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Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm Of Unrelated Parallel Batch Scheduling Optimization, Lizhen Du, Tao Ye, Yuhao Wang, Yajun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the problems of population diversity loss and the tendency to fall into local optimality in the PSO (particle swarm optimization)algorithm in dealing with unrelated parallel batch scheduling problems, an improved scheduling optimization algorithm for PSO is proposed for minimizing the maximum completion time solution. A real number encoding based on the sequence of artifacts is used for the encoding operation. A new strategy based on J_B local search is designed based on the mixed integer programming model of the problem. The Metropolis criterion of the simulated annealing algorithm isintroduced into the individual extreme value search of the …

An Intelligent Driver Model Simulation Considering Both Backward Looking Effect And Velocity Difference, Yin Xu, Yun Pu, Haixu Liu, Yifan Tan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the phenomenon that driver adjusts vehicle movement by observing the following vehicles through rearview mirror in the actual car-following driving, an improved intelligent driver model accounting for both backward looking effect and velocity difference is proposed, and the critical stability condition of the new model is obtained by employing the linear stability analysis. Based on the numerical simulation experiments, the car following characteristics analysis during the acceleration process of the vehicle and the traffic safety evaluation are carried out. A small disturbance simulation under the periodic boundary condition is used to verify the conclusion consistency of stability …

Finite-Time Combination-Combination Synchronization Of Hyperchaotic Systems With Different Structures And Its Application, Wu Dong, Cong Wang, Hongli Zhang, Ping Ma

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the security of confidential communication systems effectively, a combination-combination synchronization scheme based on finite time theory is proposed and applied to chaotic masked confidential communication. Four classical hyperchaotic systems with universal applicability are selected as the research objects. The backstepping method is used to design the combination-combination synchronous control scheme for different structural hyperchaotic systems based on finite-time theory and Lyapunov stability theory. The efficiency and strong robustness to external disturbances of the finite time control scheme are verified by numerical simulation and comparative experiments. The effectiveness of the controller and the strong robustness to …

Path Planning Of Mobile Robots Based On Memristor Reinforcement Learning In Dynamic Environment, Hailan Yang, Yongqiang Qi, Baolei Wu, Dan Rong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the path planning problem of mobile robots in dynamic environment, two-layer path planning algorithm based on improved ant colony algorithm and MA-DQN algorithm is proposed. Static global path planning is accomplished by ant colony algorithm that improved the probabilistic transfer function and the pheromone updating principle; the traditional DQN algorithm structure is improved by using the memristor as the synaptic structure of neural network, and then completed the local dynamic obstacle avoidance of the mobile robot. The path planning mechanism is switched according to whether there are dynamic obstacles within the sensing range of the …

Attack Decision-Making Model Of Armed Helicopter Based On Multi-Index Fuzzy Set, Chunyan Wang, Xiang Wang, Minchi Kuang, Danfeng Wu, Zhengtong Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the attack decision-making task requirements of armed helicopters in uncertain battlefield environment, the constructed multi-index fuzzy set is quantitatively characterized by the improved Gaussian model. The strategic benefit value model is constructed by using the combat restraint relationship, and the target ranking set is obtained by dynamically assigning the weight factors of the threat value and the strategic benefit value to complete the attack decision-making. The results show that the proposed method can better use the threat index data in modeling, and can provide theoretical guidance and modeling reference to improve the decision-making advantage of armed …

Research On Period Emergency Supply Distribution Optimization Under Uncertainty, Li Zhang, Mingling He, Qiushuang Yin, Ning Li, Le'an Yu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the uncertainty and multi-periodicity of emergency supply distribution, a novel period vehicle routing problem(PVRP) multi-objective optimization model is built and a three-step optimization method is proposed. A triangular fuzzy number is used to eliminate the uncertainty. An AHP approach is used to transform the multi-objective function into the single objective function. An improved ACO algorithm is proposed to solve the single objective optimization problem. By classical data set, the time effectiveness of proposed method on emergency supply distribution problem is verified. The computational advantage in convergence speed is proved by the comparative analysis of the proposed …

