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Simulation And Analysis Of Kinematic Parameters Of Vehicle Offset And Rear-End Collision Accident, Wenhui Zhang, Yongmin Su, Shurui Sun May 2020

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 May 2020

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 …


Modeling Analysis And Prediction On Ncp Epidemic Transmission, Huaxiong Sheng, Wu Lin, Changliang Xiao May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 May 2020

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 …


Using Taint Analysis And Reinforcement Learning (Tarl) To Repair Autonomous Robot Software, Damian Lyons, Saba Zahra May 2020

Using Taint Analysis And Reinforcement Learning (Tarl) To Repair Autonomous Robot Software, Damian Lyons, Saba Zahra

Faculty Publications

It is important to be able to establish formal performance bounds for autonomous systems. However, formal verification techniques require a model of the environment in which the system operates; a challenge for autonomous systems, especially those expected to operate over longer timescales. This paper describes work in progress to automate the monitor and repair of ROS-based autonomous robot software written for an a-priori partially known and possibly incorrect environment model. A taint analysis method is used to automatically extract the data-flow sequence from input topic to publish topic, and instrument that code. A unique reinforcement learning approximation of MDP utility …


A Capacitive Sensing Gym Mat For Exercise Classification & Tracking, Adam Goertz May 2020

A Capacitive Sensing Gym Mat For Exercise Classification & Tracking, Adam Goertz

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

Effective monitoring of adherence to at-home exercise programs as prescribed by physiotherapy protocols is essential to promoting effective rehabilitation and therapeutic interventions. Currently physical therapists and other health professionals have no reliable means of tracking patients' progress in or adherence to a prescribed regimen. This project aims to develop a low-cost, privacy-conserving means of monitoring at-home exercise activity using a gym mat equipped with an array of capacitive sensors. The ability of the mat to classify different types of exercises was evaluated using several machine learning models trained on an existing dataset of physiotherapy exercises.


Enhancing Cellular Communications For Uavs Via Intelligent Reflective Surface, Dong Ma, Ming Ding, Mahbub Hassan May 2020

Enhancing Cellular Communications For Uavs Via Intelligent Reflective Surface, Dong Ma, Ming Ding, Mahbub Hassan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) capable of reconfiguring their electromagnetic absorption and reflection properties in real-time are offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance wireless communication experience in challenging environments. In this paper, we analyze the potential of IRS in enhancing cellular communications for UAVs, which currently suffers from poor signal strength due to the down-tilt of base station antennas optimized to serve ground users. We consider deployment of IRS on building walls, which can be remotely configured by cellular base stations to coherently direct the reflected radio waves towards specific UAVs in order to increase their received signal strengths. Using the recently …


A Framework For Vector-Weighted Deep Neural Networks, Carter Chiu May 2020

A Framework For Vector-Weighted Deep Neural Networks, Carter Chiu

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The vast majority of advances in deep neural network research operate on the basis of a real-valued weight space. Recent work in alternative spaces have challenged and complemented this idea; for instance, the use of complex- or binary-valued weights have yielded promising and fascinating results. We propose a framework for a novel weight space consisting of vector values which we christen VectorNet. We first develop the theoretical foundations of our proposed approach, including formalizing the requisite theory for forward and backpropagating values in a vector-weighted layer. We also introduce the concept of expansion and aggregation functions for conversion between real …


Multi-Objective Signal Timing Optimal Model For Rural-Urban Fringe Area Intersection, Xiaoyu Zhang, Chunfu Shao Apr 2020

Multi-Objective Signal Timing Optimal Model For Rural-Urban Fringe Area Intersection, Xiaoyu Zhang, Chunfu Shao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the acceleration of the urbanization process in our country, the road traffic problems in the urban-rural fringe area are becoming serious. In order to improve the traffic efficiency, environmental benefits and traffic safety, a multi-objective optimal model for signal timing is established under the comprehensive consideration of several factors, such as the delay, capacity, number of stops and vehicle emissions. The genetic algorithm is used to solve the problem. A typical intersection is taken as the example for the analysis and the improved design schemes can be achieved and evaluated by the road traffic simulation. The …


Lightmap-Based Gi Collaborative Rendering System For Web3d Application, Shao Wei, Liu Chang, Jinyuan Jia Apr 2020

Lightmap-Based Gi Collaborative Rendering System For Web3d Application, Shao Wei, Liu Chang, Jinyuan Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the real-time dynamic lighting rendering in low-end web environment, a view-independent collaborative real-time rendering system is presented. The whole system consists of a cloud renderer which produces the global illumination, a web renderer which computes the local illumination, and a scalable collaboration solution which takes the user behavior into account to adjust the range and frequency of the lighting computation. The cloud renderer computes the lighting data into the Lightmap, streams the Lightmap to the web client. After computing the direct light, the web renderer achieves the global illumination information by Sampling the Lightmap, and shows the …


Research On Modeling And Analyzing Method Of Task-Oriented Network Information System Of Systems, Zhu Tao, Weitai Liang, Songhua Huang, Jieyong Zhang Apr 2020

Research On Modeling And Analyzing Method Of Task-Oriented Network Information System Of Systems, Zhu Tao, Weitai Liang, Songhua Huang, Jieyong Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As the catalyst and fusion agent of the system combat capability in the information age, the network information system of systems has been changing the form of information-based warfare and the mode of combat effectiveness generation. On the basis of studying the concept of the network information system of systems and introducing association mapping rules between tasks and systems, a new modeling and analyzing method of the network information system of systems with two dimensions and four networks, based on super-network and service-oriented characteristics, is proposed. The definitions of services information flow motif delay, the task execution accuracy …


