类算法相比,所提方法在DNA序列和语音序列等具有较多符号的实际数据上,有效提高聚类精度的同时降低聚类时间50%以上。     

一种带权的混合数据聚类个数确定算法

混合数据的聚类过程中通常面临一个不可回避的问题:聚类个数的确定。基于Liang k-prototype算法引入属性权重,重新定义混合数据缺失某类的类间熵和(SBAE_M)、有效性指标(CUM)及相异性度量。提出一种带权的混合数据聚类个数确定算法。该算法的基本思想是:用newk-prototype算法将混合数据进行聚类,计算其聚类结果的CUM及SBAE_M,将最坏的类剔除,并将该类中的对象用新的相异性度量进行重新分配,CUM最大时包含的类别数即为聚类个数。在5个UCI数据集上验证了该算法的有效性。     

推进式优化特征权重的K-中心点聚类方法

为获得更贴近于混合属性数据点集空间的相异性度量,从而探测出数据点集的更有意义的聚类分布,提出了一种推进式优化特征权重的K-中心点聚类算法。对该聚类算法进行了必要的讨论,给出其时间复杂度分析及算法收敛性分析。为实现该聚类算法的特征权重优化步骤,给出了二种不同的特征权重优化方法和几个自适应优化距离权重系数、目标函数系数的方法。这些优化方法在一定的理论层次上解决了相异性度量的自适应优化问题。通过几个UCI标准数据集验证了该聚类算法有时能取得更好的聚类质量,从而说明该加权聚类算法具有一定的有效性。给出了几点研究展望,为下一步的研究指明了方向。     

基于新的鲁棒相似性度量的时间序列聚类

针对存在异常值的时间序列数据,提出了一种基于相关系数鲁棒估计的时间序列间的鲁棒广义互相关度量（RGCC）。首先,引入一种鲁棒相关系数代替Pearson相关系数来计算时间序列数据间的协方差矩阵;其次,用新的协方差矩阵的行列式构造两个时间序列间的相似性度量——RGCC;最后,基于该度量计算出序列间的距离矩阵,将其作为聚类算法的输入对数据进行聚类。时间序列聚类仿真实验表明,对存在异常值点的时间序列数据,与基于原始的广义互相关度量（GCC）得到的聚类结果相比,基于RGCC得到的聚类结果明显更接近真实的聚类结果。可见,所提出的新的鲁棒相似性度量完全适用于存在异常值的时间序列数据。     

自然邻居密度极值聚类算法

针对密度峰值聚类算法存在数据集密度差异较大时,低密度区域聚类中心难以检测和参数敏感的问题,提出了一种新型密度极值算法。引入自然邻居概念寻找数据对象自然近邻,定义椭圆模型计算自然稳定状态下数据局部密度;计算数据对象余弦相似性值,用余弦相似性值来更新数据对象连通值,采用连通值划分高低密度区域和离群点;构造密度极值函数找到高低密度不同区域聚类中心点;将不同区域非聚类中心点归并到离其最近的聚类中心所在簇中。通过在合成数据集和UCI公共数据集实验分析：该算法比其他对比算法在处理密度分布差异较大数据集上取得了更好的结果。     

面向时间序列的鲁棒性半监督模糊C均值聚类

针对时间序列模糊C均值聚类算法对噪声数据敏感,及其未能将数据中少量已标记数据所包含的监督信息进行有效利用的问题,提出了一种改进的鲁棒性半监督模糊C均值聚类算法。该算法中先使用马氏距离提出一种样本不确定性分析方法,并加入到半监督模糊C均值聚类建模中,以消除噪声点的影响。并改进半监督模糊C均值聚类的部分监督机制来加大已标记数据的监督能力。采用能够弹性度量时间序列相似性的时间扭曲编辑距离代替欧氏距离进行聚类。通过对7组公开的时间序列数据集进行实验对比,结果表明所提算法具有良好的聚类效果。     

基于时间序列和任务调度的Web数据聚类算法

为了实现Web服务请求数据的快速聚类,并提高聚类的准确率,提出一种基于增量式时间序列和任务调度的Web数据聚类算法,该算法进行了Web数据在时间序列上的聚类定义,并采用增量式时间序列聚类方法,通过数据压缩的形式降低Web数据的复杂性,进行基于服务时间相似性的时间序列数据聚类。针对Web集群服务的最佳服务任务调度问题,通过以服务器执行能力为标准来分配服务任务。实验仿真结果表明,相比基于网格的高维数据层次聚类算法和基于增量学习的多目标模糊聚类算法,提出的算法在聚类时间、聚类精度、服务执行成功率上均获得了更好的效果。     

