Hierarchic Social Entropy: An Information Theoretic Measure of Robot Group Diversity

As research expands in multiagent intelligent systems, investigators need new tools for evaluating the artificial societies they study. It is impossible, for example, to correlate heterogeneity with performance in multiagent robotics without a quantitative metric of diversity. Currently diversity is evaluated on a bipolar scale with systems classified as either heterogeneous or homogeneous, depending on whether any of the agents differ. Unfortunately, this labeling doesn't tell us much about the extent of diversity in heterogeneous teams. How can it be determined if one system is more or less diverse than another? Heterogeneity must be evaluated on a continuous scale to enable substantive comparisons between systems. To enable these types of comparisons, we introduce: (1) a continuous measure of robot behavioral difference, and (2) hierarchic social entropy, an application of Shannon's information entropy metric to robotic groups that provides a continuous, quantitative measure of robot team diversity. The metric captures important components of the meaning of diversity, including the number and size of behavioral groups in a society and the extent to which agents differ. The utility of the metrics is demonstrated in the experimental evaluation of multirobot soccer and multirobot foraging teams.     

一种支持分层多点投递的主动队列管理机制

随着越来越多多点投递应用的出现,由于Internet本身固有的异构性,分层多点投递将在Internet上得到广泛应用,这样,网络就面临着如何高效支持分层多点投递的问题,为了解决这一问题,给出一种支持分层多点投递的主动队列管理机制LMRED,其贡献主要有两点：（1）提出一种识别Internet中分层多点投递会话的机制,这是实现LMRED的基础;（2）对RED进行改进（改进后的RED称为LMRED）,在报文随机丢弃的基础上实现优先级丢弃机制和预丢弃机制,LMRED具有公平性,稳定性和快速响应网络拥塞等特点,可以更好地适应分层多点投递的要求,并最终改善应用性能。     

多分支水平井产能影响因素研究

在多井筒分支水平井产量计算公式的基础上,结合国内某低渗油藏的物性建立地质模型。通过数值模拟计算分析,得到多分支水平井最优分支数量、最佳初始井筒压力、最佳井筒长度、井筒最佳位置,以及渗透率的垂向非均质性对水平井的产能影响。     

基于心态指标的区间灰数关联度模型

针对已有的灰色关联度模型仅适用于实数序列而不能应用于区间灰数序列的情况,通过引入决策者心态指标,将区间灰数序列转化为决策者心态指标序列,并且当决策者的心态指标确定时,心态指标序列就转化为实数序列,于是通过对体现决策者心态的实数序列建立灰色关联度模型,得到了反映出决策者心态的灰色关联度,从而构建了基于心态指标的区间灰数关联度模型。决策者处于不同心态时,可以通过调整其心态计算灰关联度,从而使建立的关联度模型更加符合实际。最后,通过计算实例说明了模型的可行性。     

An elaboration likelihood model based longitudinal analysis of attitude change during the process of IT acceptance via education program

The principal objective of this study was to gain insight into attitude changes occurring during IT acceptance from the perspective of elaboration likelihood model (ELM). In particular, the primary target of this study was the process of IT acceptance through an education program. Although the Internet and computers are now quite ubiquitous, and thus many people can come to an acceptance of IT organically – including acceptance of such products as new released online services or software, some software – most notably programming languages and spreadsheets – may require education programs, and the efficacy of that education may determine the rate of acceptance. Thus, education programs for such IT may be regarded as not only teaching and training how to use the product from a technical standpoint, but also as a process by which program participants are persuaded to have a positive attitude towards accepting the new IT. This study adopted an ELM based longitudinal approach to capture the changes in the roles of persuasion routes and attitude during IT acceptance – in this case, the education program. To validate empirically the suggested model, junior students majoring in business administration, all of whom were taking an Excel class, were surveyed twice – just after mid-term and just after their final exam. These data were analysed via partial least-square method to deduce some possible implications. Our results supported all the hypotheses put forward.     

