KNOWLEDGE-BASED FEATURE DISCOVERY FOR EVALUATION FUNCTIONS

Since Samuel's work on checkers over thirty years ago, much effort has been devoted to learning evaluation functions. However, all such methods are sensitive to the feature set chosen to represent the examples. If the features do not capture aspects of the examples significant for problem solving, the learned evaluation function may be inaccurate or inconsistent. Typically, good feature sets are carefully handcrafted and a great deal of time and effort goes into refining and tuning them. This paper presents an automatic knowledge-based method for generating features for evaluation functions. The feature set is developed iteratively: features are generated, then evaluated, and this information is used to develop new features in turn. Both the contribution of a feature and its computational expense are considered in determining whether and how to develop it further.
This method has been applied to two problem-solving domains: the Othello board game and the domain of telecommunications network management. Empirical results show that the method is able to generate many known features and several novel features and to improve concept accuracy in both domains.     

基于模糊修正熵权TOPSIS的战时装备供应链风险评估

针对战时装备供应链的特点,以远程精确打击、敌特后方袭扰和恶劣天气等三个因素为主要风险指标,运用修正的模糊信息熵权对TOPSIS法进行改进,提出了一种新的战时装备供应链风险评估方法。首先利用原始数据产生的模糊信息熵权进行客观赋权,并引入专家因素对权重进行主观修正,利用逼近理想解排序方法进行运算,最后通过实例计算与分析,验证该评估方法简便易行,结论合理,有效降低了指挥员决策的主观随意性。     

仿真系统互操作性研究

如何提升系统的互操作性是当前仿真领域需要着力解决的问题,而理解互操作问题产生的根源则是提升互操作性的前提。从互操作性的概念分析人手,剖析了仿真系统互操作问题产生的原因,将之概括为组织、抽象和实现三个层面,并提出了相应的解决框架。框架通过建立概念模型库和平台无关模型库解决抽象层面的问题,利用模型实现的自动化和服务化解决实现层面的问题,可以作为领域内解决互操作问题的借鉴。最后提出了使用对比法和测试法评估系统互操作性的思路。     

信息技术在安全评估中的应用

随着当前世界经济的快速发展,我们已经进入了信息化和数字化的时代,在这种大的背景下,做好信息的安全管理和评估尤为重要,并越来越受到人们的重视。文章就从这一问题出发,其中根据当前信息安全监管过程中出现的相关问题展开分析,并重点探讨了信息技术在安全评估当中的应用问题。     

最小支持度在教学质量评价系统中的数据挖掘应用

以当前的高职高专院校教育教学为平台,研究分析最小支持度关联规则挖掘技术与教学质量评价相结合的问题,针对教学质量评价结果中的盲目性、不易把握等问题,提出利用最小支持度来分析质量评价体系,获取以影响因素为条件,以评价分析为结论的关联规则来解决目前教学质量评价中的不合理性,使教学质量评价公平、公正、合理、高效,并给教学管理人员提供决策分析资料。     

基于山区地质灾害危险性分区的建设用地适宜性评价

地质灾害是建设用地选址时考虑的关键因素之一,也是危险性区划的主要参考要素,其直接或间接危害到人类安全并给社会和经济建设造成重大损失。为了降低建设用地规划中地质灾害的影响,应将地质灾害危险性分区考虑到建设用地适宜性评价当中。以干旱河谷山区丹巴县为研究区,运用确定系数和逻辑回归相结合的方法,构建地质灾害危险性评价体系对该区进行地质灾害危险性分区。选择安全因子、自然因子、社会因子和生态因子共同构成建设用地适宜性评价指标体系,利用层次分析法对研究区进行建设用地适宜性评价。结果表明:(1)对丹巴县进行危险性分区,极高危险区217.20km2,高危险区744.95km2,中度危险区1352.44km2,低度危险区1295.08km2以及极低危险区875.32km2。(2)丹巴县建设用地最适宜区面积为115.72km2,占县域总面积的2.57%,适宜建设的土地少且多集中在小金川、革什扎河、东谷河和大渡河沿岸河谷地区。较适宜区、基本适宜区、较不适宜区和禁止建设区面积分别为683.47km2、623.21km2、590.66km2、2494.21km2。(3)已建成的城镇空间中38.50%和37.62%分布在最适宜区和较适宜区,整体分布状况良好。有5.85%的城镇空间建设在较不适宜区,2.67%在禁止建设区,存在生态安全风险,该区域应加强灾害预警与防灾减灾工作,有条件地适度搬迁。     

