Partner selection in a virtual enterprise under uncertain information about candidates

Partner selection is a major issue in the formation of a virtual enterprise. In practice, in the partner selection process, the information about the candidates and their performances are incomplete and uncertain. Vague sets theory is one of the methods used to deal with uncertain information. In this paper, a new method based on vague sets is proposed to deal with the partner selection problem in the formation of a virtual enterprise while the factors of satisfaction degree, due date, cost and the precedence of tasks are taken into account. On the basis of the agreement index of satisfaction degree, the formulated partner selection problems are interpreted so as to maximize the minimum agreement index. To solve the problem, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is proposed. Finally, the simulation of a numerical example demonstrates that the method is effective.     

A new approach to the prediction of passenger flow in a transit system

A non-linear model is proposed for predicting the rate of passenger flow in a transit system, and its chaotic characteristic is observed. Using wavelets analysis, the passenger flow data for a whole day are decomposed in a multi-scale way to obtain decomposition sequences. Subsequently, a neural network approach is used to predict the sequences. Finally the passenger flow value can be predicted when the predicted sequences are reconstructed. Results show that the present approach is a feasible method for passenger flow prediction.     

Motor noise generation and prediction for high spinning speed hard disk drive

The acoustic level of a hard disk drive is an important specification. This is especially so for enterprise HDD which is required to operate under a high spinning speed. In order to reduce the acoustics level of a HDD, an in depth understanding behind the mechanisms whereby the noise is being generated in a HDD should be established. This paper will study the acoustics characteristics of a high speed permanent magnet brushless DC motor (PM BLDC) and investigate the physics underlying the generation of noise associated with a motor. An analysis procedure of the PM BLDC motor noise generating mechanisms is proposed. Through finite element analysis and experimental verification, the results indicate that the major noise source for the high speed PM BLDC motor is due to the presence of electromagnetic (EM) torque ripples. Furthermore, it has been observed that the noise radiated by a HDD can be amplified when its structural dynamics are close to the frequency components of the noise source. Finally, a methodology which discusses the steps involved in the prediction of motor radiated noise will be presented.     

Performance-First Control for Discrete-Time LQG Problems

Performance-first control for discrete-time LQG is considered in this paper to minimize the probability that the performance index exceeds a preselected threshold via constructing a closed-loop feedback control law. This problem can be converted into a mean-variance control problem which can be solved by developing a nested form of the variance and using polynomial optimization as a solution scheme.     

A passive tree-based backbone construction scheme for MANETs

Backbone-based broadcast schemes are effective in alleviating the broadcast storm problem in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). However, periodically hello packets used to maintain a backbone usually lead to extra control overhead. In this paper, passive tree-based backbone construction scheme (PTBCS) is proposed as a backbone construction scheme for MANETs. Different from other schemes, each node in PTBCS determines its role by intercepting packet transmissions in the air during a special waiting period. Hence, its most remarkable advantage is that there are no periodical packet transmissions specially for backbone construction. The property that the nodes selected by PTBCS make up a connected dominating set (CDS) of the network is proven with several ideal assumptions. Simulation results show that PTBCS is effective when compared with some other typical backbone construction schemes.     

Generalized predictive control of linear systems with actuator arrearage faults

Arrearage phenomenon commonly exists in actuators. With arrearages, the actuator cannot achieve the target suggested by the controller, so the control performance degrades. Deadzones and stuck faults can be considered to be two special classes of arrearages, which are studied widely; however, more general arrearage phenomenon cannot be described and treated by these forms. In this paper, a general formulation is introduced for this phenomenon, which is referred as actuator arrearage faults. Based on this formulation, an improved generalized predictive control scheme is proposed for a class of single-input single-output linear systems. With arrearage faults, the system becomes a stochastic process. Hence, a sufficient condition, which guarantees the output tracking error to be uniformly ultimately bounded in the mean-square sense, is presented in this paper. Simulations are given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Reachability determination in acyclic Petri nets by cell enumeration approach

Reachability is one of the most important behavioral properties of Petri nets. We propose in this paper a novel approach for solving the fundamental equation in the reachability analysis of acyclic Petri nets, which has been known to be NP-complete. More specifically, by adopting a revised version of the cell enumeration method for an arrangement of hyperplanes in discrete geometry, we develop an efficient solution scheme to identify firing count vector solution(s) to the fundamental equation on a bounded integer set, with a complexity bound of O((nu)^n−m), where n is the number of transitions, m is the number of places and u is the upper bound of the number of firings for all individual transitions.     

基于DDC楼宇智能控制系统的设计

将楼宇中的电力、照明、空调、给排水、保安、通信和广播等多方面的设备通过现场总线联接进行控制与管理是楼宇智能化的一个主要的发展方向,本设计利用对上位机和下位机的软硬件系统的设计来实现楼宇智能化控制,达到预期的效果。

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