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Formation Strategy Of Hybrid Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm For Multiple Mobile Robots, Fulin Liu, Qingxin Li Mar 2024

Formation Strategy Of Hybrid Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm For Multiple Mobile Robots, Fulin Liu, Qingxin Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the obstacle avoidance problem of multiple mobile robots in the unknown static obstacle environment, this paper proposed a formation strategy of a hybrid obstacle avoidance algorithm for multiple mobile robots, ensuring that multiple mobile robots do not collide during operation, can maintain the formation to the maximum extent in the unknown static obstacle environment for effective obstacle avoidance, and can reach the designated target point in a short time. Based on the leaderfollower method and artificial potential field (APF) method, the formation strategy divided the robots in the system into the leader robot and the follower robot. According …


Research On Hybrid Experimental Scheme Design For Combat Simulation, Fei Liu, Peng Lai, Yingbo Lu, Min Wang, Zhifeng Lu Mar 2024

Research On Hybrid Experimental Scheme Design For Combat Simulation, Fei Liu, Peng Lai, Yingbo Lu, Min Wang, Zhifeng Lu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Combat simulation experimental design refers to sampling the values of experimental factors based on baseline combat scenarios using various experimental design methods and then generating a set of experimental schemes for the sequential simulation. The complexity of combat simulation, such as numerous experimental factors and distinct factor types, including continuous and discrete numeric types, poses several challenges and requires efficient hybrid experimental design methods. To address these issues, this paper conducts a study on the hybrid experimental scheme design for combat simulation. This paper gives a brief classification and review of experimental design methods and presents three hybrid experimental …


Intelligent Optimization Of Coal Terminal Unloading Scheduling Based On Improved D3qn Algorithm, Baoxin Qin, Yuxiao Zhang, Sirui Wu, Weichong Cao, Zhan Li Mar 2024

Intelligent Optimization Of Coal Terminal Unloading Scheduling Based On Improved D3qn Algorithm, Baoxin Qin, Yuxiao Zhang, Sirui Wu, Weichong Cao, Zhan Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Intelligent decision scheduling can improve the operation efficiency of large ports, which is one of the important research directions for the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in the smart port scenario. This article studies the intelligent unloading scheduling tasks of coal terminals and abstracts them as a Markov sequence decision problem. A deep reinforcement learning model for this problem is established, and an improved D3QN algorithm is proposed to realize intelligent optimization of unloading scheduling decisions by considering the characteristics of high action space dimension and sparse feasible action in the model. The simulation results show that for the …


Path Planning For Improvement Of A* Algorithm And Artificial Potential Field Method, Xiang Yu, Chen Jiang, Sirui Duan, Qianrui Deng Mar 2024

Path Planning For Improvement Of A* Algorithm And Artificial Potential Field Method, Xiang Yu, Chen Jiang, Sirui Duan, Qianrui Deng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A* algorithm has the problem of too many polyline paths and search nodes, while the artificial potential field (APF) method has the problems of local optimality and unattainability. These problems are investigated in this paper. A new hybrid heuristic function is proposed based on the Euclidean distance and projection distance, based on which the A* algorithm process is improved accordingly. The search nodes of the A* algorithm are reduced, and the search efficiency is improved. The optimal node generated by the new A* algorithm is used as the local target point of the APF algorithm to assist in getting …


Construction Of Surrogate Model Driven By Model And Data, Jing An, Guangya Si, Miaoting Zeng Mar 2024

Construction Of Surrogate Model Driven By Model And Data, Jing An, Guangya Si, Miaoting Zeng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: By taking the three-dimensional projection action in a certain combat style as the research object, a surrogate model construction method driven by model and data is proposed to support the operational action research, so as to solve the problem that the calculation factors are too much during simulated deduction; the calculation resource cost is too large, and the calculation accuracy of the general analytical model is insufficient. Firstly, an analytical model group of three-dimensional projections with coefficients to be optimized is constructed based on military theory, including weapons and equipment, forces, etc. In addition, the composition and parameter setting …


