An improved recursive doubling algorithm for solving linear recurrence R <n,1>is given,whose parallel time complexity is (τ++τ.) logn when n processors are available,achieving the lower bound in array processo...An improved recursive doubling algorithm for solving linear recurrence R <n,1>is given,whose parallel time complexity is (τ++τ.) logn when n processors are available,achieving the lower bound in array processor type computation.展开更多
This paper presents software reliability growth models(SRGMs) with change-point based on the stochastic differential equation(SDE).Although SRGMs based on SDE have been developed in a large scale software system,consi...This paper presents software reliability growth models(SRGMs) with change-point based on the stochastic differential equation(SDE).Although SRGMs based on SDE have been developed in a large scale software system,considering the variation of failure distribution in the existing models during testing time is limited.These SDE SRGMs assume that failures have the same distribution.However,in practice,the fault detection rate can be affected by some factors and may be changed at certain point as time proceeds.With respect to this issue,in this paper,SDE SRGMs with changepoint are proposed to precisely reflect the variations of the failure distribution.A real data set is used to evaluate the new models.The experimental results show that the proposed models have a fairly accurate prediction capability.展开更多
This study promotes application of Augmented Reality (AR), whose properties can handle multiple sensory that heightens its quality of performances, affections in first time users, and introduces the possibility and ...This study promotes application of Augmented Reality (AR), whose properties can handle multiple sensory that heightens its quality of performances, affections in first time users, and introduces the possibility and guideline in mass production through the development of"Augmented Reality Band", a gadget based on AR system that allows users to interact with virtual music instruments to make music through the system that analyze printed marker on the shirt. The system is developed by using FLAR Toolkit and made accessible via AR band website. The user can run the system online from anywhere by wearing the shirt printed with embedded musical instruments AR code. In order to promote AR Band performances, the authors assessed the quality of the system from technical professionals. It has been found out that the quality level is very high (4.64/5.00) and the user satisfaction evaluated by sample group has been found in a satisfied level (4.22/5.00). In summary, AR Band has proven its performances to enhance user satisfaction and its further development and adaptation is under discussion and suggestion section provided at the end.展开更多
This paper refutes the mechanistic interpretation of cellular dynamics and contends that the life-giving principle is sustained growth a biological system and is uninterrupted growth balanced in a dynamic state by syn...This paper refutes the mechanistic interpretation of cellular dynamics and contends that the life-giving principle is sustained growth a biological system and is uninterrupted growth balanced in a dynamic state by synthesis and dissolution. The process began by an oxidation/reduction reaction on the surface of pyrite energized photovoltaically by sunlight. Hydrogen sulfide was oxidized, carbon dioxide was reduced, and phosphate on the surface of the pyrite was a reactant. The first organic compounds were sulfides and phosphoglycerates. These organophosphates were at the center of the energy cycle of all life where the dehydration of a relatively unreactive "low-energy" two-phosphoglycerate transforms it into the "high-energy" phosphoenolpyruvate. Life began as a growth process and continues to grow ceaselessly out of necessity. It cannot discontinue the life-giving energy flow without irreparable loss of the process. All forms of life past and present were and are stabilized systems in which the growth process is contained in metabolic turnover.展开更多
The article presents a fragment of research and development, which objective was to develop technical tools and methodology to improve exploitation processes of energy systems. The author's model includes synergy of ...The article presents a fragment of research and development, which objective was to develop technical tools and methodology to improve exploitation processes of energy systems. The author's model includes synergy of artificial intelligence and augmented reality. This solution, which combines modem technologies in order to improve the activities related to the continuity of energy supply, and reduce costs associated with the time needed to carry out exploitation activities and employment of qualified staff, is presented. This paper presents both theoretical foundations as well as the development of technical systems. The characteristics of exploitation processes of energy systems and possible technical conditions, as well as factors characterizing them, are discussed. The physical and software structures of the system and individual modules, as well as dependencies connecting them are demonstrated. The dependencies between physical and logical elements during the exploitation processes of energy systems, that determine decisions related to the evaluation of technical states and related activities are described. The advantages and limitations of the developed model which connects methods of data processing and analysis, interactive visualization processes and possible areas of application are as well discussed in detailed.展开更多
