In this paper, a novel approach termed process goose queue (PGQ) is suggested to deal with real-time optimization (RTO) of chemical plants. Taking advantage of the ad-hoc structure of PGQ which imitates biologic natur...In this paper, a novel approach termed process goose queue (PGQ) is suggested to deal with real-time optimization (RTO) of chemical plants. Taking advantage of the ad-hoc structure of PGQ which imitates biologic nature of flying wild geese, a chemical plant optimization problem can be re-formulated as a combination of a multi-layer PGQ and a PGQ-Objective according to the relationship among process variables involved in the objective and constraints. Subsequently, chemical plant RTO solutions are converted into coordination issues among PGQs which could be dealt with in a novel way. Accordingly, theoretical definitions, adjustment rule and implementing procedures associated with the approach are explicitly introduced together with corresponding enabling algorithms. Finally, an exemplary chemical plant is employed to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the contribution.展开更多
In order to enhance the quality of vertical handoff in an overlay wireless network, multiple attributes are taken into account when optimizing the vertical handoff decision including user-based and network-based QoS f...In order to enhance the quality of vertical handoff in an overlay wireless network, multiple attributes are taken into account when optimizing the vertical handoff decision including user-based and network-based QoS factors. In this paper, we develop a novel vertical handoff algorithm in an integrated 3G cellular and Wireless LAN networks. The proposed algorithm can adjust the weight of each QoS attribute dynamically as the networks change, trace the network condition and choose the optimal access point at transient regions. Simulation results show that this algorithm is able to provide accurate handoff decision, resulting in small unnecessary handoff numbers, good performance of throughput and handoff delay in heterogeneous environments.展开更多
In considering the theory of structural dynamic optimization design, a design method of the structural style of ship composite brace with rigid vibration isolation mass was studied. Two kinds of structural dynamic opt...In considering the theory of structural dynamic optimization design, a design method of the structural style of ship composite brace with rigid vibration isolation mass was studied. Two kinds of structural dynamic optimization formulations minimizing the vibration acceleration of the non-pressure hull on the restraining condition of the gross weight of the ship cabin were established: 1) dynamic optimization of the sectional dimensions of the rigid vibration isolation mass in the composite brace; 2) dynamic optimization of the arranging position of the rigid vibration isolation mass. Through the optimization results, sectional dimensions and the arranging position of the rigid vibration isolation mass with better performance in reducing vibration were gained, and some reference was provided for practical engineering designs as well as enrichment of the design method of a novel ship vibration-isolation brace.展开更多
The theory of grey systems is a new technique for performing prediction, relational analysis and decision making in many areas. In this paper, the use of grey relational analysis for optimizing the square hole flangin...The theory of grey systems is a new technique for performing prediction, relational analysis and decision making in many areas. In this paper, the use of grey relational analysis for optimizing the square hole flanging process parameters with considerations of the multiple response (the average flanging height, regular flanging and maximum strain) is introduced. Various flanging parameters, such as the blank inner radius rb, blank inner width B0, are considered. An orthogonal array is used for the experimental design. Multiple response values are obtained using finite element analysis (FEA). Optimal process parameters are determined by the grey relational grade obtained from the grey relational analysis for multi-performance characteristics (flanging height, regular flanging and maximum strain). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the grey relational grade is implemented. The results showed good agreement with the experiment result. Grey relational analysis can be applied in multiple response optimi-zation designs.展开更多
This study aimed to optimize the purification of recombinant growth hormone from Paralichthys olivaceus. Recombinant flounder growth hormone (r-fGH) was expressed by Escherichia coli in form of inclusion body or as ...This study aimed to optimize the purification of recombinant growth hormone from Paralichthys olivaceus. Recombinant flounder growth hormone (r-fGH) was expressed by Escherichia coli in form of inclusion body or as soluble protein under different inducing conditions. The inclusion body was renatured using two recovery methods, i.e., dilution and dialysis. Thereafter, the refolded protein was purified by Glutathione Sepharase 4B affinity chromatography and r-fGH was obtained by cleavage of thrombin. For soluble products, r-fGH was directly purified from the lysates by Glutathione Sepharase 4B affinity chromatography. ELISA-receptor assay demonstrated that despite its low receptor binding activity, the r-fGH purified from refolded inclusion body had a higher yield (2.605 mg L^-1) than that from soluble protein (1.964 mg L^-l). Of the tested recovery methods, addition of renaturing buffer (pH 8.5) into denatured inclusion body yielded the best recovery rate (17.9%). This work provided an optimized purification method for high recovery of r-fGH, thus contributing to the application of r-fGH to aquaculture.展开更多
