基于强跟踪滤波器的多目标跟踪方法

在诸多的多目标跟踪算法中，相互作用多模型（IMM）算法是目前公认的最为有效的算法。但到目前为止，LMM估计方法都是建立在卡尔曼滤波器（KF）和扩展卡尔曼滤波器（EKF）基础上，因而其性能不仅依赖于所采用的模型集，而且在更大程度上依赖于所采用的滤波技术。强跟踪滤波器（STF）克服了卡尔曼和扩展卡尔曼的三大缺陷，因而设计一种基于STF的IMM目标跟踪算法显然能提高其性能。仿真实验表明，基于STF的IMM算法的跟踪性能要优于基于KF和EKF的IMM算法的跟踪性能。     

基于无极卡尔曼滤波算法的雅可比矩阵估计

在基于图像的机器人视觉伺服中,采用在线估计图像雅可比的方法,不需事先知道系统的精确模型,可以避免复杂的系统标定过程。为了有效改善图像雅可比矩阵的在线估计精度,进而提高机器人的跟踪精度,针对机器人跟踪运动目标的应用背景,提出了利用无极卡尔曼滤波算法在线估计总雅可比矩阵。在二自由度的机器人视觉伺服仿真平台上,分别用卡尔曼滤波器（KF）、粒子滤波器（PF）和无极卡尔曼滤波器（UKF）三种算法进行总雅可比矩阵的在线估计。实验结果证明,使用UKF算法的跟踪精度优于其他两种算法,时间耗费仅次于KF算法。     

用于弹道目标跟踪的新的非线性滤波算法

针对再入阶段弹道目标的跟踪问题,提出一种新的自适应滤波算法,即强跟踪有限差分扩展卡尔曼滤波（STFDEKF）算法,用于非线性系统的目标跟踪。该方法使用Sterling内插公式进行多项式的近似,从而实现对非线性函数的近似,避免了非线性函数的求导运算;并且算法中引入强跟踪的因子来修正先验的协方差矩阵。新算法改进了跟踪精度,扩大了应用范围,增强了滤波收敛性。仿真实验将新算法与扩展卡尔曼滤波器（EKF）、有限差分扩展卡尔曼滤波器（FDEKF）进行了比较,结果表明,STFDEKF在跟踪精度和滤波可靠性上均优于EKF和FDEKF,但其计算复杂性更大。得出结论,STFDEKF是个很有效的非线性滤波算法。     

一种稳健的移动机器人目标跟踪算法

为了有效地实现复杂环境下机器人运动目标跟踪,提出了一种结合卡尔曼滤波和均值漂移的目标跟踪算法.该算法首先通过帧间差法在复杂背景中获取目标模型,以机器人自身一个周期的运动作为卡尔曼滤波器的输入量,以卡尔曼滤波器的估计值作为均值漂移算法的启动点,再利用均值漂移算法得到最终目标位置,最后通过目标遮挡判定来解决遮挡问题.实验表...     

基于强跟踪平方根容积卡尔曼滤波的纯方位目标运动分析方法

针对纯方位目标跟踪系统中模型状态简化、系统噪声统计特性未知、目标初始距离信息不准确导致的滤波收敛时间长和滤波精度不高的问题,以自主水下机器人(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, AUV)跟踪水下动态目标为例,提出了一种基于强跟踪平方根容积卡尔曼滤波器(Strong Tracking Square Root Cubature Kalman Filter, STFSRCKF)的纯方位目标运动分析算法。该算法在滤波过程中,利用平方根容积卡尔曼滤波器(Square Root Cubature Kalman Filter, SRCKF)完成预测更新,对于SRCKF中的每个容积点采用强跟踪滤波器(Strong Tracking Filter, STF)进行更新,设计滤波增益以抑制噪声对系统状态估计的影响,有效提高了滤波的数值稳定性,减小了状态估计误差。通过仿真分析,比较了扩展卡尔曼滤波器(Extended Kalman Filter, EKF)、无迹卡尔曼滤波器(Unscented Kalman Filter, UKF)、平方根容积卡尔曼滤波器(Square-Root Cubature Kalman Filter, SRCKF)、STFSRCKF的算法性能,实验表明所提算法具有跟踪速度快,精度高等优点。     

