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Simulation And Analysis Of Kinematic Parameters Of Vehicle Offset And Rear-End Collision Accident, Wenhui Zhang, Yongmin Su, Shurui Sun
Simulation And Analysis Of Kinematic Parameters Of Vehicle Offset And Rear-End Collision Accident, Wenhui Zhang, Yongmin Su, Shurui Sun
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: In order to deeply study the motion behavior of vehicles in the rear-end collision, a vehicle rear end collision accident model is established in the PC-Crash simulation environment. Considering with the relative velocity, offset, speed of the rear-end vehicle and wheel angle, the acceleration, yaw angle and yaw rate of the vehicle are obtained. The research results show that when the bias degree is 20%, the yaw angles of the rear-end vehicle and rear tracked vehicle is the biggest, and is easy to induce the secondary accidents such as rollover and fixtures crash. The larger the relative …
Research On Dynamic Editable Method For Combat Simulation Model Combination, Wu Wei
Research On Dynamic Editable Method For Combat Simulation Model Combination, Wu Wei
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Focus on the low flexibility, interactivity and maneuverability of the combat simulation system, a dynamic editing method for the simulation model combination is proposed. This method is based on the technology of dynamic design of model combination, dynamic editing of simulation model combination and visual programming, which using the Interface-oriented and face-cut design in the model design to realize the flexible and high efficient combat modeling and simulation. A military ship model is designed as the experimental case, in which the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method are discussed and verified. The experiment results demonstrate that the method …
A New Interactive Simulation Method For Virtual Tape Measurement, Dongjin Huang, Chenfeng Jiang, Xianglong Wang, Linhui Gu
A New Interactive Simulation Method For Virtual Tape Measurement, Dongjin Huang, Chenfeng Jiang, Xianglong Wang, Linhui Gu
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: The virtual tape measurement is an extremely important process in the industrial training systems, and the fidelity of the measurement depends on the stability of the grasp and the accuracy of the tape measure. Combined with the virtual hand, a new interactive simulation method for the virtual tape measurement is proposed and applied to the wind-driven generator alignment training simulation system. The fusion of the geometric rules and physical rules improves the grasping judgment method, and the quaternion adjusts the grasp gesture. Based on the 3D algorithm, the tape width uneven is solved by optimizing the vertex setting to …
Simulation On A Car-Following Strategy For Adaptive Cruise Control System, Zhiqiang Zhai, Jinliang Xu, Yuan Hao, Yongming Zhou, Longfei Zhao, Shiqian Wang
Simulation On A Car-Following Strategy For Adaptive Cruise Control System, Zhiqiang Zhai, Jinliang Xu, Yuan Hao, Yongming Zhou, Longfei Zhao, Shiqian Wang
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: A car-following strategy based on the variable distance is proposed to improve the applicability of the ACC (Adaptive cruise control) system. The curvature radius of centroid trajectory of the host vehicle is computed by the kinetic model based on the unscented Kalman filter. In order to identify the car-following object, a vehicle tracking model is presented according to the relative kinetic states between the front vehicle and the host vehicle. The ACC system adjust the velocity of the host vehicle to control the safe distance between the host vehicle and the object vehicle. A complex condition with the lane-changing …
Research On Sliding Mode Control Of Robotic Arm Based On Fractional Calculus, Zhang Xin, Jiaxin Li
Research On Sliding Mode Control Of Robotic Arm Based On Fractional Calculus, Zhang Xin, Jiaxin Li
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: An effective fractional order sliding mode control method is proposed for the nonlinear and uncertain robotic arm system by combining the advantages of the fractional calculus theory and the sliding mode control strategy. In the design of the controller, the fractional calculus is introduced into the sliding mode control by using the fractional order reaching law and the fractional order sliding mode control law respectively, and is proved by the Lyapunov theory to ensure the stability of the system. The proposed control method is applied to a two-joint robotic arm and is verified by the MATLAB simulation software. The …
