Radial density distribution of fractal clusters

The radial density distributions of fractal clusters generated in both DLCA and RLCA conditions by Monte-Carlo off-lattice cluster-cluster aggregation have been investigated. It has been computed by averaging a large number of clusters of same mass to form an average cluster, which is then considered as spherically symmetric. It is found that the radial density distribution, calculated using the mass center of the cluster as the center point, does not follow the fractal scaling, as sometimes assumed in the literature. An empirical model has been proposed to describe the dependence of the radial density distribution on the number of particles in the cluster. The obtained radial density distribution is used to compute permeability profile of the fractal cluster using several literature models, which is then applied to estimate the cluster hydrodynamic radius, R_h, by considering the cluster as a porous permeable object and using the solution of Brinkman equations for the fluid flow inside the cluster. The so obtained R_h values are compared to those in the literature, computed using the Kirkwood-Riseman (KR) theory. It has been found that, among the five permeability models examined, only the model proposed by Davis (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B 1, 185) provides results in good agreement with those obtained using the KR model. Furthermore, it has been verified that the R_h values are insensitive to the model used for the density distribution.     

Probabilistic pseudo-morphology for grayscale and color images

Mathematical morphology offers popular image processing tools, successfully used for binary and grayscale images. Recently, its extension to color images has become of interest and several approaches were proposed. Due to various issues arising from the vectorial nature of the data, none of them imposed as a generally valid solution. We propose a probabilistic pseudo-morphological approach, by estimating two pseudo-extrema based on Chebyshev inequality. The framework embeds a parameter which allows controlling the linear versus non-linear behavior of the probabilistic pseudo-morphological operators. We compare our approach for grayscale images with the classical morphology and we emphasize the impact of this parameter on the results. Then, we extend the approach to color images, using principal component analysis. As validation criteria, we use the estimation of the color fractal dimension, color textured image segmentation and color texture classification. Furthermore, we compare our proposed method against two widely used approaches, one morphological and one pseudo-morphological.     

Catalyst surface at a fractal of cost—a quest for optimal catalyst loading

Intuition tells us that any decrease in the catalytically active surface area should result in an equivalent decrease in the reaction yield and efficiency. Our findings counter this by showing that the active surface and hence the catalyst loading can be reduced drastically in the diffusion-limited heterogeneous reaction systems, while the conversion rate remains essentially unchanged by using fractals for spatial distribution of the catalyst load. The results of this study provide an unusual circumstance for optimal design of chemically active surfaces and can be used to drastically reduce cost of heterogeneous chemical and biological reactors, sensors, and electrodes of fuel cells. The proposed approach can be exploited to its fullest extent in chemical microsystems by utilizing the latest advances in our abilities to manipulate matter on the micro/nano scale.     

电气设备智能化技术在智能变电站的应用

随着我国电力系统的飞速发展,对智能电网的自动控制技术需求越来越迫切,在发电、输电、配电、用电的各个环节应用智能一次设备和现代自动控制技术成为未来电网发展研究的热点。结合智能化变电站的建设,探讨变电站智能一次设备的配置与测控的方法和步骤。     

利用七宫格的遮挡车辆凹性检测与分割

目的:交通场景中车辆间的距离过近或相互遮挡容易造成识别上的粘连,增加了准确检测目标车辆的难度,因此需要建立有效、可靠的遮挡车辆分割机制。方法:首先在图像分块的基础上确定出车辆区域,根据车辆区域的长宽比和占空比进行多车判断;然后提出了一种基于“七宫格”的凹陷区域检测算法,用以找出车辆间的凹陷区域,通过匹配对应的凹陷区域得到遮挡区域;最后,将遮挡区域内检测出的车辆边缘轮廓作为分割曲线,从而分割遮挡车辆。结果:实验结果表明,在满足实时性的前提下算法具有较高的识别率,且能够按车辆的边缘轮廓准确分割多个相互遮挡的车辆。与其他算法相比,该算法提高了分割成功率和分割精度,查全率和查准率均可达到90%。结论:提出了一种新的遮挡车辆分割方法,有效解决了遮挡车辆不宜分割和分割不准确的问题,具有较强的适应性。     

Fractal characterization for the mining crack evolution process of overlying strata based on microseismic monitoring technology

In order to study the evolution laws during the development process of the coal face overburden rock mining-induced fissure,we studied the process of evolution of overburden rock mining-induced fissures and dynamically quantitatively described its fractal laws,based on the high-precision microseismic monitoring method and the nonlinear Fractal Geometry Theory.The results show that:the overburden rock mining-induced fissure fractal dimension experiences two periodic change processes with the coal face advance,namely a Small→ Big→ Small process,which tends to be stable;the functional relationship between the extraction step distance and the overburden rock mining-induced fissure fractal dimension is a cubic curve.The results suggest that the fractal dimension reflects the evolution characteristics of the overburden rock mining-induced fissure,which can be used as an evaluation index of the stability of the overburden rock strata,and it provides theoretical guidance for stability analysis of the overburden rock strata,goaf roof control and the support movements in the mining face.     

声发射源特征识别的最新方法

介绍多传感器数据融合、时频能量模式分析及分析理论识别声发射源特征的方法，说明基于波形分析的现代信号处理技术是揭示声发射源及信号传播规律的重要手段。     

Fractal dimension applied to plant identification

This article discusses methods to identify plants by analysing leaf complexity based on estimating their fractal dimension. Leaves were analyzed according to the complexity of their internal and external shapes. A computational program was developed to process, analyze and extract the features of leaf images, thereby allowing for automatic plant identification. Results are presented from two experiments, the first to identify plant species from the Brazilian Atlantic forest and Brazilian Cerrado scrublands, using fifty leaf samples from ten different species, and the second to identify four different species from genus Passiflora, using twenty leaf samples for each class. A comparison is made of two methods to estimate fractal dimension (box-counting and multiscale Minkowski). The results are discussed to determine the best approach to analyze shape complexity based on the performance of the technique, when estimating fractal dimension and identifying plants.     

Optimal replica placement in hierarchical Data Grids with locality assurance

In this paper, we address three issues concerning data replica placement in hierarchical Data Grids that can be presented as tree structures. The first is how to ensure load balance among replicas. To achieve this, we propose a placement algorithm that finds the optimal locations for replicas so that their workload is balanced. The second issue is how to minimize the number of replicas. To solve this problem, we propose an algorithm that determines the minimum number of replicas required when the maximum workload capacity of each replica server is known. Finally, we address the issue of service quality by proposing a new model in which each request must be given a quality-of-service guarantee. We describe new algorithms that ensure both workload balance and quality of service simultaneously.     

基于Agent的分形供应链自适应协同计算

应用分形、智能Ａｇｅｎｔ和神经网络自适应控制技术,研究分形供应链适应环境变化的结构模式和策略模式．探讨了分形供应链Ａｇｅｎｔ关联结构,提出了分形供应链双层自适应协同计算模式,论述了资源Ａｇｅｎｔ,信息协调Ａｇｅｎｔ,人机交互Ａｇｅｎｔ和领域计算Ａｇｅｎｔ之间的相互作用关系．以一个分形模块的策略协同为分析对象,研究了领域单元的自适应协同计算模式,分析了分形模块的成本模型,并对基于Ａｇｅｎｔ交互的神经网络模型部分进行了算例仿真．