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Ethical Dilemmas Of Nurse Executives: A Descriptive Study, Caroline Camunas Dec 2019

Ethical Dilemmas Of Nurse Executives: A Descriptive Study, Caroline Camunas

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This research was designed to describe the ethical dilemmas and to identify the facilitating and inhibiting factors perceived by nurse executives when making decisions that have ethical implications. As there has been little research in this area the study was a descriptive study one.

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Heading Towards An Effective Mechanism For The Protection Of Collective Interests Of Consumers – Some Comments On The Proposal For A Directive On Representative Actions, Jagna Mucha Dec 2019

Heading Towards An Effective Mechanism For The Protection Of Collective Interests Of Consumers – Some Comments On The Proposal For A Directive On Representative Actions, Jagna Mucha

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In April 2018, the European Commission introduced a long awaited Proposal for a Directive on represented actions, which aims to modernize the existing European collective redress system. The aim of this paper is to answer the question whether the solutions put forward in this Proposal will improve the landscape of collective redress in the EU. For this purpose, I analyse the existing model of collective consumer redress in the EU, as set forth by Directive 98/27/EC, Directive 2009/22/ EC and Recommendation 2013/396/EU; I also evaluate it from the perspective of its functionality with special consideration of key problematic issues. Against …

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Cartel Facilitating As A Special Form Of Participation In Anticompetitive Agreements Under Eu And Polish Competition Law. Warsaw, 3 April 2019, Artur Szmigielski Dec 2019

Cartel Facilitating As A Special Form Of Participation In Anticompetitive Agreements Under Eu And Polish Competition Law. Warsaw, 3 April 2019, Artur Szmigielski

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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The Principles Of Article 102(C) Tfeu In Cases Of Non-Exclusionary Secondary Line Discrimination On Grounds Other Than Nationality Case Comment To The Judgment Of Eu Court Of Justice Of 19 April 2018 Meo-Serviços De Comunicações E Multimédia (C-525/16), Jan Szczodrowski Dec 2019

The Principles Of Article 102(C) Tfeu In Cases Of Non-Exclusionary Secondary Line Discrimination On Grounds Other Than Nationality Case Comment To The Judgment Of Eu Court Of Justice Of 19 April 2018 Meo-Serviços De Comunicações E Multimédia (C-525/16), Jan Szczodrowski

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Although the instances of application of Article 102(c) TFEU can hardly be described as rare, to date it has been applied to essentially two sets of diverging situations, namely to discrimination on grounds of nationality on the one hand, and other forms of discrimination on the other. While there is a relatively high number of instances of the former category of applications, and the criteria of the application of Article 102(c) TFEU to such situations seem straightforward, fewer cases exist in which Article 102(c) TFEU was applied to non-exclusionary secondary line discrimination on grounds other than nationality, and the criteria …

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The Polish Leniency Programme And The Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive Leniency-Related Standards In Poland, Patrycja Szot Dec 2019

The Polish Leniency Programme And The Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive Leniency-Related Standards In Poland, Patrycja Szot

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

This publication discusses the current state of the Polish leniency programme and the amendments required in order to implement the ECN+ Directive (in particular in the area of specific conditions for leniency, individual sanctions, protection of leniency statements or leniency plus) as well as harmonisation flaws (primarily lack of one-stop-shop, universal language, failure to lay down rules regulating the reduction of fines or fully coordinating rules on immunity from individual sanctions, lack of harmonisation regarding applications in non-cartel cases). The author’s view is that the Polish system in broad terms corresponds to the majority of the harmonised standards owing to …

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The Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive In Hungary And Lessons Beyond, Katalin J. Cseres Dec 2019

The Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive In Hungary And Lessons Beyond, Katalin J. Cseres

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In order to facilitate national competition authorities (NCAs) in their application of EU competition rules, the EU legislator adopted Directive 2019/1/EU. The Directive’s aim is to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers of competition law and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The so-called ECN+ Directive introduces minimum harmonisation rules allowing competition authorities to have common investigative, decision-making (notably fining decisions) and enforcement powers. The Directive, furthermore, sets minimum safeguards for the NCAs’ independence, accountability and resources as well as harmonizes leniency programmes including the coordination of national leniency programmes …

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Editorial Foreword, Grzegorz Materna, Anna Piszcz Dec 2019

Editorial Foreword, Grzegorz Materna, Anna Piszcz

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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New Scenarios Of The Right Of Defence Following Directive 1/2019, Marialaura Rea Dec 2019

New Scenarios Of The Right Of Defence Following Directive 1/2019, Marialaura Rea

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of Article 3 of Directive 1/2019 when transposing it by Member States. The incompleteness and vagueness of Article 3 of Directive 2019/1 could cause non-harmonization in the various EU Member States, especially those in Eastern Europe, of the right of defence for the defendant party in the antitrust procedure. More specifically, to avoid this effect, Member States must adapt to European standards. In doing so, the paper intends to shed some light on how the right of defence is protected by the European Commission during competition proceedings.

