Supporting inconsistent rules in database systems

When a set of rules generates (conflicting) values for a virtual attribute of some tuple, the system must resolve the inconsistency and decide on a unique value that is assigned to that attribute. In most current systems, the conflict is resolved based on criteria that choose one of the rules in the conflicting set and use the value that it generated. There are several applications, however, where inconsistencies of the above form arise, whose semantics demand a different form of resolution. We propose a general framework for the study of the conflict resolution problem, and suggest a variety of resolution criteria, which collectively subsume all previously known solutions. With several new criteria being introduced, the semantics of several applications are captured more accurately than in the past. We discuss how conflict resolution criteria can be specified at the schema or the rule-module level. Finally, we suggest some implementation techniques based on rule indexing, which allow conflicts to be resolved efficiently at compile time, so that at run time only a single rule is processed.An earlier version of this work appeared under the title Conflict Resolution of Rules Assigning Values to Virtual Attributes inProceedings of the 1989 ACM-Sigmod Conference, Portland, OR, June 1989, pp. 205–214.Partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant IRI-9157368 (PYI Award) and by grants from DEC, HP, and AT&T.Partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant IRI-9057573 (PYI Award), IBM, DEC, and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).     

政府与大学关系的历史考察及启示

正确把握政府和大学的关系一方面有助于我们正确理解政府的高等教育政策，另一方面也有助于大学办学自主权的真正落实以及现代大学制度的逐渐形成，这对于我国高等教育发展而言无疑是具有现实意义的课题之一。本文在已有研究的基础上，转换研究视角，以政府与大学之间存在的利益关系为研究线索，发现并提出自大学产生以来政府与大学之间的四种关系形态：无共同利益期、国家利益主导期、大学利益主导期以及利益共生期。文中最后还对如何认识和理解当今我国政府与大学关系进行了讨论。     

PP/SBS/EVA三元共混改性制备汽车仪表板专用料的研究

聚丙烯（PP）由于具有价格低、原材料丰富、力学均衡性好、耐化学腐蚀等特点，近年来成为最热门的汽车零部件材料。本文以聚丙烯为基体树脂，热塑性丁苯橡胶（SBS）为主增韧剂，乙烯/醋酸乙烯共聚物（EVA）为辅助增韧剂，通过三无共混改性制备汽车仪有板专用料，并对改性的聚丙烯的材料的冲击强度、弯曲强度、弯曲模量、拉伸强度、断裂伸长率、收缩率、熔体流动速率进行测试。应用正交设计，确定了制备汽车仪表板专用料最佳配方。     

Estimation in Random Coefficient Autoregressive Models

Abstract. We propose the quasi‐maximum likelihood method to estimate the parameters of an RCA(1) process, i.e. a random coefficient autoregressive time series of order 1. The strong consistency and the asymptotic normality of the estimators are derived under optimal conditions.     

50年来辽宁省不同等级舒适日数演变及空间区划分析

根据1964—2015年辽宁省23个气象站点的逐日平均气温、相对湿度及平均风速资料,采用人体舒适度指数法计算人体舒适度指数,在季尺度上分析辽宁省不同等级舒适日数演变情况及典型旅游城市最佳旅游期;运用旋转经验正交函数分解法(REOF),分析人体舒适度指数季尺度空间变化特征,并应用ArcGIS软件进行舒适区域划分。结果表明:①辽宁省多年平均冷不舒适日数呈降低趋势,舒适日数呈增加趋势,热不舒适日数也呈微弱增加趋势;舒适程度夏季＞秋季＞春季＞冬季;②除冬季外5座典型旅游城市均适宜旅游,夏季为最佳旅游期;其中,沈阳、本溪更适宜春季旅游,大连更适宜秋季旅游。③辽宁省四季舒适度变化情况可大致划分为辽西、辽中、辽东三个区域,具体划分情况随季节有相应变化,总体舒适度由辽宁东部向西部逐渐递减。     

基于线性时序逻辑的最优巡回路径规划

基于线性时序逻辑(Linear temporal logic, LTL)的路径规划方法中, 多点巡回路径规划问题尚无有效解决方案. 为了在道路网络中实现最优巡回监测, 提出了基于LTL的最优巡回路径规划方法. 首先, 将环境建模成一个切换系统, 用LTL语言描述包含多个巡回点和障碍物的任务需求; 接着, 利用循环移位法构建能够融合任务需求和环境模型的扩展乘机自动机, 以建立路径信息完整的网络拓扑; 最后, 采用基于迪科斯彻法的最优综合算法搜索扩展乘机自动机网络上的最优路径, 从而获得能够满足复杂任务需求的最优巡回路径. 仿真结果表明, 该方法能够有效实现最优巡回路径规划.     

水下拖曳体多源信息监控系统设计与实现

基于海洋电法探测系统中水下拖曳体对多源信息实时监控的需求,设计了一种准实时监测拖曳体的运动状态与环境信息的监控系统。该系统可与水面监控器保持命令与数据沟通,并在监控器的指令下启动水下电法仪执行参数设置、数据采集等操作。经系统样机的海上测试结果表明,系统性能稳定可靠,能够在其他水下信息采集作业中得到推广应用。     

PRIVACY LEAKAGE IN HEALTH SOCIAL NETWORKS

Members of health social networks may be susceptible to privacy leaks by the amount of information they leave behind. The threat to privacy increases when members of these networks reuse their pseudonyms in other social networks. The risk of re‐identifying users from such networks requires quantitative estimates to evaluate its magnitude. The estimates will enable managers and members of health social communities to take corrective measures. We introduce a new re‐identification attack, the social network attack, that takes advantage of the fact that users reuse their pseudonyms. To demonstrate the attack, we establish links between MedHelp and Twitter (two popular social networks) based on matching pseudonyms. We used Bayesian networks to model the re‐identification risk and used stylometric techniques to identify the strength of the links. On the basis of our model 7‐11. 8% of the MedHelp members in the sample population who reused their pseudonyms in Twitter were re‐identifiable compared with 1% who did not. The risk estimates were measured at the 5% risk threshold. Our model was able to re‐identify users with a sensitivity of 41% and specificity of 96%. The potential for re‐identification increases as more data is accumulated from these profiles, which makes the threat of re‐identification more serious.     

Performance Histogram Curve: Abstractive Visualization and Analysis of NBA Games

NBA game is one of the world’s most exciting sports. Multiple datasets for a NBA game are available, e.g., play-by-play data, shot-position data, twitter and videos. Existing methods for visualizing game data commonly focus on the composition of multi-variate information of a game process. In this paper, we introduce a new parametric modeling approach, Performance Histogram Curve (PHC), that locally and adaptively encodes the game progression with game-related features derived from the play-by-play data. By transforming a PHC into the two-dimensional space with a two-phase projection technique, we create a unique 2D line representation. The 2D representation and auxiliary views abstracts the progress of a game and the performance of each team along the timeline. Our integrated system favor browsing a single play, analyzing game performance, and comparing multiple games. We conducted two case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.