一种有效的中性浮力下实验体姿态机动模拟控制律设计

在空间微重力环境的地面模拟技术中,中性浮力法利用水的浮力使实验体处于漂浮状态,可以提供六自由度运动模拟,并且可进行长时间的与空间十分相似的自由运动。因此可以采用该方法实现空间飞行器空间任务的地面模拟演示和功能验证。姿态控制作为空间任务的基本操作之一,其在中性浮力实验环境下的控制模拟非常重要,需要针对复杂的水下环境进行设计。目前针对水下航行器的研究非常广泛,但是专门针对中性浮力环境下空间任务模拟的研究并不多,缺少理论验证与仿真。本文针对中性浮力环境下实验体姿态机动模拟控制律设计问题进行研究。首先根据流体力学和动量矩定理推导出实验体的姿态动力学方程,根据四元数与角速度的关系得到实验体的姿态运动学方程;然后在理想状态下基于动力学方程,使用Lyapunov方法设计实验体的姿态机动模拟控制律,并证明了闭环系统的渐进稳定性;最后通过仿真验证了控制算法的性能,为中性浮力环境下实验体姿态机动模拟提供理论基础。     

Impact of Online Community Structure on Information Propagation: Empirical Analysis and Modeling

Online social networking sites (OSNS), as a popular social media platform, have been developed massively for business and research purposes. In this paper, it investigated the impact of community structure in online social network on information propagation. A SI (Susceptible-Infected) model based on community structure was proposed. In the SI model, the heterogeneity of user’s active time was taken into account. From the results, it was found that the number of links among communities determines the fraction of infected nodes. With the increase of the number of groups G, however, the fraction of infected nodes remains approximately constant. The simulation results will be of great significance: the information will last relatively short for group networks which have either a small or a large number of groups. The results can be useful for optimizing or controlling information, such as propagating rumors in online social networks.     

再入飞行器横侧向耦合多变量姿态控制技术研究

结合多变量控制理论和定量反馈理论(QFT),设计了飞行器的横侧向耦合多变量姿态控制系统。通过飞行器的飞行仿真表明,多变量控制系统可以在存在较大不确定性的情况下,确保对横侧向指令进行精确跟踪,具有较强的鲁棒性。针对高速再入飞行器的弱气动条件下偏航控制不理想的问题,充分利用飞行器的多变量特性,利用副翼对偏航的耦合影响,用以协调控制偏航通道的姿态角。仿真结果表明,该方法达到了优化偏航通道控制的目的。     

基于Logistic回归服装品牌忠诚度影响因素分析

基于服装行业特点、企业层面和消费者层面,提出了服装品牌忠诚度影响因素模型。根据研究假设形成调查问卷指标体系,利用回收的数据,运用因子分析和聚类分析等多元统计方法提取了11个主因子,并用序次Logistic回归模型进行处理分析,结果显示,影响服装品牌忠诚度的显著因子从大到小依次为：风险规避态度、服装属性、多样性寻求心态、自我形象概念态度、购买便利性、服务完整性、促销与推广,并分别从服装品牌忠诚的两个维度,即行为忠诚和态度忠诚对这些主因子的作用进行分析,研究结果表明,南于影响行为忠诚和态度忠诚的因素不完全相同,所以影响程度也存在较大差异。     

基于(w，z)参数轴对称3D刚体摆姿态PD控制

基于(w,z)参数化轴对称Three Dimensions(3D)摆的姿态控制问题研究,提出(w,z)参数描述姿态描述方法。该方法通过2次绕正交轴旋转,引入复变量,将球面上的点向复平面投影。提出Proportion Differentiation(pd)控制对轴对称3D摆的姿态控制方法。首先列出轴对称3D摆的动力学方程,以(w,z)参数表示轴对称3D摆的姿态运动学方程及推导过程。利用(w,z)参数设计出PD控制器,使得轴对称3D刚体摆在其倒立位置渐近稳定。仿真实验验证了控制器对轴称3D摆姿态控制的有效。