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Passenger Flow Sensitivity Analysis Of Evacuation Time For Standard Subway Station, Guoao Zhang, Ma Si, Wang Lin Aug 2021

Passenger Flow Sensitivity Analysis Of Evacuation Time For Standard Subway Station, Guoao Zhang, Ma Si, Wang Lin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Underground two-level island platform stations widely existed in urban rail transit system. In order to analyze the relationship between the evacuation time and the character of passenger flow, the capacity of main evacuation facilities and the evacuation bottleneck of stations are studied, and groups of sensitivity analysis experiment are designed. The variability of the evacuation process is analyzed by comparing the output of each simulation model in a group and between groups. The simulation result shows that the station evacuation time increases within a certain limit at peak hour. And the station evacuation time is mainly affected by the …


The Allocation Of Jamming Resources Based On Double Q-Learning Algorithm, Xingyuan Huang, Yanyi Li Aug 2021

The Allocation Of Jamming Resources Based On Double Q-Learning Algorithm, Xingyuan Huang, Yanyi Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In modern warfare, the multifunctional trend of radars, even multiple radars detecting targets together, enhances the anti-jamming capability of radars. However, the traditional jamming system still follows a fixed jamming strategy, and the real-time performance of decision-making facing large numbers of radars is poor. And the cognitive jamming study is urgent. The concept of reinforcement learning is explained and the difference between Q learning algorithm and double Q learning algorithm is compared. The reinforcement learning algorithm is used to establish a model based on cognitive electronic warfare to realize the allocation of radar jamming strategies. The simulation of the …


Actuator Fault Status Evaluation Based On Two-Class Nmf Network, Yinsong Wang, Tianshu Sun Aug 2021

Actuator Fault Status Evaluation Based On Two-Class Nmf Network, Yinsong Wang, Tianshu Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the feedback control loop, the adjustment ability of controller covers up the performance degradation of the actuator to some degree. A fault state evaluation algorithm based on a two-class non-negative matrix network is proposed to implement online fault state monitoring of the actuator, including fault classification and degradation assessment. The local static features of the samples are extracted, and a classifier model is established to form a network. The similarity is introduced to describe the dynamic characteristics between samples. To fulfill the actuator fault status assessment, the static distance and dynamic changes of the network output are merged …


Self-Learning-Based Multiple Spacecraft Evasion Decision Making Simulation Under Sparse Reward Condition, Zhao Yu, Jifeng Guo, Yan Peng, Chengchao Bai Aug 2021

Self-Learning-Based Multiple Spacecraft Evasion Decision Making Simulation Under Sparse Reward Condition, Zhao Yu, Jifeng Guo, Yan Peng, Chengchao Bai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the ability of spacecraft formation to evade multiple interceptors, aiming at the low success rate of traditional procedural maneuver evasion, a multi-agent cooperative autonomous decision-making algorithm, which is based on deep reinforcement learning method, is proposed. Based on the actor-critic architecture, a multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm is designed, in which a weighted linear fitting method is proposed to solve the reliability allocation problem of the self-learning system. To solve the sparse reward problem in task scenario, a sparse reward reinforcement learning method based on inverse value method is proposed. According to the task scenario, …


Relationship Between Suspension Damping And Stability Of Vehicle Hunting Motion, Yan Yong, Zeng Jing, Kun Xu, Feiyan Zhao Aug 2021

Relationship Between Suspension Damping And Stability Of Vehicle Hunting Motion, Yan Yong, Zeng Jing, Kun Xu, Feiyan Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to avoid or restrain the primary hunting stability of rail vehicles, correlation between the primary hunting stability and suspension damping parameters under the damping ratio of 0 and 5% is calculated based on the analysis of suspension parameters on the vehicle modal frequency. The method to improve the stability of vehicle hunting motion by optimizing suspension parameters is obtained. The results show that when selecting different damping ratios to calculate the critical stability, the range of damping parameters varies greatly. The lateral damping parameter in a certain range or a larger vertical damping is beneficial to keep …


Modeling On Anti-Uav System-Of-Systems Combat Ooda Loop Based On Netlogo, Zhao Zhu, Wang Yi, Ruifeng Fan, Liya Li, Qi Meng Aug 2021

