Orientador: Helio Waldman / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T02:56:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Campelo_DivanilsonRodrigodeSousa_D.pdf: 945421 bytes, checksum: 52541c616bcfcfd8ae2d0a50c597fcc3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Investigamos o problema de estimar valores de probabilidades de bloqueio em redes de caminhos ópticos com topologias lineares. Apresentamos um melhor substituto para a suposição de independência de enlaces em redes de topologia linear: a suposição de independência de objetos. Apresentamos a prova assintótica desta suposição para redes lineares infinitas com um único canal, e mostramos que a expressão assintótica é uma aproximação muito boa para anéis finitos de qualquer tamanho. Para o caso de múltiplos comprimentos de onda, apresentamos novas aproximações de carga reduzida para anéis WDM com restrição de continuidade de comprimento de onda. Para anéis com conversão plena de comprimentos de onda, propomos um método matricial inovador que permite cálculos exatos de probabilidades de bloqueio e taxa de ocupação nestas redes. Um método "escalável" para a obtenção da constante de normalização do modelo clássico de Erlang também é apresentado. Por fim, analisamos o desempenho de meios lineares bloqueantes. Apresentamos expressões exatas para o throughput em meios compartimentalizados e não-compartimentalizados, e quantificamos os ganhos de compartimentalização em meios lineares / Abstract: We address the problem of estimating blocking probabilities in optical path networks with linear topologies. We present a better substitute for the link independence assumption in networks with linear topology: the object independence assumption. We present an asymptotic proof of this assumption for in?nite single-channel networks, and we show that the asymptotic expression is a very good approximation for ?nite rings with any size. In the case of multiple wavelengths, we present new reduced load approximations for WDM rings with wavelength continuity constraint. For rings with full wavelength conversion, we propose an innovative matrix-based method for calculating exact values of blocking probabilities and occupancy rates in such networks. A scalable method for deriving the normalization constant of the Erlang¿s classical model is also presented. Finally, we analyze the performance of linear blocking media. We present exact expressions for the throughput in slotted and unslotted media, and we quantify the slotting gains in linear media / Doutorado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

Este estudo discute uma climatologia de 59 anos (1949-2007) de bloqueios no Hemisfério Sul (SH) usando dados de altura geopotencial em 500-hPa das reanálises do National Center for Environmental Prediction / National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP-NCAR). A variabilidade espaço-temporal dos eventos de bloqueio e associações com o El Niño/Oscilação do Sul (ENOS) também foram examinadas. Adicionalmente, os bloqueios foram investigados em dois Modelos de Circulação Geral Acoplados Atmosfera-Oceano de clima (MCGAO) do Intergovernamental Painel for Climate Change (IPCC), o ECHAM5/MPI-OM e o MIROC 3.2. Dois cenários simulados foram analisados: O clima do século XX e o cenário de emissão A1B. Os episódios do ENOS foram identificados usando dois métodos. O primeiro foi o Índice Oceânico Mensal do Niño (ONI) do Climate Prediction Center (CPC-NCEP). O segundo método foi baseado em Funções Empíricas Ortogonais (EOF) e foi aplicado nos MCGAOs. Similarmente, também foi examinado a influencia combinada do ENOS e a Oscilação Antártica (AAO) na ocorrência e características dos bloqueios. O índice diário da AAO foi obtido pelo CPC-NCEP. Os índices convencionais de bloqueios detectam principalmente variações longitudinais. Este trabalho propõe um índice de bloqueio que detecta, além de variações longitudinais também as variações latitudinais dos bloqueios. Cinco setores relevantes de bloqueios foram examinados em detalhes: Indico Sudoeste (SB1), Pacífico Sudoeste (SB2), Pacífico Central (SB3), Pacífico Sudeste (SB4) e Atlântico Sudoeste (SB5). Além disso, foram investigados duas grandes regiões do Pacífico Sul: Pacífico Oeste e Pacífico Leste. Foi encontrado que a escala média típica dos eventos de bloqueio varia entre 1,5 e 2,5 dias. Além disso, a duração dos eventos depende da latitude, com eventos de maior duração observados em latitudes mais altas. Diferenças longitudinais estatisticamente significativas na freqüência do escoamento bloqueado foram observadas entre