Variations of Enclosing Problem Using Axis Parallel Square(s): A General Approach

Let P be a set of n?points in two dimensional plane. For each point , we locate an axis- parallel unit square having one particular side passing through p and enclosing the maximum number of points from P. Considering all points , such n?squares can be reported in O(nlogn)?time. We show that this result can be used to (i) locate m>(2)?axis-parallel unit squares which are pairwise disjoint and they together enclose the maximum number of points from P (if exists) and (ii) find the smallest axis-parallel square enclosing at least k points of P , .

Theory and Experiments on Enclosing Control of Multi-Agent Systems

This paper proposes a control strategy called enclosing control.This strategy can be described as follows:the followers design their control inputs based on the state information of neighbor agents and move to specified positions.The convex hull formed by these followers contains the leaders.We use the single-integrator model to describe the dynamics of the agents and proposes a continuous-time control protocol and a sampled-data based protocol for multi-agent systems with stationary leaders with fixed network topology.Then the state differential equations are analyzed to obtain the parameter requirements for the system to achieve convergence.Moreover,the conditions achieving enclosing control are established for both protocols.A special enclosing control with no leader located on the convex hull boundary under the protocols is studied,which can effectively prevent enclosing control failures caused by errors in the system.Moreover,several simulations are proposed to validate theoretical results and compare the differences between the three control protocols.Finally,experimental results on the multi-robot platform are provided to verify the feasibility of the protocol in the physical system.

Target-enclosing affine formation control of two-layer networked spacecraft with collision avoidance

This paper addresses a target-enclosing problem for multiple spacecraft systems by proposing a two-layer affine formation control strategy. Compared with the existing methods,the adopted two-layer network structure in this paper is generally directed, which is suitable for practical space missions. Firstly, distributed finite-time sliding-mode estimators and formation controllers in both layers are designed separately to improve the flexibility of the formation control system. By introducing the properties of affine transformation into formation control protocol design,the controllers can be used to track different time-varying target formation patterns. Besides, multilayer time-varying encirclements can be achieved with particular shapes to surround the moving target. In the sequel, by integrating adaptive neural networks and specialized artificial potential functions into backstepping controllers, the problems of uncertain Euler-Lagrange models, collision avoidance as well as formation reconfiguration are solved simultaneously. The stability of the proposed controllers is verified by the Lyapunov direct method. Finally, two simulation examples of triangle formation and more complex hexagon formation are presented to illustrate the feasibility of the theoretical results.

An Efficient Inexact Newton-CG Algorithm for the Smallest Enclosing Ball Problem of Large Dimensions

In this paper,we consider the problem of computing the smallest enclosing ball(SEB)of a set of m balls in Rn,where the product mn is large.We first approximate the non-differentiable SEB problem by its log-exponential aggregation function and then propose a computationally efficient inexact Newton-CG algorithm for the smoothing approximation problem by exploiting its special(approximate)sparsity structure.The key difference between the proposed inexact Newton-CG algorithm and the classical Newton-CG algorithm is that the gradient and the Hessian-vector product are inexactly computed in the proposed algorithm,which makes it capable of solving the large-scale SEB problem.We give an adaptive criterion of inexactly computing the gradient/Hessian and establish global convergence of the proposed algorithm.We illustrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm by using the classical Newton-CG algorithm as well as the algorithm from Zhou et al.(Comput Optim Appl 30:147–160,2005)as benchmarks.

直流GIL中自由线形金属微粒的运动与放电特性

针对直流GIL中较常见且具有严重影响的自由线形金属微粒,搭建了贴合实际工况的封闭式同轴圆柱电极平台,同时使用高速相机和局放监测手段观测线形金属微粒的运动、局放与击穿行为。定量获得了微粒长度对站立与跳跃两种不同运动模式发生概率的影响;拍摄了站立线形微粒引起的电晕图像,同时监测、提取并统计微粒引起的局部放电情况;记录金属微粒引起的击穿图像,并基于流注理论分析了自由线形金属微粒引起的气隙击穿特性。研究表明:线形微粒的起动场强与微粒的长度基本无关,而与微粒的半径开方成正比,微粒越短,起动后越易达到跳跃运动状态,而微粒越长,越易保持站立状态;微粒引起的局部放电随着微粒长度的增大而更加剧烈;对于跳跃的自由线形微粒,其引起的微放电击穿间距随着微粒长度的增加而增加,击穿电压随着微粒长度的增加而降低。