Modeling Analysis And Prediction On Ncp Epidemic Transmission, Huaxiong Sheng, Wu Lin, Changliang Xiao
Modeling Analysis And Prediction On Ncp Epidemic Transmission, Huaxiong Sheng, Wu Lin, Changliang Xiao
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: The modeling analysis on the NCP (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia) epidemic transmission before and after the closure of Wuhan is presented. On the basis of preprocessing the epidemic data, the classical SIR model and differential recurrence method are used to analyze and forecast the epidemic situation in the stage of control. The theoretical value and measured value fits well. In the stage of free transmission, the logistic model is used to compare and analyze the epidemic data five days in advance or later with the actual data to show the importance of taking the epidemic prevention measures in time. The …
Optimization Algorithm Based On Human Infection With Avian Influenza, Guangqiu Huang, Qiuqin Lu
Optimization Algorithm Based On Human Infection With Avian Influenza, Guangqiu Huang, Qiuqin Lu
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: To get the global optimal solution of some complex nonlinear optimization problems, an optimization algorithm based on the human avian influenza infectious diseases is proposed by using its dynamic model of cross species transmission. Applies the H7N9 infectious disease model to create the operators Su-Su, Iu-Iu, Su-Iu, Iu-Su, Su-Du, Iu-Du, and to enable the individuals to exchange information among the same species and cross-species. The Su-Su and Iu-Iu operators …
Research On Failure Modes Analysis Based On Weighted Evidence Theory, Lulu Shao, Jihong Han, Niu Kan, Xiaohu Liu, Shao Fang
Research On Failure Modes Analysis Based On Weighted Evidence Theory, Lulu Shao, Jihong Han, Niu Kan, Xiaohu Liu, Shao Fang
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Aiming at the risk priority numbers of different failure modes being equal and the criticality of the fault modes changing greatly due to the tiny change of the risk parameters, a method of the failure modes analysis based on the weighted evidence theory is proposed from the perspective of the methodology of dealing with the uncertainty problem. The method qualifies the epistemic uncertainty existing in the expert evaluation of the risk parameters into the basic belief assignment and expert attribute weight respectively, and the information propagation and processing of the epistemic uncertainty is solved, and the ordered arrangement …
Design Of Virtual Training System For Horizontally Oriented Drill Based On Unity3d, Guojun Wen, Xia Yu, Yudan Wang, Zifei Hu, Wu Dan
Design Of Virtual Training System For Horizontally Oriented Drill Based On Unity3d, Guojun Wen, Xia Yu, Yudan Wang, Zifei Hu, Wu Dan
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Aiming at the equipment shortage, serious resource loss and hidden dangers in traditional horizontally oriented drilling rig training, a design scheme of the horizontally oriented drilling rig virtual training system based on the Unity3D is proposed. An experimental platform is built to verify the feasibility. The solidworks, 3dsMax model construction, Unity3D software virtual animation and scene development, Rodrigues rotation matrix 3D trajectory algorithm derivation, data acquisition (DAQ), system software and hardware communication and other technical content are used in the program. The experimental results show that the scheme is feasible, the system has the good operability and true immersion …
High-Fidelity Simulation Of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy, Peng Liu, Weixin Si, Zheng Rui, Xiangyun Liao, Dongliang Xu, Ping'an Wang
High-Fidelity Simulation Of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy, Peng Liu, Weixin Si, Zheng Rui, Xiangyun Liao, Dongliang Xu, Ping'an Wang
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: The virtual reality simulator of the video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery lobectomy is of great value to the surgeon's surgical training and planning. In order to simulate the high-fidelity video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy, a VATS lobectomy simulator to realistically and efficiently simulate the different surgical operations during the VATS lobectomy procedure is developed. Based on the Position-Based Dynamics framework, the deformation induced by tool-tissue and tissue-tissue interactions, soft tissue cuts as well as subsequent surgical suture operations is simulated. The Marching Cubes algorithm is employed to achieve the surface rendering, especially for the cutting process. The GPU parallel computing technique is …
