不带微结构的连续统中新的能量守恒定律和C-D不等式

对连续统力学中的基本定律和均衡方程以及C-D不等式进行了认真的再研究.指出了现有的动量矩均衡定律和能量守恒定律以及Clausius-Duhem不等式的不完整性,并且提出了不带微结构的局部和非局部非对称连续统中新的而且更为普遍的能量守恒定律和相应的能量均衡方程以及C-D不等式.     

Combined DEMATEL technique with hybrid MCDM methods for creating the aspired intelligent global manufacturing & logistics systems

The concept of globalization has been prosperous in the past decades while manufacturing as well as logistics have already become one of the most significant issues in the globalization era. However, while modern globalized firms are leveraging both global manufacturing resources as well as logistics systems for pursuing higher quality, lower cost as well as product differentiation, how to evaluate, selecting an appropriate global manufacturing strategy by considering issues from both aspects of global manufacturing as well as logistics has become one of the most critical and difficult issues. Moreover, how the chosen intertwined global manufacturing as well as logistics system is to be optimized so that the aspired level of the global manufacturing system can be achieved have few been addressed. Thus, this research aims to resolve the above mentioned global manufacturing and logistics strategy selection as well as system reconfiguration issue. A Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique based novel multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method with Analytic Network Process (ANP), Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) as well as VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) will be proposed for selecting and re-configuring the aspired global manufacturing and logistics system. An empirical study based on the global manufacturing and logistics system design of a semiconductor company will be provided for verifying the effectiveness of this proposed methodology.     

Three systems of balance equations and jump conditions for nonlocal polar thermomechanical continua

Three systems of balance equations and jump conditions as well as generalized Clausius-Duhem inequalities for nonlocal polar thermomechanical continua are naturally and systematically derived under the consideration of Euler angles as angular coordinates and the negligence of conservation law of microinertia as well as the introduction of some new definitions. These results are more general than those balance equations and jump conditions as well as generalized Clausius-Duhem inequalities proposed by Eringen for nonlocal micropolar thermomechanical continua and more suitable to treat the problems of finite deformations. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Research Foundation of Liaoning Province.     

Bayesian estimation of system reliability in Brownian stress-strength models

A stress-strength system fails as soon as the applied stress,X, is at least as much as the strength,Y, of the system. Stress and strength are time-varying in many real-life systems but typical statistical models for stress-strength systems are static. In this article, the stress and strength processes are dynamically modeled as Brownian motions. The resulting stress-strength system is then governed by a time-homogeneous Markov process with an absorption barrier at O. Conjugate as well as non-informative priors are developed for the model parameters and Markov chain sampling methods are used for posterior inference of the reliability of the stress-strength system. A generalization of this model is described next where the different stress-strength systems are assumed to be exchangeable. The proposed Bayesian analyses are illustrated in two examples where we obtain posterior estimates as well as perform model checking by cross-validation.     

State feedback stabilization of uncertain linear time‐delay systems: A nonlinear matrix inequality approach

A nonlinear matrix inequality is derived as a stabilizability condition of linear uncertain time‐delay systems. This inequality is seen as a less conservative one as well as efficient for numerical computation than the existing results as seen when solving by cone‐complementary algorithm. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Central factorial numbers; their main properties and some applications.

The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic treatment of central factorial numbers (cfn), including their main properties, as well as to employ them in a variety of applications. The cfn are related more closely to the Stirling numbers than to the other well-known numbers of Bernoulli, Euler, etc., and they are at least as important as Stirling's numbers, said to be “as important as Bernoulli's, or even more so”.     

Modeling of material failure by the discrete element method

In this paper a two-dimensional discrete element method with rigid, polygonal particles is used to model material failure of granular as well as quasi-brittle materials. Different models for soft contact as well as cohesion between the particles are presented. The capabilities of the method are demonstrated simulating simplistic granular model materials as well as complex concrete specimens with an artificial microstructure. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Computational aspects of assigning agents to a line

We consider the problem of assigning agents to slots on a line, where only one agent can be served at a slot and each agent prefers to be served as close as possible to his target. We introduce a general approach to compute aggregate gap-minimizing assignments, as well as gap-egalitarian assignments. The approach relies on an algorithm which is shown to be faster than general purpose algorithms for the assignment problem. We also extend the approach to probabilistic assignments and explore the computational features of existing, as well as new, methods for this setting.     

关于Sigma-Pi神经网络中的逼近问题

研究Ｒ上不连续函数可作为Ｓｉｇｍａ－Ｐｉ神经网络激励函数的条件,给出了Ｒ一局部黎曼可积函数可作为Ｓｉｇｍａ－Ｐｉ神经网络激励函数的特征条件,本文的结果表明：局部黎曼可积函数作为Ｓｉｇｍａ－Ｐｉ神经网络激励函数的特征条件与连续函数时的情形是一致的。     

Web page importance ranking

An approach is proposed that uses a set of interesting Web pages as starting point for a minimum walk algorithm to provide recommendations of additionally important Web information within a m-clicks-ahead situation. A discussion of known page importance ranking techniques as well as examples of the application of the new algorithm show that Web link structure dependent approaches should be enriched by considerations as to how the analysis of additional data and the use of suited support tools can be incorporated. These considerations include aspects as, e.g., personalization, query dependence and topic sensitivity of the underlying pages, the dynamic nature of the Web, as well as the possibility to perform calculations online.     

