Effective naive Bayes nearest neighbor based image classification on GPU

Non-parametric classifier, Naive Bayes nearest neighbor, is designed with no training phase, and its performance outperforms many well-trained learning-based image classifiers. Unfortunately, despite its high accuracy, it suffers from great computational pressure from distance computations in space of local feature. This paper explores accelerating strategies from perspectives of both algorithm design and software development. Our approach integrates space decomposition capability of Product quantization (PQ) and parallel accelerating capability of underlying computational platform, Graphics processing unit (GPU). PQ is exploited to compress the indexed local features and prune the search space. GPU is used to ease most of computational pressure by processing the tasks in parallel. To achieve good parallel efficiency, a new sequential classification process is first designed and decomposed into independent components with high parallelism. Effective parallelization techniques are then presented to make use of computational resources. Parallel heap array is built to accelerate the process of feature quantization. Distance table lookup is built to speed up the process of feature search. Comparative experiments on UIUC-Sport dataset demonstrate that our integrated solution outperforms other implementations significantly on Core-quad Intel Core i7 950 CPU and GPU of NVIDIA Geforce GTX460. Scalability experiment on 80 million tiny images database shows that our approach still performs well when large-scale image database is explored.     

Point-based online value iteration algorithm in large POMDP

Partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) is an ideal framework for sequential decision-making under uncertainty in stochastic domains. However, it is notoriously computationally intractable to solving POMDP in real-time system. In order to address this problem, this paper proposes a point-based online value iteration (PBOVI) algorithm which involves performing value backup at specific reachable belief points, rather than over the entire belief simplex, to speed up computation processes, exploits branch-and-bound pruning approach to prune the AND/OR tree of belief states online, and proposes a novel idea to reuse the belief states that have been searched to avoid repeated computation. The experiment and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can simultaneously satisfy the requirement of low errors and high timeliness in real-time system.     

聚氨酯改性聚异氰脲酸酯弹性体的合成和热性能分析

本文介绍用２，４，６－三（二甲胺基甲基）苯酚（ＤＭＰ－３０）作催化剂，采用一步法工艺制备聚氨酯改性聚异氰脲酸酯弹性体的研究工作，并用红外光谱、差热分析、热失重等方法对所制弹性体进行了定性、定量热性能分析。结果表明，通过调节催化剂用量、两组分摩尔比等工艺条件，可以使整个反应过程在１分钟之内完成，适合ＲＩＭ加工工艺；由红外光谱法和差热分析可定性确知所制材料中含有聚异氰脲酸酯三聚体和氨酯，由热失重分析可     

ZnO对MgO-Al2O3-SiO2体系的结构和红外辐射性能的影响

采用固相反应法制备名义组成为Mg2 ( 1x) Zn2xAl4Si5O1 8(x =0～ 0 .6)的红外辐射材料 ,测试了样品的红外辐射性能 ,并用XRD ,IR ,2 9SiMASNMR等方法研究了体系的结构。研究结果表明 :x≤ 0 .2时样品主要为Zn2 固溶α堇青石结构 ,Zn2 的固溶使T1 (与 [MgO6 ]八面体一起在六元环之间起连接作用的四面体 )和T2 (组成六元环结构的四面体 )四面体上Al,Si分布的有序度提高 ,引起α堇青石晶格产生畸变 ,增强了晶格振动的非简谐效应和样品的红外辐射性能。x =0 .2时样品的红外辐射性能达到最佳 ,其法向全波段比辐射率达到 0 .89,在 8～ 2 5 μm内各波段的辐射率达到 0 .90～ 0 .93。x >0 .2时样品的红外辐射性能随x的增大而降低 ,x≥ 0 .4时样品中主要形成 (Mg1xZnx)Al2 O4尖晶石固溶体和方石英     

