Asymptotic constraint qualifications and global error bounds for convex inequalities

Received October 26, 1996 / Revised version received October 1, 1997 Published online October 9, 1998     

Variable ranking based on the estimated degree of separation for two distributions of data by the length of the receiver operating characteristic curve

Variable responses are fundamental for all experiments, and they can consist of information-rich, redundant, and low signal intensities. A dataset can consist of a collection of variable responses over multiple classes or groups. Usually some of the variables are removed in a dataset that contain very little information. Sometimes all the variables are used in the data analysis phase. It is common practice to discriminate between two distributions of data; however, there is no formal algorithm to arrive at a degree of separation (DS) between two distributions of data. The DS is defined herein as the average of the sum of the areas from the probability density functions (PDFs) of A and B that contain a ≥ percentage of A and/or B. Thus, DS90 is the average of the sum of the PDF areas of A and B that contain ≥90% of A and/or B. To arrive at a DS value, two synthesized PDFs or very large experimental datasets are required. Experimentally it is common practice to generate relatively small datasets. Therefore, the challenge was to find a statistical parameter that can be used on small datasets to estimate and highly correlate with the DS90 parameter. Established statistical methods include the overlap area of the two data distribution profiles, Welch’s t-test, Kolmogorov–Smirnov (K–S) test, Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon test, and the area under the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve (AUC). The area between the ROC curve and diagonal (ACD) and the length of the ROC curve (LROC) are introduced. The established, ACD, and LROC methods were correlated to the DS90 when applied on many pairs of synthesized PDFs. The LROC method provided the best linear correlation with, and estimation of, the DS90. The estimated DS90 from the LROC (DS90–LROC) is applied to a database, as an example, of three Italian wines consisting of thirteen variable responses for variable ranking consideration. An important highlight of the DS90–LROC method is utilizing the LROC curve methodology to test all variables one-at-a-time with all pairs of classes in a dataset.     

Coordination and collision avoidance for Lagrangian systems with disturbances

In this paper we address the problem of cooperation and collision avoidance for Lagrangian systems with input disturbances. We design control laws that guarantee cooperation as well as collision-free maneuvers. We show, using a two-step proof, that the avoidance part of the control laws guarantees safety of the agents independently of the coordinating part. Then, we establish an ultimate bound on the region to which all the agents converge to. The obtained theoretical results are illustrated through numerical examples.     

The characteristic finite difference fractional steps methods for compressible two-phase displacement problem

For compressible two-phase displacement problem, a kind of characteristic finite difference fractional steps schemes is put forward and thick and thin grids are used to form a complete set. Some techniques, such as piecewise biquadratic interpolation, of calculus of variations, multiplicative commutation rule of difference operators, decomposition of high order difference operators and prior estimates are adopted. Optimal order estimates inL ² norm are derived to determine the error in the approximate solution. Project supported by the National Scaling Program, the National Tackling Key Problems Program and the Doctorate Foundation of the State Education Commission of China.     

On similarity homogeneous locally compact spaces with intrinsic metric

In this article, we generalize partially the theorem of V. N. Berestovskii on characterization of similarity homogeneous (nonhomogeneous) Riemannian manifolds, i.e., Riemannian manifolds admitting transitive group of metric similarities other than motions to the case of locally compact similarity homogeneous (nonhomogeneous) spaces with intrinsic metric satisfying the additional assumption that the canonically conformally equivalent homogeneous space is δ-homogeneous or a space of curvature bounded below in the sense of A. D. Aleksandrov. Under the same assumptions, we prove the conjecture of V. N. Berestovskii on topological structure of such spaces.     

具有变系数的二阶中立型差分方程

研究一类具有变系数的二阶中立型时滞差分方程 △τ^2[x（t）-c（t）x（t-τ）]=p（t）x（t-σ），t≥t0〉0 的解的振动性，给出了该类方程一切有界解振动的几个充分条件．     

On 8mm Microwave Radiometric Imaging System

This paper describes structure of imaging system, imaging mechanism of microwave radiometer, and the microwave radiation image features and recognition. Results of image experiments show: on microwave radiation image, the features of metal target, water surface and road among trees, grassland and jungle become extremely obvious.     

亚波长光栅衍射效率特性设计的遗传算法优化

亚波长光栅中的衍射需要使用矢量衍射理论进行分析,其衍射效率与多个因素有关,对任意面形、任意入射条件的亚波长光栅的衍射来说,使用严格的耦合波理论进行分析计算可以得到数值解。通过分析不同参数条件下的衍射特性和衍射效率对各个参数的敏感性,获得了对衍射效率影响最大的光栅参数——槽深。用接近衍射效率曲线的抛物线作为目标函数建立了适应度函数。使用遗传算法进行优化,得到了所期望的衍射效率滤波特性,从而完成了具有防伪功能的亚波长光栅的设计。     

Deformation of a singularity of type E8 and Mordell‐Weil lattices in characteristic 2

In this paper, we study the Mordell‐Weil lattices of the family of elliptic surfaces which is arising from the E₈⁴ singularity, one of the ADE singularities in characteristic 2. And we construct a subfamily of the universal family of supersingular K 3 surfaces in characteristic 2 as an application (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)