An analysis of a class of algorithms for S-box construction

We analyze a very general class of algorithms for constructingm-bit invertible S-boxes called bit-by-bit methods. The method builds an S-box one entry at a time, and has been proposed by Adams and Tavares [2] and Forre [11] to construct S-boxes that satisfy certain cryptographic properties such as nonlinearity and the strict avalanche criterion. We prove, both theoretically and empirically, that the bit-by-bit method is infeasible form>6. The author is currently employed by the Distributed System Technology Center (DSTC), Brisbane, Australia. Correspondence should be sent to ISRC, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia.     

虚拟产品方案设计RQ评估模型关键技术研究

产品设计方案RQ评价模型是虚拟原型逼真设计模型实现的重要模块之一,建立RQ评估模型的目的就是要寻求一种满足用户需求的最佳设计方案,本文对用户满意度的计算模型进行了研究,建立了基于神经网络(ANN)的设计方案RQ评估模型,对设计方案的RQ进行评估,该模型已应用于仪表新产品开发决策支持系统中。     

论家具企业质量管理中人的因素及其作用

人的因素在家具质量管理工作中有着举足轻重的作用,各个层次的工作者有着不同的质量职责,发挥不同的作用。本文立足人的因素来解析企业质量管理体系中各层工作者的质量工作,及对质量管理体系运行的作用。     

中石油成品油营销之差距与对策

与国外大石油公司相比,当前中石油在成品油终端销售方面还存在一些差距,比如管理较落后,流通费用较高,员工素质偏低,技术手段还不够先进,品牌影响力还不够强等等。要提高中石油在成品油市场上的地位,还需要从企业竞争能力、价值链优化整合、市场定位、营销策略等方面进行不断的探索与努力。     

Two topographic maps for data visualisation

We review a new form of self-organizing map which is based on a nonlinear projection of latent points into data space, identical to that performed in the Generative Topographic Mapping (GTM) [Bishop et al. (1997) Neurl Comput 10(1): 215–234]. But whereas the GTM is an extension of a mixture of experts, our new model is an extension of a product of experts [Hinton (2000) Technical report GCNU TR 2000-004, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College, London]. We show visualisation results on some real data sets and compare with the GTM. We then introduce a second mapping based on harmonic averages and show that it too creates a topographic mapping of the data. We compare these mappings on real and artificial data sets. Responsible editor: Soumen Chakrabarti.     

成品油价格上涨对相关行业产生较大影响

今年以来,国家发改委已两次出台成品油价格上调政策,在社会上引起广泛关注。文章就成品油上涨对相关的交通运输、石油石化、煤炭行业以及居民消费与农业生产和农民生活产生的影响进行了调查分析,并就如何应对油价上涨提出了建议:加强对油品生产销售环节成本的严格核算,保障市场供应;加快成品油价格形成机制的改革,变滞后价格为适时价格;对公共交通、出租车行业等给予适当的补贴和优惠措施;关心低收入人群切身利益并确保其生活不受明显影响;增强全社会节约意识等。     

Information technology support in the chemical process design life cycle

Information technology has been becoming increasingly important in all areas of engineering during the last few years. Much of the progress achieved in chemical engineering would not have been possible without the enabling methods and tools provided by information technology. This trend will continue in the future but most likely with a considerably wider scope. While individual software tools and services have been in focus until recently, their integration into engineering work processes is an emerging and challenging area of research and development. This contribution attempts to highlight state of the art and future trends in supporting the activities during the life cycle of a chemical process by means of information technology. Emphasis will be largely on the process and plant design process rather than on procurement, manufacturing, and distribution of materials in the supply chain.     

SHARED: An information model for cooperative product development

One fundamental issue in developing collaborative engineering systems is the representation of product information which supports communication and coordination. This product information includes not only the geometric and physical properties of the product and its parts, but also information about functions, constraints and the design rationale. In this paper, we describe an information model, SHARED, which was developed for encoding product information in DICE, a distributed and integrated environment for computer-aided engineering. SHARED provides multiple levels of both functional and geometric abstractions, multiple views and techniques for maintaining consistency between the various abstractions and views. These elements are essential for a good representation model of product information. The use of the SHARED model is illustrated through an example, depicting the various representations of a product as it evolves through the design process. The SHARED model has been implemented over a distributed OODBMS as a toolkit/framework for developing environments which need to model, manipulate and communicate product information between distributed cooperating applications, while supporting coordination between them.     

TTI hydraulics and erosion control laboratory research field performance of erosion-control blankets

Storm water management issues facing the Texas Department of Transportation in the late 1980s led to the development of a coordinated research program with the Texas Transportation Institute. Researchers developed methodologies for evaluating the field performance of various erosion control technologies of the most widely used products within the Department's construction and maintenance operations. From these methodologies, the Hydraulics and Erosion Control Laboratory was designed and constructed. Currently, participants include private industry (manufacturers of erosion control products), transportation researchers (TTI), and the public sector (TxDOT).The results reported in this paper reflect 2 years of erosion-control blanket research. The study objectives were to determine the effectiveness of erosion-control blankets on the growth of warm-season perennial grasses and their ability to prevent sediment loss in a sloped condition.The laboratory simulates the highway environment with the sloped plots (6 m in width) located on an earthen embankment that is 300 m in length and 6.75 m in height (94 ft. by 22 ft., vertically). A randomized experimental design was replicated on two soil types (sand and clay) for each slope condition (3:1 or 2:1) with a control.In general, the results indicate better combined results relating to sediment retention and vegetation establishment performance for erosion-control blankets on sandy soils (noncohesive) regardless of slope condition (3:1 or 2:1) or material type. A minimum of 50% more sediment was retained on the sandy treatment plots and a 45% more vegetation coverage was achieved compared with the control plots. When analyzed by material type related to performance, excelsior, synthetic blends, and straw/coconut blends performed the best. For clay soils (cohesive), regardless of slope condition (3:1 or 2:1), the combined results indicate a minimum of 75% more sediment was retained and a minimum of 5% more vegetation establishment was achieved compared with the control plots. When analyzed by material type related to performance, excelsior, straw, and straw/coconut blends performed the best.