Mining data from intensive care patients

In this paper we describe the application of data mining methods for predicting the evolution of patients in an intensive care unit. We discuss the importance of such methods for health care and other application domains of engineering. We argue that this problem is an important but challenging one for the current state of the art data mining methods and explain what improvements on current methods would be useful. We present a promising study on a preliminary data set that demonstrates some of the possibilities in this area.     

Facility layout problems: A survey

Layout problems are found in several types of manufacturing systems. Typically, layout problems are related to the location of facilities (e.g., machines, departments) in a plant. They are known to greatly impact the system performance. Most of these problems are NP hard. Numerous research works related to facility layout have been published. A few literature reviews exist, but they are not recent or are restricted to certain specific aspects of these problems. The literature analysis given here is recent and not restricted to specific considerations about layout design.

We suggest a general framework to analyze the literature and present existing works using such criteria as: the manufacturing system features, static/dynamic considerations, continual/discrete representation, problem formulation, and resolution approach. Several research directions are pointed out and discussed in our conclusion.     

10MW高温气冷实验堆(HTR-10)燃耗测量系统控制方案的改进

基于10MW高温气冷实验堆(HTR-10)的FCA系统及CFC系统的设计原理及运行规程,在不改变FCA系统原有设备部件的前提下,对FCA系统运行逻辑关系进行了优化,改进了原燃耗测量程序,实现了燃耗测量过程的自动运行及测量结果的自动建库.在此基础上,设计了CFC系统与FCA系统PLC的通信协议,实现了燃耗测量流程与控制系统的实时数据通信.上述改进的结果使得燃料装卸流程不再需要另设运行班组,提高了效率,将人为操作的步骤最少化,降低了误操作的可能性.     

位相连续变化型毫米波衍射天线的性能分析

报道了一种新型毫米波天线—衍射天线的测量结果．经分析讨论说明，这种天线具有良好的电性能．     

采用模数转换技术提高脉冲激光测距的测时精度

针对脉冲激光测距中计数量化误差影响测时精度的问题,本文提出了采用模数转换技术提高测时精度的方法,并进行了可行性与精度分析,理论与实践结果均表明,该方法易于实现,能够容易地将计数量化误差减少若干个数量级。     

逆向反射镜光度测量

为了正确评价逆向反射镜的加工质量与使用效果，且将二者有机地统一起来，本文提出应根据测试目的来选择合适的光度测量方法，并进一步分析了不同测试目的将导致测量装置的组成、几何条件（距离，孔径角，工作姿态等）、光度条件（光源色温、稳定性与均匀性，接收器线性、灵敏度与光谱修正等）、测量参数（反光强度系数、逆反射系数、逆亮度系数等）等各不相同。     

Implementing software metrics — the critical success factors

This paper reviews the current state of industry with regard to the introduction of software metrics. It discusses the benefits that organizations have derived from metrication, it looks at why organizations have sought to introduce metrics programmes, how they have gone about introducing those programmes and the problems that they have encountered during implementation. The review found that, on the whole, only the sanitized aspects of metrics experiences have actually been published. This seems to be especially the case with respect to practitioner resistance. Very few organizations admit to having encountered resistance during the introduction of a metrics programme. The paper also includes the results of a pilot study, conducted by the first author, which examines the attitudes that developers hold towards the introduction of software metrics. The key findings of this pilot study are that positive attitudes to metrics correlate highly with levels of education and to job satisfaction.     

正交双频光栅CCD系统剪切干涉测量二维温度场

以半导体激光器为光源，利用正交双频光栅（ＯＤＦＧ）ＣＣＤ系统剪切干涉对带平板边界的半圆柱体热源的二维温度场进行实时诊断，分析剪切干涉图时，用柱函数系作为拟合基底，给出二维自然对流温度场的定量分布。     

Sub-optimal solutions to track detection problem using graph theoretic concepts

This paper demonstrates how the problem of tracking targets, which appear as either straight or curved lines in two-dimensional display images (or data images) can be formulated in terms of a directed weighted graph model and how dynamic programming techniques can be efficiently applied to reach an optimal or sub-optimal solution. In general, track detection algorithms providing optimal solutions have good detective ability, but most of them suffer from the inability to detect discontinuous lines or to resolve efficiently pairs of crossing lines. A sub-optimal solution is provided that efficiently overcomes these weaknesses. We focus on modeling the track detection problem in terms of a graph, formulating fast sequential/parallel sub-optimal track detection algorithms and testing them on simulated data in order to show their detective ability. Moreover, we specify the conditions under which sub-optimal algorithms can perform at least as well as their corresponding optimal algorithms. This is significant for the track detection problem where fast, accurate and real-time detection is considered a necessity.