Automating the identification and analysis of protein {beta}-barrels

ßBarrels are widespread and well-studied featuresof a great many protein structures. In this paper an unsuper-visedmethod for the detection of P-barrels is developed based ontechniques from graph theory. The hydrogen bonded connectivityof ß-sheets is derived using standard pattern recognitiontechniques and expressed as a graph. Barrels correspond to topologicalrings in these connectivity graphs and can thus be identifiedusing ring perception algorithms. Following from this, the characteristictopological structure of a barrel can be expressed using a novelform of reduced nomenclature that counts sequence separationsbetween successive members of the ring set These techniquesare tested by applying them to the detection of barrels in anon-redundant subset of the Brookhaven database. Results indicatethat topological rings do seem to correspond uniquely to ß-barrelsand that the technique, as implemented, finds the majority ofbarrels present in the dataset.     

VSP旅行时反演应用于VSP—CDP转换

非零偏移距垂直地震剖面(VSP)模型的制作是非零偏移距VSP资料处理的关键环节之一,是VSP-CDP转换的基础。本文试用旅行时反演修正非零偏移距VSP的模型,以加速模型的制作过程,提高非零偏移距VSP的处理速度。用合成VSP资料试算表明:旅行时的随机误差对模型的制作影响不大;只要能较准确地确定界面位置,用旅行时反演修改制作非零偏移VSP模型是可行的。本文还探讨了初始模型的不同选择方法,并将旅行时反演用于实际VSP资料的处理。结果表明,大大地节省了非零偏移距VSP资料的处理时间。     

2006年SEG年会反映的各向异性研究新进展

介绍了2006年SEG年会上所反映的各向异性研究的新进展，主要包括：提高速度分析精度的各向异性速度分析参数正交化方法；影响裂隙储层预测的地震波动力学与运动学特征差异分析；验证现行裂隙硬币理论模型可靠性的不规则裂隙有效弹性参数计算分析；提高计算效率的波场延拓各向异性参数参考值优选Lloyd算法；常见TTI介质不同成像方法试验效果的比较。     

Calendar maintenance of arbitrarily structured systems

A semi-Markov model is constructed that describes an arbitrarily structured multicomponent technological system and takes into account its calendar maintenance. Using an aggregation algorithm, approximate values of stationary reliability characteristics and an optimal term of maintenance work are determined for the system. __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 2, pp. 69–86, March–April 2006.     

Predictive modeling of mercury speciation in combustion flue gases using GMDH-based abductive networks

Modeling mercury speciation is an important requirement for estimating harmful emissions from coal-fired power plants and developing strategies to reduce them. First-principle models based on chemical, kinetic, and thermodynamic aspects exist, but these are complex and difficult to develop. The use of modern data-based machine learning techniques has been recently introduced, including neural networks. Here we propose an alternative approach using abductive networks based on the group method of data handling (GMDH) algorithm, with the advantages of simplified and more automated model synthesis, automatic selection of significant inputs, and more transparent input–output model relationships. Models were developed for predicting three types of mercury speciation (elemental, oxidized, and particulate) using a small dataset containing six inputs parameters on the composition of the coal used and boiler operating conditions. Prediction performance compares favourably with neural network models developed using the same dataset, with correlation coefficients as high as 0.97 for training data. Network committees (ensembles) are proposed as a means of improving prediction accuracy, and suggestions are made for future work to further improve performance.     

利用双种群遗传算法进行数值试井自动拟合

遗传算法以随机化技术为指导，通过对整个解空间的高效搜索而得到全局最优解，当解空间较大时，常规遗传算法难以同时保证搜索速度和最优解的精度。针对这种缺陷提出了应用双种群遗传算法，即利用具有不同搜索策略的2个种群进行联合搜索，既保证了最优解的精度，又提高了搜索速度，将其应用于数值试井自动拟合解释，比常规遗传算法能节省50％以上的计算时间。     

图像处理中自适应数学形态学的研究

实际图像处理中当视场的变化引起目标变形时,固定大小的形态学算子很难达到较好的处理效果。研究了利用距离变换自适应地调整结构元大小的方法,即根据图像的不同位置来调整结构元素的大小,从而实现图像的形态学运算,并由此推导出了快速计算方法,最后测试了这种新算法的有效性。实验结果表明,该算法取得了较为理想的效果。     

数据库加密技术

介绍了信息数据安全中数据库加密技术的功能和特点、数据库加密算法，以及数据库加密系统的实现方式和体系结构。     

工程结构优化设计发展综述

 着重评述了工程结构优化设计研究领域从最初的尺寸优化发展到形状优化、拓扑优化的基本历程及其相关特点，并对优化设计选用的优化算法进行了归类，提出了这一领域今后仍然有待于发展的主要方面．     

Stereo and motion correspondences using nonlinear optimization method

This paper presents a new approach for using stereo and motion correspondences to solve the problem of tracking multiple independently moving features. In this approach, quantitative relational structure (QRS) is proposed as a framework for the integration of stereo–motion correspondences. The similarity function, tightly coupled to stereo and motion cues, is constructed on QRS, and then energy function E² consisting of the similarity function is defined. The tracking problem can be converted into the maximization problem of the energy function E². The stereo and motion correspondences that maximize E² are recovered by applying an extended graduated assignment algorithm. The relaxation labeling method is also presented for the comparison with the proposed method. Experimental results are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed method.