The red seaweed Melanothamnus somalensis was investigated as potential economic source of agar. The effect of different conditions of alkali pre-treatment on chemical properties of agar was evaluated. Agar was extract...The red seaweed Melanothamnus somalensis was investigated as potential economic source of agar. The effect of different conditions of alkali pre-treatment on chemical properties of agar was evaluated. Agar was extracted by various concentrations of NaOH (4%, 6% and 8%) and heated at different temperatures (70 ℃, 75 ℃ and 80 ℃) for different durations (2 h, 2.75 h and 3.5 h). The yields-molecular weight (Mw) and sulfate contents of extracted agar were analysed and characterized by FTIR spectroscopy. The yield was significantly increased at these treatments from 23.29% to 30.86%. Mw studied by HPLC ranged from (.12.45 ± 0.21) × 10^5 to (8.60 ± 2.40) × 10^5 Da. FTIR bands show sulfate groups in C4 and C6 ofgalactose and no sulfate group were found on both C2 of galactose and C2 of 3,6-anhydrogalactose. All treatments showed a high sulfate content that ranged from 5.4% to 10.1%. These properties were found to be significantly affected by the alkali pre-treatment concentration (p 〈 0.05). In conclusion, agar extracted in this study was considered acceptable for industrial application and the optimal conditions for extraction were found to be at 6% NaOH at 70 ℃ for 2 hours.展开更多
Orthomorphism on F2^n is a kind of elementary pemmtation with good cryptographic properties. This paper proposes a hybrid strategy of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Sirrmlated Annealing (SA) for finding ort...Orthomorphism on F2^n is a kind of elementary pemmtation with good cryptographic properties. This paper proposes a hybrid strategy of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Sirrmlated Annealing (SA) for finding orthomorphisrm with good cryptographic properties. By experiment based on this strategy, we get some orthorrorphisrm on F2^n = 5, 6, 7, 9, 10) with good cryptographic properties in the open document for the first time, and the optirml orthorrrphism on F found in this paper also does better than the one proposed by Feng Dengguo et al. in stream cipher Loiss in difference uniformity, algebraic degree, algebraic irrarnity and corresponding pernmtation polynomial degree. The PSOSA hybrid strategy for optimizing orthomerphism in this paper makes design of orthorrorphisrm with good cryptographic properties automated, efficient and convenient, which proposes a new approach to design orthornorphisrm.展开更多
IHS (Intensity, Hue and Saturation) transform is one of the most commonly used tusion algonthm. But the matching error causes spectral distortion and degradation in processing of image fusion with IHS method. A stud...IHS (Intensity, Hue and Saturation) transform is one of the most commonly used tusion algonthm. But the matching error causes spectral distortion and degradation in processing of image fusion with IHS method. A study on IHS fusion indicates that the color distortion can't be avoided. Meanwhile, the statistical property of wavelet coefficient with wavelet decomposition reflects those significant features, such as edges, lines and regions. So, a united optimal fusion method, which uses the statistical property and IHS transform on pixel and feature levels, is proposed. That is, the high frequency of intensity component Ⅰ is fused on feature level with multi-resolution wavelet in IHS space. And the low frequency of intensity component Ⅰ is fused on pixel level with optimal weight coefficients. Spectral information and spatial resolution are two performance indexes of optimal weight coefficients. Experiment results with QuickBird data of Shanghai show that it is a practical and effective method.展开更多
This work aims at developing an automatic system for the control of the APS (air plasma spraying) plasma process in which some instability phenomena are present. APS is a versatile technique to produce coatings of p...This work aims at developing an automatic system for the control of the APS (air plasma spraying) plasma process in which some instability phenomena are present. APS is a versatile technique to produce coatings of powder material at high deposition rates. Using this technique, powder particles are injected into a plasma jet, where they are melted and accelerated towards a substrate. The coating microstructures and properties depend strongly on the characteristics of the plasma jet, which can be controlled by the adjustment of the process parameters. However, the imeractions among the spray variables, render optimization and control of this process are quite complex. Understanding relationships between coating properties and process parameters is mandatory to optimize the process technique and the product quality. We are interested in this work to build an on-line control model for the APS process based on the elements of artificial intelligence and to build an emulator that replicates the dynamic behavior of the process as closely as possible.展开更多
