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Uav-Enabled Task Offloading Strategy For Vehicular Edge Computing Networks, Feng Hu, Haiyang Gu, Jun Lin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As intelligent vehicles are equipped with more and more sensors, the explosive growth of sensor data is generated, which brings severe challenges to vehicular communication and computing. In addition, the modern road presents a three-dimensional structure, and the system architecture of traditional vehicular networks cannot guarantee full coverage and seamless computing. A task offloading strategy for UAV-assisted and 6G-enabled (Sixth Generation) vehicular edge computing networks is proposed. Furthermore, a flexible and intelligent vehicular edge computing mode is composed by vehicles and UAVs, which provide three-dimensional edge computing services for delay-sensitive and computation-intensive vehicular tasks, and ensure timely processing and …

Development Of Combat Concept Of Intelligent Land Assault System Based On Dodaf, Can Wang, Haoran Ji, Qisheng Guo, Zhiming Dong, Yaxin Tan, Ge Mu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of military demand traction in the development of land assault equipment, a combat concept of land assault systems for future intelligent combat is developed. Basedon the definition of relevant concepts and research boundaries, the combat concept model framework and modeling steps are proposed based on DoDAF, and the combat effect, combat process, combat nodes, resource interaction, system composition, and capability characteristics are analyzed in combination with the model description. The combat concept verification is carried out from the aspects of system combat efficiency and communication load by simulation experiments. The results show that the intelligent assault system …

Research On Operational Effectiveness Evaluation Method Of Space-Based Information Support Equipment System, Xiaolan Yu, Wei Xiong, Chi Han, Zhenwei Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The operational effectiveness evaluation of space-based information support equipment systems has become a research hotspot in the military field. How to effectively deal with the nonlinear and confrontational problems of the operational effectiveness of the space-based information support equipment system has become a crucial issue in the development of the space-based information support equipment system. In this paper, a method for evaluating the operational effectiveness of the space-based information support equipment system based on the system dynamics (SD) model is presented. The SD flow rate basic tree entry modeling method is used to establish the basic tree entry model …

Requirements Of Parallel Combat System Based On Gqfd-Coupling Coordination Degree, Zhiming Dong, Bingshan Si, Liang Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of future intelligent unmanned combat characteristics, the concept of parallel combat is proposed and the model of parallel combat system is built based on OODA ring theory. Meanwhile, this paper builds a demand analysis model based on GQFD-coupling coordination degree to solve the low reliability, lack of objectivity, and single description perspective of the traditional quality function deployment (QFD) method and coupling coordination degree analysis during demand analysis. Additionally, the importance ranking of ability requirements in the parallel combat system is obtained by the house of quality of ability requirement analysis in the combat system based on …

Research On Multi-Process Product Quality Prediction Based On Improved Bilstm, Tianrui Zhang, Yuting Liu, Yike Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In response to the complex manufacturing process of multi-process products, a multi-process product quality prediction model based on the kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) - and improved sparrow search algorithm (ISSA) optimized bi-directional long short term memory (BiLSTM) was proposed to address the uncertain factors that affect product quality, while improving the capacity for each process and ensuring the stability, in multi-process production. Firstly, KPCA was used for data preprocessing, and a kernel function was established on the basis of principal component analysis together with kernel methods. As redundant features were removed through dimension reduction, an improved Gaussian mutation …

Adaptive Robust Trajectory Tracking Control For Nsv With Multiple Stochastic Disturbances, Xiaohu Yan, Yuwu Yao, Yuhua Wu, Jiangxin Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A stochastic control scheme of adaptive robust trajectory tracking is proposed for near space vehicle (NSV) with stochastic noise input disturbances, Poisson random fluctuation disturbances, and control input saturation. The effective tracking of the height and speed reference signals is realized. For the outer loop trajectory control, the robust stochastic controller is designed for the height subsystem and the speed subsystem respectively. Additionally, the required attitude angle reference signals for the inner loop attitude control are obtained by converting the equivalent control input via numerical calculation. For the inner loop attitude control problems, an adaptive robust stochastic control scheme …

