Abstract: A physical container (e.g., a battery) may be filled up (charged) or emptied (discharged) with energy commensurate with requirements to post a particular amount of collateral. The disclosure provides computing systems and methods for processing data using a novel combination of wavelet techniques and rolling techniques to more efficiently detect seasonality in particular products (e.g., energy products) to more accurately model and determine collateral/margin requirements. A clearinghouse computing device may be configured to generate a margin requirement for a portfolio of products and may include a processor to process instructions that cause the clearinghouse computing device to perform wavelet decomposition and rolling methods on a historical database of records.

Abstract: Amplitude-phase canceling circuit for switch linearity. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency switch circuit can include first and second switch arms, with each switch arm including a plurality of transistors arranged in series to form a stack between a first node and a second node. The first node of the first switch arm can be coupled to the first node of the second switch arm. The radio-frequency switch circuit can further include an amplitude-phase cancelling block implemented across one or more transistors of each switch arm, and configured such that a third harmonic resulting from an ON state of the first switch arm is substantially canceled by a third harmonic resulting from an OFF state of the second switch arm.

Abstract: A clearinghouse computing device may be configured to generate a margin requirement for a portfolio of financial products and may include a processor to process instructions that cause the clearinghouse computing device to retrieve a plurality of pricing records from a historical pricing database, process the plurality of pricing records to generate rolling time series pricing records for at least one financial product having a plurality of dimensions, reduce the number of dimensions from a starting dimension to a reduced dimension, perform variance scaling and correlation scaling on the reduced dimension rolling time series pricing records, and generate a margin requirement based on a value-at-risk calculation.

Abstract: A clearinghouse computing device may be configured to generate a margin requirement for a portfolio of financial products and may include a processor to process instructions that cause the clearinghouse computing device to retrieve a plurality of pricing records from a historical pricing database, process the plurality of pricing records to generate rolling time series pricing records for at least one financial product having a plurality of dimensions, reduce the number of dimensions from a starting dimension to a reduced dimension, perform variance scaling and correlation scaling on the reduced dimension rolling time series pricing records, and generate a margin requirement based on a value-at-risk calculation.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating the performance of an industrial control loop based on full loop reconstruction simulations. The method comprises: performing reconstruction simulation on control modules one by one except a controlled object in the loop, and judging the correctness of the reconstructed modules; establishing a mathematical model of the object, connecting the mathematical model to the reconstructed modules to complete reconstruction of the entire loop, and optimizing the mathematical model of the object to obtain an optimized model of the object; adjusting parameters of the modules according to a control performance index, and performing simulation calculation on the reconstructed loop using the parameters to obtain an ideal value of the reconstructed performance control index for evaluating the performance of the loop. The loop is reconstructed, the influence of the modules, a PID controller, a filter, a piece-wise linear function and a deadband, on the performance is evaluated.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating the performance of an industrial control loop based on full loop reconstruction simulations. The method comprises: performing reconstruction simulation on control modules one by one except a controlled object in the loop, and judging the correctness of the reconstructed modules; establishing a mathematical model of the object, connecting the mathematical model to the reconstructed modules to complete reconstruction of the entire loop, and optimizing the mathematical model of the object to obtain an optimized model of the object; adjusting parameters of the modules according to a control performance index, and performing simulation calculation on the reconstructed loop using the parameters to obtain an ideal value of the reconstructed performance control index for evaluating the performance of the loop. The loop is reconstructed, the influence of the modules, a PID controller, a filter, a piece-wise linear function and a deadband, on the performance is evaluated.

Abstract: A dual horsehead block and tackle beam pumping unit including a steel frame, a walking beam installed on top of the steel frame, horseheads with movable pulleys, pulling wire ropes, load wire ropes, damping extension springs, a reversing reducer, an output drum, a counterweight box, reversing brake mechanisms, and an electric motor is provided for single well and dual well operations. The horseheads are installed on opposing ends of the walking beam. The movable pulley of each horsehead has a pulling wire rope. The first and second ends of each pulling wire rope are connected to the damping extension spring and the output drum respectively. A lower end of the load wire rope hanging on the right hand side horsehead is connected to the counterweight box. On the bottom of the steel frame, the electric motor, the reversing reducer, and the output drum are installed on a base.

Abstract: A clearinghouse computing device may be configured to generate a margin requirement for a portfolio of financial products and may include a processor to process instructions that cause the clearinghouse computing device to retrieve a plurality of pricing records from a historical pricing database, process the plurality of pricing records to generate rolling time series pricing records for at least one financial product having a plurality of dimensions, reduce the number of dimensions from a starting dimension to a reduced dimension, perform variance scaling and correlation scaling on the reduced dimension rolling time series pricing records, and generate a margin requirement based on a value-at-risk calculation.