Pedestrian Evacuation Model Considering Emotional Infection, Fan Dong, Qimiao Xie, Xiaolian Li, Shuchao Cao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To explore the role of panic in crowd evacuation, a crowd evacuation model considering panic infection is constructed based on SIR model, SIS model and CA model. The influences of emotional threshold and emotional decay rate on the evacuation process of pedestrians are discussed. The results show that pedestrians under high panic might lose rational judgment and hinder the evacuation of the crowd around, resulting in a decrease of evacuation efficiency. It can be found that the state of an individual depends on the infection threshold and the immune threshold. The emotional decay rate affects the change rate of …

Improved Object Detection Of Yolov4 In Foggy Conditions, Shugang Liu, Linkun Zhang, Haodong Du, Hongtao Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the low detection accuracy in foggy weather, a new defogging target detection method based on DeblurGANv2 and YOLOv4 is proposed. In the method, image enhancement algorithm DeblurGANv2 in the generation countermeasure network is added to the preprocessing module of YOLOv4 to preprocess the foggy image and retain the high-quality texture and color information of the image, lightweight neural network ShuffleNet V2 is used to replace the CSPDarkNet53 network used for backbone feature extraction in YOLOv4 to improve the speed of model mark detection. Attention mechanism is added to the feature extraction network of YOLOv4 to enhance the …

Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning And Simulation Of Mobile Picking Robot Based On Dppo, Junqiang Lin, Hongjun Wang, Xiangjun Zou, Po Zhang, Chengen Li, Yipeng Zhou, Shujie Yao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the autonomous decision-making difficulty of mobile picking robots in random and changeable complicated path environment during field operations, an autonomous obstacle avoidance path planning method based on deep reinforcement learning is propose. By setting the state space and action space and using the artificial potential field method to design the reward function, an obstacle penalty coefficient setting method based on collision cone collision avoidance detection is proposed to improve the autonomous collision avoidance ability. A virtual simulation system is constructed, in which the learning and training of the mobile picking robot is carried out and verified by …

Intelligent Path Planning For Mobile Robots Based On Sac Algorithm, Laiyi Yang, Jing Bi, Haitao Yuan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the high dimension, slow convergence and complex modelling of traditional path planning algorithms for mobile robots, a new intelligent path planning algorithm is proposed, which is based on deep reinforcement learning soft actor-critic (SAC) algorithm to save the poor performance of robot in complicated environments with static and dynamic obstacles. An improved reward function is designed to enable mobile robots to quickly avoid obstacles and reach targets by using state dynamic normalization and priority experience pool techniques. To evaluate the performance, a pygame-based simulation environment is constructed. Compared with proximal policy optimization(PPO) algorithm, experimental …

Intelligent Air Defense Task Assignment Based On Assignment Strategy Optimization Algorithm, Jiayi Liu, Gang Wang, Qiang Fu, Xiangke Guo, Siyuan Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the insufficient solving speed of assignment strategy optimization algorithm in largescale scenarios, deep reinforcement learning is combined with Markov decision process to carry out the intelligent large-scale air defense task assignment. According to the characteristics of large-scale air defense operations, Markov decision process is used to model the agent and a digital battlefield simulation environment is built. Air defense task assignment agent is designed and trained in digital battlefield simulation environment through proximal policy optimization algorithm. The feasibility and advantage of the method are verified by taking a large-scale ground-to-air countermeasure mission as an example.

