Data mining is the process of extracting implicit but potentially useful information from incomplete, noisy, and fuzzy data. Data mining offers excellent nonlinear modeling and self-organized learning, and it can play...Data mining is the process of extracting implicit but potentially useful information from incomplete, noisy, and fuzzy data. Data mining offers excellent nonlinear modeling and self-organized learning, and it can play a vital role in the interpretation of well logging data of complex reservoirs. We used data mining to identify the lithologies in a complex reservoir. The reservoir lithologies served as the classification task target and were identified using feature extraction, feature selection, and modeling of data streams. We used independent component analysis to extract information from well curves. We then used the branch-and- bound algorithm to look for the optimal feature subsets and eliminate redundant information. Finally, we used the C5.0 decision-tree algorithm to set up disaggregated models of the well logging curves. The modeling and actual logging data were in good agreement, showing the usefulness of data mining methods in complex reservoirs.展开更多
Mass elevation effect （MEE） refers to the thermal effect of huge mountains or plateaus, which causes the tendency for tem- perature-related montane landscape limits to occur at higher elevations in the inner massifs...Mass elevation effect （MEE） refers to the thermal effect of huge mountains or plateaus, which causes the tendency for tem- perature-related montane landscape limits to occur at higher elevations in the inner massifs than on their outer margins. MEE has been widely identified in all large mountains, but how it could be measured and what its main forming-factors are still remain open. This paper, supposing that the local mountain base elevation （MBE） is the main factor of MEE, takes the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau （QTP） as the study area, defines MEE as the temperature difference （AT） between the inner and outer parts of mountain massifs, identifies the main forming factors, and analyzes their contributions to MEE. A total of 73 mountain bases were identified, ranging from 708 m to 5081 m and increasing from the edges to the central parts of the plateau. Climate data （1981-2010） from 134 meteorological stations were used to acquire ATby comparing near-surface air temperature on the main plateau with the free-air temperature at the same altitude and simi- lar latitude outside of the plateau. The AT for the warmest month is averagely 6.15 ~C, over 12~C at Lhatse and Baxoi. A multivariate linear regression model was developed to simulate MEE based on three variables （latitude, annual mean precipitation and MBE）, which are all significantly correlated to AT. The model could explain 67.3% of MEE variation, and the contribution rates of three independent variables to MEE are 35.29%, 22.69% and 42.02%, respectively. This confirms that MBE is the main factor of MEE. The intensive MEE of the QTP pushes the 10~C isotherm of the warmest month mean temperature 1300-2000 m higher in the main plateau than in the outer regions, leading the occurrence of the highest timberline （4900 m） and the highest snowline （6200 m） of the Northern Hemisphere in the southeast and southwest of the plateau, respectively.展开更多
To decompose an unbalanced multi-stage logistic system to multipleindependent single-stage logistic systems, a new notion of parameterized interface distribution ispresented. For encoding the logistic pattern on each ...To decompose an unbalanced multi-stage logistic system to multipleindependent single-stage logistic systems, a new notion of parameterized interface distribution ispresented. For encoding the logistic pattern on each stage, the Pruefer number is used. With theimproved decoding procedure, any Pruefer number produced stochastically can be decoded to a feasiblelogistic pattern, which can match with the capacities of the nodes of the logistic system. Withthese two innovations, a new modeling method based on parameterized interface distribution and thePriifer number coding is put forward. The corresponding genetic algorithm, named as PIP-GA, can findbetter solutions and require less computational time than st-GA. Although requiring a little moreconsumption of memory, PIP-GA is still an efficient and robust method in the modeling andoptimization of unbalanced multi-stage logistic systems.展开更多
Phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies rely on the accurate quantification of biodiversity. In recent studies of taxonomically ambiguous groups, species boundaries are often determined based on multi-locus sequence ...Phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies rely on the accurate quantification of biodiversity. In recent studies of taxonomically ambiguous groups, species boundaries are often determined based on multi-locus sequence data. Bayesian Phylogenetics and Phylogeography （BPP） is a coalescent-based method frequently used to delimit species; however, empirical studies suggest that the requirement of a user-specified guide tree biases the range of possible outcomes. We evaluate fifteen multi-locus datasets using the most recent iteration of BPP, which eliminates the need for a user-specified guide tree and reconstructs the species tree in synchrony with species delimitation （= unguided species delimitation）. We found that the number of species recovered with guided versus unguided species delimitation was the same except for two cases, and that posterior probabilities were generally lower for the unguided analyses as a result of searching across species trees in addition to species delimitation models. The guide trees used in previous studies were often discordant with the species tree topologies estimated by BPP. We also compared species trees estimated using BPP and ＊BEAST and found that when the topologies are the same, BPP tends to give higher posterior probabilities [Current Zoology 61 （5）： 866-873, 2015].展开更多
Aims Exposure of Eucalyptus tree stems to the radiant heat of forest fires can kill cambial cells and their embedded regenerative meristems,thus preventing epicormic resprouting and recovery of the tree.Currently,ther...Aims Exposure of Eucalyptus tree stems to the radiant heat of forest fires can kill cambial cells and their embedded regenerative meristems,thus preventing epicormic resprouting and recovery of the tree.Currently,there is no tissue-level method to quantify the viability of cambial cells in Eucalyptus following heat exposure.The first aim of this study was to adapt and validate the tetrazolium reduction method of testing for cell viability in Eucalyptus.The second aim was to apply the method to establish a threshold level of cambium cell viability in Eucalyptus obliqua to enable the identification of a critical temperature.Methods The study used the tetrazolium reduction method to quantitatively determine phloem-cambium cell viability in Eucalyptus.Circular sections of bark with underlying phloem and cambium were cut from mature E.obliqua and samples ranging in mass from 1 to 30 mg were exposed for 1 min to temperature treatments ranging from 20 to 85℃and kept for 20-22 h at room temperature in 0.8%2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride(TTC)to test for cell viability.The 1,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium formazan(TPF)formed was cold extracted with ethanol and quantified as absorbance at 485 nm.Important Findings The TTC reduction method reliably quantified a decline in cell viability with rising temperature in tissue sections that included vascular cambium,and identified 60℃as the critical temperature for cambium-phloem cells of Eucalyptus species.Cell viability,calculated as[TPF Treatment℃]/[TPF 20℃],decli ned by 90%between 20 and 85℃.The cell viability results con firmed that significant tissue necrosis occurred in Eucalyptus at temperatures between 50 and 70℃,after 1 min of in vitro tissue heating.The decline in cell viability with increasing temperature shown by the TTC method was consistent with an independently derived count of live cells following temperature treatment and neutral red staining.展开更多
The spectrum of weighted graphs are often used to solve the problems in the design of networks and electronic circuits. In this paper, we derive the sharp upper bound of spectral radius of all weighted trees on given ...The spectrum of weighted graphs are often used to solve the problems in the design of networks and electronic circuits. In this paper, we derive the sharp upper bound of spectral radius of all weighted trees on given order and edge independence number, and obtain all such trees that their spectral radius reach the upper bound.展开更多
The author establishes the exact boundary observability of unsteady supercritical flows in a tree-like network of open canals with general topology. An implicit duality between the exact boundary controllability and t...The author establishes the exact boundary observability of unsteady supercritical flows in a tree-like network of open canals with general topology. An implicit duality between the exact boundary controllability and the exact boundary observability is also given for unsteady supercritical flows.展开更多
This paper concerns a system of equations describing the vibrations of a planar network of nonlinear Timoshenko beams. The authors derive the equations and appropriate nodal conditions, determine equilibrium solutions...This paper concerns a system of equations describing the vibrations of a planar network of nonlinear Timoshenko beams. The authors derive the equations and appropriate nodal conditions, determine equilibrium solutions and, using the methods of quasilinear hyperbolic systems, prove that for tree-like networks the natural initial-boundary value problem admits semi-global classical solutions in the sense of Li [Li, T. T., Controllability and Observability for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems, AIMS Ser. Appl. Math., vol 3,American Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Higher Education Press, 2010] existing in a neighborhood of the equilibrium solution. The authors then prove the local exact controllability of such networks near such equilibrium configurations in a certain specified time interval depending on the speed of propagation in the individual beams.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Science and Technology Major Project(No.2011ZX05023-005-006)