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Directive (Eu) 2019/1 As Another Brick Into Empowerment Of Slovak Market Regulator, Hana Kováčiková Dec 2019

Directive (Eu) 2019/1 As Another Brick Into Empowerment Of Slovak Market Regulator, Hana Kováčiková

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The paper analyses the legal challenges brought to the Slovak competition law by Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market. The author selected particular issues from Slovak competition law and compares the state-of-the-art national situation with corresponding parts of this harmonising act. In the paper, specific attention will be given to compliance with safeguards, to the regulation of conflict of interest, to the examination of the effectiveness of …

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Extending The Principle Of Economic Continuity To Private Enforcement Of Competition Law. What Lies Ahead For Corporate Restructuring And Civil Damages Proceedings After Skanska? Case Comment To The Judgement Of The Court Of Justice Of 14 March 2019 Skanska Industrial Solutions And Others (Case C-724/17), Vasiliki Fasoula Dec 2019

Extending The Principle Of Economic Continuity To Private Enforcement Of Competition Law. What Lies Ahead For Corporate Restructuring And Civil Damages Proceedings After Skanska? Case Comment To The Judgement Of The Court Of Justice Of 14 March 2019 Skanska Industrial Solutions And Others (Case C-724/17), Vasiliki Fasoula

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In the tradition of civil law Member States, civil liability issues are linked to the legal entity that caused a damage, with the exception of lifting the corporate veil. The Finnish competition authority imposed fines to Finnish companies that participated in an asphalt cartel. Following that decision, an action for damages was lodged for infringement of Article 101 TFEU that ultimately led to the Skanska ruling. The European judge completes and specifies some ambiguities of the Damages Directive. From a holistic point of view of the objective pursued by both public and private enforcement of European competition law rules, the …

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Competition Law Enforcement In Italy After The Ecn+ Directive: The Difficult Balance Between Effectiveness And Over-Enforcement, Giacomo Dalla Valentina Dec 2019

Competition Law Enforcement In Italy After The Ecn+ Directive: The Difficult Balance Between Effectiveness And Over-Enforcement, Giacomo Dalla Valentina

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Almost fifteen years after its adoption, the system of decentralized enforcement laid down in Regulation 1/2003 has shaped competition law in a way that could hardly be predicted, in terms of both magnitude and quality of the activities of National Competition Authorities. More recently, the so-called ‘ECN+ Directive’ was adopted to address the shortcoming of such system, namely a perceived lack of independence and accountability of several NCAs and a certain degree of divergence within the European Competition Network. In this scenario, the Italian Competition Authority has frequently been depicted as a well-equipped, independent and effective enforcer and – with …

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Third Annual Conference: Innovation Economics For Antitrust Lawyers. London, 1 March 2019, Marcin Mleczko Dec 2019

Third Annual Conference: Innovation Economics For Antitrust Lawyers. London, 1 March 2019, Marcin Mleczko

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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Collective Proceedings For Damages In Uk Competition Law Case Comment To The Judgment Merricks V Mastercard [2019] Ewca Civ 674, Kathryn Mcmahon Dec 2019

Collective Proceedings For Damages In Uk Competition Law Case Comment To The Judgment Merricks V Mastercard [2019] Ewca Civ 674, Kathryn Mcmahon

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Merricks v Mastercard [2019] is the first action under the newly developed ‘opt-out’ collective proceedings regime for aggregate damages under UK competition law to be considered by the UK Court of Appeal. It is significant for both the level of damages (£14 billion (€16 billion)) and the clarification of the legal test at the certification stage for the suitability for an aggregate award: the method for calculation of the aggregate damages and the sufficiency of evidence. The Court’s lowering of these thresholds importantly opens the door to future class actions and reasserts the importance of collective proceedings as a valuable …

