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Optimization Of Urban Traffic Microsimulation Model For Carbon Emission Reduction, Bo Liu, Jianxin Lin, Yini Liu, Dong Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To assess the environmental benefits of transportation management or control strategies, a method to effectively integrate the micro-traffic simulation model and the micro-vehicle emission model is proposed. VISSIM platform is used to build a case micro traffic simulation model. K-means clustering method is used to divide the driving behavior into 4 types based on the acceleration and deceleration characteristics of different speed intervals of the trajectory data, and the global parameters of the simulation model are calibrated based on the driving characteristics, which quantitatively describe the total sensitivity of the parameters and the sensitivity of the interactions between the …

Asl-Catboost Method For Wind Turbine Fault Detection Integrated With Digital Twin, Hongtao Liang, Lingchao Kong, Guozhu Liu, Wenxuan Dong, Xiangyi Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the low visibility of the current wind farm status monitoring and insufficient realtime operation and maintenance, based on the concept of digital twin five-dimensional model, the framework of wind farm digital twin five-dimensional model is constructed. Aiming at the insufficient fault detection capability of traditional algorithms and unbalanced positive and negative samples in fan fault data set, the improved ASL-CatBoost algorithm is proposed to achieve the accurate detection of fan fault status. Based on the digital twinning platform, combined with MATLAB/Simulink, the simulation mathematical model of doubly-fed wind turbine under the condition of blade mass imbalance …

Handling Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Problems Based On Relationship Between Pareto Fronts, Yubo Wang, Chengyu Hu, Wenyin Gong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the challenges of balancing the constraint satisfaction and objective function optimization, and dealing with the complex feasible regions in constrained multi-objective optimization problems(CMOPs), a classification-based search approach is proposed based on different Pareto front relationships. A dual-population dual-phase framework is proposed in which an auxiliary population Pa and a main population Pm are evolved and the evolution process is divided into a learning phase and a search phase. During the learning phase, Pa explores unconstrained Pareto front (UPF) and Pm explores constrained Pareto front(CPF), through which the relationship between UPF and CPF is determined. After completing the …

Path Planning Rapid Algorithm Based On Modified Rrt* For Unmanned Surface Vessel, Zhaozhen Jiang, Wenlong Wang, Wenqi Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the weak purposiveness of rapidly exploring random tree algorithm in USV path planning, a modified rapid algorithm is proposed. The artificial potential field method is improved and the force analysis in four directions is added to comprehensively calculate the resultant force on USV. The calculation method of steering angle is redefined to avoid entering the local optimal trap and can reach the target point smoothly to obtain an initial path. The initial path is used to set the random point sampling area of rapidly exploring random tree algorithm. By reducing the probability of random points generated in …

Intelligent Optimization Method Of Cloud Manufacturing Swarm Based On Incomplete Information Game, Kunpeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the process of cloud manufacturing, the incomplete information status and the mutual competition and restriction relationship between cloud platform operator and demander lead to the difficult choice of manufacturing services. A cloud manufacturing swarm intelligent optimization method based on incomplete information game model is proposed. A static game model based on incomplete information is established for the interest competition between demand-side and cloud platform, with the goal of rationally pursuing the maximization of their own revenue function. The competition rules between demand-side and cloud platform are proposed, which are introduced into nature through Harsanyi transformation and converted into …

Modeling And Analysis Of Hybrid Traffic Flow Considering Actual Behavior Of Platoon, Xi Wang, Xiujian Yang, Xiaohan Jia, Shenyi Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To explore the effect of actual behavior of autonomous vehicular platoon on traffic flow, aiming at the hybrid traffic flow mixed with predecessor following(PF) platoon which is modeled according to the actual control strategy, a hybrid traffic flow model is established based on cellular automata(CA) modeling method. Simulation analysis shows that the effect of platoon characteristics such as time headway, market penetration, platoon size, and control gains on hybrid traffic flow presents coupling and nonlinear properties. The spatiotemporal behavior of hybrid traffic flow with different platoon characteristics is generally much different. Reducing time headway or increasing platoon market penetration …

