New Paradigm of Data-Driven Smart Customisation through Digital Twin

Big data is one of the most important resources for the promotion of smart customisation. With access to data from multiple sources, manufacturers can provide on-demand and customised products. However, existing research of smart customisation has focused on data generated from the physical world, not virtual models. As physical data is constrained by what has already occurred, it is limited in the identification of new areas to improve customer satisfaction. A new technology called digital twin aims to achieve this integration of physical and virtual entities. Incorporation of digital twin into the paradigm of existing data-driven smart customisation will make the process more responsive, adaptable and predictive. This paper presents a new framework of data-driven smart customisation augmented by digital twin. The new framework aims to facilitate improved collaboration of all stakeholders in the customisation process. A case study of the elevator industry illustrates the efficacy of the proposed framework.     

An online multiple object tracker based on structure keeper net

We propose a novel online multiple object tracker taking structure information into account. State-of-the-art multi-object tracking (MOT) approaches commonly focus on discriminative appearance features, while neglect in different levels structure information and the core of data association. Addressing this, we design a new tracker fully exploiting structure information and encoding such information into the cost function of the graph matching model. Firstly, a new measurement is proposed to compare the structure similarity of two graphs whose nodes are equal. With this measurement, we define a complete matching which performs association in high efficiency. Secondly, for incomplete matching scenarios, a structure keeper net (SKnet) is designed to adaptively establish the graph for matching. Finally, we conduct extensive experiments on benchmarks including MOT2015 and MOT17. The results demonstrate the competitiveness and practicability of our tracker.

     

基于智能软开关的三相不平衡配电网动态重构策略

针对单相分布式电源（DG）的接入会加剧配电网不平衡程度、增大网络损耗,且在严重不平衡时影响系统安全运行的问题,提出计及智能软开关（SOP）的三相不平衡配电网动态重构策略。首先,构建考虑SOP和DG电流不平衡度约束的三相不平衡配电网动态重构模型;然后,针对模型的非凸性将原模型转化为混合整数线性规划模型;最后,对改进的IEEE34节点配电网和某地78节点实际配电网进行算例分析,结果表明所提模型和策略可在保证配电网的安全运行的同时提升配电网的经济效益。     

Guaranteed cost control analysis and iterative design for constrained Takagi–Sugeno systems

This paper presents a novel control design technique in order to obtain a guaranteed cost fuzzy controller subject to constraints on the input channel. This guaranteed cost control law is obtained via multi-parametric quadratic programming. The result is a piecewise fuzzy control law where the state partition is defined by fuzzy inequalities. The parameters of the Lyapunov function can be obtained previously using Linear Matrix Inequalities optimization.     

Optimal back-off point determination and controller weight selection for multivariate systems under finite-horizon control

Plant economic performance is most often related to the operating point, specifically the mean values of the process variables; meanwhile, most existing performance assessment techniques involve examining the variances or covariances of the controlled variables. A combined approach is to determine the appropriate trade-off between variances of different process variables in order to operate the plant at the point that provides maximum economic benefit while satisfying the operating constraints. This problem is referred to as the minimum backed-off operating point selection, and previous works have formulated it as a non-convex constrained optimization problem. In the current work, a new technique is introduced that can provide the optimal plant operating point. Additionally, this method provides the weights for a finite horizon controller that results in the optimal trade-off in process variable variances that will allow satisfaction of the operating constraints at the optimal operating point. In this method, the plant and disturbance models for the given process are used to generate data representing possible trade-offs between process variable standard deviations. Employing a piecewise linear regression to describe the sample points of this standard deviations data allows for the operating point selection problem to be solved as a small number of linear programs. The advantages of this approach are demonstrated through the use of mathematical and simulation case studies.     

