Developing a resilient supply chain through supplier flexibility and reliability assessment

In this study, we examine the optimal allocation of demand across a set of suppliers in a supply chain that is exposed to supply risk and environmental risk. A two-stage mixed-integer programming model is used to develop a flexible sourcing strategy under disruptions. Our model integrates supplier selection and demand allocation with transportation channel selection and provides contingency plans to mitigate the negative impacts of disruptions and minimise total network costs. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate the model and provide insights. The findings suggest that developing contingency plans using flexibility in suppliers’ production capacity is an effective strategy for firms to mitigate the severity of disruptions. We also show that flexibility and reliability of the suppliers and regions play a significant role in determining contingency plans for during disruption. Findings generally show that highly flexible suppliers receive less allocation, and their flexible capacity is reserved for disruptions. For firms that do not incorporate risk management into supplier selection and allocation, the recommendation is to source from fewer, more reliable suppliers with less risk of disruption. Our findings also emphasise that the type of disruption has important implications for supplier selection and demand allocation. This study highlights the supply chain risk management strategy of regionalising as a means for minimising the impact of environmental disruptions.     

一种基于分层率失真优化的容错性视频转码算法

容错性视频转码能够在已压缩视频流中嵌入容错性工具,以增强视频流面向无线信道的抗误码能力.但是容错性工具的嵌入在降低失真的同时也会增加码率,因此需要进行率失真优化.针对这一问题,文中提出了一种基于分层率失真优化的容错性转码算法.该算法通过在帧层和宏块层分别对重同步标记的插人和帧内宏块的刷新进行不同粒度的优化来提高算法的灵活性,通过在帧层考虑帧内宏块刷新、帧内预测和运动矢量预测的影响来提高算法的精确性,通过在宏块层减少候选模式的数量来降低算法的复杂度.实验表明,该算法与基于单层率失真优化的算法相比,信噪比可获得0.6～1.1dB的增益,复杂度最多可降低25%.     

Architecting high-performance energy-efficient soft error resilient cache under 3D integration technology

Radiation-induced soft error has become an emerging reliability threat to high performance microprocessor design. As the size of on chip cache memory steadily increased for the past decades, resilient techniques against soft errors in cache are becoming increasingly important for processor reliability. However, conventional soft error resilient techniques have significantly increased the access latency and energy consumption in cache memory, thereby resulting in undesirable performance and energy efficiency degradation. The emerging 3D integration technology provides an attractive advantage, as the 3D microarchitecture exhibits heterogeneous soft error resilient characteristics due to the shielding effect of die stacking. Moreover, the 3D shielding effect can offer several inner dies that are inherently invulnerable to soft error, as they are implicitly protected by the outer dies. To exploit the invulnerability benefit, we propose a soft error resilient 3D cache architecture, in which data blocks on the soft error invulnerable dies have no protection against soft error, therefore, access to the data block on the soft error invulnerable die incurs a considerably reduced access latency and energy. Furthermore, we propose to maximize the access on the soft error invulnerable dies by dynamically moving data blocks among different dies, thereby achieving further performance and energy efficiency improvement. Simulation results show that the proposed 3D cache architecture can reduce the power consumption by up to 65% for the L1 instruction cache, 60% for the L1 data cache and 20% for the L2 cache, respectively. In general, the overall IPC performance can be improved by 5% on average.     

Secure and self-stabilizing clock synchronization in sensor networks

In sensor networks, correct clocks have arbitrary starting offsets and nondeterministic fluctuating skews. We consider an adversary that aims at tampering with the clock synchronization by intercepting messages, replaying intercepted messages (after the adversary’s choice of delay), and capturing nodes (i.e., revealing their secret keys and impersonating them). We present an efficient clock sampling algorithm which tolerates attacks by this adversary, collisions, a bounded amount of losses due to ambient noise, and a bounded number of captured nodes that can jam, intercept, and send fake messages. The algorithm is self-stabilizing, so if these bounds are temporarily violated, the system can efficiently stabilize back to a correct state. Using this clock sampling algorithm, we construct the first self-stabilizing algorithm for secure clock synchronization in sensor networks that is resilient to the aforementioned adversarial attacks.     

现代密码学上的弹性函数综述

本文介绍了在容错分布、量子密码学中的密钥分配以及流密码中的随机序列产生等领域都有着广泛应用的一类多输出布尔函数——弹性函数。弹性函数和0,1上多维空间的正交分划(一个正交矩阵组)是一致的。在此基础上,介绍了弹性函数的正交分划的递归构造方法和简单计数。     

现代密码学上的弹性函数综述

本文介绍了在容错分布、量子密码学中的密钥分配以及流密码中的随机序列产生等领域都有着广泛应用的一类多输出布尔函数——弹性函数。弹性函数和0,1上多维空间的正交分划（一个正交矩阵组）是一致的。在此基础上,介绍了弹性函数的正交分划的递归构造方法和简单计数。     

震后可恢复功能的预应力钢结构体系研究展望

作者从震后可恢复功能的钢框架体系、钢框架-中心支撑体系、钢柱脚、钢支撑、钢板剪力墙等5个方面对国内外研究现状进行综述与分析,指出了震后可恢复功能的预应力钢结构需要进一步深入研究的结构体系、构件和节点构造等关键问题.     

H．263在无线信道上传输的抗干扰机制

随着多媒体业务的发展，基于无线网络的视频传输备受关注，但无线网络的发展由于带宽受限、误码高而受到了制约。本文基于H．263＋提出了一种抗干扰机制来提高视频信号的健壮性，同时并不引入额外带宽负担，最后采用ITU-T的差错模型仿真WCDMA信道来检验抗干扰性能。实验结果表明，采用该方法的重构图像的主客观质量都有很     

MPEG-4视频编码及网络传输中的误码研究

本文通过MPEG-4视频编码及码流语法结构的分析，系统总结了MPEG-4视频流在容错方面的特性。在此基础上，结合解码器针对MPEG-4视频流网络传输的特点，提出了相关的错误检测和恢复方法。     

Improvements to the structural condition index (SCI) for pavement structural evaluation at network level

Structural evaluation provides valuable information about the expected behaviour and response of pavements and can be used at the network level of pavement management to prioritise projects. The falling weight deflectometer (FWD) can be used to identify the beginning and end of management sections and group pavement sections with similar structural capacities. The structural condition index (SCI) was developed as a screening tool for the pavement network-level evaluation, and the FWD data are used to determine the SCI. For the successful implementation of the SCI concept at the network level, one of the critical issues is the accuracy of the index. This article evaluates the accuracy of the SCI and also discusses a concept and procedure how to improve the SCI and its algorithm for low-volume flexible pavements. A case study (Texas) illustrates that the original SCI algorithm underestimates the existing structural condition, resulting in overestimated treatments in the pavement maintenance and rehabilitation.