基于DLT-Kmedoids算法的用电负荷聚类分析

针对高校用电负荷中传统聚类算法直接应用于时间序列聚类效果准确性较低的问题,提出一种融合DTW距离、LB＿Keogh距离以及时间窗口的DLT-Kmedoids算法,以提高聚类算法应用于时间序列的准确性以及算法效率。DLT-Kmedoids算法使用DTW计算时序数据之间的距离取代传统的欧氏距离度量方式,提高了相似性度量算法精度,同时也提高了聚类算法的准确性和复杂度,引入LB＿Keogh距离在计算DTW距离之前过滤掉大部分不可能是最优匹配序列的序列,对于剩下的序列再使用DTW逐个比较,进一步降低算法的复杂度。最后结合高校建筑用电负荷时间序列数据进行分析,通过与主流聚类算法进行比较,表明该算法对于高校用电负荷数据的聚类任务,能够更准确地识别相似的负荷模式,并以更高的效率进行聚类分析。     

基于相异性度量选取初始聚类中心改进的K-means聚类算法

选取合理的初始聚类中心是正确聚类的前提,针对现有的K-means算法随机选取聚类中心和无法处理离群点等问题,提出一种基于相异性度量选取初始聚类中心改进的K-means聚类算法.算法根据各数据对象之间的相异性构造相异性矩阵,定义了均值相异性和总体相异性两种度量准则;然后据此准则来确定初始聚类中心,并利用各簇中数据点的中位数代替均值以进行后续聚类中心的迭代,消除离群点对聚类准确率的影响.此外,所提出的算法每次运行结果保持一致,在初始化和处理离群点方面具有较好的鲁棒性.最后,在人工合成数据集和UCI数据集上进行实验,与3种经典聚类算法和两种优化初始聚类中心改进的K-means算法相比,所提出的算法具有较好的聚类性能.     

Only connect: teaching, technology and telesis

Abstract This paper describes an approach to the design of interactive multimedia materials being developed in a European Community project. The developmental process is seen as a dialogue between technologists and teachers. This dialogue is often problematic because of the differences in training, experience and culture between them. Conditions needed for fruitful dialogue are described and the generic model for learning design used in the project is explained.     

European Community policy and the market

Abstract This paper starts with some reflections on the policy considerations and priorities which are shaping European Commission (EC) research programmes. Then it attempts to position the current projects which seek to capitalise on information and communications technologies for learning in relation to these priorities and the apparent realities of the marketplace. It concludes that while there are grounds to be optimistic about the contribution EC programmes can make to the efficiency and standard of education and training, they are still too technology driven.     

一种自适应子融合集成多分类器方法

融合集成方法已经广泛应用在模式识别领域,然而一些基分类器实时性能稳定性较差,导致多分类器融合性能差,针对上述问题本文提出了一种新的基于多分类器的子融合集成分类器系统。该方法考虑在度量层融合层次之上通过对各类基多分类器进行动态选择,票数最多的类别作为融合系统中对特征向量识别的类别,构成一种新的自适应子融合集成分类器方法。实验表明,该方法比传统的分类器以及分类融合方法识别准确率明显更高,具有更好的鲁棒性。     

煤矿井下安全监控分站的设计及其仿真实现

为了设计一种具有低成本、低功耗、易操作、功能强且可靠性高的煤矿井下安全分站,针对煤矿安全生产实际,文章提出了采用MCS-51系列单片机为核心、具有CAN总线通信接口的煤矿井下安全监控分站的设计方案;首先给出煤矿井下安全监控分站的整体构架设计,然后着重阐述模拟量输入信号处理系统的设计过程,最后说明单片机最小系统及其键盘、显示、报警、通信等各个组成部分的设计;为验证设计方案的可行性与有效性,使用Proteus软件对设计内容进行仿真验证,设计的煤矿井下安全监控分站具有瓦斯、温度等模拟量参数超标报警功能和电机开停、风门开闭等开关量指示功能;仿真结果表明:设计的煤矿井下安全监控分站具有一定的实际应用价值.     

