Cluster partition-based communication of multiagents: The model and analyses

In previous works, the agent communication always takes place randomly through the whole agents distributed area, and all agents are treated equally in the communication process. However, the real communication is always imbalanced: communication in some places of the system may be very busy and the communication resources are insufficient, whereas in other places the communication may be very idle and the communication resources are redundant. To make up the shortage of related works, this paper presents a cluster partition-based communication model for multiagents. In the presented model, agents are divided into some clusters according to their communication frequencies; in each cluster, one agent is set to be hub-agent which carries the information of other agents within the cluster. With the presented model, the communication costs within the same cluster is lower than the one among different clusters because agents have closer distances within the same cluster; moreover, many real communication processes may take place within clusters since the clusters are partitioned according to the communication frequencies among agents. Therefore, the communication time and costs can be reduced by adopting our model. Finally, the advantage of our model is proved by a series of experiments.     

利用反馈的车牌字符分割算法

字符分割是车牌识别系统的重要步骤。提出一种利用反馈的车牌字符分割算法。首先,对车牌图像进行预处理;其次,根据车牌图像的垂直投影进行字符粗分割;最后,通过两级反馈进行字符精分割。第一级反馈是字符个数与字符宽度反馈,第二级反馈是字符识别反馈。实验结果表明,算法对光照不均、对比度较小、倾斜、污迹、字符粘连和断裂等严重退化的车牌图像具有很好的字符分割性能。     

Experimental investigation and thermodynamic assessment of the Cu-Sn-Ti ternary system

The Cu-Sn-Ti ternary system has been studied via experiments and thermodynamic modelling. In the experimental section, the composition of the alloys was selected based on the preliminary calculations and available literature data. Metallography, scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis were employed to analyse alloy samples prepared by arc-melting after annealing at 800 °C for 760 h. Solid phase relations at 800 °C were established. In contrast to earlier reports, the CuSn₃Ti₅ phase was interpreted as a binary intermetallic compound (Sn₃Ti₅) with extended Cu solubility. In the modelling section, three binary sub-systems were critically evaluated and updated according to the new experimental data and theoretical calculations reported in literature. According to their crystal structures and homogeneity ranges, appropriate sublattice models were proposed for SnTi₃,SnTi₂,Sn₃Ti₅ and Sn₅Ti₆. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters for the Cu-Sn-Ti ternary system was obtained by considering the present experimental results and reported experimental information. The calculated results compare with the available experimental data to validate the present thermodynamic assessment.     

Weight determination in the cross-efficiency evaluation

A neutral data envelopment analysis (DEA) model for cross-efficiency evaluation was recently proposed by Wang and Chin [Wang and Chin (2010b). A neutral DEA model for cross-efficiency evaluation and its extension. Expert Systems with Applications, 37(5), 3666–3675], which maximinimizes the relative efficiency of each output and effectively reduces the number of zero weights of outputs. Since a large number of zero weights may still exist among inputs, this paper proposes a simultaneously input- and output-oriented weight determination DEA model for the cross-efficiency evaluation. The new DEA model proves to reduce the number of zero weights for both inputs and outputs very significantly, as illustrated by numerical examples. The weights determined by the new DEA model are neutral, neither aggressive nor benevolent.     

Model order reduction methods for coupled systems in the time domain using Laguerre polynomials

In this paper, based on Laguerre polynomials, we present new methods for model reduction of coupled systems in the time domain. By appropriately selected projection matrices, a reduced order system is produced to retain the topology structure of the original system. Meanwhile, it preserves a desired number of Laguerre coefficients of the system’s output, thereby providing good approximation accuracy. We also study the two-sided projection method in the time domain, as well as the stability of reduced order systems. Two numerical examples are used to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed methods.     

Almost sure limit theorems for the maxima of some strongly dependent Gaussian sequences

We proved some almost sure limit theorems for standard strongly dependent Gaussian sequences in nonstationary cases under some mild conditions.     

Fuzzy image fusion based on modified Self-Generating Neural Network

A new fusion algorithm for multi-sensor images based on Self-Generating Neural Network (SGNN) and fuzzy logic is proposed in this paper. This study is an extension of the work described in Qin and Bao (2005). First, the order and frequency modifications for the current McKusick and Langley (M–L) optimization are proposed; next, by combining optimization and pruning together, the Pruning-And-One-Optimization-Composite (PAOOC) processing method is raised; and finally, a modified fuzzy fusion scheme using improved SGNN is put forward. Experimental results demonstrate that the posed fuzzy fusion scheme outperforms region-based fusion using wavelet multi-resolution (MR) segmentation, and region-based fusion using tree-structure wavelet MR segmentation, both in visual effect and objective evaluation criteria. In the meantime, simulations also show the effectiveness of our modifications for the current optimization and pruning methods, visually and objectively.     

一种求解Ramsey数的DNA计算机算法

Ramsey理论是组合数学中一个庞大而又丰富的领域,在集合论、逻辑学、分析以及代数学上具有极重要的应用.Ramsey数的求解是非常困难的,迄今为止只求出9个Ramsey数的准确值.探讨了DNA生物分子超级计算在求解这一困难数学问题的可能性.将Adleman-Lipton模型生物操作与粘贴模型解空间相结合的DNA计算模型...