The dynamic routing mechanism in evolvable networks enables adaptive reconfiguration of topol-ogical structures and transmission pathways based on real-time task requirements and data character-istics.However,the heig...The dynamic routing mechanism in evolvable networks enables adaptive reconfiguration of topol-ogical structures and transmission pathways based on real-time task requirements and data character-istics.However,the heightened architectural complexity and expanded parameter dimensionality in evolvable networks present significant implementation challenges when deployed in resource-con-strained environments.Due to the critical paths ignored,traditional pruning strategies cannot get a desired trade-off between accuracy and efficiency.For this reason,a critical path retention pruning(CPRP)method is proposed.By deeply traversing the computational graph,the dependency rela-tionship among nodes is derived.Then the nodes are grouped and sorted according to their contribu-tion value.The redundant operations are removed as much as possible while ensuring that the criti-cal path is not affected.As a result,computational efficiency is improved while a higher accuracy is maintained.On the CIFAR benchmark,the experimental results demonstrate that CPRP-induced pruning incurs accuracy degradation below 4.00%,while outperforming traditional feature-agnostic grouping methods by an average 8.98%accuracy improvement.Simultaneously,the pruned model attains a 2.41 times inference acceleration while achieving 48.92%parameter compression and 53.40%floating-point operations(FLOPs)reduction.展开更多
In the face of harsh natural environment applications such as earth-orbiting and deep space satellites, underwater sea vehicles, strong electromagnetic interference and temperature stress,the circuits faults appear ea...In the face of harsh natural environment applications such as earth-orbiting and deep space satellites, underwater sea vehicles, strong electromagnetic interference and temperature stress,the circuits faults appear easily. Circuit faults will inevitably lead to serious losses of availability or impeded mission success without self-repair over the mission duration. Traditional fault-repair methods based on redundant fault-tolerant technique are straightforward to implement, yet their area, power and weight cost can be excessive. Moreover they utilize all plug-in or component level circuits to realize redundant backup, such that their applicability is limited. Hence, a novel selfrepair technology based on evolvable hardware（EHW） and reparation balance technology（RBT） is proposed. Its cost is low, and fault self-repair of various circuits and devices can be realized through dynamic configuration. Making full use of the fault signals, correcting circuit can be found through EHW technique to realize the balance and compensation of the fault output-signals. In this paper, the self-repair model was analyzed which based on EHW and RBT technique, the specific self-repair strategy was studied, the corresponding self-repair circuit fault system was designed, and the typical faults were simulated and analyzed which combined with the actual electronic devices. Simulation results demonstrated that the proposed fault self-repair strategy was feasible. Compared to traditional techniques, fault self-repair based on EHW consumes fewer hardware resources, and the scope of fault self-repair was expanded significantly.展开更多
Since traditional fault tolerance methods of electronic systems are based on redundant fault tolerance technique,and their structures are fixed when circuits are designed,the self-adaptive ability is limited.In order ...Since traditional fault tolerance methods of electronic systems are based on redundant fault tolerance technique,and their structures are fixed when circuits are designed,the self-adaptive ability is limited.In order to solve these problems,a novel circuit self-adaptive design technique based on evolvable hardware(EHW)is proposed.It features robustness,self-organization and self-adaption.It can be adapted to a complex environment through dynamic configuration of the circuit.In this paper,the proposed technique simulated.The consumption of hardware resources and the number of convergence iterations researched.The effectiveness and superiority of the proposed technique are verified.The designed circuit has the ability of resistible redundant-state interference(RRSI).The proposed technique has a broad application prospect,and it has great significance.展开更多
This paper presents an integrated on line learning system to evolve programmable logic array (PLA) controllers for navigating an autonomous robot in a two dimensional environment. The integrated on line learning sy...This paper presents an integrated on line learning system to evolve programmable logic array (PLA) controllers for navigating an autonomous robot in a two dimensional environment. The integrated on line learning system consists of two learning modules: one is the module of reinforcement learning based on temporal difference learning based on genetic algorithms, and the other is the module of evolutionary learning based on genetic algorithms. The control rules extracted from the module of reinforcement learning can be used as input to the module of evolutionary learning, and quickly implemented by the PLA through on line evolution. The on line evolution has shown promise as a method of learning systems in complex environment. The evolved PLA controllers can successfully navigate the robot to a target in the two dimensional environment while avoiding collisions with randomly positioned obstacles.展开更多
