CloudRank-D: benchmarking and ranking cloud computing systems for data processing applications

With the explosive growth of information, more and more organizations are deploying private cloud systems or renting public cloud systems to process big data. However, there is no existing benchmark suite for evaluating cloud performance on the whole system level. To the best of our knowledge, this paper proposes the first benchmark suite CloudRank-D to benchmark and rank cloud computing systems that are shared for running big data applications. We analyze the limitations of previous metrics, e.g., floating point operations, for evaluating a cloud computing system, and propose two simple metrics: data processed per second and data processed per Joule as two complementary metrics for evaluating cloud computing systems. We detail the design of CloudRank-D that considers representative applications, diversity of data characteristics, and dynamic behaviors of both applications and system software platforms. Through experiments, we demonstrate the advantages of our proposed metrics. In several case studies, we evaluate two small-scale deployments of cloud computing systems using CloudRank-D.     

形式化方法在电信服务系统中的应用与研究

为提高电信服务系统的稳定性．把形式化方法引入到电信服务系统的研究中,并用典型的形式化规格语言Z开发电信系统中基本功能的形式化规格,该套形式化规格对拔打电话、建立连接、释放连接、修改密码等操作的进行详细、精确的描述。基于Z语言的形式化规格可以应用于电信服务系统开发过程的各个阶段．以期减少电信服务系统内部错误的产生、提高稳定性。     

水库周边违建问题清查整治中的依法行政与权利救济

针对临近水库的别墅等建筑物的清查整治,在实体层面,尤其对于五证齐全的建筑物,如何定性为违建需要慎重把握,对水库管理范围的界定是一个重点问题;在程序层面,应避免执法中因急于求成而催生的程序违法.强拆行为会产生重大损失,涉及多方主体和多重法律关系,应理清其中各方的法律责任,妥善解决纠纷.     

Unsupervised Scale-Consistent Depth Learning from Video

International Journal of Computer Vision - We propose a monocular depth estimation method SC-Depth, which requires only unlabelled videos for training and enables the scale-consistent...     

Identifying epidemic spreading dynamics of COVID-19 by pseudocoevolutionary simulated annealing optimizers

Neural Computing and Applications - At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has triggered global public health concern. Here, a model integrating the daily intercity migration...     

基于改进扩展关联模型的飞机组件测试性研究

多信号流图模型是一种简单而有效的系统建模方法,已广泛地应用于测试性分析和故障诊断领域;为了减少飞机维修过程中组件的不必要更换,提高维修效率,对多信号流图模型的建模方法进行研究,以飞机音频管理组件(AMU)为例,建立多信号流图模型,构建故障一测试关联矩阵和故障一故障关联矩阵;为与实际出现的组件故障信息相匹配,对故障一故障矩阵进行改进,构建了实际故障信息一故障关联矩阵,对组件模型进行测试性分析;由实际维修经验可知,该信号模型可快速地定位故障,给出相应的维修措施,减少通常维修中采取的不必要措施,降低了人为因素的影响,大大地缩短了维修时间.     

基于自由摆的平板精确控制与激光追踪系统

以TI公司的MSP430F5438单片机为控制核心,结合步进电机和精密电位器WDD35D-4,实现了基于自由摆的平板控制与激光追踪系统。当摆杆摆角为45°～60°时,平板可以承载8枚一元硬币,并在5个摆动周期内维持稳定;当摆杆摆角为30°～60°时,固定在摆杆平板上的激光笔可以在15s内找到并跟踪1.5m远处的靶心。     

Optimal tracking performance of MIMO discrete‐time systems with communication constraints

The optimal tracking problem for multiple‐input multiple‐output linear‐time‐invariant discrete‐time systems with communication constraints in the feedback path is studied in this paper. The tracking performance is measured by the energy of the error signal between the output of the plant and the reference signal. The objective is to obtain an optimal tracking performance, attainable by all possible stabilizing compensators. It is shown that the optimal tracking performance consists of two parts, one depends on the nonminimum phase zeros and zero direction of the given plant, as well as the reference input signal direction, and the other depends on the nonminimum phase zeros, unstable poles, and pole direction of the given plant, as well as the bandwidth and additive white Gaussian noise of the communication channel. It is also shown that, if the constraint of the communication channel does not exist, the optimal tracking performance reduces to the existing tracking performance of the control system without communication constraints. A typical example is given to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimal Performance in Tracking Stochastic Signal Under Disturbance Rejection

The analysis method of optimal tracking performance is proposed for multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) linear time‐invariant (LTI) systems under disturbance rejection. An H₂ criterion of the error signal between the output of the plant and the reference signal is used as a measure for the tracking performance. Spectral factorization is applied to obtain the optimal solution of the system tracking error. The explicit expressions are derived for this minimal tracking error with respect to random reference signals under disturbance rejection. It is shown that the nonminimum phase zeros, the zero direction, the unstable poles, the pole direction of a given plant, statistical characteristics of the reference input signal, and disturbance signal have a negative effect on a feedback system's ability to reduce the system error with disturbance rejection. The results show that the optimal tracking performance will further be damaged because of disturbance rejection. Some typical examples are given to illustrate the theoretical results.     

A new admissibility condition of discrete-time singular systems with time-varying delays

This paper gives a novel delay-dependent admissibility condition of discrete-time singular systems with time-varying delays. For convenience, the time-varying delay is assumed to be the sum of delay lower bound and the integral multiples of a constant delay. Specially, if the constant delay is of unit length, the delay is an interval-like time-varying delay. The proposed admissibility condition is presented and expressed in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) by Lyapunov approach. Generally, the uncertainty of time-varying delay would lead to conservatism. In this paper, this critical issue is tackled by accurately estimating the time-varying delay. Consequently, the proposed admissibility condition is less conservative than the existing results, which is demonstrated by a numerical example.