Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Commons^™

Indoor Positioning System Algorithm Based On Rfid, Xuejun Shi, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the radio frequency identification (RFID) positioning problem, the working principle, advantages and disadvantages of two positioning methods (AOA and TDOA) were analyzed in detail by comparison, on the basis of which, an indoor positioning hybrid approach of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID was proposed. This proposed approach took the AOA as the core and integrated the idea of time diference in TDOA. Moreover; the stepping motor and UHF reader were used simultaneously instead of antennas array to make UHF RFID reader whirl around an axis. Therefore, it is easy to scan each tag that can …

Application-Aware Cross-Layer Enrgy-Eficient Routing Scheme, Xu Fang, Hiyin Zhang, Wang Jing, Xu Ning, Zhijong Wang, Deng Min

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: An aplication- aware cross-layer energy-effcient routing scheme (ACER) was presented to minimize the effect of supplt of terminals in ad hoc network composed of smart mobile devices. Features of energy consumption were sensed by application aware energy model with the application monitor and the remaining energy monitor. Stability of network path was monitored by link stability monitoring module in Data link layer. As the scheme used the idea of cross-layer design, network topology information, application-aware information in application layer and link-stability were utilized synthetically to make routing deisions in network layer;Simulations were crried out on NS2 platform. The …

Trnek Befor Detet Agoritmn For Weak Iret Based On Ergodic Hogh Tasform, Yunfei Guo, Xiaofeng Zheng, Dongliang Peng, Zebin Zeng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The performance of track-before-detect (TBD) algorithm based on standard Hough Transform is not satisfied due to low detection probability and long elapsed time. For this problem, an Ergodic Hough Transform based TBD method was proposed. The raw radar echo whose amplitude exceeded the first threshold was stored separately and stacked into a data space; all diferent data were combined to calculate line parameter which then was mapped into a parameter space and the amplitude of each paired wae added to an accumulator. All cells whose amplitude exceeded the second threshold was used to estimate the last line parameter and …

Test Data Compression Based On Logical Operationand Dimidiate Partition, Wu Qiong, Huang Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A new test data compression based on logical operation and dimidiate partition was proposed. The whole test was partitioned to several length-fixed blocks. Then logical operation was applied into runs of Is or 0s or alternating bits. They were turned into all 0s. For the others, dimidiate partition technique was used until they got to the minimum length. The length of code words could be expressed by the times of dimidiate and it is easy to coding when they are turned into all 0s. Compared with traditional data-coding methods the depression structure is simple and reduced the costs of …

Study Of Improved Generalized Predictive Control In Ball Mill Application, Lingfang Sun, Jingmiao Sun

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Direct-fired pulverizing system with double inlets and outlets is regarded as important generating equipment in power plant, which has characteristics of nonlinear, multivariable, strong coupling and time-varying. Started from the mechanism of law, the mechanism mathematical model of the ball mill was established and a certain amount of disturbance transfer ftinction model was added in a mathematical model of the mechanism of input variables to give step disturbance tests to establish the ball mill system. Combining the most widely used basic control--PID control as industrial process control, and on the basis of general generalized predictive control algorithm, the generalized …

New Identify Based Proxy Signature Scheme, Xiaojing Hong, Bin Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Proxy signature schemes allow a proxy signer to generate proxy signatures on behalf of an original signer. Mambo, et ah first introduced the notion of proxy signature and a lot of research work can be found on this topic nowadays. To simplify key management, many identity based proxy signature schemes were proposed. However, some existing schemes are vulnerable to proxy key exposure attack. It is necessary to propose a security model for identity based proxy signature schemes against proxy key exposure attack. Then an efficient scheme based on pairings was presented, which is provably secure in the random oracle …

Efficient Real-Time Traffic Signal Control Algorithm, Zhongcheng Yang, Ye Chen, Zhenyu Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For real time taffic signal contol isus, a mathematical model was proposed to minimize the waiting ime, meanwhile a huristi search aigorihm was given to sove the optinal sluton Simulatin Tresuts show that the hcurisi scarceh algorim sufrfs fom being couataoalal complx and umstable, therefore, a multi sage decisin optimization algorihm is added, and the serehes adopt in all stages subject to a time limit, which ensures a stable and real-time algorithm, and also a soution in fixed time. Simulation resuts based on actal tafic data show that the waiting time can be reduced in comparison with that of …

