基于改进高斯粒子滤波器的目标跟踪算法

针对现有机动目标跟踪中粒子滤波算法的不足,提出了一种改进的粒子滤波方法。该方法在高斯粒子滤波的基础上通过利用当前时刻量测值对量测误差的分布参数进行实时的统计和更新,并以此得到粒子的权值,从而考虑到了量测值对估计值的影响,该方法适合于量测误差分布为高斯白噪声且状态量与量测误差相关条件下的非线性估计。仿真结果表明,与传统的自举粒子滤波(boot trap particle filter, BPF)、高斯粒子滤波（Gaussian particle filter, GPF)以及无迹粒子滤波（unscented particle filter, UPF)相比,该方法具有较高的精度和较少的计算量。     

注塑机注射速度的模糊控制及其仿真

注射速度控制是注塑成型工艺里极其重要的一环。由于注塑过程的时变和非线性特点,注射速度控制成为较为复杂的一个课题。在一个螺杆往返式注塑机通用模型的基础上,给出了注塑机速度模糊控制系统的一般性设计方法:输入输出量定义域的选择,隶属度函数的形状,使用相位面分析设计知识库,前馈控制器的设计。通过仿真说明了该方法设计的控制系统能有效的跟踪快速变化的速度设定曲线,在模型参数发生变化时也能够得到良好的控制效果。     

Cluster Synchronization in a Complex Dynamical Network with Two Nonidentical Clusters

This paper further investigates cluster synchronization in a complex dynamical network with two-cluster. Each cluster contains a number of identical dynamical systems, however, the subsystems composing the two clusters can be different, i.e., the individual dynamical system in one cluster can differ from that in the other cluster. Complete synchronization within each cluster is possible only if each node from one cluster receives the same input from nodes in other cluster. In this case, the stability condition of one-cluster synchronization is known to contain two terms： the first accounts for the contribution of the inner-cluster coupling structure while the second is simply an extra linear term, which can be deduced by the ＂same-input＂ condition. Applying the connection graph stability method, the authors obtain an upper bound of input strength for one cluster if the first account is known, by which the synchronizability of cluster can be scaled. For different clusters, there are different upper bound of input strength by virtue of different dynamics and the corresponding cluster structure. Moreover, two illustrative examples are presented and the numerical simulations coincide with the theoretical analysis.     

中国大额实时支付系统参与者的流动性管理

文章度量了中国主要商业银行在RTGS系统中流动性管理水平,通过与发达国家商业银行的流动性管理状况比较,发现我国商业银行在流动性管理方面存在很大差距,并深入分析了造成这种状况的主要原因.文章进一步讨论了提高流动性管理水平的方法,建立了单个商业银行流动性管理的理论模型,最后给出了流动性管理的最优水平.     

Volterra series based predistortion for broadband RF power amplifiers with memory effects

RF power amplifiers(PAs)are usually considered as memoryless devices in most existing predistortion techniques.However,in broadband communication systems,such as WCDMA,the PA memory effects are significant,and memoryless predistortion cannot linearize the PAs effectively.After analyzing the PA memory effects,a novel predistortion method based on the simplified Volterra series is proposed to linearize broadband RF PAs with memory effects.The indirect learning architecture is adopted to design the predistortion scheme and the recursive least squares algorithm with forgetting factor is applied to identify the parameters of the predistorter.Simulation results show that the proposed predistortion method can compensate the nonlinear distortion and memory effects of broadband RF PAs effectively.     

Optimal maintenance and replacement of extraction machinery

This paper considers a problem of optimal preventive maintenance and replacement schedule of equipment devoted to extracting resources from known deposits. Typical examples are oil drills, mine shovels, etc. At most one replacement of the existing machinery by a new one is allowed. The problem is formulated as an optimal control problem subject to the state constraint that the remaining deposit at any given time is nonnegative. We show that the optimal preventive maintenance, production rates, and the replacement and salvage times of the existing machinery and the new one, if required, can be obtained by solving sequentially a series of free-end-point optimal control problems. Moreover, an algorithm based on this result is developed and used to solve two illustrative examples.     

An improved branch-and-bound algorithm to minimize the weighted flowtime on identical parallel machines with family setup times

This article investigates identical parallel machines scheduling with family setup times. The objective function being the weighted sum of completion times, the problem is known to be strongly NP-hard. We propose a constructive heuristic algorithm and three complementary lower bounds. Two of these bounds proceed by elimination of setup times or by distributing each of them to jobs of the corresponding family, while the third one is based on a lagrangian relaxation. The bounds and the heuristic are incorporated into a branch-and-bound algorithm. Experimental results obtained outperform those of the methods presented in previous works, in term of size of solved problems.     

一种基于随机进程代数的软件性能预测方法

性能是软件系统的内在属性之一,主要取决于体系结构选择和软件设计.基于模型的性能预测方法可以在软件开发完毕前得到性能需求满足情况的评价,也可帮助系统进行性能规划和调优.使用随机进程代数PEPA对J2EE应用交互过程进行了建模,该模型描绘了远程调用过程和容器处理过程的细节,能有效反映分布式应用中影响性能的主要因素.基于PEPA模型提出了一种面向COTS系统的性能预测方法,并可用于指导改进系统的响应性和可伸缩性.通过一个J2EE实例验证了方法的有效性.     

Interval Time Series Analysis with an Application to the Sterling-Dollar Exchange Rate

Traditional econometrics has long employed ＂points＂ to measure time series data. In real life situations, however, it suffers the loss of volatility information, since many variables are bounded by intervals in a given period. To address this issue, this paper provides a new methodology for interval time series analysis. The concept of ＂interval stochastic process＂ is formally defined as a counterpart of ＂stochastic process＂ in point-based econometrics. The authors introduce the concepts of interval stationarity, interval statistics （including interval mean, interval variance, etc.） and propose an interval linear model to investigate the dynamic relationships between interval processes. A new interval-based optimization approach for estimation is proposed, and corresponding evaluation criteria are derived. To demonstrate that the new interval method provides valid results, an empirical example on the sterling-dollar exchange rate is presented.     

PDE-Based Medial Axis Extraction and Shape Manipulation of Arbitrary Meshes

Shape skeletonization （i.e., medial axis extraction） is powerful in many visual computing applications, such as pattern recognition, object segmentation, registration, and animation. In this paper, the authors expand the use of diffusion equations combined with distance field information to approximate medial axes of arbitrary 3D differential properties. It offers an alternative solids represented by polygonal meshes based on their but natural way for medial axis extraction for commonly used 3D polygonal models. By solving the PDE along time axis, this system can not only quickly extract diffusion-based medial axes of input meshes, but also allow users to visualize the extraction process at each time step. In addition, the proposed model provides users a set of manipulation toolkits to sculpt extracted medial axes, then use diffusion-based techniques to recover corresponding deformed shapes according to the original input datasets. This skeleton-based shape manipulation offers a fast and easy way for animation and deformation of complicated mesh objects.