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Cumulative Enforcement Of European And National Competition Law And The Ne Bis In Idem Principle Case Comment To The Judgement Of Eu Court Of Justice Of 3 April 2019 Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Na Życie S.A. V Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji I Konsumentów (Case C-617/17), Mario Libertini Dec 2019

Cumulative Enforcement Of European And National Competition Law And The Ne Bis In Idem Principle Case Comment To The Judgement Of Eu Court Of Justice Of 3 April 2019 Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Na Życie S.A. V Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji I Konsumentów (Case C-617/17), Mario Libertini

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The judgement of EU Court of Justice in response to the request for a preliminary ruling by the Polish Supreme Court confirms that the principle of ne bis in idem, enshrined in Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, must be interpreted as not precluding a national competition authority from fining an undertaking in a single decision for an infringement of national competition law and for an infringement of Article 82 EC (now Article 102 TFEU). In that regard it can be concluded that the judgement does not have anything new and is just a …

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Anna Piszcz And Adam Jasser (Eds.), Legislation Covering Business-To-Business Unfair Trading Practices In The Food Supply Chain In Central And Eastern European Countries, University Of Warsaw, Faculty Of Management Press 2019, 278 P., Václav Šmejkal Dec 2019

Anna Piszcz And Adam Jasser (Eds.), Legislation Covering Business-To-Business Unfair Trading Practices In The Food Supply Chain In Central And Eastern European Countries, University Of Warsaw, Faculty Of Management Press 2019, 278 P., Václav Šmejkal

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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Implementing The Ecn+ Directive In Lithuania: Towards An Over-Enforcement Of Competition Law?, Gintarė Surblytė-Namavičienė Dec 2019

Implementing The Ecn+ Directive In Lithuania: Towards An Over-Enforcement Of Competition Law?, Gintarė Surblytė-Namavičienė

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In 2018, the ECN+ Directive was issued with a goal to grant stronger powers to national competition authorities while enforcing competition law. This article analyses how the legal provisions of the ECN+ Directive have already been implemented in the Lithuanian Law on Competition, and considers what further changes may need to be made in order to fully implement the ECN+ Directive in the national law. It elaborates on the legal challenges while implementing the aforementioned Directive and provides a critical view on some of the amendments that have already been made.

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Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 12/12/2019, Academic Senate Executive Committee Dec 2019

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 12/12/2019, Academic Senate Executive Committee

Academic Senate Minutes

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Simulation Analysis Of Head And Neck Injuries For Aircrew Escape System During Traction Rescue, Bohao Xing, Qianxing Zhou, Xingwei Wang, Yuan Yue Dec 2019

Simulation Analysis Of Head And Neck Injuries For Aircrew Escape System During Traction Rescue, Bohao Xing, Qianxing Zhou, Xingwei Wang, Yuan Yue

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The biomechanical response of human head and neck was studied to safeguard the helicopter aircrew in the traction escape process. A finite element model of human head and neck was established based on the Chinese pilot’s stature standard. The simulation and experiment results were compared to verify the validity of the model. The simulations under different period overload accelerations obtained from manikin traction aircrew escape experiment were performed to analyze the injuries of human head and neck in the processes of one shoulder traction and both shoulders traction. By an analysis of the head impact and acceleration, the simulation …

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Airplane Pre-Conditioning Optimizing Control Based On Large-Scale System Theory, Xiuyan Wang, Gewen Zhang, Zhou Chen, Zongshuai Li, Yanmin Liu Dec 2019

Airplane Pre-Conditioning Optimizing Control Based On Large-Scale System Theory, Xiuyan Wang, Gewen Zhang, Zhou Chen, Zongshuai Li, Yanmin Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at airplane pre-conditioning optimizing control, a modified OPBM (Output Predicition and Balance Method) was introduced. Taking Boing 737 airplane pre-conditioning as the research subject, the decentralized identification algorithm was adopted for establishing the airplane pre-conditioning large-scale system model; the optimal objective considering the system energy consumption, air conditioning area human comfort, and air quality was proposed; and the global system optimization operating condition model was constructed. The OPBMLF with local feedback was designed to optimize globally airplane pre-conditioning system model. Matlab was used for achieving simulation research, and the results was compared with the real data. The results …

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Optimization Simulation Analysis Of Process Parameters On Sunroof Roller Hemming Quality Of Car, Haijiang Liu, Qingqing Xu, Tang Da Dec 2019

