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Assessing Wildfire Damage From High Resolution Satellite Imagery Using Classification Algorithms, Ai-Linh Alten Dec 2019

Assessing Wildfire Damage From High Resolution Satellite Imagery Using Classification Algorithms, Ai-Linh Alten

Master's Projects

Wildfire damage assessments are important information for first responders, govern- ment agencies, and insurance companies to estimate the cost of damages and to help provide relief to those affected by a wildfire. With the help of Earth Observation satellite technology, determining the burn area extent of a fire can be done with traditional remote sensing methods like Normalized Burn Ratio. Using Very High Resolution satellites can help give even more accurate damage assessments but will come with some tradeoffs; these satellites can provide higher spatial and temporal resolution at the expense of better spectral resolution. As a wildfire burn area …


Ordinal Hyperplane Loss, Bob Vanderheyden Dec 2019

Ordinal Hyperplane Loss, Bob Vanderheyden

Doctor of Data Science and Analytics Dissertations

This research presents the development of a new framework for analyzing ordered class data, commonly called “ordinal class” data. The focus of the work is the development of classifiers (predictive models) that predict classes from available data. Ratings scales, medical classification scales, socio-economic scales, meaningful groupings of continuous data, facial emotional intensity and facial age estimation are examples of ordinal data for which data scientists may be asked to develop predictive classifiers. It is possible to treat ordinal classification like any other classification problem that has more than two classes. Specifying a model with this strategy does not fully utilize …


Towards Interpretable Machine Learning With Applications To Clinical Decision Support, Zhicheng Cui Dec 2019

Towards Interpretable Machine Learning With Applications To Clinical Decision Support, Zhicheng Cui

McKelvey School of Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Machine learning models have achieved impressive predictive performance in various applications such as image classification and object recognition. However, understanding how machine learning models make decisions is essential when deploying those models in critical areas such as clinical prediction and market analysis, where prediction accuracy is not the only concern. For example, in the clinical prediction of ICU transfers, in addition to accurate predictions, doctors need to know the contributing factors that triggered the alert, which factors can be quickly altered to prevent the ICU transfer. While interpretable machine learning has been extensively studied for years, challenges remain as among …


Finding A Viable Neural Network Architecture For Use With Upper Limb Prosthetics, Maxwell Lavin Dec 2019

Finding A Viable Neural Network Architecture For Use With Upper Limb Prosthetics, Maxwell Lavin

Master of Science in Computer Science Theses

This paper attempts to answer the question of if it’s possible to produce a simple, quick, and accurate neural network for the use in upper-limb prosthetics. Through the implementation of convolutional and artificial neural networks and feature extraction on electromyographic data different possible architectures are examined with regards to processing time, complexity, and accuracy. It is found that the most accurate architecture is a multi-entry categorical cross entropy convolutional neural network with 100% accuracy. The issue is that it is also the slowest method requiring 9 minutes to run. The next best method found was a single-entry binary cross entropy …


Graph Deep Learning: Methods And Applications, Muhan Zhang Dec 2019

Graph Deep Learning: Methods And Applications, Muhan Zhang

McKelvey School of Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The past few years have seen the growing prevalence of deep neural networks on various application domains including image processing, computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation, self-driving cars, game playing, social networks, bioinformatics, and healthcare etc. Due to the broad applications and strong performance, deep learning, a subfield of machine learning and artificial intelligence, is changing everyone's life.Graph learning has been another hot field among the machine learning and data mining communities, which learns knowledge from graph-structured data. Examples of graph learning range from social network analysis such as community detection and link prediction, to relational machine learning such as …


On The Human Factors Impact Of Polyglot Programming On Programmer Productivity, Phillip Merlin Uesbeck Dec 2019

On The Human Factors Impact Of Polyglot Programming On Programmer Productivity, Phillip Merlin Uesbeck