文摘Data mining is the process of extracting implicit but potentially useful information from incomplete, noisy, and fuzzy data. Data mining offers excellent nonlinear modeling and self-organized learning, and it can play a vital role in the interpretation of well logging data of complex reservoirs. We used data mining to identify the lithologies in a complex reservoir. The reservoir lithologies served as the classification task target and were identified using feature extraction, feature selection, and modeling of data streams. We used independent component analysis to extract information from well curves. We then used the branch-and- bound algorithm to look for the optimal feature subsets and eliminate redundant information. Finally, we used the C5.0 decision-tree algorithm to set up disaggregated models of the well logging curves. The modeling and actual logging data were in good agreement, showing the usefulness of data mining methods in complex reservoirs.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41571099,41030528)
文摘Mass elevation effect （MEE） refers to the thermal effect of huge mountains or plateaus, which causes the tendency for tem- perature-related montane landscape limits to occur at higher elevations in the inner massifs than on their outer margins. MEE has been widely identified in all large mountains, but how it could be measured and what its main forming-factors are still remain open. This paper, supposing that the local mountain base elevation （MBE） is the main factor of MEE, takes the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau （QTP） as the study area, defines MEE as the temperature difference （AT） between the inner and outer parts of mountain massifs, identifies the main forming factors, and analyzes their contributions to MEE. A total of 73 mountain bases were identified, ranging from 708 m to 5081 m and increasing from the edges to the central parts of the plateau. Climate data （1981-2010） from 134 meteorological stations were used to acquire ATby comparing near-surface air temperature on the main plateau with the free-air temperature at the same altitude and simi- lar latitude outside of the plateau. The AT for the warmest month is averagely 6.15 ~C, over 12~C at Lhatse and Baxoi. A multivariate linear regression model was developed to simulate MEE based on three variables （latitude, annual mean precipitation and MBE）, which are all significantly correlated to AT. The model could explain 67.3% of MEE variation, and the contribution rates of three independent variables to MEE are 35.29%, 22.69% and 42.02%, respectively. This confirms that MBE is the main factor of MEE. The intensive MEE of the QTP pushes the 10~C isotherm of the warmest month mean temperature 1300-2000 m higher in the main plateau than in the outer regions, leading the occurrence of the highest timberline （4900 m） and the highest snowline （6200 m） of the Northern Hemisphere in the southeast and southwest of the plateau, respectively.
文摘To decompose an unbalanced multi-stage logistic system to multipleindependent single-stage logistic systems, a new notion of parameterized interface distribution ispresented. For encoding the logistic pattern on each stage, the Pruefer number is used. With theimproved decoding procedure, any Pruefer number produced stochastically can be decoded to a feasiblelogistic pattern, which can match with the capacities of the nodes of the logistic system. Withthese two innovations, a new modeling method based on parameterized interface distribution and thePriifer number coding is put forward. The corresponding genetic algorithm, named as PIP-GA, can findbetter solutions and require less computational time than st-GA. Although requiring a little moreconsumption of memory, PIP-GA is still an efficient and robust method in the modeling andoptimization of unbalanced multi-stage logistic systems.
基金We thank the authors of species delimitation studies listed in Table 1 for permission to use their datasets in our study. We also thank J. Grummer for providing feedback on an earlier draft of the manuscript. This work was facilitated though the use of advanced computational, storage, and networking infrastructure provided by the Hyak supercomputer system at the University of Washington. I.W.C.S. was supported by a graduate scholarship from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia （CONACYT）, and N.M.B was supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship （NSF-GRFP）.
