Scalable multi-variate analytics of seismic and satellite-based observational data

Over the past few years, large human populations around the world have been affected by an increase in significant seismic activities. For both conducting basic scientific research and for setting critical government policies, it is crucial to be able to explore and understand seismic and geographical information obtained through all scientific instruments. In this work, we present a visual analytics system that enables explorative visualization of seismic data together with satellite-based observational data, and introduce a suite of visual analytical tools. Seismic and satellite data are integrated temporally and spatially. Users can select temporal ;and spatial ranges to zoom in on specific seismic events, as well as to inspect changes both during and after the events. Tools for designing high dimensional transfer functions have been developed to enable efficient and intuitive comprehension of the multi-modal data. Spread-sheet style comparisons are used for data drill-down as well as presentation. Comparisons between distinct seismic events are also provided for characterizing event-wise differences. Our system has been designed for scalability in terms of data size, complexity (i.e. number of modalities), and varying form factors of display environments.     

高速网络Fast TCP拥塞控制算法的改进

随着网络技术的飞速发展和接入性能的不断提高,如今全世界的互联主干网络呈现出一种高速网络的特性。在这种网络特性下,传统网络中的TCP拥塞控制协议已经开始显现出不适应性,发现了FAST TCP协议中＂持续拥塞＂的形成机制,建立了数学模型来准确的描述＂持续拥塞＂所导致数据流之间带宽分配不公平的问题,进一步利用优先服务队列的方法解决了FAST TCP在网络中的持续拥塞现象。     

基于改进傅里叶描绘子的CBIR系统

在现有的基于傅里叶描绘子的CBIR系统中,为了提高检索速度,一般需要舍去物体轮廓经傅里叶变换后的大部分高频分量.当物体轮廓在细节部分具有较高能量时,此方法不具备有效性.为尽可能保证检索准确率并兼顾检索速度,在原有傅里叶描绘子上进行扩展,避免直接舍去高频分量,引入Fisher判别分析法将描绘子映射到子空间进行降维,并保证...     

Simulation–optimization mechanism for expansion strategy using real option theory

A right expansion strategy can bring a company more market shares and profits, and hence increase shareholders’ equities. However, limited financial resources and various uncertainties require business practitioners to achieve their goals while controlling the risks incurred at an acceptable level. Therefore, justification of expansion investments is an important and complex topic in industry. The traditional investment analysis tools such as net present value (NPV) often tend to undervalue investment decisions. We formulate the expansion investments using real options, and develop a financial model to assess the option value. Monte Carlo simulation is considered a good way to estimate the value of the option. This valuation gives decision makers a way to choose the appropriate expansion strategy based on an integrated view of the market dynamics, but optimization is still a difficult problem to resolve. This paper presents a model of optimization under uncertainty combining system simulation with GA-based optimization to resolve the expansion problem. An industry case is used to demonstrate the application of real options to value expansion investment by using simulation–optimization. This approach also provides some new insights for the real options theory.     

汽车电动助力转向器的控制器研制

研究了日本N4样机的电动助力转向系统的电机电流-输入扭矩特性.采用ATmega16L单片机为处理器,以直流有刷电机为执行器,应用PID补偿算法,设计了电动助力转向控制器.在试验台上进行了电机电流-输入扭矩特性试验,试验结果表明,该控制器的助力曲线接近日本N4样机,能取得比较满意的助力效果.     

Optimal replacement policy for a two-dissimilar-component cold standby system with different repair actions

In this paper, a cold standby repairable system consisting of two dissimilar components and one repairman is studied. When failures occur, the repair of both component 1 and component 2 are not ‘as good as new’. The consecutive operating times of component 1 after repair constitute a decreasing geometric process, while the repair times of component 1 are independent and identically distributed. For component 2, its failure is rectified by minimal repair, and the repair time is negligible. Component 1 has priority in use when both components are good. The replacement policy N is based on the failure number of component 1. Under policy N, we derive the explicit expression of the long-run average cost rate C(N) as well as the average number of repairs of component 2 before the system replaced. The optimal replacement policy N*, which minimises the long-run average cost rate C(N), is obtained theoretically. If the failure rate r(t) of component 2 is increasing, the existence and uniqueness of the optimal policy N* is also proved. Finally, a numerical example is given to validate the developed theoretical model. Some sensitivity analyses are provided to show the influence of some parameters, such as the costs for replacement and repair, and the parameters of the lifetime and repair time distributions of both components, to the optimal replacement policy N* and corresponding average cost rate C(N*).     

L1-norm based null space discriminant analysis

Multimedia Tools and Applications - Null space based linear discriminant analysis (NSLDA) is a well-known feature extraction method, which can make use of the most discriminant information in the...