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Polyglot programming is a common practice in modern software development. This practice is often considered useful to create software by allowing developers to use whichever language they consider most well suited for the different parts of their software. Despite this ubiquity of polyglot programming there is no empirical research into how this practice affects software developers and their productivity. In this dissertation, after reviewing the state of the art in programming language and linguistic research pertaining to the topic, this matter is investigated by way of two empirical studies with 109 and 171 participants solving programming tasks. Based on the …


Learning Nearest Neighbor Graphs From Noisy Distance Samples, Blake Mason, Ardhendu S. Tripathy, Robert Nowak Dec 2019

Learning Nearest Neighbor Graphs From Noisy Distance Samples, Blake Mason, Ardhendu S. Tripathy, Robert Nowak

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

We consider the problem of learning the nearest neighbor graph of a dataset of n items. The metric is unknown, but we can query an oracle to obtain a noisy estimate of the distance between any pair of items. This framework applies to problem domains where one wants to learn people's preferences from responses commonly modeled as noisy distance judgments. In this paper, we propose an active algorithm to find the graph with high probability and analyze its query complexity. In contrast to existing work that forces Euclidean structure, our method is valid for general metrics, assuming only symmetry and …


Maxgap Bandit: Adaptive Algorithms For Approximate Ranking, Sumeet Katariya, Ardhendu S. Tripathy, Robert Nowak Dec 2019

Maxgap Bandit: Adaptive Algorithms For Approximate Ranking, Sumeet Katariya, Ardhendu S. Tripathy, Robert Nowak

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper studies the problem of adaptively sampling from K distributions (arms) in order to identify the largest gap between any two adjacent means. We call this the MaxGap-bandit problem. This problem arises naturally in approximate ranking, noisy sorting, outlier detection, and top-arm identification in bandits. The key novelty of the MaxGap bandit problem is that it aims to adaptively determine the natural partitioning of the distributions into a subset with larger means and a subset with smaller means, where the split is determined by the largest gap rather than a pre-specified rank or threshold. Estimating an arm's gap requires …


Computational Screening Of New Perovskite Materials Using Transfer Learning And Deep Learning, Xiang Li, Yabo Dan, Rongzhi Dong, Zhuo Cao, Chengcheng Niu, Yuqi Song, Shaobo Li, Jianjun Hu Dec 2019

Computational Screening Of New Perovskite Materials Using Transfer Learning And Deep Learning, Xiang Li, Yabo Dan, Rongzhi Dong, Zhuo Cao, Chengcheng Niu, Yuqi Song, Shaobo Li, Jianjun Hu

Faculty Publications

As one of the most studied materials, perovskites exhibit a wealth of superior properties that lead to diverse applications. Computational prediction of novel stable perovskite structures has big potential in the discovery of new materials for solar panels, superconductors, thermal electric, and catalytic materials, etc. By addressing one of the key obstacles of machine learning based materials discovery, the lack of sufficient training data, this paper proposes a transfer learning based approach that exploits the high accuracy of the machine learning model trained with physics-informed structural and elemental descriptors. This gradient boosting regressor model (the transfer learning model) allows us …


Rehabilitation Training System Of Vr-Based Speech Apraxia, Huanhuan Jiao, Zhigeng Pan, Shuchang Xu, Qingshu Yuan Dec 2019

Rehabilitation Training System Of Vr-Based Speech Apraxia, Huanhuan Jiao, Zhigeng Pan, Shuchang Xu, Qingshu Yuan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that the enthusiasm of active training in patients with traditional speech apraxia rehabilitation is gradually weakened, a virtual reality-based rehabilitation training system for speech apraxia is designed. The system simulates the 26 monosyllabic pronunciation mouths shapes made by virtual human in Chinese and uses it for the learning module. It is proposed to identify 26 monosyllabic words by using the isolated word speech recognition algorithm, which improves the accuracy of speech recognition. The system includes a training module and a scene module for assisting the patient's pronunciation rehabilitation training. The evaluation results show that …


Fault Prediction Of Satellite Attitude Control System Based On Neural Network, Xiaofan Meng, Song Hua Dec 2019

