One of the challenging scheduling problems in Cloud data centers is to take the allocation and migration of reconfigurable virtual machines as well as the integrated features of hosting physical machines into consider...One of the challenging scheduling problems in Cloud data centers is to take the allocation and migration of reconfigurable virtual machines as well as the integrated features of hosting physical machines into consideration. We introduce a Dynamic and Integrated Resource Scheduling algorithm (DAIRS) for Cloud data centers. Unlike traditional load-balance scheduling algorithms which often consider only one factor such as the CPU load in physical servers, DAIRS treats CPU, memory and network bandwidth integrated for both physical machines and virtual machines. We develop integrated measurement for the total imbalance level of a Cloud datacenter as well as the average imbalance level of each server. Simulation results show that DAIRS has good performance with regard to total imbalance level, average imbalance level of each server, as well as overall running time.展开更多
This study concerns a Ka-band solid-state transmitter cloud radar, made in China, which can operate in three different work modes, with different pulse widths, and coherent and incoherent integration numbers, to meet ...This study concerns a Ka-band solid-state transmitter cloud radar, made in China, which can operate in three different work modes, with different pulse widths, and coherent and incoherent integration numbers, to meet the requirements for cloud remote sensing over the Tibetan Plateau. Specifically, the design of the three operational modes of the radar(i.e., boundary mode M1, cirrus mode M2, and precipitation mode M3) is introduced. Also, a cloud radar data merging algorithm for the three modes is proposed. Using one month's continuous measurements during summertime at Naqu on the Tibetan Plateau,we analyzed the consistency between the cloud radar measurements of the three modes. The number of occurrences of radar detections of hydrometeors and the percentage contributions of the different modes' data to the merged data were estimated.The performance of the merging algorithm was evaluated. The results indicated that the minimum detectable reflectivity for each mode was consistent with theoretical results. Merged data provided measurements with a minimum reflectivity of -35 dBZ at the height of 5 km, and obtained information above the height of 0.2 km. Measurements of radial velocity by the three operational modes agreed very well, and systematic errors in measurements of reflectivity were less than 2 dB. However,large discrepancies existed in the measurements of the linear depolarization ratio taken from the different operational modes.The percentage of radar detections of hydrometeors in mid- and high-level clouds increased by 60% through application of pulse compression techniques. In conclusion, the merged data are appropriate for cloud and precipitation studies over the Tibetan Plateau.展开更多
Networking plays a crucial role in cloud computing especially in an inter-cloud environment, where data communications among data centers located at different geographical sites form the foundation of inter-cloud fede...Networking plays a crucial role in cloud computing especially in an inter-cloud environment, where data communications among data centers located at different geographical sites form the foundation of inter-cloud federation. Data transmissions required for inter-cloud federation in the complex inter-cloud networking system are often point-to-multi points, which calls for a more effective and efficient multicast routing algorithm in complex networking systems. In this paper, we investigate the multicast routing problem in the inter-cloud context with K constraints where K ≥ 2. Unlike most of existing algorithms that are too complex to be applied in practical scenarios, a novel and fast algorithm for establishing multicast routing tree for interclouds is proposed. The proposed algorithm leverages an entropybased process to aggregate all weights into a comprehensive metric, and then uses it to search a multicast tree(MT) on the basis of the shortest path tree(SPT). We conduct complexity analysis and extensive simulations for the proposed algorithm from the approximation perspective. Both analytical and experimental results demonstrate that the algorithm is more efficient than a representative multi-constrained multicast routing algorithm in terms of both speed and accuracy, and thus we believe that the proposed algorithm is applicable to the inter-cloud environment.展开更多
