291 research outputs found
Quantum state transfer in arrays of flux qubits
In this work, we describe a possible experimental realization of Bose's idea
to use spin chains for short distance quantum communication [S. Bose, {\it
Phys. Rev. Lett.} {\bf 91} 207901]. Josephson arrays have been proposed and
analyzed as transmission channels for systems of superconducting charge qubits.
Here, we consider a chain of persistent current qubits, that is appropriate for
state transfer with high fidelity in systems containing flux qubits. We
calculate the fidelity of state transfer for this system. In general, the
Hamiltonian of this system is not of XXZ-type, and we analyze the magnitude and
the effect of the terms that don't conserve the z-component of the total spin.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure
Photometric and radar observations of an excited eruption in the Zarnitsa-2 experiment
In a controlled experiment a ground photometer and radar station recorded an increase in night sky luminescence following injection of an electron beam into the atmosphere from a rocket at altitudes 80 to 154 km. A main and supplementary scattering and luminescene regions were observed. The effect is presumed to be due to electron eruption induced by artificial action on the magnetosphere
The simulation and optimization of steady state process circuits by means of artificial neural networks
Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1993.ENGLISH ABASTRACT: Since the advent of modern process industries engineers engaged in the
modelling and simulation of chemical and metallurgical processes have had to
contend with two important dilemmas. The first concerns the ill-defined nature
of the processes they have to describe, while the second relates to the
limitations of prevailing computational resources.
Current process simulation procedures are based on explicit process models in
one form or another. Many chemical and metallurgical processes are not
amenable to this kind of modelling however, and can not be incorporated
effectively into current commercial process simulators. As a result many
process operations do not benefit from the use of predictive models and
simulation routines and plants are often poorly designed and run, ultimately
leading to considerable losses in revenue.
In addition to this dilemma, process simulation is in a very real way constrained
by available computing resources. The construction of adequate process models
is essentially meaningless if these models can not be solved efficiently - a
situation occurring all too often.
In the light of these problems, it is thus not surprising that connectionist
systems or neural network methods are singularly attractive to process
engineers, since they provide a powerful means of addressing both these
dilemmas. These nets can form implicit process models through learning by
example, and also serve as a vehicle for parallel supercomputing devices. In this
dissertation the use of artificial neural networks for the steady state modelling
and optimization of chemical and metallurgical process circuits is consequently
investigated.
The first chapter is devoted to a brief overview of the simulation of chemical
and metallurgical plants by conventional methods, as well as the evolution and
impact of computer technology and artificial intelligence on the process
industries.
Knowledge of the variance covariance matrices of process data is of paramount
importance to data reconciliation and gross error detection problems, and
although various methods can be employed to estimate these often unknown variances, it is shown in the second chapter that the use of feedforward neural
nets can be more efficient than conventional strategies.
In the following chapter the important problem of gross error detection in
process data is addressed. Existing procedures are statistical and work well for
systems subject to linear constraints. Non-linear constraints are not handled
well by these methods and it is shown that back propagation neural nets can be
trained to detect errors in process systems, regardless of the nature of the
constraints.
In the fourth chapter the exploitation of the massively parallel information
processing structures of feedback neural nets in the optimization of process
data reconciliation problems is investigated. Although effective and
sophisticated algorithms are available for these procedures, there is an ever
present demand for computational devices or routines that can accommodate
progressively larger or more complex problems. Simulations indicate that neural
nets can be efficient instruments for the implementation of parallel strategies
for the optimization of such problems.
In the penultimate chapter a gold reduction plant and a leach plant are modelled
with neural nets and the models shown to be considerably better than the linear
regression models used in practice. The same technique is also demonstrated
with the modelling of an apatite flotation plant. Neural nets can also be used in
conjunction with other methods and in the same chapter the steady state
simulation and optimization of a gravity separation circuit with the use of two
linear programming models and a neural net are described.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sedert die ontstaan van prosesingenieurswese, het ingenieurs gemoeid met die
modellering en simulasie van chemiese en metallurgiese prosesse met twee
belangrike dilemmas te kampe gehad. Die eerste het te make met die swakgedefinieerde aard van chemiese prosesse, wat die beskrywing en dus ook die
beheer daarvan kompliseer, terwyl die tweede verband hou met die beperkinge
van huidige berekeningsmiddele.
Die prosesse wat tans gebruik word om chemiese prosesse te simuleer is
gebaseer op eksplisiete prosesmodelle van een of ander aard. Baie chemiese en
metallurgiese prosesse kan egter nie op 'n eksplisiete wyse gemodelleer word
nie, en kan gevolglik ook nie doeltreffendheid deur kommersiële
prosessimulators beskryf word nie. Die bedryf van baie prosesse vind derhalwe
nie baat by die gebruik van voorspellende modelle en simulasie-algoritmes nie
en aanlegte word dikwels suboptimaal ontwerp en bedryf, wat uiteindelik tot
aansienlike geldelike verliese kan lei.
Prosessimulasie word op die koop toe ook beperk deur die beskikbaarheid van
berekeningsfasiliteite. Die konstruksie van geskikte prosesmodelle hou geen
voordeel in as hierdie modelle nie doeltreffendheid opgelos kan word nie.