Fault Prediction Of Satellite Attitude Control System Based On Neural Network, Xiaofan Meng, Song Hua

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A new method based on BP neural network(BPNN), wavelet neural network(WNN) and wavelet decomposition-LSTM(wLSTM) network is proposed for predicting faults in the satellite attitude control system. Normal satellite attitude data is used to train BPNN which is used as the standard model of satellite attitude control system. The real-time attitude residuals is obtained by subtracting the BPNN output attitude angle from the real-time data of satellite attitude. The time series of the residuals are used to build WNN and wLSTM models to predict the faults of satellite attitude control system. A conclusion is given according to comparing the …


Parallel Tasks Optimization Scheduling In Cloud Manufacturing System, Chenwei Feng, Wang Yan Dec 2019

Parallel Tasks Optimization Scheduling In Cloud Manufacturing System, Chenwei Feng, Wang Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problem of unbalanced resource requirements and low resource utilization when the same type of tasks are executed in parallel in the cloud manufacturing system, a task resource scheduling model with the goal of minimizing cost, minimizing time, maximizing reliability and optimizing quality is established. A non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm based on reference points (NSGA-III) is adopted to solve the model by combining real number matrix coding and crossover and mutation based on real number coding instead of common evolutionary strategy. And an optimal decision strategy based on combination of analytic hierarchy process and entropy value method …


Research On Mechanical Configuration Of Automatic Container Terminals Based On Simulation Optimization Method, Shaozheng Yu, Dongshi Sun, Chen Jing, Yongchao Li Dec 2019

Research On Mechanical Configuration Of Automatic Container Terminals Based On Simulation Optimization Method, Shaozheng Yu, Dongshi Sun, Chen Jing, Yongchao Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the study of mechanical configuration problem of automated container terminal, a system simulation model based on discrete event simulation is constructed. The key parameters and interference factors that affect the performance of the system are fully considered in the model and a mechanical scheduling algorithm interface to ensure the effectiveness of the simulation model is designed. On the premise of ensuring the reliability of the container terminal system, a cycle optimization method of mechanical configuration scheme is proposed to minimize the cost. An example is given to solve the mechanical configuration scheme of an automatic container terminal. …


Multi-Objective Optimization Design Of Aerodynamic Layout For Twin Swept-Wing Aircraft, Yuchang Lei, Dengcheng Zhang, Yanhua Zhang, Guangxu Su, Luo Hao, Zhan Ren Dec 2019

Multi-Objective Optimization Design Of Aerodynamic Layout For Twin Swept-Wing Aircraft, Yuchang Lei, Dengcheng Zhang, Yanhua Zhang, Guangxu Su, Luo Hao, Zhan Ren

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Multi-objective optimization of aerodynamic layout is a key technology in the design of vehicles. The overall configuration of the shape parameters is optimized with a double swept-shaped wave shape as the basic configuration. We use NSGA-Ⅱ multi-objective genetic algorithm, take the aircraft double sweep angle as the design variable, consider the maximum takeoff weight, range, volume ratio and other performance indicators, use Elman neural network to establish the relationship between shape parameters and performance parameters, and establish constraints based on mission planning requirements. The Pareto optimal solution set is obtained by using optimized design and the individuals with …


Dynamic Simulation Of Marine Pasture Water Quality Monitoring Network Based On Aug, Wenxia Xue, Bin Lin, Hu Xu, Jingbo Zhang Dec 2019

Dynamic Simulation Of Marine Pasture Water Quality Monitoring Network Based On Aug, Wenxia Xue, Bin Lin, Hu Xu, Jingbo Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The development of marine pastures puts forward higher requirements for water quality monitoring. In order to achieve large-scale and long-term underwater water quality monitoring, AUG-based Underwater Sensor Network (AUSN) is studied. The AUG is introduced as the underwater sink node of the sensor network and the sleep scheduling mechanism is adopted for the sensors, which can effectively reduce the total energy consumption of the network. Based on the analysis of energy consumption characteristics of underwater sensor networks, the energy consumption calculation formula of underwater sensor networks is discussed. Combined with the virtual visualization technology, the underwater sensor network simulation …


