guifi.net,a crowdsourced network infrastructure held in common

The expression “crowdsourced computer networks” refers to a network infrastructure built by citizens and organisations who pool their resources and coordinate their efforts to make these networks happen. “Community networks” are a subset of crowdsourced networks that are structured to be open, free, and neutral. In these communities the infrastructure is established by the participants and is managed as a common resource. Many crowdsourcing experiences have flourished in community networks. This paper discusses the case of guifi.net, a success case of a community network daily used by thousands of participants, focusing on its principles and the crowdsourcing processes and tools developed within the community, and the role they play in the ecosystem that is guifi.net; the current status of its implementation; its measurable local impact; and the lessons learned in more than a decade.     

Dynamic shading of a building envelope based on rotating polarized film system controlled by one-dimensional cellular automata in regular tessellations (triangular,square and hexagonal)

The original prototype of the cellular automaton (CA) shading system (CASS) for building facades was based on rectangular array of cells and used liquid crystal technology. This paper introduces polarized film shading system (PFSS) – an alternative approach based on opto-mechanical modules whose opacity is a function of the rotation of polarized film elements. PFSS in regular tessellations: triangular, square and hexagonal are discussed. Simulations for each type of tessellation are presented and visualized. Visual attractiveness of emergent CA patterns manifested by “particles” and “solitons” is discussed.     

A new robust observer-based adaptive type-2 fuzzy control for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, a novel robust observer-based adaptive controller is presented using a proposed simplified type-2 fuzzy neural network (ST2FNN) and a new three dimensional type-2 membership function is presented. Proposed controller can be applied to the control of high-order nonlinear systems and adaptation of the consequent parameters and stability analysis are carried out using Lyapunov theorem. Moreover, a new adaptive compensator is presented to eliminate the effect of the external disturbance, unknown nonlinear functions approximation errors and sate estimation errors. In the proposed scheme, using the Lyapunov and Barbalat's theorem it is shown that the system is stable and the tracking error of the system converges to zero asymptotically. The proposed method is simulated on a flexible joint robot, two-link robot manipulator and inverted double pendulums system. Simulation results confirm that in contrast to other robust techniques, our proposed method is simple, give better performance in the presence of noise, external disturbance and uncertainties, and has less computational cost.     

SOA架构下协同式自动化组卷系统的设计与实现

学校实行教考分离,推进科学化、信息化的自动化组卷系统势在必行,而各学校的组织结构、信息化程度不尽相同,这些内在和外在因素制约着学校信息化的发展。该文讨论以一种基于SOA架构,实现多用户协同参与和协作的自动化组卷系统,文中分析了系统实现的步骤和方法,给出了一种基于SOA和协同工作理念的自动化组卷系统解决方案,并且具有松耦合、分布式、业务流灵活等特点,具有较高的实用价值。     

非对称级联型全光纤Fabry-Perot腔谱特性研究

为了进一步优化光纤光栅法布里-珀罗窄带滤波器的滤波性能,提出了基于光纤布拉格光栅的全光纤型非对称级联法布里-珀罗腔（FBG-FP）结构。通过传输矩阵方法,建立了数学仿真分析模型,推导出FBG-FP结构产生单峰谐振需满足的条件。对其传输特性进行了详尽的理论分析和模拟仿真,数值分析结果表明：通过对光纤布拉格光栅折射率调制深度以及谐振腔长等结构参量的优化组合,可以改善非对称双腔结构谐振光谱的通带平坦性和过渡带滚降特性;双腔FP器件可以得到更高的波长选择度,因此可用作信道化滤波与可调单频光纤激光器。     

A novel reversible robust watermarking algorithm based on chaotic system

Reversible watermarking can be applied to the protection for important digital media, such as medical and military image, it allows the watermark to be extracted and the original image to be restored completely, but reversible watermarking with stronger robustness is seldom discussed in existing literature. In this paper, a novel reversible watermarking algorithm based on chaotic system is proposed; chaotic system is not only used to search space of reversibility of the scheme, but also used to randomly select the position of watermarking embedding. Consequently, the proposed scheme achieves larger threshold space of reversibility and better performance of security. For some specific thresholds, the proposed algorithm is not only reversible, but also has stronger robustness against image compression. The experimental results show that the ergodicity and sensitivity to initial values of chaotic system play an important role in reversible watermarking algorithm, and the proposed scheme can achieve balance between reversibility and robustness with the help of chaotic system.