Modified binary particle swarm optimization

This paper presents a modified binary particle swarm optimization （BPSO） which adopts concepts of the genotype-phenotype representation and the mutation operator of genetic algorithms. Its main feature is that the BPSO can be treated as a continuous PSO. The proposed BPSO algorithm is tested on various benchmark functions, and its performance is compared with that of the original BPSO. Experimental results show that the modified BPSO outperforms the original BPSO algorithm.     

从局部到全局的规则模型：粒聚合研究

顾名思义,多视图模型是从不同的视角捕捉现实界系统的模型,通常包含本地可用的特性(如属性、输入变量)。综合考虑时,必须对一群多视图模型进行聚合。当建立一个包含所有属性的整体模型不可行且不能通过合理的计算实现时,多视图模型也会出现在包含大量变量的数据中。基于模糊规则体系结构,考虑和讨论2种情形。在构建多视图模型的聚合时,一个重要的任务是为整个全局模型设置一个可靠的质量度量,使用该度量可以有效地评估由规则模型生成的单个结果的相关性。提倡用输出的信息粒来量化结果的质量,而不是一个单一的数字结果。在上述2个情形中,使用合理粒度增强原理(粒计算的基础之一)聚合了一系列多视图模型产生的结果。认为多视图模型传递的结果多样性可以通过生成结果的粒度形式进行捕获和量化。最后,讨论了相关的优化准则和优化过程。     

粒关系演算：关系计算与数据的桥梁

粒计算及其理论，尤其是模糊集，为处理概念实体信息粒提供了全面的概念框架和处理机制，但现有的信息粒处理机制不能充分利用实验数据的特征。基于粒计算推导出的理论来增强关系计算和模糊关系计算的基本结构。认为可以通过结合现有数据所控制的描述性组件来增强关系演算领域中的规范性结构。实验表明，合理粒度原则有助于增强现有结果，并将实验结果以信息粒的形式进行了展示。     

Rational Beliefs as Produced by Computational Processes

Intelligent problem-solving depends on consciously applied methods of thinking as well as inborn or trained skills. The latter are like resident programs which control processes of the kind called (in Unix) daemons. Such a computational process is a fitting reaction to situations (defined in the program in question) which is executed without any command of a computer user (or without any intention of the conscious subject). The study of intelligence should involve methods of recognizing those beliefs whose existence is due to daemons. Once having been aware of so produced belief, one can assess it critically and, if possible and necessary, make it more rational. Eg, beliefs concerning properties of time are produced by a daemon-like intuition, likewise the Euclidean properties of space. The merit of getting aware of such daemon's activities, and so transforming implicit beliefs into explicit ones, lies mainly in the axiomatic characterization of the properties involved. That makes possible to improve a daemon-like conceptual equipment (producing beliefs) by suitable modifications of the axioms, or postulates. Such postulate sets can also define artificial daemons to either emulate or improve natural intelligence.     

Modified binary particle swam optimization

This paper presents a modified binary particle swarm optimization(BPSO)which adopts concepts of the genotype-phenotype rep-resentation and the mutation operator of genetic algorithms.Its main feature is that the BPSO can be treated as a continuous PSO.The proposed BPSO algorithm is tested on various benchmark functions,and its performance is compared with that of the original BPSO.Experimental results show that the modified BPSO outperforms the original BPSO algorithm.     

The limits of the nuclear landscape

In 2011, 100 new nuclides were discovered. They joined the approximately 3,000 stable and radioactive nuclides that either occur naturally on Earth or are synthesized in the laboratory. Every atomic nucleus, characterized by a specific number of protons and neutrons, occupies a spot on the chart of nuclides, which is bounded by 'drip lines' indicating the values of neutron and proton number at which nuclear binding ends. The placement of the neutron drip line for the heavier elements is based on theoretical predictions using extreme extrapolations, and so is uncertain. However, it is not known how uncertain it is or how many protons and neutrons can be bound in a nucleus. Here we estimate these limits of the nuclear 'landscape' and provide statistical and systematic uncertainties for our predictions. We use nuclear density functional theory, several Skyrme interactions and high-performance computing, and find that the number of bound nuclides with between 2 and 120 protons is around 7,000. We find that extrapolations for drip-line positions and selected nuclear properties, including neutron separation energies relevant to astrophysical processes, are very consistent between the models used.