Travelers' route choice behavior, a dynamical learning process based on their own experience, traffic information, and influence of others, is a type of cooperation optimization and a constant day-to-day evolutionary...
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Travelers' route choice behavior, a dynamical learning process based on their own experience, traffic information, and influence of others, is a type of cooperation optimization and a constant day-to-day evolutionary process. Travelers adjust their route choices to choose the best route, minimizing travel time and distance, or maximizing expressway use. Because route choice behavior is based on human beings, the most intelligent animals in the world, this swarm behavior is expected to in- corporate more intelligence. Unlike existing research in route choice behavior, the influence of other travelers is considered for updating route choices on account of the reality, which makes the route choice behavior from individual to swarm. Anew swarm intelligence algorithm inspired by travelers' route choice behavior for solving mathematical optimization problems is introduced in this paper. A comparison of the results of experiments with those of the classical global Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm demonstrates the efficacy of the Route Choice Behavior Algorithm (RCBA). The novel algorithm provides a new approach to solving complex problems and new avenues for the study of route choice behavior.
Vertical impedance measurements provide significant quantitative information about the ability of concrete cover to slow the penetration of chloride ions that can corrode steel reinforcement in a bridge deck. The prim...
Vertical impedance measurements provide significant quantitative information about the ability of concrete cover to slow the penetration of chloride ions that can corrode steel reinforcement in a bridge deck. The primary limitations preventing the widespread adoption of vertical impedance for assessment of concrete bridge decks are (1) the necessity to have a direct electrical connection to the embedded steel reinforcement and (2) the low speeds of data acquisition. This work presents solutions to both limitations. A method using a large-area electrode as a reference electrode for vertical impedance testing is validated using both simulations and measurements in the field.
Experimental observations of piezoelectric signals generated in bovine cancellous bone by an ultrasound wave were performed using two “piezoelectric cells (PE-cells)” of the bone, which could correspond to ultrasoun...
Experimental observations of piezoelectric signals generated in bovine cancellous bone by an ultrasound wave were performed using two “piezoelectric cells (PE-cells)” of the bone, which could correspond to ultrasound receivers. In the PE-cells, air-saturated cancellous bone specimens with low (0.68 ± 0.02) and high (0.78 ± 0.02) porosities were used. An ultrasound burst wave at 1 MHz was transmitted toward each PE-cell, and the piezoelectric signals generated in the cancellous bone specimens were observed in nine regions of interest (ROIs). The piezoelectric sensitivities were derived with the structural parameters of cancellous bone: porosity, mean intercept lengths (MILs) of the trabecular elements in three orthogonal directions, and MILs of the pore spaces. The piezoelectric sensitivity tended to decrease with porosity. Moreover, the piezoelectric sensitivity in the whole porosity range was moderately correlated with both MILs, but the sensitivities in the low and high porosity ranges were correlated with only MILs of the pore spaces and only MILs of the trabecular elements, respectively. This was considered to be because the types (shapes) of the main trabecular elements in the low and high-porosity cancellous bone specimens were different. Thus, the piezoelectric sensitivity in cancellous bone could be affected by the trabecular structure.
The paper gives new results that contribute to the development of a stability theory for 2D nonlinear discrete and differential systems described by a state-space model of the Roesser form using an extension of Lyapun...
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This paper considers discrete and differential nonlinear repetitive processes using the state-space model setting. These processes are a particular class of 2D systems that have their origins in the modeling of physic...
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There was a mistake in the grant number used in the recently published paper (DOI: https://***/10.1515/ nanoph-2019-0112. Published Online: 2019-07-09). The text should read: A.K. is grateful for support via the Russi...
In the quest to achieve scalable quantum information processing technologies, gradient-based optimal control algorithms (e.g., GRAPE) are broadly used for implementing high-precision quantum gates, but their performan...
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Educational data mining (EDM) involves the application of data mining, machine learning, and statistics to information generated from educational settings. Modeling students' knowledge is a fundamental part of int...
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Earthquakes causes severe damage to badly designed structures or buildings to fail or collapse, and also have caused some damage to well-designed structures to malfunction due to the damage or failure of the equipment...
Earthquakes causes severe damage to badly designed structures or buildings to fail or collapse, and also have caused some damage to well-designed structures to malfunction due to the damage or failure of the equipment housed in the structure or building. The use magnetorheological dampers to mitigate the effect of external excitation is increased to resolve this. This article is a state of the art review of nonlinear analytical models to understand the efficacy of semi-active control theory for magnetorheological dampers. A nonlinear semi active control law is desired to be designed which atleast guarantees analytical closed loop stability in order to mitigate the effect of perturbations and drive the desired output to equilibrium.
Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have long been utilized in the investigation of open quantum systems in various disciplines, such as the shell model in nuclear physics and solid state quantum computing devices in condensed...
Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians have long been utilized in the investigation of open quantum systems in various disciplines, such as the shell model in nuclear physics and solid state quantum computing devices in condensed matter physics to name a few. The hallmark of these systems is the sharp redistribution of decay widths and the segregation of short-lived “superradiant” states and long-lived “trapped” states at sufficiently strong interaction with the continuum. Here we extend the applicability of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian framework to systems of spherical metallic nano particles where light can be manipulated via surface plasmonic resonances. The signature of superradiance emerges when the interaction between adjacent optical nanoantennas occurs through a single continuum channel, resulting in eigenmodes with distinct properties: superradiant states with enhanced radiation and confined dark modes for which radiation is greatly suppressed. A new type of superradiance occurs in waveguide-like structures that are coupled to an external world such as laser sources and measurement probes. In this case, the neighboring spheres interact indirectly through a common continuum channel provided by the external device, resulting in the same superradiance transition phenomenon. The effect of superradiant states on energy transmission through a one dimensional chain of spheres is also considered, with applications to optical-frequency nano-scale antennas and waveguide-like structures.
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