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Advancing Statistical Learning And Decision Modeling Using Irregularly-Sampled Multivariate Data For Managing Respiratory Diseases, Maryam Alimohammadi

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Complex healthcare systems require efficient and effective data-driven decision making in various aspects. As patient data becomes more available, advanced statistical learning and machine learning techniques are applied to improve data-driven decision making. However, patient health data, including clinical trial data, medical records, and electronic health records, are associated with several challenges. Patient health data includes medical information of a patient that may includedemographics, information relating to their health or illness, medications and treatments, etc. They are a combination of static and time series variables, with many censoring and missingness in the data, and are irregularly sampled in most cases. …

A Systems Theory-Based Framework For Environmental Scanning In Complex System Governance, Dale E. Baugh

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to develop a Systems Theory-based framework for Environmental Scanning (ES) in Complex System Governance (CSG) using an inductive research design. Complexity and uncertainty are normal for external environments in which today’s systems (organizations) exist. These environmental characteristics provide impetus for researchers to focus on organizational planning for disruptive external forces that could threaten system stability and future system existence. The ES function supports the requisite governance metasystemic functions to be enabled, executed, and evolved sufficiently well to promote continuous system viability. In this research the functioning of ES was examined from a diverse literature-based …

Cyber Resilience Analytics For Cyber-Physical Systems, Md Ariful Haque

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are complex systems that evolve from the integrations of components dealing with physical processes and real-time computations, along with networking. CPSs often incorporate approaches merging from different scientific fields such as embedded systems, control systems, operational technology, information technology systems (ITS), and cybernetics. Today critical infrastructures (CIs) (e.g., energy systems, electric grids, etc.) and other CPSs (e.g., manufacturing industries, autonomous transportation systems, etc.) are experiencing challenges in dealing with cyberattacks. Major cybersecurity concerns are rising around CPSs because of their ever-growing use of information technology based automation. Often the security concerns are limited to probability-based possible attack …

Optimal Scheduling Of Aircraft Test And Evaluation Fleets To Balance Availability For Testing And Training, Sarah E. Hoops

Theses and Dissertations

The 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base manually schedules a fleet of approximately 26 aircraft to conduct a range of missions over a one-to-two year planning period. This study automates the scheduling process, does so in a manner that optimizes multiple planning goals related to aircraft availability for training, and provides the 96th Test Wing with a software tool for the implementation that can be used by operational analysts within the command. We formulate the scheduling problem as a multiobjective, nonlinear, binary integer math program that seeks to maximize both the lowest percent of time any aircraft is …

Learning Curve Characterization Within Complex Low-Rate Production Environments, Robert J. Gies

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Traditional and current learning curve approaches, methods, and theories were deficient when addressing complex low-rate production systems. The purpose of this research was to address this problem and develop a learning curve approach that characterizes learning in low-rate production environments such as naval ship construction. This research identified the principal aspects that influence learning within this environment and developed a learning characterization more reflective of this environment.

There obviously exists a large body of knowledge covering learning. However, the research contained herein addresses learning as it relates to learning curves in low-rate production environments, such as naval shipbuilding. The various …

Hard-Real-Time Computing Performance In A Cloud Environment, Alvin Cornelius Murphy

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is rapidly working with DoD Services to move from multi-year (e.g., 7-10) traditional acquisition programs to a commercial industrybased approach for software development. While commercial technologies and approaches provide an opportunity for rapid fielding of mission capabilities to pace threats, the suitability of commercial technologies to meet hard-real-time requirements within a surface combat system is unclear. This research establishes technical data to validate the effectiveness and suitability of current commercial technologies to meet the hard-real-time demands of a DoD combat management system. (Moreland Jr., 2013) conducted similar research; however, microservices, containers, and container …

Operational And Cost Analysis Of A Leo Radar-Based Satellite Constellation, Kyle O. Norbert