as fases Quente e Neutra do ENOS desde o outono a primavera. Episódios intensos da fase Quente do ENOS (isto é, moderados a fortes) tendem a modificar o local preferencial de bloqueio, mas não a freqüência. Por outro lado, os episódios fracos da fase Quente do ENOS estiveram associados relativamente com alta freqüência. Os Eventos de bloqueio durante o ENOS+ duram, em média, mais um dia relativamente aos episódios Neutros. Em contraste, a fase Fria do ENOS (ENOS-) caracterizou-se pela redução dos eventos de bloqueio sobre o setor do Pacífico Central, exceto durante os meses do verão austral. Entretanto, nenhuma diferença estatisticamente significativa foi detectada na duração dos eventos. Composições de anomalias de vento em 200-hPa indicam que o enfraquecimento (fortalecimento) do jato polar em torno de 60ºS durante a AAO negativa (positiva) em ambas as fases do ENOS tem uma importância significativa no aumento (redução) dos eventos de bloqueio. Um significativo aumento estatístico dos eventos sobre o setor do Pacífico Sudeste foi observado durante a AAO negativa em ambas as fases do ENOS. Ainda, um aumento (redução) dos eventos foi observado sobre a região do Pacífico Oeste na fase negativa (positiva) da AAO durante o ENOS-. Em contraste, durante o ENOS+ não houve diferenças estatisticamente significativas na distribuição longitudinal dos eventos separado de acordo com as fases opostas da AAO, embora haja um aumento (redução) dos eventos da região do Pacífico Oeste para o Pacífico Leste durante a fase negativa (positiva) da AAO. Os MCGAOs simularam corretamente a amplitude do ciclo anual observado. Também, ambos os MCGAOs simularam melhor a duração e o local preferencial do que freqüência. Nenhum MCGAO simulou adequadamente a freqüência durante a fase Neutra do ENOS. O ECHAM5/MPI-OM (rodada 2) mostra um erro sistemático que levam a uma superestimativa na freqüência de eventos sobre o Pacífico Leste durante as fases Neutra e Fria do ENOS. As diferenças entre as duas versões do MIROC 3.2 indicam que a alta resolução nos modelos melhora o desempenho em simular a freqüência de bloqueios. / This study discusses 59-yr climatology (1949-2007) of Southern Hemisphere (SH) blockings using daily 500-hPa geopotential height data from National Center for Environmental Prediction / National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP-NCAR reanalysis. The spatiotemporal variability of blocking events and associations with El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are examined. Additionally, blockings were examined in two Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Coupled General Circulation Models (CGCM), ECHAM5/MPI-OM and MIROC 3.2. Two sets of simulations were examined: the climate of the 20th century and the A1B emission scenario. ENSO episodes were identified using two methods. The first method was the Monthly Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC-NCEP). The second method was based on Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) and was applied to identify ENSO episodes in the CGCMs. Similarly, the combined influence of ENSO and the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) on the occurrence and characteristics of blockings was also examined. The daily AAO index was obtained from CPC/NCEP. Most conventional blocking indices detect longitudinal variations of blockings. In this study we propose a new blocking index that detects longitudinal and latitudinal variations of blockings. The following relevant sectors of blocking occurrence were identified and examined in detail: Southeast Indian (SB1), Southwest Pacific (SB2), Central Pacific (SB3), Southeast Pacific (SB4) and Southwest Atlantic (SB5) oceans. In addition, we investigated two large regions of South Pacific: West Pacific and East Pacific. We found that the typical timescale of a blocking event is about ~1.5 2.5 days. Nonetheless, the duration of events depends on the latitude, with larger durations observed at higher latitudes. Statistically significant differences in the longitude of blockings are observed between Warm (ENSO+) and Neutral ENSO phases from the Austral fall to spring. Moderate to strong Warm ENSO episodes modulate the preferred locations of blockings but do not play a significant role for variations in their frequency. On the other hand, weak ENOS+ episodes were associated with relatively high frequency of blockings. Blocking events during ENSO+ last on average one more day compared to events that occur during Neutral episodes. In contrast, Cold (ENOS-) ENSO episodes are characterized by a decrease