Generalized Choquet-like aggregation functions for handling bipolar scales

We are interested in modeling interaction between criteria in multi-criteria decision making when underlying scales are bipolar. Interacting phenomena involving behavioral bias between attractive and repulsive values are in particular considered here. We show in an example that both the Choquet integral and the cumulative prospect theory (CPT) model fail to represent these interacting phenomena. Axioms that enable the construction of the preferences of the decision maker over each attribute, and the representation of his preferences about aggregation of criteria are introduced and justified. We show there is a unique aggregation operator that fits with these axioms. It is based on the notion of bi-capacity and generalizes both the Choquet integral and the CPT model.     

分形多孔介质中的奇异扩散

分形多孔介质和均质多孔介质相比具有许多特殊的性质,它在各个不同的尺度上有相互钳套的自相似结构.孔隙分形中的粒子扩散和经典的Fick扩散不同,其均方位移服从分形幂律关系.据此对孔隙分形中的粒子扩散利用随机过程的统计方法建立了奇异扩散的理论模型,讨论了奇异扩散的非马尔可夫性质和分形性质.     

Lattice hydrodynamic model of pedestrian flow considering the asymmetric effect

The original lattice hydrodynamic model of traffic flow is extended to single-file pedestrian movement at middle and high density by considering asymmetric interaction (i.e., attractive force and repulsive force). A new optimal velocity function is introduced to depict the complex behaviors of pedestrian movement. The stability condition of this model is obtained by using the linear stability theory. It is shown that the modified optimal velocity function has a remarkable influence on the neutral stability curve and the pedestrian phase transitions. The modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation near the critical point is derived by applying the reductive perturbation method, and its kink-antikink soliton solution can better describe the stop-and-go phenomenon of pedestrian flow. From the density profiles, it can be found that the asymmetric interaction is more efficient than the symmetric interaction in suppressing the pedestrian jam. The numerical results are consistent with the theoretical analysis.     

Phase shifts and scattering cross-sections for constant potentials wells or barriers

Applying the commonly used partial wave method in the quantum theory of collisions, the scattering cross-sections of the two- and three-dimensional attractive and repulsive potentials are expressed as sums of phase shifts. With the help of the Maple software program, the phase shifts and cross-sections are plotted as functions of the kinetic energy and potential height, and it is demonstrated that the systematic convergence of the cross-sections as higher angular-momentum phase shifts are included in the summations. It is found that the cross-sections of the attractive potential oscillate with both the kinetic energy and the potential strength, even though the phase shifts are monotonic. It is also shown that in the case of the repulsive potential, both the phase shifts and cross-sections change profoundly when the kinetic energy of the incident particle is lower than the potential height.     

A fractal Boussinesq equation for nonlinear transverse vibration of a nanofiber-reinforced concrete pillar

An approximate Hamilton principle is established for the transverse vibration of a reinforced concrete pillar by considering the dissipation energy, and a generalized Boussinesq equation is obtained. The exp-function method is adopted to solve the equation, and its solution properties are discussed and elucidated, including solitary solution, blowup solution, and discontinuous solution. In order to study the effect of a porous structure on the vibration property, fractal calculus is used to derive the fractal Boussinesq equation, and a fractal variational principle is also established. The fractal model confers many attractive properties, which can not be revealed by the traditional protocol. The effect of the nanofiber-reinforced concrete structure on its wave morphology is discussed and illustrated. A blowup solution can be converted into a flat solution by adjusting the value of the fractal derivative order. The paper sheds new light on the design of reinforced concrete pillars to avoid vibration damage.     

Modelling the impact of two different flocculants on the performance of a thickener feedwell

The performance of a thickener feedwell depends not only on its ability to generate large-sized aggregates from feed particles but also on aggregate density. The performance of the flocculant BASF Rheomax® DR 1050 has been previously compared to a conventional anionic flocculant in turbulent pipe flocculation of mineral suspension, suggesting that the flocculant can generate denser aggregates (i.e. larger effective fractal dimension). Such aggregates are generally stronger and reduce the need for solids dilution, with both factors favouring faster settling velocity at the feedwell exit. To investigate the impact of the internal aggregate structure on the flocculation performance of a feedwell, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of a basic open feedwell with shelf design were carried out for both flocculants. A calcite with a fine particle size (Omyacarb 5) was modelled to emphasise the impact of the flocculation process on flow fields at the feedwell exit. Simulations were conducted using CFX-4.4 two-phase flow formulation incorporating equations for a population balance model of the flocculation process. The impact of the fractal dimension on the effectiveness of the aggregation process is presented for low and high solids concentrations. Comparison of the performance of the flocculants is presented in terms of both predicted mean aggregate size and settling flux.     

