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Structure Optimization Analysis Of Distillation Kettle Based On Elastic-Plastic Mechanics, Xiaodong Hu, Liu Ning, Xiangsong Qi, Jianpeng Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on the analysis of structural strength by elastic mechanics, there is a large stress singularity due to the discontinuity of the equipment structure, which makes the calculation result not consistent with the actual stress of the equipment. According to the actual design and structure of a distillation reactor, based on the theory of elastic-plastic mechanics, through modeling, meshing, loading and constraint analysis, the stress distribution of distillation kettle is analyzed; and the wall thickness and stiffener structure are optimized. The results show that the calculation results are reliable and the design of wall thickness is smaller than the …

Rectangle-Based Approaches For Representing Flood Data In Spatial Indices, Ya-Hui Chang, Wen-Han Lee, Tai-Feng Ke

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Appropriate representation of flood data in indices is crucial for efficient future querying. A common approach is to use minimum bounding rectangles to build R-tree indices rather than storing real complex objects; however, the results may be imprecise. Herein, to improve the performance of this approach, we discuss methods for producing corresponding rectangles. The first method involves generating a set of small fixed-sized squares, and the second one attempts to initially obtain a large rectangle. The third approach recursively partitions the space into four quadrants until the given size constraint is satisfied. Experimental results based on the real flood data …

Overview Of Image Segmentation And Registration For Spine Biological Modeling, Juping Gu, Tianyu Cheng, Hua Liang, Jianping Wang, Zhao Jian, Cao Yong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The prevalence of common spinal fractures is high in this day. Spinal image segmentation and registration are the key step and prerequisite of target recognition, biomechanical modeling and finite element analysis. They are also the key technology of noninvasive surgery navigation. Aiming at the problems of spinal image processing, the classical medical image segmentation and registration algorithm is introduced. It also analyzes the defects and prospects of the future development trend of spine image processing. The research results have certain significance for further understanding of spinal medical image processing and promoting the development of rehabilitation therapy for spinal fractures.

Traffic Patterns For Intelligent Vehicles In The Intersection, Wang Jian, Feng Qi, Xiaowei Hu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the applications of GPS/DR/MM integrated positioning technology and vehicle infrastructure integration technology, three traffic patterns with which intelligent vehicles go through the intersection are put forward. These three traffic patterns include signal lights adaptive traffic pattern, vehicle self-organizing traffic pattern and vehicle infrastructure integration traffic pattern. They can reduce vehicle delay, avoid traffic conflicts, decrease the probability of traffic accidents, improve traffic efficiency and realize the barrier-free accessibility of intelligent vehicles to the intersection. According to the parameters such as vehicles arrival rate, critical velocity and the average vehicle spacing, a clearance movement model and a circular path …

Modeling And Simulation Of Car-Following On Expressway, Yuhan Jia, Jianping Wu, Yiman Du, Mingyu Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the high-speed following phenomenon on expressways, an improved car-following model is developed in the paper considering variable safety headway distance. The new model is calibrated and validated by the data collected using an instrumented vehicle in Beijing. Stability analysis of the new model is investigated using the control theory method. The numerical simulations are implemented and the result shows good consistency with theoretical study. The new model is integrated into the traffic simulation system of FLOWSIM. Experiment results show that the improved OV model based FLOWSIM can outperform the original system on some specific conditions.

Evaluation Method Of Imminent Battle Situation In Air Combat, Huimin Cao, Anxiang Huang, Lei Xiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the state of air combat, the situation change rapidly. Quick and accurate assessment of the current situation and making decisions is the key to the victory of air combat and the preservation of own strength. Based on the specialty of the modern air battle and pelagic operation, this article adds the political factor, the pilot individual actual combat ability, and the formation cooperative tactical task to fight against the single constraint into the evaluation index system. This makes the evaluation more reasonable and comprehensive and closer to the actual combat, so as to provide more accurate basis for …

3d Flight Trajectory Simulation Generator Based On Track Constraints, Shuguang Sun, Cheng Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The airborne navigation equipment needs accurate flight trajectory data to test its performance. According to the requirements of the Beidou receivers, considering the constraint of trajectory and flight performance, a flight trajectory generator is designed using iteration like method. The flight trajectory generator can generate the whole trajectory data and the flight parameters of the aircraft based on the actual flight procedures, and display the data and parameters in real time. The whole flight trajectory simulation data from Beijing International Capital Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is generated. The result shows that the flight trajectory generator can generate …

