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Autonomous Farming With Uavs, Pallavi Agrawal, Karthik Manjunath, Cherokee Rawls, Sujitha Raj Rajagopal, Riad Alharithi, Kamal Thapa

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

As the global need for food grows, agriculture is adapting autonomous farming techniques to scale in response. One of the most useful tools are UAVs (Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles), which are providing invaluable information and assistance to farmers. In some countries, UAVs are being rapidly embraced, while in others this progress is much slower. For a number of reasons, the United States has not broadly adopted this technology in assisting agricultural practices. In this article, we focus on the challenges companies and farmers are facing in making use of UAVs and what might be done to push this technology into widespread …

Tourism Route Optimization For Portland, Oregon, Duane Murray, Mohammed Thawab, Adnan Binmahfood, Mohammed Zaid, Colin Owens

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The city of Portland, Oregon has experienced an unprecedented reduction in tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This reduction in tourism has had a negative impact on all businesses in the area. This paper provides a methodology and tool that can be used to help local businesses potentially gain patrons, and at the same time help visitors in maximizing their time while minimizing costs. when visiting the city after the pandemic abates. To accomplish this, first, an itinerary of selected attractions are filtered by the visitor. Next, a linear programming method using a travelling salesman problem (TSP) algorithm is implemented …

A Methodology For Reliability-Based Selection Of System Of Systems, Justin Brown

Operations Research and Engineering Management Theses and Dissertations

Currently, Department of Defense (DoD) systems underperform and have inadequate reliability compared to acquisition expectations. Additionally, System of Systems (SoS) complexity and non-quantifiable approaches to selecting systems to perform a mission cause challenges for the decision-maker. Beyond DoD, mission-critical scenarios exist where responses are not data-driven, such as hurricane response, wildfire response, and littoral search and research missions. Optimization of these missions within a short amount of time can not only increase the probability of success and reduce the cost of performing the mission but allow systems to be used for additional missions.

This dissertation presents solution methodologies to address …

Resource Allocation With Sigmoidal Demands: Mobile Healthcare Units And Service Adoption, Andres Alban, Philippe Blaettchen, Harwin De Vries, Luk Van Wassenhove

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Problem definition: Achieving broad access to health services (a target within the sustainable development goals) requires reaching rural populations. Mobile healthcare units (MHUs) visit remote sites to offer health services to these populations. However, limited exposure, health literacy, and trust can lead to sigmoidal (S-shaped) adoption dynamics, presenting a difficult obstacle in allocating limited MHU resources. It is tempting to allocate resources in line with current demand, as seen in practice. However, to maximize access in the long term, this may be far from optimal, and insights into allocation decisions are limited. Academic/practical relevance: We present a formal model of …

Design Of A Two-Echelon Freight Distribution System In Last-Mile Logistics Considering Covering Locations And Occasional Drivers, Vincent F. Yu, Panca Jodiawan, Ming-Lu Hou, Aldy Gunawan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This research addresses a new variant of the vehicle routing problem, called the two-echelon vehicle routing problem with time windows, covering options, and occasional drivers (2E-VRPTW-CO-OD). In this problem, two types of fleets are available to serve customers, city freighters and occasional drivers (ODs), while two delivery options are available to customers, home delivery and alternative delivery. For customers choosing the alternative delivery, their demands are delivered to one of the available covering locations for them to pick up. The objective of 2E-VRPTW-CO-OD is to minimize the total cost consisting of routing costs, connection costs, and compensations paid to ODs …

Quantum-Inspired Algorithm For Vehicle Sharing Problem, Whei Yeap Suen, Chun Yat Lee, Hoong Chuin Lau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Recent hardware developments in quantum technologies have inspired a myriad of special-purpose hardware devices tasked to solve optimization problems. In this paper, we explore the application of Fujitsu’s quantum-inspired CMOS-based Digital Annealer (DA) in solving constrained routing problems arising in transportation and logistics. More precisely in this paper, we study the vehicle sharing problem and show that the DA as a QUBO solver can potentially fill the gap between two common methods: exact solvers like Cplex and heuristics. We benchmark the scalability and quality of solutions obtained by DA with Cplex and with a greedy heuristic. Our results show that …

Challenges And Reflection On Next-Generation Large-Scale Computer Wargame System, Guangya Si, Yanzheng Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the systematic, networked and intelligent characteristics of the future war, the major challenges of the new generation of large computer warfare system are proposed, and the next-generation large-scale computer wargame system is constructed. The key technologies of building a new generation of large computer warfare systems, such as intelligent war modeling, architecture integration, resource service management and human-computer interaction are researched.