Based on the theories of EA （Evolutionary Algorithm） and EHW （Evolvable Hardware）, we devise an EHW based software-hardware co designing platform ECDP, on which we provided standards for hardware system encoding a...Based on the theories of EA （Evolutionary Algorithm） and EHW （Evolvable Hardware）, we devise an EHW based software-hardware co designing platform ECDP, on which we provided standards for hardware system encoding and evolving operation designing, as well as circuit emulating tools. The major features of this system are： two layer-encoding of circuit structure, off-line evolving with software cmulation and the evolving of genetic program designing. With this system, we implemented the auto designing of sonic software-hardware systems, like the random number generator.展开更多
Recently there has been great interest in the idea that evolvable system based on the principle of artifcial intelligence can be used to continuously and autonomously adapt the behaviour of physically embedded systems...Recently there has been great interest in the idea that evolvable system based on the principle of artifcial intelligence can be used to continuously and autonomously adapt the behaviour of physically embedded systems such as autonomous mobile robots and intelligent home devices. Meanwhile, we have seen the introduction of evolvable hardware(EHW): new integrated electronic circuits that are able to continuously evolve to adapt the chages in the environment implemented by evolutionary algorithms such as genetic algorithm(GA) and reinforcement learning. This paper concentrates on developing a robotic navigation system whose basic behaviours are obstacle avoidance and light source navigation. The results demonstrate that the intrinsic evolvable hardware system is able to create the stable robotiiuc behaviours as required in the real world instead of the traditional hardware systems.展开更多
Statistical dialogue management is the core of cognitive spoken dialogue systems （SDS） and has attracted great research interest. In recent years, SDS with the ability of evolution is of particular interest and beco...Statistical dialogue management is the core of cognitive spoken dialogue systems （SDS） and has attracted great research interest. In recent years, SDS with the ability of evolution is of particular interest and becomes the cuttingedge of SDS research. Dialogue state tracking （DST） is a process to estimate the distribution of the dialogue states at each dialogue turn, given the previous interaction history. It plays an important role in statistical dialogue management. To provide a common testbed for advancing the research of DST, international DST challenges （DSTC） have been organised and well-attended by major SDS groups in the world. This paper reviews recent progresses on rule-based and statistical approaches during the challenges. In particular, this paper is focused on evolvable DST approaches for dialogue domain extension. The two primary aspects for evolution, semantic parsing and tracker, are discussed. Semantic enhancement and a DST framework which bridges rule-based and statistical models are introduced in detail. By effectively incorporating prior knowledge of dialogue state transition and the ability of being data-driven, the new framework supports reliable domain extension with little data and can continuously improve with more data available. This makes it excellent candidate for DST evolution. Experiments show that the evolvable DST approaches can achieve the state-of-the-art performance and outperform all previously submitted trackers in the third DSTC.展开更多
This paper introduces an improved evolvable and adaptive hardware oscillator design capable of supporting adaptation intended to restore control precision in damaged or imperfectly manufactured insect-scale flapping-w...This paper introduces an improved evolvable and adaptive hardware oscillator design capable of supporting adaptation intended to restore control precision in damaged or imperfectly manufactured insect-scale flapping-wing micro air vehicles. It will also present preliminary experimental results demonstrating that previously used basis function sets may have been too large and that significantly improved learning times may be achieved by judiciously culling the oscillator search space. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the application of this adaptive, evolvable oscillator to full vehicle control as well as the consideration of longer term goals and requirements.展开更多
Friendship paradox states that individuals are likely to have fewer friends than their friends do,on average.Despite of its wide existence and appealing applications in real social networks,the mathematical understand...Friendship paradox states that individuals are likely to have fewer friends than their friends do,on average.Despite of its wide existence and appealing applications in real social networks,the mathematical understanding of friendship paradox is very limited.Only few works provide theoretical evidence of single-step and multi-step friendship paradoxes,given that the neighbors of interest are onehop and multi-hop away from the target node.However,they consider non-evolving networks,as opposed to the topology of real social networks that are constantly growing over time.We are thus motivated to present a first look into