Sustainability assessment of Iranian petrochemical companies in stock exchange: A data envelopment analysis-based approach

The assessment of efficiency is always of particular importance according to different indicators from different perspectives. There are various techniques for evaluating petrochemical companies, among which the data envelopment analysis technique is one of the best techniques that can be used to calculate the relative efficiency of a set of decision-making units with network structures. In the present paper, seven petrochemical companies listed in the Iranian stock exchange were analysed. These companies were evaluated in terms of financial performance and sustainable development, and their relative efficiency was calculated during 2015–2016. According to the obtained results, only Marun Petrochemical Co. was found to be efficient in all areas and years. The results also showed that four companies were efficient in financial terms over the period under study. In the general conclusion regarding the companies' performance, Marun was ranked first, Jam was ranked second, and Zagros was ranked third.     

基于卷积神经网络的葡萄叶片氮含量识别方法

为实现对葡萄叶片氮素含量快速、便捷的识别，在卷积神经网络VGG-16网络结构基础上，将数据增广后的图像按不同梯度划分进行模型训练，通过十折交叉验证法探究最佳的训练集与验证集分配比例，并构建4个不同深度的网络模型进行训练对比，采用全局平均池化代替全连接层约简网络参数量。训练结果表明，氮含量梯度设为0.70%、0.35%和0.175%时，室内简单背景识别准确率分别为85.9%、76.2%和71.1%；晴天室外复杂背景下识别准确率分别为44.6%、35.0%和30.4%。研究结果表明利用VGG-16建立的网络学习模型对葡萄叶片氮含量识别提供了一种新的便捷方法，对农业信息化和智能化技术应用具有一定促进作用。     

Densely connected convolutional network block based autoencoder for panorama map compression

As a novel virtual reality (VR) format, panorama maps are attracting increasing attention, while the compression of panorama images is still a concern. In this paper, a densely connected convolutional network block (dense block) based autoencoder is proposed to compress panorama maps. In the proposed autoencoder, dense blocks are specially designed to reuse feature maps and reduce redundancy of features. Meanwhile, a loss function, which imports a position-dependent weight item for each pixel, is proposed to train and adjust network parameters, in order to make the autoencoder fit to properties of panorama maps. Based on the proposed autoencoder and the weighted loss function, a greedy block-wise training scheme is also designed to avoid gradient vanishing problem and speed up training. During training process, the autoencoder is divided into several sub-nets. After each sub-net is trained separately, the whole network is fine-tuned to achieve the best performance. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed autoencoder, compared with JPEG, saves up to 79.69 % bit rates, and obtains 7.27dB gain in BD-WS-PSNR or 0.0789 gain in BD-WS-SSIM. The proposed autoencoder also outperforms JPEG 2000, HEVC and VVC in both BD-WS-PSNR and BD-WS-SSIM. Meanwhile, subjective results show that the proposed autoencoder can recover details of panorama images, and reconstruct maps with high visual quality.     

环形供热管网水力工况设计方法研究

为提高环形供热管网水力工况运行稳定性,提出了基于模糊PID控制的环形供热管网水力工况控制方法。构建环形供热管网水力工况控制的约束参量模型,在此基础上采用回归模型逼近方法构建其测试指标集,结合自适应融合反馈跟踪方法进行环形供热管网水力工况信息的融合处理,并从中提取分布特征量;采用模糊PID控制方法调节提取结果的输出稳定性,实现环形供热管网水力工况优化设计和自适应控制。仿真结果表明,采用该方法进行环形供热管网水力工况控制的稳定性较好,自适应控制能力较强,实现了环形供热管网水力工况优化调节。     

