Foveation-Based Error Resilience and Unequal Error Protection over Mobile Networks

By exploiting new human-machine interface techniques, such as visual eyetrackers, it should be possible to develop more efficient visual multimedia services associated with low bandwidth, dynamic channel adaptation and robust visual data transmission. In this paper, we introduce foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection techniques over highly error-prone mobile networks. Each frame is spatially divided into foveated and background layers according to perceptual importance. Perceptual importance is determined either through an eye tracker or by manually selecting a region of interest. We attempt to improve reconstructed visual quality by maintaining the high visual source throughput of the foveated layer using foveation-based error resilience and error correction using a combination of turbo codes and ARQ (automatic reQuest). In order to alleviate the degradation of visual quality, a foveation based bitstream partitioning is developed. In an effort to increase the source throughput of the foveated layer, we develop unequal delay-constrained ARQ (automatic reQuest) and rate compatible punctured turbo codes where the punctual pattern of RCPC (rate compatible punctured convolutional) codes in H.223 Annex C is used. In the simulation, the visual quality is significantly increased in the area of interest using foveation-based error resilience and unequal error protection; (as much as 3 dB FPSNR (foveal peak signal to noise ratio) improvement) at 40% packet error rate. Over real-fading statistics measured in the downtown area of Austin, Texas, the visual quality is increased up to 1.5 dB in PSNR and 1.8 dB in FPSNR at a channel SNR of 5 dB.     

双谱估计在导引头信号检测与处理中的应用

双谱估计是一种应用广泛的高阶谱估计。将双谱估计应用于超宽带导引头信号检测与处理系统中,为导引头信号处理中的平滑和滤波增添了一种新的方法。仿真结果表明该方法是有效的。     

非线性系统Wiener模型辨识

本文采用不同幅值的三电平伪随机m序列作为输入信号,辨识了离散非线性系统Wiener 模型的线性脉冲响应函数和非线性增益系数.同时讨论了参数估计的统计特性及其区间估 计,并附有仿真结果.     

局部散射源参数估计的非线性算子方法

本文利用单次快摄数据的两个非线性算子估计局部散射源中心波达方向和角扩展,与多维参数搜索和其他低复杂性的局部散射源参数估计算法不同,非线性算子方法给出了单次快摄的局部散射源参数估计的闭式解,无需进行多维搜索和子空间分解。     

Cost estimates to guide pre-selection of processes

A process is a method of shaping, joining or surface-treating a material. Process selection has three steps. The first is to identify from the ‘menu’ of all available processes, the subset, which can give a chosen material the desired shape with the desired detail, precision and finish. The second is to choose, from among these, the ones that will do so at the lowest cost. The final step is to investigate the most promising processes in depth, exploring considerations such as availability, in-house experience, safety and environmental issues. The first two steps can be thought of as process pre-selection. Components have to be assembled and finished to create products. Here too, the ability to rank by cost, however crudely, helps guide pre-selection. Cost models are reviewed from the perspective of material and process selection. An approximate model is useful provided it has generality—that is, it must allow comparison of very different processes. Many approaches fail in this. One that works, based on resource consumption, is developed here and its use for selection is illustrated. It has been implemented as part of a tool that allows rapid pre-selection from a database of 112 processes.     

一种空间自适应小波门限去噪算法

提出了一种空间自适应小波门限去噪算法,该算法在小波域对含噪小波系数做两次自适应去噪,两次自适应门限分别基于最大似然(ML)方差估计和最大后验概率(MAP)方差估计.仿真结果表明,该算法与其它自适应门限去噪算法相比,去噪后的图象具有更高的峰值信噪比(PSNR).     

Robust Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting System with Error-Resilient Schemes

In this paper, error-resilient schemes are proposed to support robust video transmission for digital terrestrial TV broadcasting (DTTB). In particular, a temporal error concealment incorporated with a low-complexity block-matching is developed, achieving an effective reception of predictive pictures in harsh terrestrial environment. Special algorithms are also designed for isolated I-pictures. Moreover, combined with an intra/inter case prediction, an adaptive error concealment scheme is further contrived to fit for different error conditions. Extensive simulations have been conducted under various DTTB channel conditions, even with a very high packet error rate, to verify the effectiveness of the proposed schemes.     

定容气田开发规划概算法

基于物质平衡方程、产能方程和递减方程的结合,提出了定容气田开发规划的概算法.该法可用于预测地层压力、井底流动压力、井口流动压力和稳产年限.实际应用表明,本文提供的方法是实用有效的.     

A semiparametric model for compositional data analysis in presence of covariates on the simplex

Compositional data occur as natural realizations of multivariate observations comprising element proportions of some whole quantity. Such observations predominate in disciplines like geology, biology, ecology, economics and chemistry. Due to unit sum constraint on compositional data, specialized statistical methods are required for analyzing these data. Dirichlet distributions were originally used to study compositional data even though this family of distribution is not appropriate (see Aitchison, 1986) because of their extreme independence properties. Aitchison (1982) endeavored to provide a viable alternative to existing methods by employing Logistic Normal distribution to analyze such constrained data. However this family does not include the Dirichlet class and is therefore unable to address the issue of extreme independence. In this paper generalized Liouville family is investigated to model compositional data which includes covariates. This class permits distributions that admit negative or mixed correlation and also contains non-Dirichlet distributions with non-positive correlation and overcomes deficits in the Dirichlet class. Semiparametric Bayesian methods are proposed to estimate the probability density. Predictive distributions are used to assess performance of the model. The methods are illustrated on a real data set.     

A Bayesian model for measurements on a set of instruments

A Bayesian model is proposed based on randomizing the systematic errors of the instruments. Conditions are identified under which the randomization reduces the expected bias in estimating a measured quantity. __________ Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 22–25, March, 2007.