Overview Of Cooperative Target Assignment, Ou Qiao, Xiaoyuan He, Jiuyang Tao Dec 2019

Overview Of Cooperative Target Assignment, Ou Qiao, Xiaoyuan He, Jiuyang Tao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The concept and connotation of combat coordination are briefly analyzed. The historical origin of cooperative target allocation and its orientation in command and control process are expounded. The research status of collaborative target allocation in model building and algorithm solving is analyzed comprehensively, the shortcomings of current research is pointed out. It is proposed that for the next step we should pay more attention to large-scale collaborative target allocation under dynamic and confrontational conditions, and focus on the real-time, adaptability and iterative evolution mechanism of the algorithm.


Research On Intelligent Clustering Algorithm For Complex Water Wireless Network Surveillance, Hua Xiang, Hongtao Liang, Zhaoxin Dong, Wang Zhao, Hongjuan Yao, Baohua Li, Bingqing Jiang Dec 2019

Research On Intelligent Clustering Algorithm For Complex Water Wireless Network Surveillance, Hua Xiang, Hongtao Liang, Zhaoxin Dong, Wang Zhao, Hongjuan Yao, Baohua Li, Bingqing Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The clustering of irregular networks will cause load imbalance, which results in the phenomenon of “energy hot zone”. Aiming at the unreasonable topology of irregular network clustering, an intelligent clustering algorithm based on genetic strategy is proposed for the wireless network surveillance of complex water system. An irregular complex water topology model and an energy consumption model are built, and a genetic clustering strategy is designed via the principle of minimum energy consumption. The P matrix coding method is given, which avoids the squared increment of data calculation. Simultaneously, an adaptive genetic operator and a fuzzy modified operator are …


Design Of A Flexible System Simulation Evaluation Framework, Rusheng Ju, Zimin Cai, Wang Song, Wang Peng Dec 2019

Design Of A Flexible System Simulation Evaluation Framework, Rusheng Ju, Zimin Cai, Wang Song, Wang Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To meet variable evaluation requirement of complex system simulation, this paper puts forward a design strategy of flexible effectiveness evaluation framework. The composition structure of system simulation evaluation framework is analyzed. To help users design reference dynamically, the method of evaluation reference edit and display is introduced based on Web. To enhance the extensibility of evaluation model, the method of interface design and code generation is investigated. To ensure the flexibility and extensibility of evaluation framework, the relation and mapping mechanism of evaluation references, evaluation model and evaluation result is studied. The framework is realized and verified in …


A Temporal Action Detection Algorithm Based On Spatio-Temporal Feature Pyramid Network, Liu Wang, Jinyu Sun, Shiwei Ma Dec 2019

A Temporal Action Detection Algorithm Based On Spatio-Temporal Feature Pyramid Network, Liu Wang, Jinyu Sun, Shiwei Ma

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the discontinuity of motion timing detection in the frame-level prediction network structure, a novel algorithm based on spatio-temporal feature pyramid network (ST-FPN) is proposed. In the frame-level action prediction, several 3D convolution-de-convolution (CDC) networks are used to sample spatial feature down to 1 dimension and sample temporal feature up to corresponding proposal level. Then the prediction scores of different CDC networks are fused by non-maximum suppression (NMS). The softmax classifier is used to classify frame-level actions, and then temporal action detection is obtained. The experimental results on dataset THUMOS14 show that the proposed algorithm improves the …


Research On Control Technology Of Aeroengine Heat Exchanger, Qingyang Jiang, Song Hua Dec 2019

Research On Control Technology Of Aeroengine Heat Exchanger, Qingyang Jiang, Song Hua

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the high temperature problem caused by the high speed of the synergistic aspirating engine, this paper designs a control algorithm for the heat exchanger. In the process of designing the control algorithm, considering the strong nonlinearity, uncertainty and strong coupling of the engine, The decoupling study of the multi-input and multi-output linear model of the heat exchanger is carried out. The decoupling effect of two different decoupling methods on the strongly coupled heat exchanger is obtained. The fuzzy decoupling PID controller has short adjustment time and overshoot. Small, conclusions with better decoupling effects.