Application Of Improved Inverse Decoupling Active Disturbance Rejection Internal Model Control In Grinding, Zhou Ying, Qiaojuan Jia, Zhang Yan, Mingxin Chang
Application Of Improved Inverse Decoupling Active Disturbance Rejection Internal Model Control In Grinding, Zhou Ying, Qiaojuan Jia, Zhang Yan, Mingxin Chang
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Aiming at the characteristics of the multivariable, strong coupling and large time delay of the grinding classification system, the improved inverse decoupling active disturbance rejection internal model control method is proposed. The inverse decoupling method is used to realize the decoupling of the grinding classification system, and the improved internal model control and linear active disturbance rejection control are adopted for the decoupled subsystem. By introducing the internal model compensator and the gain to compensate the time delay, the dependence of the system upon the model is reduced .The model mismatch, external disturbance and uncertainties are suppressed by adjusting …
Modeling And Simulation For Prevention And Control Of Drug Abuse And Drug-Related Crime Based On System Dynamics, Liu Feng
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: In the existing drug abuse dynamics models, the drug users are assumed to be permanent immune to drugs after rehabilitation and the possibility of the recovery drug users being susceptible again is neglected. To solve the problem, through the system dynamics (SD) method, the evolution process of the drug-related crowds is analyzed, and a relevant model based on the transient immunity is constructed. The trends of the drug abuse and drug-related crime are predicted by the simulation experiments, and the sensitivity analysis indicates that the rate of contact and exposure to drugs is the most sensitive factor of the …
A Route Recovery Mechanism Using Hybrid Anti-Interference Method, Ziwen Sun, Yanqi Zhang, Yimin Xu
A Route Recovery Mechanism Using Hybrid Anti-Interference Method, Ziwen Sun, Yanqi Zhang, Yimin Xu
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Aiming at the jamming attacks in the industrial wireless sensor networks, a route recovery mechanism based on the WirelessHART graph routing is proposed. The jamming attack detection method is used to obtain the node and area being attacked by the jamming attack, the uncoordinated frequency hopping spread spectrum is used to generate the frequency hopping sequence of the node of being attacked by the jamming attack and that of the surrounding nodes, so that the traditional frequency hopping spread spectrum is performed on the nodes. Detects again, and combines the routing cost and the WirelessHART graph routing …
Non-Contact Object Size Acquisition Based On Visual-Inertial Sensor Fusion, Kang Lai, Yingmei Wei, Jiang Jie, Yuxiang Xie
Non-Contact Object Size Acquisition Based On Visual-Inertial Sensor Fusion, Kang Lai, Yingmei Wei, Jiang Jie, Yuxiang Xie
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: In consideration of the visual data and the data from the inertial measurement unit (IMU) having the different characteristics, the 6D pose of the visual sensor is recovered from the captured video by using the vision-based 3D reconstruction techniques, the obtained pose information and inertial measurements is fused via the spatial-temporal alignment, and based on the determined scale of the visual 3D reconstruction the non-contact measurement of a scene is performed. The proposed approach achieves a relative measurement error of about 3% in the non-contact object size estimation experiment. As it does not require the additional calibration object …
Optimization Design And Locomotion Characteristics Analysis Of Wheeled Traction Robot, Wu Wei, Li Bo, Nana Liu, Guangzhi Ma
Optimization Design And Locomotion Characteristics Analysis Of Wheeled Traction Robot, Wu Wei, Li Bo, Nana Liu, Guangzhi Ma
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: To evaluate quantitatively the dynamic locomotion characteristics and obstacle performance of the wheeled traction robot in horizontal well with single pipe diameter, the mechanical model of the crawling module of the wheeled traction robot is established and the structural and size parameters are optimized. The ADAMS model of the current robot is presented, and the Simulink models of three parts of the driving module, supporting mechanism and traction resistance are built. A specified method of the ADAMS/Simulink joint simulation modeling is proposed to analyze the locomotion characteristics and obstacle performance of the wheeled traction robot. The simulation results …
Prediction Of Flight Taxi-Out Time In A Busy Airport Based On Lwsvr, Zhiwei Xing, Songyue Jiang, Luo Qian, Luo Xiao
