A stochastic concession model for infrastructure projects under build-operate-transfer schemes

Concession period is a key factor in the arrangement of a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract. This paper proposes a stochastic concession period model for infrastructure projects under a BOT scheme, which takes into account the impact of risks and the risk attitudes of the private investor and the government. A hypothetical case is simulated by using the Monte Carlo simulation method to illustrate the proposed model. The results indicate that even for a project with the same estimations, the concession interval can be different and depends a lot on the risk attitudes of the private investor and the government. The proposed model provides a more reasonable concession interval based on which a specific concession period can be obtained through negotiation between the two parties.     

Urban end distribution optimization under e-commerce environment

With the rapid development of e-commerce, urban end distribution plays more and more important role in e-commerce logistics. The collection and delivery points (CDPs), between online retailers and customers, provide a way to improve the service quality of urban end distribution. But it will be more difficult to obtain an optimal solution of urban end delivery plan when many CDPs joint a complicated delivery network, since the solution space is always too large for many traditional heuristic algorithms to search. In this paper, a two-stage optimization method based on geographic information system (GIS) and improved cooperative particle swarm optimization (CPSO) is proposed. This method takes full advantage of powerful network analysis of GIS and strong global search of CPSO. A new cooperative learning mechanism, global sub-swarm, local sub-swarm and normal sub-swarm (GS-LS-NS), is used to improve the search mode of CPSO. Finally, several experiments are conducted to show the better performance of GIS-CPSO, compared with single PSO, GIS-CPSO and ArcGIS (software of GIS) separately. The conclusion of this research is much useful and applicable for logistics service providers.     

Construction of rate-compatible (RC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes based on RC-LDPC block codes

In this paper, a family of rate-compatible (RC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes can be obtained from RC-LDPC block codes by graph extension method. The resulted RC-LDPC convolutional codes, which are derived by permuting the matrices of the corresponding RC-LDPC block codes, are systematic and have maximum encoding memory. Simulation results show that the proposed RC-LDPC convolutional codes with belief propagation (BP) decoding collectively offer a steady improvement on performance compared with the block counterparts over the binary-input additive white Gaussian noise channels (BI-AWGNCs).     

Evolutionary game on oil and gas companies’ pollution treatment

This paper presents a dynamic model of pollution treatment strategies, driven by the bargaining relationships between governments, oil and gas companies and local residents. The results show that government plays a dominating role and government environmental policies have significant impact on other two parties’ behavior. To achieve better pollution treatment in the future, we put forward the following suggestions. An improvement in the legal system is required, and the legal enforcement needs to be strengthened. In terms of pollution treatment, responsibilities and obligations of these three parties need to be clearly defined. A wellfunctioned reward and penalties system needs to be established for minimizing the environment damage in the future.     

三相四线APF在系统故障状态下的仿真及分析

利用MATLAB/SIMULINK建立三相四线APF的仿真模型,对其在电力系统故障状态下的运行行为进行仿真,包括负载侧发生各种故障、系统侧发生各种故障以及突然甩负荷等情况下的仿真,分析了系统在不同故障状态下对有源电力滤波器工作性能的影响,为研制实用化的三相四线有源滤波装置提供了理论支持.     

功率超声系统智能电源的设计

利用ＩＮＴＥＬ８２５４定时／计数器,结合８０３１单片机的计算控制功能,设计了一种用于功率超声系统的智能高频电源。它能自动跟踪功率超声发生器的谐频率,同时还可根据需要自动调节输出功率,并具备显示报警功能。     

Route design and automatic check in electronic chart display and information system

For an electronic chart display and information system ( ECDIS), the most important function is the route design. In this paper,a novel approach to developing ECDIS was given and then an effective method was proposed for route design and automatic check. The mathematical model and logical relationship for coordinate transformation were also provided. They were adopted in ECDIS developing, which was based on the research of the Vxworks real-time operating system. The actual system application implies that the method is practical and can held navigation verv well.     

The real-time display algorithm of objects in seabed

Three-dimension electronic chart display information system (ECDIS) is one of the new developing directions of electronic navigation chart, and its real-time quality is one of the important requirements. In this paper the algorithm of simplifying triangle surface using edge contraction, which can ensure the real-time display of objects in seabed environment, was put forward. The optimum contraction point was determined by the Lagrange matrix, so that the algorithm ensures that the contraction point locates on the original model, meanwhile meets the demands of least deviation. This algorithm can improve the plotting speed, and preserve the boundary character by using the fewer triangles to simulate objects.     

The motion analysis of fire video images based on moment features and flicker frequency

In this paper, motion analysis methods based on the moment features and flicker frequency features for early fire flame from ordinary CCD video camera were proposed, and in order to describe the changing of flame and disturbance of non-flame phenomena further more, the average changing pixel number of the first-order moments of consecutive flames has been defined in the moment analysis as well. The first-order moments of all kinds of flames used in our experiments present irregularly flickering, and their average changing pixel numbers of first-order moments are greater than fire-like disturbances. For the analysis of flicker frequency of flame, which is extracted and calculated in spatial domain, and therefore it is computational simple and fast. The method of extracting flicker frequency from video images is not affected by the catalogues of combustion material and distance. In experiments, we adopted two kinds of flames, i.e. , fixed flame and movable flame. Many comparing and disturbing experiments were done and verified that the methods can be used as criteria for early fire detection.     

全自动液压栈桥式仰拱移动模架一体机施工技术研究

为解决隧道仰拱施工中传统设备简易、工艺落后导致的施工质量难以保证,在仰拱开挖、出渣等工序作业时过往的人员、车辆、机械设备无法正常通行以及现有客运专线隧道仰拱施工设备机械化程度底、集成度不高等问题,以沪昆客运专线贵州段CKGZTJ-3标栋梁坡隧道为例,对仰拱栈桥、模板体系、走行机构等进行研究,研制的全自动液压栈桥式仰拱移动模架一体机集成了栈桥、仰拱模板、中心水沟模板、走行机构、液压和液电装置等结构件。在施工过程中,先优化仰拱段施工作业区,利用全自动液压、液电系统功能控制栈桥行走、仰拱和中心水沟模板安装及定位作业; 在仰拱施工期间,与过往的人员、车辆、机械设备以及掌子面施工形成互不干扰、平行推进的局面。该全自动液压栈桥式仰拱移动模架一体机有效减少了作业人员和辅助材料的投入,工效明显提升,安全步距可控,并保证了仰拱衬砌和仰拱填充以及中心水沟的质量。