Dynamics and Stability of Bose-Einstein Condensates: The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Periodic Potential

Summary. The cubic nonlinear Schr?dinger equation with a lattice potential is used to model a periodic dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensate. Both two- and three-dimensional condensates are considered, for atomic species with either repulsive or attractive interactions. A family of exact solutions and corresponding potential is presented in terms of elliptic functions. The dynamical stability of these exact solutions is examined using both analytical and numerical methods. For condensates with repulsive atomic interactions, all stable, trivial-phase solutions are off-set from the zero level. For condensates with attractive atomic interactions, no stable solutions are found, in contrast to the one-dimensional case [8].     

A geometric characterization of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation and its applications

We prove that the nonlinear Schrodinger equation of attractive type (NLS+ describes just spher-ical surfaces (SS) and the nonlinear Schrodinger equation of repulsive type (NLS-) determines only pseudo-spherical surfaces (PSS). This implies that, though we show that given two differential PSS (resp. SS) equationsthere exists a local gauge transformation (despite of changing the independent variables or not) which trans-forms a solution of one into any solution of the other, it is impossible to have such a gauge transformationbetween the NLS+ and the NLS-.     

Chaotic mixing and fractals in a geophysical jet current

We model Lagrangian lateral mixing and transport of passive scalars in meandering oceanic jet currents by two-dimensional advection equations with a kinematic streamfunction with a time-dependent amplitude of a meander imposed. The advection in such a model is known to be chaotic in a wide range of the meander’s characteristics. We study chaotic transport in a stochastic layer and show that it is anomalous. The geometry of mixing is examined and shown to be fractal-like. The scattering characteristics (trapping time of advected particles and the number of their rotations around elliptical points) are found to have a hierarchical fractal structure as functions of initial particle’s positions. A correspondence between the evolution of material lines in the flow and elements of the fractal is established.     

A particle method for a self-gravitating fluid: A convergence result

We study an Hamiltonian system of N particles in ?³ interacting by a short-range repulsive and a long-range attractive potential. It is shown that the empirical measures associated to the positions and velocity of the system converge to the solutions of Euler equations for a self-gravitating fluid, in the limit as the particle number tends to infinity, for a suitable scaling of the interactions.     

多孔介质热弥散系数的分形模型北大核心CSCD

热弥散系数是与流体的物性和多孔介质结构有关的,表征多孔介质传热传质强弱的重要参数.该文建立了分形多孔介质的孔喉结构模型,研究了在孔喉结构处流体由湍流状态变为层流状态的局部水头损失和速度弥散效应,在考虑微观孔喉结构和速度弥散效应的影响下,推导了热弥散系数关系式.研究表明,热弥散系数与孔喉比、孔喉结构个数和迂曲分形维数成正比,与孔隙率和面积分形维数成反比.进一步研究发现,孔喉比在1~150范围内对速度弥散效应有显著影响,流体在孔喉结构处存在局部水头损失,导致速度弥散效应增强,热弥散系数增大.     

Vacuum Polarization Effects in a System of Two Three-Phase Chiral Bags

In the model of three-phase chiral quark bags in 1+1 dimensions, we obtain self-consistent solutions describing the system of two interacting bags. Attention is focused on investigating the role played by the fermionic vacuum polarization inside the bags in the dynamics of the system; the bosonic field interrelating the bags is taken into account only at the one-meson exchange level. The renormalized total energy of the system is investigated as a function of parameters characterizing the geometry of the problem and of the additional bag characteristics arising in 1+1 dimensions. We show that in the system of two three-phase bags, vacuum polarization yields a strong nonlinear interaction at small distances, which can be either repulsive or attractive depending on the bag characteristics.     

Two Brownian particles with rank-based characteristics and skew-elastic collisions

We construct a two-dimensional diffusion process with rank-dependent local drift and dispersion coëfficients, and with a full range of patterns of behavior upon collision that range from totally frictionless interaction, to elastic collision, to perfect reflection of one particle on the other. These interactions are governed by the left- and right-local times at the origin for the distance between the two particles. We realize this diffusion in terms of appropriate, apparently novel systems of stochastic differential equations involving local times, which we show are well posed. Questions of pathwise uniqueness and strength are also discussed for these systems.     

