Mining for trigger events with survival analysis

This paper discusses a new application of data mining, quantifying the importance of responding to trigger events with reactive contacts. Trigger events happen during a customer’s lifecycle and indicate some change in the relationship with the company. If detected early, the company can respond to the problem and retain the customer; otherwise the customer may switch to another company. It is usually easy to identify many potential trigger events. What is needed is a way of prioritizing which events demand interventions. We conceptualize the trigger event problem and show how survival analysis can be used to quantify the importance of addressing various trigger events. The method is illustrated on four real data sets from different industries and countries.     

巧用PowerPoint触发器设计交互性测试题

交互式测试题是优秀多媒体课件中不可或缺的部分,其灵活性、交互性能使课程教学更加丰富生动,有效提高学生的学习兴趣。本文通过实例讲解的方法,介绍使用PowerPoint触发器制作各种类型的交互式测试题。     

生物事件触发词识别方法研究

从生物文献中抽取生物事件对于生物领域的知识挖掘起着重要的作用,而事件触发词的识别是生物事件抽取的一个关键步骤。系统分别采用词汇及其上下文特征、短语标记特征、词聚类特征以及统计的词典特征构造不同的基于词级的CRF模型,用于生物事件触发词的标记。然后针对不同的触发词类型选择对应最优的标记模型,构造了一个混合CRF模型。在BioNLP 2009 ST语料库上进行了实验评估,结果表明提出的方法取得了很好的性能,为生物事件的抽取建立了良好的基础。     

时间触发机制在工业以太网中的应用

本文针对工业以太网时间确定性方面的缺陷,提出了一种时间触发以太网架构,通过改进通信协议栈的结构来改变以太网的媒体访问策略,从而大大提高了整个网络的时间确定性。工业现场的设备使用时间触发以太网互连,不但可以满足各任务时间精确性,而且可以使现场的设备和Internet上的任意主机进行通信。     

Roadmap for the next generation of dynamic function allocation theories and strategies

Dynamic function allocation theories have matured, but not to the extent that they can be implemented in actual environments. The authors identify a roadmap to help to get to that stage, after a brief review of relevant function allocation theories and the gaps in knowledge in adaptive allocation theories. Past research has focused on short‐term implementations of dynamic function allocation, which last for minutes (but never more than a few hours). Stable and enduring implementations of dynamic function allocation, lasting over days or possibly years, require a better and scientific understanding of the interaction among trigger mechanisms, adaptation strategies, and interruption strategies. The possibility of an unintentional consequence of this adaptive allocation, that the automated agent becomes confined to limited levels of automation, has to be ruled out after experimental evidence. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

基于FPGA的逻辑分析仪连续触发模块设计

该文介绍一种逻辑分析仪数据捕获模式的设计原理与实现方法。该模式主要用于嵌入式软件的测试分析,它不再采用采样的方式来采集数据,而是利用软件插桩与硬件设置触发字相结合的方法来监视系统总线。当程序运行到插桩点时,硬件将产生触发,此时才会主动地到总线上将相应数据与对应的具体时问捕获回来,从而实现有效数据的精确捕获。此外,在FPGA内部采用双RAM交替读写的方式来暂存数据,在不中断程序运行的情况下,实现有效数据的长时间实时存取与分析,提高嵌入式软件性能分析的范围和质量。采用FPGA作为构成硬件架构的基本功能器件,提高了工作速度,使整个设计具具有集成度高、性能稳定、调试方便等特点。该模块在实际应用中得到了验证,并取得了良好的效果。     

基于阈值滑动窗口机制的虚拟机迁移判决算法

数据中心是云计算中数据运算、交换、存储的中心。近年来以虚拟机为粒度的虚拟机放置管理成为云数据中心能耗管理、实现动态可伸缩资源提供的重要支撑技术。在虚拟机放置的动态管理阶段,虚拟机迁移触发机制主要是根据物理主机中资源利用率的变化情况,决定是否需要将虚拟机迁移到其它主机。迁移时机判决准确能够有效地平衡过热点并关掉过冷点。当前的迁移时机缺乏对整个数据中心负载变化行为趋势的反映,也因为静态的阈值设定容易发生频繁的迁移,造成不必要的迁移代价和传输开销。提出了基于阈值滑动窗口机制的虚拟机迁移判决算法(iWnd),其能够根据整个数据中心任务量的多少动态调整高低阈值间窗口的大小,减少了任务量满负荷时期需要迁移虚拟机的数量,从而避免不必要的迁移开销和传输代价,有效地实现节能。在云计算平台Cloudsim上进行了仿真实验。结果表明,提出的iWnd算法在减少虚拟机迁移数量、降低迁移失败率上有良好的效果,同时并未产生过多额外的功耗。     

一种实用的数控可控硅触发电

介绍一种采用石英晶体振荡器作计数脉冲振荡源,用光电耦合器将触发电路和主电路进行隔离的数控可控硅触发电路。该电路具有可靠性和控制精度高,抗干扰能力强等特点。     

TMN告警信息存储及预处理技术

对原始告警信息的完整存储以及预处理是本地电话网网络管理系统故障管理的核心功能。本文提出了一种基于有限状态机的告警信息预处理模型 ,并应用该模型对检测到的告警消息在时间和空间上进行相关处理。工程应用表明 ,该模型对故障的辨识、诊断和定位提供了强有力的支持。     

Valves for autonomous capillary systems

Autonomous capillary systems (CSs) are microfluidic systems inside which liquids move owing to capillary forces. CSs can in principle bring the high-performances of microfluidic-based analytical devices to near patient and environmental testing applications. In this paper, we show how wettable capillary valves can enhance CSs with novel functionalities, such as delaying and stopping liquids in microchannels. The valves employ an abruptly changing geometry of the flow path to delay a moving liquid filling front in a wettable microchannel. We show how to combine delay valves with capillary pumps, prevent shortcuts of liquid along the corners of microfluidic channels, stop liquids filling microchannels from a few seconds to over 30 min, trigger valves using two liquid fronts merging, and time a liquid using parallel microfluidic paths converging to a trigger valve. All together, these concepts should add functionality to passive microfluidic systems without departing from their initial simplicity of use. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.