Note on “Unrelated parallel-machine scheduling with deteriorating maintenance activities”

In this note, we prove that both problems studied by Cheng et al. [Cheng, T. C. E., Hsu, C.-J., & Yang, D.-L. (2011). Unrelated parallel-machine scheduling with deteriorating maintenance activities. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 60, 602–605] can be solved in O(n^m+3) time no matter what the processing time of a job after a maintenance activity is greater or less than its processing time before the maintenance activity, where m is the number of machines and n is the number of jobs.     

RESEARCH ON HUMAN FACTORS IN ROAD TRANSPORT

The paper attempts to list the most important fields in which research on human factors in road transport is required.

The importance of improving the efficiency of road transport is emphasized, and the figures for road casualties are quoted to demonstrate the need to study the behaviour of cyclists, motor-cyclists and pedestrians as well as motorists.

The problems on which research is required are grouped under the six headings of perception, communication of information, control of the vehicle, comfort, protection of occupants, and behaviour of drivers. Subjects regarded as of particular interest are (1) the communication of information to the driver, (2) the design of the vehicle to improve control by the driver, (3) crash injury protection for the motorist and for the motor-cyclist, and (4) the study of the driving task.     

Movements with Lateral Constraint

Abstract

The literature on terminal control tasks and continuous tracking tasks suggests a possible model for tasks where the subject must guide a vehicle at his own speed along a course defined by a tolerance band. The model predicts a linear relationship between the average velocity and the width of the tolerance band. Throe experiments are described which simulate vehicle guidance by pencil-and-paper experiments for courses consisting of straight lines and circles. The predictions of the model were confirmed, suggesting that a general measure for the ease of control of a vehicle (or other controlled system) is possible using this technique.     

The effects of a lower body exoskeleton load carriage assistive device on limits of stability and postural sway

The study investigated the effects of using a lower body prototype exoskeleton (EXO) on static limits of stability and postural sway. Measurements were taken with participants, 10 US Army enlisted men, standing on a force platform. The men were tested with and without the EXO (15 kg) while carrying military loads of 20, 40 and 55 kg. Body lean to the left and right was significantly less and postural sway excursions and maximal range of movement were significantly reduced when the EXO was used. Hurst values indicated that body sway was less random over short-term time intervals and more random over long-term intervals with the EXO than without it. Feedback to the user's balance control mechanisms most likely was changed with the EXO. The reduced sway and relatively small changes in sway with increasing load weights suggest that the EXO structure may have functioned to provide a bracing effect on the body.     

大风对直接空冷机组的影响及对策

直接空冷机组的节水效果明显，但也存一些运行方面的问题。尤其是在高温环境下空冷岛受到大风袭击时，其冷却性能会大幅下降，甚至会发生因背压高保护动作跳机的危险。本文对空冷岛在高温环境下受大风袭击时的现象及原因进行了分析，并提出对策及反事故措施。     

大机组调峰对锅炉运行的影响及运行优化研究

利用炉膛断面温度场可视化监测系统、节能环保车、炉内三维数值模拟等先进的技术和设备对大机组调峰稳定性和运行方式优化进行试验和理论研究。     

组合式空调系统设计中机组选型方法探讨

对目前组合式空调机组在选型设计及使用中出现的问题进行了分析，运用空气处理设备选型的有关理论和计算方法，对舒适性空调系统中机组选型的一些问题和数据进行了简化和近似处理，提出了能够满足工程设计的要求的简便实用的选型方法。     

基于CMAC的电液负载模拟器自学习控制

通过建立某飞行器舵机电液负载模拟器与操舵系统联动的数学模型，分析了电液负载模拟器的多余力产生原理。提出了采用结构不变性原理设计补偿环节的基于CMAC神经网络的控制结构和算法。通过对系统的动态仿真表明，该方法可有效地抑制多余力，明显改善电液负载模拟器的动态加载性能。     

万家寨水电站经济运行的措施

针对黄河近几年来水量逐年减少和电力市场的变化 ,对提高万家寨电站的经济运行效益问题 ,进行了分析