A Cellular Automata Model For Simulating Ships Passing Through Waterways With Alternating Wide And Narrow Sections, Yulong Sun, Jianfeng Zheng, Jiaxuan Han, Chao Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For improving the traffic efficiency of wide and narrow alternating waterways, considering Kiel Canal as an example, according to the structural characteristics of Kiel Canal with alternating width and narrow sections, a two-way ship traffic flow cellular automata model is established, and the simulation of ships passing through Kiel Canal is studied. Cellular space is set up according to the actual structure of Kiel Canal, and the evolution rules are set up based on the fixed block theory and moving block theory. In particular, due to the structure of Kiel Canal, large ships cannot pass simultaneously in the narrow …

Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based On Weighted Domain Adaptive Convolutional Neural Network, Wenfeng Zhang, Zhichao Zhu, Dinghui Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A rolling bearing fault diagnosis method based on a weighted domain adaptive convolutional neural network (WDACNN) is proposed to solve the problem that the data distribution of vibration signals of rolling bearings changes due to workload changes, which leads to poor generalization of fault diagnosis algorithm. In this method, the domain adaptation algorithm is embedded in the convolutional neural network to make the classifier based on the source domain achieve excellent generalization in the target domain, and the weight coefficient is introduced to weight the samples in the source domain to reduce the influence of the class weight deviation. …

Multi-Depot Half-Open Vehicle Routing Problem With Simultaneous Delivery-Pickup And Time Windows, Yingyu Zhang, Liyun Wu, Shengtai Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the multi-depot half-open vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery-pickup and time windows, this paper builds a mathematical model of a multi-depot half-open vehicle routing problem with simultaneous delivery-pickup and time windows by balancing the vehicle in and out of the distribution center and minimizing vehicle delivery distance as the goal. According to the characteristics of the problem, a brain storm algorithm based on chaotic mutation is designed to solve this problem,and the sequential crossover strategy is adopted to increase the population diversity. Meanwhile, the algorithm selects two chaotic maps for chaotic mutation operation, which employs the diversity, …

Learning-Based Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm For Solving A Kind Of Complex 2-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem, Xue Chen, Rong Hu, Hui Wang, Zuocheng Li, Bin Qian, Yixu Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at green 2-echelon vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pick-up and delivery, a learning-based ant colony optimization algorithm combined with clustering decomposition is proposed. The objective function to be minimized is total transportation cost wherein carbon emission cost is specially considered. Associated with the mutual coupling features of the 2-echelon vehicle routing problem, we propose a distance-based clustering method to decompose the original problem into a set of sub-problems. Then, a learning-based ant colony optimization algorithm is presented to find the solutions of the sub-problems based on which the solution of the original problem can be obtained. In the …

Charge Transfer Evaluation In Solid Insulating Materials Encapsulating The Gaseous Voids Of Submillimeter Dimensions Using Transmission Line Method, Amin Shamsi, Alireza Ganjovi, Amir Abas Shayegani Akmal

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this work, using a lumped RC circuit model which is based on transmission line modeling (TLM) method, the charge transfer in a solid insulating system encapsulating a gaseous void of submillimeter dimensions is evaluated. Here, both the dielectric material and gaseous void are considered simultaneously as a transmission line. The transmission line includes the capacitive and resistance elements and, the obtained circuit equations were coupled with the continuity and kinetic energy equations for charged species along with Poisson's equation. These equations are solved via 4th order Runge-Kutta method and, the electric field and potential, density of all the charged …

A Practical Low-Dimensional Feature Vector Generation Method Based On Wavelet Transform For Psychophysiological Signals, Erdem Erkan, Yasemi̇n Erkan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

High-dimensional feature vectors entail computational cost and computational complexity. However, a successful classification can be obtained with an optimally sized feature vector consisting of distinctive features. With the widespread use of the internet and mobile devices, the need for systems with low computational costs is increasing day by day. In this study, starting from the idea that each motor imagery is represented as a subject-specific pattern in the brain, we propose a new and practical method that can generate a low-dimensional feature vector based on wavelet transform. The feature vector is obtained from the correlation between each trial and each …