Effectiveness Evaluation Of Heterogeneous Uav Swarms Based On A Hybrid Model, Yuanjie Lu, Shanshan Long, Hang Zhao, Guoxu Feng, Xiaojia Zhao Mar 2024

Effectiveness Evaluation Of Heterogeneous Uav Swarms Based On A Hybrid Model, Yuanjie Lu, Shanshan Long, Hang Zhao, Guoxu Feng, Xiaojia Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: This paper presents a hybrid model based on availability dependability capability (ADC) system performance evaluation and back propagation (BP) neural network prediction to realize a rapid performance evaluation of UAV swarms and cope with the diversity of UAV swarm configuration and state and the complexity of performance calculation. By analyzing the components of swarm performance, a capability index system including the general platform capability, system-level capability, and task execution capability of UAVs is established. By using the ADC method, a swarm combat performance sample set is generated, and the BP neural network is used to construct a comprehensive combat …


Reinforcement Learning For Team Based Air Combat Maneuvering Decisions With Directed Energy Weaponry, Joshua D. Combs Mar 2024

Reinforcement Learning For Team Based Air Combat Maneuvering Decisions With Directed Energy Weaponry, Joshua D. Combs

Theses and Dissertations

Leveraging the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) we investigate the use of reinforcement learning (RL) techniques for imbuing AUCAV agents with high-quality behaviors for the within-visual-range air combat maneuvering problem (ACMP). We formulate the 2v2 WVR ACMP as a Markov decision process wherein friendly AUCAVs are equipped with DEW capabilities and operate with 6 degrees of freedom. We utilize the Double Deep Q-Network RL algorithm, which centrally trains two friendly AUCAVs and employ a phased learning approach, initially exposing the AUCAVs to a dense reward environment for early training, followed by a sparse reward environment to encourage …


A Random Forest-Based Q-Learning Algorithm: Toward Interpretable Artificial Intelligence, Victor R. Rae Mar 2024

A Random Forest-Based Q-Learning Algorithm: Toward Interpretable Artificial Intelligence, Victor R. Rae

Theses and Dissertations

A growing demand exists for interpretable artificial intelligence models, leading to extensive research efforts to enhance the explainability and transparency of policies generated by reinforcement learning (RL) methods. This research develops random forest-based RL algorithms as a logical progression in this academic pursuit. The algorithms are evaluated using three standard benchmark environments from OpenAI gym — CartPole, MountainCar, and LunarLander — and compared to implementations of the Deep Q-learning Network (DQN) and Double DQN (DDQN) algorithms for various metrics, including performance, robustness, efficiency, and interpretability. The random forest-based algorithms exhibit superior performance to both neural network-based algorithms in two out …


Artificial Intelligence And Perception: An Empirical Study, Anthony J. Neil Mar 2024

Artificial Intelligence And Perception: An Empirical Study, Anthony J. Neil

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates the impact of adjusting artificial intelligence explainability levels’ outputs on user perception. The overarching study extends within the Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) domain. It examines a spectrum of variables, including performance, cognizance, familiarity, transparency, system bias, and the overall impact of AI, to understand their collective and individual effects that enable effective professional use in an organization. The study aims to illuminate the relationship between the degree of explainability provided by large language models such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing AI and the performance of these models when tasked with XAI adjustments.


