This paper is about modeling a possible worlds' form of imperfect databases, where imperfection is handled with the evidence theory. The possible worlds' form is already developed for other types of imperfect databases such as probabilistic and possibilistic databases. Such a form is essential to prove that a compact form querying method is a strong representation system. For the same aim, we propose in this article an extended model of possible worlds's form treating the tuple‐level uncertainty in addition to the attribute‐level uncertainty. 相似文献
Nowadays, executers are struggling to improve the economic and scheduling situation of projects. Construction scheduling techniques often produce schedules that cause undesirable resource fluctuations that are inefficient and costly to implement on site. The objective of the resource‐leveling problem is to reduce resource fluctuation related costs (hiring and firing costs) without violating the project deadline. In this article, minimizing the discounted costs of resource fluctuations and minimizing the project makespan are considered in a multiobjective model. The problem is formulated as an integer nonlinear programming model, and since the optimization problem is NP‐hard, we propose multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, namely nondominated sorting genetic algorithm‐II (NSGA‐II), strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm‐II (SPEA‐II), and multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) to solve our suggested model. To evaluate the performance of the algorithms, experimental performance analysis on various instances is presented. Furthermore, in order to study the performance of these algorithms, three criteria are proposed and compared with each other to demonstrate the strengths of each applied algorithm. To validate the results obtained for the suggested model, we compared the results of the first objective function with a well‐tuned genetic algorithm and differential algorithm, and we also compared the makespan results with one of the popular algorithms for the resource constraints project scheduling problem. Finally, we can observe that the NSGA‐II algorithm presents better solutions than the other two algorithms on average. 相似文献
The application of multimedia in embedded systems (ES), such as Virtual reality and 3-D imaging, represents the current trend in ES development. Coupling multimedia with ES has raised new multimedia-related challenges that have been added to the common ES constraints. These challenges deal with the real-time, quality, performance and efficient processing requirements of multimedia applications. The integration of self-adaptation in ES development has been, for many years, a paramount solution to cope with these issues. Although there has been extensive research on the topic of ES self-adaptation, the related works still lack global approaches that better deal with multimedia-related constraints. Coordinating different adaptation mechanisms, monitoring multiple system constraints and supporting multi-application contexts are still underexplored. The aim of the present work is to fill in these gaps by providing a global adaptation approach that offers better adaptation decisions with fair resource sharing among competing multimedia applications. With the above challenges in mind, we propose a multi-constraints combined adaptation approach that targets multimedia ES. It addresses four critical system constraints: maximizing the overall system‘s Quality of Application (QoA) under the real-time constraint, the remaining system energy and the available network bandwidth. It coordinates the adaptation at both application and architecture levels. To test and validate the proposed technique, a videophone system is designed on a Xilinx FPGA development board. It executes two complex multimedia applications. The validation results show the aptitude of the proposed system to successfully reconfigure itself at run-time in response to its constraints.
Blue-emitting phosphors K2Ca1?xP2O7:xEu2+ (x?=?0.005; 0.010; 0.015) were prepared by a solid-state reaction. The luminescence properties of the phosphors were systematically investigated. VUV photoluminescence spectra of K2Ca1?xP2O7:xEu2+ exhibit that three distinct bands peaking at 439, 478 and 535 nm can be attributed to the overlap of Eu(1), Eu(2) and Eu(3) emission bands, which are ascribed to the 4f–5d transition of Eu2+. The critical quenching concentration of Eu2+ in K2CaP2O7 phosphor is about 1 mol%, and the critical transfer distance was determined to be 32.23 Å. When the temperature turned up to 150 °C, the emission intensity of K2Ca0.99P2O7:0.01Eu2+ sample was 60% of the initial value at room temperature. The activation energy Ea was calculated to be 0.217 eV, which proved the good thermal stability of the phosphor. All the properties indicated that the K2CaP2O7:Eu2+ is promising blue-emitting phosphor for application in LED-based lighting or display systems.
Doping ZnO with rare earth and 4d transition elements is a popular technique to manipulate the optical properties of ZnO systems. These systems may also possess intrinsic ferromagnetism due to their magnetic moment borne on 4f and 4d electrons. In this work, the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Eu- and Pd-doped ZnO were investigated by the ab initio density functional theory methods based on generalized gradient approximation. The relative stability of incorporation sites of the doped elements in the ZnO host lattice was studied. The ground state properties, equilibrium bond lengths, and band structures of both the ZnO:Eu and ZnO:Pd systems were also investigated. The total and partial densities of electron states were also determined for both systems. It was found that in the ZnO:Eu system, ambient ferromagnetism can be induced by introducing Zn interstitial which leads to a carrier-mediated ferromagnetism while the ZnO:Pd system possesses no ferromagnetism.PACS 31.15.E-, 75.50.Pp, 75.30Hx. 相似文献
This study evaluated electrocoagulation using Al electrodes for removal of non-carbonate hardness in phosphate mining process water. Examination of process parameters identified optimal conditions for hardness removal at pH 7, a NaCl concentration of 4 g/L, a current density of 22.2 mA/cm2, an inter-electrode distance of 2 cm, a stirring speed of 450 revolutions per minute, and a treatment time of 30 min. Production of primary coagulant during electrolysis improved removal of both calcite and magnesium hydroxide. The optimized hardness removal was highly efficient, with an overall removal rate of 83.8 % at 30 min of retention time. 相似文献
In this paper, a novel maximum power point tracking (MPPT) approach is studied. It is based on the photovoltaic (PV) current control. The last one is estimated using an estimation algorithm. It is established based on the Newton Raphson optimization algorithm. Digital simulation results for a resistive load are presented to highlight the improvement in performances of the presented MPPT approach. 相似文献