Research Validation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Construction Domain

Validation of the research methodology and its results is a fundamental element of the process of scholarly endeavor. Approaches used for construction engineering and management research have included experiments, surveys and observational studies, modeling and simulation, theory building, case studies, and various subtypes thereof. Some studies use more than one approach. A particular contribution of this paper is that it reviews different types of validation using examples of studies, analyzes the specific challenges that were found to be significant, and presents how they were successfully overcome in each case. Another contribution is that it describes new opportunities for research validation that are emerging at the horizon as well as ongoing collaborative efforts to enhance the access of construction researchers to validation tools. This paper increases the awareness of the paramount role that validation techniques play in scholarly work by providing readers with recommendations to properly validate their own research efforts.     

电子政务软件可靠性评测方法初探

电子政务已经成为政府工作自动化和智能化的重要手段。近年来,中国电子政务软件市场获得了前所未有的发展机遇。随着电子政务软件的飞速发展,软件可靠性成为了建设电子政务的重要指标。软件可靠性测试是保证软件可靠性的有效方法。目前,国内对于电子政务的可靠性研究才刚刚起步,其可靠性测试一般都交给第三方机构。分析当前电子政务软件的可靠性测试特点,基于Musa和Nelson两种可靠性模型提出了一种电子政务软件的可靠性评测方法,从可靠性的评估测试和验证测试两方面具体分析阐述了方法的流程,并使用工具实现。最后用具体案例对方法进行了分析说明。     

六西格玛设计在新产品Q450NQR1开发试制中的应用

阐述了梅钢将六西格玛设计方法引入产品研发的基本想法,描述了六西格玛设计的定义及其作用,在研究了六西格玛设计模型的基础上,结合梅钢材料设计及生产的特点,提出了梅钢DCOV的独特设计模型,并以Q450NQR1新产品开发试制为例,详细介绍了梅钢采用该模型在新品开发中应用的全过程,并验证了有效性。     

轧机伺服液压缸内泄漏故障诊断研究

针对目前轧机伺服液压缸故障诊断过程中,故障特征提取困难,信号非线性变化,数据量大的问题,提出了一种基于深度置信网络的轧机伺服液压缸故障诊断的方法.根据轧机系统工作原理,建立轧机系统仿真模型,对轧机内泄漏故障状况进行模拟.利用深度置信网络在智能故障诊断的优越性,将信号归一化处理后放入深度置信网络进行训练,然后通过反向传播...     

Towards the Semantics and Verification of BPEL4WS

In this paper, we discuss the semantics of BPEL4WS language which is a de facto standard for specifying and execution workflow specification for web service composition and orchestration. We propose a language μ-BPEL that includes most primitive and structured activities of BPEL4WS, and define its semantics. As the Timed Automata (TA) is powerful in designing real-time models with multiple clocks and has well developed automatic tool support, we define a map from μ-BPEL into composable TA. Therefore, the properties we want to check can be verified in TA network correspondingly. Furthermore, we prove that the mapping from μ-BPEL to TA is a simulation, which means that the TA network simulates correctly the corresponding μ-BPEL specification. The case study with model checker Uppaal shows that our method is effective, and a Java supporting tool based on Uppaal model checker engine has been developed.     

A survey of recent advances in SAT-based formal verification

Dramatic improvements in SAT solver technology over the last decade and the growing need for more efficient and scalable verification solutions have fueled research in verification methods based on SAT solvers. This paper presents a survey of the latest developments in SAT-based formal verification, including incomplete methods such as bounded model checking and complete methods for model checking. We focus on how the surveyed techniques formulate the verification problem as a SAT problem and how they exploit crucial aspects of a SAT solver, such as application-specific heuristics and conflict-driven learning. Finally, we summarize the noteworthy achievements in this area so far and note the major challenges in making this technology more pervasive in industrial design verification flows.     

改进的验证正确性ACTL性质的限界模型检测方法

近些年来,基于SAT的限界模型检测方法作为基于BDD的限界模型检测方法的一种有效补充,已经得到了一定的发展。其中,大部分的研究成果都集中在了使用该方法来进行系统查错方面,而在正确性性质的验证上一直难有突破,原因在于正确性性质的验证依赖于一个完备上界,而这个完备上界在限界模型检测方法中很难实现。对传统限界模型检测中的编码方式进行相应改变,就能够在一定程度上解决这一问题,进行正确性性质的验证。在此基础上对该编码方法进行改进,从而提高它的求解效率,扩大其应用领域。     

基于自适应高斯混合模型特征映射的说话人确认

为了解决电话语音说话人确认系统中信道非线性失真导致系统性能下降的问题,提出一种消除信道影响的特征映射方法.采用高斯混合模型建立语音模型,通过最大后验概率自适应某种信道的语音模型,两种模型间相应高斯类的差异描述了该信道对于不同语音的影响.由此得出信道映射规则进行参数补偿,消除训练和测试语音中不匹配的影响.在NIST 1999年和2004年男性说话人的数据库上进行的实验表明,此方法使系统的等错误率分别改善了14.7%和15.18%.     

核素核查数据安全认证模式及裂变核素的最低检测限度模拟

概述了国际放射性核素监测系统中对放射性核素数据在测量过程的安全认证的要求,在推导并模拟铀、钍系衰变链中的相应子体和＾７Ｂｅ等核素从取样至测量过程中放射性活度变化规律以它们比值的基础上,建立样品取样测量运动及认证模式,在计算机拟合的基础上给出了＾９７Ｚｒ、＾１３７Ｃｓ、＾１４０Ｂａ等与ＣＴＢＴ监测系统要求相关的裂变产物核素的最低检测限度,     

时序机的功能验证

本文介绍了时序电路（时序机）功能验证的基本概念和发展，分析了验证中存在的问题以及冗余故障的性质．提出基于ＳＴＧ的功能验证方法。最后，提出了采用动态任务调度策略的并行验证技术以解决状态遍历问题。