Determination of temporal information granules to improve forecasting in fuzzy time series

Partitioning the universe of discourse and determining intervals containing useful temporal information and coming with better interpretability are critical for forecasting in fuzzy time series. In the existing literature, researchers seldom consider the effect of time variable when they partition the universe of discourse. As a result, and there is a lack of interpretability of the resulting temporal intervals. In this paper, we take the temporal information into account to partition the universe of discourse into intervals with unequal length. As a result, the performance improves forecasting quality. First, time variable is involved in partitioning the universe through Gath–Geva clustering-based time series segmentation and obtain the prototypes of data, then determine suitable intervals according to the prototypes by means of information granules. An effective method of partitioning and determining intervals is proposed. We show that these intervals carry well-defined semantics. To verify the effectiveness of the approach, we apply the proposed method to forecast enrollment of students of Alabama University and the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index. The experimental results show that the partitioning with temporal information can greatly improve accuracy of forecasting. Furthermore, the proposed method is not sensitive to its parameters.     

Crystallization behavior of dry‐brush PEO‐PS block copolymer and PEO homopolymer blend

The crystallization behavior of semicrystalline PEO homopolymer/triblock PS‐PEO‐PS copolymer blend system, which exhibited “Dry‐Brush” in the melt. A symmetric polystyrene–poly(ethylene oxide)–polystyrene triblock copolymer was blended with PEO homopolymer (h‐PEO) having the same molecular weight as that of the PEO block in the copolymer. Considering the composition of the blend (W_ps ≥ 0.8), PEO spheres were formed in the blend. Because of the dry‐brush phase behavior of this blend, h‐PEO added was localized in the PEO microdomains, which increases the domain size without changing the microdomain morphology. The crystallization of PEO block was confined within the microdomains and the crystallization temperature was about 60°C lower than normal. Self‐seeding tests were performed to clarify the nucleation mechanism of the blend. Because the droplets size varies greatly, multicrystallization peaks were witnessed in the self‐seeding process. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007     

Yb3+掺杂KLa(WO4)2激光晶体生长与光谱分析

采用提拉法生长出掺镱钨酸镧钾[Yb:KLa(WO4)2,Yb:KLW]晶体,测试了晶体的红外光谱和Raman光谱,对出现的振动模式进行了归属.从X射线衍射分析得到晶胞参数a=b=0.532 nm,c=1.189 nm.通过热重-差热分析得到晶体的熔点为1 119 ℃,在熔点以下没有相变.测试了晶体的吸收光谱和荧光光谱,计算了相应的光谱参数.结果表明:该晶体发射波长为1 021 nm,在931,981 nm附近有较强、较宽的吸收峰,适合用InGaAs半导体激光泵浦.     

Incorporating mutation scheme into krill herd algorithm for global numerical optimization

Recently, Gandomi and Alavi proposed a robust meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, called Krill Herd (KH), for global optimization. To improve the performance of the KH algorithm, harmony search (HS) is applied to mutate between krill during the process of krill updating instead of physical diffusion used in KH. A novel hybrid meta-heuristic optimization approach HS/KH is proposed to solve global numerical optimization problem. HS/KH combines the exploration of harmony search (HS) with the exploitation of KH effectively, and hence, it can generate the promising candidate solutions. The detailed implementation procedure for this improved meta-heuristic method is also described. Fourteen standard benchmark functions are applied to verify the effects of these improvements, and it is demonstrated that, in most cases, the performance of this hybrid meta-heuristic method (HS/KH) is superior to, or at least highly competitive with, the standard KH and other population-based optimization methods, such as ACO, BBO, DE, ES, GA, HS, KH, PSO, and SGA. The effect of the HS/FA parameters is also analyzed.     

Holographic algorithms on bases of rank 2

An essential problem in the design of holographic algorithms is to decide whether the required signatures can be realized under a suitable basis transformation (SRP). For holographic algorithms with matchgates on domain size 2, , ,  and  have built a systematical theory. In this paper, we reduce SRP on domain size k≥3$k\ge 3$ to SRP on domain size 2 for holographic algorithms with matchgates on bases of rank 2. Furthermore, we generalize the collapse theorem of [3] to domain size k≥3$k\ge 3$.     

丙烯酸接枝线形低密度聚乙烯的热学行为及结晶形态

利用差示扫描量热仪研究了丙烯酸接枝线形低密度聚乙烯（PE-LLD-g-AA）的热学行为，结果表明，与纯线形低密度聚乙烯（PE—LLD）相比，PE-LLD-g-AA的熔融温度（Tm）略有增加，结晶温度（Tc）增加大约4℃，熔融焓（AHm）随AA含量的增加而降低。还利用差示扫描量热仪研究了PE—LLD和PE—LLD-g—AA的等温结晶动力学，用扫描电子显微镜观察了PE—LLD-g—AA等温结晶形态。结果表明，PE-LLD-g-AA的结晶速率大于纯PE—LLD的，随着接枝率的增加，PE-LLD的球晶半径减小，接枝到PE—LLD分子链上的AA分子起到了成核剂的作用。     

Study on the formation of β-crystal during the crystallization process of polypropylene reactor granule

A notable amount of PP β-crystal (30%, by X-ray diffraction pattern) has been found in the PP samples as polymerized at normal static isothermal crystallization conditions without using any extra nucleating agents. Existence of catalyst residues in the sample is decisive, which slows down the crystallization rate facilitating the formation of β-form spherulites. Comparatively, high molecular weight PP favors the formation of β-form spherulites, deducting from no β-crystal detected in the degraded samples. Finally, high isotacticity is also required for obtaining qualitative β-form spherulites, demonstrated by increased β-crystal content after removal of weak crystalline fraction of the sample.     

大数据流式计算：关键技术及系统实例

大数据计算主要有批量计算和流式计算两种形态,目前,关于大数据批量计算系统的研究和讨论相对充分,而如何构建低延迟、高吞吐且持续可靠运行的大数据流式计算系统是当前亟待解决的问题且研究成果和实践经验相对较少.总结了典型应用领域中流式大数据所呈现出的实时性、易失性、突发性、无序性、无限性等特征,给出了理想的大数据流式计算系统在系统结构、数据传输、应用接口、高可用技术等方面应该具有的关键技术特征,论述并对比了已有的大数据流式计算系统的典型实例,最后阐述了大数据流式计算系统在可伸缩性、系统容错、状态一致性、负载均衡、数据吞吐量等方面所面临的技术挑战.     

一种改进的背景提取算法

背景提取,是利用背景差分法获取目标的重要步骤。针对传统背景提取算法需要处理大数据量的问题,本文算法在传统背景提取算法的基础上,利用一段时间内,相邻图像相同位置的灰度值基本处在同一平稳区间的原理和思路,通过对小数据量的多次操作来获取背景图像。实验结果证明,这种做法可以在使用较少内存使用量的基础上获得比较好的效果,并可快速有效地对背景进行更新。     

基因扩增仪与PC机串口通信的设计与实现

主要利用OK6410开发板串口通信模块和Qtcreator环境下使用的第三方串行通信控件qextserialport,在基因扩增仪下的LINUX操作系统基础上,对串口应用程序进行了开发和设计。完成对基因扩增仪进行外部控制命令的操作,使得基因扩增仪可根据PC机不同的请求执行相应的程序,并通过PC机进行数据反馈。