Daily impact of climate on the pattern of urban family life : Indigenous courtyard houses of Baghdad regions of the hot-dry climates Part I: Daily shifts or daily movements in summer

During the day, there are considerable variations in the climatic factors prevailing in these regions. This is especially so during the 24-hour daily cycle of the long, hot and dry summer (mid-May to midOctober). Such climatic conditions have had a considerable impact on the daily living pattern of family life in the same season, particularly in the urban areas. During the same 24-hour cycle, they have compelled the inhabitants to shift their living activities both vertically in section and horizontally in plan; they do this in pursuit of more acceptable, if not, desirable internal thermal environmental ambience.     

Almost k-wise independence versus k-wise independence

We say that a distribution over {0,1}ⁿ is (ε,k)-wise independent if its restriction to every k coordinates results in a distribution that is ε-close to the uniform distribution. A natural question regarding (ε,k)-wise independent distributions is how close they are to some k-wise independent distribution. We show that there exist (ε,k)-wise independent distributions whose statistical distance is at least n^O(k)·ε from any k-wise independent distribution. In addition, we show that for any (ε,k)-wise independent distribution there exists some k-wise independent distribution, whose statistical distance is n^O(k)·ε.     

A continuous-time framework for least squares parameter estimation

This paper proposes a continuous-time framework for the least-squares parameter estimation method through evolution equations. Nonlinear systems in the standard state space representation that are linear in the unknown, constant parameters are investigated. Two estimators are studied. The first one consists of a linear evolution equation while the second one consists of an impulsive linear evolution equation. The paper discusses some theoretical aspects related to the proposed estimators: uniqueness of a solution and an attractive equilibrium point which solves for the unknown parameters. A deterministic framework for the estimation under noisy measurements is proposed using a Sobolev space with negative index to model the noise. The noise can be of large magnitude. Concrete signals issued from an electronic device are used to discuss numerical aspects.     

Fuzzy度量空间上映射的又一个不动点定理

继文献〔1〕之后证明了Fuzzy度量空间上映射的又一个不动点定理，使文献〔2〕的§1（3，4）的定理成为本文的特例。     

Manifold Learning: Generalization Ability and Tangent Proximity

One of the ultimate goals of Manifold Learning (ML) is to reconstruct an unknown nonlinear low-dimensional Data Manifold (DM) embedded in a high-dimensional observation space from a given set of data points sampled from the manifold. We derive asymptotic expansion and local lower and upper bounds for the maximum reconstruction error in a small neighborhood of an arbitrary point. The expansion and bounds are defined in terms of the distance between tangent spaces to the original DM and the Reconstructed Manifold (RM) at the selected point and its reconstructed value, respectively. We propose an amplification of the ML, called Tangent Bundle ML, in which proximity is required not only between the DM and RM but also between their tangent spaces. We present a new geometrically motivated Grassman & Stiefel Eigenmaps algorithm that solves this problem and gives a new solution for the ML also.     

Evolutionary digital twin: A new approach for intelligent industrial product development

To fulfill increasingly difficult and demanding tasks in the ever-changing complex world, intelligent industrial products are to be developed with higher flexibility and adaptability. Digital twin (DT) brings about a possible means, due to its ability to provide candidate behavior adjustments based on received “feedbacks” from its physical part. However, such candidate adjustments are deterministic, and thus lack of flexibility and adaptability. To address such problem, in this paper an extended concept – evolutionary digital twin (EDT) and an EDT-based new mode for intelligent industrial product development has been proposed. With our proposed EDT, a more precise approximated model of the physical world could be established through supervised learning, based on which the collaborative exploration for optimal policies via parallel simulation in multiple cyberspaces could be performed through reinforcement learning. Hence, more flexibility and adaptability could be brought to industrial products through machine learning (such as supervised learning and reinforcement learning) based self-evolution. As a primary verification of the effectiveness of our proposed approach, a case study has been carried out. The experimental results have well confirmed the effectiveness of our EDT based development mode.     

考虑用户偏好和平台收益的共享泊位分配模型

与机动车数量激增类似,泊位短缺也是导致城市交通拥堵主要问题之一,在不增加车位的情况下提高泊车位利用率也是解决交通拥堵的一种方法。针对城市“泊车难”和部分泊车场利用率较低的问题,考虑了用户的偏好特征,研究了一种具有用户偏好的泊车位共享策略。考虑存在三种不同的泊车方式,在中央商务区（CBD）等待泊车、共享私人泊位、共享公共泊位,运用累积前景理论分析用户的泊车成本,发现用户在不同情形下的选择存在差异。平台通过对关键路径法修改,采用了偏好分组法进行分配。算例对偏好分组的结果与采用关键路径法的分配结果进行了比较,结果表明,基于偏好分组法的分配满足了更多的用户需求,平台收益更高,为管理者提供决策参考。     

考虑停车位不足的出发时刻选择问题

针对目的地停车位不足,出行者如何选择出发时刻的问题,在有限理性视野下综合考虑道路拥堵状况、出行者个人感知差异、目的地车位供给状况以及无法停入合法停车位后将受到惩罚等因素对出行者出发时刻选择的影响.依据前景理论设计实验,通过调查获取出行者出发时刻选择意向数据,构建出行者出发时刻选择模型.研究结果表明:停车位剩余状况影响出行者对出行结果的满意程度以及下一次出行决策.出行者出行结果满意度随着目的地剩余车位的减少而降低,当出行者的出行结果为满意时,出行者下一次出行由倾向于早到逐渐变为倾向于晚到.在车位不足,不能合法停车的情况下,不同的惩罚措施会影响到出行者下一次出发时刻的决策结果,惩罚越严重,出行者越倾向于早出发.     

丙烯在醇类溶液中的溶解过程热力学分析

用静态法测定了温度为30~60℃,压力为0.3~0.9 MPa时丙烯在醇水质量比分别为7∶3、8∶2、9∶1及1∶0的甲醇、异丙醇和仲丁醇水溶液中的溶解度数据。比较了丙烯在这3种醇水溶液(相同浓度)中的溶解度大小:仲丁醇>异丙醇>甲醇。此外,醇水溶液中醇的含量越大,丙烯的溶解度就越大。计算了丙烯在甲醇、异丙醇、仲丁醇三种醇水溶液中溶解过程的热力学函数值,主要是溶解焓和溶解熵,醇溶液浓度的增加对溶解焓的影响大于溶解熵。从溶解热力学函数、溶解度参数、缔合溶液的空腔假说等方面探讨了3种醇溶剂中溶解度差异的原因,解释了一些相关的溶解现象。丙烯溶解度关联的偏差及溶解度随醇浓度变化的“S”形曲线是由于醇水溶液明显偏离理想溶液所致。     

采用STRAIGHT模型和深度信念网络的语音转换方法

提出一种将STRAIGHT模型和深度信念网络DBN相结合实现语音转换的方式。首先,通过STRAIGHT模型提取出源说话人和目标说话人的语音频谱参数,用提取的频谱参数分别训练两个DBN得到语音高阶空间的个性特征信息;然后,用人工神经网络ANN将两个具有高阶特征的空间连接并进行特征转换;最后,用基于目标说话人数据训练出的DBN来对转换后的特征信息进行逆处理得到语音频谱参数,并用STRAIGHT模型合成具有目标说话人个性化特征的语音。实验结果表明,采用此种方式获得的语音转换效果要比传统的采用GMM实现语音转换更好,转换后的语音音质和相似度与目标语音更接近。