Hyper-Heuristic Approach With K-Means Clustering For Inter-Cell Scheduling, Yanlin Zhao, Yunna Tian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: According to the actual production situation of China's manufacturing industry, a hyperheuristic algorithm based on K-means clustering is proposed for inter-cell scheduling problem of flexible job-shop. K-means clustering is applied to group entities with similar attributes into the corresponding work cluster decision blocks, and the ant colony algorithm is used to select heuristic rules for each decision block. The optimal scheduling solutions are generated by using corresponding heuristic rules for scheduling of entities in each decision block. Computational results show that, the computational granularity is properly increased by the form of decision blocks, and the computational efficiency of the …

Dynamic Path Planning For Mobile Robot Based On Rrt* And Dynamic Window Approach, Rui Zhang, Li Zhou, Zhengyang Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A dynamic path planning method combining RRT* and dynamic window approach(DWA) is proposed to realize the obstacle avoidance of mobile robot in complex environment of dynamic obstacles. Improved RRT* algorithm is used to generate the global optimal safe path based on the known environment information. By eliminating the dangerous nodes generated by RRT* algorithm, the security of global path is ensured. Greedy algorithm is used to remove the redundant nodes in the path to reduce the length of global path. DWA is used to track along the global optimal path planned by the improved RRT* algorithm. When static obstacles …

Collaborative Navigation Method For 5g Cluster Uav Based On Configuration Optimization, Chao Gao, Zheng Huang, Xuan Zhao, Hongxing Wang, Tao Long

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The existing range based cooperative navigation methods for clustered UAVs generally ignore the impact of space configuration on positioning and energy determination, which makes it difficult to obtain the accurate navigation and positioning results. In view of this, a collaborative navigation method is proposed for 5G clustered UAVs based on spatial configuration optimization. The relative ranging error model of UAVs based on 5G signals in complex environments is constructed, and the optimization strategy for collaborative navigation nodes is established based on the minimum geometric division of precision(GDOP) criterion to achieve the real-time optimization of collaborative navigation spatial configuration; A …

Incremental Image Dehazing Algorithm Based On Multiple Transfer Attention, Jinyang Wei, Keping Wang, Yi Yang, Shumin Fei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the processing ability of the depth-neural network dehazing algorithm to the supplementary data set, and to make the network differently process the image features of different importance to improve the dehazing ability of the network, an incremental dehazing algorithm based on multiple migration of attention is proposed. The teacher's attention generation network in the form of Encoder-Decoder extracts the multiple attention of labels and haze, which is used it as the label of the characteristic migration media network to constrain the network training to form the migration media attention as close as possible to the …

A Multi-Uav Collaborative Priority Coverage Search Algorithm, Xiang Yu, Qianrui Deng, Sirui Duan, Chen Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the challenges such as large disaster area, uneven distribution of key areas and limited rescue time in emergency rescue, a multi-UAV collaborative priority coverage search algorithm is proposed. The search area is rasterized, and each grid is probabilistically labeled according to the disaster prediction information. The search area is divided into sub-regions of similar size and equal number of UAVs by K-means++ algorithm, and the search starting point of each sub-region is determined based on the clustering center, so that the multiple UAVs can carry out the partition cooperative search of the whole area. The score of each …

Research On Dynamic Scene Slam Based On Improved Object Detection, Lanxi Shi, Wenxu Yan, Hongyu Ni, Feng Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the epipolar constraint matching problem of monocular SLAM in dynamic scenes a dynamic feature point selection method based on object detection is proposed, in which the dynamic feature points in the front-end image frame of SLAM system is eliminated during feature extraction to improve the localization accuracy of SLAM. An improved target detection network is proposed to construct a loss function to describe the bounding box by using the overlap area, distance similarity and cosine similarity, which can achieve the accurate localization of target objects and obtain the range of object feature points in the current image …