Path planning of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle(UAV) is a complicated global optimum problem.In the paper,an improved Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA) was proposed to solve the path planning problem.Gravitational Searc...Path planning of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle(UAV) is a complicated global optimum problem.In the paper,an improved Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA) was proposed to solve the path planning problem.Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA) is a newly presented under the inspiration of the Newtonian gravity,and it is easy to fall local best.On the basis of introducing the idea of memory and social information of Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO),a novel moving strategy in the searching space was designed,which can improve the quality of the optimal solution.Subsequently,a weighted value was assigned to inertia mass of every agent in each iteration process to accelerate the convergence speed of the search.Particle position was updated according to the selection rules of survival of the fittest.In this way,the population is always moving in the direction of the optimal solution.The feasibility and effectiveness of our improved GSA approach was verified by comparative experimental results with PSO,basic GSA and two other GSA models.展开更多
The evolutionary algorithm, a subset of computational intelligence techniques, is a generic population-based stochastic optimization algorithm which uses a mechanism motivated by biological concepts. Bio-inspired comp...The evolutionary algorithm, a subset of computational intelligence techniques, is a generic population-based stochastic optimization algorithm which uses a mechanism motivated by biological concepts. Bio-inspired computing can implement successful optimization methods and adaptation approaches, which are inspired by the natural evolution and collective behavior observed in species, respectively. Although all the meta-heuristic algorithms have different inspirational sources, their objective is to find the optimum(minimum or maximum), which is problem-specific. We propose and evaluate a novel synergistic fibroblast optimization(SFO) algorithm, which exhibits the behavior of a fibroblast cellular organism in the dermal wound-healing process. Various characteristics of benchmark suites are applied to validate the robustness, reliability, generalization, and comprehensibility of SFO in diverse and complex situations. The encouraging results suggest that the collaborative and self-adaptive behaviors of fibroblasts have intellectually found the optimum solution with several different features that can improve the effectiveness of optimization strategies for solving non-linear complicated problems.展开更多
This paper is concerned with the topological structure of efficient sets for optimizationproblem of set-valued mapping. It is proved that these sets are closed or. connected under someconditions on cone-continuity, co...This paper is concerned with the topological structure of efficient sets for optimizationproblem of set-valued mapping. It is proved that these sets are closed or. connected under someconditions on cone-continuity, cone-convexity and cone-quasiconvexity.展开更多
We consider the problem of scheduling n jobs in a pallet-constrained flow shop so as to minimize the makespan.In such a flow shop environment,each job needs a pallet the entire time,from the start of its first operati...We consider the problem of scheduling n jobs in a pallet-constrained flow shop so as to minimize the makespan.In such a flow shop environment,each job needs a pallet the entire time,from the start of its first operation until the completion of the last operation,and the number of pallets in the shop at any given time is limited by a positive integer,K≤n.Generally speaking,the optimal schedules may be passing schedules.In this paper,we present a combinatorial property which shows that for two machines,K(K≥3)pallets,there exists a no-passing schedule which is an optimal schedule for n≤2K-1 and 2K-1 is tight.展开更多
文摘In this paper, a novel approach termed process goose queue (PGQ) is suggested to deal with real-time optimization (RTO) of chemical plants. Taking advantage of the ad-hoc structure of PGQ which imitates biologic nature of flying wild geese, a chemical plant optimization problem can be re-formulated as a combination of a multi-layer PGQ and a PGQ-Objective according to the relationship among process variables involved in the objective and constraints. Subsequently, chemical plant RTO solutions are converted into coordination issues among PGQs which could be dealt with in a novel way. Accordingly, theoretical definitions, adjustment rule and implementing procedures associated with the approach are explicitly introduced together with corresponding enabling algorithms. Finally, an exemplary chemical plant is employed to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the contribution.
基金Acknowledgements This work is supported by Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No. 60832009.
文摘In order to enhance the quality of vertical handoff in an overlay wireless network, multiple attributes are taken into account when optimizing the vertical handoff decision including user-based and network-based QoS factors. In this paper, we develop a novel vertical handoff algorithm in an integrated 3G cellular and Wireless LAN networks. The proposed algorithm can adjust the weight of each QoS attribute dynamically as the networks change, trace the network condition and choose the optimal access point at transient regions. Simulation results show that this algorithm is able to provide accurate handoff decision, resulting in small unnecessary handoff numbers, good performance of throughput and handoff delay in heterogeneous environments.
