Zero weights and non-zero slacks: Different solutions to the same problem

This paper re-assesses three independently developed approaches that are aimed at solving the problem of zero-weights or non-zero slacks in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The methods are weights restricted, non-radial and extended facet DEA models. Weights restricted DEA models are dual to envelopment DEA models with restrictions on the dual variables (DEA weights) aimed at avoiding zero values for those weights; non-radial DEA models are envelopment models which avoid non-zero slacks in the input-output constraints. Finally, extended facet DEA models recognize that only projections on facets of full dimension correspond to well defined rates of substitution/transformation between all inputs/outputs which in turn correspond to non-zero weights in the multiplier version of the DEA model. We demonstrate how these methods are equivalent, not only in their aim but also in the solutions they yield. In addition, we show that the aforementioned methods modify the production frontier by extending existing facets or creating unobserved facets. Further we propose a new approach that uses weight restrictions to extend existing facets. This approach has some advantages in computational terms, because extended facet models normally make use of mixed integer programming models, which are computationally demanding.     

类型γ射线能谱指纹的识别机理

放射源的辐射指纹能起到标识和鉴别放射性物体的作用.在涉及核弹头不可逆销毁过程的深度核裁军核查中,核弹头的辐射指纹对标识和鉴别裁减下来的核弹头将起到关键作用.预先研究辐射指纹的有关技术,如识别机理的研究,将有助于深度核裁军的核弹头核查技术发展.以实验室放射源为研究对象,探索了类型γ射线能谱指纹的同一性识别机理.类型γ射线指纹识别机理的研究,就是要找出一种合适的方法,以较高的置信度,描述两个正在进行比较的γ射线指纹是否为同一放射源的指纹.采用了谱形比较法,并用谱相似度概念来描述两个指纹的相似程度.在谱形比较思想的指导下,编制了放射源类型指纹识别软件,并通过放射源同一性的识别实验验证了软件的有效性,同时研究了谱相似度随统计涨落和测量条件,如时间、源强和本底等因素的变化情况.研究结果表明:1)用相似度概念来描述两个指纹的相似程度,回答两个待比较的γ射线能谱是否代表同一类型放射源,是切实可行的;2)该识别机理只具备识别放射源类型的能力,而对同一类型、差异甚微的放射源个体还不能识别 关键词： γ射线能谱指纹 辐射指纹 识别机理 核查技术     

基于机器视觉的离散傅里叶变换目标识别方法

提出了一种基于机器视觉与离散傅里叶变换的目标特征识别方法。利用计算机图像技术采集和处理图像信号;利用离散的傅里叶变换对图像数据提取特征,能够更好的辨别数据细节,从而可通过图像的比对来实现目标的识别。该方法在对实际的静止图像进行处理与计算后,能够很好的对图像的细节变化进行识别。     

空间目标红外辐射特性研究

利用目标的红外光谱特性进行目标探测和识别是一种有效的方法。以空间卫星为目标,研究了其红外辐射特性形成的机理;利用所建立的数学模型,仿真了空间目标在探测面上所形成的红外光谱特性曲线;分析了模型中各参数对目标光谱特性的影响程度和卫星目标的红外光谱曲线。     

An Alternative Way to Generalize the Pentagon

We introduce the concept of a pentagonal geometry as a generalization of the pentagon and the Desargues configuration, in the same vein that the generalized polygons share the fundamental properties of ordinary polygons. In short, a pentagonal geometry is a regular partial linear space in which for all points x, the points not collinear with the point x, form a line. We compute bounds on their parameters, give some constructions, obtain some nonexistence results for seemingly feasible parameters and suggest a cryptographic application related to identifying codes of partial linear spaces.     

The nonexistence of positive solutions to some elliptic equations

The main result of the paper is the nonexistence of integer positive solutions in wide classes of quasilinear elliptic equations whose model examples are equations of the form {

A simplified version of the DEA cost efficiency model

This short paper deals with a current cost efficiency model and decreases the number of its constraints as well as its variables, which leads to a strong reduction in the computational requirements.     

Variable selection using penalized empirical likelihood

This paper considers variable selection for moment restriction models.We propose a penalized empirical likelihood(PEL) approach that has desirable asymptotic properties comparable to the penalized likelihood approach,which relies on a correct parametric likelihood specification.In addition to being consistent and having the oracle property,PEL admits inference on parameter without having to estimate its estimator's covariance.An approximate algorithm,along with a consistent BIC-type criterion for selecting ...     

一维固-固结构圆柱声子晶体中弹性波的传输特性

利用一维固-固结构圆柱声子晶体中弹性波横向受限的条件,推导出弹性波在其中各个模式满足的关系式,利用它研究了弹性波各模式的特性.并利用转移矩阵研究了弹性波的传输特性随模式量子数和圆柱半径的变化规律.得出了一些一维固-固结构圆柱声子晶体的新特征,即弹性波的传输特性由模式量子数和圆柱半径决定. 关键词： 圆柱声子晶体 弹性波 受限 模式