Modeling Emergence Of Network Radar Countermeasure System, Huang Chen, Jianqing Qi, Fangzheng Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Network radar countermeasure system (NRCS) is a new kind of integrated electronic warfare system with the integrated network developing trend of radar and EW equipment, and emergence is the typical complex feature of NRCS. The connotation and composition of the NRCS emergence was interpreted. Four sources of the NRCS emergence were analyzed: composition effect, structural effect, interaction effect and environmental effect. The conceptual models and mathematical models of the NRCS emergence were built from three aspects: system reconnaissance detection emergence, system target identification emergence and system jamming emergence. Simulation results coincide with the NRCS emergence source analysis, which verifies …

Simulation Of Energy Optimization For Cooling Coil In Central Air-Conditioning System, Qinglong Meng, Xiuying Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The optimized control of minimizing energy consumption in one air-conditioning system was studied. The main models that needed in the simulation software HVACSIM+ for air handling unit were introduced. The AHU and rooms of the first floor of certain Building were taken as the simulation target. Then the function describing the relation between the consumption of cooling coil and the chilled water velocity was found and taken as the objective function. With improved cyclic variable method, the controller^ parameters were optimized. Results show that the simulation system runs steadily while the controller works with the optimal parameters, and the …

Gait Simulation Of Snake Robot Based On Cpg Method, Gao Qin, Zhelong Wang, Weijian Hu, Lanying Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Biological snakes in nature have a variety of periodic motion patterns such as serpentine motion, linear motion and lateral motion. Gaits diversity has greatly improved the adaptability of natural snakes to complex environment. Biologists has proved that such rhythmic movements of vertebrate animals are generated by CPG (the central neural pattern generator). Special mechanical structure of a snake robot with high degree offreedom and locomotion characteristics of different gaits was considered to bulid a suitale CPG network model. Hopf oscillators were chosen as neuron models of a central pattern generator owing to their stable features. A snake robot prototype …

Optimized Analysis Of Milling Thin-Wall Parts Based On Shell Element Models, Yusong Liao, Han Jiang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: As to milling the thin-wall part accurately, here with the finite element model composed of SHELL elements, the effects of lowering position, size of the part and cutting parameters to the deformations of the thin-wall part were analyzed and compared, and the corresponding theoretical analysis was provided. The conclusions can be got as; the model composed of SHELL elements can analyze the factors causing the deforroations of the thin-wall part and optimize the cutting method and cutting parameters effectively to improve the machining accuracy and efficiency.

Modeling And Simulation Of Traction System In Hybrid Shunting Locomotive, Kun Shen, Wang Ling, Wang Jian, Xiaoyang Yao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The structure of traction system in hybrid shunting locomotive was analyzed, and the working principles of traction system under multiform power models were introduced. Based on which, the models of traction system and power accumulators of this hybrid shunting locomotive were built by MATLAB/Simulink, then the simulation experiments on hybrid shunting locomotive with the power models of hybrid power, and pure diesel generator power or pure accumulator power were done respectively. The simulation results show that hybrid shunting locomotive can achieve reliable operation in diflFerent conditions by the designed main circuit structure, parameters and system energy management strategy.

Impact Of Number Of Solar Cells In Parallel/Series And Temperature On Junction Capacitance, Zhigang Zhao, Chunjie Zhang, Gao Pu, Hutang Sang, Xiaoqian Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The study to the dynamic parameters of the photovoltaic cell is of crucial importance for the design of the corresponding afterward stage controller in the photovoltaic power generation system. Beginning with the analysis to physical mechanism of the photovoltaic cell, more accurate equivalent formulation of the junction voltage and bias voltage of the photovoltaic cells /module/array was deduced, and the explicit formulation between the bias voltage and output voltage was received by using the Lambert W function based on equivalent series resistance and the saturation current. The formulation was adopted which combined the engineering mathematics model and intrinsic carrier …

Evaluation And Analysis Of New Method Of Measurement Of Target Scattering Matrix, Zhenyu Huang, Zhao Bo, Huanyao Dai, Liandong Wang, Xuequan Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The basic theory of radar polarization signal processing is measurement of the target scattering matrix. The current algorithm of measurement of the target scattering matrix is gotten through orthogonal dual polarization channel in time-sharing or simultaneously, which demands orthogonal polarization measurement signals with complex coding. The measuring accuracy is higher. The complexity and the cost of the system are relatively higher. Scattering matrix can also be obtained by making use of the spatial polarization characteristics of the antenna to processing the radar echo without structure reformation of the radar. It only. needs to renewal measurement technology. The comparison and …

The U-Net-Based Active Learning Framework For Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy, Vishwanshi Joshi

