An alternative blind feedforward symbol timing estimator using two samples per symbol

Recently, S.J. Lee proposed a blind feedforward symbol timing estimator that exhibits low computational complexity and requires only two samples per symbol (see IEEE Commun. Lett., vol.6, p.205-7, 2002). We analyze Lee's estimator rigorously by exploiting efficiently the cyclostationary statistics present in the received oversampled signal; its asymptotic (large sample) bias and mean-square error (MSE) are derived in closed-form expression. A new blind feedforward timing estimator that requires only two samples per symbol and presents the same computational complexity as Lee's estimator is proposed. It is shown that the proposed new estimator is asymptotically unbiased and exhibits smaller MSE than Lee's estimator. Computer simulations are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed new estimator with respect to Lee's estimator and existing conventional estimators.     

Characteristics and structures of weak efficient surfaces of production possibility sets

This paper studies the characteristics and structure of the weak surface of the production possibility set. We apply techniques and methods of transferring a polyhedral cone from its intersection form to its sum form, identify an intersection representation of the production possibility set. We give the structure theorem of weak surface of the production possibility set, which includes three complementary slackness conditions. We define the input weak efficiency and output weak efficiency for different DEA models according to the representation of the intersection form. It investigates the characteristics of the weak surfaces, and proves the structure theorems of input weak DEA efficiency and output weak DEA efficiency. The structure theorems establish weighted combination of inputs and outputs that are weak DEA efficient. Numerical examples are provided for illustration.     

Crystallographic report: Bis(norfloxacin)dilead(II) tetranitrate, [Pb2(H‐Norf)2(ONO2)4]

The centrosymmetric binuclear structure of [Pb₂(H‐Norf)₂(ONO₂)₄]shows the geometry around each lead(II) atom to be distorted trigonal bipyramidal with Pb–O distances ranging from 2.357(3) to 2.769(4) Å. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

89-GHz fT room-temperature silicon MOSFETs

The authors report the implementation of deep-submicrometer Si MOSFETs that at room temperature have a unity-current-gain cutoff frequency (f_T) of 89 GHz, for a drain-to-source bias of 1.5 V, a gate-to-source bias of 1 V, a gate oxide thickness of 40 Å, and a channel length of 0.15 μm. The fabrication procedure is mostly conventional, except for the e-beam defined gates. The speed performance is achieved through an intrinsic transit time of only 1.8 ps across the active device region     

环境试验与可靠性试验的关系

从环境试验和可靠性试验的相关标准入手，详细论述了两者之间的相互关系与区别：互为补充，互为依存，共同发展，共同为保障产品的环境适应性和使用可靠性发挥作用。最后阐述了加强自然环境试验的重要性，它是检验实验结果的基本标准。     

四种多变量校准方法在FTIR多组分分析中的性能比较

本文对四种多变量校准方法－－经典最小二乘法（CLS），偏最小二乘法（PLS），卡尔曼滤波法（KFM）以及人工神经网络法（ANN）－－在多组分浓度分析方面的性能进行了比较。选择五种红外谱图严重混叠的大气有机毒物－－1，3－丁二烯，苯，邻二甲苯，氯苯和丙烯醛－－作为分析对象。分别计算各种方法对该5组分体系的平均预测误差MPE和平均相对误差MRE进行比较。结果表明，偏最小二乘法在处理这类问题中是最稳健的方法。     

在白噪声分析中的广义维里拉普拉斯

一类广义维里拉普拉斯，把在白噪声分析构架中通常定义的维里拉普拉斯作为特殊情形而包含。     

基于曲率的透视不变性分割

曲线的透视不变性分割在基于二次曲线的三维重建中非常重要。首先给出了连续曲线零曲率点和角点的提取法，在数字图像中曲经是不连续的，曲率的变化受噪声的干扰很大。在这种情况下为了检测出零曲率点和角点，对曲线采用了高斯滤波然后再提到零曲率点和角点。实验证明这种方法效果优于直接求曲率法。     

分形方法用于有噪图像边缘检测的研究

本文研究了加性高斯白噪声对于基于离散分数布朗随机场模型图像分形维数估计的影响，并将分形方法用于图像边缘检测，指出在加性高斯白噪声的情况下，分形方法用于图像边缘检测较之经典的基于梯度运算的边缘检测方法有好的抗噪性能，同时又能检测比较丰富的图像边缘细节。