Standardization Of Risk Classifications For Unmanned Space Vehicle Missions, Collin A. Gwaltney Mar 2024

Standardization Of Risk Classifications For Unmanned Space Vehicle Missions, Collin A. Gwaltney

Theses and Dissertations

This paper seeks to model risk classification levels (A-D) for 122 Space Vehicle programs. Models include multinomial logistic regression as well as random forest, a machine learning technique based on decision trees. We use independent variables (IVs) which are theoretically correlated to risk class for the regression and one random forest model. We then include all IVs and allow the random forest technique to use those which provide the most information on risk class before paring down the number of IVs to only 7. We show that the accuracy of predictions increases from 62% to 87% by using random forest …


Random Forests For Detecting Weak Signals And Extracting Physical Information: A Case Study Of Magnetic Navigation, Mohammadamin Moradi, Zheng-Meng Zhai, Aaron Nielsen, Ying-Cheng Lai, Aaron P. Nielsen Mar 2024

Random Forests For Detecting Weak Signals And Extracting Physical Information: A Case Study Of Magnetic Navigation, Mohammadamin Moradi, Zheng-Meng Zhai, Aaron Nielsen, Ying-Cheng Lai, Aaron P. Nielsen

Faculty Publications

It has been recently demonstrated that two machine-learning architectures, reservoir computing and time-delayed feed-forward neural networks, can be exploited for detecting the Earth’s anomaly magnetic field immersed in overwhelming complex signals for magnetic navigation in a GPS-denied environment. The accuracy of the detected anomaly field corresponds to a positioning accuracy in the range of 10–40 m. To increase the accuracy and reduce the uncertainty of weak signal detection as well as to directly obtain the position information, we exploit the machine-learning model of random forests that combines the output of multiple decision trees to give optimal values of the physical …


A Model-Based And System-Theoretic Approach To Design Advanced Autonomy For Air Dominance Missions: A Loyal Wingman Case Study, Elizabeth S. Pennington Mar 2024

A Model-Based And System-Theoretic Approach To Design Advanced Autonomy For Air Dominance Missions: A Loyal Wingman Case Study, Elizabeth S. Pennington

Theses and Dissertations

In contested air environments, safe coordination between decision-makers is paramount. Although the Department of Defense (DoD) prioritizes the development of Artificially Intelligent (AI) wingmen for air combat, a lack of methodology exists to design safe, holistic coordination between human and autonomous wingmen in the same environment. This thesis delivers a framework using Systems Theoretic Process Analysis Extended for Coordination (STPA-Coord) to analyze and design holistic coordination for the Loyal Wingman concept in an Air Dominance mission. STPA-Coord is a safety and hazard analysis process that uses Systems Theory to analyze and design coordination between decisionmakers in a system-of-systems architecture. Using …


Path-Bigbird: An Ai-Driven Transformer Approach To Classification Of Cancer Pathology Reports, Mayanka Chandrashekar, Isaac Lyngaas, Heidi A. Hanson, Shang Gao, Xiao Cheng Wu, John Gounley Feb 2024

Path-Bigbird: An Ai-Driven Transformer Approach To Classification Of Cancer Pathology Reports, Mayanka Chandrashekar, Isaac Lyngaas, Heidi A. Hanson, Shang Gao, Xiao Cheng Wu, John Gounley

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

PURPOSE: Surgical pathology reports are critical for cancer diagnosis and management. To accurately extract information about tumor characteristics from pathology reports in near real time, we explore the impact of using domain-specific transformer models that understand cancer pathology reports. METHODS: We built a pathology transformer model, Path-BigBird, by using 2.7 million pathology reports from six SEER cancer registries. We then compare different variations of Path-BigBird with two less computationally intensive methods: Hierarchical Self-Attention Network (HiSAN) classification model and an off-the-shelf clinical transformer model (Clinical BigBird). We use five pathology information extraction tasks for evaluation: site, subsite, laterality, histology, and behavior. …


Brain-Inspired Continual Learning: Robust Feature Distillation And Re-Consolidation For Class Incremental Learning, Hikmat Khan, Nidhal Carla Bouaynaya, Ghulam Rasool Feb 2024

Brain-Inspired Continual Learning: Robust Feature Distillation And Re-Consolidation For Class Incremental Learning, Hikmat Khan, Nidhal Carla Bouaynaya, Ghulam Rasool