of blockings over the Central Pacific sector, except during the Austral summer months. However, no statistically significant differences are detected in the duration. Composites of 200-hPa zonal wind anomalies indicate that the weakening (strengthening) of the polar jet around 60oS during negative (positive) AAO phases in both ENSO phases plays a major role for the relative increase (decrease) of blocking events. A statistically significant increase of events over Southeast Pacific is observed during negative AAO phases in both ENSO phases. Moreover, an increase (decrease) of events is observed over West Pacific region when negative (positive) AAO phases occur during ENSO-. In contrast, during ENSO+ there is no statistically significant difference in the longitudinal distribution of events separated according to opposite AAO phases, although there is an increase (decrease) in the events from West Pacific region to East Pacific during negative (positive) AAO phase. The CGCMs investigated in this study correctly simulated the amplitude of observed annual cycle of geopotential height in the extratropics. Also, both CGCMs show a better performance in simulating the duration and preferred locations of blockings than their frequency. None of these CGCMs simulated well the frequency during Neutral ENSO phase. The ECHAM5/MPI-OM (run2) shows systematic biases in some regions. For instance, this model overestimates the frequency of blockings over East Pacific region during Cold and Neutral ENSO phases. The differences between the two versions of MIROC 3.2 indicate that the increase in resolution improves the performance of the model in simulating the frequency of blockings.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:25:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_clovis_correa.pdf: 19288418 bytes, checksum: 98a82fd638a44d647e5b27b37e7a8288 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-26 / This work presents the study of atmospheric conditions associated the occurrence of Hurricane Catarina and two study cases. The Catarina occurred in March 2004 and reached the coast of southern Brazil.The other case studies correspond to cut-off lows that occurred in May 2005 and September 2008. It was used the WRF model, version 3.0, to obtain the meteorological fields during the period of occurrence of these events and images of the geostationary satellite GOES-12 and QuikSCAT. For Hurricane Catarina, data from surface meteorological stations were also analyzed. Initially, the study cases consisted of cut-off lows preceded by extratropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean. When they shut the western flow, they occurred at the interface of different patterns of vertical variation of horizontal wind in the layer between 850-200hPa and showed closed cyclonic circulation at middle levels. At high levels, it was observed bifurcation of the jet with a trough quasi-stationnary near the southern coast of Brazil. The observed atmospheric blocking together with the thermodynamic and kinematic configurations of each case contributed to the occurrence of tropical transition and subsequent formation of Hurricane Catarina, in March 2004, while the other cut-off lows dissipated. / Neste trabalho é feito o estudo sobre as condições atmosféricas associadas à ocorrência do furacão Catarina e a dois casos de estudo. O Catarina ocorreu em março de 2004 e atingiu o litoral da região sul do Brasil. Os outros casos de estudo correspondem a baixas desprendidas que ocorreram em maio de 2005 e setembro de 2008. Foi utilizado o modelo WRF, versão 3.0, para a obtenção dos campos meteorológicos durante o período de ocorrência destes eventos e imagens do satélite geoestacionário GOES-12 e do QuikSCAT. Para o furacão Catarina, foram também analisados dados de estações meteorológicas de superfície. Os casos de estudo, inicialmente, corresponderam a baixas desprendidas precedidas por ciclones extratropicais no Oceano Atlântico Sul. Ao se isolarem do escoamento de oeste, ocorreram na interface de padrões distintos de variação vertical do vento horizontal na camada entre 850-200hPa e apresentaram circulação ciclônica fechada em níveis médios. Em altos níveis, foi observada bifurcação do jato com um cavado quase estacionário nas proximidades da costa sul do Brasil. Os bloqueios atmosféricos observados, juntamente com as configurações cinemáticas e termodinâmicas de cada caso, contribuíram para a ocorrência da transição tropical e posterior formação do furacão Catarina, em março de 2004, enquanto que as outras baixas desprendidas se dissiparam.