An intelligent θ-Modified Bat Algorithm to solve the non-convex economic dispatch problem considering practical constraints

This paper proposes a practical formulation for the non-convex economic dispatch problem to consider multi-fuel options, ramp rate limits, valve loading effect, prohibited operating zones and spinning reserve. A new optimization algorithm based on the θ-bat algorithm (θ-BA) is suggested to solve the problem. The θ-BA converts the Cartesian search space into the polar coordinates such that more search ability would be achieved. According to the complex, nonlinear, and constrained nature of the problem, a new self-adaptive modification method is proposed. The proposed modified θ-BA (θ-MBA) is constructed based on the roulette wheel mechanism to effectively increase the convergence of the algorithm. The high ability and satisfying performance of the proposed optimization method is examined on IEEE 15-unit, 40-unit and 100-unit test systems.     

Cluster ensembles: A survey of approaches with recent extensions and applications

Cluster ensembles have been shown to be better than any standard clustering algorithm at improving accuracy and robustness across different data collections. This meta-learning formalism also helps users to overcome the dilemma of selecting an appropriate technique and the corresponding parameters, given a set of data to be investigated. Almost two decades after the first publication of a kind, the method has proven effective for many problem domains, especially microarray data analysis and its down-streaming applications. Recently, it has been greatly extended both in terms of theoretical modelling and deployment to problem solving. The survey attempts to match this emerging attention with the provision of fundamental basis and theoretical details of state-of-the-art methods found in the present literature. It yields the ranges of ensemble generation strategies, summarization and representation of ensemble members, as well as the topic of consensus clustering. This review also includes different applications and extensions of cluster ensemble, with several research issues and challenges being highlighted.     

Probabilistic load flow calculation with quasi-Monte Carlo and multiple linear regression

In this paper, quasi-Monte Carlo combined with multiple linear regression (QMC-MLR) is proposed to solve probabilistic load flow (PLF) calculation. A distinguishing feature of the paper is that PLF is approached by a low-dimensional problem with the concept of the effective dimension, and thus QMC based on low-discrepancy sequences is used to improve the sampling efficiency of the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). Moreover, according to the relationship between linear correlation and linear regression, the MLR-based correlation control technique is developed to arrange the orders of samples in order to introduce prescribed dependences between variables. The proposed method is tested with the IEEE 118-bus system. Simulation results indicate that the MLR-based technique is robust and efficient in handling correlated non-normal variables and the proposed method shows better performances in PLF calculation compared with other MCS techniques, including simple random sampling (SRS), Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) and Latin supercube sampling (LSS).     

基于数据驱动建模的核电站一回路管道劣化趋势研究

提出一种基于管道状态数据的分析方法，可得到管道劣化趋势，有助于预防管道劣化引起的泄漏。具体方法是通过融合主观专家经验层次分析法和客观大数据分析熵权法的优点，定量地构建一回路管道的改进马氏距离健康度模型，进而应用融合卷积神经网络和长短期记忆神经网络的组合预测模型，对一回路管道未来的劣化泄漏情况做出趋势分析和预判。仿真结果表明，构建的健康度模型能够较好的反映出一回路管道的真实健康状态；组合 预测模型可以有效地预测一回路管道劣化泄漏的趋势，为保障设备的安全稳定运行提供 参考。     

Simultaneously improving the electrical properties and long-term stability of ZnO varistor ceramics by reversely manipulating intrinsic point defects

Excellent electrical properties and the improved long-term stability of ZnO varistor ceramics were simultaneously achieved by doping NiO. The microstructural features were investigated using X-ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy, while the intrinsic point defects were characterized using frequency domain dielectric spectroscopy and verified by photoluminescence and Raman spectra. The results indicated that in the ZnO varistor ceramics, a reverse manipulation of donor point defects, i.e., suppressing mobile zinc interstitial but increasing stable oxygen vacancy, was achieved. The long-term stability of NiO-doped ZnO ceramics was improved via a decrease in zinc interstitial density, with a degradation rate of 0.064 μA cm^?2 h^?0.5. Meanwhile, due to an increase in oxygen vacancy density, the excellent nonlinear current–voltage performance, i.e., a high nonlinear coefficient (72.9), low leakage current density (0.08 μA cm^?2), and low grain resistivity (13.43 × 10^?3 Ω m), was maintained. The findings of this study provide a possible method for developing high-performance ZnO varistor ceramics by manipulating point defects.