In order to incorporate the decision maker's preference into multiobjective optimization a preference-based multiobjective artificial bee colony algorithm PMABCA is proposed.In the proposed algorithm a novel referenc...In order to incorporate the decision maker's preference into multiobjective optimization a preference-based multiobjective artificial bee colony algorithm PMABCA is proposed.In the proposed algorithm a novel reference point based preference expression method is addressed.The fitness assignment function is defined based on the nondominated rank and the newly defined preference distance.An archive set is introduced for saving the nondominated solutions and an improved crowding-distance operator is addressed to remove the extra solutions in the archive.The experimental results of two benchmark test functions show that a preferred set of solutions and some other non-preference solutions are achieved simultaneously.The simulation results of the proportional-integral-derivative PID parameter optimization for superheated steam temperature verify that the PMABCA is efficient in aiding to making a reasonable decision.展开更多
SimWall is a user-friendly, stereo tiled display wall system composed of 18 commodity projectors operated by a Linux graphics cluster. Collaborating together, these projectors work as a single logical display capable ...SimWall is a user-friendly, stereo tiled display wall system composed of 18 commodity projectors operated by a Linux graphics cluster. Collaborating together, these projectors work as a single logical display capable of giving a high-resolution show, large-scale, and passive stereo scene. In order to avoid tedious system setup and maintenance, software-based automatic geometry and photometric calibration are used. The software calibration is integrated to the system seamlessly by an on-card transform method and is transparent to users. To end-users, SimWall works just as a common PC, but provides super computing, rendering and displaying ability. In addition, SimWall has stereoscopic function that gives users a semi-immersive experience in polarized passive way. This paper presents system architecture, implementation, and other technical issues such as hardware constraints, projectors alignment, geometry and photometric calibration, implementation of passive stereo, and development of overall soft- ware environment.展开更多
It is fascinating to realize that even while Hollywood continually comes up with incredible special effects in films such as Avatar (2009), the basic structure and development closely "follows" the guidelines for ...It is fascinating to realize that even while Hollywood continually comes up with incredible special effects in films such as Avatar (2009), the basic structure and development closely "follows" the guidelines for drama and storytelling laid out by Aristotle in his The Poetics, written several thousand years ago. We are specifically speaking of three act (beginning, middle, and ending) structure, focusing more on plot than character, and the need for a final resolution (catharsis). But throughout literary and cinematic history, not everyone has followed these rules. Ironically, we take a close look at the award-winning Greek director Theo Angelopoulos' Ulysse's Gaze (1995) staring Harvey Keitel, as an example of a very non-Aristotelian approach to filmmaking and storytelling. Angelopoulos' film is character rather than plot centered on the Harvey Keitel figure and the journey of the narrative can be broken down to between 8-10 acts, depending how you describe them. We discuss many of the standard American "how to write screenplay book" authors such as Syd Field, while bringing a variety of authors such as Lajos Egri (The Art of Dramatic Writing) who criticize both Aristotle's Poetics and the way it has been interpreted for centuries especially in Hollywood. We conclude that there is a middle ground as well, for while Casablanca (1942) has a clear three act structure, it does not give us a happy romantic "Hollywood" ending/resolution as Rick insists that Lisa leave with her husband.展开更多
This study investigates the relationship between Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' sensory preferences: Visual, Audial, and Haptic (VAH) and the learners' speaking strategy use across profic...This study investigates the relationship between Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' sensory preferences: Visual, Audial, and Haptic (VAH) and the learners' speaking strategy use across proficiency. To this end 146 Iranian EFL learners studying English at different levels of language proficiency, participated in this study. O'Brien's (1990) learning channel preference checklist was given to students to determine their sensory preferences In addition, a Speaking Strategy questionnaire (an adaptation of strategy inventory for language learning (SILL), focusing on strategies used at the time of Speaking) was also given to the students in another session. The data were analyzed using multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) in order to probe the relationship between Iranian EFL Learners' Learning Style Sensory Preferences and their speaking strategy use across proficiency. Based on the results, it can be claimed that there was a weak to moderate interaction between the proficiency levels and preference of speaking strategies on the learning styles of the Iranian EFL learners.展开更多