Airport automatic detection in large space-borne SAR imagery

A method to detect airports in large space-borne synthetic aperture radar（SAR） imagery is studied.First,the large SAR imagery is segmented according to amplitude characteristics using maximum a posteriori（MAP） estimator based on the heavytailed Rayleigh model.The attention is then paid on the object of interest（OOI） extracted from the large images.The minimumarea enclosing rectangle（MER） of OOI is created via a rotating calipers algorithm.The projection histogram（PH） of MER for OOI is then computed and the scale and rotation invariant feature for OOI are extracted from the statistical characteristics of PH.A support vector machine（SVM） classifier is trained using those feature parameters and the airport is detected by the SVM classifier and Hough transform.The application in space-borne SAR images demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method.

主动脉隔离技术应用于非体外冠脉手术中期疗效评估

目的:总结主动脉隔离技术用于非体外循环冠状动脉旁路移植手术的经验,探讨其可行性与安全性,评估中期临床疗效。方法:在180例非体外循环下冠状动脉旁路移植手术中,应用Enclose装置,以主动脉隔离技术完成桥血管与升主动脉近端吻合。术前用薄层CT平扫评价升主动脉粥样硬化及钙化程度,术中用超声检查升主动脉结合手指扪查升主动脉。23例(12.8%)存在明显升主动脉粥样硬化斑块或钙化灶。术中再血管化的顺序为:(1)应用主动脉隔离技术,完成所有静脉或桡动脉桥血管与主动脉近端吻合;(2)左乳内动脉与左前降支远端吻合;(3)顺次完成所有桥血管与冠状动脉远端吻合。术后常规应用肠溶阿司匹林及硫酸氢氯吡格雷抗血小板治疗。结果:共完成桥血管536根,平均2.98±0.8根.例-1。用主动脉隔离技术成功完成近端吻合口408个;其中,桡动脉桥近端吻合口7个,静脉桥近端吻合口401个,平均2.27±0.7个.例-1。术中无技术故障和相关意外情况发生。围手术期死亡4例(2.2%)。176例存活患者无心肌梗死、脑梗死、主动脉夹层动脉瘤、二次开胸止血及心功能衰竭等严重围术期并发症和心脏相关事件发生。术后147例(83.5%)存活患者接受门诊或电话随访,随访时间27.7±9.4(6～39)个月。1例(0.7%)患者术后15个月死于肠道肿瘤;胸痛发生率2.7%、房颤发生率2.0%、脑梗发生率3.4%、下肢栓塞发生率1.4%。全组患者无其它心血管不良事件发生。术后心功能NYHA分级较手术前明显改善(P<0.05)。术后30个月以上的25例患者行冠状动脉CTA检查,结果58个桥血管近端吻合口中53个(91.4%)近端吻合口均通畅。结论:用Enclose装置的主动动脉隔离技术可安全地用于非体外冠脉旁路移植术的近端吻合,尤其可用于升主动脉明显钙化和粥样硬化的患者,术后中期疗效满意。

The Validity Analysis of Regression: Combining Uniform Experiment Design with Nonlinear Regression

The data topology structure of uniform experiment design (UD) is too complex to be reasonable regressed. In this paper, the principle and method of distinguish the training data and testing data were described to make a reasonable regression when uniform experiment design combined with support vector regression (SVR). Two equivalent ways which were the smallest enclosing hypersphere perceptron (SEH) and the enclosing simplex perceptron (ES) were provided to discover the topology relationship of the process parameter datum. To give an application, a series of experiments about laser cladding layer quality were conducted by UD to get the relationship of load, velocity and wearing capacity. Results showed that only the testing datum recommended by the two perceptrons got a good forecasting by SVR. Therefore, the two perceptrons could guide experiments with process parameter data of complex topology structure. Further, the application could be extended over a much wider field of experiments.

