Structure theorem for tournaments omitting N5

A finite tournament T is tight if the class of finite tournaments omitting T is well‐quasi‐ordered. We show here that a certain tournament N₅ on five vertices is tight. This is one of the main steps in an exact classification of the tight tournaments, as explained in [10]; the third and final step is carried out in [11]. The proof involves an encoding of the indecomposable tournaments omitting N₅ by a finite alphabet, followed by an application of Kruskal's Tree Theorem. This problem arises in model theory and in computational complexity in a more general form, which remains open: the problem is to give an effective criterion for a finite set {T₁,…,T_k} of finite tournaments to be tight in the sense that the class of all finite tournaments omitting each of T₁,…,T_k is well‐quasi‐ordered. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 42: 165–192, 2003     

Finding Robust Solutions Using Local Search

This paper investigates how a local search metaheuristic for continuous optimisation can be adapted so that it finds broad peaks, corresponding to robust solutions. This is relevant in problems in which uncertain or noisy data is present. When using a genetic or evolutionary algorithm, it is standard practice to perturb solutions once before evaluating them, using noise from a given distribution. This approach however, is not valid when using population-less techniques like local search and other heuristics that use local search. For those algorithms to find robust solutions, each solution needs to be perturbed and evaluated several times, and these evaluations need to be combined into a measure of robustness. In this paper, we examine how many of these evaluations are needed to reliably find a robust solution. We also examine the effect of the parameters of the noise distribution. Using a simple tabu search procedure, the proposed approach is tested on several functions found in the literature. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

局部域上的仿交换算子与Schatten类性质

设Tb^s是局部域K上带符号b的仿交换算子，本文证明了当Tb^st定义式中函数A（ξ，η）满足一定的条件时，Tb^st∈Sp的充要条件是b∈Bp^s t 1/p。     

地方性科技期刊陷入困境的原因及对策

分析了地方性科技期刊陷入困境的主要原因,并有针对性地提出了一些促进科技期刊发展的对策和建议。     

浅析地方公共图书馆存在的问题及对策

目前,一些地方公共图书馆落后的组织结构、管理方式以及淡薄的服务意识,已远远不能适应当前社会的需要。针对地方公共图书馆存在的问题,提出一系列改进措施,旨在使地方图书馆更好地为社会公众服务。     

地方农业院校精品课程建设的工作重点

从精品课程的内涵和特征入手,分析了建设精品课程的工作重点,提出了精品课程建设措施。     

数字参考咨询服务

文章着重论述了数字参考咨询服务中对用户分析的问题,并简要介绍了东莞图书馆参考咨询服务工作开展的情况。     

Local chain‐configuration dependence of the mechanisms of the chemical reaction of poly(vinyl chloride). IX. Novel results on stereoselectivity of chlorination reaction

A poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) sample was chlorinated in solution in the presence of 2,2′‐azobisisobutyronitrile and by the fluid‐bed method. The aim was to evaluate the scope of the stereoselectivity of the chlorination reaction. The quantitative microstructural analysis of the residual PVC with a degree of chlorination was followed by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. From the evolution of the content of isotactic (mm), heterotactic (mr), and syndiotactic (rr) triads and of mmmm, mmmr, and rmmr isotactic pentads in the unchlorinated parts of the polymer, it was unambiguously inferred that the chlorination reaction proceeds by a stereoselective mechanism in that the mr heterotactic triads are the most reactive structures followed by the isotactic triad at mmmr and rmmr pentads. This conclusion was confirmed on the basis of the Fourier transform infrared results. The results provide valuable information regarding the effect of tacticity and related local conformations in the chemical reactions of PVC. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 41: 508–519, 2003     

Four‐dimensional couplings among BF and matter theories from BRST cohomology

The local and manifestly covariant Lagrangian interactions in four spacetime dimensions that can be added to a “free” model that describes a generic matter theory and an abelian BF theory are constructed by means of deforming the solution to the master equation on behalf of specific cohomological techniques.     

两个动能耦合Morse振子系统的分岔现象

从两个未耦合的Morse振子出发,首先研究了两个动能耦合的Morse振子系统局域模区域内的分岔结构.发现对弱耦合参数δ,相空间中局域模谐振nm共存与系统能量ε通过不等式 √1/1-ε≥n/m≥√1- ε相关联.同时报导了对称伸缩本征模的分岔现象与能量及耦合常数的关系.在弱耦合参数δ下,在非常低的能量区域内,对称伸缩经历一个pitch-fork分岔.随后,局域模随能量的增加逐渐形成.对中等高能量ε,对称伸缩本征征模在耦合参数范围[-1,0]内由不稳定到稳定到不稳定等交替变化.