Modular Design Method Of Integrated Avionics Simulation System, Mingbo Zhao, Pan Long, Longwei Jiang, Wang Gang, Guangxing Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the past, there were some problems in the software design for the flight simulation avionics system such as the decentralized structure and the low degree of modularization. Aiming at these problems, a hierarchical, modular integrated avionics system is constructed. The logic part dispersed in each function module is independent to form the integrated logic module. Each task function module and its sub module are responsible for the calculation of the relevant task function algorithm. Modular design is carried out in a deeper level. By dataflow analysis, each module in this design has strong cohesion and weak coupling and …

Rehabilitation Training System Based On Brain Computer Interface, Banghua Yang, Li Bo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a new communication and control method. The BCI rehabilitation training system was developed for rehabilitation training of post-stroke patients by using MATLAB and VC++ hybrid programming method. By decoding the EEG signal, the patient's movement intention can be recognized accurately in real time, then the work of the rehabilitation peripheral is triggered to give feedback from the visual, auditory, and tactile. The patient's active rehabilitation is achieved through the system. The system has the characteristics of user-friendly interface, modular algorithm, high online recognition rate; and it can be used as a reference for BCI-based …

Modeling And Simulation Of Inter-City Passenger Travel Service Flow Based On Petri Net, Qipeng Sun, Guo Xin, Ma Fei

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: On the basis of inter-city passenger travel chain, the inter-city passenger transport service process is studied; the Petri net language is used for establishing and simulating the model of inter-city passenger transport service process based on the Visual Object Net++; and the simulation results are used for verifying the reliability of the established model with the theory of petri net, while the model is transformed into a homogeneous Markov chain with the process. The detailed analysis on the city subway of the inter-city passenger transport service process was carried out. By modeling and simulating, the derived value of …

High-Pass Difference Features Based Image Quality Assessment, Wang Rui, Li Ping, Bin Sheng, Congbin Qiao, Lizhuang Ma, Enhua Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Current methods of image quality assessment only can assess the quality of images under the same type of image distortion. In order to fix such weaknesses, this paper is designed based on the image features of natural scene statistics and proposes a new metric method using high-pass filter for detecting features. The approach computes locally the normalized luminance; selects features such as the difference of RGB channels via high-pass filter, image gradient, sharpness, contrast, etc.; and analyzes and gathers features in the metric method trained by logistic regression. Experimental results show that the proposed method can work efficiently under …

Design And Research On Simulation Model Of Limestone-Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization Absorption Tower, Zhang Yue, Han Pu, Zhang Xiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The mass transfer and chemical reaction processes of wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) are very complex. It is helpful to improve the operation level of desulfurization site by studying the internal mechanism and establishing a high precision mechanism model. The absorption tower is divided into some regions, and the modeling targets in different regions are determined. The sulfur dioxide absorption region is divided into different heights of the "cell" by the slurry droplet falling distance and exposure time. According to the motion characteristics and mass transfer process, the desulfurization efficiency and pressure drop are calculated, and the absorption efficiency …

Indoor Scene Generation Based On Case-Based Reasoning And Collaborative Filtering, Peihua Song, Jinyuan Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problem of time-consuming and single scene generation in indoor scene generation, we propose an indoor scene generation algorithm based on case-based reasoning and collaborative filtering techniques. The algorithm of functional area division is performed on the two-dimensional room floor plan. Thecase-based reasoning is used to generate 3D scenes; and the collaborative filtering is used to generate diverse indoor scenes. A scene evaluation method based on user feedback information is proposed. Experiments were carried out on the living room and bedroom to generate scenes. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is effective. The running time …

Simulation Algorithm Of Streak Tube Multi-Spectral Laser 3d Imaging System, Jingya Cao, Shaokun Han, Wenze Xia, Wang Liang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The streak tube laser three-dimensional imaging system is one of the most promising practical laser imaging systems, because of its high precision, large field of view and high frame frequency. A multispectral imaging simulation algorithm for multi-slit streak tube is proposed based on the research of the multi-spectral imaging. The derivation of the main structural parameters is given. The influence of the number of different detectors on the time resolution and spatial resolution of the system is analyzed. In the model of the simulation system, the laser echo signals of multiple wavelength bands are fed into the photocathode of …

Visualization Platform Of Lightweight Toxic Gases Dispersion, Jinyuan Jia, Xinzhi Zhao, Panjing Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The sudden accidents usually emit large quantities of toxic gases and harmful pollutants in a short time. It is very necessary and meaningful to predict and visualize the dispersing trend of those toxic gases over Internet as accurate and fast as possible for people to evacuate safely and immediately. We propose a lightweight simulation for air pollution dispersion based on the Gaussian puff model. With this method, we can visualize the procedure of toxic gas dispersing on a webpage in real-time. we can also estimate the pollution of toxic gas dispersion trend and analyze their further pollution effects on …

Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Method For Laser Active Imaging Guidance, Zhang Qing, Yijie Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The system of laser active imaging guidance hardware-in-the-loop simulation is a significant system for testing and validating the capability of laser active imaging guidance and control, it also means a lot in practical applications. The composition of guidance and control system for the laser active imaging aerocraft is analyzed, and the purpose and test flow for the hardware-in-the-loop simulation system are introduced. The integrated project for laser active imaging guidance hardware-in-the-loop simulation system is designed. The functions and elements for the crucial simulation equipment of laser active imaging echo simulator are analyzed; the elements of model composition and …

Improved Dv-Hop Localization Scheme Based On The Best Path Matching Strategy, Qinqin Shi, Xu Qiang, Jianping Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Improvement strategies are provided in view of the fact that the original DV-Hop (Distance, Vector-Hop) method has great error in distance estimation due to the network anisotropy in practical applications and the sensitivity of its location derivation algorithm to the range error. In the distance estimation step, a strategy of computing path similarity parameter is proposed to find out the most similar beacon-beacon path to beacon-node path; in the position calculation step, a modified PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm is added after the initial position of an unknown node being derived using Lateration algorithm. Simulation shows that compared with …

Traffic Dynamic Regulation And Control Technology In The Central Area Of Nanning City, Yiman Du, Hongfan Su, Jianping Wu, Chen Yu, Huang Lin, Longfei Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As the transportation develops rapidly, the traffic burden increases in downtown areas, especially in the areas of convention center, government building, and business & financial center, which exacerbates traffic congestion nearby. Conventional traffic control measures taken include stagger shifts, congestion charging, and tail number limit. Interests of multi aspects are involved in these measures, which has broad effect. The traffic managers now begin to ameliorate traffic burden by technical methods. A feedback-gate control based regional traffic volume control method was proposed and a microscopic simulation was adopted. This reasearch aims to ameliorate traffic pressure and balance traffic flow through …

Gesture Recognition Method Based On Multi-Feature Fusion, Yuanming Wang, Zhang Jun, Yuanhui Qin, Xiujuan Chai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the specific application requirements of command gesture for flight deck, a gesture recognition method based on multi-feature fusion is proposed. The 3D trajectory feature vector and hand sparse representation are established from two aspects of the trajectory and posture based on the visual information collected by depth camera. On the one hand, the gesture is recognized through normalization resampling and alignment based on the trajectory feature. On the other hand, the gesture is recognized through sparse representation alignment based on the HOG feature. The recognition results are fused effectively. The experimental results indicate that our …

Emerging Insights Of Health Informatics Research: A Literature Analysis For Outlining New Themes, Shah Miah, Jun Shen, John W Lamp, Don Kerr, John Gammack

All Works

This paper presents a contemporary literature review to provide insights into the current health informatics literature. The objective of this study is to identify emerging directions of current health informatics research from the latest and existing studies in the health informatics domain. We analyse existing health informatics studies using a thematic analysis, so that justified sets of research agenda can be outlined on the basis of these findings. We selected articles that are published in the science direct online database. The selected 73 sample articles (published from 2014 to 2018 in premier health informatics journals) are considered as representative samples …

Towards Secure Data Flow Oriented Multi-Vendor Ict Governance Model, Lars Magnusson, Patrik Elm, Anita Mirijamdotter

International Journal of Business and Technology

Today, still, ICT Governance is being regarded as a departmental concern, not an overall organizational concern. History has shown us that implementation strategies, which are based on departments, results in fractional implementations leading to ad hoc solutions with no central control and stagnation for the in-house ICT strategy. Further, this recently has created an opinion trend; many are talking about the ICT department as being redundant, a dying out breed, which should be replaced by on-demand specialized external services. Clearly, the evermore changing surroundings do force organizations to accelerate the pace of new adaptations within their ICT plans, more vivacious …

Implications Of Eu-Gdpr In Low-Grade Social, Activist And Ngo Settings, Lars Magnusson, Sarfraz Iqbal

International Journal of Business and Technology

Social support services are becoming popular among the citizens of every country and every age. Though, social support services easily accessible on mobile phones are used in different contexts, ranging from extending your presence and connectivity to friends, family and colleagues to using social media services for being a social activist seeking to help individuals confined in miserable situations such as homeless community, drug addicts or even revolutionists fighting against dictatorships etc. However, a very recent development in the European Parliament’s law (2016/679) on the processing and free movement of personal data in terms of EU-GDPR (General data protection rules) …

An Approach To Information Security For Smes Based On The Resource-Based View Theory, Blerton Abazi

