INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON CASE-BASED REASONING IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES

There has been an explosion of interest in health sciences applications of case-based reasoning (CBR), not only in the traditional CBR in medicine domain, but also in bioinformatics, enabling home health-care technologies, CBR integration, and synergies between CBR and knowledge discovery. This special issue features the best papers from the third workshop on CBR in the health sciences, held at ICCBR-05 in Madrid. It is the third in a series of exciting workshops, the first two of which were held at ICCBR-03, in Trondheim, Norway, and at ECCBR-04, in Madrid, Spain. The nine high-quality papers introduced here represent the research and experience of twenty-two authors working in eight different countries on a wide range of problems and projects. These papers illustrate some of the major trends of current research in CBR in the health sciences, and represent overall an excellent sample of the most recent advances of CBR in the health sciences.     

应用于CSCW协同控制机制的分析与设计

基于因特网环境的CSCW中协同控制的研究,提出一个协同控制机制的概念模式,依此模式发展一个协同控制协议,实际应用于CSCW环境,使得在一个多用户信息共享环境中的群体合作能顺利进行,并增进了CSCW系统的协同程度和确保数据的一致性,发展成为一个可以应用于CSCW环境的协同控制协议.通过对该协同控制模式的研究结果,建立有实际应用目标的CSCW环境,推广到远程协作学习、协同设计、协同会诊、协同创作、群体决策等应用领域.     

The Old-Age Healthy Dependency Ratio in Europe

The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether improvements in the health of the elderly in European countries could compensate for population ageing on the supply side of the labour market. We propose a state-of-health-specific (additive) decomposition of the old-age dependency ratio into an old-age healthy dependency ratio and an old-age unhealthy dependency ratio in order to participate in a discussion of the significance of changes in population health to compensate for the ageing of the labour force. Applying the proposed indicators to the Eurostat's population projection for the years 2010-2050, and assuming there will be equal improvements in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth, we discuss various scenarios concerning future of the European labour force. While improvements in population health are anticipated during the years 2010-2050, the growth in the number of elderly people in Europe may be expected to lead to a rise in both healthy and unhealthy dependency ratios. The healthy dependency ratio is, however, projected to make up the greater part of the old-age dependency ratio. In the European countries in 2006, the value of the old-age dependency ratio was 25. But in the year 2050, with a positive migration balance over the years 2010-2050, there would be 18 elderly people in poor health plus 34 in good health per 100 people in the current working age range of 15-64. In the scenarios developed in this study, we demonstrate that improvements in health and progress in preventing disability will not, by themselves, compensate for the ageing of the workforce. However, coupled with a positive migration balance, at the level and with the age structure assumed in the Eurostat's population projections, these developments could ease the effect of population ageing on the supply side of the European labour market.     

探究开放式计算机基础实验教学

本文通过探究开放式计算机基础实验教学,从实验内容、实验过程、实验空间及学习方式等方面,采取激发学生的学习兴趣的措施,调动学生学习的主动性和积极性,培养学生自主学习的能力和创新能力,解决目前计算机基础实验教学存在的弊端。     

关于烟气在线监测装置SO2周期性异常的分析与处理

本文针对目前电厂脱硫烟气连续排放监测系统（CEMS）中SO2数据周期性波动,通过对历史数据曲线分析排查,发现取样探头温控仪故障导致取样探头加热器无法加热,烟气中水分遇冷凝结在管壁,管壁中的水分平时吸收烟气中的SO2,导致测量值偏低,待水珠汇聚变大流入下面带加热的取样管中后,水中溶解SO2的集中释放,导致数据在短期急剧上升,蒸发释放完后回归到原来的水平,形成这样一个周期性吸收和集中释放的过程。可见烟气取样管道温度保护环节在烟气测量中的作用非常重要。     

产品质量设计在ERP系统中的开发应用

ERP系统在济钢的成功运行,使其无论在日常运营、资源配置上,还是生产的管理、采购、销售中,发挥着越来越重要的作用。面向客户、面向订单的全过程的产品质量设计,及其在生产过程中的跟踪,提高客户满意度,实现精准、高效、和谐的生产模式上起着决定性作用。     

Are My Neighbours Ageing Yet? Local Dimensions of Demographic Change in German Cities

