Optimal Threshold Policies for Robust Data Center Control

With the simultaneous rise of energy costs and demand for cloud computing, efficient control of data centers becomes crucial. In the data center control problem, one needs to plan at every time step how many servers to switch on or off in order to meet stochastic job arrivals while trying to minimize electricity consumption. This problem becomes particularly challenging when servers can be of various types and jobs from different classes can only be served by certain types of server, as it is often the case in real data centers. We model this problem as a robust Markov decision process (i.e., the transition function is not assumed to be known precisely). We give sufficient conditions (which seem to be reasonable and satisfied in practice) guaranteeing that an optimal threshold policy exists. This property can then be exploited in the design of an efficient solving method, which we provide. Finally, we present some experimental results demonstrating the practicability of our approach and compare with a previous related approach based on model predictive control.     

大直径超长桩承载性状影响研究

为探究桩端土强度对超长桩承载性状的影响,建立了3种不同长度的超长桩.通过改变桩端土的强度,在荷载作用下,研究轴力沿着桩身传递、桩侧摩阻力的影响及桩自身变形.分析了桩端土强度的提高对超长桩上段和下段桩侧摩阻力的影响.研究结果表明:桩端土强度提高1～2倍时,超长桩极限承载力提高7.06％～22.49％;80m基桩对应5种不同长径比时,长度增加25％～50％,其极限承载力提高35.06％～63.21％;在同级荷载作用下,桩端土强度高的桩侧摩阻力发挥小于桩端土强度低的;端阻强化效应在桩端土强度较弱的土层中也存,且长径比越小增强的效应越明显;该研究可以为实际工程中超长大直径桩基设计和承载力估算提供参考.     

停车收费影响下深圳居民公交出行选择研究

文章在对深圳停车收费与北京、东京等城市进行类比分析的基础上,对深圳居民的出行方式选择进行了调查,并基于二元Logit模型理论建立了深圳市停车收费影响下居民出行方式选择的概率模型,分析居民公交与小汽车出行方式选择行为的差异,探讨通过停车收费引导小汽车转向公交出行的规律。     

北京出租车行业政府管制案例研究

本文以北京出租车行业政府管制为案例,从行业特征分析入手,对出租车行业政府管制的依据、内容、方式与效率进行了深入研究,针对目前出租车行业政府管制过程中存在的矛盾与问题,提出今后改革的思路与途径.     

关于车辆配置与维修管理上的安全思考

汽车制动系统的安全性与可靠性,在设计中已作了充分考虑,但其基点是以正常维修、使用为前提的.倘若维修保养不到位或不按规定使用,便有可能发生机械损坏甚至引发事故.而这些往往是不可预见的,是随机的且没有规律性.     

Mesh motion approach based on spring analogy method for unstructured meshes

Mesh motion strategy is one of the key points in many fluid-structure interaction problems. One popular technique used to solve this problem is known as the spring analogy method. In this paper a new mesh update approach based on the spring analogy method is presented for the effective treatment of mesh moving boundary problems. The proposed mesh update technique is developed to avoid the generation of squashed invalid elements and maintain mesh quality by considering each element shape and grid scale to th...     

H_∞ Autopilot Design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

The design approach of H∞ autopilot for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is proposed. Comprised by the three sub-controllers,i.e. speed,heading and depth controllers,the designed autopilot has advantage over existing H∞ control of AUVs. The overshoot in speed,heading and depth control systems under step commands is restricted by refining the weighting function for robust stability. The dynamic performance of heading and depth control systems is improved by feeding back yaw rate and pitch angle,respecti...     

旧路面沥青的回收利用

主要通过对指定旧路面回收的沥青参数指标(渗透性、粘结性)的测定特性的描述,建立主要参数与回收沥青间的相关数学模型。确定方程式并进行回归分析,通过研究将回收沥青性能与现有规范标准进行比较。道路实际年龄和沥青之间存在的细微关系满足方差在8E-05~0.0943之间的线性、指数、对数、二次幂、四次幂方程式。道路年龄对结合料针入度、粘性方面的影响显示出各自明朗的关系。研究显示,回收沥青可用于沥青混凝土路面建设,可保护环境和减少土地使用。     

Mechanical behaviors of the foot after individual releases of plantar fascia and ligaments during the balanced standing

To quantify mechanical effects of plantar fascia and ligaments on the arch structure, a 3D finite element model of the foot was created to simulate the balanced standing posture. Four cases after individual releases of plantar fascia, spring ligament, long and short plantar ligaments were simulated respectively to compare their consequences to the predictions of the intact structure. It was founded that the foot arch didn’t collapse obviously after any individual release of these structures. As plantar fascia was released, tensions of plantar ligaments were largely increased. Long and short plantar ligaments performed mutual compensation functions.     

Dynamic investigation on composite flexible multi-body system considering thermal effect

The dynamic performance of composite flexible multi-body system under the simultaneous action of thermal fields and driving constraint is analyzed. Based on strain-displacement relation of the Mindlin plate theory which includes transverse shear deformation, and considering thermal effect, variation equations of laminated plate are derived by the principle of virtual work. The finite element method is used for discretization. According to kinematics constraint relation, dynamic equations for spatial slider-crank system are established. Simulation results show that spatial deformation (torsion deformation) appears in the multi-layered composite slider-crank mechanism which is simulated with planar motions. Furthermore, the influence of coupling between thermal expansion and flexible deformations of non-symmetrical composite plates on the large overall motion under the uniform temperature field is investigated. Finally, significant change in constraint force due to the spatial deformation is shown.