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. According to the U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics, about 281,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in 2021 (Smith et al., 2019). The death rate of breast cancer is higher than any other cancer type. Early detection and treatment of breast cancer have been challenging over the last few decades. Meanwhile, deep learning algorithms using Convolutional Neural Networks to segment images have achieved considerable success in recent years. These algorithms have continued to assist in exploring the quantitative measurement of cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment. …

Maternal Proximity To Mountaintop Removal Mining And Birth Defects In Appalachian Kentucky, 1997-2003, Daniel B. Cooper

Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)

Background: Extraction of coal through mountaintop removal mining (MTR) alters many dimensions of the landscape, and explosive blasts, exposed rock, and coal washing have the potential to pollute air and water with substances known to increase risk of developmental and birth anomalies. Previous research suggests that infants born to mothers living in MTR coal mining counties have higher prevalence of most types of birth defects.

Objectives: This study seeks to examine further the relationship between MTR activity and birth defects by employing individual level exposure estimation through precise satellite data of MTR activity in the Appalachian region and maternal residence …

Applications Of Machine Learning To Facilitate Software Engineering And Scientific Computing, Natalie Best

Computational and Data Sciences (PhD) Dissertations

The use of machine learning has risen in recent years, though many areas remain unexplored due to lack of data or lack of computational tools. This dissertation explores machine learning approaches in case studies involving image classification and natural language processing. In addition, a software library in the form of two-way bridge connecting deep learning models in Keras with ones available in the Fortran programming language is also presented.

In Chapter 2, we explore the applicability of transfer learning utilizing models pre-trained on non-software engineering data applied to the problem of classifying software unified modeling language diagrams where data is …

Cross-Model Parameter Estimation In Epidemiology, Julia R. Fitzgibbons

Honors Theses and Capstones

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The Introduction Of Big Data In Cloud Computing, Austin Gruenberg

Student Academic Conference

One of the fastest-growing technologies that many people are unaware of is the world of cloud computing. Having started in 2006, it is a relatively new technological advancement in the computer industry. The major branch of cloud computing that I decided to focus on was big data. I decided to research this topic to better understand what its current uses are, to see what the future holds for Big Data and cloud computing and because it is a growing, significant piece of technology being used in our society today. Big data and cloud computing are very important industries and have …

Computational Utilities For The Game Of Simplicial Nim, Nelson Penn

Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science

Simplicial nim games, a class of impartial games, have very interesting mathematical properties. Winning strategies on a simplicial nim game can be determined by the set of positions in the game whose Sprague-Grundy values are zero (also zero positions). In this work, I provide two major contributions to the study of simplicial nim games. First, I provide a modern and efficient implementation of the Sprague-Grundy function for an arbitrary simplicial complex, and discuss its performance and scope of viability. Secondly, I provide a method to find a simple mathematical expression to model that function if it exists. I show the …

Topic Modeling And Cultural Nature Of Citations, Marie Coraline Dumaz

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Ever since the beginning of research journals, the number of academic publications has been increasing steadily. Nowadays, especially, with the new importance of online open-access journals and databases, research papers are more easily available to read and share. It also becomes harder to keep up with novelties and grasp an idea of the general impact of a given researcher, institution, journal, or field. For this reason, different bibliometric indicators are now routinely used to classify and evaluate the impact or significance of individual researchers, conferences, journals, or entire scientific communities. In this thesis, we provide tools to study trends in …

Inference Of Surface Velocities From Oblique Time Lapse Photos And Terrestrial Based Lidar At The Helheim Glacier, Franklyn T. Dunbar Ii

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Using time dependent observations derived from terrestrial LiDAR and oblique
time-lapse imagery, we demonstrate that a Bayesian approach to glacial motion es-
timation provides a concise way to incorporate multiple data products into a single
motion estimation procedure effectively producing surface velocity estimates with
an associated uncertainty. This approach brings both improved computational effi-
ciency, and greater scalability across observational time-frames when compared to
existing methods. To gauge efficacy, we apply these methods to a set of observa-
tions from the Helheim Glacier, a critical actor in contemporary mass loss trends
observed in the Greenland Ice Sheet. We find that …

Design Project: Smart Headband, John Michel, Jack Durkin, Noah Lewis

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Concussion in sports is a prevalent medical issue. It can be difficult for medical professionals to diagnose concussions. With the fast pace nature of many sports, and the damaging effects of concussions, it is important that any concussion risks are assessed immediately. There is a growing trend of wearable technology that collects data such as steps and provides the wearer with in-depth information regarding their performance. The Smart Headband project created a wearable that can record impact data and provide the wearer with a detailed analysis on their risk of sustaining a concussion. The Smart Headband uses accelerometers and gyroscopes …

Football’S Future: An Analytical Interpretation Of The Premier League, Hunter Witeof

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project looks to take the statistics of soccer players and run them through an algorithm to determine how well a player is performing. The system that will be designed in the project will look to accomplish 3 main goals: allow the user to enter new statistics, store the data for all 38 game weeks for all 20 teams, and compute a score for each player’s performance for each game as well as the average of all of the player's scores.