Fault Diagnosis Of Industrial Process Based On Lle And K-Means Clustering Algorithm, Li Yuan, Zewei Geng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Because of the similarity of various types of data in the industrial process. The fault diagnosis using the K-means algorithm has a large error rate. A K-means clustering algorithm based on Locally Linear Embedding (LLE) is proposed. the normal data is reduced by the LLE algorithm and the projection matrix is obtained. The projection matrix is used to map the original fault data to the low-dimensional space and the K-means algorithm clusters is used to carry out the data to establish a detection and diagnosis model. The method is applied to the fault detection and diagnosis in the TE …

Exploring Formal Model Transformation Techniques Within Model Driven Engineering, Zhu Zhi, Lei Sen, Yonglin Lei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the increasing complexity of simulation system and the wide use of simulation models, the higher requirements of the efficiency and quality for simulation models are needed. Currently, model-driven engineering is mostly applied in many simulation software tools, which cannot really carry out the formal analysis at the model level. Based on model driven engineering, the domain specific language with metamodeling and engineering model continuity is designed. Taking a group fire control channel system as the example, the domain specific language is designed and the conceptual models are transformed into other precise semantics to carry out the final executable …

Research And Implementation Of A High Performance Distributed Object-Oriented Simulation Engine, Xiaodong Huang, Kongshu Xie

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Simulation engine is the core of simulation platform and the operating system of simulation field. On the basis of the reflection-based object-oriented simulation modeling framework and programing specification, aiming at the developing integration and operation requirements for the large-scale multi-granularity computation intensive simulation system, a High-performance Distributed Object-oriented Simulation Engine (HDOSE) is developed. Combined with the brief review of HDOSE development, on the basis of expounding the HDOSE function services and architecture, the key technology, large-scale multi-granularity parallel computation, programming model and interface, parameterized componentized modeling and so on are mainly introduced. The HDOSE typical application cases …

Modeling Research Of Cognition Behavior For Intelligent Wargaming, Xiaoyuan He, Shengming Guo, Wu Lin, Li Dong, Xu Xiao, Li Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem of cognitive behavior modeling in the construction and application of intelligent wargaming system, one modeling framework based on Actor-Operations-Scene (AOS) was proposed for C2 agent in wargaming. Then the realization of cognitive behavior modeling method for C2 agent was explored, including the modeling for the scenario oriented knowledge graph, intelligent situation awareness, operational planning, integrated operational control. It provides a feasible scheme for the construction and application of intelligent wargaming system.

Trajectory Planning Of 6-Dof Manipulator Based On Inverse Multi-Objective Optimization, Xianyin Duan, Can Zhang, Zerun Zhu, Zhaoyang Sun, Guozhang Jiang, Xiang Feng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to optimize the machining quality and production efficiency of manipulator, an inverse multi-objective determination method based on the optimization of manipulator stiffness and global travel is proposed. Establishing the forward kinematics model of manipulator, the inverse kinematics is solved by using behaviour tree. The stiffness performance evaluation index and the mathematical model of total stroke of joint angle are constructed to carry out the inverse solution multi-objective optimization. The 7-5-7 order polynomial joint space interpolation algorithm is designed for the trajectory planning. Compared with the commonly used cubic polynomial programming method, the manipulator trajectory obtained by …

Whole Ship Simulation Training Platform Based On Virtual Reality, Jiawen Sun, Hongxiang Ren, Fangbing Xiao, Xiaobin Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Under the current navigation education mode, it is common that trainees lack the overall navigation knowledge and the operation practice on onboard equipment and instruments. It is necessary to develop a whole ship simulation training platform that is not limited by time and sites. The six-degree freedom mathematical model of ship motion is established by using the separation modeling theory of ship maneuverability. The flexible object simulation technology, the modeling and rendering of ocean wave technology, and the reverse dynamics technology are adopted to realize the ship scene roaming and equipment interaction. The simulation results show that …

Intelligent Wargaming System: Change Needed By Next Generation Need To Be Changed, Xiaofeng Hu, Dawei Qi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The future direction of wargaming system is intelligent, and the most significant feature of intelligence is the modeling of cognition. The main problems of wargaming system are summarized, the main difficulties of modeling brought by cognition and the overall framework of intelligent wargaming system design are discussed, the technical ways of transformation and upgrading based on the existing wargaming system are given from four aspects of model construction, system design, wargaming ecology and test inspection. It provides direction and reference to the development and construction of the next generation intelligent wargaming system.

Study On Next-Generation Strategic Wargame System, Wu Xi, Xianglin Meng, Jingyu Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Strategic wargame is an important support to the strategic decision. The research status and challenges of the strategic wargame are analyzed, and the influence of big data and artificial intelligence technology on the strategic wargame system is studied. The prospects and key technologies of the next-generation strategic wargame system are studied, including the construction of event association graph for strategic topics, generation of strategic decision sparse samples based on generative adversarial nets, gaming strategy learning of human-in-loop hybrid enhancement, and public opinion dissemination modeling technology based on social network. The development trend of the strategic wargame is proposed.