Real-Time Simulation Method Of Ultra-High-Definition Video Texture, Yangyang Liu, Gangyi Ding, Dapeng Yan, Tong Xue

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the development and promotion of ultra-high-definition video technology, how to quickly simulate ultra-high-definition video texture has gradually become an important research issue. Aiming at the completeness and high efficiency of simulation, a real-time simulation method of ultra-high-definition video texture is proposed to improve the video texture quality and display frequency simultaneously. A fast generation method of video texture based on GPU parallel is designed, which solves the time-consuming problem of decoding and transcoding. An efficient data transmission method based on shared texture is proposed. On the basis of the simulation engine, the real-time simulation system of ultra-high-definition video …

Research On Nested Named Entity Recognition In Missile Field Text, Jingwen Guan, Xiao Song, Xiaoqing Li, Tong Yang, Junhua Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Compared with the text recognition in conventional fields, it is difficult to recognize the large number of nested named entities in professional terms. This is also one of the care challenges in building the knowledge graph in aerospace field. For the named entity recognition technologies, bidirectional long short-term memory network plus conditional random field (BiLSTM-CRF) is often used to identify entities, which is difficult to distinguish the complex relationships such as nesting and intersection of terms in missile field. In order to solve the problem, based on the nested entity labeling of domain text, a nested named entity recognition …

Robot Path Planning By Fusing Particle Swarm Algorithm And Improved Grey Wolf Algorithm, Menglong Cao, Wenbin Zhao, Zhiqiang Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the long paths and slow convergence speed of GWO algorithm in robot path planning, a hybrid PSO-GWO algorithm based on PSO algorithm and the improved GWO algorithm is proposed. By running PSO algorithm for many times, the initial wolf group size and initial fitness value are determined. A nonlinear convergence factor is introduced to balance the exploration and development capabilities of GWO algorithm, and a dynamic inertia weight factor is proposed to ensure the leadership system of alpha wolf and to promote the population communication. Levy flight and greedy strategy are used to effectively avoid the local …

Monitoring Method Research On Passenger Behavior On Escalator Based On Digital Twin, Nan Lü, Qibing Wang, Lu Jiawei, Juntong Chen, Gang Xiao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problems that the traditional escalator cannot be monitored and analyzed in real time during operation, the management and maintenance only on escalator equipment side, and the lack of monitoring passenger dangerous behavior, a monitoring method of passenger behavior on escalator based on digital twin is proposed. By constructing the digital twin of escalators, a visual interface is designed to map the escalator running status and passenger behavior data. Through passenger video surveillance, the improved OpenPose posture recognition algorithm is used to obtain the key point data of human body. Posture recognition is classified to …

A Compliant Robot Control Based On Extended Social-Force Model For Human-Following And Obstacle Avoidance, Jianwei Peng, Zhelin Liao, Hanchen Yao, Zhiyu Wan, Liqi Zhu, Houde Dai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Human-robot coexisting is an essential feature of the next generation mobile robot. A compliant robot control strategy based on the extended social-force model for human-following and obstacle avoidance in coexisting-cooperative-cognitive environment is presented. The human-following controller based on impedance control can simultaneously adjust human-robot interaction force and position deviation to carry out the compliant human-following of mobile robots. Considering humanrobot- obstacle interactions, based on the extended social-force model and proxemics, a control strategy for human-friendly compliant human-following and obstacle avoidance is designed to solve the obstacle avoidance problem of robot and ensure the human comfort and improving the social …

Threads, Buckets, And Impact: A Framework For Tool Accelerated Machine Learning Courses, Jonathan Adam Niemirowski

Doctoral Dissertations

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) have exploded in use, accessibility, and awareness in the past few years, particularly with the release of ChatGPT in late 2022. Advances in end-user ML tools are accelerating the development of ML applications, lowering the technical barrier of entry for users outside of the computer science (CS) community. Access to ML education within STEM is mostly limited to upper-level computer science courses that have deep pre-requisite requirements or to introductory workshops that yield limited ML skills. Despite the critical need for ML education, there is a lack of guidance in instructional design for applied …

Don't Fear The Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review Of Machine Learning For Prostate Cancer Detection In Pathology, Aaryn Frewing, Alexander B. Gibson, Richard Robertson, Paul Urie, Dennis Della Corte