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a methodology to assess the ability of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to successfully accomplish the GMTI mission in a cost-effective fashion. A simulation model was developed to test the coverage performance of 512 unique constellation designs. Significant factors were revealed by developing regression models that revealed the most critical constellation trade-offs on measures of performance. A Value-Focused Thinking (VFT) approach was applied to assign weights to a broad range of measures of performance from which the Pareto distribution on a cost-capability plot revealed cost-effectiveness. A novel measure of performance was developed and analyzed that accounted …

Performance Comparison Of Several Control Algorithms For Tracking Control Of Pantograph Mechanism, Laylaa Mahmoud Eng, Mohamed Shamseldin Dr, Mohamed Sallam Dr, Abdelghany Mohamed Prof

Future Engineering Journal

A sort of parallel manipulator known as a pantograph robot mechanism was created primarily for industrial requests that required high precision and satisfied speed. While tracking a chosen trajectory profile requires a powerful controller. Because it has four active robot links and one robot passive link in place of just two links like the open chain does, it can carry more loads than the open chain robot mechanism while maintaining accuracy and stability. The calculated model for a closed chain pantograph robot mechanism presented in this paper takes into account the boundary conditions. For the purpose of simulating the dynamics …

Relative Rate Observer Self-Tuning Of Fuzzy Pid Virtual Inertia Control For An Islanded Microgrid, Ahmed H. Mohamed, Helmy M. El Zoghby, Mohiy Bahgat, A. M. Abdel Ghany

Future Engineering Journal

Expanding the usage of renewable energy in islanded microgrids leads to a reduction in its total inertia. Low inertia microgrids have difficulties in voltage and frequency control. That affected saving its stability and preventing a blackout. To improve low inertia islanded microgrids' dynamic response and save their stability, this paper presented relative rate observer self-tuning fuzzy PID (RROSTF-PID) based on virtual inertia control (VIC) for an islanded microgrid with a high renewable energy sources (RESs) contribution. RROSTF-PID based on VIC's success in showing remarkable improvement in the microgrid's dynamic response and enhancement of its stability. Moreover, it handles different contingency …

Cybersecurity And Dynamic Operation In Practice: Equipment Impacts And Safety Guarantees, Kip Nieman, Dominic Messina, Matthew Wegener, Helen Durand

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Faculty Research Publications

Though dynamic operation of chemical processes has been extensively explored theoretically in contexts such as economic model predictive control or even considering the potential for cyberattacks on control systems creating non-standard operating policies, important practical questions remain regarding dynamic operation. In this work, we look at two of these with particular relevance to process safety: (1) evaluating dynamic operating policies with respect to process equipment fidelity and (2) evaluating procedures for determining the parameters of an advanced control law that can promote both dynamic operation as well as safety if appropriately designed. Regarding the first topic, we utilize computational fluid …

A Wind Turbine Fault Diagnosis Method Based On Siamese Deep Neural Network, Jiarui Liu, Guotian Yang, Xiaowei Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to effectively extract the fault features of time series data in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), considering the advantages of one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1-D CNN) for extracting local time series features and the advantages of long-term memory (LSTM) which can extract long-term dependent features, a method for fault diagnosis of wind turbines based on 1-D CNN-LSTM is proposed. To solve the problem of the scarcity of fault samples of wind turbines based on the siamese network architecture, a wind fault diagnosis method based on siamese 1-D CNN-LSTM is proposed. The proposed siamese 1-D CNN-LSTM …

Transmission Line Insulator Recognition Based On Artificial Images Data Expansion, Yaru Wang, Kai Yang, Yongjie Zhai, Congbin Guo, Wenqing Zhao, Jie Su

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Deep learning method has developed rapidly in the field of computer vision, but relies on a large quantities of training data. In the task of transmission line insulator automatic detection, problems such as insufficient number of aerial insulator images and poor diversity affect the accuracy of insulator recognition. An artificial insulator images data expansion method is proposed. Artificial insulator images are created by modeling software, and a compensation network is constructed. The artificial images are compensated and optimized by compensation network, and the aerial insulator image data set is expanded by the compensated artificial insulator images. The insulator recognition …