Fish diversity in different habitats and their preference for a particular habitat was studied in a freshwater stream Hinval in Western Himalayas of Garhwal region. A total of 7 fish species belonging to 2 orders were...Fish diversity in different habitats and their preference for a particular habitat was studied in a freshwater stream Hinval in Western Himalayas of Garhwal region. A total of 7 fish species belonging to 2 orders were recorded. The maximum fish diversity and dominance was reported in the cyprinids. Two species of order Cypriniformes, Tot putitora (Ham.) and Barilius bendelisis (Ham.) were recorded at all the three sites, although they were more abundant at sites I and II. Among the Barilius spp., Barilius bendelisis (Ham.) was the most common at all the study sites, while Barilius barna (Ham.) and Barilius vagra (Ham.) were only found at Ⅰand Ⅱsites. The pool habitat was the most preferred habitat of almost all the species with ('H'=0.521-0.594) tbllowed by rapid and riffle habitat respectively.展开更多
The well posedness of best simultaneous approximation problems is considered. We establish the generic results on the well posedness of the best simultaneous approximation problems for any closed weakly compact nonemp...The well posedness of best simultaneous approximation problems is considered. We establish the generic results on the well posedness of the best simultaneous approximation problems for any closed weakly compact nonempty subset in a strictly convex Kadec Banach space. Further, we prove that the set of all points inE(G) such that the best simultaneous approximation problems are not well posed is a u- porous set inE(G) whenX is a uniformly convex Banach space. In addition, we also investigate the generic property of the ambiguous loci of the best simultaneous approximation.展开更多
It has been suggested that the importance of network architecture to species diversity and stability should be based on preference networks(comprised of niche differentiations),rather than observational networks,becau...It has been suggested that the importance of network architecture to species diversity and stability should be based on preference networks(comprised of niche differentiations),rather than observational networks,because species abundance may significantly affect interaction frequencies.Considering that resource abundance is usually greater for herbivores than parasites,we hypothesize that the abundance effect is stronger for parasitic than herbivory interactions.To test this hypothesis,we collected 80 quantitative observational networks including 34 herbivorous and 46 parasitic networks from the published literature,and derived preference networks by removing the effects of species abundance.We then determined the network nestedness using both weighted NODF and spectral radius.We also determined species degree distribution,interaction evenness,weighted connectance and robustness for both observational and preference networks.The observational networks(including both herbivory and parasitic networks)were more nested judged by weighted NODF than spectral radius.Preference networks were less nested for parasitic than herbivory networks in terms of both weighted NODF and spectral radius,possibly because removing the abundance effect increased interaction evenness.These trends indicate that the abundance effect on network nestedness is stronger for parasitic than herbivory networks.Weighted connectance and robustness were greater in most preference networks than observational networks,indicating that preference networks may have high network stability and community persistence compared with observational ones.The data indicate that future network analyses should not only address the structural difference between mutualistic and antagonistic interactions,but also between herbivory and parasitic interactions.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51306082,51476027)
文摘In order to incorporate the decision maker's preference into multiobjective optimization a preference-based multiobjective artificial bee colony algorithm PMABCA is proposed.In the proposed algorithm a novel reference point based preference expression method is addressed.The fitness assignment function is defined based on the nondominated rank and the newly defined preference distance.An archive set is introduced for saving the nondominated solutions and an improved crowding-distance operator is addressed to remove the extra solutions in the archive.The experimental results of two benchmark test functions show that a preferred set of solutions and some other non-preference solutions are achieved simultaneously.The simulation results of the proportional-integral-derivative PID parameter optimization for superheated steam temperature verify that the PMABCA is efficient in aiding to making a reasonable decision.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 60225009)the Major Research Plan of China (No. 90405003)
文摘SimWall is a user-friendly, stereo tiled display wall system composed of 18 commodity projectors operated by a Linux graphics cluster. Collaborating together, these projectors work as a single logical display capable of giving a high-resolution show, large-scale, and passive stereo scene. In order to avoid tedious system setup and maintenance, software-based automatic geometry and photometric calibration are used. The software calibration is integrated to the system seamlessly by an on-card transform method and is transparent to users. To end-users, SimWall works just as a common PC, but provides super computing, rendering and displaying ability. In addition, SimWall has stereoscopic function that gives users a semi-immersive experience in polarized passive way. This paper presents system architecture, implementation, and other technical issues such as hardware constraints, projectors alignment, geometry and photometric calibration, implementation of passive stereo, and development of overall soft- ware environment.