Faculty Publications

The adoption of whole slide image (WSI) scanners in clinical practice was accelerated by US Food and Drug Administration approval in 2017, which allowed primary pathologic diagnoses to be made on scanned images. Images in the digital domain allow the application of pathology artificial intelligence (AI), including clinical decision support with algorithms performing specific diagnoses.1,2 These algorithms, if trained properly, could go beyond the ability of human observation to detect and quantify features that are not recognizable by human perception.1,3,4

Autonomous Shipwreck Detection & Mapping, William Ard

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis presents the development and testing of Bruce, a low-cost hybrid Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) / Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) system for the optical survey of marine archaeological sites, as well as a novel sonar image augmentation strategy for semantic segmentation of shipwrecks. This approach takes side-scan sonar and bathymetry data collected using an EdgeTech 2205 AUV sensor integrated with an Harris Iver3, and generates augmented image data to be used for the semantic segmentation of shipwrecks. It is shown that, due to the feature enhancement capabilities of the proposed shipwreck detection strategy, correctly identified areas have a 15% …

Vertical Federated Learning Using Autoencoders With Applications In Electrocardiograms, Wesley William Chorney

Theses and Dissertations

Federated learning is a framework in machine learning that allows for training a model while maintaining data privacy. Moreover, it allows clients with their own data to collaborate in order to build a stronger, shared model. Federated learning is of particular interest to healthcare data, since it is of the utmost importance to respect patient privacy while still building useful diagnostic tools. However, healthcare data can be complicated — data format might differ across providers, leading to unexpected inputs and incompatibility between different providers. For example, electrocardiograms might differ in sampling rate or number of leads used, meaning that a …

Ide-Based Learning Analytics For Assessing Introductory Programming Skill, Phyllis J. Beck

Theses and Dissertations

Providing a sufficient level of personalized feedback on students' current level of strategic knowledge within the context of the natural programming environment through IDE-based learning analytics would transform learning outcomes for introductory programming students. However, providing sufficient insight into the programming process was previously inaccessible due to the need for more complex and scalable data collection methods and metrics with a wider variety for understanding programming metacognition and the full programming process.

This research developed a custom-built web-based IDE and event compression system to investigate two of the five components of a five-dimensional model of cognition for programming skill estimation …

Controllable Language Generation Using Deep Learning, Rohola Zandie

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The advent of deep neural networks has sparked a revolution in Artificial Intelligence (AI), notably with the creation of Transformer models like GPT-X and ChatGPT. These models have surpassed previous methods in various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. As the NLP field evolves, there is a need to further understand and question the capabilities of these models. Text generation, a crucial part of NLP, remains an area where our comprehension is limited while being critical in research.

This dissertation focuses on the challenging problem of controlling the general behaviors of language models such as sentiment, topical focus, and logical reasoning. …

Terrain And Adversary-Aware Autonomous Robot Navigation, Aniekan Ufot Inyang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In autonomous robot navigation, the robot is able to understand the environment around it for intelligent navigation. From its world model of this environment, it generates a global plan for navigation from a position to a goal based on different factors. This research aims to implement autonomous robot navigation by learning terrain affordances: traversability (moving quickly) and concealment (staying hidden from an adversary) using the Preference-based Inverse Reward Learning (PbIRL) methodology. The PbIRL methodology reduces the barrier of generating initial demonstration data to learn the terrain affordances by using a human expert’s preferences to learn individual weights over the terrain …

Generalizable Deep-Learning-Based Wireless Indoor Localization, Ali Owfi

All Theses

The growing interest in indoor localization has been driven by its wide range of applications in areas such as smart homes, industrial automation, and healthcare. With the increasing reliance on wireless devices for location-based services, accurate estimation of device positions within indoor environments has become crucial. Deep learning approaches have shown promise in leveraging wireless parameters like Channel State Information (CSI) and Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) to achieve precise localization. However, despite their success in achieving high accuracy, these deep learning models suffer from limited generalizability, making them unsuitable for deployment in new or dynamic environments without retraining. To …

Seek And Classify: End-To-End Joint Multi-Signal Detection And Classification Using Deep Learning, Prashant Subedi

School of Computing: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The rise in the use of wireless communication has led to the problem of spectrum scarcity in licensed bands. The popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) requires innovative solutions that maximize the use of available spectrum to support the increasing number of connected devices. This thesis tackles two significant problems in wireless communication: the need for efficient spectrum sensing techniques and the scarcity of large, diverse raw in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) datasets.