Breaching of embankments has recently drawn more and more attention due to its importance in the development of early warning systems for embankment failures,in the evacuation plans of people at risk,in the design met...Breaching of embankments has recently drawn more and more attention due to its importance in the development of early warning systems for embankment failures,in the evacuation plans of people at risk,in the design method of embankments based on a risk-approach,etc. The erosion process observed during embankment breaching tests in the laboratory and the analysis of the results are described in this paper. Five embankments,one constructed with pure sand,four with different sand-silt-clay mixtures were tested. The height of the embankments was 75 cm and the width at the crest was 60 cm. Examination of the data from these tests indicated that headcut erosion played an important role in the process of breach growth in the embankments made of cohesive soil mixtures. Flow shear erosion,fluidization of the headcut slope surface,undermining of the headcut due to impinging jet scour and discrete soil mechanical slope mass failure from the headcut were all observed during these tests. For the embankment constructed with pure sand,the breach erosion process was dominated by shear erosion,which led to a gradual and relatively uniform retreat of the downstream slope. The cohesive proportion in the sand-silt-clay mixtures strongly slowed down the erosion process.展开更多
In this paper,we discuss the influences of channel blocks on the spiking regularity in a clustered neuronal network by applying stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neuronal models as the building blocks.With the aid of simulati...In this paper,we discuss the influences of channel blocks on the spiking regularity in a clustered neuronal network by applying stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neuronal models as the building blocks.With the aid of simulation results,we reveal that the spiking regularity of the clustered neuronal network could be resonantly enhanced via fine-tuning of the non-blocked potassium channel fraction xK.While the non-blocked sodium channel fraction xNa can enhance the spiking regularity of the clustered neuronal network in most cases.These results indicate that not only sodium channel blocks but also potassium channel blocks could have great influences on the regularity of spike timings in the clustered neuronal networks.Considering the importance of spike timings in neuronal information transforming processes,our results may give some implications for understanding the nonnegligible role of randomness in ion channels in neuronal systems.展开更多
The existence of at least two homoclinic orbits for Lagrangian system (LS) is proved, wherethe Lagrangian L(t,x,y) =1/2∑aij(x)yiyj-V(t, x), in which the potential V(t,x) is globallysurperquadratic in x and T-periodic...The existence of at least two homoclinic orbits for Lagrangian system (LS) is proved, wherethe Lagrangian L(t,x,y) =1/2∑aij(x)yiyj-V(t, x), in which the potential V(t,x) is globallysurperquadratic in x and T-periodic in t. The Concentration-Compactness Lemma and Mini-max argument are used to prove the existences.展开更多
文摘An improved recursive doubling algorithm for solving linear recurrence R <n,1>is given,whose parallel time complexity is (τ++τ.) logn when n processors are available,achieving the lower bound in array processor type computation.
基金Supported by the International Science&Technology Cooperation Program of China(No.2010DFA14400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60503015)the National High Technology Research and Development Programme of China(No.2008AA01A201)
文摘This paper presents software reliability growth models(SRGMs) with change-point based on the stochastic differential equation(SDE).Although SRGMs based on SDE have been developed in a large scale software system,considering the variation of failure distribution in the existing models during testing time is limited.These SDE SRGMs assume that failures have the same distribution.However,in practice,the fault detection rate can be affected by some factors and may be changed at certain point as time proceeds.With respect to this issue,in this paper,SDE SRGMs with changepoint are proposed to precisely reflect the variations of the failure distribution.A real data set is used to evaluate the new models.The experimental results show that the proposed models have a fairly accurate prediction capability.
文摘This study promotes application of Augmented Reality (AR), whose properties can handle multiple sensory that heightens its quality of performances, affections in first time users, and introduces the possibility and guideline in mass production through the development of"Augmented Reality Band", a gadget based on AR system that allows users to interact with virtual music instruments to make music through the system that analyze printed marker on the shirt. The system is developed by using FLAR Toolkit and made accessible via AR band website. The user can run the system online from anywhere by wearing the shirt printed with embedded musical instruments AR code. In order to promote AR Band performances, the authors assessed the quality of the system from technical professionals. It has been found out that the quality level is very high (4.64/5.00) and the user satisfaction evaluated by sample group has been found in a satisfied level (4.22/5.00). In summary, AR Band has proven its performances to enhance user satisfaction and its further development and adaptation is under discussion and suggestion section provided at the end.