Optimization Simulation Analysis Of Process Parameters On Sunroof Roller Hemming Quality Of Car, Haijiang Liu, Qingqing Xu, Tang Da

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problems of car creep or roll-in and grow or roll-out and wave wrinkling defects in the process of sunroof roller hemming, two quantitative indicators of roller hemming—“coefficient of wave wrinkling” T and “coefficient of creep or roll-in and grow or roll-out” D were put forward in terms of the flange height, roll diameter and distance of TCP-RTP (tool center point-robot target point); a simulation experiment was designed based on orthogonal test; and a finite element model was established. By analyzing the simulation experiment data, the weights and trends of the influence factors on …

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Simulation Of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Route Planning, Zhu Zhi, Yonglin Lei, Yifan Zhu Dec 2019

Simulation Of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Route Planning, Zhu Zhi, Yonglin Lei, Yifan Zhu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Simulation of helicopter anti-submarine tactics not only requires pure theory analysis, but also needs an efficient simulation system support. Current anti-submarine tactics in the search phase include the use of dipping sonar and sonobuoys. A simulation case is designed based on equipment on service; the evaluation of above tactics on helix square, parallel round, and line spread using dipping sonar is presented. The tactics on the circle, square, and triangle using sonobuoys are evaluated as well. It shows that the proposed method can improve the efficiency of simulation application development, so as to meet the requirements of simulation-based military …

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Surgery Simulation Of Internal Fixation For Compression Fractures, Xie Cui, Junmei Geng, Li Jian, Junyu Dong Dec 2019

Surgery Simulation Of Internal Fixation For Compression Fractures, Xie Cui, Junmei Geng, Li Jian, Junyu Dong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Virtual surgery simulation provides new means for medical surgery training with realism and immersion. A virtual surgery simulation of internal fixation for compression fractures is designed and implemented. By constructing 3D surgical scene, making deformation animation, adopting multi-level colliders combination and switching method for collision detection, and designing a multi-factors force feedback model to compute the tactile force and mapping the values to the different levels of vibration intensity of the HTC handle, combining with voice guidance and UI visual feedback, a visual, audible and tactile multi-channel surgical experience can be obtained. The system provides a guiding training module …

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Pulse Signal Detection Based On Dual Extended Duffing Oscillators, Wenmao Luo Dec 2019

Pulse Signal Detection Based On Dual Extended Duffing Oscillators, Wenmao Luo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Because the chaotic oscillator can detect signal under lower SNR than the usual signal detection methods, it has been widely studied. In order to extend the application range of the existing chaotic oscillator to aperiodic pulse signal detection, a detection method based on dual Duffing oscillator is proposed. The method uses the difference between the state variables of two generalized time scale Duffing oscillators to detect signal. By selecting the system parameters rationally, the method can detect aperiodic square pulse while the SNR is as low as -30 dB, and detect signals at lower SNR than existing methods. …

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Study On Simulation Technology Of Bi-/Multistatic Sar Radio Echo, Liu Jin, Zhe Liu, Ni Hong, Qingchang Tao Dec 2019

Study On Simulation Technology Of Bi-/Multistatic Sar Radio Echo, Liu Jin, Zhe Liu, Ni Hong, Qingchang Tao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A real-time bi-/multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) radio frequency signal simulation method for three-dimensional scene target is proposed. This method divides scene map with 5*5m resolution and presets ackscattering-coefficient. According to the flight path and geometrical model, the key parameters such as the range between SAR and target and the weighting coefficient of the antenna pattern can be calculated. Then, the real-time simulation of bi-/multistatic SAR echo signal is realized in complex scenes by utilizing fast time-domain convolution. The validity of the method is proved by simulation.

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Gpr Modeling Method Based On Kernel Slow Feature Analysis And Time Delay Estimation, Huilai Peng, Weili Xiong Dec 2019

Gpr Modeling Method Based On Kernel Slow Feature Analysis And Time Delay Estimation, Huilai Peng, Weili Xiong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A Gaussian process regression modeling method based on kernel slow feature analysis is proposed to deal with the time delay and nonlinear characteristics in industrial processes. The time delay in the industrial data is effectively extracted by fuzzy curve analysis and the optimal time-delay in the data is obtained. The model data is reconstructed based on the optimal delay. The method of kernel slow feature analysis is used to extract the nonlinear features of the reconstructed data. The Gaussian process regression model is established based on the extracted features. The effectiveness and performance of the method are verified by …

