SPAR: stochastic programming with adversarial recourse

We consider a general adversarial stochastic optimization model. Our model involves the design of a system that an adversary may subsequently attempt to destroy or degrade. We introduce SPAR, which utilizes mixed-integer programming for the design decision and a Markov decision process (MDP) for the modeling of our adversarial phase.     

Solving multiple-objective problems in the objective space

Projection and relaxation techniques are employed to decompose a multiobjective problem into a two-level structure. The basic manipulation consists in projecting the decision variables onto the space of the implicit tradeoffs, allowing the definition of a relaxed multiobjective master problem directly in the objective space. An additional subproblem tests the feasibility of the solution encountered by the relaxed problem. Some properties of the relaxed problem (linearity, small number of variables, etc.) render its solution efficient by a number of methods. Representatives of two different classes of multiobjective methods [the Geoffrion, Dyer, Feinberg (GDF) method and the fuzzy method of Baptistella and Ollero] are implemented and applied within this context to a water resources allocation problem. The results attest the computational viability of the overall procedure and its usefulness for the solution of multiobjective problems.This work was partially sponsored by grants from CNP_q and FAPESP, Brazil. The authors are indebted to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.     

Schedule-an expert-like system for machine scheduling

The construction of an expert-like system for machine scheduling called SCHEDULE is presented. Essential parts of SCHEDULE were developed by students in a laboratory course Operations Research on Microcomputers at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. SCHEDULE consists of the components data base, knowledge base, inference engine, explanation facility, dialog component, and knowledge acquisition component. The knowledge base contains an algorithm base for solving different types of scheduling problems. To establish the rules of the knowledge base the well-known three-field classification of deterministic machine scheduling problems and the concept of the reduction digraph are exploited. Experiences gained during building and demonstrating SCHEDULE are reported.     

苯部分加氢制环己烯的非晶态Ru-M-B/ZrO2催化剂的表征

采用化学还原法，制备了高活性，高选择性非晶态RU-M-B/ZRO2催化剂，并将其用于催化苯部分加氢制环己烯，在140℃、5.0Mpa氢压下，苯转化40%时，环己烯选择性达到85%左右。环己烯最高收率达到52.1%，用XRD、SEM、BET比表面积测定等手段对摧化剂进行表征，XRD和SEM测试表明，RU-U-B/ZRO2属于非晶态，活性组分高度分散，XRD结果证实，在加氢过程中，非晶分解，RU晶化；温度愈高，RU晶化愈快，催化剂的活性、选择性与RU微晶的粒径有关，RU微晶粒径应控制在5nm左右，BET比表面积测定表明，ZRO2的负载提高了催化剂的比表面积，从而有利于活性组分的高度分散，并可阻止RU微晶的长大，讨论了B和ZRO2对提高选择性的作用。     

溶剂热还原合成Cr2O3纳米管(英)

Cr₂O₃ nanotubes with diameters of 80 nm and lengths of 550 nm were synthesized in a solvothermal reduction system at 180 ℃. The acetyl acetone (AcAc) and ethylene glycol (EG) were used as the chelate agent and the reductant respectively in the system. An intermediate compound-Cr(Ⅲ)(C₅H₇O₂)₃ was formed to force Cr₂O₃to crystallize along one direction.     

还原温度对超细K－Co－Mo催化剂合成低碳醇性能的影响

 用溶胶－凝胶法合成了K－Co－Mo催化剂．样品经不同温度还原后，用于低碳醇的合成．XRD和HRTEM结果表明，样品是超细粒子，粒子尺寸为2～5nm．考察了催化剂的还原温度和反应条件对催化剂性能的影响．实验结果表明，还原温度对催化剂的活性有较大的影响，最佳还原温度为500℃．最佳反应温度范围为310～330℃．升高压力和空速可以提高醇的收率和选择性．在空速14400h－1，压力6．0MPa和温度310℃的条件下，醇的选择性为55．8％，收率为520．0g／（kg·h），MeOH／C2＋OH为0．27．催化剂稳定性良好，在200h的寿命实验中，活性基本不变．与文献中催化剂相比，超细K－Co－Mo催化剂对合成醇具有较高的活性和选择性，尤其是对C2＋OH的合成明显高于其他合成醇催化剂体系．     

碲氢化钠还原亚胺的方法

本文报道一种还原亚胺的新方法。取代的芳基和脂肪基亚胺可以在较温和的条件下被碲氢化钠顺利地还原为相应的仲胺。     

Effects of electrolytes used in roughening gold substrates by oxidation–reduction cycles on surface-enhanced Raman scattering

In this work, the effects of electrolytes used in roughening gold substrates by electrochemical methods on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) were first investigated. First, gold substrates were roughened by triangular-wave oxidation–reduction cycles (ORC) in aqueous solutions containing different kinds of 0.1 M electrolytes. Then Rhodamine 6G (R6G) was used as Raman probe to examine this effect of electrolytes used on the SERS observed. The result indicates that the highest intensity of SERS of R6G was obtained on the roughened Au substrate prepared in 0.1 M NaCl, which was less used in the literature. Meanwhile, it was also found that the rougher surface morphology observed, which is contributive to the higher SERS obtained, is corresponding to the smaller cathodic peak area shown in the cyclic voltammograms for roughening the Au substrate.     

铁基超细粒子催化剂结构与还原行为的Mssbauer谱研究

铁基超细粒子催化剂具有优良的F-T反应性能。本工作利用原位Mssbauer谱辅以XRD技术研究了含有钾助剂的F-T合成铁基超细粒子催化剂的结构与还原行为,考察了催化剂组成和第二金属组分(Mn,Zn,Mg)的影响。“纯”铁超细粒子催化剂在氢气中很容易经Fe_3O_4还原为零价铁。第二金属组分的引入,一方面阻碍了催化剂的还原,另一方面稳定了Fe~(2+)的存在而使其成为还原的主要中间相,这有利于反应条件下形成类尖晶石结构的活性相。对于Fe-Mn催化剂,上述效应随锰含量的增加而更趋显著。铁基超细粒子催化剂在氢气中的还原能力依“纯”Fe>Fe-Zn>Fe-Mn>Fe-Mg的顺序递减,这在一定程度上反映了铁与第二金属组分之间相互作用的强弱。