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.     

提高高炉清循环冷却水系统浓缩倍数的对策研究

通过对宝钢1号高炉清循环冷却水系统的质能平衡测试和理论分析计算,找出了清循环水系统浓缩倍数偏低的真正原因,并提出了相应的技术措施,所做工作对同类系统有重要的指导意义。     

某厂锗煤反射炉收尘系统问题探讨

文章介绍了某厂改造后的锗煤反射炉收尘系统，并对该收尘系统中存在的问题进行了分析和探讨。     

攀钢1450mm热连轧机层流冷却控制系统的开发及应用

阐述了攀钢1 450 mm热连轧机层流冷却控制新系统的开发与应用。该系统采用α机过程控制系统,通过预设定、在线前馈和自适应三大功能,对层流冷却模式、冷却速率和最终卷取温度进行控制,卷取温度控制精度较原系统有较大提高,±20℃的命中率由原来的88.6%提高到现在的96.4%。     

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。