friendship paradox in evolving networks,where newly added nodes preferentially attach themselves to those with higher degrees.Our analytical verification of both single-step and multistep friendship paradoxes in evolving networks,along with comparison to the non-evolving counterparts,discloses that“friendship paradox is even more paradoxical in evolving networks”,primarily from three aspects:1)we demonstrate a strengthened effect of single-step friendship paradox in evolving networks,with a larger probability(more than 0.8)of a random node’s neighbors having higher average degree than the random node itself;2)we unravel higher effectiveness of multi-step friendship paradox in seeking for influential nodes in evolving networks,as the rate of reaching the max degree node can be improved by a factor of at least Θ(t^(2/3))with t being the network size;3)we empirically verify our findings through both synthetic and real datasets,which suggest high agreements of results and consolidate the reasonability of evolving model for real social networks.展开更多
Color is an essential component of beauty,a medium for expressing culture and attitude,and a catalyst for innovation and value creation.As Chinese styles and trends rise and return,traditional Chinese colors,regarded ...Color is an essential component of beauty,a medium for expressing culture and attitude,and a catalyst for innovation and value creation.As Chinese styles and trends rise and return,traditional Chinese colors,regarded as the most profound visual expressions of Chinese civilization,are infused with new vitality and contemporary values.These colors,imbued with philosophical concepts and poetic aesthetics,continue to evolve.展开更多
Academic journals are not only vital platforms for disseminating research findings but also key drivers of disciplinary and interdisciplinary advancement.As knowledge systems,research subjects,core questions,and appli...Academic journals are not only vital platforms for disseminating research findings but also key drivers of disciplinary and interdisciplinary advancement.As knowledge systems,research subjects,core questions,and application scenarios continuously evolve,research paradigms undergo constant innovation.Therefore,a journal’s scope must adapt to-and even lead-academic trends and demands.展开更多
This paper, an addendum to “Dialectical Thermodynamics’ solution to the conceptual imbroglio that is the reversible path”, this journal, 10, 775-799, was written in response to the requests of several readers to pr...This paper, an addendum to “Dialectical Thermodynamics’ solution to the conceptual imbroglio that is the reversible path”, this journal, 10, 775-799, was written in response to the requests of several readers to provide further evidence of the said “imbroglio”. The evidence here presented relates to the incompatibility existing between the total-entropy and the Gibbs energy prescriptions for the reversible path. The previously published proof of the negentropic nature of the transformation of heat into work is here included to validate out conclusions about the Gibbs energy perspective.展开更多
0 INTRODUCTION Pore-pressure change,which reduces effective normal stress,is a key aftershock trigger,particularly in extensional settings(Miller etal.,2004).Other proposed mechanisms include coseismic stress perturba...0 INTRODUCTION Pore-pressure change,which reduces effective normal stress,is a key aftershock trigger,particularly in extensional settings(Miller etal.,2004).Other proposed mechanisms include coseismic stress perturbations,aseismic slip,and viscoelastic relaxation(Bai et al.,2025;Hu et al.,2025;Perfettini and Avouac,2004;Stein,1999).Determining the dominant mechanism for any event is a critical challenge for understanding regional seismotectonics and assessing evolving hazards.展开更多
Four-electron oxygen evolving reaction is limited by proton adsorption and desorption,making its reaction kinetics sluggish,which poses a major challenge for catalyst design.Here,we present an unsaturated coordination...Four-electron oxygen evolving reaction is limited by proton adsorption and desorption,making its reaction kinetics sluggish,which poses a major challenge for catalyst design.Here,we present an unsaturated coordination interface by constructing a fast electron transfer channel between Cu_(2)V_(2)O_(7)(CVO)and BiVO4(BVO).X-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS)and theoretical calculations results confirm that CVO and BVO between interfaces are bonded by the way of unsaturated coordination oxygen(Ouc).The Ouc optimizes the O-O coupled energy barrier at the V active site and promotes the disconnection of O-H bond,which increases the photocurrent intensity of CVO by 6 times.In addition,due to the high electronegativity of the Ouc,the bonding energies of Bi-O and Cu-O at the interface are enhanced,resulting in the long-term stability of the photoanode during the water splitting.Finally,by integrating the working electrode with a polysilicon solar cell,we assembled a device that demonstrated exceptional catalytic performance,achieving a hydrogen production rate of 100.6μmol·cm^(-2),and maintaining a hydrogen-to-oxygen volume ratio of 2:1 after continuous operation for 4 h.This discovery aids in a deeper understanding of photoanode design and offers further insights for industrial applications.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022ZD0119003)and the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China(No.61834005).