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Artificial intelligence and neuroscience have a long and intertwined history. Advancements in neuroscience research have significantly influenced the development of artificial intelligence systems that have the potential to retain knowledge akin to humans. Building upon foundational insights from neuroscience and existing research in adversarial and continual learning fields, we introduce a novel framework that comprises two key concepts: feature distillation and re-consolidation. The framework distills continual learning (CL) robust features and rehearses them while learning the next task, aiming to replicate the mammalian brain's process of consolidating memories through rehearsing the distilled version of the waking experiences. Furthermore, the proposed …


Data And Intelligent Driven Space Science Experimental Research: New Exploration Under Ai4s Paradigm, Shengyang Li, Kang Liu, Yunfei Liu, Chufan Lai Feb 2024

Data And Intelligent Driven Space Science Experimental Research: New Exploration Under Ai4s Paradigm, Shengyang Li, Kang Liu, Yunfei Liu, Chufan Lai

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to advance, it is revolutionizing various scientific fields, giving rise to a new research paradigm known as AI for Science (AI4S). This study highlights the unique multidisciplinary advantages of AI in space science experiments conducted under microgravity conditions. It provides a comprehensive analysis of AI-driven approaches to multimodal space science experiment data pattern mining, domain knowledge extraction, interdisciplinary knowledge integration, and cognitive intelligence. The study reveals AI’s substantial potential to enhance intelligent scientific research, cognition, and discovery within the realm of space science experiments. The findings suggest that data-driven space science research, as a …


Path And Strategy Of Pollution And Carbon Reduction By Digitization In Electric Power Enterprises, Xiaohong Chen, Runcheng Tang, Dongbin Hu, Xuesong Xu, Xiangbo Tang, Guodong Yi, Weiwei Zhang Feb 2024

Path And Strategy Of Pollution And Carbon Reduction By Digitization In Electric Power Enterprises, Xiaohong Chen, Runcheng Tang, Dongbin Hu, Xuesong Xu, Xiangbo Tang, Guodong Yi, Weiwei Zhang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

With the extensive application and innovation of digital technology in the energy sector, digital technology has become increasingly crucial for the power industry to achieve the goal of reducing pollution and carbon emissions. How digital technology enables electric power enterprises to achieve this goal has attracted much attention. Firstly, the study analyzes the progress of digital technology applications in pollution reduction and carbon reduction in electric power enterprises. Then, it identifies the existing problems in the current application of digital technology in the power industry for reducing pollution and carbon emissions. Finally, it explores the potential ways and approaches of …


Analysis And Recommendations For Energy Conservation And Carbon Emission Reduction In Industry Boosted By Digital Energy Management Systems, Duanyang Geng, Tong Xu, Qinghua Zhu, Steve Evans Feb 2024

Analysis And Recommendations For Energy Conservation And Carbon Emission Reduction In Industry Boosted By Digital Energy Management Systems, Duanyang Geng, Tong Xu, Qinghua Zhu, Steve Evans

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Energy consumption during production processes in the industry is a main source of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, for China’s dual-carbon goals, industrial enterprises need to focus on reducing energy waste to achieve energy-efficient production, thereby effectively reducing carbon emissions in industrial production. In recent years, with the continuous development and popularization of digital technology, digital energy management systems have played a crucial role in energy saving by visualizing invisible energy in the industry. In this context, this study first analyses the current status of digital energy management system applications in the UK, the US, Germany, and Sweden, summarizes their characteristics …


Development Path And Policy Guarantee Of China's Advanced Manufacturing Industry Under Background Of Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chang Wang, Siyuan Zhou, Hongjun Geng Feb 2024

Development Path And Policy Guarantee Of China's Advanced Manufacturing Industry Under Background Of Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chang Wang, Siyuan Zhou, Hongjun Geng