Teen die agtergrond van hierdie probleme is dit nie verrassend dat neurale
netwerke 'n besondere bekoring vir prosesingenieurs inhou nie, aangesien hulle
beide hierdie dilemmas aanspreek. Hierdie nette kan implisiete prosesmodelle
konstrueer deur te leer van voorbeelde en dien ook as 'n raamwerk vir parallelle
superrekenaars. In hierdie proefskrif word die gebruik van kunsmatige neurale
netwerke vir gestadigde toestandsmodellering en optimering van chemiese en
metallurgiese prosesse gevolglik ondersoek.
Die eerste hoofstuk word gewy aan 'n kort oorsig oor die simulasie van
chemiese en metallurgiese aanlegte met konvensionele tegnieke, asook die
ontwikkeling en impak van rekenaartegnologie en skynintelligensie in die
prosesnywerhede.
Kennis van die variansie-kovariansie-matrikse van prosesdata is van kardinale
belang vir datarekonsiliasie en die identifikasie en eliminasie van sistematiese
foute en alhoewel verskeie metodes aangewend kan word om hierdie onbekende variansies te beraam, word daar in die tweede hoofstuk getoon dat
die gebruik van neurale netwerke meer doeltreffend is as konvensionele
strategieë.
In die volgende hoofstuk word die belangrike probleem van sistematiese foutopsporing
in prosesdata ondersoek. Bestaande prosedures is statisties van aard
en werk goed vir stelsels onderworpe aan lineêre beperkinge. Nie-lineêre
beperkinge kan nie doeltreffend deur hierdie prosedures hanteer word nie en
daar word gewys dat terugwaarts-propagerende nette geleer kan word om
sulke foute in prosessisteme op te spoor, ongeag die aard van die beperkinge.
In die vierde hoofstuk word die rekonsiliasie van prosesdata met behulp van
massiewe parallelle dataverwerkingstrukture soos verteenwoordig deur
terugvoerende neurale nette, ondersoek. Alhoewel doeltreffende en
gesofistikeerde algoritmes beskikbaar is vir die optimering van die tipe
probleme, is daar 'n onversadigbare aanvraag na rekenaars wat groter en meer
komplekse stelsels kan akkommodeer. Simulasie dui aan dat neurale nette
effektief aangewend kan word vir die implementering van parallelle strategieë
vir dié tipe optimeringsprobleme.
In die voorlaaste hoof stuk word die konneksionistiese modellering van 'n
goudreduksie- en 'n logingsaanleg beskryf en daar word aangetoon dat die
neurale netwerk-modelle aansienlik beter resultate lewer as die linneêre regressie modelle
wat in die praktyk gebruik word. Dieselfde tegnieke vir die modellering
van 'n flottasie-aanleg vir apatiet word ook bespreek. Neural nette kan ook
saam met ander metodes aangewend word en in dieselfde hoofstuk word die
gebruik van twee lineêre programmeringsmodelle en 'n neural net om 'n
gravitasieskeidingsbaan onder gestadigde toestande te simuleer en te optimeer,
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trans-Dichloridotetrakis[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-tetrazole-κN 4]cobalt(II)
The title cobalt(II) complex, [CoCl2(C3H6N4O)4], was obtained from metallic cobalt by direct synthesis. There are two Co atoms in the asymmetric unit, each lying on an inversion centre and adopting a distorted octahedral coordination. Classical and non-classical hydrogen bonds are responsible for formation of a three-dimensional polymeric network in the crystal
Information technologies in the assessment of timber road train-log trucks
In work the estimation and a choice of log trucks for the certain technology of export of assortments on technical and economic criteria is considered. The considered algorithm includes the formation of requirements for cars-sortiment trucks from the road transport organizations, the choice of cars present in the market, the calculation of their economic efficiency, the definition of integrated quality indicators and the final choice of the car brand. As a result, the most efficient sorting vehicle is chosen for the selected timber transportation segment and the fleet of the trucking organization is formed, depending on the volume of transportation. The offered technique can be used at formation of a cargo vehicle fleet of any enterprise, its updating, and also at the organization of transportations with a view of fastening of concrete cars behind certain routes. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
catena-Poly[cobalt(II)-di-μ-chlorido-κ4 Cl:Cl-μ-1,5-dimethyl-1H-tetrazole-κ2 N 3:N 4]: an X-ray powder investigation
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CoCl2(C3H6N4)]n, contains two Co atoms, both lying on inversion centres, two Cl atoms and one 1,5-dimethyltetrazole ligand. The coordination polyhedra of both Co atoms adopt flattened octahedral geometry, with two N atoms from two ligands in axial positions and four Cl atoms in equatorial sites. Neighbouring Co atoms are linked together via two bridging Cl atoms and one tetrazole ring to form polymeric chains running along the a axis
catena-Poly[[bis[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-tetrazole-κN 4]copper(II)]-di-μ-chlorido]: a powder study
The crystal structure of the title polymeric complex, [CuCl2(C3H6N4O)2]n, was obtained by the Rietveld refinement from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data collected at room temperature. The unique CuII ion lies on an inversion center and is in a slightly distorted octahedral coordination environment. In the hydroxyethyl group, all H atoms, the O atom and its attached C atom are disordered over two positions; the site occupancy factors are ca 0.6 and 0.4. The OH group is involved in an intramolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bond
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