Contribution Rate Calculation Method To System-Of-Systems Based On Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Number Anp, Zejian Ding, Songtao Sun, Zhiwen He, Fei Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Contribution rate to system-of-systems (CRSoS) is mainly used to measure the contribution of an equipment to system of systems (SoS) in system construction. In order to solve some problems in the calculation of CRSoS, a multi-level equipment indicator architecture of "task-ability-indicator- equipment" is proposed. At the same time, considering the characteristics of the equipment indicator architecture, ANP (analytic network process) and IVIFN (interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy number), a IVIF-ANP calculation method is proposed to obtain more accurate CRSoS. Experiments show that this method can not only solve the problem of the calculation formula of CRSoS, but also obtain more …

Simulation And Effectiveness Evaluation System For Joint Delivery Mission Planning Of Airlift Fleets, Guochen Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Airlift fleet plays an important role in modern war. Compared with other countries such as the USA and Russia, China's airlift fleet still has obvious shortcomings and deficiencies. To analysis and optimize the future fleet alternatives, a software tool is established with the modules of model construction and management, scenarios editing, mission planning, simulation deduction, effectiveness analysis. This tool mainly focuses on the interactive relationship between the transport aircraft and cargo, airport and so on, as well as the cooperative relationship of different types of aircraft, which can realize the functions of automatic generation of loading schemes, automatic planning …

Bilevel Distributed Optimal Dispatch Of Active Distribution Network With Multi-Microgrids, Yongjun Lin, Xin Chen, Kai Yang, Shanshan Zhou, Qingfei Bai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With continuous increase of the penetration proportion of renewable energy in the distribution network, the traditional centralized dispatching is facing problems such as high pressure of power flow calculation and difficulty in recycling renewable energy, which makes it difficult to guarantee the operation quality of the system. A distributed optimal two-layer scheduling method for active distribution networks with multiple micro-grids is proposed. The upper-level aims to minimize the loss of regional distribution network, the second-order conical relaxation method and synchronous ADMM (alternating direction method of multipliers) algorithm are used to solve the scheduling instructions of the micro-grid connection lines. …

Research On Key Technology Of Uavs Autonomous Landing Based On Relative Precise Point Position, Guohua Kang, Teng Zhao, Yao Fu, Weizheng Xu, Jianyu Wei, Yuhuan Qiu, Junfeng Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In complex sea conditions with wind and waves, the relative motion between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requiring autonomous landing and ships is highly uncertain. In order to improve the accuracy of relative positioning and control during autonomous landing, and to ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous landing, a relative precise point positioning (RPPP) technique based on differential tropospheric error is proposed. The technology only relies on data link and carrier satellite positioning receiver to eliminate the same error of satellite positioning in the same environment and obtain accurate relative positioning. The combination of proportional navigation and linear quadratic …

Robust Optimal Configuration Of Pv-Energy Storage In Industrial Parks Considering The Uncertainty Of Photovoltaics, Guiting Xue, Boya Shan, Ti Wang, Xiao Wang, Wei Xing, Weiqing Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Research on using rooftop resources in industrial parks to develop photovoltaic projects and reasonable configuration of energy storage will help improve the park's energy economy. To obtain the optimal PV-storage configuration scheme, an industrial park with three types of load demand, namely, cold, heat and electricity, is selected, and a robust optimization allocation model of park PV-storage is established with optimal operating profit as the objective function, considering the increased cost of power purchase caused by the PV uncertainty. The model uses the box uncertainty set in robust optimization for PV intensity, and linearizes the model using pairwise …

Evacuation Model Considering The Restricted View Of The Sign, Yinghua Song, Zheqian Zhang, Feizhou Huo, Danhui Fang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the influence of restricted vision on the process of pedestrian evacuation, a cellular automata model of pedestrian evacuation under restricted vision is established. In the model, the evacuation space is divided into three different areas according to the field of view radius, pedestrians have different ways of moving in different areas. Different income parameters are defined to calculate the pedestrian movement income matrix and determine the target position of the pedestrian in the next time step. An evacuation scene is established to simulate the initial density of different pedestrians, the change of the field of …

