Counterpart Models in Facility Location Science and Reserve Selection Science

Five classes of zero–one programming models for discrete facility location problems are compared to counterpart models for the selection of conservation reserves. The basic problem of siting facilities to cover demand for services is analogous to the problem of selecting reserves to support species diversity. The classes of models include the set covering and maximal covering models, as well as models for backup and redundant coverage. Issues of reliability and uncertainty are addressed by chance constrained covering models and maximal expected covering models. Exact and heuristic solution approaches are discussed. Multi-objective and economic issues are considered.     

Trends in Nitrogen Transport in Swedish Rivers

Concern about nitrogen loads in marine environments has drawn attention to the existence and possible causes of long-term trends in nitrogen transport in rivers. The present study was based on data from the Swedish environmental monitoring programme for surface water quality; the continuity of these data is internationally unique. A recently developed semiparametric method was employed to study the development of relationships between runoff and river transport of nitrogen since 1971; the observed relationships were then used to produce time series of flow-normalised transports for 66 sites in 39 river basins. Subsequent statistical analyses of flow-normalised data revealed only few significant downward trends (p 0.05) during the time period 1971–1994, and the most pronounced of these downward trends were caused by reduced point emissions of nitrogen. The number of significant upward trends was substantially larger (15 for total-N and 18 for NO₃-N). Closer examination of obtained results revealed the following: (i) the most pronounced upward trends were present downstream of lakes, and (ii) observed increases in nitrogen transport coincided in time and space with reduced point emissions of phosphorus or organic matter. This indicated that changes in the retention of nitrogen in lakes were responsible for the upward nitrogen trends. The hypothesis that nitrogen saturation of forest soils has caused a general increase in the riverine export of nitrogen from forested catchments in Sweden was not confirmed. Neither did the results indicate that improved agricultural practices have reduced the export of nitrogen from agricultural catchments.     

Statistical analyses of coastal water quality for a port and harbour region in India

A long-term study of temperature, pH, turbidity, suspended solid, salinity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen has been performed in a port and harbour region in India for four years from December 1996 to November 2000. Marine water quality results showed no regular trend. The mean monthly values of temperature, pH, turbidity, suspended solid, salinity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen were in the range of 22.64 ± 0.4 to 29.05 ± 1.37 °C; 7.65 ± 0.04 to 7.81 ± 0.13; 28.8 ± 14.7 to 64.2 ± 32.0 NTU; 283.5 ± 81.8 to 356.0 ± 159.7 mg/L; 29.78 ± 7.18 to 29.78 ± 1.04 ppt; 4.67 ± 0.50 to 6.01 ± 1.02 mg/L; 5.41 ± 1.92 to 7.56 ± 2.1 mg/L; and 0.25 ± 0.07 to 0.63 ± 0.49 mg/L, respectively. The results of correlation analysis showed that biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) was inversely correlated dissolved oxygen (DO) and poorly correlated with all other parameters. Turbidity and suspended solid were moderately correlated with each other while salinity was moderately correlated with other water quality parameters. In factor analysis, four factors were drawn out of the eight variables, which represented 74% of the variance of the original data. Factor I was related to suspended solid and turbidity. Factor II represented mainly temperature and DO showing inverse relation between these two. Factor III implied the degree of pollution at any monitoring station. Factor IV included pH and salinity. It could be concluded that the factor model represented almost all the variables.     

实验室能力验证中的分割水平检测样品与稳健统计技术

论述了分割水平检测样品和稳健统计技术在对实验室能力验证活动中的应用,并对导致CNAL T040水中金属元素检测能力验证计划中部分结果异常的原因进行了分析。     

Assessment of community noise problem in Greater Beirut Area,Lebanon

Over the last two decades, urban noise has been increasingrapidly, primarily in urban areas, due to population growthand the increase of certain noise sources. The main objectiveof this paper is to assess the sources and possible impactsof the community noise problems in Lebanese urban areas,particularly the Greater Beirut Area. The causes and effectsof community noise pollution are briefly presented. Soundpressure levels that were measured to define existing noiseexposure levels in various locations in the Greater BeirutArea are also presented. The attitudes toward noise pollutionand perceived annoyance impact on a sample of 1,038 exposedresidents are described. The association between measurednoise levels and sources, as well as annoyance, is examinedusing correlation analysis and linear and multiple linearregressions. A set of recommendations is presented to reducecommunity noise problem in Greater Beirut Area.     

