A Formally Verified Compiler Back-end

This article describes the development and formal verification (proof of semantic preservation) of a compiler back-end from Cminor (a simple imperative intermediate language) to PowerPC assembly code, using the Coq proof assistant both for programming the compiler and for proving its soundness. Such a verified compiler is useful in the context of formal methods applied to the certification of critical software: the verification of the compiler guarantees that the safety properties proved on the source code hold for the executable compiled code as well.     

基于强化学习的部分线性离散时间系统的最优输出调节

针对同时具有线性外部干扰与非线性不确定性下的离散时间部分线性系统的最优输出调节问题, 提出了仅利用在线数据的基于强化学习的数据驱动控制方法. 首先, 该问题可拆分为一个受约束的静态优化问题和一个动态规划问题, 第一个问题可以解出调节器方程的解. 第二个问题可以确定出控制器的最优反馈增益. 然后, 运用小增益定理证明了存在非线性不确定性离散时间部分线性系统的最优输出调节问题的稳定性. 针对传统的控制方法需要准确的系统模型参数用来解决这两个优化问题, 提出了一种数据驱动离线策略更新算法, 该算法仅使用在线数据找到动态规划问题的解. 然后, 基于动态规划问题的解, 利用在线数据为静态优化问题提供了最优解. 最后, 仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性.     

Electromagnetic shower development in uranium and tungsten: A comparison of data from a silicon sampling calorimeter

Longitudinal electromagnetic shower development has been studied in uranium and tungsten using a sandwich calorimeter with silicon as the active medium. Data were taken with incoming electron energies of 2, 4 and 6 GeV. The silicon detectors were operated with depletion layers of both 200 and 70 μm. The energy resolution of the calorimeter was reduced by less than 10–15% when the detectors had depleted layer widths of 70 μm.     

Validation of an automated fluorescein method for determining bromide in water

Surface, atmospheric precipitation and deionized water samples were spiked with μg l^?1 concentrations of bromide, and the solutions stored in polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene bottles. Bromide was determined periodically for 30 days. Automated fluorescein and ion chromatography methods were used to determine bromide in these prepared samples. Analysis of the data by the paired t-test indicates that the two methods are not significantly different at a probability of 95% for samples containing from 0.015 to 0.5 mg l^?1 of bromide. The correlation coefficient for the same sets of paired data is 0.9987. Recovery data, except for the surface water samples to which 0.005 mg l^?1 of bromide was added, range from 89 to 112%. There appears to be no loss of bromide from solution in either type of container.     

Solute carbon and nitrogen in the ferrite after continuous annealing of low carbon low aluminium steels

Low N_sol levels not only require reduced N contents (≤ 20 ppm) in steel but also Al/N ratios higher than 5 and C contents higher than 0.025% because of the synergic effect between N and C precipitations; scavenging of Al on nitrogen is far from complete even in steels coiled at 750°C. Low C_sol levels are achieved either at very lowC contents (C ≤ 0.003%) or at C contents higher than 0.025%. Due to high C_sol, carbon aging is expected in steels coiled at 750°C. Softer, bake hardenable steels with good aging resistance will be obtained in the range 0.025–0.030 % C independently of the coiling temperature. C supersaturation of the ferrite is reduced at higher cooling rates after continuous annealing. Changes in C and N supersaturation according to the steel composition and the continuous annealing process are explained, taking into account the carbides morphology and the annealing conditions.     

Superconducting magnets for the CBA project

The superconducting magnets that were designed and tested for the BNL colliding beam accelerator are described, including dipoles, quadrupoles and trim coils. The dipoles had an effective length of 436 cm, a good field aperture of 8.8 cm diameter, and were designed for an operating field of 5.28 T in a temperature range between 2.6 K and 3.8 K (provided by supercritical helium). The quadrupoles had the same aperture, an effective length of 138.5 cm, and were designed to operate in series with the dipoles, with a gradient of 70.8 T/m. The dipoles incorporated internal sextupole, octupole, and decapole trim coil windings; the quadrupole trim coils consisted of dipole, quadrupole, and dodecapole windings. The design, construction, and performance (training, field quality, quench protection characteristics) of prototype magnets are discussed in considerable detail.