摘要:
An auction methodology wherein individual demands are bid in lots and an aggregation of several lots is then run as an individual lot to determine if the buyer can attract a lower price offering from bidders by selecting to award the total volume of all of the individual lots to one bidder. A bidder-specific transformation factor for the aggregate lot is computed by combining selected transformed values (one for each lot) that take into account that bidder's price offerings for individual lots and the buyer-specified transformation factors for that bidder. Each bidder is then invited to bid a discount percentage for the aggregate lot. This discount percentage is then used along with the bidder-specific transformation factor to generate that bidder's transformed value for the aggregate lot. The bidder with the lowest transformed value for the aggregate lot may be selected as the winning bidder. The combination of bid transformation and lot aggregation results in obtaining an optimum bid for the buyer because it allows the buyer to accurately evaluate the bids received for the aggregate lot.
摘要:
Briefly, aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to job submission. In aspects, a client (which itself may be a scheduler) sends a request to a scheduler to execute a job. The client may indicate which extensions to a base job submission protocol the client supports. The scheduler may implement a base case protocol and may also implement extensions to the base case. The client and scheduler may communicate information and requests about a job based on extensions both support, if any. The scheduler maintains state information about executing jobs that may include substate information without affecting interoperability with clients that do not recognize substates. A job may be in multiple substates at the same time.
摘要:
A dynamic syndicated content delivery system and method, the system having: a push proxy, the push proxy having: a deferred retrieval message store, the deferred retrieval message store adapted to storing deferred content for future delivery; a push agent, the push agent adapted to push content; and a push scheduler, the push schedule adapted to communicate with the push agent to schedule the pushing of content and further adapted to monitor a wireless network for network conditions; a push client, the push client having: a client push agent, the client push agent adapted to communicate with the push agent of the push proxy; a content pull broker, the content pull broker adapted to communicate with the deferred retrieval message store of the push proxy; a deferred retrieval manager, the deferred retrieval manager adapted to communicate with the content pull broker and the client push agent to pull content, the deferred retrieval manager further adapted to monitor a network and instruct the content pull broker to pull the content if the network conditions are favorable for receiving the deferred content; and a network status monitor adapted to monitor the status of the network; and the wireless network.
摘要:
Methods, apparatus, and systems to detect abuse of network services are disclosed. An example method involves obtaining network service activity information associated with a plurality of network service accounts, comparing via a fraud detection system the network service activity information with a term of a service agreement of a service provider, and identifying abusive activity based on the comparison.
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Method, system, and program product for measuring audio video synchronization. This is done by first acquiring audio video information into an audio video synchronization system. The step of data acquisition is followed by analyzing the audio information, and analyzing the video information. In this phase audio and video information is analyzed, decision boundaries for Audio and Video MuEv-s are determined, and related Audio and Video MuEv-s are correlated. In Analysis Phase Audio and Video MuEv-s are calculated from the audio and video information, and the audio and video information is classified into vowel sounds including AA, EE, OO, silence, and unclassified phonemes This information is used to determine and associate a dominant audio class in a video frame. Matching locations are determined, and the offset of video and audio is determined.
摘要:
Topical cosmetic compositions for application to the skin comprises a suitable diluent or carrier in combination with a synergistic mixture of three anti-free-radical agents selected from ascorbic acid, its salts, esters, glucosides and glucosamines; tocopherol and its esters; herbal extracts selected from gingko biloba, morus alba, origanum vulgare, panax ginseng, rosmarinus officinalis, birch extract, camellia sinensis, acerola cherry powder and grape seed oil.
摘要:
A hose clamp includes a band including an outer layer comprising a first material and an inner layer comprising a second material different than the first material. A connector secures the band to itself. The second material is selected to enhance bonding between the band and a hose comprising a material different than the first material.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention relate to a cable force feedforward approach that takes into account the cable force in the counter-mass trajectory computation to reduce or eliminate vibration of the lens body caused by the cable force disturbance and corrective force exerted by the trim motors. In one embodiment, a method provides cable force feedforward control for a counter-mass of a stage with a cable connected to the counter-mass and using the cable force feedforward control to control one or more trim motors to produce a trim motor output force to be applied to the counter-mass, the counter-mass moving in response to a reaction force from movement of the stage. The method comprises measuring a counter-mass position y of the counter-mass in response to forces applied to the counter-mass; measuring a cable force ƒ exerted on the counter-mass by the cable which is connected to the counter-mass; generating a cable force function {circumflex over (ƒ)}(y, {dot over (y)}) of the measured cable force ƒ versus the counter-mass position y; and computing the trim motor output force u as , where w is a weighting function having a value from 0 to 1 and is selected for optimization.