Study On Forest Fire Visual Analysis Method For Extinguishing Command In Virtual Environment, Benrun Zhang, Weiqun Cao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the demand of forest fire fighting command, the information required for the command, such as geographical environment, meteorological conditions, forest resources and forest fire behavior are comprehensively analyzed, and the data visualization visual analysis method in the virtual forest fire environment is designed and realized. Wang Zhengfei-3D mixed cellular automata model is used to simulate the process of forest fire spread and the difference time method is adopted to predict the forest fire spreading behavior. The change of environmental data in different interest domains is captured in real time, and the multi-view panel and overlay layers are …

Element Grouping Faceted Fully Connected Network Based On Ris, Shunhu Hou, Shengliang Fang, Qingyao Zeng, Mengtao Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the over-fitting problem that caused by multiple parameters and high memory usage of the full connection layer of neural network in training, a RIS-based element grouping areal fully connected neural network (RGFCNN) is proposed for the first time based on the structural characteristics of reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS). Based on the structural characteristics of RIS, the network is optimized on traditional FCNN. A novel transmission surface attention mechanism is designed for the effective feature extraction of data. Compared with the traditional FCNNs, the proposed network does not arrange the data in one-dimensional manner. Instead, a element …

Artificial Sociality, Simone Natale, Iliana Depounti

Human-Machine Communication

This article proposes the notion of Artificial Sociality to describe communicative AI technologies that create the impression of social behavior. Existing tools that activate Artificial Sociality include, among others, Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, voice assistants, virtual influencers, socialbots and companion chatbots such as Replika. The article highlights three key issues that are likely to shape present and future debates about these technologies, as well as design practices and regulation efforts: the modelling of human sociality that foregrounds it, the problem of deception and the issue of control from the part of the users. Ethical, social and cultural …

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopic Detection Of Volatile Organic Compounds With Zinc Oxide And Metal-Organic Frameworks As Solid-State Sensor Materials, Papa Kojo Amoah

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The industrial revolution drove technological progress but also increased the release of harmful pollutants, posing significant risks to human health and the environment. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which have various anthropogenic and natural sources, are particularly concerning due to their impact on public health, especially in urban areas. Addressing these adverse effects requires comprehensive strategies for mitigation as traditional gas sensing techniques have limitations and there is a need for innovative approaches to VOC detection.

VOCs encompass a diverse group of chemicals with high volatility, emitted from various human activities and natural sources. These compounds play a crucial role in …

Computational Modeling And Analysis Of Facial Expressions And Gaze For Discovery Of Candidate Behavioral Biomarkers For Children And Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Megan Anita Witherow

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Facial expression production and perception in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggest the potential presence of behavioral biomarkers that may stratify individuals on the spectrum into prognostic or treatment subgroups. High-speed internet and the ease of technology have enabled remote, scalable, affordable, and timely access to medical care, such as measurements of ASDrelated behaviors in familiar environments to complement clinical observation. Machine and deep learning (DL)-based analysis of video tracking (VT) of expression production and eye tracking (ET) of expression perception may aid stratification biomarker discovery for children and young adults with ASD. However, there are open challenges in 1) facial …

Time Series Models For Predicting Application Gpu Utilization And Power Draw Based On Trace Data, Dorothy Xiaoshuang Parry

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

This work explores collecting performance metrics and leveraging various statistical and machine learning time series predictive models on a memory-intensive application, Inception v3. Trace data collected using nvidia-smi measured GPU utilization and power draw for two runs of Inception3. Experimental results from the statistical and machine learning-based time series predictive algorithms showed that the predictions from statistical-based models were unable to capture the complex changes in the trace data. The Probabilistic TNN model provided the best results for the power draw trace, according to the test evaluation metrics. For the GPU utilization trace, the RNN models produced the most accurate …

