A computer-enabled solution procedure for food wholesalers’ distribution decision in cities with a circular transportation infrastructure

This paper addresses the food distribution decision from a wholesaler's perspective, as the wholesalers are often faced with thorny issues such as when, where, how to deliver products at the lowest costs to best satisfy the retailers’ changing needs. This research relies on a distribution problem encountered at Northern Grocery Company in Beijing as an example to develop a two-stage solution procedure and subsequent computer-enabled programs for identifying efficient vehicle routing alternatives. The solution process, which integrates heuristic search algorithms and an integer programming model, can be applied to a wide range of distribution problems with specified route durations and a circular transportation network structure as exemplified by City of Beijing.     

An efficient image encryption algorithm based on a novel chaotic map

Multimedia Tools and Applications - In this paper, we propose a novel low dimensional chaotic map, namely, compounded piecewise linear map (CPLM) in order to balance between security and...     

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.     

Efficient simplex computation for fixture layout design

Fixture, to hold an object by making multiple contacts, is a fundamental tool in manufacturing. A fixture layout is an arrangement of contacts on an object’s surface. Designing a fixture layout of an object can be reduced to computing the largest simplex and the resulting simplex is classified using the radius of the largest inscribed ball centered at the origin. We present three different algorithms to compute such a simplex: a simple randomized algorithm, an interchange algorithm, and a branch-and-bound algorithm. We also present methods to combine different algorithms to improve the performance and highlight their performance on complex 3D models consisting of thousands of triangles. Our randomized algorithm computes a feasible fixture layout in linear time and is well-suited for real-time applications. The interchange algorithm computes an optimal simplex in linear time such that no single vertex can be changed to enlarge the simplex, and it provides a practical method for complex 3D objects. The branch-and-bound algorithm computes the largest simplex by using lower and upper bounds on the radius of the inscribed ball, by which the computation time is reduced by a factor of five in comparison with the brute-force search.     

合成氨工艺参数优化技术开发及应用

以氨净值为响应值,影响响应值的17个过程参数为变量,经逐步回归选入触媒温度左3,触媒温度左4,循环CH_4%,H/N,NH_3%(进口)5个过程参数建立预测方程,并根据该方程对响应值的拟合结果和误差分布对样本进行分类。在此基础上,采取图形显示技术和统计分析的方法对分类样本集的过程参数进行比对分析,由此获取优类信息制订优化的工艺参数方案,经仿真验证后用于指导合成氨装置的生产试验。试验结果与试验前的对照期比较,氨净值均值由13.86提高到14.54,吨氨气耗减少15.9887m~3,吨氨电耗减少15.8kWh,节能效益十分明显