Exploring The Impact Of Training Datasets On Turkish Stance Detection, Muhammed Sai̇d Zengi̇n, Berk Utku Yeni̇sey, Mücahi̇d Kutlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Stance detection has garnered considerable attention from researchers due to its broad range of applications, including fact-checking and social computing. While state-of-the-art stance detection models are usually based on supervised machine learning methods, their effectiveness is heavily reliant on the quality of training data. This problem is more prevalent in stance detection task because the stance of a text is intimately tied to the target under consideration. While numerous datasets exist for stance detection, determining their suitability for a specific target can be challenging. In this work, we focus on Turkish stance detection and explore the impact of training data …

New Modified Carrier-Based Level-Shifted Pwm Control For Npc Rectifiers Considered For Implementation In Ev Fast Chargers, Merve Mollahasanoğlu, Hakki Mollahasanoğlu, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Okumuş

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, the aim is to evaluate three-phase (3?) AC/DC neutral point-clamped (NPC) power factor corrected (PFC) multilevel converter performance for electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers. Power factor correction for EV fast chargers is very important in terms of efficient power usage and charger compatibility with the grid. Multilevel converters improve charging efficiency, reduce voltage stresses on components, minimize electromagnetic interference, and support high power capabilities. For this reason, multilevel converters with the PFC feature contribute to the reliable and effective operation of the fast-charging infrastructure. Rectifier analysis is tested with extensive simulations using a new modified carrier-based level-shifted …

A Comparative Study Of Blind Source Separation Methods, Burak Baysal, Mehmet Önder Efe

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Blind source separation is a popular research topic used for decomposing mixed signals, particularly in the field of music. In addition to exploring machine learning-based approaches, this study aims to examine the performance of classical algorithms in separating audio signal sources. The evaluation of different genres is a significant aspect of this study as the performance of the methods may vary across various musical genres and different audio components. This consideration provides a novel perspective and contributes to a comprehensive analysis of the algorithms. Using the MusDB-HQ dataset, we conducted experimental studies comparing classical algorithms, including FastICA, NMF, and DUET, …

Machine Learning Based Bioinformatics Analysis Of Intron Usage Alterations And Metabolic Regulation In Adipose Browning, Hamza Umut Karakurt, Pinar Pi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Adipose tissue is the major energy depot of the body and is considered an endocrine organ. Adipose tissue involves many different cell types, first and foremost, the adipocytes. White adipose cells that store fat and brown adipocytes that take part in lipid oxidation and heat generation are the most common cell types in adipose tissue. Even though brown adipocytes which have a high number of mitochondria and high fat-burning capacity are rare in adults, they are abundant in newborns and rodents. White adipocytes can gain a temporal brown-like character with a process called browning, which can be induced with cold …

Closing The Gap: Leveraging Aes-Ni To Balance Adversarial Advantage And Honest User Performance In Argon2i, Nicholas Harrell, Nathaniel Krakauer

CERIAS Technical Reports

The challenge of providing data privacy and integrity while maintaining efficient performance for honest users is a persistent concern in cryptography. Attackers exploit advances in parallel hardware and custom circuit hardware to gain an advantage over regular users. One such method is the use of Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) to optimize key derivation function (KDF) algorithms, giving adversaries a significant advantage in password guessing and recovery attacks. Other examples include using graphical processing units (GPUs) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). We propose a focused approach to close the gap between adversarial advantage and honest user performance by leveraging the …

Large Language Model Use Cases For Instruction, Plus A Primer On Prompt Engineering, Roy Haggerty, Justin Cochran

LSU Health New Orleans Symposium Series on Artificial Intelligence

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Machine Learning For Electronic Design Automation: Specification Mining And High-Level Synthesis, Md Rubel Ahmed

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The rapid growth of complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs has presented unprecedented opportunities and challenges in electronic design automation (EDA). This dissertation explores two facets of electronic design automation: message flow specification mining using data mining and natural language processing (NLP) and high-level synthesis (HLS) acceleration using different machine learning (ML) methods. It also discusses an ML model co-optimization method for energy-efficient hardware implementation.