Among the highly developed countries, demographic ageing is particularly advanced in Germany. Accentuated by migration, there is great regional variation in the progress of demographic change. Within urban areas, residential neighbourhoods differ considerably in their demographic composition and perspectives. Based on municipal data, this paper examines regional variability in the diversity and pace of neighbourhood-level ageing. Focusing on the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation in North Rhine-Westphalia, the analysis outlines at what pace ageing proceeds in a variety of neighbourhoods, which attract no constant influx of working-age migrants. After decades of suburbanisation, in the period from 1998 to 2008 regional migration concentrated on the central districts of large cities. More profoundly in the most prosperous cities growing in population than in other cities, childless working-age adults separate from other age groups and family types in selected central city quarters. The findings suggest that spatial differentials in ageing are likely to affect future location decisions and, thereby, regional and local prosperity.     

从教育公平看农村教育信息化

在农村大力推行教育信息化，旨在缩小城市与农村的教育差距。而在实践过程中，由于城乡教育的不公平所带来的影响，教育信息化在某种程度上却扩大了城乡教育差距。城乡居民的经济收入、人口数量、文化基础的差异，政府投入政策与相应的制度失衡以及城乡教育资源差异都在一定程度上阻碍了农村教育信息化。     

Mapping the vegetation changes in giant panda habitat using Landsat remotely sensed data

Since the 1950s, with national policy changes and socio-economic development, the habitat of the giant pandas has altered accordingly. This can also be inferred from the population changes of the giant pandas as reported in three national surveys. Thus, monitoring the changes in giant panda habitat and then taking appropriate action would be a valuable contribution to giant panda protection. In this paper, using existing habitats and potential habitats of the giant pandas as the study area, multitemporal remotely sensed data from the three national surveys are used as the data source. The land cover of the study area is mapped by the maximum likelihood classification (MLC) method. The overall accuracy and kappa statistics for the resulting classification are 0.8 and 90%, respectively. The results reveal that the current status of the giant panda habitat is very good. Between 1974 and 1989, because of deforestation in the area, the giant panda habitat deteriorated considerably; the total area of broadleaved forests, coniferous forests, mixed coniferous and deciduous broadleaved forests and shrubs decreased from 62.03% to 57.40% in the study area. However, from 1989 to 2002, due to the conservation policies put into action, the giant panda habitat recovered to some extent; the total area of broadleaved forests, coniferous forests, mixed coniferous and deciduous broadleaved forests and shrubs increased from 57.40% to 60.68% in the study area. However, conditions are different among the mountain systems. Taking into account only the total of broadleaved forests, coniferous forests, mixed coniferous and deciduous broadleaved forests and shrubs, in the Minshan mountain system, the forest cover changed from 57.70% in 1974 to 56.74% in 1989 and to 56.30% in 2002, which can be regarded as stable. In the Qinling mountain system, forested areas changed from 70.05% in 1974 to 66.93% in 1989 and to 67.17% in 2002, which reveals little change in this area. In the Qionglai mountain system, forested areas changed from 72.84% in 1974 to 71.53% in 1989 and to 73.22% in 2002; therefore, an increase can be noted in this area. In the Xiangling mountain system, forested areas also increased from 50.81% in 1974 to 50.20% in 1989 and to 53.15% in 2002. In the Liangshan mountain system, forested areas changed from 68.43% in 1974 to 55.81% in 1989 and to 60.07% in 2002. These results are in accordance with the giant panda population changes in different mountain systems. Thus, the best way to improve the threatened status of the panda population is to protect the current habitat and the potential habitat.     

