On the design and properties of multivariable dead time compensators

The design problem of multivariable dead time compensators for MIMO systems with multiple dead times is considered. Analytical design aids which take into account the stability and sensitivity properties of these systems are presented. Conditions for practical stability, estimates on allowable tolerances in process models and methods for determining controller gains are derived. Based upon sufficient conditions, these methods lead to conservative gains. The extent of conservation is related to the amount of computational effort involved in each method and to the available plant information. It is shown that the type of dead time compensator treated here cannot be applied to unstable processes. Diagonal dominance theory is used to derive some of the results. Illustrative examples demonstrate the main results.     

Partitioned and prioritized access to timesharing services: The reserved availability method

The Reserved Availability Method is a software mechanism for allocating a non-sharable machine resource such as multi-access ports according to different user catagories and priorities. The method avoids the queuing of user requests for allocation. Instead, some of the available resources are reserved for allocation to high-priority, or particular categories of users. The resources reserved vary with machine usage in order to optimize machine utilization with user demand. The method is applied to the partitioning of a machine's ports between different user groups, and to access according to user priority.     

Modula: A language for modular multiprogramming

This paper defines a language called Modula, which is intended primarily for programming dedicated computer systems, including process control systems on smaller machines. The language is largely based on Pascal, but in addition to conventional block structure it introduces a so-called module structure. A module is a set of procedures, data types and variables, where the programmer has precise control over the names that are imported from and exported to the environment. Modula includes general multiprocessing facilities, namely processes, interface modules and signals. It also allows the specification of facilities that represent a computer's specific peripheral devices. Those given in this paper pertain to the PDP-11.     

Semiautomatic leakage analyzing system for time series fluorescein ocular fundus angiography

An algorithm for measuring an index of leakage in fluorescein fundus angiography is presented. The number of pixels whose gray level exceeds an automatically determined slice level is calculated. An automatic blood vessel elimination technique is introduced. Further, a method of measuring the short term change of leakage from a time series of the fluorescein fundus angiographs is described. Our system can also deal with the time series images obtained on different occasions (long term change).The features of this paper are: (1) this paper deals with double time sequence images (short and long term); (2) an automatic blood vessel recognition algorithm is employed.     

地层倾角测井的地面数据采集和实时处理

地层倾角测井是在裸眼井中确定地层倾角的一种测井方法。目前,该方法在现场应用很广泛,而应用效果好坏的关键在于数据采集。详细讨论了采用加速度计和磁力计的地层倾角仪的地面数据采集和实时处理。     

双路高速高增益光电耦合器

本文叙述了双路高速高增益光电耦合器的元件选择、结构、工作原理、基本特性和应用。     

Throughput bounds for closed queueing networks

Analytical lower and upper bounds for the throughput of closed queueing networks with single and delay (infinite) servers are studied in this paper. The numerical evaluation of these bounds requires a small number of significant operations which is independent of the population N. This is in contrast to the exact computation of the throughput which requires at least O(N) operations as N tends to infinity. The bounds are given by simple closed-form analytical expressions and may be more suitable for various performance studies than the algorithmical form of the exact solution.In this paper, the previously known balanced-job bounds are generalized to networks containing delay servers (terminals) and a hierarchy of bounds is obtained for single and multiple class networks. For the single class network, further new bounds are derived: lower and upper bounds that require the evaluation of one square root and an upper bound that requires a constant number of exponentiations. This upper bound does not employ the balancing of server loadings and is especially useful for asymptotic analysis in the case of a large number of customers N.     

无线基站用于海域覆盖时出现的问题及其解决方法

首先提出了用GSM900无线基站在做近海海域覆盖时会出现的一些问题，并阐述了其原因：随后给出了处理这些问题的解决方案，最后提供了一个在实际工程中对某海域覆盖型基站的测试实例。     

A new method for the measurement of solar collector time constant

A new test method about the time constant of the solar collector has been presented in this paper. It is simple and has been validated through experiments. With the new method it is not necessary to adjust the inlet temperature of the transfer fluid as closely as possible to the ambient air temperature. Also, it is not necessary to know the characteristic parameters of the collector in advance. The model used in the paper is a first order system model, as in most cases. The experimental data obtained from the test of solar collector time constant shows that the solar collector is not a strictly first order system. A criterion is proposed to decide whether the system is a first order system or not and the resemblance of the system to the first order system.