Simulation Of O2o Platform Transaction Considering The Constituted Information, Wen Zheng, Ke Shi, Jingyi Zhu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the transactions concluded with the help of APP, the information intervenes into the transaction process in the form of constituted information. The constituted information is classified into three degrees in a two-sided market. By introducing the three degrees of the constituted information: information acceptance (IA), information diversity (ID) and information loss (IL), the Swarm Class Library and the interactive Agents are designed to construct a systematic O2O (online to offline)platform transaction model, which encapsulates the Consumer/Seller/PlatformAgents. The constituted information acts as the systematic conditions of invoking and judging, and the graphical user interface (GUI) outputs the …

Simulation And Experiment Of An Intelligent Control Model For The Cleaning Of A Rice-Wheat Combine Harvester, Qing Jiang, Rujing Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Modeling and simulation of cleaning intelligent control according to the changes of cleaning loss rate and trash content rate is the focus of research and hot issues of intelligent control of rice-wheat combine harvester. A method for acquiring knowledge of the experts' experience and knowledge is constructed based on the flow chart of cleaning control, and a cleaning intelligent control knowledge base for the intelligent control of the field operation environment based on the production rule is proposed. Based on the principle of human-simulating intelligent control, a knowledge inference algorithm for adaptive selection of cleaning regulation strategy is …

Research On Mobile Edge Computing Resource Allocation With Energy Harvesting Device, Changyun Li, Jianbo Li, Xi Xu, Tingli Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problem of computing resource allocation of mobile edge computing system with energy gathering ability, an algorithm based on Lyapunov greed optimization (LGO) is proposed. This paper presents a dynamic optimization problem to minimize the combined cost of time delay and energy consumption of mobile devices under the gradual convergence of equipment battery power. Using Lyapunov dynamic optimization theory, the optimization problem is decomposed into three sub-problems of optimal local execution, unloading execution and energy harvesting for each time slot, and the optimal solution of the sub-problems is obtained by linear programming. By selecting the …

Multi-Uav Trajectory Planning Based On Adaptive Segmented Potential Field Method, Guangjian Tian, Jiyang Dai, Jin Ying, Ning Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problems that the traditional artificial potential field method is prone to fall into the local extreme value, target unreachability and excessive curvature of the planned trajectory curvature in the application of UAV trajectory planning, on the basis of the layered potential field method, a method of adding a second local attractive field at the target point and an attractive set composed of the target attractive field is proposed. This method overcomes the defects of unreachable targets and easy falling into local extremes. In addition, a piecewise function is introduced into the original layered potential field method, …

Nonlinear System Identification Based On Combined Signal Sources, Tian Zheng, Feng Li, Naibao He, Ya Gu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the interference of noise in the nonlinear system, the identification modeling method of the neuro-fuzzy Hammerstein output error nonlinear system is considered. The combined signal sources are used to realize the parameter identification separation of the linear block and the nonlinear block. The correlation analysis method and the recursive least square identification method based on auxiliary model technique are derived to estimate the parameters of dynamic linear block and nonlinear block, which can effectively suppress the interference of system output noise. Compared with least square algorithm, polynomial model and multi-innovation method, the simulation results demonstrate that the …

Research On Network Public Opinion Transmission Mechanism Of Inversion Event Based On Integrating Improved Sir Model, Jianrong Tang, Jiatong Bao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to identify the spreading rules of rumors in vicious news reversal events and make more targeted guiding decisions, a short-term prediction model is proposed to simulate the spread of virus information. This paper improves the traditional susceptible infected removed (SIR) model and solves the problem that the conversion rate is fixed and single due to the limitation of Markov chain when it is combined with systems dynamics (SD) model. The data is validated with the example of "asthmatic girls" . The results show that the model not only effectively simulates the crisis of public opinion communication in …

