Quantifying requirements volatility effects

In an organization operating in the bancassurance sector we identified a low-risk IT subportfolio of 84 IT projects comprising together 16,500 function points, each project varying in size and duration, for which we were able to quantify its requirements volatility. This representative portfolio stems from a much larger portfolio of IT projects. We calculated the volatility from the function point countings that were available to us. These figures were aggregated into a requirements volatility benchmark. We found that maximum requirements volatility rates depend on size and duration, which refutes currently known industrial averages. For instance, a monthly growth rate of 5% is considered a critical failure factor, but in our low-risk portfolio we found more than 21% of successful projects with a volatility larger than 5%. We proposed a mathematical model taking size and duration into account that provides a maximum healthy volatility rate that is more in line with the reality of low-risk IT portfolios. Based on the model, we proposed a tolerance factor expressing the maximal volatility tolerance for a project or portfolio. For a low-risk portfolio its empirically found tolerance is apparently acceptable, and values exceeding this tolerance are used to trigger IT decision makers. We derived two volatility ratios from this model, the π-ratio and the ρ-ratio. These ratios express how close the volatility of a project has approached the danger zone when requirements volatility reaches a critical failure rate. The volatility data of a governmental IT portfolio were juxtaposed to our bancassurance benchmark, immediately exposing a problematic project, which was corroborated by its actual failure. When function points are less common, e.g. in the embedded industry, we used daily source code size measures and illustrated how to govern the volatility of a software product line of a hardware manufacturer. With the three real-world portfolios we illustrated that our results serve the purpose of an early warning system for projects that are bound to fail due to excessive volatility. Moreover, we developed essential requirements volatility metrics that belong on an IT governance dashboard and presented such a volatility dashboard.     

control with limited communication and message losses

We propose an H^∞ approach to a remote control problem where the communication is constrained due to the use of a shared channel. The controller employs a periodic time sequencing scheme for message transmissions from multiple sensors and to multiple actuators of the system. It further takes into account the information on the random message losses that occur in the channel. An exact characterization for controller synthesis is obtained and is stated in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Furthermore, an analysis on the loss probabilities of the messages to accomplish stabilization is carried out. The results are illustrated through a numerical example.     

Stability of iterative processes with errors for a system of nonlinear -accretive variational inclusions in Banach spaces

In this paper, by using the concept of (A,η)-accretive mappings and the new resolvent operator technique associated with (A,η)-accretive mappings, we introduce and study a system of general mixed quasivariational inclusions involving (A,η)-accretive mappings in Banach spaces, and construct a new perturbed iterative algorithm with mixed errors for this system of nonlinear (A,η)-accretive variational inclusions in q-uniformly smooth Banach spaces. Our results improve and generalize the corresponding results of recent works.     

基于移动Agent的P2P入侵检测系统模型研究

该文先分析了网络结构变化带来的问题和C/S模式的不足。并简述了移动Agent和P2P技术的优点,提出了一种采用移动Agent技术和P2P结构的入侵检测系统的模型。该模型避免了分布式入侵检测系统存在的单点失效问题和传输瓶颈问题,提高了系统的自身安全性。最后指出了模型的优缺点,并提出了下一步的工作。     

软件调试在基于虚拟仪器的脉冲计数系统开发中的应用

系统采用PC机对单片机采集到的脉冲数显示和保存,PC机中的程序采用虚拟软件LabVIEW编写.在系统开发中采用Proteus、Labview、Keil C51和虚拟串口链接软件联调,模拟整个系统的运行,其仿真运行结果理想.     

Controller certification

A modern problem from aerospace control involves the certification of a large set of potential controllers with either a single plant or a fleet of potential plant systems, with both plants and controllers being MIMO and, for the moment, linear. Experiments on a limited number of controller/plant pairs should establish the stability and a certain level of margin of the complete set. We consider this certification problem for a set of controllers and provide algorithms for selecting an efficient subset for testing. This is done for a finite set of candidate controllers and, at least for SISO plants, for compact infinite set. In doing this, the ν-gap metric will be the main tool. Computational examples are given, including one of certification of an aircraft engine controller. The overarching aim is to introduce truly MIMO margin calculations and to understand their efficacy in certifying stability over a set of controllers and in replacing legacy single-loop gain and phase margin calculations.     

基于宇称-时间对称光子晶体结构的磁场传感器研究

提出了一种基于宇称-时间(parity-time,PT) 对称结构的磁场检测微腔模型,利用水 基Fe₃O₄磁流体介质层的磁光效应和PT对称结构的光放大效应,当磁场强度发生变化时 ,引 起结构禁带中缺陷模位置的改变。因此,可以通过检测缺陷模位置实现磁场强度的检测。本 文利用传递矩阵法(transfer matrix method,TMM)从理论上分析了结构的透射光谱,在此 基础上对结构周期、介质层厚度、PT对称单元中宏观洛伦兹振荡强度等参数进行了数值优化 。优化后的仿真结果表明,该传感器能够实现有效的磁场磁强检测,磁场强度在0—500Oe 的 范围内,传感器的灵敏度可以达到97.14 nm/RIU,优值和检测极限分 别可以达到10⁴和10－7 RIU。同时, 传感器的分辨率数值最小可以达到0.05 Oe和最 大可以达到2Oe。本文所设计的传感器结构可用于高综合性能磁场强度检测设备的设计。     

White‐Emissive Self‐Assembled Organic Microcrystals

Organic semiconductor micro‐/nanocrystals with regular shapes have been demonstrated for many applications, such as organic field‐effect transistors, organic waveguide devices, organic solid‐state lasers, and therefore are inherently ideal building blocks for the key circuits in the next generation of miniaturized optoelectronics. In the study, blue‐emissive organic molecules of 1,4‐bis(2‐methylstyryl)benzene (o‐MSB) can assemble into rectangular microcrystals at a large scale via the room‐temperature solution‐exchange method. Because of the Förster resonance energy transfer, the energy of the absorbed photons by the host matrix organic molecules of o‐MSB can directly transfer to the dopant organic molecules of tetracene or 1,2:8,9‐dibenzopentacene (DBP), which then emit visible photons in different colors from blue to green, and to yellow. More impressively, by modulating the doping molar ratios of DBP to o‐MSB, bright white‐emissive organic microcrystals with well‐preserved rectangular morphology can be successfully achieved with a low doping ratio of 1.5%. These self‐assembled organic semiconductor microcrystals with multicolor emissions can be the white‐light sources for the integrated optical circuits at micro‐/nanoscale.     

Composite‐Structure Material Design for High‐Energy Lithium Storage

High‐energy storage devices are in demand for the rapid development of modern society. Until now, many kinds of energy storage devices, such as lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), sodium‐ion batteries (NIBs), and so on, have been developed in the past 30 years. However, most of the commercially exploited and studied active electrode materials of these energy storage devices possess a single phase with low reversible capacity or unsatisfied cycle stability. Continuous and extensive research efforts are made to develop alternative materials with a higher specific energy density and long cycle life by element doping or surface modification. A novel strategy of forming composite‐structure electrode materials by introducing structure units has attracted great attention in recent years. Herein, based on previous publications on these composite‐structure materials, some important scientific points focusing on the design of composite‐structure materials for better electrochemical performances reveal the distinction of composite structures based on average and local structure analysis methods, and an understanding of the relationship between these interior composite structures and their electrochemical performances is discussed thoroughly. The lithiation/delithiation mechanism and the remaining challenges and perspectives for composite‐structure electrode materials are also elaborated.