Semi-parametric nonlinear regression and transformation using functional networks

Functional networks are used to solve some nonlinear regression problems. One particular problem is how to find the optimal transformations of the response and/or the explanatory variables and obtain the best possible functional relation between the response and predictor variables. After a brief introduction to functional networks, two specific transformation models based on functional networks are proposed. Unlike in neural networks, where the selection of the network topology is arbitrary, the selection of the initial topology of a functional network is problem driven. This important feature of functional networks is illustrated for each of the two proposed models. An equivalent, but simpler network may be obtained from the initial topology using functional equations. The resultant model is then checked for uniqueness of representation. When the functions specified by the transformations are unknown in form, families of linear independent functions are used as approximations. Two different parametric criteria are used for learning these functions: the constrained least squares and the maximum canonical correlation. Model selection criteria are used to avoid the problem of overfitting. Finally, performance of the proposed method are assessed and compared to other methods using a simulation study as well as several real-life data.     

基于可变染色体长度的遗传K均值聚类算法

针对传统K-均值聚类算法需要事先确定聚类数,以及对初始质心的选择具有敏感性,从而容易陷入局部极值点的缺点,使用了一种基于可变染色体编码长度的遗传算法对传统K-均值聚类进行改进.该算法可以在事先不确定K值的情况下,通过多次的选择、交叉.变异的遗传操作,最终得到最优的聚类数,以及最优的初始质心集.通过Reuters数据集的实验结果表明,基于该算法的聚类划分结果明显优于传统K-均值聚类算法,并且好过基于固定染色体编码长度遗传算法的K-均值聚类算法.     

服务接触中的不公平事件：从顾客的角度

This study was designed to answer several key questions regarding the service injustice customers perceived during the service delivery. Using the critical incident technique, the authors collected 195 unfair incidents from a variety of service organizations. The initial sorting of the incidents resulted in four major groups: information asymmetry, unfair procedure, inappropriate attitudes and manners of the service personnel, and unfair outcomes. Within the four major classifications of critical incidents, 13 secondary categories were identified. A further analysis was conducted to discover the underlying reason why customers feel unfair in the service encounters. Finally, some implications for service managers were discussed.     

基于MATLAB/Simulink的PID参数整定

针对PID参数整定过程的复杂性,基于MATLAB/Simulink仿真环境,模拟临界比例度法PID参数整定的方法和步骤,给出了一种简单有效的PID参数整定方法。与通常的整定方法比较,其优点是非常直观、可以随意修改仿真参数,节省了大量的计算和编程工作量。通过仿真实例验证了该方法的有效性。     

索引折半查找算法的研究与设计

当前对有序数列查找常用二分查找,但是二分查找具有一定的约束性和特殊情况下的低效性,为此研究并设计了索引折半查找算法,理论上其平均查找效率优于二分查找的平均查找效率。对比实验验证了索引折半查找算法的良好性能。     

基于复杂网络的非正式团体知识交互网络分析

针对知识在非正式团体中的传播特征,结合复杂网络理论,为了企业知识不断创新,提出了一种非正式团体知识交互网络模型.通过仿真得出,在小世界网络模型下知识的传播速度和平均知识水平比其他网络模型有明显优势,进而在非正式团体知识交互网络的描述与分析中提出利用"小世界"的平均路径长度和聚类系数来表征IFG知识交互网络中的交互频繁度和交互聚集度的思想,为进一步研究IFG组织及管理与其内部知识创新的内在联系提供了数量分析基础.     

注塑机注射速度的模型预测迭代学习控制

针对注射过程具有重复运行和非线性的特性,在对预测控制与迭代学习控制进行综合应用并加以改进的基础上,给出一种模型预测迭代学习复合控制新算法,研究了控制器的设计方案.同时,将迭代学习思想引入到预测步长的在线调整,提出了预测步长的迭代学习方法.仿真结果表明,该方法是有效的,其控制性能优于PID迭代学习控制系统.     

Molecular simulation of phase coexistence: Finite-size effects and determination of critical parameters for two- and three-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluids

Abstact The subject of this paper is the investigation of finite-size effects and the determination of critical parameters for a class of truncated Lennard-Jones potentials. Despite significant recent progress in our ability to model phase equilibria in multicomponent mixtures from direct molecular simulations, the accurate determination of critical parameters remains a difficult problem. Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations with systems of controlled linear system size are used to obtain the phase behavior in the near-critical region for two- and three dimensional Lennard-Jones fluids with reduced cutoff radii of 3, 3.5, and 5. For the two-dimensional systems, crossover of the effective exponent for the width of the coexistence curve from mean field ( = 1/2 in the immediate vicinity of the critical point to Ising-like (= 1/8) farther away is observed. Critical parameters determined by fitting the data that follow Ising-like behavior are in good agreement with literature values obtained with finite-size scaling methods. For the three-dimensional systems, no crossover to mean field-type behavior was apparent. Extrapolated results for the critical parameters are consistent with literature estimates for similar fluids. For both two- and three-dimensional fluids, system size effects on the coexistence curves away from the critical point are small, normally within simulation statistical uncertainties.Invited paper presented at the Twelfth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 19–24, 1994, Boulder. Colorado, U.S.A.     

Orbital pairing effects in fullerenes

We propose a theory of superconductivity for a crystal having multiple band structure. The theory is valid for the parameter(k _F)/1 when the splitting between bands(k _F ) is small in comparison with the phonon frequency. The theory may be applicable to the doped fullerenes where it is widely supposed that pairing occurs through high-energy intramolecular phonons. As in semiconductors, the bunch of bands is treated by ascribing the highest spin to electrons. We derive the analytic expression for the critical temperature, which strongly depends on the value of the total spin of the Cooper pair, which may be equal toY=0,1,.... In all cases the order parameter is a vector with components proportional to spherical harmonics and at the same time the superconducting gap has no zeros. The data may be fitted to doped fullerenes, if the superconductivity arises fromd-pairing.     

Critical dynamics of a sheared micellar solution

We have investigated the dynamic behavior of a nonionic micellar solution of tetra-ethylene glycoln-decylether (C₁₀ E₄) in water near its critical point in the presence of shear. The non-Newtonian behavior of the viscosity can be represented by * = [ 1 +a(S₄)=]², where* is the viscosity in the absence of shear,S is the shear rate. ₄ is the lifetime of the critical Iluctuations,a is a system-dependent constant, and = 0.02 In addition, we have found that, before attaining a steady state, the sheared mixture undergoing phase separation shows significant shear-dependent rheological effects due to the presence of concentration domains.Paper presented at the Twelfth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 19–24. 1994, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.