Hybrid co-evolutionary particle swarm optimization and noising metaheuristics for the delay constrained least cost path problem

This paper presents a co-evolutionary particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, hybridized with noising metaheuristics, for solving the delay constrained least cost (DCLC) path problem, i.e., shortest-path problem with a delay constraint on the total “cost” of the optimal path. The proposed algorithm uses the principle of Lagrange relaxation based aggregated cost. It essentially consists of two concurrent PSOs for solving the resulting minimization-maximization problem. The main PSO is designed as a hybrid PSO-noising metaheuristics algorithm for efficient global search to solve the minimization part of the DCLC-Lagrangian relaxation by finding multiple shortest paths between a source-destination pair. The auxiliary/second PSO is a co-evolutionary PSO to obtain the optimal Lagrangian multiplier for solving the maximization part of the Lagrangian relaxation problem. For the main PSO, a novel heuristics-based path encoding/decoding scheme has been devised for representation of network paths as particles. The simulation results on several networks with random topologies illustrate the efficiency of the proposed hybrid algorithm for the constrained shortest path computation problems.     

Particular solutions to equations of sine-Gordon type

We present a direct method for finding particular solutions of equations of sine-Gordon type, including single sinh-Gordon equation, single sine-Gordon equation, double sinh-Gordon and double sine-Gordon equations.     

Synthesis and properties of derivatives of sym-triazine. 5. Synthesis and mass spectrometric study of carbamide derivatives of sym-triazine

The reaction of 2-amino- and 2,4-diamino-sym-triazines with nitrourea and phenyl isocyanate was studied; it gives N-mono- and N,N-disubstituted ureas that contain sym-triazine segments. General features were established for the decomposition of carbamide derivatives of sym-triazine under electron impact.For communication 4, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 356–362, March, 1987.     

Effect of the server capacity distribution on the optimal control of a bulk service queueing system

In this paper the optimal control of a single-channel bulk service queueing system with random server capacity is investigated. Given an accumulation level r, the server stops processing new customers whenever the queue falls below r and resumes service when the queue reaches level r again. Server capacity becomes random following an idle period. A quick search procedure is designed to determine the value of r that yields the minimum expected total cost per unit of time. The effect of the server capacity distribution on the optimal control is then studied. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is conducted in order to assess the extent to which our results are valid.     

Gold and Silver Thin Film Analysis by Optical and Neutron Activation Techniques

Thicknesses of gold and silver thin films have been determined by NAA technique. Reasonable agreement with conventional optical method has been obtained, but the lower detection limit in the case of NAA is far better than in the optical method.

Es wurde die Dicke von Gold- und Silberfilmen mittels NAA-Technik bestimmt. Dabei konnte eine vernünftige Übereinstimmung mit der konventionellen optischen Methode erzielt werden, wobei im Falle der NAA die untere Nachweis grenze wescntlich besser war als vergleichsweise die optische Methode.     

The geometry of matrix eigenvalue methods

This paper explores the relations between the matrix Riccati equation and the standard matrix eigenvalue methods. It is demonstrated that the mathematics of the analysis of the two objects is essentially the same; consisting of the analysis of flows on the homogeneous spaces of various Lie groups.Supported in part by DOE Contract DE-ACOL-80RA-5256.Supported in part by DOE Contract DE-ACOL-80RA-5256 and by NASA Grant DAG2-82.     

Gel-type polyacrylic resins cross-linked with trimethylolpropanetrimethacrylate: the issue of their nanostructure and molecular accessibility unveiled with a combination of inverse steric exclusion chromatography (ISEC), and ESR and CP-MAS 13C NMR spectroscopy

Six gel-type functional resins, that is, three poly-DMAA-co-TMPTP (DMAA = N,N-dimethylacrylamide, TMPTP = trimethylolpropyltrimethacrylate) samples with different degrees of cross-linking (0.6, 1.2, 1.7 % mol) and three poly-DMAA-co-MA-co-TMPTP (MA = methacrylic acid, ca. 5.5 % mol) samples with 1.7, 3.5, and 7 % mol cross-linking were investigated with ISEC (inverse steric exclusion chromatography), and ESR and CP-MAS (cross polarization magic angle spinning) 13C NMR spectroscopy after swelling in water and other solvents. This unprecedented combination of conceptually independent physicochemical techniques provides a thorough overall consistent picture of the morphology of the resins on the nanometer scale and of the molecular accessibility of the swollen polymer framework to the paramagnetic probe TEMPONE (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-oxo-1-oxypiperidine) and to selected solvents.