简介:ItwasagreatpleasuretobeinbeautifulFlorencewithover7,000geoscientstswhohadregistered.Iwasverymuchinvolvedintwosymposiaongeoethicsandgeoeducation.Theybothwentverywell,butitwasinterestingthatthegroupswhocameweresmall.Inourdiscussionapointofagreementwasthatwemustattackthegreatglobalproblemssuchasvastmalnutritionandthefactthatmostoftheworldpopulationhasproblemswithfoodandwaterresources,notgold!,
简介:Inthecontextofthe32^ndInternationalGeologicalCongress,theUniversityofUrbinowhichisabouttocelebrateits500^thanniversaryhostedthepost-CongressWorkshopPWO-09from29^thto31^stAugust2004dedicatedto“NewConceptsinGlobalTectonics:EmphasisonSomeFundamentalQuestionsinGeology”,convenedandorganizedbyForeseCarloWezel.
简介:TherobustH∞controlfornetworkedcontrolsystemswithbothstochasticnetwork-induceddelayanddatapacketdropoutisstudied.Whendataaretransmittedovernetwork,thestochasticdatapacketdropoutprocesscanbedescribedbyatwo-stateMarkovchain.Thenetworkedcontrolsystemswithstochasticnetwork-induceddelayanddatapacketdropoutaremodeledasadiscretetimeMarkovjumplinearsystemwithtwooperationmodes.ThesuffcientconditionofrobustH∞controlfornetworkedcontrolsystemsstabilizedbystatefeedbackcontrollerispresentedintermsoflinearmatrixinequality.Thestatefeedbackcontrollercanbeconstructedviathesolutionofasetoflinearmatrixinequalities.Anexampleisgiventoverifytheeffectivenessofthemethodproposed.
简介:Theguaranteedcostcontrolproblemfornetworkedcontrolsystems(NCSs)isaddressedundercommunicationconstraintsandvaryingsamplingrate.Firstofall,asimpleinformation-schedulingschemeispresentedtodescribetheschedulingapproachofsystemsignalsinNCSs.Then,basedonsuchaschemeandgivensamplingmethod,thedesignprocedureindynamicoutputfeedbackmannerisalsoderivedwhichrenderstheclosedloopsystemtobeasymptoticallystableandguaranteesanupperboundoftheLQperformancecostfunction.
简介:ThispaperpresentsafurtherimprovedProductionActivityControlArchitecturetodealwiththecomplexityofinformationbycreatingSub-ProducersandSub-MoverswhichwillnotonlygiveabettercontrolatworkstationlevelbutalsoreduceloadontheDispatcher.ItalsomakesananalysisofthebasicandimprovedPAC(ProductionActivityControl)ArchitectureintheControlSystemforIntegratedManufacturing.ThePACArchitectureandtheimprovementwillfurtherenhancetheflexibilityandadaptabilityofthearchitectureintheeverchangingenvironmentoftheShopFloorControl(SFC)Systems.
简介:Weinvestigatetheproblemofteleportationofunitaryoperationsbyunidirectionalcontrol-statetelepor-rationandproposeaschemecalledunidirectionalquantumremotecontrol.Theschemeisbasedontheisomorphismbetweenoperationandstate.Itallowsustostoreaunitaryoperationinacontrolstate,therebyteleportatSonoftheunitaryoperationcanbeimplementedbyunidirectionalteleportationofthecontrol-state.WefindthattheprobabilityofsuccessforimplementinganarbitraryunitaryoperationonarbitraryA~-qubitstatebyunidirectionalcontrol-stateteleportationis4^-M,and2Mebitsand4Mcbitsareconsumedineachteleportation.
简介:Apressurizerisoneofimportantequipmentinapressurizedwaterreactorplant.Itisusedtomaintainthepressureofprimarycoolantwithinallowedrangebecausethesharpchangeofcoolantpressureaffectsthesecurityofreactor,therefor,thestudyofpressurizer'spressurecontrolmethodsisveryimportant.Inthispaper,anadaptivefuzzycontrollerispresentedforpressurecontrolofapressurizerinanuclearpowerplant.Thecontrollercanon-linetunefuzzycontrolrulesandparametersbyself-learningintheactualcontrolprocess,whichpossessesthewayofthinkinglikehumantomakeadecision.Thesimulationresultsforapressurizedwaterreactorplantshowthattheadaptivefuzzycontrollerhasoptimumandintelligentcharacteristics,whichprovethecontrolleriseffective.
简介:Highperformancecontrolofaninteractiveprocesssuchasironandsteelplantreliesonabilitytohonorsafetyandoperationalconstraints;reducethestandarddeviationsofvariablesthatneedtobecontrolled(e.g.productquantity,quality);de-bottleneckingtheprocess;and,maximizeprofitabilityorlowercost(e.g.energysavings,improvehotmetalcontent).Theseobjectivesmaybeprioritizedinthisorder,butcanvaryandareverydifficulttoachieveoptimallythroughconventionalcontrol.Amultivariablepredictivecontrollersolution,alongwithitsextensiveinferentialsensorandbuilt-inoptimizer,providesonlineclosedloopcontrolandoptimizationformanyinteractivemetalandminingprocessestolowertheenergycost,increasethroughput,andoptimizeproductqualityandyield.Controlloopperformanceisalsoakeyfactortoimproveironandsteelplantautomationandoperationresult;HoneywellCPMoffersvender-independentproductwhichprovidesmonitoring,tuning,modelingofcontrolloopandsustainableloopperformanceanalysisandmaintenancesolutiontowardsoperationstabilityandenergysaving.
简介:2008年8月12~15日,第31届国际地理学大会在突尼斯举行。经中国科协批准,中国地理学会组织了由60多位大陆地理工作者组成的中国地理代表团,出席了这次大会。大会期间,国际地理联合会(InternationalGeographicalUnion,简称IGU)召开了第22次全体代表大会,来自40多个国家和地区的代表以及列席代表80多人出席了会议,中国地理学会对应IGU委员会主席王五一研究员(国家代表)、中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所副所长周成虎研究员、中国地理学会秘书长张国友研究员等参加了会议。大会通过无记名投票,选举产生了2016年第33届国际地理学大会的主办国。在中国科协和中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所的大力支持下,在申办工作组和出席突尼斯大会全体成员的共同努力下,中国取得了2016年国际地理学大会的举办权。
简介:Internationalarmscontrolanddisarmamenthasrecordedremarkableachieve-mentsinrecentyearsinthewakeofrapproachmentamongmajorpowersandoveralldetenteintheworldatlarge.Theseremarkableachievements,intheirturn,havepropelledtheglobalsituationfurtherinthedirectionfavorabletofurtherrelaxationofglobaltension.Thesemutuallyreinforcingandsupplementarytrends,