Exploring Human Aging Proteins Based On Deep Autoencoders And K-Means Clustering, Sondos M. Hammad, Mohamed Talaat Saidahmed, Elsayed A. Sallam, Reda Elbasiony

Journal of Engineering Research

Aging significantly affects human health and the overall economy, yet understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms remains limited. Among all human genes, almost three hundred and five have been linked to human aging. While certain subsets of these genes or specific aging-related genes have been extensively studied. There has been a lack of comprehensive examination encompassing the entire set of aging-related genes. Here, the main objective is to overcome understanding based on an innovative approach that combines the capabilities of deep learning. Particularly using One-Dimensional Deep AutoEncoder (1D-DAE). Followed by the K-means clustering technique as a means of unsupervised learning. …

Extracting Dnn Architectures Via Runtime Profiling On Mobile Gpus, Dong Hyub Kim

Masters Theses

Due to significant investment, research, and development efforts over the past decade, deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved notable advancements in classification and regression domains. As a result, DNNs are considered valuable intellectual property for artificial intelligence providers. Prior work has demonstrated highly effective model extraction attacks which steal a DNN, dismantling the provider’s business model and paving the way for unethical or malicious activities, such as misuse of personal data, safety risks in critical systems, or spreading misinformation. This thesis explores the feasibility of model extraction attacks on mobile devices using aggregated runtime profiles as a side-channel to leak …

An Efficient Privacy-Preserving Framework For Video Analytics, Tian Zhou

Doctoral Dissertations

With the proliferation of video content from surveillance cameras, social media, and live streaming services, the need for efficient video analytics has grown immensely. In recent years, machine learning based computer vision algorithms have shown great success in various video analytic tasks. Specifically, neural network models have dominated in visual tasks such as image and video classification, object recognition, object detection, and object tracking. However, compared with classic computer vision algorithms, machine learning based methods are usually much more compute-intensive. Powerful servers are required by many state-of-the-art machine learning models. With the development of cloud computing infrastructures, people are able …

A Distributed Simulation System For Space Operation Missions, Yunzhao Liu, Mingming Wang, Jintao Li, Chuankai Liu, Jianjun Luo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the ground verification requirements of complex space operation missions such as noncooperative target capture, on-orbit maintenance, and in-space assembly, a distributed simulation system is developed, which mainly consists of a back-end simulation model, a front-end visual demonstration system, and a front-end main controller. In order to realize the multidisciplinary model coupling and interaction among different modeling tools or programming languages, the functional mock-up interface (FMI) standard is introduced for system integration, improving the modularity, generality, and portability of the system. To fully utilize computing resources and improve the simulation efficiency, simulation subsystems and modules are deployed in a …

Uav Swarm Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm Based On Visual Field And Velocity Guidance, Xueqi Gui, Chuntao Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the future aerial combat of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the safe flight of UAV swarm in unknown airspace is an important content of swarm research. In view of avoiding obstacles and maintaining behavior in the UAV swarm system, this paper presents a UAV swarm collision avoidance algorithm based on visual field and velocity guidance (VFVG). The swarm adaptive communication topology mechanism is designed based on the visual field method. Combined with the principle of far attraction and near repulsion and the consensus method, the mechanism can accelerate the transmission of obstacle avoidance information among UAV swarms while …

Human Action Recognition Based On Skeleton Edge Information Under Projection Subspace, Benyue Su, Peng Zhang, Bangguo Zhu, Mengjuan Guo, Min Sheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In recent years, human action recognition based on skeleton data has received a lot of attention in the fields of computer vision and human-computer interaction. Most of the existing methods focus on modeling the skeleton points in the original 3D coordinate space. However, skeleton points ignore the physical chain structure of the human body itself, which makes it difficult to portray the local correlation of human motion. In addition, due to the diversity of camera views, it is difficult to explore the comprehensive representation of actions in different views under the original point-based 3D space. In view of this, …