Optimization Algorithm Of Mine Ventilation Based On Sa-Ipso, Liangshan Shao, Wang Zhen, Changming Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A non-linear optimization mathematical model aiming at the minimum total power of the mine ventilation network is established, in which SA-IPSO algorithm is applied for the optimization. The mutation operation is introduced in the PSO algorithm, in which a new inertia weight is proposed and a new particle selection method is constructed to control the number of particles violating the constraints, and the ability of the PSO algorithm to find boundaries is improved. The constraint conditions of the mine ventilation law are transformed into the penalty term of the objective function. IPSO optimizes the objective function and uses SA …

Multi-Uav Trajectory Planning Simulation Based On Adaptive Extended Potential Field, Wang Ning, Jiyang Dai, Ying Jin, Yeding Li, Liangliang Lu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the defects of the traditional artificial potential field method, such as unreachable targets, easy to fall into local minimums, inability to avoid obstacles, and lack of trajectory optimization strategies, and to solve the problem of slow planning rate due to more layers in the layered potential field algorithm, the model of the UAV is established, in which the influence factor of the attractive and repulsive force is introduced into the layered potential field function to solve the problem of unreachable targets, and the " auxiliary force" is introduced to solve the problem of easily falling into local …

Order Sorting Optimization For Four-Way Shuttle System Based On Improved Genetic Algorithm, Xinjie He, Shaowu Zhou, Hongqiang Zhang, Lianghong Wu, Zhou You

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: During the batch outbound operations of the four-way shuttle system, the different execution order of the system's outbound leads to the different interaction time between the four-way shuttle and the hoist will be different, which will affect the system's outbound operation time. According to the operation process of batch outbound, with the order of batch order outflow as the variable and the system outflow time as the objective function, a system order sort optimization model i established. Based to the characteristics of the model, with the improved genetic algorithm, the optimal order of the system is obtained. By changing …

Evolutionary Simulation Of Medical Products Export Safety Supervision Considering Regulation Of Importing Country, Xiaoli Li, Cejun Cao, Fanshun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to investigate the impacts of the regulation of importing country on export safety supervision regarding medical products in the COVID-19 epidemic situation, an evolutionary game model considering the relation between export enterprise and supervision of government is constructed. Based on MATLAB simulation, the influences of different factors including regulation level of importing country, punishment mechanism on export safety supervision of medical products are analyzed. Results show that the illegal behaviors of the export enterprises of medical products can be restrained when the regulation level of importing country reaches a certain threshold. But that would fuel the passively …

Research On The Issues Of Next Generation Wargame System Model Engine, Yubo Tang, Bilong Shen, Shi Lei, Yi Xing

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the more and more complex war systems, widely used artificial intelligence technology is needed to make up the human deficiencies in future wargame deduction, which is necessary for the next generation wargame system model engine. To address these challenges, a framework prototype of the next generation wargame model engine based on the experience of the long-term development and application is proposed. The decoupling method for the complexity of structure and computation is researched. The human-computer integration architecture on digital twinning technology is studied. Some new modeling techniques which the threshold of model development is reduced and the …

Wargaming Eco-System For Intelligence Growing, Wu Lin, Xiaofeng Hu, Jiuyang Tao, Xiaoyuan He

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The construction of the next generation intelligent wargaming system can not be accomplished at one move, but through building an ecosystem to gradually grow intelligence. The basic concepts of the intelligent wargame ecosystem, and are defined the idea of dynamic openness, diversified levels and co-evolution are proposed. Drawing lessons from the human intelligence growing process and learning-evolution mechanism, the double helix model of the next generation of wargame cognitive intelligent evolution and growth is constructed. On the basis of the OLTA cycle, the wargame deduction ecosystem system framework is given. The application of the technologies, such as …

Abroad Wargaming Deduction And System Research, Zhanguang Cao, Tao Shuai, Xiaofeng Hu, Lülong He

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Wargaming is an important auxiliary means of war deduction, scheme evaluation and operational analysis. Wargaming deduction system can support the research of operational problems, innovation of tactics and development of operational concepts. The development status of foreign computer wargaming system from the deduction method and system research is reviewed, and the online deduction the multi-level joint deduction, as well as the research status of multi-level wargaming fusion design, the multi system combination and auxiliary tool development are mainly introduced, which can providereference to the development and application of computer wargame system.