卡尔曼粒子滤波的视频车辆跟踪算法研究

近年来,视频车辆跟踪作为城市智能交通系统（ITS）的一个关键技术受到关注。本文针对传统粒子滤波的非线性、非高斯性可能导致跟踪过程的不稳健性,提出一种基于卡尔曼粒子滤波的视频车辆跟踪算法,该算法利用基于重要区域的目标颜色直方图统计模型对视频车辆目标进行建模,并将其应用于卡尔曼滤波更新中,通过采用Mean Shift算法将卡尔曼滤波器引用到粒子滤波器当中,对车辆的运行轨迹进行校正,实现了局部线性滤波,实现了在保持跟踪系统整体上的非线性、非高斯性的同时,兼顾其局部的线性高斯特性。实验结果表明,本文所提出的方法与传统粒子滤波方法相比,能够更准确地对车辆进行跟踪,同时保证了在复杂环境下性能的稳健性。     

海上运动目标跟踪系统的设计

为实现对海上运动目标的实时跟踪,克服跟踪效果易受到严重遮挡影响的缺点,建立了一套实时跟踪系统,并且结合目标的运动信息与新的模型更新策略,对均值漂移与卡尔曼滤波器相结合的跟踪算法做出了改进.当运动船只被遮挡的比例较大时,先用估计出的目标速度矢量更新卡尔曼滤波器,并用相应的模型更新策略更新目标模型以提高模型相似性度量的精确性,再单独利用滤波器进行跟踪,取得了较好的跟踪效果.实验结果表明,该系统可以较好地实现海上运动目标的跟踪,并且改进后的算法具有良好的实时性和鲁棒性.     

AR预测模型的IMM跟踪算法

针对LOS/NLOS混合条件下对机动目标的鲁棒跟踪问题,提出一种基于AR预测模型的交互式多模型（Interacting Multiple Model,IMM）跟踪算法（ARIMM）。该算法利用AR预测模型对运动状态建模,针对LOS与NLOS条件下观测噪声的分布不同分别使用无迹卡尔曼滤波器（Unscented Kalman Filter,UKF）和改进的无迹卡尔曼滤波器（Robust Unscented Kalman Filter,RUKF）,通过IMM方法估计出移动台的位置,利用该位置更新AR模型的参数,使AR模型与真实运动状态更加匹配,实现精确跟踪。仿真结果表明,在LOS/NLOS混合条件下,与传统的UKF和RUKF算法相比,该算法对机动目标跟踪的鲁棒性更好。     

基于PF和UKF的水下目标运动估计方法研究

针对无人水下航行器（UUV）目标跟踪控制需求,分别提出了水下目标的粒子滤波（PF）和无迹卡尔曼滤波（UKF）运动估计方法,建立了目标运动参考坐标系,给出了坐标系之间转换基本方法;设计了建立了目标的典型运动模型和非线性随机运动模型,利用前视声呐实测实验数据,完成水下目标运动估计。通过与扩展卡尔曼滤波器（EKF）的目标运动估计对比仿真实验,验证了PF和UKF两种目标运动估计方法的有效性。     

基于IMM-UKF的纯方位机动目标跟踪算法

针对在非线性机动目标跟踪中存在的滤波器易发散、跟踪误差大等问题,本文在多站纯方位跟踪的基础上,把Unscented卡尔曼滤波(Unscented Kalman filter,UKF)引进到交互多模型算法(Interacting multiple model,IMM)中,设计了交互多模型UKF滤波算法,克服了EKF中引入的较大线性化误差对机动目标跟踪算法性能的影响.最后将该算法与扩展卡尔曼滤波(EKF)、IMM-EKF算法进行了比较,仿真结果表明:IMM-UKF 算法增强了EKF滤波器的稳定性,提高了滤波收敛速度和跟踪精度.     

European Community policy and the market

Abstract This paper starts with some reflections on the policy considerations and priorities which are shaping European Commission (EC) research programmes. Then it attempts to position the current projects which seek to capitalise on information and communications technologies for learning in relation to these priorities and the apparent realities of the marketplace. It concludes that while there are grounds to be optimistic about the contribution EC programmes can make to the efficiency and standard of education and training, they are still too technology driven.     