Prediction Of Flight Taxi-Out Time In A Busy Airport Based On Lwsvr, Zhiwei Xing, Songyue Jiang, Luo Qian, Luo Xiao
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Aiming at improving the accuracy of predicting the flight taxi-out time in a busy airport, based on the local regression and weighted support vector regression, a prediction model of the locally weighted support vector regression is proposed. The model uses the K nearest neighbor method to reduce the capacity of the training sample set and build a predictive model for each predicted sample. The bandwidth parameter of the Gaussian weighting function is optimized with the Mahalanobis distance between the forecast sample and training samples, and the weighting coefficients are obtained. Combining the airport departure flight data in simulation analysis, …
Two-Stage Dynamic Emergency And Disaster Resistance Operation Strategy For Active Distribution Network, Zhang Wei, Li Quan, Yuqiu Zhou, Yuhang Luo, Peifeng Xi
Two-Stage Dynamic Emergency And Disaster Resistance Operation Strategy For Active Distribution Network, Zhang Wei, Li Quan, Yuqiu Zhou, Yuhang Luo, Peifeng Xi
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: The persistence and gradual change of the typhoons and other dynamic disasters, increase the complexity of the fault recovery process. In order to quickly restore the power to the active distribution network, a two-stage dynamic emergency operational strategy is proposed and the corresponding overall optimization model is established. The strategy includes the resource allocation plan, island partition scheme and cooperative scheme of the emergency repair and restoration. In the first stage, the pre-disaster resource allocation plan is made according to the travel time and attribute matching situation between the disaster-stricken areas and the repair resources. In the second stage, …
Simulation Research On Effectiveness Of Reward And Punishment Strategy In Open-Pit Mines, Xingxin Nie, Cunrui Bai
Simulation Research On Effectiveness Of Reward And Punishment Strategy In Open-Pit Mines, Xingxin Nie, Cunrui Bai
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: Mining safety accidents occur frequently, and one of the main causes is the miners' Intentional Unsafe Behavior (IUB), and therefore implementing the reward and punishment strategy on it is the key coping strategy. In order to study how the reward and punishment strategy acts on the Intentional Unsafe Behavior (IUB) of the miners and how effective the strategy is, based on the Behavioral Economics + IUB Diffusion Theory, combined with the Multi-Agent model to analyze the influencing factors of the miners' IUB, and based on the work situation adaptability function and the unsafe behavior adaptability function, the simulation model …
Model And Simulation Of Interactive Dissemination Of Multiple Public Opinion Information Under Government Intervention, Zhiying Wang, Weikang Wang, Chaolong Yue
Model And Simulation Of Interactive Dissemination Of Multiple Public Opinion Information Under Government Intervention, Zhiying Wang, Weikang Wang, Chaolong Yue
Journal of System Simulation
Abstract: In order to identify the interactive dissemination rules of the multiple public opinion information (POI) in major emergencies and make the intervention decisions more pertinently, an intervention model of interactive dissemination is proposed. The model integrates the characteristics of the unequal competition of multiple POI, expands the existing intervention model of the single POI dissemination, and could analyze the intervention measures from the global perspective of the interactive dissemination. Case analysis and simulation results show that the proposed model could well simulate the evolution of the interactive transmission of the multiple POI. Although the strong POI is more harmful …
A Model To Estimate The Lifetime Of Bess For The Prosumer Community Of Manufacturers With Ogs, Md Monirul Islam, Cihan H. Dagli, Zeyi Sun
A Model To Estimate The Lifetime Of Bess For The Prosumer Community Of Manufacturers With Ogs, Md Monirul Islam, Cihan H. Dagli, Zeyi Sun
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Onsite generation system (OGS) with renewable sources for modern manufacturing plant is considered as a critical alternative energy source for the manufacturers. Prosumer community can be formed by aggregating such manufacturers to achieve a mutual goal of sustainable and resilient power system. As the sustainability of the network depends on the reliable operations of each component in the network, it is required to monitor the performance and lifetime of the components existed in the network. One of the critical as well as costly components used to enhance the reliability and performance of the network is the battery energy storage system …