This project presents the description, design and the implementation of a 4-channel microphone array that is an adaptive sub-band generalized side lobe canceller (GSC) beam former uses for video conferencing, hands-free telephony etc, in a noisy environment for speech enhancement as well as noise suppression. The side lobe canceller evaluated with both Least Mean Square (LMS) and Normalized Least Mean Square (NLMS) adaptation. A testing structure is presented; which involves a linear 4-microphone array connected to collect the data. Tests were done using one target signal source and one noise source. In each microphone’s, data were collected via fractional time delay filtering then it is divided into sub-bands and applied GSC to each of the subsequent sub-bands. The overall Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) improvement is determined from the main signal and noise input and output powers, with signal-only and noise-only as the input to the GSC. The NLMS algorithm significantly improves the speech quality with noise suppression levels up to 13 dB while LMS algorithm is giving up to 10 dB. All of the processing for this thesis is implemented on a computer using MATLAB and validated by considering different SNR measure under various types of blocking matrix, different step sizes, different noise locations and variable SNR with noise. / Mamun Ahmed E-mail: mamuncse99cuet@yahoo.com

L'objectif de cette thèse porte sur l'étude des phénomènes de blocage dans un flux particules à faible densité dans un canal. Le blocage est induit par la géométrie du canal. L'essentiel de mes travaux concerne la description des situations où le blocage est contrôlé par les limites en capacité d'un canal. Le paramètre pertinent pour ce phénomène est donné par le nombre de particules minimum, N, conduisant à l'interruption du flux de particules. Un modèle stochastique simple introduit par Gabrielli et al. (PRL. 110, 170601, 2013) illustre ce comportement: des particules arrivent aléatoirement selon une distribution de Poisson à l'entrée d'un canal unidimensionnel et le traversent avec un temps constant, noté t. Le blocage survient lorsque N particules sont simultanément sur le pont. Le travail de cette thèse à été d'étudier les extensions de ce modèle. Les observables du système sont la probabilité de survie, le flux sortant ainsi que la statistique sur les particules sorties avant le blocage. Les différentes études ont permis pour le cas N>2, pour une distribution homogène quelconque et inhomogène d'entrée, pour un système de multi-canaux ainsi que pour une durée finie de blocage d'obtenir des résultats analytiques exactes ainsi que des approximations à l'aide d'outils statistique. Le dernier projet de cette thèse porte sur l'étude microscopique des phénomènes de blocage. Le modèle simple que nous avons étudié est un système bidimensionnel de particules browniennes soumis à une force de traînée et se déplaçant dans un canal avec rétrécissement. La présence d'un obstacle au milieu du canal peut causer un colmatage selon les valeurs des différents paramètres du système. / This manuscript presents a study of blocking phenomenon in particulate streams flowing through anarrow channel. In particular, it examines situations in which blocking is controlled by the limitedcarrying capacity of the channel. It builds on a simple stochastic model, introduced by Gabrielli etal. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 170601, 2013), in which particles arrive randomly according to a Poissondistribution at the entrance of a one-dimensional channel with an intensity λ and, unless interrupted,exit after a transit time, τ. Blocking occurs instantaneously when N=2 particles are simultaneouslypresent in the channel. The quantities of interest include the probability that the channel is still openat time t (survival probability) and the flux and total number of exiting particles. The thesisexamines a number of generalizations including when more than two particles must be present toinduce blockage, N>2, a time dependent intensity, a finite blocking time, and multi-channelsystems. We obtain exact and approximate analytical results using tools such as the masterequations describing the evolution of the n-particle partial probabilities, large deviation theory andqueuing theory. The theoretical results are validated by comparison with the results of numericalsimulations. The final chapter of the thesis uses a different approach, namely a brownian dynamics simulation of a two dimensional system of soft particles subjected to an external driving and dragforces. The presence of an obstacle in the middle of the channel can cause irreversible orintermittent clogging depending on the system geometry, temperature and particle stiffness.