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

How to seize the opportunity window opened by the fourth industrial revolution and enhance the international competitive advantage of advanced manufacturing has become an important issue concerned by existing research and policy practitioners. This study analyzes the background, characteristics, and influence of the fourth industrial revolution on the development of advanced manufacturing industry. Based on this, it discusses the development status and problems of four types of advanced manufacturing industries, including digitally empowered new infrastructure industries, intelligent manufacturing high-end equipment industries, brand-oriented new consumption industries, and science-based industries. The development paths of “fusion innovation”, “intelligent manufacturing upgrade”, “quality improvement”, and …


Key Elements, Mechanism Analysis And Evaluation Indicators Of Digital And Intelligent Integration Transformation And Development Of Manufacturing Industry, Xiaoqiang Sun, Xiuyun Gao, Yumei Wang Feb 2024

Key Elements, Mechanism Analysis And Evaluation Indicators Of Digital And Intelligent Integration Transformation And Development Of Manufacturing Industry, Xiaoqiang Sun, Xiuyun Gao, Yumei Wang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The digital and intelligent integration transformation of manufacturing industry has become an important driving force for the high-quality development of traditional manufacturing enterprises. This study clarifies the main research context and key issues of scholars on the digital and intelligent integration transformation of manufacturing industry, refines the goals, main elements, and influencing factors of digital and intelligent integration transformation of manufacturing industry, builds a power network model for the transformation and development of digital and intelligent integration of manufacturing industry according to the system feedback principle of system dynamics, analyzes the mechanism of action between various elements of the system, …


Efficiency Optimization Method For Data Sampling In Power Grid Topology Scheduling Simulation, Yingying Zhao, Pusen Dong, Tianchen Zhu, Fan Li, Yun Su, Zhenying Tai, Qingyun Sun, Hang Fan Feb 2024

Efficiency Optimization Method For Data Sampling In Power Grid Topology Scheduling Simulation, Yingying Zhao, Pusen Dong, Tianchen Zhu, Fan Li, Yun Su, Zhenying Tai, Qingyun Sun, Hang Fan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the large simulation computational workload and low simulation speed caused by the scale and complexity of the new power system, a simulation acceleration method for topology scheduling based on the distributed and quantization mechanisms is proposed. The parallelization of topology scheduling models is used to increase the scale of data simulation sampling in unit time. The introduced quantization operators accelerate the computation speed of the topology scheduling model operators, reduces the time cost of the every single simulation. Case studies confirm the effectiveness of the topology simulation acceleration, in which the available transfer capacity of the simulated …


Runoff Intelligent Prediction Method Based On Broad-Deep Fusion Time-Frequency Analysis, Ying Han, Lehao Wang, Shumei Wang, Xiang Zhang, Xingxing Luo Feb 2024

Runoff Intelligent Prediction Method Based On Broad-Deep Fusion Time-Frequency Analysis, Ying Han, Lehao Wang, Shumei Wang, Xiang Zhang, Xingxing Luo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Broad learning system(BLS) is introduced to tackle the existed disadvantage that LSTM-based runoff prediction model is easy to fall into local optimization. To reduce the influence of noise on the prediction results, the variational mode decomposition (VMD) is adopted to transform the onedimensional time-domain runoff signal to the two-dimensional time-frequency plane. The runoff prediction model based on VMD-LSTM-BLS is proposed. The simulation results demonstrate that the prediction accuracy of the new model is more significantly improved compared with the baseline model and the existing LSTM-based runoff prediction model.


Simulation Platform Of Agv System Scheduling Algorithms In Uncertain Environment, Zhihao Shi, Haihui Shen Feb 2024

Simulation Platform Of Agv System Scheduling Algorithms In Uncertain Environment, Zhihao Shi, Haihui Shen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As a complete automated guided vehicle(AGV) system scheduling algorithm, it must include conflict-handling strategy, together with common dispatching strategy and routing algorithm. However, due to the uncertainty, characteristics of such scheduling algorithm are difficult to be analyzed theoretically, and the relevant study is lacking. An AGV system simulation platform based on the discreteevent simulation technique is designed and developed, which can flexibly set the scheduling problem, choose the dispatching strategy, routing algorithm, and conflict-handling strategy for the scheduling algorithm, to run the simulation. The platform has a visual interface, from which the running status of AGVs and the performance …