Acoustic characteristics of pulse detonation engine sound propagating in enclosed space

Acoustic characteristics of pulse detonation engine(PDE)sound propagating in enclosed space are numerically and experimentally investigated.The finite element software LS-DYNA is utilized to numerically simulate the PDE sound propagating in enclosed space.Acoustic measurement systems are established for testing the PDE sound in enclosed space,and the time-frequency characteristics of PDE sound in enclosed space are reported in detail.The experimental results show that the sound waveform of PDE sound in enclosed space are quite different from those in open space,and the reflection and superposition of PDE sound on the walls of enclosed space results in the sound pressure oscillating obviously.It is found that the peak sound pressure level(PSPL)and overall sound pressure level(OASPL)of PDE sound in enclosed space are higher than those in open space and their difference increases with the rise of propagation distance.The results of the duration of PDE sound indicate that the A duration of PDE sound in enclosed space is higher than that in open space except at measuring points located at 2-m and 5-m while the B duration is higher at each of all measuring points.Results show that the enclosed space has a great influence on the acoustic characteristic of PDE sound.This research is helpful in performing PDE experiments in enclosed laboratories to prevent the PDE sound from affecting the safety of laboratory environment,equipment,and staffs.

New Campus Design of Institute of Technology, Jiangxi Normal University

The construction of new campus of Institute of Technology,Jiangxi Normal University was based on "returning to teaching",natural ecological conditions of the local area and enclosed house characterized by "Gan-Po culture"(culture of Jiangxi and Lake Poyang) were integrated into the design,and innovative auxiliary pedestrian roads introduced,so as to build an ecological,natural and humanistic campus with regional characteristics,multiple-level and three-dimensional development. A novel mode was given to the campus construction from a brand-new perspective.

On Characteristics and Cultures of the Hakka's Enclosed Houses in South Jiangxi Province

General situation and distribution of round houses of the Hakka in south Jiangxi were introduced, such architectural styles as enclosed house with a square yard (kouzi wei, in the shape of 口), enclosed house with a yard of three transverse and one longitudinal constructions (guozi wei, in the shape of 国), and enclosed house with a round house in its yard (tao wei) were taken to analyze features of the Hakka's enclosed houses. It was highlighted that the Hakka's enclosed houses in south Jiangxi has diversified architectural styles and outstanding defensive and living functions. Construction art and religious culture shown by the enclosed houses were interpreted, and the branch of Han people with unique dialects, cultures, folk customs and emotional attitudes was proposed as a miniature of the culture in south Jiangxi. Moreover, it was stressed that more attention of the public and more efforts for the protection should be given to the Hakka's cultures in south Jiangxi, carriers of the locals' history over the past thousands of years.

Was the enclosed Qaidam Basin of The Tibetan Plateau Accumulative or Erosive during the Late Quaternary?

A geological feature in the Qaidam Basin known as the"Shell Bar"contains millions of freshwater articulated clam shells buried in-situ.Since the 1980s this feature in the now hyper-arid basin has been interpreted to be lake deposits that provide evidence for a warmer and more humid climate than present during late Marine Isotope Stage 3(MIS 3)(Bowler et al.,1986).However,the global climate during

How the pollution stress acting on the phytoplankton populations ──an observation by the experimental enclosed ecosystem

A marine ended enclosed ecosystem expetiment was conducted by Chinese and Canadian scientists in Xiamen inApril 1985. Pollutants of heavy metals mixed with Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn and Cd and of suspended sediments were added tobags VOlumed about 10 m3. It was showed that dabing 21 days the effects on the plankton populations were evident in thebags due to the contamination, i. e. the growth of diatom population reduced to different levels characterized by the lagappearance of density peaks, low instant growth rate and delay of doulbling time with low biomass. A strong grazing fromthe pollutant affected zooplankton population resulted in heavy stress on the growth of algal population. As a result, thestress transferred to the phytoplankton population through the herbivores.

HIERARCHICAL CONTENT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL

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Enclosed Extent of the Saline Water and its Constraints on the Sedimentary and Salt Forming Characteristics:A Case Study of the Paleogene Playas in Hoh Xil Basin

1 Introduction There is a long period of hot,arid climates in the Jurassic-Neogene,in the eastern of the Neo-Tethys where is been called Western Yunnan—Qiangtang tectonic belt(Zheng et al.,2010).Especially in the Paleogene,under the control of the planetary winds and the north subtropical high pressure belts,a ribbon arid,semi-arid

Relic Oceanic Crust at Sub-arc Depth: an Example from UHP Eclogites Enclosed in Serpentinites from the Southwestern Tianshan Mountains, China

Ultra-high pressure(UHP)eclogites that derive from subducted oceanic crust are rarely found at the Earth’s surface because they need to be enclosed in a buoyant host rock such as serpentinites that facilitate exhumation

