Synchronization mechanism of clapping rhythms in mutual interacting individuals

In recent years, clapping synchronization between individuals has been widely studied as one of the typical synchronization phenomena. In this paper, we aim to reveal the synchronization mechanism of clapping interactions by observing two individuals’ clapping rhythms in a series of experiments. We find that the two synchronizing clapping rhythm series exhibit long-range cross-correlations(LRCCs);that is, the interaction of clapping rhythms can be seen as a strong-anticipation process. Previous studies have demonstrated that the interactions in local timescales or global matching in statistical structures of fluctuation in long timescales can be sources of the strong-anticipation process. However, the origin of the strong anticipation process often appears elusive in many complex systems. Here, we find that the clapping synchronization process may result from the local interaction between two clapping individuals and may result from the more global coordination between two clapping individuals. We introduce two stochastic models for mutually interacting clapping individuals that generate the LRCCs and prove theoretically that the generation of clapping synchronization process needs to consider both local interaction and global matching. This study provides a statistical framework for studying the internal synchronization mechanism of other complex systems. Our theoretical model can also be applied to study the dynamics of other complex systems with the LRCCs, including finance, transportation, and climate.     

基于一类光滑函数法求解选址问题

选址问题是组合优化中一类有着重要理论意义和广泛实际背景的问题.在利用数学模型解决这类问题时经常会遇到非线性L_1问题,也就是不可微优化问题.为了解决这类问题,构造了适合于选址问题的一类新的光滑函数,并对这类光滑函数进行了性质描述,然后在此基础上提出了基于有效集法进行优化求解的计算步骤.最后,以实例证明了这类光滑函数应用在选址问题的优化求解上是有效的.