Application Of Two-Population Fish Swarm Algorithm In Distributed Portfolio, Fuyu Wang, Tang Tao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the disadvantages of artificial fish swarm algorithm, such as low precision and easily falling into local optimum, combining the idea of gravity algorithm and teaching optimization, a two-population fish swarm search algorithm is proposed. Cross-thinking is adopted to optimize the results obtained by the two populations and avoid the local optimization. Metropoils criterion of simulated annealing is added to the standard function verifies the algorithm, and the results show that the two-population fish swarm algorithm is better than the traditional artificial fish swarm algorithm and the known literature algorithm. Based on the known literature, a distributed …

Learning Ant Colony Algorithm For Green Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem, Hu Rong, Wenbo Chen, Bin Qian, Guo Ning, Fenghong Xiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Considering the congested roads situation of urban central areas in China, a speed calculation method based on vehicle driving sections is designed, and a model for the Green Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Total Fuel-Consumption cost Criterion (TFC-GMDVRP) is established, considering simultaneously the vehicle travel distance, load, and speed factors. A learning ant colony optimization algorithm (LACO), combining a knowledge model and an ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO), is proposed for solving the TFC-GMDVRP. In order to improve the performance and robustness of the algorithm's global search, the parameter knowledge that contains the different …

An Improved Srgan Infrared Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction Algorithm, Hu Lei, Zugen Wang, Chen Tian, Yongmei Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the low resolution of infrared images, an improved SRGAN super-resolution reconstruction algorithm is designed. In the generative network, the method of applying the residual dense network to obtain the image features extracted from each network layer so as to retain more high-frequency information of the image, and adopting a progressive upsampling method to improve the super-resolution reconstruction effect under a large scaling factor. In terms of the loss function, the perceptual loss that is more in line with human senses is adopted to make the generated image being closer to the real high-resolution image of senses and …

Chaotic Gravitational Search Iterative Identification For Wiener Systems, Shanling Xu, Junhong Li, Mengru Liu, Hua Liang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The Wiener nonlinear system is composed of a dynamic linear subsystem and a series of nonlinear static subsystems, which is widely used in the fields of automatic control, chemical engineering, electrical and other fields. Considering the identification of the Wiener Output Error Autoregressive (Wiener OEAR) system, a chaotic gravitational search iterative identification algorithm is proposed, in which the chaotic optimization mechanism is introduced into the gravitational search algorithm to estimate the unknown parameters of the Wiener OEAR system and the convergence is proved. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed identification algorithm, the gravitational search algorithm and …

Simulation On Aviation Maintenance Support System Based On Goal-Driven, Jiping Cong, Lijie Cui, Ding Gang, Ren Bo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the large investment and long time for optimization in aviation maintenance support model practice, for the first time, based on Netlogo platform, the multi-agent aviation maintenance support simulation system is constructed, which provides a reference to adapt the current support tasks and improve the evaluation efficiency. Selecting the annual mission flight time, echelon status, aircraft intact rate, and mission completion rate as the goal drivers, the simulation on different aviation maintenance support process is carried out, which displays the changes in flight arrangements, aircraft status, personnel, support equipment, etc. The simulation experiment shows that the multi-agent …

Modeling And Simulation On Optimum Maneuver Control Surface Configuration Of Aircraft In Low Altitude Penetration Mode, Huzi Wu, Wang Jin, Wantao Qi, Kaibao Jin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Optimum maneuver control surface can ensure the safety flight cability of aircraft in low altitude penetration mode, and it is of great siginifcance to establish the valid and effective numerical simulation model. The numerical differential equations with muti-constraints is adopted for the first time, to construct the simulaton model for the aircraft with small wing load and mutifunctional and combined CS in low altitude manuever, the schemes of different maneuver CS considering the obstacle, the limit of angle of bank, the graident of climb are built. The simulation results show that the model is effective for solving the …

Hurricane Trajectory Outlier Detection Method Based On Variational Auto-Encode, Wanting Qin, Songyang Lao, Tang Jun, Lu Cong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Hurricanes often cause incalculable human and economic losses, and the trajectory outlier detection can provide the auxiliary information or abnormal warning of the disaster. On deep learning, a method of hurricane trajectory outlier detection based on variable auto encoder (VAEOD) is proposed in this paper. The trajectory is divided into equal sequence sub trajectories based on the sliding window as the input of VAE. The trajectory reconstruction model is trained by the VAE. The parallel, vertical and angle distance of reconstructed trajectory and the input trajectory are compared to find out the outlier trajectory segments. The simulation experiment on …

Research On Simulation Object Interfaces Oriented To Plug-In-Play Pattern, Zhongwei Lin, Xiuhe Li, Yiping Yao, Shen Yang, Shaoqi Dai, Qianqian Shi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Models and simulation engines provide services mainly in the format of executable files in cloud environment, thus plug-in-play pattern becomes the first choice of simulation, which needs necessitating interfaces to connect the model processing logics and the simulation engine control logics. A set of simulation object interfaces that covers the simulation full life cycle of initialization, event scheduling, processing and cancel, publish and processing of subscription, roll-back and termination is proposed, and then defined in C++ language. Two examples show the process of the interfaces and the effectiveness of constructing the simulation objects. With the instantiation and disposal …