Minimum concave cost production system: A further generalization of multi-echelon model

We will consider a concave minimization problem associated with a series production system in which raw material is processed inm consecutive facilities. The products at some facility are either sent to the next facility or stocked in the warehouse. The amount of demand for the final products during periodi, i = 1,,n, are known in advance. Our problem is to minimize the sum of processing, holding and backlogging cost, all of which are assumed to be concave.The origin of this model is the classical economic lot size problem of Wagner and Whitin and was extensively studied by Zangwill. This model is very important from the theoretical as well as practical point of view and this is one of the very rare instances in which polynomial time algorithm has been constructed for concave minimization problems.The purpose of this paper is to extend the model further to the situation in which time lag is associated with processing at each facility. We will propose an efficient O(n ⁴ m) algorithm for this class of problems.     

Hydrogel nanonetworks with functional core-shell structure

Nanohydrogel particles of poly(acrylonitrile-co-N-isopropylacrylamide (p(AN-c-NIPAM)) were synthesized using a microemulsion polymerization technique. Highly monodisperse nanohydrogel particles e.g. 50-150 nm, and various morphology such as core-shell and connected beads were obtained. It was shown that the shell thickness and the size of particles can be tuned by the monomer concentrations and their ratios as well as by the utilization of different crosslinkers. The hydrophobic core monomer, AN was converted to amidoxime groups to increase the hydrophilicity of the nanogels which provide more hydrophilic character and impart new functionality to the nanonetwork. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques were employed for the particle size characterizations. The amidoximation reaction was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy.     

人工神经网络方法预测气相色谱保留值

本文运用一典型的人工神经网络模型－“反向传播“模型的改进形式，研究了诱导效应指数Ｉ，摩尔折射度Ｒｏ，疏水亲脂参数ＩｇＰ，以及分子联通性指数与气象色谱保留行为的关系，实现了对色谱保留植的预测。神经网络预测模型的最大相对误差不超过８．７％。结果表明，该方法性能良好，可望成为色谱保留值预测的有效手段。     

PAA/PVA SIPN高吸水性树脂的制备及性能研究

采用水溶液法合成了聚丙烯酸-聚乙烯醇(PAA-PVA)半互传网络型高吸水性树脂,其工艺条件的优化结果为:丙烯酸(AA)与PVA质量比为10∶0.5,AA中和度为80%,加入AA单体质量0.14%的引发剂和0.025%的交联剂,产物吸水率为530g/g,吸盐水率达63g/g。并采用红外光谱法表征了半互穿网络结构的形成。     

{Cu[H_2NC(CH_2OH)_3]_2}{Pic}_2·H_2O的合成与晶体结构

三羟甲基氨基甲烷与苦味酸(Pic)铜在乙醇水混合液中反应,制得少见的不对称氢键连接的超分子化合物{Cu[H2NC(CH2OH)3]2}{Pic}2?H2O。晶体属三斜晶系,空间群为P ,晶胞参数为a = 6.894(1),b = 8.219(1),c = 13.543(3) ? ?= 79.290(1),?= 8 3.36(2), ?= 84.590(1)埃轿狢20H30CuN8O22,V = 746.9(2) 3,Z = 1,Dc = 1.774 g/cm3,F(000) = 411,?= 0.844 mm-1,R = 0.0334,Rw = 0.0863。在配合物的结构单元中, Cu2+位于对称中心,分别与2个四齿配体(三羟甲基氨基甲烷)中的2个OH,1个NH2,三齿配位,呈笼状螯合。而另一个OH,因配体和中心离子构型的限制,不参与配位。     

人工神经网络及其在分析化学中的应用

人工神经网络是一种新兴的计算方法，有着广阔的发展前途，目前在分析化学领域已经有了多方面的应用。本文简要介绍了人工神经网络的原理及其在分析化学中的应用。     

新颖的二维超分子化合物[CoⅢ(aea)(2,2''''-bipy)]Cl·H2O的水热合成及结构表征

0IntroductionInrecentyearsgreatattentionhasbeenpaidtosupramolecularchemistryandawidevarietyofnet鄄workshavealreadybeenconstructedbasedupontheprincipleofcrystalengineering[1~3].Usually,variousmultifunctionalorganicligands,bothrigidandflexiblemulticarboxyli…     

Networks and chain coverings in partial orders and their products

For an arbitrary poset P, subposets {P _i : 1ik} form a transitive basis of P if P is the transitive closure of their union. Let u be the minimum size of a covering of P by chains within posets of the basis, s the maximum size of a family of elements with no pair comparable in any basis poset, and a the maximum size of an antichain in P. Define a dense covering to be a collection D of chains within basis posets such that each element belongs to a chain in D within each basis poset and is the top of at least k-1 chains and the bottom of at least k-1 chains in D. Dense coverings generalize ordinary chain coverings of poset. Let d=min {|D|–(k–1)|P|}. For an arbitrary poset and transitive basis, a convenient network model for dense coverings yields the following: Theorem 1: da, with equality iff P has a minimum chain decomposition in which every pair of consecutive elements on each chain are comparable in some basis poset. Theorem 2: usda. Theorem 3: s=d iff s=a. The most interesting special case is where the transitive basis expresses P as the product of two posets, in which case u and s measure the minimum and maximum sizes of unichain coverings and semiantichains.     

Phenomenological and neural-network modeling of cephalosporin C production bioprocess

Cephalosporin C production process withCephalosporium acremonium ATCC 48272 in synthetic medium was investigated and the experimental results allowed the development of a mathematical model describing the process behavior. The model was able to explain fairly well the diauxic phenomenon, higher growth rate during the glucose-consumption phase, and the production occurring only in the sucrose-consumption phase. Moreover, the process was simulated utilizing the neural-networks technique. Two feed-forward neural-networks with one hidden layer were employed. Both models, phenomenological and neural-networks based, satisfactorily describe the bioprocess. The difficulties in determining kinetic parameters are avoided when neural networks are utilized.     

Synthesis,structure, and magnetic properties of the cobalt(<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">II</Emphasis>) 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate layered coordination polymer

The reaction of Co(NO₃)₂·6H₂O with 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H₃btc, trimesic acid) in DMF at 100 °C afforded the coordination polymer [Co₃(dmf)₆(btc)(Hbtc)(H₂btc)]··9H₂O (1) (dmf is N,N′-dimethylformamide, DMF). According to the X-ray diffraction study, the metal-organic coordination polymer is composed of planar honeycomb (6,3) networks, in which the organic benzenetricarboxylate anions and the inorganic Co²⁺ cations play a role of three-connected nodes. Disordered water molecules are intercalated between the layers. A study of the magnetic properties showed the presence of a weak antiferromagnetic coupling between the Co²⁺ ions (S = 3/2). Dedicated to Academician G. A. Abakumov on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1719–1723, September, 2007.