Attitude Control Of Hypersonic Vehicle Considering Input Saturation, Xiaocen Liu, Yunjie Wu, Xu Peng Dec 2019

Attitude Control Of Hypersonic Vehicle Considering Input Saturation, Xiaocen Liu, Yunjie Wu, Xu Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the design of attitude control of hypersonic vehicles, the sliding mode disturbance observer is used to compensate the composite disturbance, meanwhile the dynamic surface control method is used to deal with the design of the nonlinear control system. Considering the input saturation problem, the control input is expanded into a new variable to design the controller, which is different from the direct limit of the rudder deviation. The simulation results show that the dynamic surface control method based on sliding mode observer has stronger robustness than the simple dynamic inversion control method, but the control inputs of …


Fault Identification Of High-Speed Train Bogie Based On Siamese Convolutional Neural Network, Yunpu Wu, Weidong Jin, Junxiao Ren Dec 2019

Fault Identification Of High-Speed Train Bogie Based On Siamese Convolutional Neural Network, Yunpu Wu, Weidong Jin, Junxiao Ren

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The performance degradation and failure of high-speed train bogie components will threaten the operation security of train. This paper proposes a fault type identification method based on siamese convolutional neural network to address the scarcity of data and the high-dimension of monitoring signals. Deep residual network with one-dimension convolution layers is employed for features extraction and fusion of vibration signals from multiple sensors. The siamese structure is employed to obtain the similarities between samples. Fault types are identified by ranking similarities in the support set. The experimental results show that the proposed method can identify the fault types with …


Pedestrian Navigation Method Based On Uwb And Sins, Yang Yang, Li Qing Dec 2019

Pedestrian Navigation Method Based On Uwb And Sins, Yang Yang, Li Qing

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the problem that the inertial navigation error is accumulating with time and UWB indoor is hard to continue tracking problems in complex environment, an extended Kalman filter (EKF) fusing UWB and sins pedestrian navigation is proposed.The zero speed correction algorithm is used to trigger EKF at zero speed. The sins is corrected by the velocity error measurement provided by sins and the position error measurement provided by UWB restraining error accumulation.When UWB signal is interrupted, the position of UWB output without interruption is taken as the starting position. The experiment results of SINS autonomous navigation …


Comparative Study On Resistance Modeling Method In Yacht Simulator, Xiaochen Li, Yin Yong Dec 2019

Comparative Study On Resistance Modeling Method In Yacht Simulator, Xiaochen Li, Yin Yong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problem that the existing resistance modeling method of yacht has poor universality and the calculation accuracy is not high, approximate resistance modeling methods of high speed craft are analyzed and summarized. The actual yacht model is simplified into a prismatic hull. “ЦАГИ” method and SIT method are reproduced and the simulation results are compared with model test. The application of resistance approximate modeling in the yacht simulator is discussed. The results reveal that the resistance is in good agreement with the experimental value, and the SIT method with simplified hull form is more …


Research On The Value Accessing Method For Calibrating Micro Traffic Simulation Model Parameters, Chenjing Zhou, Rong Jian, Kwok Lam Dec 2019

Research On The Value Accessing Method For Calibrating Micro Traffic Simulation Model Parameters, Chenjing Zhou, Rong Jian, Kwok Lam

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Parameter calibration is the precondition of the application of micro traffic simulation technology. This study focuses on the value accessing method for parameter calibration in order to further improve the parameter calibration process. The analysis of the distribution characteristics of each parameter calibration results shows that the parameters have different trends in the process of gradual iteration, and there are multiple optimal solutions for the model parameter calibration results. In this paper, the dispersion is used as the quantitative analysis index of the concentration degree of each parameter calibration result, and the parameter value of the model is determined …