Modeling On Anti-Uav System-Of-Systems Combat Ooda Loop Based On Netlogo, Zhao Zhu, Wang Yi, Ruifeng Fan, Liya Li, Qi Meng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the threats from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or swarm, as well as the difficult problems of systems confrontation modeling, overall process design, and operational effectiveness evaluation in anti-UAV system-of-systems, the structure and operational process both of the UAV and anti-UAV systems are analyzed respectively, and the anti-UAV Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) system-of-systems combat model which based on multi-agent modeling platform NetLogo is proposed. Utilizing the emergence of agent role in this simulation model, the influence exerted by OODA on anti-UAV is studied by the multi-agent simulation. The results show that the OODA loop is one …


Application Of Trust Driven Adaptive Cooperative Control Algorithm, Xindong Gui, Hongjiang Ji, Lingling Fan, Shida Liu Aug 2021

Application Of Trust Driven Adaptive Cooperative Control Algorithm, Xindong Gui, Hongjiang Ji, Lingling Fan, Shida Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: When a multi-manipulator performs cooperative task, it's end position is difficult to accurately track the target and ensure the consistency influenced by the nonlinear factors such as working environment, assembly condition and system disturbances, resulting in large errors during collaborative work. To solve multi-manipulators position coordinated control problem, a multi-agent based adaptive position coordination control algorithm is proposed by researching on the novel trust mechanism, including adaptive update mechanism of trust value (self-trust and mutual-trust) and Fisher information weighted (covariance) update mechanism. In automated collaborative assembly tasks, the precise consensus positioning of end-effector is achieved with improvements in the …


A Signal Decomposition Method Based On Multi-Layer Iteration Structured Singular Spectrum Analysis, Yumiao Wei, Zhili Zhang, Hongguang Li, Shuqing Li Aug 2021

A Signal Decomposition Method Based On Multi-Layer Iteration Structured Singular Spectrum Analysis, Yumiao Wei, Zhili Zhang, Hongguang Li, Shuqing Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To process the complex signals with concentrated frequency distribution, an adaptive decomposition method based on singular spectrum analysis with multi-layer iteration structure is researched. The traditional singular spectrum analysis is improved by frequency band subdivision and iterative filtering approach. A high-precision decomposition algorithm base on recursive structure is therefore designed, solving the problems such as insufficient adaptive capability and unsatisfied decomposition. Simulation results show that adaptive decomposition capability of the proposed method is effectively enhanced. For the multi-mode vibration signal with 0.2% ratio of spitting frequency to center frequency, the components are all accurately extracted, and consistent well …


Simulation Analysis Of Assessment Method For Missile Accuracy, Shuqing Li, Zhili Zhang, Yumiao Wei, Haitao Wang Aug 2021

Simulation Analysis Of Assessment Method For Missile Accuracy, Shuqing Li, Zhili Zhang, Yumiao Wei, Haitao Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The missile accuracy of the falling points is one of the important performance indexes of missile systems, so the assessment method is very important. An improved algorithm for missile accuracy assessment is proposed. Accuracy assessment problem is simplified as a hypothesis check for probability circle, and the accuracy difference coefficients are defined to describe the accuracy difference between the real falling points and the expected situation. Based on the probability circle method, an improved risk assessment method is put forward to balance and minimize producer's risk and consumer's risk. According to sequential check method, this risk assessment …


Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning Of Bridge Crane Based On Improved Rrt Algorithm, Zhimei Chen, Li Min, Xuejuan Shao, Zhicheng Zhao Aug 2021

Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning Of Bridge Crane Based On Improved Rrt Algorithm, Zhimei Chen, Li Min, Xuejuan Shao, Zhicheng Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the problem that the reasonable path can not be obtained quickly for bridge crane planning in complex environment, a rapidly exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm combined with particle swarm algorithm is proposed. According to the characteristics of the bridge crane operation, the RRT algorithm is improved. The two-way RRT algorithm is used to make the tree grow in the direction of the target according to the probability. When the path is generated, the particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to smooth the path to get a more suitable path for the operation of the bridge crane. …