Facial expression recognition based on Haar-like feature detection

In this paper we propose a novel approach for facial feature detection in color image sequences using Haar-like classifiers. The feature extraction is initialized without manual input and has the capability to fulfill the real time requirement. For facial expression recognition, we use geometrical measurement and simple texture analysis in detecting facial regions based on the prior detected facial feature points. For expression classification we used a three layer feed forward artificial neural network. The efficiency of the suggested approach is demonstrated under real world conditions. The text was submitted by the authors in English. Axel Panning was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1980. He received his Masters Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg, Germany, in 2006. He is currently working on a PhD thesis focusing on image processing, tracking, and pattern recognition. Ayoub K. Al-Hamadi was born in Yemen in 1970. He received his Masters Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in 1997 and his PhD in Technical Computer Science at the Ottovon-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany, in 2001. Since 2002 he has been Assistant Professor and Junior-Research-Group-Leader at the Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing, and Communications at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. His research work concentrates on the field of image processing, tracking analysis, pattern recognition, and artificial neural networks. Dr. Al-Hamadi is the author of more than 60 articles. Robert Niese was born in Halberstadt, Germany, in 1977. He received his Masters Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) with distinction in computer science at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany, in 2004. He gathered broad experience in several international internship investigations on medical image and data analysis, including MRI, CT, and EEG. He is currently working at Magdeburg University on his PhD thesis, which focuses on 3D, image processing, tracking, and pattern recognition. Robert Niese is the author of more than 15 publications. Bernd Michaelis was born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1947. He received a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering from the Technische Hochschule Magdeburg in 1971 and his first PhD in 1974. Between 1974 and 1980 he worked at the Technische Hochschule Magdeburg and was granted a second doctoral degree in 1980. In 1993 he became Professor of Technical Computer Science at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. His research work concentrates on the field of image processing, artificial neural networks, pattern recognition, processor architectures, and microcomputers. Professor Michaelis is the author of more than 200 papers.     

Stability of nonlinear hybrid dynamical systems with time delay via sum of squares decomposition

Considering an infinite number of eigenvalues for time delay systems, it is difficult to determine their stability. We have developed a new approach for the stability test of time delay nonlinear hybrid systems. Construction of Lyapunov functions for hybrid systems is generally a difficult task, but once these functions are found, stability’s analysis of the system is straight-forward. In this paper both delay-independent and delay-dependent stability tests are proposed, based on the construction of appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals. The methodology is based on the sum of squares decomposition of multivariate polynomials and the algorithmic construction is achieved through the use of semidefinite programming. The reduction techniques provide numerical solution of large-scale instances; otherwise they will be computationally infeasible to solve. The introduced method can be used for hybrid systems with linear or nonlinear vector fields. Finally simulation results show the correctness and validity of the designed method. Recommended by Editorial Board member Young Soo Suh under the direction of Editor Jae Weon Choi. The authors wish to express their thanks to Dr. A. Papachristodoulou and Dr. M. Peet for their helpful comments and suggestions. Mohammad Ali Badamchizadeh was born in Tabriz, Iran, in December 1975. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tabriz in 1998 and the M.Sc. degree in Control Engineering from University of Tabriz in 2001. He received the Ph.D. degree in Control Engineering from University of Tabriz in 2007. He is now an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Tabriz. His research interests include Hybrid dynamical systems, Stability of systems, Time delay systems, Robot path planning. Sohrab Khanmohammadi received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University, Iran in 1977 and the M.Sc. degree in Automatic from University Paul Sabatie, France in 1980 and the Ph.D. degree in Automatic from National University, ENSAE, France in 1983. He is now a Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Tabriz. His research interests are Fuzzy control, Artificial Intelligence applications in control and simulation on industrial systems and human behavior. Gasem Alizadeh was born in Tabriz, Iran in 1967. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University, Iran in 1990 and the M.Sc. degree from Khajeh Nasir Toosi University, Iran in 1993 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran in 1998. From 1998, he is a Member of University of Tabriz in Iran. His research interests are robust and optimal control, guidance, navigation and adaptive control. Ali Aghagolzadeh was born in Babol, Iran. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988 from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. He also attended the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University in August 1998 where he was also employed as a part-time research assistant and received the Ph.D. degree in 1991. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. His research interests include digital signal and image processing, image coding and communication, computer vision, and image analysis.     

汉语多重关系复句的关系层次分析

汉语多重关系复句的句法分析问题主要由复句中的关系分析和层次分析两部分组成.将多重关系复句中的层次分析作为研究对象.它是针对多种逻辑或并列关系,按照一定层次组成复杂主从关系复句而进行的关系层次分析过程.为了有效地形式化地表示多重关系复句的层次结构,提出了关系层次树的概念,并以此为基础构造文法,采用部分数据驱动的确定性移进-归约算法实现多重关系复句的关系层次分析.通过开放测试对计算机实现的多重关系复句句法分析器进行考察,93.56%的正确率使所提出的分析方法的有效性和正确性得到了充分的验证.     