Evaluating response surface designs for uncertainty analysis and prescriptive applications of a large-scale water quality model

Environmental models are often too large and cumbersome for effective use in regulatory decision making or in the characterization of uncertainty. This paper describes and compares four response surfaces that could complement a large-scale water quality model, the U.S. National Water Pollution Control Assessment Model (NWPCAM), in simulation and regulatory decision support applications. Results show that a physically based reduced-form model that exploits the mathematical structure of the underlying water quality model is a better predictor of policy-relevant outputs than the polynomial expansions that are frequently used in response surface studies.     

基于统计复杂度的分数阶欠阻尼双稳系统的随机共振研究

目的研究Gaussian白噪声作用下分数阶欠阻尼双稳系统的随机共振现象。方法采用统计复杂度方法探究分数阶导数、余弦信号的幅值及频率、阻尼系数等参数对分数阶系统随机共振效应的影响。结果当这些参数变化时,分数阶系统的统计复杂度曲线和标准Shannon熵曲线会产生不同的变化趋势,且在分数阶导数q=0.3时,系统最易发生随机共振现象。此外,当信号振幅增加至0.2时,可以增强随机共振效应;相反,信号频率增大至0.07时,可以削弱此现象。结论这些因素可以有效地调节分数阶双稳系统的随机共振现象。     

战斗机阻力伞载荷计算研究

目的通过对战斗机阻力伞载荷计算开展研究,为阻力伞安装支持结构的静强度和疲劳强度分析提供支持。方法分别运用工程计算方法、流固耦合数值模拟方法,并对比阻力伞火箭滑车试验实测数据,对阻力伞载荷计算开展研究。同时基于飞参数据,运用统计学方法对影响阻力伞载荷大小和方向的开伞速度、飞机俯仰角、侧风速度与方向等参数进行统计分析,为载荷谱编制提供数据基础。结果确定阻力伞载荷工程计算方法中动载系数k取为1.2,将一次放伞的载荷历程简化为以拉直力和张满力为峰值的两个载荷循环,且拉直力为张满力的50%。以某型飞机766架起落飞参数据为基础,运用皮尔逊Ⅲ型分布、指数分布对开伞速度、飞机俯仰角、侧风速度与方向等参数进行拟合,结合阻力伞载荷计算方法,得出阻力伞载荷大小和方向分布的统计规律。结论明确了阻力伞载荷计算方法及计算相关参数选取,同时提出一种符合战斗机实际使用环境的阻力伞载荷谱编制方法。     

Circular business models: Babbling initial exploratory

This research aims to map Brazilian companies that have business models aligned with the concept of the circular economy. Data were collected for this study through use of a survey and additional research based on the survey results. Within these businesses’ models, an emphasis on the second use of materials as well as the marketing of the product as a service has been highlighted.     

全国非煤矿山总量情况统计分析及监管建议

为研究全国非煤矿山基本情况并为非煤矿山安全监管部门提供决策支撑,采用统计、对比分析等方法,以各地上报的2017年统计数据及历年安全生产年鉴为依据,对我国“十三五”期间非煤矿山总量、类型、分布以及“头顶库”、高边坡露天矿山等重点监管对象进行分析,并在此基础上提出强化重点对象精准监管、严格安全生产条件、严控建设项目准入、规范尾矿库闭库注销制度4点监管建议。分析汇总了截至2017年底我国非煤矿山总量情况的统计数据,可为非煤矿山行业的深入分析研究提供重要支撑。