Abstract: A dual horsehead block and tackle beam pumping unit including a steel frame, a walking beam installed on top of the steel frame, horseheads with movable pulleys, pulling wire ropes, load wire ropes, damping extension springs, a reversing reducer, an output drum, a counterweight box, reversing brake mechanisms, and an electric motor is provided for single well and dual well operations. The horseheads are installed on opposing ends of the walking beam. The movable pulley of each horsehead has a pulling wire rope. The first and second ends of each pulling wire rope are connected to the damping extension spring and the output drum respectively. A lower end of the load wire rope hanging on the right hand side horsehead is connected to the counterweight box. On the bottom of the steel frame, the electric motor, the reversing reducer, and the output drum are installed on a base.

Abstract: A beamless mechanic-reversing long stroke pumping unit is provided for petroleum production in diverse types of oil fields. Its mechanic-reversing system consists of differentials, brakes, etc. With two differentials assembled together, taper gears inside them perform revolution and rotation, enabling the pumping unit to achieve direction change and speed change mechanically. The stroke length of the pumping unit can reach 8 meters or longer, and the adjustment process is more convenient than most, by merely tuning the position of the proximity switches. Abrasion of the chains typically caused due to resetting of a motor frequently during operation, is eliminated in this pumping unit. The pumping unit has more reliable operation performance, more convenient maintenance, lower costs, better energy saving effects, and can be applied in land oil fields, offshore oil fields, oil wells with low permeability, etc.

Abstract: A return request processing engine automatically approves or denies requests for authorization to return a purchased item to the seller of the item. The return request processing engine utilizes return request rules to determine whether a particular return request can be approved or denied without input from the seller. When a request is received from a buyer to return an item, the return request processing engine utilizes the return request rules to determine if the request to return the item can be automatically approved or denied without input from the seller. If the return request processing engine cannot automatically approve or deny a return request, the return request processing engine causes a message to be transmitted to the seller of the item that provides a user interface through which the seller can indicate whether the return request is approved or denied by way of a single user input.

Abstract: The method of testing for presence of a bug a multithreaded computer program under verification combines the efficiency of testing with the reasoning power of satisfiability modulo theory (SMT) solvers for the verification of multithreaded programs under a user specified test vector. The method performs dynamic executions to obtain both under- and over-approximations of the program, represented as quantifier-free first order logic formulas. The formulas are then analyzed by an SMT solver which implicitly considers all possible thread interleavings. The symbolic analysis may return the following results: (1) it reports a real bug, (2) it proves that the program has no bug under the given input, or (3) it remains inconclusive because the analysis is based on abstractions. In the last case, a refinement procedure is presented that uses symbolic analysis to guide further executions.

Abstract: A beamless mechanic-reversing long stroke pumping unit is provided for petroleum production in diverse types of oil fields. Its mechanic-reversing system consists of differentials, brakes, etc. With two differentials assembled together, taper gears inside them perform revolution and rotation, enabling the pumping unit to achieve direction change and speed change mechanically. The stroke length of the pumping unit can reach 8 meters or longer, and the adjustment process is more convenient than most, by merely tuning the position of the proximity switches. Abrasion of the chains typically caused due to resetting of a motor frequently during operation, is eliminated in this pumping unit. The pumping unit has more reliable operation performance, more convenient maintenance, lower costs, better energy saving effects, and can be applied in land oil fields, offshore oil fields, oil wells with low permeability, etc.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for formal verification of software programs that advantageously bounds the ranges of values that a variable in the software can take during runtime.

Abstract: An improved method for automatically improving the precision of an extrapolation operator used, for example, in software program verification in connection with the static analysis and model checking of the software programs which rely on fix-point computation. In particular, a new extrapolation-with-care-set operator, together with a method for gradually increasing the precision of this operation by tightening the care set.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a resolution-based proof of unsatisfiability using a SAT procedure for a hybrid Boolean constraint problem comprising representing constraints as a combination of clauses and interconnected gates. The proof is obtained as a combination of clauses, circuit gates and gate connectivity constraints sufficient for unsatisfiability.

Abstract: A method for bounded model checking of arbitrary Linear Time Logic temporal properties. The method comprises translating properties associated with temporal operators F(p), G(p), U(p, q) and X(p) into property checking schemas comprising Boolean satisfiability checks, wherein F represents an eventuality operator, G represents a globally operator, U represents an until operator and X represents a next-time operator. The overall property is checked in a customized manner by repeated invocations of the property checking schemas for F(p), G(p), U(p, q), X(p) operators and standard handling of atomic propositions and Boolean operators.

Abstract: A symbolic disjunctive image computation method for software models which exploits a number of characteristics unique to software models. More particularly, and according to our inventive method, the entire software model is decomposed into a disjunctive set of submodules and a separate set of transition relations are constructed. An image/reachability analysis is performed wherein an original image computation is divided into a set of image computation steps that may be performed on individual submodules, independently from any others. Advantageously, our inventive method exploits variable locality during the decomposition of the original model into the submodules. By formulating this decomposition as a multi-way hypergraph partition problem, we advantageously produce a small set of submodules while simultaneously minimizing the number of live variable in each individual submodule.

Abstract: A system and method for conducting symbolic partial order reduction for concurrent systems includes determining a guarded independence relation which includes transitions from different threads that are independent for a set of states, when a condition or predicate holds. Partial order reduction is performed using the guarded independence relation to permit automatic pruning of redundant thread interleavings when the guarded independence condition holds.