利用MODIS EVI时间序列数据分析福建省植被变化(2000~2017年)

以全国森林覆盖率最高的福建省为研究对象,利用2000~2017年夏季的MODIS EVI植被指数数据和气象与非气象因子进行协同分析,以揭示近17年福建植被的时空变化及其影响因子。结果表明:研究期内福建的EVI均值整体上升,从2000年的0.454上升至2017年的0.505,17 a间上升了11.2%,表明福建省的植被整体处于变好的状态,且在中部和西南部的变化最明显。相关分析表明,在研究期内,气象因子(气温和降水)对EVI变化的影响不显著,植被的变好主要为非气象因子的作用。EVI的提高主要得益于2003年福建省建设生态省后森林覆盖率的提高,并和2012年开始的水土流失治理有明显关系,这说明人类活动的积极作用对福建植被的变好起到了关键的作用。     

Algorithm-Based Fault Tolerance for Fail-Stop Failures

Fail-stop failures in distributed environments are often tolerated by checkpointing or message logging. In this paper, we show that fail-stop process failures in ScaLAPACK matrix-matrix multiplication kennel can be tolerated without checkpointing or message logging. It has been proved in previous algorithm-based fault tolerance that, for matrix-matrix multiplication, the checksum relationship in the input checksum matrices is preserved at the end of the computation no mater which algorithm is chosen. From this checksum relationship in the final computation results, processor miscalculations can be detected, located, and corrected at the end of the computation. However, whether this checksum relationship can be maintained in the middle of the computation or not remains open. In this paper, we first demonstrate that, for many matrix matrix multiplication algorithms, the checksum relationship in the input checksum matrices is not maintained in the middle of the computation. We then prove that, however, for the outer product version algorithm, the checksum relationship in the input checksum matrices can be maintained in the middle of the computation. Based on this checksum relationship maintained in the middle of the computation, we demonstrate that fail-stop process failures (which are often tolerated by checkpointing or message logging) in ScaLAPACK matrix-matrix multiplication can be tolerated without checkpointing or message logging.     

日汉机器翻译中词的自动切分技术

本文阐述NDJCMT系统中词的自动切分技术, NDJCMT是我们实现的一个日汉机器翻译实验系统, 词的自动切分是日语词素分析、句法及语义分析的基础, 是一项日本语计算机信息处理的基础性研完课题, 它涉及对语言本身的研究。日语和汉语类似, 词及词之间无分隔符, 通常假名、汉字混写, 给词的切分造成了困难。作者根据日语的特点, 提出了一种“ 句节数最少” 词的自动切分方法, 使用语言编程且在一机上获得实现。     

The application of IT in organisations: Some trends and issues

Abstract

This paper describes some trends and issues in the application of information technology in organisations. Technology trends are outlined in the areas of computing power, telecommunications, networking, software and standards. Some trends in the applications of IT are described with respect to developments in information systems and office automation. Some differences in the likely role of IT in the industrialised and developing countries are discussed. The second half of the paper deals with issues in the management of IT applications in organisations, and issues are identified as being political, organisational and social in nature in addition to technical. A social systems framework is proposed for the analysis of these issues. Some specific IT issues are then discussed involving alternative stakeholder perspectives, the analysis of decision making processes, the process of consultation and communication and the organisational impacts of IT applications.     

Production control: Current developments and future trends

Manufacturing industry is going through a period of unprecedented change as a result of the developments in micro-electronic technology. This is bringing about a transformation not only in hardware, in the form of computer-aided manufacturing, but in the manner in which production is organised and controlled.It is in the latter connection that the present paper sets out to review current developments and future trends. In particular the machine readable bar-code is seen as a key element in extending computerised control to cover not only the machines, but tools, materials and parts and their movement in the development of fully integrated manufacturing systems.As the move towards automation gathers pace it is forecast that manufacturing industry will become more process industry like in form, with consequences for the way in which production is organised and controlled.Finally consideration is given to the manner in which these current developments in the field of production are giving rise to a structural alteration in industrial labour requirements in which, in the future, fewer people will be required but on highly enriched work tasks.     

产品质量设计在ERP系统中的开发应用

ERP系统在济钢的成功运行,使其无论在日常运营、资源配置上,还是生产的管理、采购、销售中,发挥着越来越重要的作用。面向客户、面向订单的全过程的产品质量设计,及其在生产过程中的跟踪,提高客户满意度,实现精准、高效、和谐的生产模式上起着决定性作用。