Modeling And Optimization Of Smart Warehouse Order Sorting Considering Splitting Strategy, Yuze Xu, Linxuan Zhang, Hui Li, Ming Ge, Wanyi He

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For an automatic vehicle sorting problem involving mixed sorting of two types of orders, an order splitting strategy and a method for batch adjustment of sub-orders after splitting are proposed by considering the phenomena of blockage of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and idleness of manual collection stations in the order sorting process. In addition, with the optimization objective of minimizing the total order completion time, an order sorting integer planning model with order splitting is established. An improved discrete grey wolf optimization algorithm is proposed to jointly optimize the three sub-problems of order batching, batch sorting, and product unloading …

Joint Distribution-Inventory Optimization And Simulation For Cold Chain Logistics Considering Order Substitution, Yuanpeng Wan, Chengji Liang, Sihong Wang, Yu Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The most important purpose of cold chain logistics is to ensure product freshness, and how to reduce the cost of order distribution on this basis is an urgent problem for cold chain companies. For consumers, product quality and food safety are their main needs. Therefore, by taking the distribution center as the research object, the products were divided into different grades according to the initial freshness of the products before distribution, and the overall freshness of the products was improved by adopting the grade upward substitution mode for orders that do not meet the delivery requirements so that customers …

Three-Dimensional Path Planning Of Uav Based On All Particles Driving Wild Horse Optimizer Algorithm, Gaoyang Li, Xiangfeng Li, Kang Zhao, Yuchao Jin, Zhidong Yi, Dunwen Zuo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of large calculation amounts and difficult convergence in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning, a path planning method based on all particles driving wild horse optimizier (APDWHO) was proposed. A three-dimensional environment model and path cost model were established, by which the path planning problem was transformed into a multi-dimensional function optimization problem. An adaptive neighborhood search strategy (ANSS) was adopted to improve the exploitation ability of the algorithm. The Gaussian random walk strategy was used to search the historical optimal position of the individual to improve the exploration ability of the algorithm. Since the ANSS …

Construction Of Machine Learning Data Set For Analyzing The Replay Of The Wargaming, Dayong Zhang, Jingyu Yang, Jun Ma, Chenye Song

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The first problem to be solved in the application of machine learning to the analysis of the replay of the wargaming is the construction of data sets. Due to the standardization requirements of machine learning for data structure, as well as the limitations of computing power and storage, building a machine learning data set through the wargaming data still faces many problems in terms of how to describe the wargaming situation, how to describe the wargaming process, how to handle high dimensional data, and how to prevent data distortion. To solve these problems, this paper constructs a mapping model …

3d Streamline Visualization Method Based On Clustering Fusion, Xuqiang Shao, Ya Cheng, Yizhong Jin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problems of incomplete feature extraction, continuity destruction of flow field by visual results, and poor representation of streamline caused by unstable clustering division when the clustering method is used to realize 3D streamline visualization. A 3D streamline visualization method based on clustering fusion is proposed. It consists of a distance measurement method between features and a clustering fusion method, which takes the inter-feature distance and spatial distance as the similarity between streamlines for clustering and then performs weighted merging and subdivision of the obtained clustering result. The method has been tested on data sets …

Dynamic Digital Twin Modelling And Semi-Physical Simulation Of Wind Turbine Operation, Yang Hu, Weiran Wang, Fang Fang, Ziqiu Song, Yuhan Xu, Jizhen Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the accurate mapping and real-time simulation requirements proposed by digital twin technology, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) finite difference domain-hybrid semi-mechanical (FDDHSM) digital twin modeling method is proposed, and a semi-physical simulation system of wind turbine digital twin with physical controller is established for the complex nonlinear operation characteristics of large wind turbines. The integrated dynamic MIMO-FDD-HSM model structure is constructed. Finite difference regression vectors are defined to characterize the operating conditions of the wind turbine, and finite difference space tight convex partitioning, parametric model identification, and non-parametric model training are completed under full operating conditions. The wind turbine …