Clarkson-Kruskal Direct Similarity Approach for Differential-Difference Equations

In this letter, the Clarkson-Kruskal direct method is extended to similarity reduce some differentialdifference equations. As examples, the differential-difference KZ equation and KP equation are considered.

Extremum of second-order directional derivatives

In this paper, the extremum of second-order directional derivatives, i.e. the gradient of first-order derivatives is discussed. Given second-order directional derivatives in three nonparallel directions, or given second-order directional derivatives and mixed directional derivatives in two nonparallel directions, the formulae for the extremum of second-order directional derivatives are derived, and the directions corresponding to maximum and minimum are perpendicular to each other.

Measurement of Similarity for Spatial Directions Between Areal Objects

Similarity for spatial directions plays an important role in GIS. In this paper, the conventional approaches are analyzed. Based on raster data areal objects, the authors propose two new methods for measuring similarity among spatial directions. One is to measure the similarity among spatial directions based on the features of raster data and the changes of distances between spatial objects, the other is to measure the similarity among spatial directions according to the variation of each raster cell centroid angle. The two methods overcome the complexity of measuring similarity among spatial directions with direction matrix model and solve the limitation of small changes in direction. The two methods are simple and have broader applicability.

Bounded consensus tracking of second-order multi-agent systems with sampling delay under directed networks

The bounded consensus tracking problems of second-order multi-agent systems under directed networks with sam- pling delay are addressed in this paper. When the sampling delay is more than a sampling period, new protocols based on sampled-data control are proposed so that each agent can track the time-varying reference state of the virtual leader. By using the delay decomposition approach, the augmented matrix method, and the frequency domain analysis, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained, which guarantee that the bounded consensus tracking is realized. Furthermore, some numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.

Conditional Similarity Solutions of the Boussinesq Equation

The direct method proposed by Clarkson and Kruskal is modified to obtain some conditional similarity solutions of a nonlinear physics model. Taking the -dimensional Boussinesq equation as a simple example, six types of conditional similarity reductions are obtained.

Conditional Similarity Reductions of Jimbo—Miwa Equation via the Classical Lie Group Approach

Recently, the Clarkson and Kruskal direct method has been modified to find new similarity reductions (conditional similarity reductions) of nonlinear systems and the results obtained by the modified direct method cannot be obtained by the current classical and/or non-classical Lie group approach. In this paper, we show that the conditional similarity reductions of the Jimbo-Miwa equation can be reobtained by adding an additional constraint equation to the original model to form a conditional equation system first and then solving the model system by means of the classical Lie group approach.

Distributed Containment Control of Networked Nonlinear Second-order Systems With Unknown Parameters

In this paper, we study the containment control problem for nonlinear second-order systems with unknown parameters and multiple stationary/dynamic leaders. The topologies that characterize the interaction among the leaders and the followers are directed graphs. Necessary and sufficient criteria which guarantee the control objectives are established for both stationary leaders(regulation case) and dynamic leaders(dynamic tracking case) based protocols. The final states of all the followers are exclusively determined by the initial values of the leaders and the topology structures. In the regulation case, all the followers converge into the convex hull spanned by the leaders,while in the dynamic tracking case, not only the positions of the followers converge into the convex hull but also the velocities of the followers converge into the velocity convex hull of the leaders.Finally, all the theoretical results are illustrated by numerical simulations.

SIMILARITY REDUCTIONS FOR 2+1-DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE COEFFICIENT GENERALIZED KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATION

With the aid of MATHEMATICA, the direct reduction method,vas extended and applied in 2 + 1-dimensional variable coefficient generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation( VCGRPE). As a result, several kinds of similarity reductions for VCGKPE are obtained which contain Painleve I, Painleve II and Painleve ni reductions.

Reference model based consensus control of second-order multi-agent systems

This paper deals with the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with second-order dynamics. The objective is to design algorithms such that all agents will have same positions and velocities. First, a reference model based consensus algorithm is proposed. It is proved that the consensus can be achieved if the communication graph has a spanning tree. Different from most of the consensus algorithms proposed in the literature, the parameters of the control laws are different among agents. Therefore, each agent can design its control law independently. Secondly, it gives a consensus algorithm for the case that the velocities of the agents are not available. Thirdly, the effectiveness of the input delay and the communication delay is considered. It shows that consensus can be achieved if the input delay of every agent is smaller than a bound related to parameters in its control law. Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the proposed results.

Similarity Reductions of(2+1)-Dimensional Multi-component Broer-Kaup System

Painleve property of the （2＋1）-dimensional multi-component Broer-Kaup （BK） system is considered by using the standard Weiss Kruskal approaches. Applying the Clarkson and Kruskal （CK） direct method to the （2＋1）- dimensional multi-component BK system, some types of similarity reductions are obtained. By solving the reductions, one can get the solutions of the （2＋1）-dimensional multi-component BK system.

Shape Similarity Measures of Linear Entities

The essential of feature matching technology lies in how to measure the similarity of spatial entities.Among all the possible similarity measures,the shape similarity measure is one of the most important measures because it is easy to collect the necessary parameters and it is also well matched with the human intuition.In this paper a new shape similarity measure of linear entities based on the differences of direction change along each line is presented and its effectiveness is illustrated.