Cloud Model Pid Control Of Pmsm Based On Svm Inverse System, Li Hui, Yun Hao, Hongli Yue Aug 2021

Cloud Model Pid Control Of Pmsm Based On Svm Inverse System, Li Hui, Yun Hao, Hongli Yue

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem of multivariable, nonlinearity and strong coupling of the permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM), a strategy of inverse system identification which is independent of precise mathematical model and parameters based on support vector machines(SVM) is proposed. The dynamic decoupling control of PMSM is researched based on multivariable nonlinear control inverse system theory. To deal with direct inverse control open-loop system with poor robustness and inverse modeling error of SVM, a parameter self-tuning PID(Proportional Integral Differential) closed-loop controller based on cloud model rule inference is designed. The simulation results confirm that the cloud model PID control based on …


Combination Weighting-Based Comprehensive Evaluation For Discrete Workshop Production Plan, Zhangzhen Luo, Haifan Jiang, Jianlin Fu, Guofu Ding Aug 2021

Combination Weighting-Based Comprehensive Evaluation For Discrete Workshop Production Plan, Zhangzhen Luo, Haifan Jiang, Jianlin Fu, Guofu Ding

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the lack of a general evaluation index system and a comprehensive evaluation method combining qualitative and quantitative for discrete workshop production planning, an evaluation index system is constructed from the economy, timeliness and adaptability and a combination weighting-based comprehensive evaluation method is proposed. A combination weight of subjective and objective significance is obtained by combining the extension of analytic hierarchy process, entropy value method and improved CRITIC (Criteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation) method, which improves the scientific evaluation of discrete workshop production planning. The verification results of examples show that the method is more sensitive to the …


Short-Term Power Load Forecasting Based On Lstm Neural Network Optimized By Improved Pso, Tengfei Wei, Tinglong Pan Aug 2021

Short-Term Power Load Forecasting Based On Lstm Neural Network Optimized By Improved Pso, Tengfei Wei, Tinglong Pan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To improve the accuracy of short-term power load forecasting, a short-term power load forecasting model (ACMPSO-LSTM) based on long-short memory neural network (LSTM) optimized by adaptive Cauchy mutation particle swarm optimization (ACMPSO) is proposed. For the problem of difficult selection of LSTM model parameters, ACMPSO is used to optimize model parameters, and non-linear changing inertia weights are adopted to improve the global optimization ability and convergence speed of PSO algorithm. In the optimization process, a mutation operation based on genetic algorithm is added to reduce the risk of particles falling into local optimal solutions. The simulation results show that …


Mpc Algorithm Design Based On Improved Macroscopic Traffic Flow Model, Hongguang Pan, Gao Lei, Wenyu Mi Aug 2021

Mpc Algorithm Design Based On Improved Macroscopic Traffic Flow Model, Hongguang Pan, Gao Lei, Wenyu Mi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to obtain stable and orderly traffic flow, a model predictive control method based on improved macroscopic traffic flow model is proposed for highway system. Considering the uncertainty caused by the inflow and outflow of ramp, the method takes the traffic density and velocity of each section as the control target. Based on the traditional macroscopic traffic flow model, a macroscopic traffic flow state space model is improved. Aiming at the problem of multiple variables and control constraints, a traffic flow density and velocity controller based on model predictive control is designed to ensure better control effect. The …


Method Of Battlefield Frequency Allocation Based On Chaotic Perturbation Mechanism Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm, Niu Kan, Li Bing, Fu Qiang Aug 2021

Method Of Battlefield Frequency Allocation Based On Chaotic Perturbation Mechanism Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm, Niu Kan, Li Bing, Fu Qiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to carry out the frequency allocation in the electromagnetic environment of battlefield and reduce the frequency equipment interference of various forces, a frequency allocation method based on chaotic perturbation mechanism particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed. Which transforms battlefield frequency allocation into the optimal spectrum resource search and solution problem with constraints. The frequency allocation model with the lowest interference cost is built and the frequency allocation through the improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is carries out. The chaotic perturbation mechanism is introduced to improve the population diversity and the global optimization ability of the …