Optimal row and column ordering to improve table interpretation using estimation of distribution algorithms

A common information representation task in research as well as educational and statistical practice is to comprehensively and intuitively express data in two-dimensional tables. Examples include tables in scientific papers, as well as reports and the popular press.     

Bipolarization of posets and natural interpolation

The Choquet integral w.r.t. a capacity can be seen in the finite case as a parsimonious linear interpolator between vertices of n[0,1]. We take this basic fact as a starting point to define the Choquet integral in a very general way, using the geometric realization of lattices and their natural triangulation, as in the work of Koshevoy.A second aim of the paper is to define a general mechanism for the bipolarization of ordered structures. Bisets (or signed sets), as well as bisubmodular functions, bicapacities, bicooperative games, as well as the Choquet integral defined for them can be seen as particular instances of this scheme.Lastly, an application to multicriteria aggregation with multiple reference levels illustrates all the results presented in the paper.     

A mesh-independence principle for operators equations and the Steffensen method

In this study we prove the mesh-independence principle via Steffensen’s method. This principle asserts that when Steffensen’s method is applied to a nonlinear equation between some Banach spaces, as well as to some finite-dimensional discretization of that equation, then the behavior of the discretized process is asymptotically the same as that for the original iteration. Local and semilocal convergence results as well as an error analysis for Steffensen’s method are also provided.     

Mind Stuffed with Red Herrings: Why William James’ Critique of the Mind-Stuff Theory Does not Substantiate a Combination Problem for Panpsychism

There is a famous passage in chapter six of James’ Principles of Psychology whose import, many believe, deals a devastating blow to the explanatory aspirations of panpsychism. In the present paper I take a close look at James’ argument, as well as at the claim that it underlies a powerful critique of panpsychism. Apart from the fact that the argument was never aimed at panpsychism as such, I show that it rests on highly problematic assumptions which, if followed to their logical consequences, are just as inedible to contemporary critics of panpsychism as they are to its present-day supporters. Hence, a naïve employment of the argument, as a critique leveled by physicalists against panpsychism, is counterproductive and even self-defeating. After examining the metaphysical shortcomings undermining James’ position (as well as the hasty “refutations” of panpsychism based on it), I conclude with some reflections on what needs to be done in order to obtain a better perspective regarding the explanatory prospects of panpsychism as an alternative approach to mainstream physicalism in the study of conscious phenomena.     

The efficiency of hybrid mutation genetic algorithm for the travelling salesman problem

In this paper, we present an efficient genetic algorithm (GA) for solving the travelling salesman problem (TSP) as a combinatorial optimization problem. In our computational model, we propose a complete subtour exchange crossover that does not break as some good subtours as possible, because the good subtours are worth preserving for descendants. Generally speaking, global search GA is considered to be better approaches than local searches. However, it is necessary to strengthen the ability of local search as well as global ones in order to increase a GA total efficiency. In this study, our GA applies a stochastic hill climbing procedure in the mutation process of the GA. Experimental results showed that the GA leads good convergence as high as 99 percent even for 500 cities TSP.     

社会网络分析方法在管理民间信仰活动的应用研究

民间信仰活动是一种复杂的社会现象,其信众群体是一个独特的社会关系网络。本文在国内首次运用社会网络分析的思维和方法,在对冀南地区民间信仰抽样调查的基础上,建立网络模型,通过对民间信仰主体和客体各结点的中心性、凝聚性等进行量化分析,进而探究民间信仰网络的社会结构及其属性,得出信众群体特征、信仰动因、活动特点、社会心态等有益结论,为民间信仰活动的社会治理和政府管理提供科学依据.     

The painlevé property and coordinate transformations

In this paper, the question of conserving the Painlevé property of partial differential equations via coordinate transformations between partial differential equations is studied. Also, the effects of some types of transformations, like ordinary Bäcklund as well as auto-Bäcklund transformations of partial differential equations, are shown as well. Some features and comments, concerning higher order prolongations of these transformations as well as of the partial differential equations themselves, are given.     

Operational rules and a generalized Hermite polynomials

In this paper, we use operational rules associated with three operators corresponding to a generalized Hermite polynomials introduced by Szegö to derive, as far as we know, new proofs of some known properties as well as new expansions formulae related to these polynomials.     

Nonnull distributions of some statistics associated with testing for the equality of two covariance matrices

The nonnull distribution of some statistics, used for testing Σ₁ = Σ₂ are obtained as mixtures of incomplete beta functions as well as mixtures of incomplete gamma functions. The introduction of the convergence factors and certain recurrence relations are useful in the computation of the power of the tests as well as computation of exact percentage points for tests of significance.