基于截尾概率-非概率混合模型的可靠性优化算法

针对工程中截尾概率变量与非概率变量同时存在的情况,给出一种新的截尾概率与非概率混合可靠性模型。在该混合可靠性模型基础上,按照可靠性指标(RIA)法给出双层嵌套可靠性优化模型,并采用改进搜索策略后的ST-Powell优化算法在外层搜索设计变量的最优值,内层采用能保证收敛的改进的有限步长迭代法求解混合可靠性指标。数值算例表明,改进搜索策略后的ST-Powell优化算法的全局寻优性得到显著提升;改进搜索策略后的ST-Powell优化算法与改进的有限步长迭代法相结合求解双层嵌套混合可靠性优化模型的正确性得到验证,且对于非线性程度较高的极限状态函数同样能够得到满足截尾概率与非概率混合可靠性模型指标要求的最优解,并对工程结构算例具有很好的适应性。     

The Space within Fisherman's Folly: Playing with a Puzzle in Mereotopology

Abstract

In this paper we propose a spatial ontology for reasoning about holes, rigid objects and a string, taking a classical puzzle as a motivating example. In this ontology the domain is composed of spatial regions whereby a theory about holes is defined over a mereotopological basis. Within this theory we define a data structure, named chain, that facilitates a clear and efficient representation of the puzzle states and its solution.     

Spatio-Temporal Ontologies and Attention

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a new proposal for the design of spatio-temporal ontologies which has its origin in cognitively motivated spatial semantics. It is shown that selective attention not only plays a central role in the characterization of spatial relations but that the representation of attentional aspects also leads to the possibility of defining an ontological upper structure which systematically covers both the spatial and the temporal domain.     

永磁同步直线电机建模及混沌搜索优化设计

建立了永磁同步直线电机的电磁场有限元物理模型,以此对气隙磁密波形畸变率进行了深入的分析。通过电机参数样本空间设计,利用正交试验设计方法进行非线性回归建模分析,给出了气隙磁密波形正弦度可行的电磁方案。基于混沌搜索理论和适应函数对永磁同步直线电机结构参数进行优化。仿真结果表明,在此结构参数基础上,电机磁极偏移后其三相反电势依然有较好的对称性,为永磁同步直线电机及其他的电磁工程设计提供了一种新的思路。     

Expert Algorithmic and Imagistic Problem Solving Strategies in Advanced Chemistry

Abstract

Visualization and imagistic reasoning appear central to expert practice in science; however, expert use of these strategies on authentic tasks has not been examined in detail. This study documents how science experts use both algorithms and imagistic reasoning to solve problems. Using protocol analysis, we report expert chemists' preferential use of algorithms for solving spatial problems and imagistic reasoning for deducing spatial transformations. We observed experts employ algorithms to solve the majority of spatial tasks while reserving imagistic strategies to solve a class of tasks that required translating between representations. Strategy used varied widely among experts and tasks.     

Interface Familiarity Restores Active Advantage in a Virtual Exploration and Reconstruction Task in Children

Abstract

Active exploration is reportedly better than passive observation of spatial displacements in real environments, for the acquisition of relational spatial information, especially by children. However, a previous study using a virtual environment (VE) showed that children in a passive observation condition performed better than actives when asked to reconstruct in reality the environment explored virtually. Active children were unpractised in using the input device, which may have detracted from any active advantage, since input device operation may be regarded as a concurrent task, increasing cognitive load and spatial working memory demands. To examine this possibility, 7–8-year-old children in the present study were given 5 minutes of training with the joystick input device. When compared with passive participants for spatial learning, active participants gave a better performance than passives, placing objects significantly more accurately. The importance of interface training when using VEs for assessment and training was discussed.     

Revisiting Perspective-Taking: Can People Maintain Imagined Perspectives?

Abstract

Three experiments were conducted to examine whether people can adopt and maintain imagined perspectives in the absence of target information. The task used entailed providing information about an imagined perspective in advance of target information to examine whether this would facilitate perspective-taking performance and reduce or eliminate alignment effects that are commonly reported in the literature. The three experiments employed different types of spatial environments: an environment learned from navigating a computer screen (Experiment 1), and an immersive environment that was either remote (Experiment 2) or immediate (Experiment 3) at the time of retrieval. Across the three experiments, results showed that information about an imagined perspective can be utilized ahead of target information. Furthermore, they suggested that alignment effects can be reduced as a result of processing information about perspective ahead of target information, but only when reasoning about specific nonimmediate spatial relations (Experiments 1 and 2). Results are discussed in connection with previous findings on spatial updating and the organizational structure of spatial memory.     

Spatial Thinking in Undergraduate Science Education

Spatial thinking is central to many scientific domains and professions spatial ability predicts success and participation in science. However spatial thinking is not is not emphasized in our educational system. This paper presents a selective review of four types of studies regarding spatial thinking in undergraduate science curricula; (1) correlational studies examining the relations between measures of spatial ability and performance in science disciplines, (2) studies that attempt to train aspects of spatial thinking, (3) studies of how students understand specific spatial representations in sciences (4) studies that use dynamic spatial representations to promote scientific understanding. For each type of study, the evidence is critically evaluated and conclusions are drawn about how to nurture spatial thinking in science.     

基于Java语言的GIS系统在电信网管系统中的开发应用

随着计算机和通信业的迅速发展,人们对电信网络管理系统的要求越来越高,不仅需要拓扑图的显示,还要求系统能进行快速的故障定位,所以要求网管系统能与GIS系统结合.本文介绍了基于java语言的GIS系统的开发过程,及如何将GIS集成到综合电信网管系统中,并就实际开发中出现的问题提出相应的解决方案.