A Real-Time Ultrasound Simulation Platform Using Ray Tracing And Its Integration With Virtual Reality, Bo Peng, Qiang Wang, Ruibing Qing, Lixue Yin, Jingfeng Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to further improve the efficacy of ultrasound training and reduce the cost. An ultrasound training system that is integrated with a VR environment is developed. The main contribution of this study is to incorporate the Ray-tracing based ultrasound image simulation approach into a virtual reality environment, taking advantage of immersive VR experience for medical ultrasound training. The simulated ultrasound images obtained by the proposed method are then compared to images that are simulated using a generative adversarial network (GAN) technique and Field II ultrasound simulator. The data show that the ultrasound simulator can produce high-quality simulated …

A Two-Layer Network Propagation Model Of Awareness Diffusion And Seir Epidemic, Yurong Song, Yulin Bao, Ruqi Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to understand the transmission characteristics of epidemics similar to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) with obvious expose period, a two-layer network transmission model considering time-varying factors is proposed to make corresponding predictions and measures. The UAU (unaware-aware-unaware) information transmission model is used to represent the diffusion process of conscious information about epidemic. In the underlying network, the susceptible-exposed-infected- recovered (SEIR) epidemic-like transmission model with latent state is used to describe the epidemic transmission process affected by conscious information. The MMCA (microscopic Markov chain approach) is used to deduce the transmission threshold of epidemics diseases. By analyzing the key …

Design And Simulation-Based Evaluation Of Taxiway Operation Scheme For Multi-Runway Airport Maneuvering Area, Xinping Zhu, Chuan Xu, Jingjing Qu, Tingwen Su

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The operational scheme of the taxiway system is very important to promote the efficient utilization of airfield resources in multi-runway airports. The design and simulation evaluation methods of the taxiway operation scheme for multi-runway airports are studied. The design principles of "fixed, unidirectional, compliant and circular" taxiway operation scheme and the design paradigm of the operation scheme are presented, and the concepts of taxiway space occupancy index and potential conflict index are proposed. Using Haikou Meilan International Airport as the application scenario, the corresponding optimization scheme of the taxiway system in the maneuvering area is given based on …

Multi-Market Coupling Trading Simulation Of Electricity Green Certificate And Excess Consumption Under New Renewable Portfolio Standard, Peng Wang, Xiaohua Song, Haowen Yang, Xiaoying Zhai, Jingjing Han, Liwei Ju

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to clarify the multi-scale market coupling interaction relationship of electricity, green certificate, excess consumption under the renewable portfolio standards (RPS), the system dynamics is introduced, and the interactive trading model is constructed and simulated. Taking the logistics transformation of three market transaction targets as the clue, this paper designs a multi-scale market coupling transaction framework, constructs the complex causality of coupling transaction based on system dynamics method, and analyzes the impact of RPS on the revenue or cost of market participants. Simulation results show that under the new RPS, the electricity price will gradually decline, the …

Stochastic Models For Resilience Assessment And Improvement, Weimar Ardila Rueda

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Resilience refers to the ability of a system to absorb and mitigate the impact of potential disruptions and return to normal operational conditions. The above notion of resilience allows us to distinguish two stages in a system's post-disruption response, the absorptive dimension and the recovery dimension. The absorptive dimension is related to a system's robustness and capacity to mitigate initial loss posterior to a disruption. Meanwhile, the recovery dimension is the system's rapidity to return and reach an acceptable level of functionality after the disruption occurrence.

A social-physical (SP) system's post-disruption response is related to its resilience capacity so building …

Hierarchical Structure And Properties Of The Bone At Nano Level, Farah Hamandi, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

Bone is a highly hierarchical complex structure that consists of organic and mineral components represented by collagen molecules (CM) and hydroxyapatite crystals (HAC), respectively. The nanostructure of bone can significantly affect its mechanical properties. There is a lack of understanding how collagen fibrils (CF) in different orientations may affect the mechanical properties of the bone. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of interaction, orientation, and hydration on atomic models of the bone composed of collagen helix (CH) and HAC, using molecular dynamics simulations and therefrom bone-related disease origins. The results demonstrate that the mechanical properties of …