Effective SoC design validation relies heavily on message flow specifications. This dissertation presents an efficient technique for synthesizing finite state automaton (FSA) models from SoC execution traces. The synthesized models can provide valuable insights into the on-chip …

Bridging Domain Gaps For Cross-Spectrum And Long-Range Face Recognition Using Domain Adaptive Machine Learning, Cedric Armel Nimpa Fondje

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Face recognition technology has witnessed significant advancements in recent decades, enabling its widespread adoption in various applications such as security, surveillance, and biometrics applications. However, one of the primary challenges faced by existing face recognition systems is their limited performance when presented with images from different modalities or domains( such as infrared to visible, long range to close range, nighttime to daytime, profile to f rontal, etc.) Additionally, advancements in camera sensors, analytics beyond the visible spectrum, and the increasing size of cross-modal datasets have led to a particular interest in cross-modal learning for face recognition in the biometrics and …

Examining The Externalities Of Highway Capacity Expansions In California: An Analysis Of Land Use And Land Cover (Lulc) Using Remote Sensing Technology, Serena E. Alexander, Bo Yang, Owen Hussey, Derek Hicks

Mineta Transportation Institute

There are over 590,000 bridges dispersed across the roadway network that stretches across the United States alone. Each bridge with a length of 20 feet or greater must be inspected at least once every 24 months, according to the Federal Highway Act (FHWA) of 1968. This research developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based framework for bridge and road inspection using drones with multiple sensors collecting capabilities. It is not sufficient to conduct inspections of bridges and roads using cameras alone, so the research team utilized an infrared (IR) camera along with a high-resolution optical camera. In many instances, the IR camera …

Demo Abstract: Vgglass - Demonstrating Visual Grounding And Localization Synergy With A Lidar-Enabled Smart-Glass, Darshana Rathnayake, Dulanga Weerakoon, Meeralakshmi Radhakrishnan, Vigneshwaran Subbaraju, Inseok Hwang, Archan Misra

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This work demonstrates the VGGlass system, which simultaneously interprets human instructions for a target acquisition task and determines the precise 3D positions of both user and the target object. This is achieved by utilizing LiDARs mounted in the infrastructure and a smart glass device worn by the user. Key to our system is the union of LiDAR-based localization termed LiLOC and a multi-modal visual grounding approach termed RealG(2)In-Lite. To demonstrate the system, we use Intel RealSense L515 cameras and a Microsoft HoloLens 2, as the user devices. VGGlass is able to: a) track the user in real-time in a global …

Deep Learning-Based Automatic Stereology For High- And Low-Magnification Images, Hunter Morera

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Quantification of the true number of stained cells in specific brain regions is an important metric in many fields of biomedical research involving cell degeneration, cytotoxicology, cellular inflammation, and drug development for a wide range of neurological disorders and mental illnesses. Unbiased stereology is the current state-of-the-art method for collecting the cell count data from tissue sections. These studies require trained experts to manually focus through a z-stack of microscopy images and count (click) on a hundred or more cells per case, making this approach time consuming (~1 hour per case) and prone to human error (i.e., inter-rater variability). Thus, …

Electromagnetic Transient Equivalent Modeling Method For Wind Power Clusters Adapted To Expected Faults, Dongsheng Li, Ye Liu, Yankan Song, Chen Shen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on an existing equivalent modeling method for individual wind farm, an iterative simulation-based equivalent modeling method for wind power clusters is proposed and a software development for equivalent modeling of wind power clusters is completed by using CloudPSS-XStudio suite. The system integrates expected fault selection, equivalent parameter calculation and result analysis, which provides support for dynamic security assessment of power systems with large-scale wind power clusters. The equivalent method takes the average wind speed of each wind farm and the expected faults as input, and obtains the cluster index of each wind turbine based on the iterative simulation …