Sar Imaging Seeker Interference Modeling & Evaluation And Simulation System Design, Xueping Luo, Yunhe Cao, Hu Qi, Shutao Chen, Shijie Yan, Cai Xi Aug 2021

Sar Imaging Seeker Interference Modeling & Evaluation And Simulation System Design, Xueping Luo, Yunhe Cao, Hu Qi, Shutao Chen, Shijie Yan, Cai Xi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the simulation, evaluation and verification of SAR imaging seeker interference, the modeling and evaluation of SAR imaging seeker interference and design of simulation system are discussed. The simulation system can be used to model and simulate the target environment, jamming and seeker at the signal level. The signal environment simulation, echo signal acquisition, signal processing and other processes can be simulated under the environment of multiple interference signals, and the interference effect can be evaluated at the same time. The validity and practicability of the simulation system are verified with simulation test. The design of this simulation system …


Game Analysis Of Government Procurement Contract Financing Based On Blockchain Technology, Haitao Huang, Qinming Liu, Chunming Ye, Chen Xiang Aug 2021

Game Analysis Of Government Procurement Contract Financing Based On Blockchain Technology, Haitao Huang, Qinming Liu, Chunming Ye, Chen Xiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Abstract: In view of the financing difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprise and the existing credit problems of financial supply chain, the block chain technology is applied to the financing mode of government procurement contract of the Ministry of Finance. From the supply chain business aspect, the tripartite game model of government procurement departments, small and medium-sized enterprises and banks is built, and the decision of the main body is analyzed. From the block chain technology, the evolutionary game model is built and the selection of chain node is analyzed. By MATLAB, the simulation experiments are carried out to …


Residential Demand Response Scheduling Optimization And Simulation Based On An Improved Pso Algorithm, Huazhen Li, Youquan Liu, Jiawei Zhu, Liao Qiang Aug 2021

Residential Demand Response Scheduling Optimization And Simulation Based On An Improved Pso Algorithm, Huazhen Li, Youquan Liu, Jiawei Zhu, Liao Qiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problems of low utilization rate of household load energy and the potential damage to the power grid caused by the lack of systematic and efficient management of household power consumption, the power consumption characteristics of controllable equipment and the energy storage characteristics of electric vehicles are modeled respectively, and the scheduling optimization objective function of household equipment under time of use price is established, and the improved particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve the problem. Through the example simulation, the residential power dispatching under various scenarios is analyzed. The experimental results show that the …


Two-Point Joint Cpa Attacks Against Aes And Its Simulation, Tong Yu, Jingwen Cai Aug 2021

Two-Point Joint Cpa Attacks Against Aes And Its Simulation, Tong Yu, Jingwen Cai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problems of large sampling amount and low utilization rate of attack information in single-point power analysis attack, a method of two-point joint power analysis attack for AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is proposed. This method selects two power leakage points for power analysis according to the correlation between the power leakage points and the key in the AES. By constructing a power leakage model of intermediate variables, an intermediate value joint function is established which means, the method can be used to recover the key of AES. The simulation results demonstrate that the attack time of …


Client Access Feature Engineering For The Homeless Community Of The City Of Portland, Oswaldo Ceballos Jr Aug 2021

Client Access Feature Engineering For The Homeless Community Of The City Of Portland, Oswaldo Ceballos Jr

altREU Projects

Given the severity of homeless in many cities across the country, the project at hand attempts to assist a service provider organization called Central City Concern (CCC) with their mission of providing services to the community of Portland. These services include housing, recovery, health care, and jobs. With many different types of services available through the works of CCC, there exists an abundance of information and data pertaining to the individuals that interact with the CCC service system. The goal of this project is to perform an exploratory analysis and feature engineer the existing datasets CCC has collected over the …


An Automated Method To Enrich Consumer Health Vocabularies Using Glove Word Embeddings And An Auxiliary Lexical Resource, Mohammed Ibrahim, Susan Gauch, Omar Salman, Mohammed Alqahtani Aug 2021

An Automated Method To Enrich Consumer Health Vocabularies Using Glove Word Embeddings And An Auxiliary Lexical Resource, Mohammed Ibrahim, Susan Gauch, Omar Salman, Mohammed Alqahtani

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background

Clear language makes communication easier between any two parties. A layman may have difficulty communicating with a professional due to not understanding the specialized terms common to the domain. In healthcare, it is rare to find a layman knowledgeable in medical terminology which can lead to poor understanding of their condition and/or treatment. To bridge this gap, several professional vocabularies and ontologies have been created to map laymen medical terms to professional medical terms and vice versa.