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Gi-Map Tree: Global Illumination Collaborative Real-Time Rendering In Web3d Dynamic Scene, Liu Chang, Jinyuan Jia, Yifan Lu, Zhang Qian, Zhao Lei Dec 2019

Gi-Map Tree: Global Illumination Collaborative Real-Time Rendering In Web3d Dynamic Scene, Liu Chang, Jinyuan Jia, Yifan Lu, Zhang Qian, Zhao Lei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the dynamic illumination in web-based virtual reality environment, an interactive real-time rendering mechanism that integrates pre-storage, scheduling and optimization based on a collaborative real-time rendering system. The mechanism helps the rendering system to construct a viewpoint-based pre-storage structure, “GI map tree”, to save and organize illumination rendering information on cloud server. With the assist of “GI map tree” and the user's input behavior, a “heat”-based GI map group scheduling algorithm is proposed to improve the transmission efficiency of the rendering system in this mechanism. The experiment results of Web3D application in the Web environment show that the …

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Simulation Research On Operation Effect Of Vav Air-Conditioning System With Variable Water Temperature Strategy, Qinglong Meng, Zhibo Zhang, Xiong Cheng Dec 2019

Simulation Research On Operation Effect Of Vav Air-Conditioning System With Variable Water Temperature Strategy, Qinglong Meng, Zhibo Zhang, Xiong Cheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem of coordinated operation between VAV (variable air volume) and variable water temperature in central air conditioning system, a TRNSYS dynamic simulation model of air conditioning system with adjustable air supply and water supply temperature is established, and the accuracy of the model is proved by experiments. By controlling the terminal air volume to simulate the effect of variable water temperature operation on the air conditioning system under different load rates, the optimal water supply temperature of the air conditioning system under different load rates is obtained, and the variable water temperature operation strategy of the …

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Synthetic Aperture Ultrasonic Imaging Algorithm Based On Robust Capon Beamforming In Eigenspace, Yecai Guo, Xiaoxing Ji Dec 2019

Synthetic Aperture Ultrasonic Imaging Algorithm Based On Robust Capon Beamforming In Eigenspace, Yecai Guo, Xiaoxing Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to lower the main lobe width and side lobe amplitude of SAF beams ,improve the robustness of ultrasound imaging algorithm, resolution, contrast in images, a synthetic aperture ultrasonic imaging algorithm based on robust Capon beamforming in eigenspace is proposed. Under the principle of MV, this algorithm firstly uses the Toeplitz to realize the reconstruction of the interference-noise covariance matrix and keep it nonsingular. Secondly, the vector error is constrained by the signal subspace and the elliptic constraint set in feature space. Finally, the optimal weight vector which is used to weight and image the echo data is …

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Power Quality Disturbance Recognition Base On Maximum Variance Unfolding, Linlin Che, Yinghui Kong, Zhixiong Chen Dec 2019

Power Quality Disturbance Recognition Base On Maximum Variance Unfolding, Linlin Che, Yinghui Kong, Zhixiong Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the complexity of power quality disturbance (PQD), a recognition method of PQD feature extraction method based on maximum variance unfolding (MVU) is proposed and PQD recognition is completed by combining classifier algorithm in this paper. The wavelet energy features of PQD are extracted by wavelet transform to construct the original feature set.For the reason that non-convex quadratic programming is transformed into convex semi-definite optimization problem by kernel function, the MVU method is applied to compress the sample features into 3-dimension features which keep low dimensional structure in high dimensional space and make a rough recognition of …

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Equipment Assignment And Supporting Efficiency Evaluation Based On Simulation, Lingwei Li, Wang Bing, Junhai Cao, Zhang Lei, Shen Hong Dec 2019

Equipment Assignment And Supporting Efficiency Evaluation Based On Simulation, Lingwei Li, Wang Bing, Junhai Cao, Zhang Lei, Shen Hong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: This paper studies an efficiency evaluation problem of equipment assignment policy (EAP), based on simulation modeling and analysis. Concept models of the life-cycle, operation preparing, training tasks, assignment and maintenance of equipment are presented. And mathematical models of the efficiency measures of EAP is established. Procedure simulation models based on flowchart is presented. The simulation models by C++ programming language is implemented. An example is designed and simulated. Time-varying data and evaluations of the EAP efficiency measures are also shown. The results show that this methodology can perform a comprehensive modeling and simulation for EAP, and multiple efficiency measures …

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