Snow cover plays a critical role in global climate regulation and hydrological processes.Accurate monitoring is essential for understanding snow distribution patterns,managing water resources,and assessing the impacts...Snow cover plays a critical role in global climate regulation and hydrological processes.Accurate monitoring is essential for understanding snow distribution patterns,managing water resources,and assessing the impacts of climate change.Remote sensing has become a vital tool for snow monitoring,with the widely used Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)snow products from the Terra and Aqua satellites.However,cloud cover often interferes with snow detection,making cloud removal techniques crucial for reliable snow product generation.This study evaluated the accuracy of four MODIS snow cover datasets generated through different cloud removal algorithms.Using real-time field camera observations from four stations in the Tianshan Mountains,China,this study assessed the performance of these datasets during three distinct snow periods:the snow accumulation period(September-November),snowmelt period(March-June),and stable snow period(December-February in the following year).The findings showed that cloud-free snow products generated using the Hidden Markov Random Field(HMRF)algorithm consistently outperformed the others,particularly under cloud cover,while cloud-free snow products using near-day synthesis and the spatiotemporal adaptive fusion method with error correction(STAR)demonstrated varying performance depending on terrain complexity and cloud conditions.This study highlighted the importance of considering terrain features,land cover types,and snow dynamics when selecting cloud removal methods,particularly in areas with rapid snow accumulation and melting.The results suggested that future research should focus on improving cloud removal algorithms through the integration of machine learning,multi-source data fusion,and advanced remote sensing technologies.By expanding validation efforts and refining cloud removal strategies,more accurate and reliable snow products can be developed,contributing to enhanced snow monitoring and better management of water resources in alpine and arid areas.展开更多
In this paper, we proposed a campus equipment ubiquitous-management system which is based on a genetic algorithm approach in cloud server. The system uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to monitor the status ...In this paper, we proposed a campus equipment ubiquitous-management system which is based on a genetic algorithm approach in cloud server. The system uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to monitor the status of equipment in real time, and uses wire or wireless network to send real-time situation to display on manager's PC or PDA. In addition, the system will also synchronize with database to record and reserve message. Furthermore, the status will display not only to a single manager but also a number of managers. In order to increase efficiency between graphical user interface (GUI) and database, the system adopts SqlDependency object of ADO.NET so that any changed situation of the database could be known immediately and synchronized with manager's PC or PDA. Because the problem of the equipment utilization is an NP-complete (non-deterministic polynomial) problem, we apply genetic algorithm to enhance the efficiency of finding optimum solution for equipment utilization. We assign constraints into the system, and the system will post back the optimum solution simultaneously on the screen. As a consequence, we compare our genetic algorithm based approach (GA) with the simulated annealing based approach (SA) for maximizing the equipment utilization. Experimental result shows that our GA approach achieves an average 79.66% improvement in equipment utilization in an acceptable run time.展开更多
The satellite laser ranging (SLR) data quality from the COMPASS was analyzed, and the difference between curve recognition in computer vision and pre-process of SLR data finally proposed a new algorithm for SLR was ...The satellite laser ranging (SLR) data quality from the COMPASS was analyzed, and the difference between curve recognition in computer vision and pre-process of SLR data finally proposed a new algorithm for SLR was discussed data based on curve recognition from points cloud is proposed. The results obtained by the new algorithm are 85 % (or even higher) consistent with that of the screen displaying method, furthermore, the new method can process SLR data automatically, which makes it possible to be used in the development of the COMPASS navigation system.展开更多
基金supported by Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese ScholarsState Education Ministry under Grant No.2010-2011 and Chinese Post-doctoral Research Foundation
摘要One of the challenging scheduling problems in Cloud data centers is to take the allocation and migration of reconfigurable virtual machines as well as the integrated features of hosting physical machines into consideration. We introduce a Dynamic and Integrated Resource Scheduling algorithm (DAIRS) for Cloud data centers. Unlike traditional load-balance scheduling algorithms which often consider only one factor such as the CPU load in physical servers, DAIRS treats CPU, memory and network bandwidth integrated for both physical machines and virtual machines. We develop integrated measurement for the total imbalance level of a Cloud datacenter as well as the average imbalance level of each server. Simulation results show that DAIRS has good performance with regard to total imbalance level, average imbalance level of each server, as well as overall running time.