Objective

Many of the presented vocabularies are built manually or semi-automatically requiring large investments of time and human effort and consequently the …


Fast Multipole Methods For Wave And Charge Source Interactions In Layered Media And Deep Neural Network Algorithms For High-Dimensional Pdes, Wenzhong Zhang Aug 2021

Fast Multipole Methods For Wave And Charge Source Interactions In Layered Media And Deep Neural Network Algorithms For High-Dimensional Pdes, Wenzhong Zhang

Mathematics Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, we develop fast algorithms for large scale numerical computations, including the fast multipole method (FMM) in layered media, and the forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE) based deep neural network (DNN) algorithms for high-dimensional parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs), addressing the issues of real-world challenging computational problems in various computation scenarios.

We develop the FMM in layered media, by first studying analytical and numerical properties of the Green's functions in layered media for the 2-D and 3-D Helmholtz equation, the linearized Poisson--Boltzmann equation, the Laplace's equation, and the tensor Green's functions for the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations and the …


A Fast Method For Computing Volume Potentials In The Galerkin Boundary Element Method In 3d Geometries, Sasan Mohyaddin Aug 2021

A Fast Method For Computing Volume Potentials In The Galerkin Boundary Element Method In 3d Geometries, Sasan Mohyaddin

Mathematics Theses and Dissertations

We discuss how the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) applied to a boundary concentrated mesh can be used to evaluate volume potentials that arise in the boundary element method. If $h$ is the meshwidth near the boundary, then the algorithm can compute the potential in nearly $\Ord(h^{-2})$ operations while maintaining an $\Ord(h^p)$ convergence of the error. The effectiveness of the algorithms are demonstrated by solving boundary integral equations of the Poisson equation.


Ensemble Data Fitting For Bathymetric Models Informed By Nominal Data, Samantha Zambo Aug 2021

Ensemble Data Fitting For Bathymetric Models Informed By Nominal Data, Samantha Zambo

Dissertations

Due to the difficulty and expense of collecting bathymetric data, modeling is the primary tool to produce detailed maps of the ocean floor. Current modeling practices typically utilize only one interpolator; the industry standard is splines-in-tension.

In this dissertation we introduce a new nominal-informed ensemble interpolator designed to improve modeling accuracy in regions of sparse data. The method is guided by a priori domain knowledge provided by artificially intelligent classifiers. We recast such geomorphological classifications, such as ‘seamount’ or ‘ridge’, as nominal data which we utilize as foundational shapes in an expanded ordinary least squares regression-based algorithm. To our knowledge …


The Foundations Of Inference And Its Application To Fundamental Physics, Nicholas Matthew Carrara Aug 2021

The Foundations Of Inference And Its Application To Fundamental Physics, Nicholas Matthew Carrara

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This thesis concerns the foundations of inference – probability theory,entropic inference, information geometry, etc. – and its application to the Entropic Dynamics (ED) approach to Quantum Mechanics (QM) [21, 22, 41, 53, 56–61, 150–153, 165, 195, 196, 268]. The first half of this thesis, chapters 2-6, concern the development of the inference framework. We begin in chapter 2 by discussing de- ductive inference, which involves formal logic and it’s role in access- ing the truth of propositions. We eventually discover that deductive inference is incomplete, in that it can’t address situations in which we have incomplete information. This necessitates a …


Solving Large-Scale Extensive-Form Network Security Games Via Neural Fictitious Self-Play, Wanqi Xue, Youzhi Zhang, Shuxin Li, Xinrun Wang, Bo An, Chai Kiat Yeo Aug 2021

