We have designed and implemented a scalable hierarchical system for dynamic load distribution of general divide&conquer applications on large heterogeneous networks of workstations, called Dynasty. Besides its practical goal of exploiting idle processor time we focus the design on eeciency, fairness, reusability, and universality. Our approach is based on economical principles with prices as th...

To understand how land has transformed kiln in ancient Jingdezhen DongHe River Basin from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, we create virtual maps of ancient study area and present such concepts that unambiguously realize a combination model. In this model, Model parameters and neighborhood rules are obtained with the cellular automata model melt Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm. Meanw...

According to the official recognition, there are 56 ethnic groups (or nationalities) in contemporary China. There are also several other minority groups left as “un-recognized groups" in China. They are called “people” with the local names they called themselves such as “Deng People” in Tibet region. By the cultural tradition, we call these ethnic groups “Chinese ethnic family” as a united whol...

We study the control of modulational instability and pattern formation in a nonlinear dissipative feedback system with a periodic modulation of the material refractive index. We use a one-dimensional photonic lattice in a single-mirror feedback configuration and identify three mechanisms for pattern control: bandgap suppression of instability modes, periodicity induced pattern modes, and orient...

We present some numerical results obtained from a simple individual-based model that describes clustering of organisms caused by competition. Our aim is to show that, even when a deterministic description developed for continuum models predicts no pattern formation, an individual-based model displays well-defined patterns, as a consequence of fluctuation effects caused by the discrete nature of...

Abstract What was the title of reigning dynasty from time when Nurhachi assumed “khan” to Hong Taiji declared himself emperor? There remains controversy among scholars as whether “Jin” 金 or “Later Jin” 後金 used, if both were in use during different periods. Based on voluminous historical sources dating pre-Qing period, which have been published and even digitized recent years, addition conductin...

Abstract The transmission of Daoxue, or Neo-Confucianism, during the Yuan Dynasty cannot be understood as a sharp dichotomy between reliance on state-sponsored institutions in North China and private ones south. Through study An Xi, who was student teacher his family from modern day Hebei, this article shows that intellectual activities Daoxue masters were influential locally north. Although Xi...