Thinking On Digital Twin For Weapon System, Junhua Zhou, Junjie Xue, Heyu Li, Ji Hang, Tingyu Lin, Guoqiang Shi Apr 2020

Thinking On Digital Twin For Weapon System, Junhua Zhou, Junjie Xue, Heyu Li, Ji Hang, Tingyu Lin, Guoqiang Shi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The main development process of the digital twin technology is reviewed and its necessity for the weapon system is put forward. The definition and composition of the digital twin for the weapon system is given and its application architecture and key technologies, such as the construction of the digital thread, bi-directional collaborative simulation and control, intelligent autonomous evolution, digital twin operation support based on the container-simulation-cloud, et al, are analyzed. The preliminary research and practice of some key technologies is expounded, and the future research directions are summarized and looked forward to.


Modeling And Propeller Location Optimization For Diving Propeller Vehicle, Jianjun Zhang, Yang Bing, Jinhui Wu, Yan Qiang Apr 2020

Modeling And Propeller Location Optimization For Diving Propeller Vehicle, Jianjun Zhang, Yang Bing, Jinhui Wu, Yan Qiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Focus on the rapid physical exertion and the poor flexibility of diving propeller vehicle, a wearable diving propeller equipped with buoyancy control devices is proposed, and the position of the propeller in the device is optimized. The human body structure is regarded as a rigid body to establish a spatial 6-degree-of-freedom motion equation, and its surrounding hydrodynamic performance is analyzed. The hydrodynamic parameters in the model are obtained based on the FLUENT. The propeller position optimization model based on the minimum external force of rectilinear diving and slewing motions is established. The optimization results demonstrate that the optimized …


Research On Image Description Method Based On Neural Network, Kong Rui, Xie Wei, Lei Tai Apr 2020

Research On Image Description Method Based On Neural Network, Kong Rui, Xie Wei, Lei Tai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The automatic recognition and automatically describing image content is an important research direction to the artificial intelligence to connect the computer vision and the natural language processing. A method of describing the image content is proposed to generate the natural language by using the deep neural network model. The model consists of a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a recurrent neural network (RNN). The CNN is used to extract features of the input image to generate a fixed-length feature vector, which initializes the RNN to generate the sentences. Experimental results on the MSCOCO image description dataset show the syntactic …


Multi-Objective Dynamic Programming Algorithm Of Energy-Efficient Scheduling For Tow-Train, Xinyan Zhang, Yuqing Zhou Apr 2020

Multi-Objective Dynamic Programming Algorithm Of Energy-Efficient Scheduling For Tow-Train, Xinyan Zhang, Yuqing Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To balance the performance and energy consumption of the mixed-model assembly lines effectively, a multi-objective energy-saving scheduling method for the tow-train is proposed. The energy-saving objective is introduced into the traditional material handling scheduling model for the tow-train and a multi-objective mixed integer programming model is constructed with two objective functions of minimizing the maximum line-side inventory and the total energy consumption. A forwards multi-objective dynamic programming based on the time window and dominance rules is presented to obtain the Pareto solutions: the definition for new states is given to obtain the Markov property, the time window and dominance …


Design Of Space-Based Surveillance Distributed Simulation System For Space Targets, Zhang Yang, Qingbo Gan, Yuan Hong, Jiangliang Fu, Chengming Sun Apr 2020

Design Of Space-Based Surveillance Distributed Simulation System For Space Targets, Zhang Yang, Qingbo Gan, Yuan Hong, Jiangliang Fu, Chengming Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Following the wide application of the HLA in the aerospace system simulation, the space-based surveillance distributed simulation system for the space targets based on the HLA is designed. In the infrastructure design level, the hierarchical structure including data layer, model layer and mission layer are designed. In the system design level, the simulation control members, space-based surveillance member, space target member, optical payload member, and visual simulation member are divided and confirmed. The orbit dynamics and maneuvering model, attitude dynamics and control model, payload pointing and optical imaging model are established. In system implement level, the …


One Design Mode Of Highly Configurable Modular Simulation System, Chunsheng Hu, Chengdong Xu, Penfei Zhang Apr 2020

One Design Mode Of Highly Configurable Modular Simulation System, Chunsheng Hu, Chengdong Xu, Penfei Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The computer simulation technology is an essential verification way to the design, construction and application optimization of the modern complex system. Following the continuous growing complexity of the system, the higher requirement on the configurability of the simulation system is needed to face the rapidly change. Based on the analysis on the configurability and some coupling factors with the adverse effect, a design mode of highly configurable and open and easy to expend modular simulation system is proposed. The results show that, despite the cost of some real-time performance, the design mode can realize the high configurability of the …


Modeling And Simulation Of Locating Water Resources For Forest Fire Extinguishing, Guoxiong Zhou, Li Tong, Aibin Chen, Mingfang He Apr 2020

Modeling And Simulation Of Locating Water Resources For Forest Fire Extinguishing, Guoxiong Zhou, Li Tong, Aibin Chen, Mingfang He

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: At the time of the forest fire, the effective water resource position is a good assistance to the firefighters to put out the fire. Taking a state-owned tree-farm, Huangfeng Bridge as an example in You Xian, an approach is proposed to optimally locate and determine the water resources to extinguish the forest fires, which uses the barycenter of a Weighted Voronoi Diagram and is generated dynamically via Cellular Automata and locally optimized by Alternative Location and Allocation algorithm. In order to reduce the low ratio impact of the water resource to the high fire risk areas, a barycenter model …