基金Supported by the Shipbuilding Industry of National Defense Science and Technology Research Projects in Advance (153010110031)
文摘In considering the theory of structural dynamic optimization design, a design method of the structural style of ship composite brace with rigid vibration isolation mass was studied. Two kinds of structural dynamic optimization formulations minimizing the vibration acceleration of the non-pressure hull on the restraining condition of the gross weight of the ship cabin were established: 1) dynamic optimization of the sectional dimensions of the rigid vibration isolation mass in the composite brace; 2) dynamic optimization of the arranging position of the rigid vibration isolation mass. Through the optimization results, sectional dimensions and the arranging position of the rigid vibration isolation mass with better performance in reducing vibration were gained, and some reference was provided for practical engineering designs as well as enrichment of the design method of a novel ship vibration-isolation brace.
基金Project (No. 50475020) supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China
文摘The theory of grey systems is a new technique for performing prediction, relational analysis and decision making in many areas. In this paper, the use of grey relational analysis for optimizing the square hole flanging process parameters with considerations of the multiple response (the average flanging height, regular flanging and maximum strain) is introduced. Various flanging parameters, such as the blank inner radius rb, blank inner width B0, are considered. An orthogonal array is used for the experimental design. Multiple response values are obtained using finite element analysis (FEA). Optimal process parameters are determined by the grey relational grade obtained from the grey relational analysis for multi-performance characteristics (flanging height, regular flanging and maximum strain). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the grey relational grade is implemented. The results showed good agreement with the experiment result. Grey relational analysis can be applied in multiple response optimi-zation designs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30901111)the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-50)the key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No.108083)
文摘This study aimed to optimize the purification of recombinant growth hormone from Paralichthys olivaceus. Recombinant flounder growth hormone (r-fGH) was expressed by Escherichia coli in form of inclusion body or as soluble protein under different inducing conditions. The inclusion body was renatured using two recovery methods, i.e., dilution and dialysis. Thereafter, the refolded protein was purified by Glutathione Sepharase 4B affinity chromatography and r-fGH was obtained by cleavage of thrombin. For soluble products, r-fGH was directly purified from the lysates by Glutathione Sepharase 4B affinity chromatography. ELISA-receptor assay demonstrated that despite its low receptor binding activity, the r-fGH purified from refolded inclusion body had a higher yield (2.605 mg L^-1) than that from soluble protein (1.964 mg L^-l). Of the tested recovery methods, addition of renaturing buffer (pH 8.5) into denatured inclusion body yielded the best recovery rate (17.9%). This work provided an optimized purification method for high recovery of r-fGH, thus contributing to the application of r-fGH to aquaculture.
文摘The red seaweed Melanothamnus somalensis was investigated as potential economic source of agar. The effect of different conditions of alkali pre-treatment on chemical properties of agar was evaluated. Agar was extracted by various concentrations of NaOH (4%, 6% and 8%) and heated at different temperatures (70 ℃, 75 ℃ and 80 ℃) for different durations (2 h, 2.75 h and 3.5 h). The yields-molecular weight (Mw) and sulfate contents of extracted agar were analysed and characterized by FTIR spectroscopy. The yield was significantly increased at these treatments from 23.29% to 30.86%. Mw studied by HPLC ranged from (.12.45 ± 0.21) × 10^5 to (8.60 ± 2.40) × 10^5 Da. FTIR bands show sulfate groups in C4 and C6 ofgalactose and no sulfate group were found on both C2 of galactose and C2 of 3,6-anhydrogalactose. All treatments showed a high sulfate content that ranged from 5.4% to 10.1%. These properties were found to be significantly affected by the alkali pre-treatment concentration (p 〈 0.05). In conclusion, agar extracted in this study was considered acceptable for industrial application and the optimal conditions for extraction were found to be at 6% NaOH at 70 ℃ for 2 hours.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No.60673071,No.60970115,No.60970116,No.61003267partially supported by the National Hi-Tech Research and Department Program of China under Grants No.2006AA01Z442,No.2007AA01Z411
文摘Orthomorphism on F2^n is a kind of elementary pemmtation with good cryptographic properties. This paper proposes a hybrid strategy of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Sirrmlated Annealing (SA) for finding orthomorphisrm with good cryptographic properties. By experiment based on this strategy, we get some orthorrorphisrm on F2^n = 5, 6, 7, 9, 10) with good cryptographic properties in the open document for the first time, and the optirml orthorrrphism on F found in this paper also does better than the one proposed by Feng Dengguo et al. in stream cipher Loiss in difference uniformity, algebraic degree, algebraic irrarnity and corresponding pernmtation polynomial degree. The PSOSA hybrid strategy for optimizing orthomerphism in this paper makes design of orthorrorphisrm with good cryptographic properties automated, efficient and convenient, which proposes a new approach to design orthornorphisrm.