改性低毒脲醛树脂的合成及性能研究

采用六亚甲基四胺做催化剂，加入聚乙烯醇（PVA）、三聚氰胺和硫脲作为改性剂，通过降低甲醛与尿素物质的量比、采用尿素分批加入的合成方法，制备出改性低毒的脲醛树脂（UF），使游离甲醛质量分数低于0．30％；采用捏合和模压成型方法，将改性和普通UF树脂分别与剑麻纤维（SF）制备UF／SF共混复合材料，研究了复合材料的力学性能和吸水性能。结果表明，甲醛和尿素物质的量比为1．1时，游离甲醛质量分数降低到0．16％；甲醛和尿素物质的量比为1．2时，三聚氰胺、PVA及硫脲加入量分别为尿素总量的2．0％，1．5％，1．0％（质量分数）时，游离甲醛质量分数降低到了0．10％，粘度达到0．41Pa·S，贮存期大于80d；改性UF／SF复合材料的性能比普通UF／SF复合材料的冲击性能和耐磨性能分别提高了114％和261％。     

Mechanical properties and thermal stability of double‐shell thermal‐energy‐storage microcapsules

Double‐shell‐structured microcapsules encapsulating phase‐change materials (micro‐PCMs) with an average diameter of 5–10 μm were successfully fabricated with a melamine–formaldehyde resin as the coating material. The mechanical properties of the obtained piled micro‐PCMs, tested under compression, were evaluated with a pressure sensor. Typical stress–strain curves showed that both the single‐shell‐ and double‐shell‐structured microcapsules had yield points and maximum point pressures. The morphological changes in the shell surface confirmed the existence of yield points by scanning electron microscopy. When the pressure was beyond the yield point, the microcapsules showed conventional plastic behavior, and the double‐shell structure was more mechanically stable than the single‐shell one. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis results revealed that the properties of the phase‐change materials experienced no variation after coating with a single‐shell‐ or double‐shell‐structured polymer. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the double‐shell‐structured micro‐PCMs experienced a weight loss of only about 5% from 86.3 to 232°C but did so more rapidly from 232 to 416°C. Thermoregulation was determined with periodical heating and cooling tests. The data showed that the micro‐PCMs changed temperature in a narrow range of 20–25°C with a time lag of 20 min to reach the maximum or minimum temperature in comparison with a reference temperature of 18–28°C. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 1295–1302, 2007     

勃劳特换热器的性能

勃劳特换热器的性能周绪美，陈建铭，张鹏远，冯元鼎，丁华（北京化工大学化学工程系）关键词勃劳特换热器；压降１引言在生产过程中，气体与气体之间进行热量交换的换热器，在性能评比时，应该用两项指标来衡量。其一是单位产品所需传热面积要小，其二是单位压降的传热膜...     

Color and Vanadium Valency in V-Doped ZrO2

The distribution and chemical states of vanadium in V-doped ZrO₂ were studied to clarify the origin of the color of vanadium-zirconium yellow pigment in comparison with vanadium-tin yellow pigment. ESCA data and measurements of lattice constants of V-doped ZrO₂ revealed that vanadium was dissolved mainly as V⁴⁺ substituting for Zr in ZrO₂ lattice, and its solubility limit was 0.5 wt% as V₂O₅. It was found that the yellow color of vanadium-zirconium yellow was produced predominantly by the dissolved vanadium and that the contribution of vanadium oxide on ZrO₂ grains to the yellow color was about 1/30 of that of the dissolved vanadium when compared on the basis of equimolar quantity of vanadium. Most of the undissolved vanadium oxide was in an amorphous or a poorly crystallized state.     

边缘氢化石墨烯片层结构和光谱性质的密度泛函理论研究

以并3-6苯环为氢化石墨烯片层模型,采用量子化学密度泛函理论方法(DFT)在B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)水平上进行了几何结构全优化,讨论了分子结构、能量、前线分子轨道等性质的变化规律。在得到化合物基态稳定构型的基础上,运用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算了电子吸收光谱的性质。计算结果显示边缘氢化石墨烯片层均为平面结构,线型扶手椅型结构能量最低,结构最稳定。随着石墨烯片层环数的增加HOMO轨道能量增加,LUMO轨道能量降低,能隙能量降低,最大吸收波长明显红移。