Solving Large-Scale Extensive-Form Network Security Games Via Neural Fictitious Self-Play, Wanqi Xue, Youzhi Zhang, Shuxin Li, Xinrun Wang, Bo An, Chai Kiat Yeo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Securing networked infrastructures is important in the real world. The problem of deploying security resources to protect against an attacker in networked domains can be modeled as Network Security Games (NSGs). Unfortunately, existing approaches, including the deep learning-based approaches, are inefficient to solve large-scale extensive-form NSGs. In this paper, we propose a novel learning paradigm, NSG-NFSP, to solve large-scale extensive-form NSGs based on Neural Fictitious Self-Play (NFSP). Our main contributions include: i) reforming the best response (BR) policy network in NFSP to be a mapping from action-state pair to action-value, to make the calculation of BR possible in NSGs; ii) …


Learning To Assign: Towards Fair Task Assignment In Large-Scale Ride Hailing, Dingyuan Shi, Yongxin Tong, Zimu Zhou, Bingchen Song, Weifeng Lv, Qiang Yang Aug 2021

Learning To Assign: Towards Fair Task Assignment In Large-Scale Ride Hailing, Dingyuan Shi, Yongxin Tong, Zimu Zhou, Bingchen Song, Weifeng Lv, Qiang Yang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Ride hailing is a widespread shared mobility application where the central issue is to assign taxi requests to drivers with various objectives. Despite extensive research on task assignment in ride hailing, the fairness of earnings among drivers is largely neglected. Pioneer studies on fair task assignment in ride hailing are ineffective and inefficient due to their myopic optimization perspective and timeconsuming assignment techniques. In this work, we propose LAF, an effective and efficient task assignment scheme that optimizes both utility and fairness. We adopt reinforcement learning to make assignments in a holistic manner and propose a set of acceleration techniques …


Vehicle Routing: Review Of Benchmark Datasets, Aldy Gunawan, Graham Kendall, Barry Mccollum, Hsin-Vonn Seow, Lai Soon Lee Aug 2021

Vehicle Routing: Review Of Benchmark Datasets, Aldy Gunawan, Graham Kendall, Barry Mccollum, Hsin-Vonn Seow, Lai Soon Lee

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) was formally presented to the scientific literature in 1959 by Dantzig and Ramser (DOI:10.1287/mnsc.6.1.80). Sixty years on, the problem is still heavily researched, with hundreds of papers having been published addressing this problem and the many variants that now exist. Many datasets have been proposed to enable researchers to compare their algorithms using the same problem instances where either the best known solution is known or, in some cases, the optimal solution is known. In this survey paper, we provide a list of Vehicle Routing Problem datasets, categorized to enable researchers to have easy access …


Dynamic Lane Traffic Signal Control With Group Attention And Multi-Timescale Reinforcement Learning, Qize Jiang, Jingze Li, Weiwei Sun, Baihua Zheng Aug 2021

Dynamic Lane Traffic Signal Control With Group Attention And Multi-Timescale Reinforcement Learning, Qize Jiang, Jingze Li, Weiwei Sun, Baihua Zheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Traffic signal control has achieved significant success with the development of reinforcement learning. However, existing works mainly focus on intersections with normal lanes with fixed outgoing directions. It is noticed that some intersections actually implement dynamic lanes, in addition to normal lanes, to adjust the outgoing directions dynamically. Existing methods fail to coordinate the control of traffic signal and that of dynamic lanes effectively. In addition, they lack proper structures and learning algorithms to make full use of traffic flow prediction, which is essential to set the proper directions for dynamic lanes. Motivated by the ineffectiveness of existing approaches when …


Computational Studies Of Carbon Nanocluster Solidification, Chathuri C. Silva Jul 2021

Computational Studies Of Carbon Nanocluster Solidification, Chathuri C. Silva

Dissertations

A subset of micron-size meteoritic carbon particles formed in red giant atmospheres show a core-rim structure, likely condensed from a vapor phase into super-cooled carbon droplets that nucleated graphene sheets (~40Å) on randomly oriented 5-atom loops during solidification, followed by coating with a graphite rim. Similar particles form during slow cooling of carbon vapor in the lab.

Here we investigate the nucleation and growth of carbon rings and graphene sheets using density functional theory (DFT). Our objectives: (1). explore different computational techniques in DFT-VASP for various carbon structures and compare the results with literature, (2). investigate the nucleation and growth …