Dynamic Collision Optimization Algorithm Based On Ray Detection, Li Xing, Yanfang Fu, Wang Liang, Chengtao Lu Dec 2019

Dynamic Collision Optimization Algorithm Based On Ray Detection, Li Xing, Yanfang Fu, Wang Liang, Chengtao Lu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the inaccurate collision detection problem in Unity 3D-based visual simulation systems, a dynamic collision optimization algorithm based on ray detection is designed and implemented. The 3D virtual scene is segmented by octree, which simplifies the detection range of obstacles during the operation of simulation systems. At the same time, based on ray detection, according to the quantization coefficient and distance of the threat degree of obstacles, an appropriate collision collider is dynamically added to the obstacles to complete collision detection. The results show that the algorithm not only improves the fluency of visual simulation systems but also …


Evaluation Method Of Simulation Results Based On Principal Component Analysis, Rusheng Ju, Zimin Cai, Yang Mei, Wang Song Dec 2019

Evaluation Method Of Simulation Results Based On Principal Component Analysis, Rusheng Ju, Zimin Cai, Yang Mei, Wang Song

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A large amount of result data are produced by complex system simulation. These data types are diverse and complex. Usually they cannot be used directly. The inner pattern can only be found by effective evaluation. Based on the characteristics of complex combat simulation results, this paper utilizes the Principal Component Analysis method to reduce the dimension of data analysis and explore the relationship between the system input data and output data. The key influence factors of the measure of force effectiveness is found. The application verification is done by typical examples. The selected principle factors are explored in …


Research On Nondestructive Blood Glucose Cloud Detection System Based On Improved Deep Regression Network, Mengjia He, Yingnian Wu, Yang Rui Dec 2019

Research On Nondestructive Blood Glucose Cloud Detection System Based On Improved Deep Regression Network, Mengjia He, Yingnian Wu, Yang Rui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Invasive blood glucose measurement has a strong sense of discomfort and risk of infection, so the study of non-invasive blood glucose has a strong practical significance. At present, the optical method is not convenient for practical use, and the energy conservation method requires strict requirements. In view of the above problems, infrared thermography is used to detect blood glucose. After acquiring infrared thermal images of face figure, we extract the gray feature and reduce its dimension. In order to speed up the training and prevent over fitting, depth regression network is improved to model the infrared thermal image gray …


Intelligent Collaborative Networking Method For Workshop Emergencies, Kong Tao, Wang Yan Dec 2019

Intelligent Collaborative Networking Method For Workshop Emergencies, Kong Tao, Wang Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Due to the complex environment of intelligent manufacturing workshop, abnormal emergencies will cause huge security threats and economic losses to the workshop. It is difficult to transmit the abnormal event data continuously, quickly and completely in the workshop production site, and the fluctuation of abnormal event data is great with high requirements on the integrity and real-time of data transmission. In this paper, a multi-agent cooperative networking method for workshop emergencies is proposed. Mobile robots are introduced as intermediary Sink nodes for data transmission between sensor networks and the Internet. In case of emergencies, the intelligent node and cluster …


A Method Of Manifold Learning For Locality Preserving Projections Based On Geodesic, Lijun Xu, Jinghan Fang, Yiping Wang Dec 2019

A Method Of Manifold Learning For Locality Preserving Projections Based On Geodesic, Lijun Xu, Jinghan Fang, Yiping Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problem of under-fitting state of LPP algorithm in practical application,in this paper, the mapping principle of Locality Preserving Projections (LPP) is discussed in detail. The relationship of LPP method between the under-fitting state on certain dataset and adjacency graph is analyzed. The LPP manifold learning method (ISOLPP) is proposed on the basis of geodesic. The experiment results show that the good embedded effect is achieved by implenmenting ISOLPP method on multiple test data sets. It significantly improves the adaptability of the algorithm by not only inheriting the advantages of LPP algorithm with explicit projection …