文摘The dynamic routing mechanism in evolvable networks enables adaptive reconfiguration of topol-ogical structures and transmission pathways based on real-time task requirements and data character-istics.However,the heightened architectural complexity and expanded parameter dimensionality in evolvable networks present significant implementation challenges when deployed in resource-con-strained environments.Due to the critical paths ignored,traditional pruning strategies cannot get a desired trade-off between accuracy and efficiency.For this reason,a critical path retention pruning(CPRP)method is proposed.By deeply traversing the computational graph,the dependency rela-tionship among nodes is derived.Then the nodes are grouped and sorted according to their contribu-tion value.The redundant operations are removed as much as possible while ensuring that the criti-cal path is not affected.As a result,computational efficiency is improved while a higher accuracy is maintained.On the CIFAR benchmark,the experimental results demonstrate that CPRP-induced pruning incurs accuracy degradation below 4.00%,while outperforming traditional feature-agnostic grouping methods by an average 8.98%accuracy improvement.Simultaneously,the pruned model attains a 2.41 times inference acceleration while achieving 48.92%parameter compression and 53.40%floating-point operations(FLOPs)reduction.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61271153, 61372039)
文摘In the face of harsh natural environment applications such as earth-orbiting and deep space satellites, underwater sea vehicles, strong electromagnetic interference and temperature stress,the circuits faults appear easily. Circuit faults will inevitably lead to serious losses of availability or impeded mission success without self-repair over the mission duration. Traditional fault-repair methods based on redundant fault-tolerant technique are straightforward to implement, yet their area, power and weight cost can be excessive. Moreover they utilize all plug-in or component level circuits to realize redundant backup, such that their applicability is limited. Hence, a novel selfrepair technology based on evolvable hardware（EHW） and reparation balance technology（RBT） is proposed. Its cost is low, and fault self-repair of various circuits and devices can be realized through dynamic configuration. Making full use of the fault signals, correcting circuit can be found through EHW technique to realize the balance and compensation of the fault output-signals. In this paper, the self-repair model was analyzed which based on EHW and RBT technique, the specific self-repair strategy was studied, the corresponding self-repair circuit fault system was designed, and the typical faults were simulated and analyzed which combined with the actual electronic devices. Simulation results demonstrated that the proposed fault self-repair strategy was feasible. Compared to traditional techniques, fault self-repair based on EHW consumes fewer hardware resources, and the scope of fault self-repair was expanded significantly.
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61271153 and 61372039).
文摘Since traditional fault tolerance methods of electronic systems are based on redundant fault tolerance technique,and their structures are fixed when circuits are designed,the self-adaptive ability is limited.In order to solve these problems,a novel circuit self-adaptive design technique based on evolvable hardware(EHW)is proposed.It features robustness,self-organization and self-adaption.It can be adapted to a complex environment through dynamic configuration of the circuit.In this paper,the proposed technique simulated.The consumption of hardware resources and the number of convergence iterations researched.The effectiveness and superiority of the proposed technique are verified.The designed circuit has the ability of resistible redundant-state interference(RRSI).The proposed technique has a broad application prospect,and it has great significance.