Finding an optimal solution to the problem of fast and efficient provisioning of reliable connections and failure recovery in future intelligent optical networks is an ongoing challenge. In this dissertation, we investigate and compare the performance of an adapted shared-path protection algorithm with a more conventional approach; both designed for survivable optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) mesh networks. The effect of different classes of service on performance is also investigated. Dedicated path protection is a proactive scheme which reserves spare resources to combat single link failures. Conventional Shared-path Protection (CSP) is desirable due to the efficient utilization of resources which results from the sharing of backup paths. Availability is an important performance assessment factor which measures the probability that a connection is in an operational state at some point in time. It is the instantaneous counterpart of reliability. Therefore, connections that do not meet their availability requirements are considered to be unreliable. Reliability Aware Shared-path Protection (RASP) adopts the advantages of CSP by provisioning reliable connections efficiently, but provides protection for unreliable connections only. With the use of a link disjoint parameter, RASP also permits the routing of partial link disjoint backup paths. A simulation study, which evaluates four performance parameters, is undertaken using a South African mesh network. The parameters that are investigated are: 1. Blocking Probability (BP), which considers the percentage of connection requests that are blocked, 2. Backup Success Ratio (BSR), which considers the number of connections that are successfully provisioned with a backup protection path, 3. Backup Primary Resource Ratio (BPR), which considers the ratio of resources utilized to cater for working traffic to the resources reserved for protection paths and lastly 4. Reliability Satisfaction Ratio (RSR), which evaluates the ratio of provisioned connections that meet their availability requirements to the total number of provisioned connections. Under dynamic traffic conditions with varying network load, simulation results show that RASP can provision reliable connections and satisfy Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements. A competitive Blocking Probability (BP) and lower Backup Primary Resource Ratio (BPR) signify an improvement in resource utilization efficiency. A higher Backup Success Ratio (BSR) was also achieved under high Quality of Service (QoS) constraints. The significance of different availability requirements is evaluated by creating three categories, high availability, medium availability and low availability. These three categories represent three classes of service, with availability used as the QoS parameter. Within each class, the performance of RASP and CSP is observed and analyzed, using the parameters described above. Results show that both the BP and BPR increase with an increase in the availability requirements. The RSR decreases as the reliability requirements increase and a variation in BSR is also indicated. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

This work deals with internet advertising. Describes the basic characteristics of Internet marketing, survey errors that nascent entrepreneurs engage in formulating goals. Discusses the different types of advertising on the Internet usable in terms of functionality, payment options. It also offers an overview of advertising systems that provide these types of ads. In connection with advertising, the work deals with the problem of blocking. On show are the best known systems that block ads, but also ways to bypass such systems. The aim is to give people who want to invest money into advertising, relevant information about our services and help them choose the right type of promotion for your website. According to predefined criteria to verify the suitability of advertising and advertising system on the guesthouse accommodation in Spindleruv Mlyn. The performance is selected advertising system, its functions, a detailed procedure for creating the campaign and its optimization. The results presented show that the ad was chosen correctly. In addition, there are suggested ways to improve an existing campaign.