Predictive Maintenance Of Bearing Machinery Using Simulation- A Bibliometric Study, Karan Gulati Mr., Keshav Basandrai Mr., Shubham Tiwari Mr., Pooja Kamat Prof., Satish Kumar Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Modelling is a way of constructing a virtual representation of software and hardware that involves a real-world device. We will discover the behaviour of the system if the software elements of this model are guided by mathematical relationships. For testing conditions that may be difficult to replicate with hardware prototypes alone, modelling and simulation are particularly useful, especially in the early phase of the design process when hardware might not be available. Model-based approach in MATLAB-Simulink can be useful for predictive maintenance of machines as it can reduce unplanned downtimes and maintenance costs when industrial equipment breaks. Through this bibliometric …

Statistical Modeling Of Hpc Performance Variability And Communication, Jered B. Dominguez-Trujillo

Computer Science ETDs

Understanding the performance of parallel and distributed programs remains a focal point in determining how compute systems can be optimized to achieve exascale performance. Lightweight, statistical models allow developers to both characterize and predict performance trade-offs, especially as HPC systems become more heterogeneous with many-core CPUs and GPUs. This thesis presents a lightweight, statistical modeling approach of performance variation which leverages extreme value theory by focusing on the maximum length of distributed workload intervals. This approach was implemented in MPI and evaluated on several HPC systems and workloads. I then present a performance model of partitioned communication which also uses …

Ensemble Protein Inference Evaluation, Kyle Lee Lucke

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The Protein inference problem is becoming an increasingly important tool that aids in the characterization of complex proteomes and analysis of complex protein samples. In bottom-up shotgun proteomics experiments the metrics for evaluation (like AUC and calibration error) are based on an often imperfect target-decoy database. These metrics make the inherent assumption that all of the proteins in the target set are present in the sample being analyzed. In general, this is not the case, they are typically a mix of present and absent proteins. To objectively evaluate inference methods, protein standard datasets are used. These datasets are special in …

Predicting Material Properties: Applications Of Multi-Scale Multiphysics Numerical Modeling To Transport Problems In Biochemical Systems And Chemical Process Engineering, Tom Pace

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

Material properties are used in a wide variety of theoretical models of material behavior. Descriptive properties quantify the nature, structure, or composition of the material. Behavioral properties quantify the response of the material to an imposed condition. The central question of this work concerns the prediction of behavioral properties from previously determined descriptive properties through hierarchical multi-scale, multiphysics models implemented as numerical simulations. Applications covered focus on mass transport models, including sequential enzyme-catalyzed reactions in systems biology, and an industrial chemical process in a common reaction medium.

Peer-To-Peer Trade And The Economy Of Distributed Pv In China, Peiyun Song, Yiou Zhou, Jiahai Yuan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

With the deepening of power market reform, distributed power generation is gaining momentum. This paper tests the distributed photovoltaic (DPV) economy under different business models by taking three provinces to stand for typical resource zones. The Internal return rate (IRR) is used to measure the economy, while the improved levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is used to model the generation cost. Three business modes, namely pure producer (all generation sold to the grid), prosumer (self-use and the rest sold to the grid), and peer-to-peer trade (P2P, all generation traded via the grid) are studied. Results show that peer-to-peer trade is …

A Data-Driven Method For Online Monitoring Tube Wall Thinning Process In Dynamic Noisy Environment, Chen Zhang, Jun Long Lim, Ouyang Liu, Aayush Madan, Yongwei Zhu, Shili Xiang, Kai Wu, Rebecca Yen-Ni Wong, Jiliang Eugene Phua, Karan M. Sabnani, Keng Boon Siah, Wenyu Jiang, Yixin Wang, Emily Jianzhong Hao, Hoi, Steven C. H.

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Tube internal erosion, which corresponds to its wall thinning process, is one of the major safety concerns for tubes. Many sensing technologies have been developed to detect a tube wall thinning process. Among them, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors are the most popular ones due to their precise measurement properties. Most of the current works focus on how to design different types of FBG sensors according to certain physical laws and only test their sensors in controlled laboratory conditions. However, in practice, an industrial system usually suffers from harsh and dynamic environmental conditions, and FBG signals are affected by many …