Measuring the economic benefits of the Youngsan River Restoration Project in Kwangju,Korea, using contingent valuation

This study examines the economic benefits of a river restoration project in the Youngsan River, Kwangju, Korea, using a contingent valuation method. It employs a spike model to address the high proportion of zero responses. The results indicate that a household's annual mean willingness to pay is KRW3410 in Kwangju and KRW1744 in other regions. The resulting benefit-cost ratio is 2.29, indicating that the project would be socially profitable, and that households appear willing to support it financially.     

无线传感器网络中基于树的动态多路径容错路由协议

多路径路由对无线传感器网络的负载均衡和容错能力等方面都有一定改善作用。在研究一些多路径路由算法的基础上,对分层的无线传感器网络路由进行探索,提出了一种基于树的动态多路径路由的生成方法,快速获得当前节点的主路径与备用路径。仿真结果表明,该方法可有效地均衡网络负载、减少时延、提高网络的可靠性。     

Modeling deterministic echo state network with loop reservoir

Echo state network (ESN),which efficiently models nonlinear dynamic systems,has been proposed as a special form of recurrent neural network.However,most of the proposed ESNs consist of complex reservoi...     

Predicting dam failure risk for sustainable flood retention basins: A generic case study for the wider Greater Manchester area

This study aims to provide a rapid screening tool for assessment of sustainable flood retention basins (SFRBs) to predict corresponding dam failure risks. A rapid expert-based assessment method for dam failure of SFRB supported by an artificial neural network (ANN) model has been presented. Flood storage was assessed for 110 SFRB and the corresponding Dam Failure Risk was evaluated for all dams across the wider Greater Manchester study area. The results show that Dam Failure Risk can be estimated by using the variables Dam Height, Dam Length, Maximum Flood Water Volume, Flood Water Surface Area, Mean Annual Rainfall (based on Met Office data), Altitude, Catchment Size, Urban Catchment Proportion, Forest Catchment Proportion and Managed Maximum Flood Water Volume. A cross-validation R² value of 0.70 for the ANN model signifies that the tool is likely to predict variables well for new data sets. Traditionally, dams are considered safe because they have been built according to high technical standards. However, many dams that were constructed decades ago do not meet the current state-of-the-art dam design guidelines. Spatial distribution maps show that dam failure risks of SFRB located near cities are higher than those situated in rural locations. The proposed tool could be used as an early warning system in times of heavy rainfall.     

The Advice and Influence Networks of Transformational Leaders.

Existing transformational leadership research has focused primarily on the behaviors of leaders and their effects on followers. The authors extended this research by examining the social networks of managers who exhibit transformational leadership behaviors. Their focus was on the network of relationships that managers develop and whether they hold key positions in the organization's informal social networks. In a field study using data from 39 managers and 130 nonmanagement employees of 6 organizations, the authors found that managers who score higher on transformational leadership tend to hold more central positions in organizational advice and influence networks. Furthermore, the direct reports of these leaders were also more central in informal organizational networks. These results illuminate one of the ways that managers who exhibit transformational leadership behaviors may exert influence in organizations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

VPN构建的一种设计思想

Internet的发展对安全问题的要求越来越高，网络安全日益受到重视。文章以虚拟专用网为主要研究对象，结合软件工程的一些开发思想，对虚拟专用网的构建做出了理论上的设计。文章分析了虚拟专用网目前所涉及的主要几大模型，具体构建了一种可行的VPN设计方案，同时结合软件工程，对VPN构建给出自行设计的一种模块结构图，并对各个模块结构给出了具体解释，今后的工作在于将模块具体细化运用到实践中。     

Incorporating Ancestors' Influence in Genetic Algorithms

A new criterion of fitness evaluation for Genetic Algorithms is introduced where the fitness value of an individual is determined by considering its own fitness as well as those of its ancestors. Some guidelines for selecting the weighting coefficients for quantifying the importance to be given to the fitness of the individual and its ancestors are provided. This is done both heuristically and automatically under fixed and adaptive frameworks. The Schema Theorem corresponding to the proposed concept is derived. The effectiveness of this new methodology is demonstrated extensively on the problems of optimizing complex functions including a noisy one and selecting optimal neural network parameters.     

Least possible time paths in stochastic, time-varying networks

In this paper, two computationally efficient algorithms are presented for determining the least possible time paths for all origins to a single destination in networks where the arc weights are discrete random variables whose probability distribution functions vary with time. The first algorithm determines the least possible time path from each node for each departure time interval, the least possible travel time and a lower bound on the associated probability of the occurrence of this travel time. The second algorithm determines up to k least possible time paths, the associated travel times and the corresponding probabilities of occurrence of the travel times (or a lower bound on this probability). No such efficient algorithms for determining least time paths in stochastic, time-varying networks exist in the literature.     

网络环境下公文收发系统的设计与实现

一个单位内部各部门之间公文收发是日常工作的重要内容。本文主要研究在计算机网络环境下，如何利用网络的高速数据传输能力，设计出符合我国企事业单位管理体制特点的公文收发计算机自动化处理系统，实现无纸公文办公。文中提出了两种可行的实现方案，并就其中一种方案进行了编程实现。该系统已在ＮＯＶＥＬＬ网络上测试运行，使用方便，功能完善，还可兼作电子邮件使用。     

神经网络控制器用于永磁电机的伺服驱动

提出用一种遗传算法（ＧｅｎｅｔｉｃＡｌｇｏｒｉｔｈｍ，简称ＧＡ）训练的多层神经网络结构（ＮＮ），并把它用于交流直线永磁同步电动机（简称ＬＰＭＳＭ）的辩识与控制，使其运行在伺服驱动环境．ＮＮ可随时辩识被控系统的动态待性，而不需要ＬＰＭＳＭ的精确的数学模型．仿真结果令人满意