文摘This paper presents an integrated on line learning system to evolve programmable logic array (PLA) controllers for navigating an autonomous robot in a two dimensional environment. The integrated on line learning system consists of two learning modules: one is the module of reinforcement learning based on temporal difference learning based on genetic algorithms, and the other is the module of evolutionary learning based on genetic algorithms. The control rules extracted from the module of reinforcement learning can be used as input to the module of evolutionary learning, and quickly implemented by the PLA through on line evolution. The on line evolution has shown promise as a method of learning systems in complex environment. The evolved PLA controllers can successfully navigate the robot to a target in the two dimensional environment while avoiding collisions with randomly positioned obstacles.
基金Supported by the National 863 Project(2002AA1Z1490)
文摘Based on the theories of EA （Evolutionary Algorithm） and EHW （Evolvable Hardware）, we devise an EHW based software-hardware co designing platform ECDP, on which we provided standards for hardware system encoding and evolving operation designing, as well as circuit emulating tools. The major features of this system are： two layer-encoding of circuit structure, off-line evolving with software cmulation and the evolving of genetic program designing. With this system, we implemented the auto designing of sonic software-hardware systems, like the random number generator.
文摘Recently there has been great interest in the idea that evolvable system based on the principle of artifcial intelligence can be used to continuously and autonomously adapt the behaviour of physically embedded systems such as autonomous mobile robots and intelligent home devices. Meanwhile, we have seen the introduction of evolvable hardware(EHW): new integrated electronic circuits that are able to continuously evolve to adapt the chages in the environment implemented by evolutionary algorithms such as genetic algorithm(GA) and reinforcement learning. This paper concentrates on developing a robotic navigation system whose basic behaviours are obstacle avoidance and light source navigation. The results demonstrate that the intrinsic evolvable hardware system is able to create the stable robotiiuc behaviours as required in the real world instead of the traditional hardware systems.
文摘Statistical dialogue management is the core of cognitive spoken dialogue systems （SDS） and has attracted great research interest. In recent years, SDS with the ability of evolution is of particular interest and becomes the cuttingedge of SDS research. Dialogue state tracking （DST） is a process to estimate the distribution of the dialogue states at each dialogue turn, given the previous interaction history. It plays an important role in statistical dialogue management. To provide a common testbed for advancing the research of DST, international DST challenges （DSTC） have been organised and well-attended by major SDS groups in the world. This paper reviews recent progresses on rule-based and statistical approaches during the challenges. In particular, this paper is focused on evolvable DST approaches for dialogue domain extension. The two primary aspects for evolution, semantic parsing and tracker, are discussed. Semantic enhancement and a DST framework which bridges rule-based and statistical models are introduced in detail. By effectively incorporating prior knowledge of dialogue state transition and the ability of being data-driven, the new framework supports reliable domain extension with little data and can continuously improve with more data available. This makes it excellent candidate for DST evolution. Experiments show that the evolvable DST approaches can achieve the state-of-the-art performance and outperform all previously submitted trackers in the third DSTC.
文摘This paper introduces an improved evolvable and adaptive hardware oscillator design capable of supporting adaptation intended to restore control precision in damaged or imperfectly manufactured insect-scale flapping-wing micro air vehicles. It will also present preliminary experimental results demonstrating that previously used basis function sets may have been too large and that significantly improved learning times may be achieved by judiciously culling the oscillator search space. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the application of this adaptive, evolvable oscillator to full vehicle control as well as the consideration of longer term goals and requirements.
