Multimodal Interfaces for Cell Phones and Mobile Technology

By modeling users' natural spoken and multimodal communication patterns, more powerful and highly reliable interfaces can be designed that support emerging mobile technology. In this paper, we highlight three different examples of research that is advancing state-of-the-art mobile technology. The first is the development of fusion-based multimodal systems, such as ones that combine speech and pen or touch input, which are substantially improving the robustness and stability of system recognition. The second is modeling of multimodal communication patterns to establish open-microphone engagement techniques that work in challenging multi-person mobile settings. The third is new approaches to adaptive processing, which are able to transparently guide user input to match system processing capabilities. All three research directions are contributing to the design of more reliable, usable, and commercially promising mobile systems of the future.     

Infinite-dimensional primitive linearly compact Lie superalgebras

We classify open maximal subalgebras of all infinite-dimensional linearly compact simple Lie superalgebras. This is applied to the classification of infinite-dimensional Lie superalgebras of vector fields, acting transitively and primitively in a formal neighborhood of a point of a finite-dimensional supermanifold.     

转移开、闭集值映象和H－KKM定理的推广及应用

本文中，我们引入转移开、闭集值映象的概念，推广了Ｈ－空间中的ＫＫＭ定理￣［４］．然后用所得的结果证明了几个重合定理、匹配定理和向量值极大极小不等式。这些结论推广了近期文献［１，２，４，５，６，７］中的相应结果。     

Regularization of Quantum Relative Entropy in Finite Dimensions and Application to Entropy Production

The fundamental concept of relative entropy is extended to a functional that is regular-valued also on arbitrary pairs of nonfaithful states of open quantum systems. This regularized version preserves almost all important properties of ordinary relative entropy such as joint convexity and contractivity under completely positive quantum dynamical semigroup time evolution. On this basis a generalized formula for entropy production is proposed, the applicability of which is tested in models of irreversible processes. The dynamics of the latter is determined by either Markovian or non-Markovian master equations and involves all types of states.     

Effects of single-qubit quantum noise on entanglement purification

We study the stability under quantum noise effects of the quantum privacy amplification protocol for the purification of entanglement in quantum cryptography. We assume that the E91 protocol is used by two communicating parties (Alice and Bob) and that the eavesdropper Eve uses the isotropic Bužek-Hillery quantum copying machine to extract information. Entanglement purification is then operated by Alice and Bob by means of the quantum privacy amplification protocol and we present a systematic numerical study of the impact of all possible single-qubit noise channels on this protocol. We find that both the qualitative behavior of the fidelity of the purified state as a function of the number of purification steps and the maximum level of noise that can be tolerated by the protocol strongly depend on the specific noise channel. These results provide valuable information for experimental implementations of the quantum privacy amplification protocol.     

Calculation of ground and excited states for atoms with an open <Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>-shell in the Hartree-Fock-Roothaan approximation

Application of the Roothaan-Bagus method (Hartree-Fock atomic theory) for atoms with one open fⁿ-shell is considered. Energy values for lanthanide atoms in the ground and excited states are calculated by minimization methods of the first and second orders within the limits of Roothaan-Hartree-Fock atomic theory using orbital exponents of Slater-type atomic orbitals. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 776–781, November–December, 2008.     

Position control and extra-column effects of a microelectrode detector in open-tubular column liquid chromatography

A liquid chromatography system with a potentiometric microelectrode at the exit end of an open-tubular LC column of 3.5m i. d. nearly shows the theoretically [2, 10] predicted performance of 980 000 theoretical plates for non-retained components at a retention time of a few minutes. Possibilities of controlling the position of the microelectrode tip are given. A distance of one column i. d. between detector and column leads to a loss in column performance of about 15%.     

Closed mappings onto metric spaces

We investigate the classes of spaces that can be mapped onto a metrizable space by a closed mapping with fibers having a given property $\text{P}$. We give some conditions which assure that such classes are closed under the action of perfect or open and compact mappings. Such a treatment includes the investigation of paracompact p-spaces and M-spaces. We also discuss spaces that can be mapped onto a metacompact Moore space.     

关于序列覆盖s映射

本文定义了两类序列覆盖映射，讨论了度晴空间的序列覆盖ｓ映象，特别地，我们证明了空间Ｘ具有点可数弱当且仅当Ｘ是度量空间的１序列覆盖的商ｓ映象，这回答了１９７０年Ｔ．Ｈｏｓｈｉｎａ提出了一个问题。     

Complexity models in financial markets

In this approach, the complexity of the self-organizing microstructure of the stock exchange is explicitly taken into consideration: the process of offers and trades as well as the adjustment of individual expectations are modelled with help of a (stochastic) jump process. Its abilities are illustrated by modelling the continuous quotations of asset prices at an auction type stock exchange. The functional form of the transition (hazard) rates is chosen to reflect the individual preferences and expectations as well as the economic environment. The model is described in detail and examples of Monte Carlo simulation results are presented.