Avoiding semantic and temporal gaps in developing software intensive systems

Development of software intensive systems (systems) in practice involves a series of self-contained phases for the lifecycle of a system. Semantic and temporal gaps, which occur among phases and among developer disciplines within and across phases, hinder the ongoing development of a system because of the interdependencies among phases and among disciplines. Such gaps are magnified among systems that are developed at different times by different development teams, which may limit reuse of artifacts of systems development and interoperability among the systems. This article discusses such gaps and a systems development process for avoiding them.     

Designing economic np control charts: A programmed simulation approach

This paper presents control charts models and the necessary simulation software for the location of economic values of the control parameters. The simulation program is written in FORTRAN, requires only 10K of main storage, and can run on most mini and micro computers. Two models are presented - one describes the process when it is operating at full capacity and the other when the process is operating under capacity. The models allow the product quality to deteriorate to a further level before an existing out-of-control state is detected, and they can also be used in situations where no prior knowledge exists of the out-of-control causes and the resulting proportion defectives.     

The development of robot art

Going through a few examples of robot artists who are recognized worldwide, we try to analyze the deepest meaning of what is called “robot art” and the related art field definition. We also try to highlight its well-marked borders, such as kinetic sculptures, kinetic art, cyber art, and cyberpunk. A brief excursion into the importance of the context, the message, and its semiotics is also provided, case by case, together with a few hints on the history of this discipline in the light of an artistic perspective. Therefore, the aim of this article is to try to summarize the main characteristics that might classify robot art as a unique and innovative discipline, and to track down some of the principles by which a robotic artifact can or cannot be considered an art piece in terms of social, cultural, and strictly artistic interest. This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008     

View-based model-driven architecture for enhancing maintainability of data access services

In modern service-oriented architectures, database access is done by a special type of services, the so-called data access services (DAS). Though, particularly in data-intensive applications, using and developing DAS are very common today, the link between the DAS and their implementation, e.g. a layer of data access objects (DAOs) encapsulating the database queries, still is not sufficiently elaborated, yet. As a result, as the number of DAS grows, finding the desired DAS for reuse and/or associated documentation can become an impossible task. In this paper we focus on bridging this gap between the DAS and their implementation by presenting a view-based, model-driven data access architecture (VMDA) managing models of the DAS, DAOs and database queries in a queryable manner. Our models support tailored views of different stakeholders and are scalable with all types of DAS implementations. In this paper we show that our view-based and model driven architecture approach can enhance software development productivity and maintainability by improving DAS documentation. Moreover, our VMDA opens a wide range of applications such as evaluating DAS usage for DAS performance optimization. Furthermore, we provide tool support and illustrate the applicability of our VMDA in a large-scale case study. Finally, we quantitatively prove that our approach performs with acceptable response times.     

Explanation and prediction: an architecture for default and abductive reasoning

Although there are many arguments that logic is an appropriate tool for artificial intelligence, there has been a perceived problem with the monotonicity of classical logic. This paper elaborates on the idea that reasoning should be viewed as theory formation where logic tells us the consequences of our assumptions. The two activities of predicting what is expected to be true and explaining observations are considered in a simple theory formation framework. Properties of each activity are discussed, along with a number of proposals as to what should be predicted or accepted as reasonable explanations. An architecture is proposed to combine explanation and prediction into one coherent framework. Algorithms used to implement the system as well as examples from a running implementation are given.     

A pragmatic multi-method investigation of discrepant technological events: Coping,attributions, and ‘accidental’ learning

Discrepant technological events or situations that entail a problem, a misunderstanding or a difficulty with the Information Technology (IT) being employed, are common in the workplace, and can lead to frustration and avoidance behaviors. Little is known, however, about how individuals cope with these events. This paper examines these events by using a multi-method pragmatic approach informed by coping theory. The results of two studies – a critical incident study and an experiment – serve to build and test, respectively, a theoretical model that posits that individuals use a variety of strategies when dealing with these events: they experience negative emotions, make external attributions, and adopt engagement coping strategies directed at solving the event, eventually switching to a disengagement coping strategy when they feel they have no control over the situation. Furthermore, users’ efforts may result in ‘accidental’ learning as they try to overcome the discrepant IT events through engagement coping. The paper ends with a discussion of the results in light of existing literature, future opportunities for research, and implications for practice.