An information-theoretic approach to the written transmission of old English

Information theory offers a means for analyzing some constraints on the reading and copying process in Old English. Entropy for strings of various lengths offers a baseline measure of the uncertainty involved in transmission of Old English texts, while avoiding the pitfalls of applying models of modern reading to early medieval practice. Analysis of lengthy prose and verse texts in Old English revealed uniformly high values for entropy at all string lengths. High entropies may be the result of the language's irregular orthography, poetic koiné, and several dialects and imply that the language may have been easy to write but difficult to read. The low redundancy of the language which its high entropy values indicate suggests that the reader of Old English played an enhanced role in decoding a text and may provide an explanation for the high variability in the transmission of Old English verse.Katherine O'Brien O 'Keeffe is Professor of English at Texas A&M University and a co-director of its Interdisciplinary Group for Historical Literary Study.William Rundell is Professor of Mathematics at Texas A&M University.     

Vague集的新模糊熵

本文指出了现有Vague集模糊熵定义的不足,分析了其存在不足的根本原因,给出了Vague集模糊熵的公理化定义,提出了一种新的Vague集模糊熵的计算方法,并证明了其合理性和有效性。     

Study on structure and magnetic entropy changes of Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys

A series of Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys were preparedby arc melting under purified argon atmosphere. The structure and magnetic entropy changes in Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction pattern and MPMS XL-7 magnetometer. The experimental results show that the crystal structure of Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys keeps in TH2Zn17-type rhombohedral, and the Curie temperature of Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys can be shifted to room temperature around by a composition adjustment. The magnetic entropy changes (-ΔSM) in Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys are relatively large, and a platform of magnetic entropy changes appearsnear the temperature TC. Ce2-xPrxFe16.5Co0.5 alloys are the potential working media for magnetic refrigeration with their stable chemical properties and especially low price.     

GIL机械故障诊断与预警技术研究

为了有效诊断气体绝缘金属封闭输电线路(GIL)的机械故障,搭建了110 kV GIL试验平台并设计了3种典型机械故障,通过互补集合经验模态分解(CEEMD)模糊熵值与鲸鱼优化极限学习机(WOA-ELM)模型联合方法对GIL机械故障模式进行识别与诊断。首先,利用CEEMD方法对振动信号进行分解,引入正负白噪声组对信号进行处理,得到含有故障信息的模态分量(IMF)。其次,利用模糊熵计算模态分量特征值,得到能表征故障特征的模糊熵值。最后,结合WOA-ELM模型对特征向量集进行模式识别,根据聚类结果与自适应阈值对GIL设备机械故障进行诊断和预警。结果表明,利用CEEMD与模糊熵对GIL振动信号特征进行分析,可以有效避免模态混叠和冗余噪声分量的干扰,得到能够表征故障特征的特征值;利用WOA-ELM模型可以有效实现GIL设备机械故障诊断与预警。     

Accurate Receptor-Ligand Binding Free Energies from Fast QM Conformational Chemical Space Sampling

Small molecule receptor-binding is dominated by weak, non-covalent interactions such as van-der-Waals hydrogen bonding or electrostatics. Calculating these non-covalent ligand-receptor interactions is a challenge to computational means in terms of accuracy and efficacy since the ligand may bind in a number of thermally accessible conformations. The conformational rotamer ensemble sampling tool (CREST) uses an iterative scheme to efficiently sample the conformational space and calculates energies using the semi-empirical ‘Geometry, Frequency, Noncovalent, eXtended Tight Binding’ (GFN2-xTB) method. This combined approach is applied to blind predictions of the modes and free energies of binding for a set of 10 drug molecule ligands to the cucurbit[n]urils CB[8] receptor from the recent ‘Statistical Assessment of the Modeling of Proteins and Ligands’ (SAMPL) challenge including morphine, hydromorphine, cocaine, fentanyl, and ketamine. For each system, the conformational space was sufficiently sampled for the free ligand and the ligand-receptor complexes using the quantum chemical Hamiltonian. A multitude of structures makes up the final conformer-rotamer ensemble, for which then free energies of binding are calculated. For those large and complex molecules, the results are in good agreement with experimental values with a mean error of 3 kcal/mol. The GFN2-xTB energies of binding are validated by advanced density functional theory calculations and found to be in good agreement. The efficacy of the automated QM sampling workflow allows the extension towards other complex molecular interaction scenarios.     

基于相对熵的KNN文本分类方法的研究

摘要:为提高处理文本相似度的效果,提出了一种基于相对熵度量文本差异的KNN算法.该算法首先对文本进行预处理(分字与删去停用字)和构建特征字字典; 然后计算训练集中所有文本特征字的概率,并组成训练集(特征字概率矩阵); 最后计算预测文本的特征字概率向量,并通过计算和统计K个预测文本与训练集文本间相对熵最小的文本类别个数后将数目最多的类别作为测试样本的类别.实验结果表明,该算法的分类效果不仅显著优于传统KNN、SVM、Decision Tree、朴素Bayes算法的分类效果,且在小样本数据情况下     

传热推动力损耗的温度场熵分析

运用物理场熵的概念,以传热推动力在空间温度场中不可逆损耗,定量表达传热过程不可逆程度,并将温度场熵分析法应用于矩形散热翅片效率的研究,得到温度场熵与翅片长度成正比、与厚度和导热系数成反比的定量关系。并通过与翅片散热效率曲线对比表明,温度场熵不仅反映了传热过程中系统的热力性能和热效,而且揭示了翅片热效变化的内在机理,对优化此类热力系统的设计具有实际应用价值。     

化工过程熵增指数及其在磷复肥清洁生产评价中的应用

从热力学第二定律出发, 指出清洁生产的热力学本质是控制物质由有序结构向无序转化并从中获取最大效益, 其优劣可由过程熵增反映。 引用复杂体系非平衡定态过程最小熵产生原理,推导出依据与外界交换的物流和热流信息定量计算化工复杂系统过程熵增的方法, 并定义过程熵增指数ζ 。 评价了化工过程对环境热力学状态的综合影响。选择以硫和以氨为载能原料的磷复肥工艺为例进行了计算和对比,其过程熵增指数分别为6.753和4.571,反映出载能原料硫作为废物排放对环境热力学状态产生更大的影响。     

江苏省磷资源安全评价与演化趋势

通过系统的资料整理与严密的数据分析,在阐述省内磷资源概况与化肥施用需求的基础上,依据熵值法修正的层次分析法建立了农用矿产资源的安全评价体系。修正的安全系数和最终计算结果更加符合实际,显示了该方法的科学性、优越性。评价结果表明:江苏省磷资源安全演化整体呈下降趋势,结合省内情况可分为4个阶段。资源禀赋是影响农用矿产安全的主要因素,其次是化肥施用量、勘查资金投入等因素,据此强调开拓市场、科学施肥、保护环境。模型的建立及结果对资源产业持续健康发展和区域经济社会发展具有参考意义。     

An understanding of high entropy alloys from phase diagram calculations

The concept of High Entropy Alloy (HEA) is understood from the point of view of phase diagram calculation. The role of entropy of mixing on the phase stability is discussed for both ideal and non-ideal solid solution phases. The relative stability of a solid solution phase and line compounds is illustrated using hypothetical systems. Calculated binary and multicomponent phase diagrams are used to explain the phenomena observed experimentally for HEAs. The potential of using the CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams) approach in aiding the design of alloys with multiple key components is also discussed.