车辆四轮转向系统的控制方法

系统地评述了车辆四轮转向系统的原理及其控制方法的发展,在此基础上指出四轮转向系统的研究必须以闭环综合评价为出发点,并与其它主动安全技术相结合才能真正达到实用阶段。     

改革实践教学模式、培养学生综合能力──增设给水排水专业质量检测实习的体会

对给排水专业在优化专业教学体系,深化专科教学模式及教学内容改革中,实施的四次大型综合性实践教学,进行了认真总结．经过改变随课跟进的实验教学旧模式,在教学计划中增设了“水质指标综合测试与水质评价”实习内容使分散的教学实验得以“水质监测与评价”为骨架,有机穿插在实践教学中,为专科学校培养复合应用型人才,进行了有益的探索与实践,并获得较好效果．     

基于网络的主题协作学习模式的探索

以微型计算机原理及应用课程网络教学改革为例,详细介绍一种基于网络资源利用的主题协作学习的模式,并提出网络环境下学生学习态度、网络教学环境、教师指导和自我评价表质量等建议。     

Checking determinism of XML Schema content models in optimal time

We consider the determinism checking of XML Schema content models, as required by the W3C Recommendation. We argue that currently applied solutions have flaws and make processors vulnerable to exponential resource needs by pathological schemas, and we help to eliminate this potential vulnerability of XML Schema based systems. XML Schema content models are essentially regular expressions extended with numeric occurrence indicators. A previously published polynomial-time solution to check the determinism of such expressions is improved to run in linear time, and the improved algorithm is implemented and evaluated experimentally. When compared to the corresponding method of a popular production-quality XML Schema processor, the new implementation runs orders of magnitude faster. Enhancing the solution to take further extensions of XML Schema into account without compromising its linear scalability is also discussed.     

Further results of recursive evaluation for compound distribution with the severity distribution of mixed type

Yang et al. [J.P. Yang, S.H. Cheng, Q. Wu, Recursive equations for compound distribution with the severity distribution of the mixed type, Science in China Series A 48 (2005) 594-609] investigated a recursive procedure for a kind of compound distributions with the number of claims belonging to (a,b)-family and the severity distribution of the mixed type. In this paper, we extend their results by assuming that the claim number belongs to a larger class. As applications, the excess-of-loss reinsurance treaty is discussed and concrete examples are considered in some detail.     

Usability evaluation methods for the web: A systematic mapping study

Context

In recent years, many usability evaluation methods (UEMs) have been employed to evaluate Web applications. However, many of these applications still do not meet most customers’ usability expectations and many companies have folded as a result of not considering Web usability issues. No studies currently exist with regard to either the use of usability evaluation methods for the Web or the benefits they bring.

Objective

The objective of this paper is to summarize the current knowledge that is available as regards the usability evaluation methods (UEMs) that have been employed to evaluate Web applications over the last 14 years.

Method

A systematic mapping study was performed to assess the UEMs that have been used by researchers to evaluate Web applications and their relation to the Web development process. Systematic mapping studies are useful for categorizing and summarizing the existing information concerning a research question in an unbiased manner.

Results

The results show that around 39% of the papers reviewed reported the use of evaluation methods that had been specifically crafted for the Web. The results also show that the type of method most widely used was that of User Testing. The results identify several research gaps, such as the fact that around 90% of the studies applied evaluations during the implementation phase of the Web application development, which is the most costly phase in which to perform changes. A list of the UEMs that were found is also provided in order to guide novice usability practitioners.

Conclusions

From an initial set of 2703 papers, a total of 206 research papers were selected for the mapping study. The results obtained allowed us to reach conclusions concerning the state-of-the-art of UEMs for evaluating Web applications. This allowed us to identify several research gaps, which subsequently provided us with a framework in which new research activities can be more appropriately positioned, and from which useful information for novice usability practitioners can be extracted.     

Worst-case optimal algorithm for XPath evaluation over XML streams

We consider the XPath evaluation problem: Evaluate an XPath query Q on a streaming XML document D; i.e., determine the set Q(D) of document elements selected by Q. We mainly consider Conjunctive XPath queries that involve only the child and descendant axes. Previously known in-memory algorithms for this problem use O(|D|) space and O(|Q||D|) time. Several previously known algorithms for the streaming version use Ω(dn) space and Ω(dn|D|) time in the worst case; d denotes the depth of D, and n denotes the number of location steps in Q. Their exponential space requirement could well exceed the O(|D|) space used by the in-memory algorithms. We present an efficient algorithm that uses O(d|Q|+nc) space and O((|Q|+dn)|D|) time in the worst case; c denotes the maximum number of elements of D that can be candidates for output, at any one instant. For some worst case Q and D, the memory space used by our algorithm matches our lower bound proved in a different paper; so, our algorithm uses optimal memory space in the worst case.     

基于聚类的P2P电子商务信誉评价算法

提出基于聚类的P2P电子商务信誉评价算法。该算法根据节点行为的相似性将节点聚类成若干集合,将每个节点集合视为一个节点进行迭代信誉计算。诚实节点行为相似性较高,通常聚类为最大的节点集合,在迭代计算中占主导地位。实验结果表明,与基于社会网络和概率估计的信誉评价体系算法相比,该算法误差较小。     

基于视频三音子的双模态语料自动选取算法

为实现可视语音合成,建立符合条件的双模态语料库,提出双模态语料自动选取算法。根据视频中唇部发音特征,对已有的三音子模型归类,形成视频三音子,在其基础上从原始语料中自动选取语料,利用评估函数对原始语料中的句子打分。与其他双模态语料库相比,该语料库在覆盖率等指标上有较大改进,为实现具有真实感的可视语音合成奠定基础。