基金supported by NSF China(No.61960206002,62020106005,42050105,62061146002)Shanghai Pilot Program for Basic Research–Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
文摘Friendship paradox states that individuals are likely to have fewer friends than their friends do,on average.Despite of its wide existence and appealing applications in real social networks,the mathematical understanding of friendship paradox is very limited.Only few works provide theoretical evidence of single-step and multi-step friendship paradoxes,given that the neighbors of interest are onehop and multi-hop away from the target node.However,they consider non-evolving networks,as opposed to the topology of real social networks that are constantly growing over time.We are thus motivated to present a first look into friendship paradox in evolving networks,where newly added nodes preferentially attach themselves to those with higher degrees.Our analytical verification of both single-step and multistep friendship paradoxes in evolving networks,along with comparison to the non-evolving counterparts,discloses that“friendship paradox is even more paradoxical in evolving networks”,primarily from three aspects:1)we demonstrate a strengthened effect of single-step friendship paradox in evolving networks,with a larger probability(more than 0.8)of a random node’s neighbors having higher average degree than the random node itself;2)we unravel higher effectiveness of multi-step friendship paradox in seeking for influential nodes in evolving networks,as the rate of reaching the max degree node can be improved by a factor of at least Θ(t^(2/3))with t being the network size;3)we empirically verify our findings through both synthetic and real datasets,which suggest high agreements of results and consolidate the reasonability of evolving model for real social networks.
文摘Color is an essential component of beauty,a medium for expressing culture and attitude,and a catalyst for innovation and value creation.As Chinese styles and trends rise and return,traditional Chinese colors,regarded as the most profound visual expressions of Chinese civilization,are infused with new vitality and contemporary values.These colors,imbued with philosophical concepts and poetic aesthetics,continue to evolve.
文摘Academic journals are not only vital platforms for disseminating research findings but also key drivers of disciplinary and interdisciplinary advancement.As knowledge systems,research subjects,core questions,and application scenarios continuously evolve,research paradigms undergo constant innovation.Therefore,a journal’s scope must adapt to-and even lead-academic trends and demands.
文摘This paper, an addendum to “Dialectical Thermodynamics’ solution to the conceptual imbroglio that is the reversible path”, this journal, 10, 775-799, was written in response to the requests of several readers to provide further evidence of the said “imbroglio”. The evidence here presented relates to the incompatibility existing between the total-entropy and the Gibbs energy prescriptions for the reversible path. The previously published proof of the negentropic nature of the transformation of heat into work is here included to validate out conclusions about the Gibbs energy perspective.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42174023,42030108)the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection Independent Research Project(No.SKLGP2024Z016)Sichuan Province Science Fund(No.2024NSFSC0802).
文摘0 INTRODUCTION Pore-pressure change,which reduces effective normal stress,is a key aftershock trigger,particularly in extensional settings(Miller etal.,2004).Other proposed mechanisms include coseismic stress perturbations,aseismic slip,and viscoelastic relaxation(Bai et al.,2025;Hu et al.,2025;Perfettini and Avouac,2004;Stein,1999).Determining the dominant mechanism for any event is a critical challenge for understanding regional seismotectonics and assessing evolving hazards.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22278094 and 22379033)Guangdong Graduate Education Innovation Program(No.2023JGXM_102)+2 种基金the Basic and Applied Basic Research Program of Guangzhou(No.SL2024A03J00499)the University Innovation Team Scientific Research Project of Guangzhou(No.202235246)Hainan Province Graduate Innovation Research Project(No.Qhyb2023-143).
文摘Four-electron oxygen evolving reaction is limited by proton adsorption and desorption,making its reaction kinetics sluggish,which poses a major challenge for catalyst design.Here,we present an unsaturated coordination interface by constructing a fast electron transfer channel between Cu_(2)V_(2)O_(7)(CVO)and BiVO4(BVO).X-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS)and theoretical calculations results confirm that CVO and BVO between interfaces are bonded by the way of unsaturated coordination oxygen(Ouc).The Ouc optimizes the O-O coupled energy barrier at the V active site and promotes the disconnection of O-H bond,which increases the photocurrent intensity of CVO by 6 times.In addition,due to the high electronegativity of the Ouc,the bonding energies of Bi-O and Cu-O at the interface are enhanced,resulting in the long-term stability of the photoanode during the water splitting.Finally,by integrating the working electrode with a polysilicon solar cell,we assembled a device that demonstrated exceptional catalytic performance,achieving a hydrogen production rate of 100.6μmol·cm^(-2),and maintaining a hydrogen-to-oxygen volume ratio of 2:1 after continuous operation for 4 h.This discovery aids in a deeper understanding of photoanode design and offers further insights for industrial applications.