Key Technology And Application Of Digital Twin Modeling For Mri, Shanshan Chen, Hongzhi Wang, Tian Xia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the accelerating digitalization in education, the construction of digital resources and application platforms has caught increasing attention. The framework of MRI equipment digital twin fivedimensional model is constructed to solve the problems in teaching and training for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A modeling and simulation method based on the mechanism model is proposed. The multi-dimensional physical data are obtained to perform digital human modeling, and the virtual acquisition and image reconstruction method is proposed to generate images. The digital twin data are adopted for iterative optimization to implement the whole process of the three-dimensional visual operation including preparation …

A Hybrid Empirical Method For Fast Modeling Of Ship Manoeuvring Motion, Peng Wu, Zongmo Yang, Qianfeng Jing, Yulin Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Simulation testing is an important means to verify the functions of intelligent ships. Ship maneuvering motion modeling and simulation is the key theoretical basis for the intelligent collision avoidance of multiple vessels in complex sea areas. To address the problem that the calculation of the hydrodynamic coefficients required for ship maneuvering modeling is complex and difficult to obtain, a hybrid empirical method is proposed, a combination method of the existing regression methods is established, the comprehensive performance indicators are constructed, the optimal hydrodynamic coefficients groups are selected by simulated maneuvering experiments, and a rapid modeling program code is developed …

Reliability Evaluation Method Of Radar Simulation Model Based On Air Combat Mechanism, Chenguang Wang, Jinpeng Bai, Tingting Li, Lifeng Miao, Kaifeng Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In modern air combat simulation, the reliability of radar simulation model is very important. Based on simulation model VV&A theory, a cropped and suitable for engineering applications simulation model reliability evaluation method is proposed. Based on the analysis of radar use mechanism in medium and long range air combat and short range air combat is analyzed,, the requirement of radar model in air combat simulation system, the evaluation index system is established, and the reliability quantification method based on JS dispersion is proposed, which further enriches the base of basic method. The test case is designed, the simulation test …

Learning And Analysis Of Dynamic Models For Grid Discrete Events Based On Log Information, Danlong Zhu, Yunqi Yan, Ying Chen, Jiaqi Zhang, Longxing Jin, Wei Fu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the increasing scale of power grid, the massive amount of log information generated bydevices in the power grid poses a challenge to the manual analysis of abnormal grid conditions. The log information generated during the operation of the power grid has the typical discrete sequential characteristics. By analyzing the log information of grid alarm messages, a station event transition probability model and an event sequence risk calculation method are proposed to effectively model and analyze the abnormal operation level of primary and secondary systems in substations. The proposed method not only successfully identifies the event sequences corresponding to …

Research On Multi-Aircraft Air Combat Behavior Modeling Based On Hierarchical Intelligent Modeling Methods, Yukun Wang, Ze Wang, Liwei Dong, Ni Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In response to the problem of the difficulty of decision-making in the game of force under the constraints of high-dimensional state-space in multi-machine air combat confrontation scenarios, a force intelligent agent decision-making generation strategy based on deep reinforcement learning is adopted. The developing situational cognition and reward feedback generation algorithms for force intelligentgame are proposed, a behavior modeling hierarchical framework based on hybrid intelligence modeling method is constructed, which solve the technical difficulty of sparse reward in the reinforcement learning process. It provides an feasible reinforcement learning training method that can solve the large-scale, multi-model, and multi-element air combat …

Dynamic 3d Scene Perception Based On Battlefield Metaverse, Haoyu Wang, Guanghong Gong, Jihong Cai, Bipeng Ye, Zhaofang Zhou, Zheng Mei, Ni Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Informatization combat needs higher requirements for battlefield situational awareness, and the use of unmanned intelligences to conduct battlefield reconnaissance and perceive target information is particularly important. Facing the needs of complex dynamic environment localization and target recognition, a dynamic 3D scene perception system is proposed and constructed based on battlefield meta-universe target data and operational environment, which uses vision and IMU fusion sensor simulation data as inputs, extracts battlefield target information through instance segmentation and dense optical flow estimation network and uses it as a scene prior, and synchronizes the position estimation of unmanned intelligences in the battlefield with …