Biogeography-based optimization with improved migration operator and self-adaptive clear duplicate operator

Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is a new emerging population-based algorithm that has been shown to be competitive with other evolutionary algorithms. However, there are some insufficiencies in solving complex problems, such as poor population diversity and slow convergence speed in the later stage. To overcome these shortcomings, we propose an improved BBO (IBBO) algorithm integrating a new improved migration operator, Gaussian mutation operator, and self-adaptive clear duplicate operator. The improved migration operator simultaneously adopts more information from other habitats, maintains population diversity, and preserves exploitation ability. The self-adaptive clear duplicate operator can clear duplicate or almost identical habitats, while also preserving population diversity through a self-adaptation threshold within the evolution process. Simulation results and comparisons from the experimental tests conducted on 23 benchmark functions show that IBBO achieves excellent performance in solving complex problems compared with other variants of the BBO algorithm and other evolutionary algorithms. The performance of the improved migration operator is also discussed.     

多孔陶瓷的制备和性能研究

选用普通陶瓷原料粉为主要原料，适当添加造孔剂(有机细粉碳黑)和高温活性剂，制备出一种性能优良的多孔陶瓷。通过扫描电镜及性能测试分析，探讨了多孔陶瓷的微观结构及性能的影响因数。     

过氧乙酸的合成与杀生作用研究

以乙酸和过氧化氢为原料合成了新型水处理杀生剂——过氧乙酸．并考察了过氧乙酸的贮存稳定性及稳定剂8-羟基喹啉的影响。通过细菌测试瓶法测细菌总数，研究了过氧乙酸杀生效果与投加浓度、pH值和作用时间之间的关系。结果表明：过氧乙酸作为水处理剂具有杀生速度快、杀生效果好的特点，是一种具有良好应用前景的水处理杀生剂。     

液态排渣锅炉高温受热面结焦及积灰问题的分析与对策

为提高四角喷燃液态排渣锅炉运行的安全性和经济性，从锅炉原理和实际运行情况对锅炉高温受热面的积灰与结焦问题进行了分析，并提出了解决办法，同时提出了一种基于热力学模型的受热面积灰状态实时监测方法。     

Fabrication of NiO Nanoparticle-Coated Lead Zirconate Titanate Powders by the Heterogeneous Precipitation Method

NiO nanoparticle-coated lead zirconate titanate (PZT) powders are successfully fabricated by the heterogeneous precipitation method using PZT, Ni(NO₃)₂·6H₂O, and NH₄HCO₃ as the starting materials. The amorphous NiCO₃·2Ni(OH)₂·2H₂O are uniformly coated on the surface of PZT particles. XRD analysis and the selected-area diffraction (SAD) pattern indicate that the amorphous coating layer is crystallized to NiO after being calcined at 400°C for 2 h. TEM images show that the NiO particles of ∼8 nm are spherical and weakly agglomerated. The thickness of the nanocrystalline NiO coating layer on the surface of PZT particle is ∼30 nm.     

影响乙腈回收单元长周期运行的问题分析及对策

介绍了乙腈回收再生单元改进工艺前的运行状况，分析了影响乙腈回收再生单元长周期运行的问题，采取了如下的工艺改进：净化进料；改进排污方式；更新改造回收塔；更新改进洗涤水冷凝器。延长了乙腈回收单元的运行周期。     

Investigation of allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers used as crosslinker for silicone rubber

High‐temperature vulcanized silicone rubber was prepared by using allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers, in which the core molecules were Si(CH₂CH?CH₂)₄ and Ph₂Si(CH₂CH?CH₂)₂ as crosslinker and nanoscale reinforcing filler, respectively. Allyl‐capped carbosilane dendrimers improved the mechanical properties of silicone rubber. The optimum tensile strength and tear strength were 9.6 MPa and 31.0 kN/m, respectively, when using SiG_n(allyl)m as the crosslinker and 10.1 MPa and 32.0 kN/m, respectively, when using Ph₂SiG_n(allyl)m as the crosslinker. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 1772–1775, 2006     

PP/UHMWPE共混物力学性能的研究

采用不同结构的聚丙烯(PP)分别与不同流动性能的超高摩尔质量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)进行共混，对共混物的力学性能进行了研究。发现PP和UHMWPE类型的适当匹配对共混物性能的提高非常重要。流动性较好的UHMWPE对熔体质量流动速率较小的嵌段共聚型PP(PPB)增韧增强效果突出，常温缺口冲击强度可达74．2kJ／m^2，断裂伸长率大于700％；同时共混物的强度和刚性也有一定程度的提高。在PPB／UHMWPE二元共混物中加入适当线性低密度聚乙烯(LLDPE)，能够起到“减粘”和“增容”作用，有利于共混物性能，尤其是抗冲性能的进一步提高。     

Effective naive Bayes nearest neighbor based image classification on GPU

Non-parametric classifier, Naive Bayes nearest neighbor, is designed with no training phase, and its performance outperforms many well-trained learning-based image classifiers. Unfortunately, despite its high accuracy, it suffers from great computational pressure from distance computations in space of local feature. This paper explores accelerating strategies from perspectives of both algorithm design and software development. Our approach integrates space decomposition capability of Product quantization (PQ) and parallel accelerating capability of underlying computational platform, Graphics processing unit (GPU). PQ is exploited to compress the indexed local features and prune the search space. GPU is used to ease most of computational pressure by processing the tasks in parallel. To achieve good parallel efficiency, a new sequential classification process is first designed and decomposed into independent components with high parallelism. Effective parallelization techniques are then presented to make use of computational resources. Parallel heap array is built to accelerate the process of feature quantization. Distance table lookup is built to speed up the process of feature search. Comparative experiments on UIUC-Sport dataset demonstrate that our integrated solution outperforms other implementations significantly on Core-quad Intel Core i7 950 CPU and GPU of NVIDIA Geforce GTX460. Scalability experiment on 80 million tiny images database shows that our approach still performs well when large-scale image database is explored.     

Point-based online value iteration algorithm in large POMDP

Partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) is an ideal framework for sequential decision-making under uncertainty in stochastic domains. However, it is notoriously computationally intractable to solving POMDP in real-time system. In order to address this problem, this paper proposes a point-based online value iteration (PBOVI) algorithm which involves performing value backup at specific reachable belief points, rather than over the entire belief simplex, to speed up computation processes, exploits branch-and-bound pruning approach to prune the AND/OR tree of belief states online, and proposes a novel idea to reuse the belief states that have been searched to avoid repeated computation. The experiment and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can simultaneously satisfy the requirement of low errors and high timeliness in real-time system.