Neural network approach for modification and fitting of digitized data in reverse engineering

Reverse engineering in the manufacturing field is a process in which the digitized data are obtained from an existing object model or a part of it, and then the CAD model is reconstructed. This paper presents an RBF neural network approach to modify and fit the digitized data. The centers for the RBF are selected by using the orthogonal least squares learning algorithm. A mathematically known surface is used for generating a number of samples for training the networks. The trained networks then generated a number of new points which were compared with the calculating points from the equations. Moreover, a series of practice digitizing curves are used to test the approach. The results showed that this approach is effective in modifying and fitting digitized data and generating data points to reconstruct the surface model.     

Performance analysis of an iSCSI-based unified storage network

In this paper, we introduced a novel storage architecture “Unified Storage Network“, which merges NAC( Network Attached Channel) and SAN( Storage Area Network) , and provides the file I/O services as NAS devices and provides the block I/O services as SAN. To overcome the drawbacks from FC, we employ iSCSI to implement the USN( Unified Storage Network) . To evaluate whether iSCSI is more suitable for implementing the USN, we analyze iSCSI protocol and compare it with FC protocol from several components of a network protocol which impact the performance of the network. From the analysis and comparison, we can conclude that the iSCSI is more suitable for implementing the storage network than the FC under condition of the wide-area network. At last, we designed two groups of experiments carefully.     

Optically aimed ear movements in the rabbit

Zusammenfassung Durch Bewegungssehen ausgelöste Ohrmuschelbewegungen beim Kaninchen werden registriert. Die Ohrmuscheln werden dem Objekt zugewendet. Umgekehrt wie beim Menschen, wo akustische Reize eine gerichtete Blickwendung auszulösen vermögen, erfolgt hier auf visuellen Reiz hin eine gerichtete Ohrmuschelwendung.