A method of constructing an inspiration library driven by user-perceived preference evaluation data for biologically inspired design

Biologically inspired design (BID) is one of the common methods for product design. To solve the problem of inaccurate acquisition of inspirational creatures due to the lack of user perception preference analysis, a data-driven intelligent service model for BID considering user perception needs is proposed based on Kansei engineering. Firstly, by extracting the perceptual features of creatures from the semantic source elements of products through mapping and encodes them, we proposed a data acquisition method based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets considering different customer preference distributions, bridging the gap caused by the asymmetry between designers and users. Secondly, the functional relationship between biometric features and user-perceived attributes is identified and predicted, and a predictive model of biodata considering user preferences is obtained by multiple linear regression analysis. Finally, based on the data clustering and reorganization theory to understand the organization and dynamics of the database, the construction of a BID library was completed, and the design resources in the library were used as analyzed knowledge for designers to plan design activities. Taking the bionic design of a UAV product as an example, a prototype of a computer-aided design service system was developed based on the theory proposed in the article, and the analyzed knowledge was used to improve the efficiency and science of the design, effectively verifying the usefulness of this study for design. To a certain extent, this study addresses the problem of cognitive limitations of designers and cognitive differences between designers and users, promotes the application of bioinspiration in product design, and improves the marketability of design solutions.     

Significant spatial co-distribution pattern discovery

Given instances (spatial points) of different spatial features (categories), significant spatial co-distribution pattern discovery aims to find subsets of spatial features whose spatial distributions are statistically significantly similar to each other. Discovering significant spatial co-distribution patterns is important for many application domains such as identifying spatial associations between diseases and risk factors in spatial epidemiology. Previous methods mostly associated spatial features whose instances are frequently located together; however, this does not necessarily indicate a similarity in the spatial distributions between different features. Thus, this paper defines the significant spatial co-distribution pattern discovery problem and subsequently develops a novel method to solve it effectively. First, we propose a new measure, dissimilarity index, to quantify the difference between spatial distributions of different features under the spatial neighbor relation and then employ it in a distribution clustering method to detect candidate spatial co-distribution patterns. To further remove spurious patterns that occur accidentally, the validity of each candidate spatial co-distribution pattern is verified through a significance test under the null hypothesis that spatial distributions of different features are independent of each other. To model the null hypothesis, a distribution shift-correction method is presented by randomizing the relationships between different features and maintaining spatial structure of each feature (e.g., spatial auto-correlation). Comparisons with baseline methods using synthetic datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. A case study identifying co-morbidities in central Colorado is also presented to illustrate the real-world applicability of the proposed method.     

Fatigue in bamboo

This paper describes the results of an experimental programme to determine the fatigue behaviour of bamboo. Bamboo is subjected to cyclic loading, both in the plant itself and subsequently when the material is used in load-bearing applications in the construction industry. However, there is currently no data in the literature describing fatigue in this material. We found that sections of bamboo culm loaded parallel to the culm axis did not undergo fatigue failure: samples either failed on the first loading cycle, or not at all. By contrast, fatigue was readily apparent in samples loaded in compression across the diameter of the culm. The number of cycles to failure increased as the cyclic load range decreased in a manner similar to that found in many engineering materials: fatigue occurred at applied loads as small as 40% of the ultimate strength. Two different species of bamboo were tested and found to have different ultimate strengths but similar high-cycle fatigue strengths. Finite element analysis was used to help understand the progression of fatigue damage and the effect of stress concentration features. Some tentative design rules are proposed to define stress levels for the safe use of bamboo, taking fatigue into account.     

A quintic polynomial differential system with eleven limit cycles at the infinity

In this article, a recursion formula for computing the singular point quantities of the infinity in a class of quintic polynomial systems is given. The first eleven singular point quantities are computed with the computer algebra system Mathematica. The conditions for the infinity to be a center are derived as well. Finally, a system that allows the appearance of eleven limit cycles in a small enough neighborhood of the infinity is constructed.     

Investigation on compounding and application of C80-C100 high-performance concrete

This paper presents the compounding technology and application of C80-C100 high-performance concrete (HPC) containing ultra-pulverized fly ash composite (PFAC) and superplasticizer. The properties of C80-C100 HPC are also studied systematically. The experimental results indicate that this concrete has excellent workability, high strength, lower drying shrinkage, outstanding volume stability, durability, etc.     

一种基于门限ECC的PKI/CA模型的设计

随着电子商务的发展,如何实现对网络用户的身份认证成为了一个非常迫切的问题,目前广泛采用的是基于PKI的认证技术,而在PKI认证体系中,认证中心CA是核心部分。本文提出了一个基于门限ECC的PKI/CA的设计,本方案在传统的CA方案上引入了入侵容忍机制,结合椭圆曲线密码体制和门限密码方案,提高了CA系统的可靠性和安全性。     

一种无线链状网络路由算法的研究与应用

文章基于货运列车状态监控的无线传感器网络应用,针对网络节点能量有限以及链状网络节点负载不均衡的问题进行分析和研究,提出一种适合该应用的新型路由算法,该算法基于网络节点可通过功率控制来调整通信距离这一前提,为每个传感器节点选择合适的数据传输路径,以达到整个网络节省能耗,负载均衡的目的。仿真结果验证了该算法有效地平衡了网络负载,节省了网络能量,提高了网络生命周期。     

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基于信息元的教学资源组织系统设计与实现 *

以文本类型教学资源为研究对象,在领域知识可拓信息网模型和CELTS-3的基础上,阐述了基于信息元的教学资源组织系统设计与实现过程,包括信息特征元数据描述框架、特征词获取、信息元距离度量、信息元匹配规则以及匹配算法等.该系统通过有限的信息元描述无限的资源,实现了教学资源的高效组织,支持学习过程中资源自动重组.