A System-Of-Systems Model To Simulate The Complex Emergent Behavior Of Vehicle Traffic On An Urban Transportation Infrastructure Network, Rayan Assaad, Cihan H. Dagli, Islam H. El-Adaway
A System-Of-Systems Model To Simulate The Complex Emergent Behavior Of Vehicle Traffic On An Urban Transportation Infrastructure Network, Rayan Assaad, Cihan H. Dagli, Islam H. El-Adaway
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Transportation agencies face escalating challenges in forecasting the traffic demand. Traditional prediction methods focused on individual transportation sectors and failed to study the inter-dependencies between the different transportation systems. Hence, there is a need for more advanced and holistic modeling techniques. To this end, this paper models and analyses an urban transportation system-of-systems incorporating seven various systems: population and GDP, CO2 emission, gasoline price and total vehicle trips, traffic demand, public and private transportation, transportation investment, and traffic congestion. Accordingly, this research simulates transportation networks as a collection of task-oriented systems that combine their resources to form a complex …
Agent Based Modeling For Flood Inundation Mapping And Rerouting, Vinayaka Gude, Steven Corns, Cihan H. Dagli, Suzanna Long
Agent Based Modeling For Flood Inundation Mapping And Rerouting, Vinayaka Gude, Steven Corns, Cihan H. Dagli, Suzanna Long
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Natural disasters like earthquakes and floods can have a serious impact on road networks, which are critical to supply chain infrastructure and to provide connectivity. These extreme events can result in isolating people in the affected area from hospitals and emergency response. This paper presents an agent-based model for understanding flood propagation and developing inundation mapping. The results from the mapping are used to identify the roads prone to floods based on elevation data and flood simulation. A simulation environment was set up in SUMO, and the costs associated with the traffic disruption are evaluated. This paper discusses the integration …
An Agent-Based Approach To Artificial Stock Market Modeling, Samuel Vanfossan, Cihan H. Dagli, Benjamin J. Kwasa
An Agent-Based Approach To Artificial Stock Market Modeling, Samuel Vanfossan, Cihan H. Dagli, Benjamin J. Kwasa
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Consumer stock markets have long been a target of modeling efforts for the economic gains anticipatorily enabled by well-performing models. Aimed at identifying strategies capable of achieving desired returns, many modeling approaches have attempted to capture the innumerable and intricate complexities present within these adaptive socio-technical systems. Decreasingly constrained by available computation power, contemporary models have grown in sophistication to include several of the features present in de facto market systems. However, these models require extensive effort to dictate the variety of states, behaviors, and adaptations that entities of the system may exhibit. Mandating the development of complex formulas and …
Efficient Architecture Search For Deep Neural Networks, Ram Deepak Gottapu, Cihan H. Dagli
Efficient Architecture Search For Deep Neural Networks, Ram Deepak Gottapu, Cihan H. Dagli
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
This paper addresses the scalability challenge of automatic deep neural architecture search by implementing a parameter sharing approach with regularized genetic algorithm (RGE). The key idea is to use a regularized genetic algorithm (RGE) on a pre-determined template and discover a high-performance architecture by searching for the optimal chromosome. During evolution, each model corresponding to a discovered chromosome is trained for a fixed number of epochs to minimize a canonical cross-entropy loss on a given training dataset. Meanwhile, the performance of the trained model on validation dataset is used as a fitness value to perform the evolutions. Because of parameter …
Modeling And Simulation Of A Robotic Bridge Inspection System, Md Monirul Karim, Cihan H. Dagli, Ruwen Qin
Modeling And Simulation Of A Robotic Bridge Inspection System, Md Monirul Karim, Cihan H. Dagli, Ruwen Qin