基金Supported by the High Technology Research and Development Programme of China (2001AA135091) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60375008).
文摘IHS (Intensity, Hue and Saturation) transform is one of the most commonly used tusion algonthm. But the matching error causes spectral distortion and degradation in processing of image fusion with IHS method. A study on IHS fusion indicates that the color distortion can't be avoided. Meanwhile, the statistical property of wavelet coefficient with wavelet decomposition reflects those significant features, such as edges, lines and regions. So, a united optimal fusion method, which uses the statistical property and IHS transform on pixel and feature levels, is proposed. That is, the high frequency of intensity component Ⅰ is fused on feature level with multi-resolution wavelet in IHS space. And the low frequency of intensity component Ⅰ is fused on pixel level with optimal weight coefficients. Spectral information and spatial resolution are two performance indexes of optimal weight coefficients. Experiment results with QuickBird data of Shanghai show that it is a practical and effective method.
文摘This work aims at developing an automatic system for the control of the APS (air plasma spraying) plasma process in which some instability phenomena are present. APS is a versatile technique to produce coatings of powder material at high deposition rates. Using this technique, powder particles are injected into a plasma jet, where they are melted and accelerated towards a substrate. The coating microstructures and properties depend strongly on the characteristics of the plasma jet, which can be controlled by the adjustment of the process parameters. However, the imeractions among the spray variables, render optimization and control of this process are quite complex. Understanding relationships between coating properties and process parameters is mandatory to optimize the process technique and the product quality. We are interested in this work to build an on-line control model for the APS process based on the elements of artificial intelligence and to build an emulator that replicates the dynamic behavior of the process as closely as possible.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60975072,60604009)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (Grant No. NCET-10-0021)+1 种基金the Aeronautical Foundation of China (Grant No. 20115151019)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘Path planning of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle(UAV) is a complicated global optimum problem.In the paper,an improved Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA) was proposed to solve the path planning problem.Gravitational Search Algorithm(GSA) is a newly presented under the inspiration of the Newtonian gravity,and it is easy to fall local best.On the basis of introducing the idea of memory and social information of Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO),a novel moving strategy in the searching space was designed,which can improve the quality of the optimal solution.Subsequently,a weighted value was assigned to inertia mass of every agent in each iteration process to accelerate the convergence speed of the search.Particle position was updated according to the selection rules of survival of the fittest.In this way,the population is always moving in the direction of the optimal solution.The feasibility and effectiveness of our improved GSA approach was verified by comparative experimental results with PSO,basic GSA and two other GSA models.
文摘The evolutionary algorithm, a subset of computational intelligence techniques, is a generic population-based stochastic optimization algorithm which uses a mechanism motivated by biological concepts. Bio-inspired computing can implement successful optimization methods and adaptation approaches, which are inspired by the natural evolution and collective behavior observed in species, respectively. Although all the meta-heuristic algorithms have different inspirational sources, their objective is to find the optimum(minimum or maximum), which is problem-specific. We propose and evaluate a novel synergistic fibroblast optimization(SFO) algorithm, which exhibits the behavior of a fibroblast cellular organism in the dermal wound-healing process. Various characteristics of benchmark suites are applied to validate the robustness, reliability, generalization, and comprehensibility of SFO in diverse and complex situations. The encouraging results suggest that the collaborative and self-adaptive behaviors of fibroblasts have intellectually found the optimum solution with several different features that can improve the effectiveness of optimization strategies for solving non-linear complicated problems.
文摘This paper is concerned with the topological structure of efficient sets for optimizationproblem of set-valued mapping. It is proved that these sets are closed or. connected under someconditions on cone-continuity, cone-convexity and cone-quasiconvexity.
基金This author is supported by Netherlands organization for international cooperation in high education.
文摘We consider the problem of scheduling n jobs in a pallet-constrained flow shop so as to minimize the makespan.In such a flow shop environment,each job needs a pallet the entire time,from the start of its first operation until the completion of the last operation,and the number of pallets in the shop at any given time is limited by a positive integer,K≤n.Generally speaking,the optimal schedules may be passing schedules.In this paper,we present a combinatorial property which shows that for two machines,K(K≥3)pallets,there exists a no-passing schedule which is an optimal schedule for n≤2K-1 and 2K-1 is tight.