On the lattice oscillator-type Kirkwood–Salsburg equation with attractive many-body potentials

We consider a lattice oscillator-type Kirkwood–Salsburg (KS) equation with general one-body phase measurable space and many-body interaction potentials. For special choices of the measurable space, its solutions describe grand-canonical equilibrium states of lattice equilibrium classical and quantum linear oscillator systems. We prove the existence of the solution of the symmetrized KS equation for manybody interaction potentials which are either attractive (nonpositive) and finite-range or infinite-range and repulsive (positive). The proposed procedure of symmetrization of the KS equation is new and based on the superstability of many-body potentials.     

Fuzzy logic control of electrodynamic levitation devices coupled to dynamic finite volume method analysis

Electrodynamic levitation devices, which utilizing eddy currents induced in the levitated item to produce the repulsive force, are being involved in many engineering applications due to its fast response. This kind of repulsion is particularly used in electromagnetic launcher, electromagnetic brake and other applications. To analyze and improve the dynamic behavior and performances of such devices, the conventional way is using the finite element method (FEM), due to its ability of using adaptive mesh to handle complex geometries. Nevertheless, it has a serious limitation in efficiency for large number of variables which is reflected by the high cost in terms of computational properties. During the past few years, the finite volume method FVM formulations have gained attention inside the electromagnetic community. The method has been proved its effectiveness in the solution of different kinds of problems, such as in magnetostatic field computation and eddy current nondestructive testing. The FVM method is particularly attractive thanks to its small required storage memory and reduced CPU time. In this paper an FVM model is developed to analyze the dynamic characteristic of the motion of the electrodynamic levitation device TEAM Workshop Problem 28. The dynamic characteristic of the motion is obtained by solving the electromagnetic equation coupled to the mechanical one. The repulsive force applied to the levitated plate of TEAM Workshop Problem 28, is computed by the interaction between eddy current induced in the plate and the magnetic flux density. A comparison between experimental and numerical results is carried out to show the efficiency of the developed model. What’s more, based on the developed FVM model, a fuzzy logic controller FLC is designed and implemented to control the position of the levitated item.     

Fractal snowflake domain diffusion with boundary and interior drifts

We study a parabolic Ventsell problem for a second order differential operator in divergence form and with interior and boundary drift terms on the snowflake domain. We prove that under standard conditions a related Cauchy problem possesses a unique classical solution and explain in which sense it solves a rigorous formulation of the initial Ventsell problem. As a second result we prove that functions that are intrinsically Lipschitz on the snowflake boundary admit Euclidean Lipschitz extensions to the closure of the entire domain. Our methods combine the fractal membrane analysis, the vector analysis for local Dirichlet forms and PDE on fractals, coercive closed forms, and the analysis of Lipschitz functions.     

Fractal-based exponential distribution of urban density and self-affine fractal forms of cities

Urban population density always follows the exponential distribution and can be described with Clark’s model. Because of this, the spatial distribution of urban population used to be regarded as non-fractal pattern. However, Clark’s model differs from the exponential function in mathematics because that urban population is distributed on the fractal support of landform and land-use form. By using mathematical transform and empirical evidence, we argue that there are self-affine scaling relations and local power laws behind the exponential distribution of urban density. The scale parameter of Clark’s model indicating the characteristic radius of cities is not a real constant, but depends on the urban field we defined. So the exponential model suggests local fractal structure with two kinds of fractal parameters. The parameters can be used to characterize urban space filling, spatial correlation, self-affine properties, and self-organized evolution. The case study of the city of Hangzhou, China, is employed to verify the theoretical inference. Based on the empirical analysis, a three-ring model of cities is presented and a city is conceptually divided into three layers from core to periphery. The scaling region and non-scaling region appear alternately in the city. This model may be helpful for future urban studies and city planning.     

A new mechanism of aggregation in a lattice-gas cellular automaton model

A cellular automaton with moving and resting “particles” is introduced as a model of swarming and aggregation. No external (indirect) sources of information (e.g., chemoattractants) are needed. Instead, “particles” are capable of (directly) evaluating orientations as well as the rest particle density in their local vicinity. Simulations exhibit transitions from random movement to collective motion and, furthermore, to aggregation. Mean-field analysis of the “aggregation instability” provides an explanation of spatial pattern formation.