Effects of silicone oil and polymeric modifiers on the mechanical properties of highly filled LLDPE

The effects of coupling agents, silicone oil, and three types of polymeric modifiers on the mechanical properties of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) composites highly filled with aluminium hydroxide [Al(OH)₃] were studied. Polymeric modifiers that contain polar groups, such as silane‐grafted polyethylene (Si‐g‐PE) and acrylic‐acid‐grafted ethylene‐vinyl acetate copolymer (AA‐g‐EVA), improve the mechanical properties dramatically, while nonpolar modifiers improve them to some extent. When Al(OH)₃ was treated using a titanate coupling agent, the silicone oil increased the impact strength and elongation at break of the LLDPE/Al(OH)₃ composites. Introduction of a polymeric modifier containing polar groups destroys the beneficial effects of silicone oil on film mechanical properties, while the introduction of a nonpolar elastomeric polymeric modifier retains the high impact strength and elongation at break. SEM analyses provide the indirect evidence of the encapsulation of silicone oil around the filler. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 121–128, 2002     

A free space frequency‐time‐domain technique for electromagnetic characterization of materials using reflection‐based measurement

In this report, a free space frequency‐time‐domain technique is presented for characterizing the electrical properties and thickness of the sample using multiple reflections and fabry‐perot resonance phenomenon. The retrieval of constitutive electromagnetic parameters of the sample has been carried out by comparing the measured reflection coefficient data from the sample at two different incident angles. The relative permittivity as well as relative permeability along with the thickness of different samples viz., beryllia, silicon, and plexiglass have been evaluated with high accuracy in the frequency range 1 to 15 GHz. The method is also experimentally validated by successfully reconstructing the unknown material properties of two different samples. The unique advantage of this method lies in non‐requirement of any prior knowledge of the sample's thickness for measuring the complex relative dielectric constant as well as relative permeability of the sample. To determine the electromagnetic properties of the sample, the sole knowledge of reflection coefficient data are needed. Moreover, the method does not involve any additional measurement for the reference calibration. The simple, cost‐effective proposed scheme is quite useful in many applications like accurate determination of signal strength in indoor wireless communication, through wall imaging, food industry, and so on.     

Delay‐dependent stability of nonlinear hybrid neutral stochastic differential equations with multiple delays

In this article, we study the delay‐dependent stability of a class of hybrid neutral stochastic differential equations (NSDEs) with multiple delays which is highly nonlinear. Some novel stability criteria are investigated according to Lyapunov functions and generalized Itô's formula. In particular, we generalize and improve the results in Shen et al, Systems & Control Letters (2018) from a single delay to multiple delays.     

基于时序特征和集成算法的用户购买预测

大数据时代,电商平台积累了大量用户在平台上的行为数据,比如浏览、点击、下单和加入购物车等等.如何使用机器学习算法去探索大数据背后的用户消费喜好和习惯成为了一个新的研究热点.本文主要在特征工程和模型搭建两个方面对用户购买预测的效果做出提高.通过深入理解电商业务知识,利用统计学知识,分别从用户、商品和评论数据等多个方面的数据构建了115个特征;在模型搭建方面,主要设计了一个两层融合模型,第一层采用了XGBoost、CatBoost和逻辑回归作为基分类器,从不同的角度考虑用户购买预测,第二层采用加权平均的方法对基类模型的预测结果进行融合,其权重由线性分类器学习生成.实验结果表明该融合模型的F1评分要高于个体分类器,并且多次实验证明,融合模型的稳定性也要比个体分类器好.     

一种考虑电压岛边界约束的多电压布图算法

多电压设计(multiple supply voltage,MSV)是降低SoC功耗的有效方法之一.为便于电压岛供电引脚的放置,提出了一种考虑电压岛边界约束的多电压布图算法.首先,基于切分树表示的布图解特点,提出一种边界检查算法快速确定所有模块的边界信息.其次,以优化功耗为目标采用改进动态规划方法进行多电压分配并构建电压岛.最后,以模拟退火算法作为搜索引擎对芯片的面积、线长和功耗进行协同优化.为减少SA迭代次数,采用了一个两阶段的降温策略.对GSRC电路的实验结果表明,该算法可获得满足边界约束的多电压布图,且和不考虑边界约束时相比,仅在功耗上平均增加5.2％.     

