On the design of multiple key hashing files for concurrent orthogonal range retrieval between two disks

This paper concerns the following problem: given a set of multi-attribute records, a fixed number of buckets and a two-disk system, arrange the records into the buckets and then store the buckets between the disks in such a way that, over all possible orthogonal range queries (ORQs), the disk access concurrency is maximized. We shall adopt the multiple key hashing (MKH) method for arranging records into buckets and use the disk modulo (DM) allocation method for storing buckets onto disks. Since the DM allocation method has been shown to be superior to any other allocation methods for allocating an MKH file onto a two-disk system for answering ORQs, the real issue is knowing how to determine an optimal way for organizing the records into buckets based upon the MKH concept.

A performance formula that can be used to evaluate the average response time, over all possible ORQs, of an MKH file in a two-disk system using the DM allocation method is first presented. Based upon this formula, it is shown that our design problem is related to a notoriously difficult problem, namely the Prime Number Problem. Then a performance lower bound and an efficient algorithm for designing optimal MKH files in certain cases are presented. It is pointed out that in some cases the optimal MKH file for ORQs in a two-disk system using the DM allocation method is identical to the optimal MKH file for ORQs in a single-disk system and the optimal average response time in a two-disk system is slightly greater than one half of that in a single-disk system.     

拉斐尔·莫内欧眼中的雷姆·库哈斯

介绍了拉斐尔.莫内欧的著作＂Theoretical anxiety and design strategies in the work of eight contemporary architects＂（以下简称＂T＂文）中对＂雷姆.库哈斯＂的论述,采用梳理建筑理论基础,比较大师思想差异,整理建筑实践案例的方式,借莫内欧之眼,以达到对库哈斯理论与实践的再审视与再思考。     

C20富勒烯分子及C±20富勒烯离子特性分析与比较

以C1对称C20富勒烯分子为模型,在Gussion03上做了结构优化、频率计算以及自然键轨道理论(NBO)计算,并在同样的方法和基组下分别对C20分子得失一个电子的情况做了计算,并进行了分析和比较.结果表明:C1对称C20富勒烯分子不稳定,易于得失电子而以离子形式存在.C20,C+20,C-20三者的能量关系为:EC2...     

高聚物黏结炸药的力学性能研究进展

从材料的力学行为特性、实验方法、本构模型和强度理论4个方面对高聚物黏结炸药(PBX)的力学性能特征进行了归纳和评述。指出应变率和温度对材料应力状况的影响及动态力学性能分析是目前PBX研究的热点和难点。认为可以借鉴研究混凝土和高聚物的一些方法来建立PBX的本构模型和失效准则。指出选择和改进现有测试技术时,须考虑PBX的含能敏感性、大变形等特性。对PBX力学性能的理论研究、实验技术及数值模拟等方面需要开展的工作提出了一些看法。认为复杂环境下的力学响应和细观建模模拟应是今后研究的重点方向。附参考文献93篇。     

Generalized Thermoelastic Models for Linear Elastic Materials with Micro-Structure Part I: Enhanced Green–Lindsay Model

In this article, we derive constitutive thermoelastic models for linear elastic materials with micro-structure. The elastic behavior is assumed to be consistent with Mindlins’ Form II gradient elasticity theory, whereas for the thermal behavior the generalization of Clausius-Duhem inequality, proposed by Green and Laws, is adopted. The resulting model is actually a generalization of the thermoelastic theory of Green and Lindsay for linear elastic materials with micro-structure, taking into account micro-inertia effects, as well. It is demonstrated that classical thermoelasticity models are retrieved from the present general formulation, when some of the model constants are set to zero. Finally, the uniqueness of solution for the general case of anisotropic materials is proved.     

Issues in Optical Diffraction Theory

This paper focuses on unresolved or poorly documented issues pertaining to Fresnel’s scalar diffraction theory and its modifications. In Sec. 2 it is pointed out that all thermal sources used in practice are finite in size and errors can result from insufficient coherence of the optical field. A quarter-wave criterion is applied to show how such errors can be avoided by placing the source at a large distance from the aperture plane, and it is found that in many cases it may be necessary to use collimated light as on the source side of a Fraunhofer experiment. If these precautions are not taken the theory of partial coherence may have to be used for the computations.In Sec. 3 it is recalled that for near-zone computations the Kirchhoff or Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals are applicable, but fail to correctly describe the energy flux across the aperture plane because they are not continuously differentiable with respect to the assumed geometrical field on the source side. This is remedied by formulating an improved theory in which the field on either side of a semi-reflecting screen is expressed as the superposition of mutually incoherent components which propagate in the opposite directions of the incident and reflected light.These components are defined as linear combinations of the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integrals, so that they are rigorous solutions of the wave equation as well as continuously differentiable in the aperture plane. Algorithms for using the new theory for computing the diffraction patterns of circular apertures and slits at arbitrary distances z from either side of the aperture (down to z = ± 0.0003 λ) are presented, and numerical examples of the results are given. These results show that the incident geometrical field is modulated by diffraction before it reaches the aperture plane while the reflected field is spilled into the dark space. At distances from the aperture which are large compared to the wavelength λ these field expressions are reduced to the usual ones specified by Fresnel’s theory. In the specific case of a diffracting half plane the numerical results obtained were practically the same as those given by Sommerfeld’s rigorous theory.The modified theory developed in this paper is based on the explicit assumption that the scalar theory of light cannot explain plolarization effects. This premise is justified in Sec. 4, where it is shown that previous attempts to do so have produced dubious results.     

McKeachie Replies.

Mea culpa. My only excuse is that when I read Epstein I was not preparing a presidential address; when I read Brim (in a prepublication version minus footnotes), it fitted with what I wanted to say and is, I think, a unique and valuable contribution in itself. And while apologizing to Epstein, let me add apologies to George Kelly, Julian Rotter, Magda Arnold, Albert Ellis, and all other cognitive theorists, dead or alive, whom I failed to cite. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)