Modelling topology optimization problems as linear mixed 0–1 programs

This paper deals with topology optimization of discretized continuum structures. It is shown that a large class of non‐linear 0–1 topology optimization problems, including stress‐ and displacement‐constrained minimum weight problems, can equivalently be modelled as linear mixed 0–1 programs. The modelling approach is applied to some test problems which are solved to global optimality. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

磁悬浮硬盘转子控制系统中时序电路测试技术

为提高磁悬浮硬盘转子控制系统的可靠性，提出了对时序芯片的测试方法：手工测试和计算机辅助测试；及时时序电路逻辑功能的两种检测技术；基于状态表的测试技术和自动检测技术。对于时序芯片，手工测试方法效率较低，计算机辅助测试方法适用范围更广；对于电路逻辑功能，基于状态表的测试技术操作相对困难，但无须增加额外测试电路；自动检测技术操作简单，且测试速度快，但需要增加辅助检测电路。时序电路测试技术对保证悬浮硬盘转子各组成部分协同工作十分重要。     

Visual C++与Fortran混合编程及Matcom绘图在空调负荷计算软件中的应用

介绍利用VC与Fortran进行混合编程，将Visual C 程疗从DOS环境下移植到期Windows环境下，并利用Matcom对数据进行可视化的方法。     

多目标二次规划非劣解集的理论生成及应用

本文对多目标二次规划问题非劣解集的理论生成进行了探讨,在介绍二次规划单目标问题优化解求法的基础上,提出了在决策平面上互切点,共交点轨迹的概念.由此导出了非劣解集的一般解析式(对切点解问题)和另一类交点解问题时的非劣解集求法,然后介绍了在目标平面非劣解集的解析表达式.使多目标二次规划问题整个非劣解集的推求严格、明确和方便,有理论和实际意义。文中以一个综合利用水库参数的多目标优选作为例子阐述了应用,并求出了最终的最佳协调解.     

基于移位原理的顺序控制器研究

本文根据PLC顺序控制程序的设计思路,阐述了用常用集成数码移位寄存器、电力电子开关电路和少量外围电子元件构成移位控制器的原理,根据此设计思路制作的移位控制器经过在实验室环境下运行,证明了设计方案的可行性。     

A multi-objective programming model for scheduling emergency medicine residents

Scheduling emergency medicine residents (EMRs) is a complex task, which considers a large number of rules (often conflicting) related to various aspects such as limits on the number of consecutive work hours, number of day and night shifts that should be worked by each resident, resident staffing requirements according to seniority levels for the day and night shifts, restrictions on the number of consecutive day and night shifts assigned, vacation periods, weekend off requests, and fair distribution of responsibilities among the residents. Emergency rooms (ERs) are stressful workplaces, and in addition shift work is well-known to be more demanding than regular daytime work. For this reason, preparing schedules that suit the working rules for EMRs is especially important for reducing the negative impact on shift workers physiologically, psychologically, and socially. In this paper, we present a goal programming (GP) model that accommodates both hard and soft constraints for a monthly planning horizon. The hard constraints should be adhered to strictly, whereas the soft constraints can be violated when necessary. The relative importance values of the soft constraints have been computed by the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which are used as coefficients of the deviations from the soft constraints in the objective function. The model has been tested in the ER of a major local university hospital. The main conclusions of the study are that problems of realistic size can be solved quickly and the generated schedules have very high qualities compared to the manually prepared schedules, which require a lot of effort and time from the chief resident who is responsible for this duty.     

价格不确定情况下炼厂生产计划的优化

生产计划的编制是炼油企业生产经营管理中的一个关键环节，然而由于市场变化的不确定性，使企业制度长远规划受到限制，笔者将多目标规划应用于炼厂价格不确定情况下生产计划的制定，使所得到的生产计划在一定程度上反映市场的变化并能使企业的生产效益最优，为企业管理决策者进行长远规划给予指导。通过实例验证了该方法的可行性。     

Unix tools as visual programming components in a GUI‐builder environment

Development environments based on ActiveX controls and JavaBeans are marketed as ‘visual programming’ platforms; in practice their visual dimension is limited to the design and implementation of an application's graphical user interface (GUI). The availability of sophisticated GUI development environments and visual component development frameworks is now providing viable platforms for implementing visual programming within general‐purpose platforms, i.e. for the specification of non‐GUI program functionality using visual representations. We describe how specially designed reflective components can be used in an industry‐standard visual programming environment to graphically specify sophisticated data transformation pipelines that interact with GUI elements. The components are based on Unix‐style filters repackaged as ActiveX controls. Their visual layout on the development environment canvas is used to specify the connection topology of the resultant pipeline. The process of converting filter‐style programs into visual controls is automated using a domain‐specific language. We demonstrate the approach through the design and the visual implementation of a GUI‐based spell‐checker. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimal Operation of Reservoir Systems using Simulated Annealing

A stochastic search technique, simulated annealing (SA), is used to optimize the operation of multiple reservoirs. Seminal application of annealing technique in general to multi-period, multiple-reservoir systems, along with problem representation and selection of different parameter values used in the annealing algorithm for specific cases is discussed. The search technique is improved with the help of heuristic rules, problem-specific information and concepts from the field of evolutionary algorithms. The technique is tested for application to a benchmark problem of four-reservoir system previously solved using a linear programming formulation and its ability to replicate the global optimum solution is examined. The technique is also applied to a system of four hydropower generating reservoirs in Manitoba, Canada, to derive optimal operating rules. A limited version of this problem is solved using a mixed integer nonlinear programming and results are compared with those obtained using SA. A better objective function value is obtained using simulated annealing than the value from a mixed integer non-linear programming model developed for the same problem. Results obtained from these applications suggest that simulated annealing can be used for obtaining near-optimal solutions for multi-period reservoir operation problems that are computationally intractable.