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Inspection and preservation of the aging bridges to extend their service life has been recognized as one of the important tasks of the State Departments of Transportation. Yet manual inspection procedure is not efficient to determine the safety status of the bridges in order to facilitate the implementation of appropriate maintenance. In this paper, a complex model involving a remotely controlled robotic platform is proposed to inspect the safety status of the bridges which will eliminate labor-intensive inspection. Mobile cameras from unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV) are used to collect bridge inspection data in order to record the periodic changes of …
An Agent-Based Model To Study Competitive Construction Bidding And The Winner's Curse, Amr Elsayegh, Cihan H. Dagli, Islam H. El-Adaway
An Agent-Based Model To Study Competitive Construction Bidding And The Winner's Curse, Amr Elsayegh, Cihan H. Dagli, Islam H. El-Adaway
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Reverse auction theory is the basis for competitive construction bidding process. The lowest bid method is utilized for selecting contractors in public projects. The winning contractor having the lowest bid value could be cursed when the submitted bid value results in negative profits. This is caused by many factors such as the contractor's estimation accuracy and markup. This is addressed in this paper by providing a model simulating the construction competitive bidding and the occurrence of the winner's curse. To this end, the authors show the extent to which the winner's curse affects the status of contracting companies. The objectives …
Preface To The Special Issue: "Complex Adaptive Systems," Malvern, Pennsylvania, November 13-15, 2019, Nil Kilicay-Ergin, Cihan H. Dagli
Preface To The Special Issue: "Complex Adaptive Systems," Malvern, Pennsylvania, November 13-15, 2019, Nil Kilicay-Ergin, Cihan H. Dagli
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
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A System Dynamics Approach For Study Of Population Growth And The Residential Housing Market In The Us, Gasser Galal Ali, Islam H. El-Adaway, Cihan H. Dagli
A System Dynamics Approach For Study Of Population Growth And The Residential Housing Market In The Us, Gasser Galal Ali, Islam H. El-Adaway, Cihan H. Dagli
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The US Consensus bureau estimated the total construction spending at 1,320,305 Million Dollars, in February 2020, with an increase of 1.1% since last February. The construction market is large, and risky. Prediction of the market behavior, for several years ahead, is needed in order to take strategic investment decision for long and expensive projects. The goal of this research is to study the relationship between population growth and the housing market. To that end, a system dynamics model is developed. System dynamics is a top-down approach that starts with the high-level behavior of a complex system to simulate the behavior …
A System Dynamics Model For Construction Safety Behavior, Mohamad Abdul Nabi, Islam H. El-Adaway, Cihan H. Dagli
A System Dynamics Model For Construction Safety Behavior, Mohamad Abdul Nabi, Islam H. El-Adaway, Cihan H. Dagli
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Construction Industry has always been reputed by its high incident rates and poor safety performance. Construction accidents are, in most cases, resulted from the unsafe behaviors of construction workers on site. The study of workers' behavior is crucial in order to understand the causation of unsafe behaviors. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to simulate construction safety behavior in order to predict the number of safety incidents and better understand their causation factors. The simulation model illustrates how construction system influences construction labors on site in terms of unsafe behavior. The standard leading indicators of safety performance are first …
Applying Lean Manufacturing Principles At Vip Cinema: Standardizing Hardware Assembly Workstations, Cameron Koch
Applying Lean Manufacturing Principles At Vip Cinema: Standardizing Hardware Assembly Workstations, Cameron Koch
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This paper will explore the benefits of standardization and consistency in a manufacturing setting by demonstrating the value of improved tooling and organization. “Lean Manufacturing” is the broad term used to describe key principles that can be applied to most businesses to reduce waste and increase efficiency. This ideology’s theme is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. The purpose of its adoption is to transform managers and operators into experts of identifying the deficiencies in many manufacturing and assembly processes and implementing changes that can lead to enormous improvements in takt time, production output, and ultimately, profitability. At VIP …