文摘Phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies rely on the accurate quantification of biodiversity. In recent studies of taxonomically ambiguous groups, species boundaries are often determined based on multi-locus sequence data. Bayesian Phylogenetics and Phylogeography （BPP） is a coalescent-based method frequently used to delimit species; however, empirical studies suggest that the requirement of a user-specified guide tree biases the range of possible outcomes. We evaluate fifteen multi-locus datasets using the most recent iteration of BPP, which eliminates the need for a user-specified guide tree and reconstructs the species tree in synchrony with species delimitation （= unguided species delimitation）. We found that the number of species recovered with guided versus unguided species delimitation was the same except for two cases, and that posterior probabilities were generally lower for the unguided analyses as a result of searching across species trees in addition to species delimitation models. The guide trees used in previous studies were often discordant with the species tree topologies estimated by BPP. We also compared species trees estimated using BPP and ＊BEAST and found that when the topologies are the same, BPP tends to give higher posterior probabilities [Current Zoology 61 （5）： 866-873, 2015].
文摘Aims Exposure of Eucalyptus tree stems to the radiant heat of forest fires can kill cambial cells and their embedded regenerative meristems,thus preventing epicormic resprouting and recovery of the tree.Currently,there is no tissue-level method to quantify the viability of cambial cells in Eucalyptus following heat exposure.The first aim of this study was to adapt and validate the tetrazolium reduction method of testing for cell viability in Eucalyptus.The second aim was to apply the method to establish a threshold level of cambium cell viability in Eucalyptus obliqua to enable the identification of a critical temperature.Methods The study used the tetrazolium reduction method to quantitatively determine phloem-cambium cell viability in Eucalyptus.Circular sections of bark with underlying phloem and cambium were cut from mature E.obliqua and samples ranging in mass from 1 to 30 mg were exposed for 1 min to temperature treatments ranging from 20 to 85℃and kept for 20-22 h at room temperature in 0.8%2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride(TTC)to test for cell viability.The 1,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium formazan(TPF)formed was cold extracted with ethanol and quantified as absorbance at 485 nm.Important Findings The TTC reduction method reliably quantified a decline in cell viability with rising temperature in tissue sections that included vascular cambium,and identified 60℃as the critical temperature for cambium-phloem cells of Eucalyptus species.Cell viability,calculated as[TPF Treatment℃]/[TPF 20℃],decli ned by 90%between 20 and 85℃.The cell viability results con firmed that significant tissue necrosis occurred in Eucalyptus at temperatures between 50 and 70℃,after 1 min of in vitro tissue heating.The decline in cell viability with increasing temperature shown by the TTC method was consistent with an independently derived count of live cells following temperature treatment and neutral red staining.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 10871204）.
文摘The spectrum of weighted graphs are often used to solve the problems in the design of networks and electronic circuits. In this paper, we derive the sharp upper bound of spectral radius of all weighted trees on given order and edge independence number, and obtain all such trees that their spectral radius reach the upper bound.
文摘The author establishes the exact boundary observability of unsteady supercritical flows in a tree-like network of open canals with general topology. An implicit duality between the exact boundary controllability and the exact boundary observability is also given for unsteady supercritical flows.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2103CB834100)the National Science Foundation of China(No.11121101)+1 种基金the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(No.11101273)the DFG-Cluster of Excellence:Engineering of Advanced Materials
文摘This paper concerns a system of equations describing the vibrations of a planar network of nonlinear Timoshenko beams. The authors derive the equations and appropriate nodal conditions, determine equilibrium solutions and, using the methods of quasilinear hyperbolic systems, prove that for tree-like networks the natural initial-boundary value problem admits semi-global classical solutions in the sense of Li [Li, T. T., Controllability and Observability for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems, AIMS Ser. Appl. Math., vol 3,American Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Higher Education Press, 2010] existing in a neighborhood of the equilibrium solution. The authors then prove the local exact controllability of such networks near such equilibrium configurations in a certain specified time interval depending on the speed of propagation in the individual beams.
