Mining predecessor–successor rules from DAG data

Data mining extracts implicit, previously unknown, and potentially useful information from databases. Many approaches have been proposed to extract information, and one of the most important ones is finding association rules. Although a large amount of research has been devoted to this subject, none of it finds association rules from directed acyclic graph (DAG) data. Without such a mining method, the hidden knowledge, if any, cannot be discovered from the databases storing DAG data such as family genealogy profiles, product structures, XML documents, task precedence relations, and course structures. In this article, we define a new kind of association rule in DAG databases called the predecessor–successor rule, where a node x is a predecessor of another node y if we can find a path in DAG where x appears before y. The predecessor–successor rules enable us to observe how the characteristics of the predecessors influence the successors. An approach containing four stages is proposed to discover the predecessor–successor rules. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Int Syst 21: 621–637, 2006.     

A concise process technology for 3-D suspended radio frequency micro-inductors on silicon substrate

In this letter, a concise process technology is proposed for the first time to enable the fabrication of good quality three-dimensional (3-D) suspended radio frequency (RF) micro-inductors on bulk silicon, without utilizing the lithography process on sidewall and trench-bottom patterning. Samples were fabricated to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed process technology.     

A random switching method for HPWM full-bridge inverter

To overcome the problem of unequal switching loss in power switches, in conventional hybrid pulse width modulation (HPWM) full-bridge inverters, a random switching method for HPWM full-bridge inverters is proposed. The proposed method equalizes switching losses of the four switches, while also providing good output performance     

Investigation of texture effect on visual colour difference evaluation

The texture effect on visual colour difference evaluation was investigated in this study. Five colour centers were selected and textured colour pairs were generated using scanned textile woven fabrics and colour‐mapping technique. The textured and solid colour pairs were then displayed on a characterized cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor for colour difference evaluation. The colour difference values for the pairs with texture patterns are equal to 5.0 CIELAB units in lightness direction. The texture level was represented by the half‐width of histogram, which is called texture strength in this study. High correlation was found between texture strength and visual colour difference for textured colour pairs, which indicates that an increasing of 10 units of texture strength in luminance would cause a decreasing of 0.25 units visual difference for the five colour centers. The ratio of visual difference between textured and solid colour pairs also indicates a high parametric effect of texture. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 30, 341–347, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.     

广州将颁令围剿“问题”玩具

广州近期将出台地方性法规，颁布禁售令，围剿色情、暴力等问题玩具。记者从相关部门证实了这一消息。目前广州市一些批零市场也很少见到此类玩具。[编者按]     

实施六大工程打造民生水利

我省针对十年九旱、水资源短缺、生态与环境脆弱的特点，确定了今冬明春农田水利基本建设的目标任务，明确以实施兴水战略为主线，以改善民生为目标，以创新机制为保障，全面掀起冬春农田水利基本建设新高潮。     

INI配置文件在Pro/Engineer二次开发中的应用

基于Pro/Engineer二次开发的应用系统一旦完成,如果要扩展其功能,一般需要修改该系统代码,并重新进行编译。本文利用Windows初始化文件(INI)设置相关参数,在二次开发的系统中添加新的用户自定义特征(UDF),实现了一种方便而有效地扩展该系统功能的方法。     

三相异步电动机运行指标的分析

利用电机学理论分析了影响电机起动转矩、起动电流、最大转矩和最小转矩的因素。     

脉冲电镀最佳参数之探索和优化

本文利用正交实验法对脉冲电镀各控制参数进行试验,对影响分散能力、镀层可靠性及外观质量的各种因素进行探讨,寻找影响外观质量的显著因子并加以控制,同时进一步优化脉冲电镀的工艺参数。     

Integrated magnetic full wave converter with flexible output inductor

A new integrated magnetic full wave DC/DC power converter that provides flexible transformer design by incorporating an independent output inductor winding is introduced. The transformer is implemented on a traditional three-leg magnetic core. The inductor winding can be separately designed to control the output current ripple. The cross-sectional area of the inductor core leg can be reduced dramatically. The operation and performance of the proposed circuit are verified on a 100 W prototype converter.