Le mémoire présente le problème de la planification tactique des “blocks” pour le transport ferroviaire intermodal, qui a été peu étudié jusqu’à présent. Nous proposons un nouveau modèle de design de réseau en tenant compte de la spécificité du transport intermodal. La recherche se concentre sur le contexte nord-américain et fait suite à une étroite collaboration avec l’une des principales compagnies ferroviaires nord-américaines. Le “blocking” constitue une importante opération de transport ferroviaire de marchandises, par laquelle des wagons d’origines et de destinations potentiellement différentes sont regroupés pour être d´eplacés et manipulés comme une seule unité, ce qui permet des économies d’échelle. La littérature se limite aux travaux traitant le problème classique du blocage des trains, où la demande est exprimée en termes de wagons. A notre connaissance, aucun travail préalable n’a été consacrè à un contexte de transport intermodal, où la demande est exprimée en termes de conteneurs à dèplacer d’un terminal d’origine donné vers un terminal de destination donné, introduisant ainsi un processus de consolidation supplémentaire. Nous proposons un modèle de “blocking” qui prend en compte plusieurs types de conteneurs et wagons, intégrant l’affectation conteneur-wagon. Nous présentons un nouveau modèle de design de réseau à trois couches en temps continu formulé sous la forme d’un programme linéaire mixte en nombres entiers (MILP), dans le but de minimiser le coût total de transport composé par la sélection de blocs, les coûts d’exploitation et la gestion du coût de la demande. Le modèle peut être résolu en utilisant un solveur commercial pour des tailles réalistes. Nous illustrons les performances et l’intérêt de la méthode proposée à travers une étude de cas approfondie d’un important chemin de fer nord-américain. / The thesis presents the tactical block-planning problem for intermodal railroads, which has been little studied so far. We propose a new block service network design model considering the specificity of intermodal rail. The research focuses on the North American context and follows a close collaboration with one of the major North American railroad companies. Blocking constitutes an important rail freight transport operation, by which cars with potentially different origins and destinations are grouped to be moved and handled as a single unit, yielding economies of scale. The literature is limited to works addressing the classical train blocking problem, where demand is given in terms of cars to be blocked among specific OD pairs. To the best of our knowledge, no prior work has been dedicated to an intermodal transportation context, where demand is expressed in terms of containers to be moved from a given origin terminal to a given destination terminal, hence introducing an additional consolidation process. We propose a blocking model that considers several types of containers and railcars, integrating the container-to-car assignment. We present a new continuous-time, three-layer service network design model formulated as a Mixed Integer Linear Program (MILP), with the objective of minimizing the total transportation cost composed by block selection, operation costs, and handling demand cost. The model can be solved using commercial solver for realistic sizes. We illustrate the performance and interest of the proposed method through an extensive case study of a major North American railroad.

The diploma thesis is focused on the features description of electronics switches for digital switching arrays and on the design of program for optimal calculation of switching points and the figure of switches in digital switching arrays investigation. The electronics switches types, used for time circuit separation, are described in the preamble. These switches are the base of digital switching arrays and in principal two types are defined: the switch S and switch T. The switch S allows the interconnection only of the same channel intervals from incoming circuit with random outgoing circuit. The switch S is being used in multistage switching arrays in combination with the switches T because it can not be used separately. The switch T allows exchanging the time position of incoming circuit to different time position of outgoing circuit depending on connection needs. The time switch can substitute the space switch under specific work conditions. In practice, the time switch with controlled reading and writing is used. The following part of diploma thesis is focused on the designs and calculations of optimal switching points of digital switching array which is the executive unit of switching systems. These systems directly interconnect the signals from digital multiplexes and make the basic assumptions for telecommunication networks integration. The digital switching array means the equipment which is able to connect the channels of digital multiplexes carrying the information in encoding form. The multiplexes are the most often with pulse coded modulation or adaptive delta modulation. The digital switching arrays are divided into the time and space one. The switching arrays of digital switching systems can be made by time switching array T whose realization is limited to specific capacity or by the connection of multistage arrays. Single stages sequenced one behind each other are made by the switches T and S. The space array S does not allow making the digital switching array of switching centre. The program which determines possible proposals of switching arrays from defined figure of inputs and calculates the optimal figure of switching points and switches is a part of diploma thesis.

<p>  Modern datacenter network applications continue to demand ultra low latencies and very high throughputs. At the same time, network infrastructure keeps achieving higher speeds and larger bandwidths. We still need better network management solutions to keep these two demand and supply fronts go hand-in-hand. There are key metrics that define network performance such as flow completion time (the lower the better), throughput (the higher the better), and end-to-end latency (the lower the better) that are mainly governed by how effectively network application get their fair share of network resources. We observe that buffer utilization on network switches gives a very accurate indication of network performance. Therefore, network buffer management is important in modern datacenter networks, and other network management solutions can be efficiently built around buffer utilization. This dissertation presents three solutions based on buffer use on network switches.</p> <p>  This dissertation consists of three main sections. The first section is on a specification language for buffer management in modern programmable switches. The second section is on a congestion control solution for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) networks. The third section is on a solution to head-of-the-line blocking in modern datacenter networks.</p>