Research On Motion Planning Of Hexapod Robot Based On Drl And Free Gait, Xinpeng Wang, Huiqiao Fu, Guizhou Deng, Kaiqiang Tang, Chunlin Chen, Canghao Liu Feb 2024

Research On Motion Planning Of Hexapod Robot Based On Drl And Free Gait, Xinpeng Wang, Huiqiao Fu, Guizhou Deng, Kaiqiang Tang, Chunlin Chen, Canghao Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To improve the passability and the motion performance of the hexapod robot in the unstructured environment, a multi-contact motion planning algorithm based on DRL and free gait planner is proposed. Firstly, the free gait planner obtains the reachable footholds under the target state and outputs the optimal gait sequence. The center of mass motion policy of the hexapod robot in the randomly generated plum blossom pile environment is obtained by using deep reinforcement learning training. To ensure the reachability between adjacent states of the robot in motion, the state transition feasibility model is used to judge the state transition …


Robust Predictive Control Of Nonplanar Fully-Actuated Uavs, Yun Ma, Yuan Wang, Meng Li, Peng Wang, Yanling Tang Feb 2024

Robust Predictive Control Of Nonplanar Fully-Actuated Uavs, Yun Ma, Yuan Wang, Meng Li, Peng Wang, Yanling Tang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Targeting the problem that nonplanar fully-actuated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are susceptible to external winds and unmodeled dynamics, the predictive control system with good robustness is designed. A nonlinear motion model with six degrees of freedom is established through the Newton-Euler approach. A linear extended state observer is designed to estimate the state variables by transforming the system affected by matched and unmatched disturbances into an equivalent system only affected by the matched disturbances. A predictive controller is designed for the equivalent system to reduce the output oscillation and input surging and a disturbance compensator is also designed to …


Reconnaissance Mission Planning Method For Air-Ground Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems, Guohui Zhang, Ya'nan Zhang, Ang Gao, Aoyu Xu Feb 2024

Reconnaissance Mission Planning Method For Air-Ground Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems, Guohui Zhang, Ya'nan Zhang, Ang Gao, Aoyu Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Compared with the air-based homogeneous unmanned system, the motion capabilities, resource payloads, and combat scenes in the air-ground heterogeneous unmanned system increase the number of constraint conditions and significantly increase the computational complexity of the solution model. The modeling of collaborative combat missions and the efficient solution of large-scale problems are the key issues. With the time, path cost, and reconnaissance benefit as the objective functions, considering the constraints such as the endurance of unmanned platforms, a multi-objective programming model for the reconnaissance missions of an air-ground heterogeneous unmanned system is constructed. Aiming at the urban combat environments with …


A Simplification Method Of Large-Scale Unit Commitment Model Based On Boundary Method, Yanping Xu, Mingxin Zhao, Xiaohui Qin, Keyou He, Xiaohan Wu, Pei Zhang Feb 2024

A Simplification Method Of Large-Scale Unit Commitment Model Based On Boundary Method, Yanping Xu, Mingxin Zhao, Xiaohui Qin, Keyou He, Xiaohan Wu, Pei Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As the scale of power grid expands, in the market environment, the variables and constraints in the security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) model considering power grid security constraints increase significantly and the solvability of the model reduces. When the model scale is too large, even the existing commercial solvers cannot solve it. Aiming at the model rapid solving, from the perspective of reducing the number of model constraints, a linear constraint simplification method based on the boundary method is proposed. The proposed method can effectively reduce the model's size by eliminating the redundant linear constraints. The IEEE-39, WECC 179 and …


