关于GB/T 24000-ISO 14000系列标准

阐述了ISO14000系列标准产生的背景、已发布的5个标准简况、ISO／TC207正在起草的国际标准及其发展趋势；介绍了实施ISO14000系列标准的作用和意义以及我国推行ISO14000系列标准的原则和计划；指出了ISO14000系列标准与ISO9000族标准的关系。     

鸡西市城市需水量预测分析

以黑龙江省水资源较为短缺的鸡西市为例,选取2010年为基准年,根据鸡西市城市总体发展规划,并结合当地水资源利用现状,分析预测规划水平年2020年和2030年的城市总需水量,并对预测结果进行合理性分析,在此基础上提出解决鸡西市未来城市需水问题的建议。     

采用拟静力法的新型桶式基础防波堤结构稳定性分析

三维情况下,桶体稳定性是一个复杂的空间结构与土相互作用的问题。结合工程实例,建立了三维新型桶式基础防波堤有限元模型,对其稳定性进行分析。从而,动力作用下桶体结构位移与目前静力计算的结果相差较大,针对这个问题,分析提出等效拟静力法,通过与动力作用后相等的孔压等效成与之对应的静荷载,然后计算桶体位移。该方法的关键是找出桶体前端底部土体孔压与静荷载之间的关系,同时找出此处土体孔压与动荷载之间的关系,从而建立静荷载与动荷载之间的关系。经数值模拟与试验对比,结果证明所提的等效拟静力法比较合理。在模拟与分析原型桶体基础上,进一步分析了不同尺度及不同荷载作用点高度时,桶体前端底部土体孔压与静荷载之间的近似直线关系。     

华安水电站扩建工程引水隧洞塌方处理技术

为解决华安水电站扩建工程引水隧洞施工过程中的塌方问题,对其塌方的特点及成因进行了研究,提出了搞好隧洞初期支护、把握好穿越塌方体施工的过程、采用深层固结灌浆提高围岩稳定性等措施,经过施工期的安全监测和一年运行观测,该洞段围岩稳定,表明措施有效。     

海绵城市建设的径流控制指标探析

城市化引起的诸多水生态、水环境及洪灾问题均与天然水文条件的破坏紧密相关;水文控制指标是海绵城市建设中的关键控制指标。在调研国际城市雨洪管理的演变及目前城市水文控制指标发展趋势的基础上,提出海绵城市建设所必需的水文控制指标体系概念。该体系包括维持河湖湿地基流与地下水补给的入渗控制指标,减少雨洪面源污染的水质控制指标,防止河道侵蚀的水土侵蚀控制指标,以及避免小量级洪涝和减轻极端洪涝灾害的洪水控制指标。在此基础上,分析了我国在海绵城市建设中缺乏完整水文控制指标体系的现状,并提出了我国目前在建立城市雨洪管理水文控制指标工作中亟待开展的工作,为海绵城市建设中合理确定适合各地具体条件的水文控制指标体系提供研究思路与参考。     

A revisit to stochastic near-optimal controls: The critical case

This paper revisits the stochastic near-optimal control problem considered in Zhou (1998), where the stochastic system is given by a controlled stochastic differential equation with the control variable taking values in a general control space and entering both the drift and diffusion coefficients. A necessary condition of near-optimality is derived using Ekeland’s variational principle, spike variation techniques, and some delicate estimates for the state and the adjoint processes. We improve the error bound of order from “almost” ${\epsilon }^{\frac{1}{3}}$ in Zhou (1998) to “exactly” ${\epsilon }^{\frac{1}{3}}$.     

Computation of optimum reliability acceptance sampling plans in presence of hybrid censoring

The decision regarding acceptance or rejection of a lot of products may be considered through variables acceptance sampling plans based on suitable quality characteristics. A variables sampling plan to determine the acceptability of a lot of products based on the lifetime of the products is called reliability acceptance sampling plan (RASP). This work considers the determination of optimum RASP under cost constraint in the framework of hybrid censoring. Weibull lifetime models are considered for illustrations; however, the proposed methodology can be easily extended to any location-scale family of distributions. The proposed method is based on asymptotic results of the estimators of parameters of lifetime distribution. Hence, a Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted in order to show that the sampling plans meet the specified risks for finite sample size.     

Construction of living cellular automata using the Physarum plasmodium

The plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a unicellular and multinuclear giant amoeba that has an amorphous cell body. To clearly observe how the plasmodium makes decisions in its motile and exploratory behaviours, we developed a new experimental system to pseudo-discretize the motility of the organism. In our experimental space that has agar surfaces arranged in a two-dimensional lattice, the continuous and omnidirectional movement of the plasmodium was limited to the stepwise one, and the direction of the locomotion was also limited to four neighbours. In such an experimental system, a cellular automata-like system was constructed using the living cell. We further analysed the exploratory behaviours of the plasmodium by duplicating the experimental results in the simulation models of cellular automata. As a result, it was revealed that the behaviours of the plasmodium are not reproduced by only local state transition rules; and for the reproduction, a kind of historical rule setting is needed.     

Categorization of risk factors for distributed agile projects

ContextOrganizations combine agile approach and Distributed Software Development (DSD) in order to develop better quality software solutions in lesser time and cost. It helps to reap the benefits of both agile and distributed development but pose significant challenges and risks. Relatively scanty evidence of research on the risks prevailing in distributed agile development (DAD) has motivated this study.ObjectiveThis paper aims at creating a comprehensive set of risk factors that affect the performance of distributed agile development projects and identifies the risk management methods which are frequently used in practice for controlling those risks.MethodThe study is an exploration of practitioners’ experience using constant comparison method for analyzing in-depth interviews of thirteen practitioners and work documents of twenty-eight projects from thirteen different information technology (IT) organizations. The field experience was supported by extensive research literature on risk management in traditional, agile and distributed development.ResultsAnalysis of qualitative data from interviews and project work documents resulted into categorization of forty-five DAD risk factors grouped under five core risk categories. The risk categories were mapped to Leavitt’s model of organizational change for facilitating the implementation of results in real world. The risk factors could be attributed to the conflicting properties of DSD and agile development. Besides that, some new risk factors have been experienced by practitioners and need further exploration as their understanding will help the practitioners to act on time.ConclusionOrganizations are adopting DAD for developing solutions that caters to the changing business needs, while utilizing the global talent. Conflicting properties of DSD and agile approach pose several risks for DAD. This study gives a comprehensive categorization of the risks faced by the practitioners in managing DAD projects and presents frequently used methods to reduce their impact. The work fills the yawning research void in this field.