International Journal of Business and Technology

The main focus of this proposal is to analyze implementation challenges, benefits and requirements in implementation of Information Systems and managing information security in small and medium size companies in Western Balkans countries. In relation to the study, the proposal will focus in the following questions to investigate: What are the benefits that companies mostly find after the implementation of Information Systems has been implemented, efficiency, how to they manage security of the information’s, competitive advantage, return of investments etc. The study should give a clear approach to Information Systems implementation, information security, maintenance, measurable benefits, challenges companies have gone …

Decision Making Based On Data Analyses Using Data Warehouses, Valdrin Haxhiu

International Journal of Business and Technology

Data warehouses are a collection of several databases, whose goal is to help different companies and corporations make important decisions about their activities. These decisions are taken from the analyses that are made to the data within the data warehouse. These data are taken from data that companies and corporations collect on daily basis from their branches that may be located in different cities, regions, states and continents. Data that are entered to data warehouses are historical data and they represent that part of data that is important for making decisions. These data go under a transformation process in order …

Characteristics And Temporal Behavior Of Internet Backbone Traffic, Artan Salihu, Muharrem Shefkiu, Arianit Maraj

International Journal of Business and Technology

With the rapid increase demand for data usage, Internet has become complex and harder to analyze. Characterizing the Internet traffic might reveal information that are important for Network Operators to formulate policy decisions, develop techniques to detect network anomalies, help better provision network resources (capacity, buffers) and use workload characteristics for simulations (typical packet sizes, flow durations, common protocols).

In this paper, using passive monitoring and measurements, we show collected data traffic at Internet backbone routers. First, we reveal main observations on patterns and characteristics of this dataset including packet sizes, traffic volume for inter and intra domain and protocol …

Permission-Based Privacy Analysis For Android Applications, Erza Gashi, Zhilbert Tafa

International Journal of Business and Technology

While Information and Communication Technology (ICT) trends are moving towards the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile applications are becoming more and more popular. Mostly due to their pervasiveness and the level of interaction with the users, along with the great number of advantages, the mobile applications bring up a great number of privacy related issues as well. These platforms can gather our very sensitive private data by only granting them a list of permissions during the installation process. Additionally, most of the users can find it difficult, or even useless, to analyze system permissions. Thus, their guess of app’s safety …

A Need For An Integrative Security Model For Semantic Stream Reasoning Systems, Admirim Aliti, Edmond Jajaga, Kozeta Sevrani

International Journal of Business and Technology

State-of-the-art security frameworks have been extensively addressing security issues for web resources, agents and services in the Semantic Web. The provision of Stream Reasoning as a new area spanning Semantic Web and Data Stream Management Systems has eventually opened up new challenges. Namely, their decentralized nature, the metadata descriptions, the number of users, agents, and services, make securing Stream Reasoning systems difficult to handle. Thus, there is an inherent need of developing new security models which will handle security and automate security mechanisms to a more autonomous system that supports complex and dynamic relationships between data, clients and service providers. …

Security Analysis Of Wireless Ban In E-Health, Romina Muka, Sule Yildrim-Yayilgan, Kozeta Sevrani

International Journal of Business and Technology

The Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) has gained popularity as a new technology for e-Health, and is considered as one of the key research areas in computer science and healthcare applications. WBAN collects patients’ data, monitors constantly their physiological parameters, using small implantable or wearable sensors, and communicates these data using wireless communication techniques in short range. WBAN is playing a huge role in improving the quality of healthcare. Still, due to sensitive and concurrent nature of e-Heath systems, current research has showed that designers must take into considerations the security and privacy protection of the data collected by a …

Circuit Design For Green Communications – Methods, Tools And Examples, Galia Marinova, Zdravka Tchobanova

International Journal of Business and Technology

The paper makes an overview of the existing methods applied for circuit design with low power consumption objective. It considers Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools and modules for power consumption estimation at the design stage. For analog and mixed analog-digital circuit design, the power estimation options in ORCAD Design Suit with PSpice and Analog Filter Wizard are studied. For digital communication systems the study covers the power estimation, analysis and optimization in ISE and Vivado systems, Xilinx Power Estimator (XPE) tool and spreadsheet, the XPower Analyzer, as well as similar tools proposed by ALTERA - PowerPlay Early Power Estimator and QUARTUS …

Improving Non-Native English Students' Communicative Competence And Collaboration Skills Through Virtual Simulations, Alisa Sadiku

International Journal of Business and Technology

Knowing how to communicate in the target language is the main goal of most language learners. Furthermore, it is very challenging for teachers to bring real world communication experiences in classroom settings where English is not the native language. Hence, in this paper I explore the role of virtual simulations in promoting communicational and collaboration opportunities to non-native speakers of English. In my research, I describe how virtual worlds improve communicative and collaborative skills of non-native speakers of English. Moreover, I investigate how virtual worlds can create a learner centered environment where students take control of their own language production. …