文摘It is fascinating to realize that even while Hollywood continually comes up with incredible special effects in films such as Avatar (2009), the basic structure and development closely "follows" the guidelines for drama and storytelling laid out by Aristotle in his The Poetics, written several thousand years ago. We are specifically speaking of three act (beginning, middle, and ending) structure, focusing more on plot than character, and the need for a final resolution (catharsis). But throughout literary and cinematic history, not everyone has followed these rules. Ironically, we take a close look at the award-winning Greek director Theo Angelopoulos' Ulysse's Gaze (1995) staring Harvey Keitel, as an example of a very non-Aristotelian approach to filmmaking and storytelling. Angelopoulos' film is character rather than plot centered on the Harvey Keitel figure and the journey of the narrative can be broken down to between 8-10 acts, depending how you describe them. We discuss many of the standard American "how to write screenplay book" authors such as Syd Field, while bringing a variety of authors such as Lajos Egri (The Art of Dramatic Writing) who criticize both Aristotle's Poetics and the way it has been interpreted for centuries especially in Hollywood. We conclude that there is a middle ground as well, for while Casablanca (1942) has a clear three act structure, it does not give us a happy romantic "Hollywood" ending/resolution as Rick insists that Lisa leave with her husband.
文摘This study investigates the relationship between Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' sensory preferences: Visual, Audial, and Haptic (VAH) and the learners' speaking strategy use across proficiency. To this end 146 Iranian EFL learners studying English at different levels of language proficiency, participated in this study. O'Brien's (1990) learning channel preference checklist was given to students to determine their sensory preferences In addition, a Speaking Strategy questionnaire (an adaptation of strategy inventory for language learning (SILL), focusing on strategies used at the time of Speaking) was also given to the students in another session. The data were analyzed using multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) in order to probe the relationship between Iranian EFL Learners' Learning Style Sensory Preferences and their speaking strategy use across proficiency. Based on the results, it can be claimed that there was a weak to moderate interaction between the proficiency levels and preference of speaking strategies on the learning styles of the Iranian EFL learners.
文摘Fish diversity in different habitats and their preference for a particular habitat was studied in a freshwater stream Hinval in Western Himalayas of Garhwal region. A total of 7 fish species belonging to 2 orders were recorded. The maximum fish diversity and dominance was reported in the cyprinids. Two species of order Cypriniformes, Tot putitora (Ham.) and Barilius bendelisis (Ham.) were recorded at all the three sites, although they were more abundant at sites I and II. Among the Barilius spp., Barilius bendelisis (Ham.) was the most common at all the study sites, while Barilius barna (Ham.) and Barilius vagra (Ham.) were only found at Ⅰand Ⅱsites. The pool habitat was the most preferred habitat of almost all the species with ('H'=0.521-0.594) tbllowed by rapid and riffle habitat respectively.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19971013) and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK99001) .
文摘The well posedness of best simultaneous approximation problems is considered. We establish the generic results on the well posedness of the best simultaneous approximation problems for any closed weakly compact nonempty subset in a strictly convex Kadec Banach space. Further, we prove that the set of all points inE(G) such that the best simultaneous approximation problems are not well posed is a u- porous set inE(G) whenX is a uniformly convex Banach space. In addition, we also investigate the generic property of the ambiguous loci of the best simultaneous approximation.
基金This study was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.32071605,31530007 and 31870417).
文摘It has been suggested that the importance of network architecture to species diversity and stability should be based on preference networks(comprised of niche differentiations),rather than observational networks,because species abundance may significantly affect interaction frequencies.Considering that resource abundance is usually greater for herbivores than parasites,we hypothesize that the abundance effect is stronger for parasitic than herbivory interactions.To test this hypothesis,we collected 80 quantitative observational networks including 34 herbivorous and 46 parasitic networks from the published literature,and derived preference networks by removing the effects of species abundance.We then determined the network nestedness using both weighted NODF and spectral radius.We also determined species degree distribution,interaction evenness,weighted connectance and robustness for both observational and preference networks.The observational networks(including both herbivory and parasitic networks)were more nested judged by weighted NODF than spectral radius.Preference networks were less nested for parasitic than herbivory networks in terms of both weighted NODF and spectral radius,possibly because removing the abundance effect increased interaction evenness.These trends indicate that the abundance effect on network nestedness is stronger for parasitic than herbivory networks.Weighted connectance and robustness were greater in most preference networks than observational networks,indicating that preference networks may have high network stability and community persistence compared with observational ones.The data indicate that future network analyses should not only address the structural difference between mutualistic and antagonistic interactions,but also between herbivory and parasitic interactions.