Probabilistic heuristic estimates

Though they constitute the major knowledge source in problem-solving systems, no unified theory of heuristics has emerged. Pearl [15] defines heuristics as criteria, methods, or principles for deciding which among several alternative courses of action promises to be the most effective in order to achieve some goal. The absence of a more precise definition has impeded our efforts to understand, utilize, and discover heuristics. Another consequence is that problem-solving techniques which rely on heuristic knowledge cannot be relied upon to act rationally — in the sense of the normative theory of rationality.To provide a sound basis for BPS, the Bayesian Problem-Solver, we have developed a simple formal theory of heuristics, which is general enough to subsume traditional heuristic functions as well as other forms of problem-solving knowledge, and to straddle disparate problem domains. Probabilistic heuristic estimates represent a probabilistic association of sensations with prior experience — specifically, a mapping from observations directly to subjective probabilities which enables the use of theoretically principled mechanisms for coherent inference and decision making during problem-solving. This paper discusses some of the implications of this theory, and describes its successful application in BPS.This research was made possible by support from Heuristicrats, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Rand Corporation.     

Image quality evaluation for OLED-based smart-phone displays at various lighting conditions

The image quality of three organic light-emitting diode (OLED) based smart-phone displays was assessed at three levels of ambient lighting conditions corresponding to the darkroom, indoor and outdoor environment, respectively. Seven perceptual attributes, i.e., naturalness, colorfulness, brightness, contrast, sharpness, preference, and overall image quality (IQ), were evaluated in both standard dynamic range (SDR) and high dynamic range (HDR) mode via psychophysical experiments by rank order method, while readability was assessed only in SDR mode and gradation was investigated only in HDR mode. The experimental results demonstrate that, besides the color gamut, the tone reproduction curve is also an important factor affecting the colorfulness of mobile display in the two modes. Higher peak luminance would not mean better performance on brightness and contrast for HDR images, which is opposite to SDR mode. Further analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicates that the ranking results of all perceptual attributes are not significantly affected by the ambient lighting levels in both SDR and HDR modes.     

Authority updating: An expert authority evaluation algorithm considering post‐evaluation and power indices in social networks

In group assessment, the focus is on finding high‐authority experts to improve the reliability of assessment results. In this study, we propose an authority updating algorithm while considering the power and judgement reliability of an expert on the basis of social networks and post‐evaluations. A network power index is established and used to reflect the power of an expert while considering social networks. The measurement of the judgement reliability of an expert considers the post‐evaluation of the objects selected by experts, thereby more scientifically reflecting the reliability of experts. The analysis shows the following: although the social‐network structure influences the authority of experts, the influence weakens when the assessment group is a highly or even fully connected group; the network effect may increase the authority of some experts and reduce that of others, and it will weaken as the network connectivity increases; moreover, the judgement reliability and authority of an expert while considering post‐evaluation can encourage him/her to make fair assessments and strive to reduce his/her motivation and cognitive biases.     

XVM虚拟环境下并行程序的性能评测

该文引入speedup作为并行程序的性能评测指标,分析了并行程序在不同类型和不同数量的客户虚拟机中运行的性能差异,实验表明,MPI并行程序在xVM虚拟化环境中的运行性能接近非虚拟化本地主机的性能,在半虚拟化环境中的并行程序性能超过全虚拟化环境中的并行程序性能。