Automatic parallelisation for LTI MIMO state space systems using FPGAs. An optimisation for cost & performance

The parallelism attained by the use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has shown remarkable potential for accelerating control systems applications. This comes at a time when well established methods based on inherited serial Central Processor Units (CPUs) cannot guarantee solutions for the increasing execution speed demands. However, the transition from serial to parallel architectures represents a tremendous challenge due to overwhelming numbers of unexplored options and conflicting factors. The work presented achieves a parallelisation characterisation for generic MIMO systems using stand-alone FPGA implementations. The main contribution is that a very fine subset of possible serial/parallel implementations is obtained. This is used to achieve a flexible trade-off between cost and performance. Automatic optimisation of latency, occupied FPGA area and execution speed is attained and justified in respect to most of the feasible scenarios.     

Performance evaluation of priority CSMA-CA mechanism on ISA100.11a wireless network

The International Society of Automation recently released ISA100.11a as an open standard for reliable wireless networks for industrial automation. ISA100.11a uses the TDMA scheme in the medium access layer to provide deterministic services. However, ISA100.11a adopts the CSMA-CA mechanism with priorities for retransmission from failure on dedicated links, sporadic data, and network configuration.This paper evaluates ISA100.11a CSMA-CA by simulation, considering the effects of backoff procedures and priority settings to probability of collision and successful use of slots. It's demonstrated that a high number of priority classes enable better network utilization resulting in less number of packets exceeding their lifetime.     

A global localization approach based on Line-segment Relation Matching technique

This paper presents a novel global localization approach for mobile robots by exploring line-segment features in any structured environment. The main contribution of this paper is an effective data association approach, the Line-segment Relation Matching (LRM) technique, which is based on a generation and exploration of an Interpretation Tree (IT). A new representation of geometric patterns of line-segments is proposed for the first time, which is called as Relation Table. It contains relative geometric positions of every line-segment respect to the others (or itself) in a coordinate-frame independent sense. Based on that, a Relation-Table-constraint is applied to minimize the searching space of IT therefore greatly reducing the processing time of LRM. The Least Square algorithm is further applied to estimate the robot pose using matched line-segment pairs. Then a global localization system can be realized based on our LRM technique integrated with a hypothesis tracking framework which is able to handle pose ambiguity. Sufficient simulations were specially designed and carried out indicating both pluses and minuses of our system compared with former methods. We also presented the practical experiments illustrating that our approach has a high robustness against uncertainties from sensor occlusions and extraneous observation in a highly dynamic environment. Additionally our system was demonstrated to easily deal with initialization and have the ability of quick recovery from a localization failure.     

Bacteria foraging optimization for protein sequence analysis on the grid

Scientific applications such as protein sequence analysis require a coordination of resources. This is due to hundreds and hundreds of protein sequences being deposited into data banks by the research community which results in an extensive database search when one wants to find a similar protein sequence. This search becomes easier and the time taken is reduced when it is conducted in a grid environment implemented using the Globus tool kit. This paper proposes the use of Bacteria Foraging Optimization (BFO) for finding similar protein sequences in the existing databases. Usage of BFO further reduces the time taken by a resource to execute the user’s requests. Also, the resources utilized in the proposed method are better balanced compared to the existing scheduling algorithms. Also, it is found that the number of tasks executed is more compared to the existing algorithms even though there is a fall in the execution of tasks as the number of resources increases which might be due to network failure etc. The proposed BFO has been compared with the existing First Come First Serve (FCFS) and Minimum Execution Time (MET) scheduling algorithms and it has been found that the proposed BFO performs well compared to the existing algorithms in terms of makespan, resource utilization and minimization in the case of non-execution of client requests.     

甲苯甲烷氧化偶联制苯乙烯的研究

对甲苯甲烷氧化偶联制苯乙烯的工艺、催化剂、反应机理等方面的研究进展进行了评述，提出了今后研究的方向。     

设计是调整商业战略的巧妙手段

设计不是什么悬而又悬的东西．它的目的是解决问题。当我们对都市生活消费品的设计津津乐道的时候，我们很容易迷失对设计的认识．不从设计的本质去看．而多从设计所呈现出来的样子来看。     

船用双电源转换控制器的研制

传统双电源开关,多采用继电器方式控制,但在船舶等颠簸环境下使用,继电器有可能发生误触发,因而有工作不可靠的缺点.电子式数字控制双电源具有操作简便、工作可靠、能监控显示电源多种状态、可以远程控制等众多特点.介绍了P89C66x单片机为核心、在传统模拟继电器式双电源的基础上开发的电子式的数字船用双电源转换控制器的结构和软件编程.     

贺力氏Multi-Lab Hvdris定氢系统使用探讨及影响因素

本文主要介绍贺力氏Multi-Lab Hvdris定氢系统使用探讨及影响因素。     

爪式无油增压传输真空泵的设计

爪式无油增压传输真空泵的设计和制造,使其成功的应用于各种气体物料在真空负压条件下的增压传输工艺作业,成为核燃料浓缩工业等现代高新技术领域最新的科技成果,对于化工和其他工业应用爪式无油真空泵进行气体物料增压传输工艺作业也具有指导意义.本文简要的叙述了爪式无油增压传输真空泵的设计依据、技术要求、驱动传动系统、结构选择及其工作原理.该系列产品在实际应用中也取得了良好的效果.