A new model of job design: Initial evidence and implications for future research

Clegg and Spencer's (2007) model of job design synthesizes and extends recent conceptions of the job design process by incorporating variables such as knowledge, motivation, and trust into a cyclical and dynamic system. The objective of this study was to examine the sequential organization of variables that comprise the model, as a basis from which to justify further investigations of the model's dynamic properties. Data were collected via questionnaires from 432 participants in two work organizations. Results obtained from structural equation modeling are broadly supportive of the proposed relationships between the variables. Implications of this initial study for future research and practice are discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Equations of state for hard-sphere fluids

Equations of state and contact values of hard-sphere radial distribution functions (rdf's) which are given by a linear combination of the Percus— Yevick and scaled-particle virial expressions are considered. In the one-component case the mixing coefficient() is, in general, a function of the volume fraction. In mixtures the coefficient( _i ,d _i ), in general, depends upon the volume fraction _i , and diameterd _i , of each species,i andj. For the contact valuesY _ij of the rdf's, the mixing coefficients _ij ( _k ) also depend on speciesi andj. Density expansions for the exact for the one-component hard-sphere fluid are obtained and compared with several approximations made in earlier works and in our own work, as well as with simulations. For a mixture, it turns out that one cannot obtain the exact fourth virial coefficient by using a linear combination of the Percus-Yevick and scaled-particle virial expressions forY _ij unless one allows _ij to depend on mole fractionsx _i even at the zeroth order of its density expansion. We also find that _ij must depend on particle speciesi andj in order to satisfy the exact limits obtained earlier by Sung and Stell. A new equation of state for the binary hard-sphere mixture which satisfies all the exact limits we have considered is suggested.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

Probability densities for conditional statistics in the cubic sensor problem

This paper applies the techniques of Malliavin’s stochastic calculus of variations to Zakai’s equation for the one-dimensional cubic sensor problem in order to study the existence of densities of conditional statistics. Let {X _t} be a Brownian motion observed by a cubic sensor corrupted by white noise, and let denote the unnormalized conditional estimate of φ(X _i ). If φ₁,...,φ _n are linearly independent, and if , it is shown that the probability distribution of admits a density with respect to Lebesgue measure for anyn. This implies that, at any fixed time, the unnormalized conditional density cannot be characterized by a finite set of sufficient statistics. Research supported in part by NSF Grant No. MCS-8301880 and by the Institute for Mathematics and It Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota.     

Two new characteristic parameters for runoff computation

A method capable of estimating the hydrograph from a prescribed storm for a practical mild slope upstream catchment is proposed. This method makes use of two new characteristic parameters, andS, in conjunction with the kinematic wave equation to compute lateral inflows of the main stream of the catchment. The depth profile of overland flow at any instant within the catchment and hydrograph at any location can be easily found. Lag times for individual lateral inflows are then considered and are linearly combined to obtain the hydrograph at the outlet of the catchment or depth profile of the main stream at any instant. The validity of the excess rainfall-surface runoff linear relationship in this study has also been verified with Tatsunokuchiyama catchment, and it shows good results for this computed runoff.     

保持边缘特征和增强对比度的图像缩放算法

图像的边缘信息和对比度是影响人体视觉的最主要因素。提出一种能够同时保持边缘特征和增强对比度的图像缩放新方法。通过边缘检测算法、边缘梯度增强以及梯度图的低通滤波算法,得到新的梯度图,再通过求解泊松方程得到重建的图像。由于对图像边缘作了特殊处理,从而避免在图像缩放过程中丢失边缘信息。该方法可以同时保持特征以及增加图像的对比度,从而更好地展现图像的细节。实验结果表明,本文方法能应用于一般图像和医学图像的缩放和增强等应用中。     

线性矩阵方程异类约束最小二乘解的迭代算法

多矩阵变量线性矩阵方程(LME)约束解的计算问题在参数识别、结构设计、振动理论、自动控制理论等领域都有广泛应用。本文借鉴求线性矩阵方程(LME)同类约束最小二乘解的迭代算法,通过构造等价的线性矩阵方程组,建立了求多矩阵变量LME的一种异类约束最小二乘解的迭代算法,并证明了该算法的收敛性。在不考虑舍入误差的情况下,利用该算法不仅可在有限步计算后得到LME的一组异类约束最小二乘解,而且选取特殊初始矩阵时,可求得LME的极小范数异类约束最小二乘解。另外,还可求得指定矩阵在该LME的异类约束最小二乘解集合中的最佳逼近解。算例表明,该算法是有效的。     

基于偏微分的图像放大算法研究

在研究图片放大算法中,分析了现有的运用偏微分算法在图像法大中的不足,利用图像放大过程中的边缘信息可预知性,本文提出一种新的基于偏微分方程的图像放大算法,这种算法通过将图像边缘检测、平滑处理,然后采用三次样条插值算法对边缘进行相应倍数的放大,并通过对可能出现的锯齿边缘进行细化处理;将处理过的边缘作为放大图像的边缘,从而可以将源图像的边缘很好的保持下来,避免了偏微分方程放大过程中出现的边缘模糊现象。实验结果显示,该方法是一种能够很好的保存图像的边缘信息的图像放大算法。     

Water table fluctuation with a random initial condition

The nonlinear Boussinesq equation is used to understand water table fluctuations in various ditch drainage problems. An approximate solution of this equation with a random initial condition and deterministic boundary conditions, recharge rate and aquifer parameters has been developed to predict a transient water table in a ditch-drainage system. The effects of uncertainty in the initial condition on the water table are illustrated with the help of a synthetic example. These results would find applications in ditch-drainage design.Notation A / tanh t - a lower value of the random variable representing the initial water table height at the mid point - a+b Upper value of the random variable representing the initial water table height at the midpoint - B tanh t - C 4/ - h variable water table height - h mean of the variable water table height - h _m variable water table height at the mid point - h _m mean of the variable water table height at the mid point - K hydraulic conductivity - L half spacing between the ditches - m ₀ initial water table height at the mid point - N Uniform rate of recharge - S specific yield - t time of observation - x distance measured from the ditch boundary - (4/SL)(NK)^1/2 - (L/4)(N/K)^1/2 - dummy integral variable     

一类负模量Kirchhoff - Carrier方程的解

利用变分方法和反证法研究了一类含有非线性项的Kirchhoff - Carrier方程,证明了当0<λ1时,该方程至少存在一对非平凡解,且当λ≥a λ₁时该方程不存在同号解.     

证券市场中庄家与散户间的确定性微分博弈

基于确定性微分博弈理论,建立了一种庄家与散户间的连续时间的博弈模型.首先将所有散户作为一个整体与庄家进行博弈,以博弈双方持股率的动态关系作为动态系统方程,并以此构建了一个确定性微分博弈模型; 然后运用开环纳什均衡和反馈纳什均衡分别求解出满足共态函数的常微分方程组和满足价值函数的Issacs - Bellman偏微分方程,以此得到庄家与散户博弈的开环纳什均衡策略和反馈纳什均衡策略.该结果可为金融监管部门监管证券市场和证券市场投资者买卖股票提供参考.