Relic Oceanic Crust at Sub-Arc Depth: An Example from UHP Eclogites Enclosed in Serpentinites from the Southwestern Tianshan, China

Ultra-high pressure（UHP）eclogites that derive from subducted oceanic crust are rarely found at the Earth’s surface because they need to be enclosed in a buoyant host rock such as serpentinites that facilitate exhumation（Hermann et al.,2000;Guillot et al.,2001）.Under normal subduction geotherms,serpentinites break down just before UHP conditions are reached and therefore most of the exhumed eclogites representing subducted oceanic crust formed under fore-arc conditions.We investigated eclogite blocks enclosed into serpentinites that occur in the southwestern Tianshan oceanic subduction,China.A previous study proved that the serpentinites derive from altered oceanic crust and experienced UHP metamorphism at low temperatures of 510-530°C（Shen et al.,2015）.Three relatively fresh eclogite samples were studied in detail.Sample 129-7 shows the retrograde mineral assemblage of amphibole+biotite+albite+chlorite+minor titanite and peak metamorphic relics of omphacite+garnet±chlorite.Sample C107-23 is mainly composed of amphibole+albite+chlorite+zoisite+muscovite+minor titanite as a retrograde assemblage and garnet+phengite as the peak metamorphic relics with omphacite only found as inclusions in garnet.Similar to sample C107-23,sample C11066 preserves large-grained euhedral to subhedral garnet relics with omphacite inclusions,and epidote,diopside,amphibole,muscovite,chlorite,albite and biotite are in the matrix belong to the retrograde assemblage.These three retrograde eclogite samples were modelled using thermodynamic calculations in the Mn NCKFMSHO（Mn O-Na;O-Ca O-K;O-FeO-Mg O-Al;O;-SiO;-H;O-Fe;O;）system.Based on the peak assemblage of omphacite+garnet and the crossing of the grossular and pyrope isopleths in garnet,peak P-T conditions of;60-470oC,28-29 kbar（129-7）,450-500oC,28-35 kbar（C107-23）,;75-505oC,26-29 kbar（C11066）were calculated.The retrograde assemblages indicate near isothermal decompression resulting in a clockwise P-T evolution of these eclogites.The peak metamorphic pressures at 500°C are well within UHP conditions（coesite stability field）and are within error the same as peak conditions of the host serpentinites（Shen et al.,2015）.This provides evidence that eclogites and serpentinites shared the same evolution.We infer that the subducted low-density serpentinites were assembled with the high-density eclogites during subdution and helped the latter to exhume back to the surface.The studied eclogites thus represent rare examples of relics of oceanic crust that was subducted to sub-arc depth.

Relationship between the tropical seagrass bed characteristics and the structure of the associated fish community

Structural complexity of seagrass bed including species composition and shoot density is argued to be an important factor determining fish assemblages. However statistical verification of such a relationship is possible only in areas with high species richness of seagrass and fish assemblages which is observed in tropical waters. Material for this study was collected in three seagrass beds with different structure in Inner Ambon Bay, Eastern Indonesia. This study provided evidence that higher structural complexity of seagrass bed was related to the higher richness, abundance, and biomass of fish. However, lower structural complexity of seagrass patch should not be underestimated because it provided different habitat for various stages of life in fish. Smaller fish preferred to occupy dense seagrass of dominant pioneer small-sized species (Halodule uninervis) and moved to the lesser dense bed of climax large-sized seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii and Enhalus acoroides) with increasing their size. This finding is important for seagrass-fisheries management.

The new technical progress of hot dip galvanizing process without sink roll

In this paper,the recent state and problems of the sink roll in CGL are described.Several methods of increasing its operational life span are introduced,such as surface coating technology and sleeve material technology.Fundamentally they cannot solve the problems of surface quality caused by the contact between strip and roll.On this basis,the newly developed principle and solutions for hot dip galvanizing technology without sink roll are highly emphasized,they are Float Technology,Electromagnetic pump technology,Electromagnetic enclosed slot by high-frequency AC,Electromagnetic enclosed slot by high-frequency DC.A comparison among their functions and characteristics is made and the possibility of its application is also discussed.Finally it comes to a conclusion that electromagnetic enclosed slot represents the direction of a continuous hot-dip galvanizing steel strip in the the 21st century.It has a very broad application prospects.Baosteel Technology Center is focused on the research and development of this technology.As technology advances,industrial applications is possible.