文摘This paper refutes the mechanistic interpretation of cellular dynamics and contends that the life-giving principle is sustained growth a biological system and is uninterrupted growth balanced in a dynamic state by synthesis and dissolution. The process began by an oxidation/reduction reaction on the surface of pyrite energized photovoltaically by sunlight. Hydrogen sulfide was oxidized, carbon dioxide was reduced, and phosphate on the surface of the pyrite was a reactant. The first organic compounds were sulfides and phosphoglycerates. These organophosphates were at the center of the energy cycle of all life where the dehydration of a relatively unreactive "low-energy" two-phosphoglycerate transforms it into the "high-energy" phosphoenolpyruvate. Life began as a growth process and continues to grow ceaselessly out of necessity. It cannot discontinue the life-giving energy flow without irreparable loss of the process. All forms of life past and present were and are stabilized systems in which the growth process is contained in metabolic turnover.
文摘The article presents a fragment of research and development, which objective was to develop technical tools and methodology to improve exploitation processes of energy systems. The author's model includes synergy of artificial intelligence and augmented reality. This solution, which combines modem technologies in order to improve the activities related to the continuity of energy supply, and reduce costs associated with the time needed to carry out exploitation activities and employment of qualified staff, is presented. This paper presents both theoretical foundations as well as the development of technical systems. The characteristics of exploitation processes of energy systems and possible technical conditions, as well as factors characterizing them, are discussed. The physical and software structures of the system and individual modules, as well as dependencies connecting them are demonstrated. The dependencies between physical and logical elements during the exploitation processes of energy systems, that determine decisions related to the evaluation of technical states and related activities are described. The advantages and limitations of the developed model which connects methods of data processing and analysis, interactive visualization processes and possible areas of application are as well discussed in detailed.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program ("973" Program) of China (Grant No.2007CB714106)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Ministry of Hu-man Resources and Social Security of China+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51009012)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry
文摘Breaching of embankments has recently drawn more and more attention due to its importance in the development of early warning systems for embankment failures,in the evacuation plans of people at risk,in the design method of embankments based on a risk-approach,etc. The erosion process observed during embankment breaching tests in the laboratory and the analysis of the results are described in this paper. Five embankments,one constructed with pure sand,four with different sand-silt-clay mixtures were tested. The height of the embankments was 75 cm and the width at the crest was 60 cm. Examination of the data from these tests indicated that headcut erosion played an important role in the process of breach growth in the embankments made of cohesive soil mixtures. Flow shear erosion,fluidization of the headcut slope surface,undermining of the headcut due to impinging jet scour and discrete soil mechanical slope mass failure from the headcut were all observed during these tests. For the embankment constructed with pure sand,the breach erosion process was dominated by shear erosion,which led to a gradual and relatively uniform retreat of the downstream slope. The cohesive proportion in the sand-silt-clay mixtures strongly slowed down the erosion process.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.1110209411272065)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University of China(Grant No.2013RC0904)
文摘In this paper,we discuss the influences of channel blocks on the spiking regularity in a clustered neuronal network by applying stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neuronal models as the building blocks.With the aid of simulation results,we reveal that the spiking regularity of the clustered neuronal network could be resonantly enhanced via fine-tuning of the non-blocked potassium channel fraction xK.While the non-blocked sodium channel fraction xNa can enhance the spiking regularity of the clustered neuronal network in most cases.These results indicate that not only sodium channel blocks but also potassium channel blocks could have great influences on the regularity of spike timings in the clustered neuronal networks.Considering the importance of spike timings in neuronal information transforming processes,our results may give some implications for understanding the nonnegligible role of randomness in ion channels in neuronal systems.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,and the Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation.
文摘The existence of at least two homoclinic orbits for Lagrangian system (LS) is proved, wherethe Lagrangian L(t,x,y) =1/2∑aij(x)yiyj-V(t, x), in which the potential V(t,x) is globallysurperquadratic in x and T-periodic in t. The Concentration-Compactness Lemma and Mini-max argument are used to prove the existences.