基于部分加权损失函数的RefineDet

针对目标检测网络单阶改进目标检测器（RefineDet）对类间不平衡数据集中小样本类别检测性能差的问题,提出一种部分加权损失函数SWLoss。首先,以每个训练批量中不同类别样本数量的倒数作为启发式的类间样本平衡因子,对分类损失中的不同类别进行加权,从而提高对小样本类别学习的关注程度;然后引入多任务平衡因子对分类损失和回归损失进行加权,缩小两个任务学习速率的差异;最后,在目标类别样本数量存在大幅差异的Pascal VOC 2007数据集和点阵字符数据集上进行实验。结果表明,与原始RefineDet相比,基于SWLoss的RefineDet明显提高了小样本类别的检测精度,它在两个数据集上的平均精度均值（mAP）分别提高了1.01、9.86个百分点;与基于损失平衡函数和加权成对损失的RefineDet相比,基于SWLoss的RefineDet在两个数据集上的mAP分别提高了0.68、4.73和0.49、1.48个百分点。     

正则稀疏化的多因子量化选股策略

针对高维度数据集特征之间的复杂性,而传统的L1惩罚项不满足Oracle性质的无偏性,将逻辑回归弹性网（LR-Elastic Net）中的L1惩罚项替换为SCAD（Smoothly Clipped Absolute Deviation）和MCP（Minimax Concave Penalty）惩罚项,分别构建了LR-SCAD和LR-MCP模型,在保留稀疏性的同时满足了无偏性,并利用ADMM（Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers）算法进行求解。通过模拟实验发现,LR-Elastic Net模型能很好地处理特征存在相关性的小样本数据,而LR-SCAD和LR-MCP模型在特征存在相关性的大样本数据中表现较好;建立LR-Elastic Net、LR-SCAD和LR-MCP策略,并应用于沪深300指数成分股数据。回测结果显示,LR-SCAD和LR-MCP策略在股票相关性很强的数据中比LR-Elastic Net策略表现更好。     

基于多重约束的OpenXML复合文档内容源数据区容错定界算法

在高误码率条件下,接收到的OpenXML复合文档往往因数据含错而无法打开,而在文档修复过程中,对信源中每个源文件内容源数据区的定界经常容易出错,针对该问题,提出了一种基于多重约束的OpenXML复合文档内容源数据区容错定界算法。通过对文档协议冗余的分析与归类,将内容源数据区定界问题转化为对起始位置序列的最佳估计问题。在通过适当放宽匹配条件完成粗定界的基础上,利用冗余信息中的约束关系构建代价函数对观测数据进行筛选,有效地剔除“虚警”情况,进而实现对内容源数据区起始位置序列的最佳估计。仿真结果表明,在参数设置合理的情况下,该方法具有较好的容错定界能力。     

Rn 上的线性局部保控映射

设φ：Rn →Rn 是一个线性映射,对任意x∈Rn ,都存在与x有关的线性保控映射ψx ,使得φ（x）＝ψx（x）,则称φ是欧氏空间上的一个线性局部保控映射。线性保控映射是线性局部保控映射,其逆命题不成立。文中定义了两个与φ相关的Rn的子集Iφ和IIφ,如果任意Rn上的点都属于Iφ（或IIφ）,那么这个线性局部保控映射φ是线性保控映射。     

Risk reduction in Sechahun iron ore deposit by geological boundary modification using multiple indicator Kriging

Uncertainty on the geological contacts and the block volumes of the models along boundaries is often a major part of the global uncertainty of reserve estimation.This work introduces a geostatistical technique that has been developed and tested in an iron ore deposit at Bafq mining district,in central Iran,and that,based on a probability criterion,helps to objectively model the geometry of this iron ore deposit.The main problem in reserve estimation of this ore body is its geometrical modeling and uncertainty in geological boundaries.This work deals with the geostatistical method of multiple indicator kriging,which is used to determine the real boundaries of ore body in different categories.This approach has potential to improve project performance and decrease operational risk.For this purpose,the ore body is separated into two categories including rich iron zone （w（Fe）〉45%） and poor iron zone （20%〈w（Fe）〈45%）.It significantly benefits to decrease the risk of reserve evaluation in the deposit.This case study also highlights the value of multiple indicator kriging as a tool for estimates the position of grade boundaries within the deposit.Comparison of the resultant probability maps with the real ore/waste contacts on the extracted levels shows that the first indicator model could separate the whole ore body （poor plus rich） from the waste zone by probability of more than 0.35,which concludes the total reserve of 53 million tons.The second indicator model applied to separate the rich and poor domains and the results show that the blocks with the estimated probability of equal to or more than 0.4 lay within the rich ore zone consisting of 15.8 million tons reserve.