The ability to detect and classify modulation of the signals efficiently can enable a cognitive radio to monitor the spectrum activity in real time and utilize unused …

Generalization Through Diversity: Improving Unsupervised Environment Design, Wenjun Li, Pradeep Varakantham, Dexun Li

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Agent decision making using Reinforcement Learning (RL) heavily relies on either a model or simulator of the environment (e.g., moving in an 8x8 maze with three rooms, playing Chess on an 8x8 board). Due to this dependence, small changes in the environment (e.g., positions of obstacles in the maze, size of the board) can severely affect the effectiveness of the policy learned by the agent. To that end, existing work has proposed training RL agents on an adaptive curriculum of environments (generated automatically) to improve performance on out-of-distribution (OOD) test scenarios. Specifically, existing research has employed the potential for the …

Learning To Send Reinforcements: Coordinating Multi-Agent Dynamic Police Patrol Dispatching And Rescheduling Via Reinforcement Learning, Waldy Joe, Hoong Chuin Lau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We address the problem of coordinating multiple agents in a dynamic police patrol scheduling via a Reinforcement Learning (RL) approach. Our approach utilizes Multi-Agent Value Function Approximation (MAVFA) with a rescheduling heuristic to learn dispatching and rescheduling policies jointly. Often, police operations are divided into multiple sectors for more effective and efficient operations. In a dynamic setting, incidents occur throughout the day across different sectors, disrupting initially-planned patrol schedules. To maximize policing effectiveness, police agents from different sectors cooperate by sending reinforcements to support one another in their incident response and even routine patrol. This poses an interesting research challenge …

Facial Expression Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks (Cnns) And Generative Adversarial Networks (Gans) For Data Augmentation And Image Generation, Shekhar Singh

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Facial expressions play a crucial role in human communication, serving as a powerful means to convey emotions. However, classifying facial expressions using artificial intelligence (AI) can be challenging, especially with small datasets and images. Facial Expression Recognition (FER) is an active area of research, with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) being widely employed for classification. In this research, we propose a CNN-based approach for FER that utilizes both original and augmented datasets to enhance classification accuracy. Experimental results on the FER2013 dataset show test accuracies of 63.39% and 64.59% for the original and augmented datasets, respectively, in a seven-class classification task. …

Towards A Robust Defense: A Multifaceted Approach To The Detection And Mitigation Of Neural Backdoor Attacks Through Feature Space Exploration And Analysis, Liuwan Zhu

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

From voice assistants to self-driving vehicles, machine learning(ML), especially deep learning, revolutionizes the way we work and live, through the wide adoption in a broad range of applications. Unfortunately, this widespread use makes deep learning-based systems a desirable target for cyberattacks, such as generating adversarial examples to fool a deep learning system to make wrong decisions. In particular, many recent studies have revealed that attackers can corrupt the training of a deep learning model, e.g., through data poisoning, or distribute a deep learning model they created with “backdoors” planted, e.g., distributed as part of a software library, so that the …

Towards Intelligent Runtime Framework For Distributed Heterogeneous Systems, Polykarpos Thomadakis

Computer Science Theses & Dissertations

Scientific applications strive for increased memory and computing performance, requiring massive amounts of data and time to produce results. Applications utilize large-scale, parallel computing platforms with advanced architectures to accommodate their needs. However, developing performance-portable applications for modern, heterogeneous platforms requires lots of effort and expertise in both the application and systems domains. This is more relevant for unstructured applications whose workflow is not statically predictable due to their heavily data-dependent nature. One possible solution for this problem is the introduction of an intelligent Domain-Specific Language (iDSL) that transparently helps to maintain correctness, hides the idiosyncrasies of lowlevel hardware, and …