this paper studies compositional reasoning theories for stochastic systems. A specification theory combines notions of specification and implementation with satisfaction and refinement relations, and a set of operator...
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this paper studies compositional reasoning theories for stochastic systems. A specification theory combines notions of specification and implementation with satisfaction and refinement relations, and a set of operators that together support stepwise design. One of the first behavioral specification theories introduced for stochastic systems is the one of Interval Markov Chains (IMCs), which are Markov Chains whose probability distributions are replaced by a conjunction of intervals. In this paper, we show that IMCs are not closed under conjunction, which gives a formal proof of a conjecture made in several recent works. In order to leverage this problem, we suggested to work with Constraint Markov Chains (CMCs) that is another specification theory where intervals are replaced with general constraints. Contrary to IMCs, one can show that CMCs enjoy the closure properties of a specification theory. In addition, we propose aggressive abstraction procedures for CMCs. Such abstractions can be used either to combat the state-space explosion problem, or to simplify complex constraints. In particular, one can show that, under some assumptions, the behavior of any CMC can be abstracted by an IMC. Finally, we propose an algorithm for counter-example generation, in case a refinement of two CMCs does not hold. We present a tool that implements our results. Implementing CMCs is a complex process and relies on recent advances made in decision procedures for theory of reals. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Buildings contribute a significant part in the energy consumption and CO2 emission in many countries. Building energy saving has thus become a hot research topic recently. the technology advances in power co-generatio...
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(纸本)9783642259432
Buildings contribute a significant part in the energy consumption and CO2 emission in many countries. Building energy saving has thus become a hot research topic recently. the technology advances in power co-generation, on-site generation, and storage devices bring us the opportunity to reduce the cost and CO2 emission while meeting the demand in buildings. A fundamental difficulty to schedule this multi-energy system. besides other difficulties, is the discrete and large search space. In this paper, the multi-energy scheduling problem is modeled as a nonlinear programming problem with integer variables. A method is developed to solve this problem in two steps, which uses ordinal optimization to address the discrete and large search space and uses linear programming to solve the remaining sub-problems. the performance of this method is theoretically quantified, and compared with enumeration and a priority-and-rule-based scheduling policy. Numerical results show that our method provides a good tradeoff between the solution quality and the computational time comparing withthe other two methods. We hope this work brings more insight on multi-energy scheduling problem in general.
In previous work we have shown that more precise type analysis can be achieved by exploiting union types and static single assignment (SSA) intermediate representation (IR) of code. In this paper we exploit static sin...
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this work focusses on analyzing the optimization strategies of routing protocols with respect to energy utilization of sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs). Different routing mechanisms have been proposed to...
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(纸本)9780769548425
this work focusses on analyzing the optimization strategies of routing protocols with respect to energy utilization of sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs). Different routing mechanisms have been proposed to address energy optimization problem in sensor nodes. Clustering mechanism is one of the popular WSNs routing mechanisms. In this paper, we first address energy limitation constraints with respect to maximizing network life time using linear programming formulation technique. To check the efficiency of different clustering scheme against modeled constraints, we select four cluster based routing protocols;Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH), threshold Sensitive Energy Efficient sensor Network (TEEN), Stable Election Protocol (SEP), and Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering (DEEC). To validate our mathematical framework, we perform analytical simulations in MATLAB by choosing number of alive nodes, number of dead nodes, number of packets and number of CHs, as performance metrics.
Entropy is a measurement of the degree of uncertainty. Mean-entropy method can be used for modeling the choice among uncertain outcomes. In this paper, we consider the portfolio selection problem under the assumption ...
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(纸本)9783642245527
Entropy is a measurement of the degree of uncertainty. Mean-entropy method can be used for modeling the choice among uncertain outcomes. In this paper, we consider the portfolio selection problem under the assumption that security returns are characterized by type-2 fuzzy variables. Since the expectation and entropy of type-2 fuzzy variables haven't been well defined, type-2 fuzzy variables need to be reduced firstly. then we propose a mean-entropy model with reduced variables. To solve the proposed model, we use the entropy formula of reduced fuzzy variable and transform the mean-entropy model to its equivalent parametric form, which can be solved by standard optimization solver.
the creation of useful artefacts with rich experiential qualities required quality driven interaction designers and programmers withthe ability to simultaneous problem setting and problem solving. Interaction design ...
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the creation of useful artefacts with rich experiential qualities required quality driven interaction designers and programmers withthe ability to simultaneous problem setting and problem solving. Interaction design is a design practice that defines the appearance and function of digital artefacts. Bridging interaction design and engineering is problematic because design and engineering have different epistemology. Designers are trained to see a plethora of future designs for a situation and explains the phenomena of a context. Engineering focus on problem solving and depends on agreement about ends. In this paper I suggest that the poor state of designers and programmers who are not standing together can be avoided if we give up the claim that software development should be engineering or science, and instead see it as a quality-driven craftsmanship.
the development of applications for high-performance embedded systems is typically a long and error-prone process. In addition to the required functions, developers must consider various and often conflicting non-func...
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In this paper, we first rephrase the notion of extended tuple as a sentence from a regular language generated by a grammar G where the nonterminal symbols of the grammar are the attribute names of the tuple. Finite se...
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Fluorene-thiophene copolymers having chiral and azobenzene substituents, PAzB4-T, were synthesized by the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling method. We studied the aligning organization of the main chain of PAzB4-T withthe...
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(纸本)9783037853030
Fluorene-thiophene copolymers having chiral and azobenzene substituents, PAzB4-T, were synthesized by the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling method. We studied the aligning organization of the main chain of PAzB4-T withthe activation of the attached functional groups by thermal annealing and photo-annealing processes. Circular dichroism (CD) measurements revealed that the thermally annealed PAzB4-T spin-coated films exhibited bisignate Cotton effects over the absorption regions of the polymer main chains and the azobenzene side chains due to the formation of chiral assemblies. After the photo-annealing process, which means linearly polarized light irradiation accompanied by thermal annealing, the PAzB4-T spin-coated films showed linear dichroism over the absorption region of the main chains, due to the alignment of azobenzene side chains against the electric field of the linearly polarized light. these results suggested that rigid conjugated polymers were successfully aligned by the alignment of functional groups withthe external stimuli.
Differential and linear cryptanalysis are two of the most powerful techniques to analyze symmetric-key primitives. For modern ciphers, resistance against these attacks is therefore a mandatory design criterion. In thi...
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