某带钢连续热浸镀机组卧式连续退火炉水冷炉辊的开裂原因

采用宏观和微观形貌观察、化学成分分析、显微组织观察、硬度测试等方法,对某带钢连续热浸镀机组卧式连续退火炉水冷炉辊的开裂原因进行了分析。结果表明:水冷炉辊辊套成分中不含铌元素,镍元素含量偏低,导致组织中形成网状富铬碳化物析出相;辊套内腔结垢、水冷不畅使水冷炉辊产生局部过热,导致工作侧辊套基体中粒状合金碳化物的析出和网状富铬碳化物的长大,使工作侧辊套的脆性增加;随着结垢的沉积,水冷炉辊出现轴承转动不畅,甚至堵转现象;在热应力、扭力作用下,裂纹在网状富铬碳化物析出相中形成并沿网状碳化物逐渐向基体内扩展,最终导致水冷炉辊的开裂。     

Actuator fault tolerant control using adaptive RBFNN fuzzy sliding mode controller for coaxial octorotor UAV

In this paper, a robust controller for a Six Degrees of Freedom (6 DOF) coaxial octorotor helicopter control is proposed in presence of actuator faults. Radial Base Function Neural Network (RBFNN), Fuzzy Logic Control approach (FLC) and Sliding Mode Control (SMC) technique are used to design a controller, named Fault Tolerant Control (FTC), for each subsystem of the octorotor helicopter. The proposed FTC scheme allows avoiding difficult modeling, attenuating the chattering effect of the SMC, reducing the rules number of the fuzzy controller, and guaranteeing the stability and the robustness of the system. The simulation results show that the proposed FTC can greatly alleviate the chattering effect, good tracking in presence of actuator faults.     

命名实体识别技术综述

命名实体识别是自然语言处理中的热点研究方向之一,目的是识别文本中的命名实体并将其归纳到相应的实体类型中。首先阐述了命名实体识别任务的定义、目标和意义,分析提出了命名实体识别的主要难点在于领域命名实体识别局限性、命名实体表述多样性和歧义性、命名实体的复杂性和开放性;然后介绍了命名实体识别研究的发展进程,从最初的规则和字典方法到传统的统计学习方法再到现在的深度学习方法,不断地将新技术应用到命名实体识别研究中以提高性能;接着系统梳理了当下命名实体识别任务中的若干热门研究点,分别是匮乏资源下的命名实体识别、细粒度命名实体识别、嵌套命名实体识别以及命名实体链接;最后针对评判命名实体识别模型的好坏,总结了常用的若干数据集和实验测评指标,并给出了未来的研究建议。     

Integrated multi-factory production and distribution scheduling applying vehicle routing approach

This paper introduces a new integrated multi-factory production and distribution scheduling problem in supply chain management. This supply chain consists of a number of factories joined together in a network configuration. The factories produce intermediate or finished products and supply them to other factories or to end customers that are distributed in various geographical zones. The problem consists of finding a production schedule together with a vehicle routing solution simultaneously to minimise the sum of tardiness cost and transportation cost. A mixed-integer programming model is developed to tackle the small-sized problems using CPLEX, optimally. Due to the NP-hardness, to deal with medium- and large-sized instances, this paper develops a novel Improved Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (IICA) employing a local search based on simulated annealing algorithm. Performance of the proposed IICA is compared with the optimal solution and also with four variants of population-based metaheuristics: Imperialist Competitive Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO), and Improved PSO. Based on the computational results, it is statistically shown that quality of the IICA’s solutions is the same as optimal ones solving small problems. It also outperforms other algorithms in finding near-optimal solutions dealing with medium and large instances in a reasonably short running time.     

Modeling and analysis for multilayered complex communication network of satellite navigation system

This study is extended to construct the network model, the node model, and the link model of complex communication network for satellite navigation system (CCN‐SNS) based on the hierarchical architecture. Firstly, a method called snapshots was proposed to describe the dynamic topology for CCN‐SNS; secondly, another method was put forward to model the different nodes of the CCN‐SNS; thirdly, the different links between every two different nodes were modeled. Therefore, based on the OPNET tools, a simulation for the CCN‐SNS, which contains the models that proposed earlier used to analyze the navigation accuracy and network transmission performance, was performed.