Optimal Scheduling Strategy Of Virtual Power Plant With Carbon Emission And Carbon Penalty Considering Uncertainty Of Wind Power And Photovoltaic Power, Jijun Shui, Daogang Peng, Yankan Song, Qiang Zhou Feb 2024

Optimal Scheduling Strategy Of Virtual Power Plant With Carbon Emission And Carbon Penalty Considering Uncertainty Of Wind Power And Photovoltaic Power, Jijun Shui, Daogang Peng, Yankan Song, Qiang Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To better meet the development needs of China's new power system, an optimal scheduling strategy of virtual power plant(VPP) with carbon emission and carbon penalty considering the uncertainty of wind power and photovoltaic power is proposed. The mathematical description of photovoltaic(PV), wind turbine(WT), combined heat and power(CHP) unit and energy storage system (ESS) is carried out, and a wind-solar output model considering the uncertainty is established. The scenario generation and reduction method is used to generate the typical scenario. To maximize the overall operation benefit of VPP, considering carbon emission cost and carbon penalty, an optimal scheduling model of …


Flipper Control Method For Tracked Robot Based On Deep Reinforcement Learning, Hainan Pan, Bailiang Chen, Kaihong Huang, Junkai Ren, Chuang Cheng, Huimin Lu, Hui Zhang Feb 2024

Flipper Control Method For Tracked Robot Based On Deep Reinforcement Learning, Hainan Pan, Bailiang Chen, Kaihong Huang, Junkai Ren, Chuang Cheng, Huimin Lu, Hui Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Tracked robots with flippers have certain terrain adaptation capabilities. To improve the intelligent operation level of robots in complex environments, it is significant to realize the flipper autonomously control. Combining the expert experience in obstacle crossing and optimization indicators, Markov decision process(MDP) modeling of the robot's flipper control problem is carried out and a simulation training environment based on physics simulation engine Pymunk is built. A deep reinforcement learning control algorithm based on dueling double DQN(D3QN) network is proposed for controlling the flippers. With terrain information and robot state as the input and the four flippers' angle as the …


Short-Term Bus Passenger Flow Prediction Based On Convolutional Long-Short-Term Memory Network, Jing Chen, Zhaochong Zhang, Linkai Wang, Mai An, Wei Wang Feb 2024

Short-Term Bus Passenger Flow Prediction Based On Convolutional Long-Short-Term Memory Network, Jing Chen, Zhaochong Zhang, Linkai Wang, Mai An, Wei Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the problem that the traditional short-time passenger flow prediction method does not consider the temporal characteristics similarity between the inter-temporal passenger flows, a shorttime passenger flow prediction model k-CNN-LSTM is proposed by combining the improved k-means clustering algorithm with the CNN and the LSTM. The k-means is used to cluster the intertemporal timeseries data, the k-value is determined by using the gap-statistic, and a traffic flow matrix model is constructed. A CNN-LSTM network is used to process the short-time passenger flows with spatial and temporal characteristics. The model is tested and parameter tuned by the real dataset. …


Ground Target Recognition And Damage Assessment Of Patrol Missiles Based On Multi-Source Information Fusion, Yibo Xu, Qinghua Yu, Yanjuan Wang, Ce Guo, Shiru Feng, Huimin Lu Feb 2024

Ground Target Recognition And Damage Assessment Of Patrol Missiles Based On Multi-Source Information Fusion, Yibo Xu, Qinghua Yu, Yanjuan Wang, Ce Guo, Shiru Feng, Huimin Lu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the multiple patrol missiles to attack the high defense capacity targets, a mobile ground target detection and damage assessment method based on multi-source information fusion is proposed. The multi-source information fusion of infrared images and RGB images is carried out by using IoU determination. A novel two-stage tightly coupled damage assessment method based on YOLO-VGGNet of patrol missiles to mobile ground targets is proposed. This method can fully use the advantage of deep semantic information extraction of CNNs and introduce the infrared damaging information simultaneously to achieve the online and real-time damage assessment of mobile ground targets. The …