Conditional Similarity Solutions of （2＋1）—Dimensional General nonintegrable KdV Equation

The real physics models are usually quite complex with some arbitrary parameters which will lead to the nonintegrability of the model. To find some exact solutions of a nonintegrable model with some arbitrary parameters is much more difficult than to find the solutions of a model with some special parameters. In this paper, we make a modification for the usual direct method to find some conditional similarity solutions of a (2+1)-dimensional general nonintegrable KdV equation.

THE REGULARITY OF RANDOM GRAPH DIRECTED SELF-SIMILAR SETS

A set in Rd is called regular if its Hausdorff dimension coincides with its upper box counting dimension. It is proved that a random graph-directed self-similar set is regular a.e..

Similarity Reductions of Nonisospectral BKP Equation

Basing on the direct method developed by Clarkson and Kruskal,the nonisospectral BKP equation can bereduced to three types of(1+1)-dimensional variable coefficients partial differential equations(PDEs).Furthermore,onthe basis of the idea of the symmetry group direct method by Lou et al.,three types of reduction PDEs are all reducedto the related constant coefficients PDEs by some transformations.

Similarity Reductions of Nearly Concentric KdV Equation

Basing on the direct method developed by Clarkson and Kruskal, the nearly concentric Korteweg-de Vries （ncKdV） equation can be reduced to three types of （1＋1）-dimensional variable coefficients partial differential equations （PDEs） and three types of variable coefficients ordinary differential equation. Furthermore, three types of （1＋1）-dimensional variable coefficients PDEs are all reduced to constant coefficients PDEs by some transformations.

On Second-order Sufficient Conditions in Constrained Nonsmooth Optimization

In this paper, we establish a second-order sufficient condition for constrained optimization problems of a class of so called t-stable functions in terms of the first-order and the second-order Dini type directional derivatives. The result extends the corresponding result of [D. Bednarik and K. Pastor, Math. Program. Ser. A, 113（2008）, 283-298] to constrained optimization problems.

Validation of the RANS-SOM Combustion Model Using Direct Numerical Simulation of Incompressible Turbulent Reacting Flows

The second-order moment combustion model, proposed by the authors is validated using the direct numerical simulation （DNS） of incompressible turbulent reacting channel flows. The instantaneous DNS results show the near-wall strip structures of concentration and temperature fluctuations. The DNS statistical results give the budget of the terms in the correlation equations, showing that the production and dissipation terms are most important. The DNS statistical data are used to validate the closure model in RANS second-order moment （SOM） combustion model. It is found that the simulated diffusion and production terms are in agreement with the DNS data in most flow regions, except in the near-wall region, where the near-wall modification should be made, and the closure model for the dissipation term needs further improvement. The algebraic second-order moment （ASOM） combustion model is well validated by DNS.

Directional Source Localization Based on RSS-AOA Combined Measurements

Source localization plays an indispensable role in many applications.This paper addresses the directional source localization problem in a three-dimensional(3D)wireless sensor network using hybrid received-signal-strength(RSS)and angle-of-arrival(AOA)measurements.Both the position and transmission orientation of the source are to be estimated.In the considered positioning scenario,the angle and range measurements are respectively corresponding to the AOA model and RSS model that integrates the Gaussian-shaped radiation pattern.Given that the localization problem is non-convex and the unknown parameters therein are coupled together,this paper adopts the second-order cone relaxation and alternating optimization techniques in the proposed estimation algorithm.Moreover,to provide a performance benchmark for any localization method,the corresponding Cramer-Rao lower bounds(CRLB)of estimating the unknown position and transmission orientation of the source are derived.Numerical and simulation results demonstrate that the presented algorithm effectively resolves the problem,and its estimation performance is close to the CRLB for the localization with the hybrid measurements.

基于三维空间面积划分的轨迹相似性度量算法

针对大部分轨迹相似性度量算法无法区分方向相反轨迹的问题,提出了一种基于三维空间面积划分的三维三角分割(3TD)算法。首先,按照3TD算法的时间转换规则将轨迹集的绝对时间序列转变为相对时间序列;然后,在由经度、纬度以及时间三要素构成的三维空间坐标系中,通过划分规则将轨迹间面积分割成若干互不重叠的三角形,累加三角形面积并计算轨迹相似度;最后,在从船舶自动识别系统(AIS)收集的随机采样轨迹数据集上,与最长公共子序列(LCSS)算法和三角分割(TD)算法等进行了对比实验。实验结果表明:3TD算法对实验数据集中异向轨迹识别精确度达到100%;同时该算法面对海量数据集以及轨迹点部分缺失的数据集时,也能维持准确的度量结果以及较高的运算效率,能更好地适应异向轨迹相似度量工作。

立轴双向泵装置压力脉动特性相似律

压力脉动特性是影响立轴双向泵装置运行稳定性的主要因素之一,因此针对该泵装置开展原型和模型压力脉动特性相似性研究非常必要。以某立轴双向泵站为例,采用非定常三维模拟方法对模型泵装置和原型泵装置关键位置的压力脉动特性进行预测,并在模型试验装置和原型泵装置中测量相应测点和工况下的压力脉动幅值,分析原型和模型泵装置压力脉动之间的相似关系。结果表明:泵装置压力脉动幅值与外特性之间存在一定的关联性;模型泵装置试验测试脉动信号的频谱比原型泵装置丰富得多,但两者在3、6、9倍转频处均存在压力脉动峰值,在这些频率处的压力脉动表现出很好的相似性;原型和模型压力脉动数值模拟结果完全相似,主频下原型实测幅值与模型实测幅值误差在3%左右,与模拟预测值幅值的误差约为16%,均为偏安全,能够满足工程设计要求。