基金funded by the National Sciences Foundation of China(Grant No.91337103)the China Meteorological Administration Special Public Welfare Research Fund(Grant No.GYHY201406001)
摘要This study concerns a Ka-band solid-state transmitter cloud radar, made in China, which can operate in three different work modes, with different pulse widths, and coherent and incoherent integration numbers, to meet the requirements for cloud remote sensing over the Tibetan Plateau. Specifically, the design of the three operational modes of the radar(i.e., boundary mode M1, cirrus mode M2, and precipitation mode M3) is introduced. Also, a cloud radar data merging algorithm for the three modes is proposed. Using one month's continuous measurements during summertime at Naqu on the Tibetan Plateau,we analyzed the consistency between the cloud radar measurements of the three modes. The number of occurrences of radar detections of hydrometeors and the percentage contributions of the different modes' data to the merged data were estimated.The performance of the merging algorithm was evaluated. The results indicated that the minimum detectable reflectivity for each mode was consistent with theoretical results. Merged data provided measurements with a minimum reflectivity of -35 dBZ at the height of 5 km, and obtained information above the height of 0.2 km. Measurements of radial velocity by the three operational modes agreed very well, and systematic errors in measurements of reflectivity were less than 2 dB. However,large discrepancies existed in the measurements of the linear depolarization ratio taken from the different operational modes.The percentage of radar detections of hydrometeors in mid- and high-level clouds increased by 60% through application of pulse compression techniques. In conclusion, the merged data are appropriate for cloud and precipitation studies over the Tibetan Plateau.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61309031)
摘要Networking plays a crucial role in cloud computing especially in an inter-cloud environment, where data communications among data centers located at different geographical sites form the foundation of inter-cloud federation. Data transmissions required for inter-cloud federation in the complex inter-cloud networking system are often point-to-multi points, which calls for a more effective and efficient multicast routing algorithm in complex networking systems. In this paper, we investigate the multicast routing problem in the inter-cloud context with K constraints where K ≥ 2. Unlike most of existing algorithms that are too complex to be applied in practical scenarios, a novel and fast algorithm for establishing multicast routing tree for interclouds is proposed. The proposed algorithm leverages an entropybased process to aggregate all weights into a comprehensive metric, and then uses it to search a multicast tree(MT) on the basis of the shortest path tree(SPT). We conduct complexity analysis and extensive simulations for the proposed algorithm from the approximation perspective. Both analytical and experimental results demonstrate that the algorithm is more efficient than a representative multi-constrained multicast routing algorithm in terms of both speed and accuracy, and thus we believe that the proposed algorithm is applicable to the inter-cloud environment.
基金funded by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program(2021xjkk1400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42071049)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(2019D01C022)the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Innovation Environment Construction Special Project&Science and Technology Innovation Base Construction Project(PT2107)the Tianshan Talent-Science and Technology Innovation Team(2022TSYCTD0006).
摘要Snow cover plays a critical role in global climate regulation and hydrological processes.Accurate monitoring is essential for understanding snow distribution patterns,managing water resources,and assessing the impacts of climate change.Remote sensing has become a vital tool for snow monitoring,with the widely used Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)snow products from the Terra and Aqua satellites.However,cloud cover often interferes with snow detection,making cloud removal techniques crucial for reliable snow product generation.This study evaluated the accuracy of four MODIS snow cover datasets generated through different cloud removal algorithms.Using real-time field camera observations from four stations in the Tianshan Mountains,China,this study assessed the performance of these datasets during three distinct snow periods:the snow accumulation period(September-November),snowmelt period(March-June),and stable snow period(December-February in the following year).The findings showed that cloud-free snow products generated using the Hidden Markov Random Field(HMRF)algorithm consistently outperformed the others,particularly under cloud cover,while cloud-free snow products using near-day synthesis and the spatiotemporal adaptive fusion method with error correction(STAR)demonstrated varying performance depending on terrain complexity and cloud conditions.This study highlighted the importance of considering terrain features,land cover types,and snow dynamics when selecting cloud removal methods,particularly in areas with rapid snow accumulation and melting.The results suggested that future research should focus on improving cloud removal algorithms through the integration of machine learning,multi-source data fusion,and advanced remote sensing technologies.By expanding validation efforts and refining cloud removal strategies,more accurate and reliable snow products can be developed,contributing to enhanced snow monitoring and better management of water resources in alpine and arid areas.
摘要In this paper, we proposed a campus equipment ubiquitous-management system which is based on a genetic algorithm approach in cloud server. The system uses radio frequency identification (RFID) to monitor the status of equipment in real time, and uses wire or wireless network to send real-time situation to display on manager's PC or PDA. In addition, the system will also synchronize with database to record and reserve message. Furthermore, the status will display not only to a single manager but also a number of managers. In order to increase efficiency between graphical user interface (GUI) and database, the system adopts SqlDependency object of ADO.NET so that any changed situation of the database could be known immediately and synchronized with manager's PC or PDA. Because the problem of the equipment utilization is an NP-complete (non-deterministic polynomial) problem, we apply genetic algorithm to enhance the efficiency of finding optimum solution for equipment utilization. We assign constraints into the system, and the system will post back the optimum solution simultaneously on the screen. As a consequence, we compare our genetic algorithm based approach (GA) with the simulated annealing based approach (SA) for maximizing the equipment utilization. Experimental result shows that our GA approach achieves an average 79.66% improvement in equipment utilization in an acceptable run time.
摘要The satellite laser ranging (SLR) data quality from the COMPASS was analyzed, and the difference between curve recognition in computer vision and pre-process of SLR data finally proposed a new algorithm for SLR was discussed data based on curve recognition from points cloud is proposed. The results obtained by the new algorithm are 85 % (or even higher) consistent with that of the screen displaying method, furthermore, the new method can process SLR data automatically, which makes it possible to be used in the development of the COMPASS navigation system.