Locally Weighted Learning

This paper surveys locally weighted learning, a form of lazy learning and memory-based learning, and focuses on locally weighted linear regression. The survey discusses distance functions, smoothing parameters, weighting functions, local model structures, regularization of the estimates and bias, assessing predictions, handling noisy data and outliers, improving the quality of predictions by tuning fit parameters, interference between old and new data, implementing locally weighted learning efficiently, and applications of locally weighted learning. A companion paper surveys how locally weighted learning can be used in robot learning and control.     

A practical minimum distance method for syntax error handling

We present a method for recovering from syntax errors encountered during parsing. The method provides a form of minimum distance repair, has linear time complexity, and is completely automatic. A formal method is presented for evaluating the performance of error recovery methods, based on global minimum-distance error correction. The minimum-distance error recovery method achieves a theoretically best performance on 80% of Pascal programs in the weighted Ripley-Druseikis collection. Comparisons of performance with other error recovery methods are given.     

Flashover voltage characteristics of contaminated station insulators under temporary ac overvoltages in the ac system connected with a frequency converter station

According to the recent analysis results of temporary ac overvoltage in the ac system connected with a frequency converter station, large-magnitude over-voltages were confirmed to occur under some special system conditions. Most of the station insulators currently used cannot withstand such overvoltages according to an evaluation based on the data obtained earlier. The necessity of tests to be done to evaluate such performance more accurately was recognized. Both power frequency and switching impulse overvoltage flashover tests were made on contaminated insulators by the method well simulating the natural wetting condition. Switching impulse flashover voltage with the waveshape having a long wavefront time of 2 ms can be well correlated with the flashover voltage characteristics of temporary ac overvoltage. Higher flashover voltage characteristics were obtained by a clean fog test method compared with those obtained by equivalent fog test method.     

从长贮试验看引信零件表面处理方式选择

总结了历年长贮试验情况，分析了防腐层变化的原因，指出了引信零件在选择表面处理方式时应注意的问题。     

Rectilinear steiner tree heuristics and minimum spanning tree algorithms using geographic nearest neighbors

We study the application of the geographic nearest neighbor approach to two problems. The first problem is the construction of an approximately minimum length rectilinear Steiner tree for a set ofn points in the plane. For this problem, we introduce a variation of a subgraph of sizeO(n) used by YaO [31] for constructing minimum spanning trees. Using this subgraph, we improve the running times of the heuristics discussed by Bern [6] fromO(n ² log n) toO(n log² n). The second problem is the construction of a rectilinear minimum spanning tree for a set ofn noncrossing line segments in the plane. We present an optimalO(n logn) algorithm for this problem. The rectilinear minimum spanning tree for a set of points can thus be computed optimally without using the Voronoi diagram. This algorithm can also be extended to obtain a rectilinear minimum spanning tree for a set of nonintersecting simple polygons.The results in this paper are a part of Y. C. Yee's Ph.D. thesis done at SUNY at Albany. He was supported in part by NSF Grants IRI-8703430 and CCR-8805782. S. S. Ravi was supported in part by NSF Grants DCI-86-03318 and CCR-89-05296.     

面向油气需求的俄罗斯钢管制造业

介绍了俄罗斯制管业的发展概况和国内制管企业格局及产能，同时重点阐述了大直径钢管的发展状况和市场预测，指出俄罗斯钢管业发展趋于稳定，俄罗斯钢管产能已能满足所有地区油气输送部门、机械制造业的需要。     

长输管道建设物流管理新模式——物资配送

长输管道工程是以线路管道与沿途站场为主要内容的建设工程,其物资配送有着不同于一般物流管理的特点,点多线长,且交通不便.文章结合西南成品油管道建设工程的物资配送实践,总结出长输管道物资配送的类型,并从机构设置、计划编制、台账和报表管理等方面介绍了物资配送的管理内容及经验,实践证明,这种物资配送方法不但使业主的物资管理人员大为减少,而且使长输管道工程的物资供应更加及时有序.     

Some results on generalized residual entropy

Shannon’s entropy plays an important role in the context of information theory. Since this entropy is not applicable to a system which has survived for some units of time, the concept of residual entropy has been developed in the literature. Here we generalize the residual entropy by choosing a convex function ? with ?(1) = 0. In this paper, some orderings and aging properties have been defined in terms of the generalized residual entropy function and their properties have been studied. Quite a few results available in the literature have been generalized and some distributions (viz. uniform, exponential, Pareto, power series, finite range) have been characterized through the generalized residual entropy.     

Influence of Missing Values on the Prediction of a Stationary Time Series

Abstract. The influence of missing observations on the linear prediction of a stationary time series is investigated. Simple bounds for the prediction error variance and asymptotic behaviours for short and long‐memory processes respectively are presented.     

非金属防腐管道的中试应用及性能评价

非金属管道因具有优良的耐腐蚀性,在油田得到广泛应用,但其物理机械性能较金属管道差,又限制了在油田的推广,因此有必要对非金属管道的性能进行综合评价,以达到合理选用非金属管道、充分发挥其防腐性能的目的。文章对玻璃钢管、钢骨架复合管、PE内衬管、玻璃釉内衬管和尼龙复合管进行了一年的中试应用及解剖试验评价,认为钢骨架复合管、尼龙复合管的防腐性能及整体性能较好,作为油田集输系统比较适宜的内防腐技术有较好的应用前景;玻璃钢管不适宜在较大压力下应用;PE内衬管防腐性能较好,但内衬与管道的结合力差,玻璃釉内衬管的防腐性能差,二者均不适宜在油田推广应用。