一种自适应子融合集成多分类器方法

融合集成方法已经广泛应用在模式识别领域,然而一些基分类器实时性能稳定性较差,导致多分类器融合性能差,针对上述问题本文提出了一种新的基于多分类器的子融合集成分类器系统。该方法考虑在度量层融合层次之上通过对各类基多分类器进行动态选择,票数最多的类别作为融合系统中对特征向量识别的类别,构成一种新的自适应子融合集成分类器方法。实验表明,该方法比传统的分类器以及分类融合方法识别准确率明显更高,具有更好的鲁棒性。     

Explanation and prediction: an architecture for default and abductive reasoning

Although there are many arguments that logic is an appropriate tool for artificial intelligence, there has been a perceived problem with the monotonicity of classical logic. This paper elaborates on the idea that reasoning should be viewed as theory formation where logic tells us the consequences of our assumptions. The two activities of predicting what is expected to be true and explaining observations are considered in a simple theory formation framework. Properties of each activity are discussed, along with a number of proposals as to what should be predicted or accepted as reasonable explanations. An architecture is proposed to combine explanation and prediction into one coherent framework. Algorithms used to implement the system as well as examples from a running implementation are given.     

Three Process Perspectives: Organizations, Teams, and People

This paper provides the author's personal views and perspectives on software process improvement. Starting with his first work on technology assessment in IBM over 20 years ago, Watts Humphrey describes the process improvement work he has been directly involved in. This includes the development of the early process assessment methods, the original design of the CMM, and the introduction of the Personal Software Process (PSP)^SM and Team Software Process (TSP){^SM}. In addition to describing the original motivation for this work, the author also reviews many of the problems he and his associates encountered and why they solved them the way they did. He also comments on the outstanding issues and likely directions for future work. Finally, this work has built on the experiences and contributions of many people. Mr. Humphrey only describes work that he was personally involved in and he names many of the key contributors. However, so many people have been involved in this work that a full list of the important participants would be impractical.     

基于复小波噪声方差显著修正的SAR图像去噪

提出了一种基于复小波域统计建模与噪声方差估计显著性修正相结合的合成孔径雷达(Synthetic Aperture Radar,SAR)图像斑点噪声滤波方法。该方法首先通过对数变换将乘性噪声模型转化为加性噪声模型,然后对变换后的图像进行双树复小波变换(Dualtree Complex Wavelet Transform,DCWT),并对复数小波系数的统计分布进行建模。在此先验分布的基础上,通过运用贝叶斯估计方法从含噪系数中恢复原始系数,达到滤除噪声的目的。实验结果表明该方法在去除噪声的同时保留了图像的细节信息,取得了很好的降噪效果。     

How do children do mathematics with LOGO?

Abstract  This paper considers some results of a study designed to investigate the kinds of mathematical activity undertaken by children (aged between 8 and 11) as they learned to program in LOGO. A model of learning modes is proposed, which attempts to describe the ways in which children used and acquired understanding of the programming/mathematical concepts involved. The remainder of the paper is concerned with discussing the validity and limitations of the model, and its implications for further research and curriculum development.     

Editorial: Special issue on recent advances in hybrid control theory and applications

正The demands of a rapidly advancing technology for faster and more accurate controllers have always had a strong influence on the progress of automatic control theory.In recent years control problems have been arising with increasing frequency in widely different areas,which cannot be addressed using conventional control techniques.The principal reason for this is the fact that a highly competitive economy is forcing systems to operate in regimes where     

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正Aim The Journals of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE(A/B/C)areedited by the international board of distinguished Chinese andforeign scientists,and are aimed to present the latest devel-opments and achievements in scientific research in China andoverseas to the world’s scientific circles,especially to stimulateand promote academic exchange between Chinese and for-eign scientists everywhere.     

Enhancing a leaf radiative transfer model to estimate concentrations and in vivo specific absorption coefficients of total carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b from single-needle reflectance and transmittance

The relative concentrations of different pigments within a leaf have significant physiological and spectral consequences. Photosynthesis, light use efficiency, mass and energy exchange, and stress response are dependent on relationships among an ensemble of pigments. This ensemble also determines the visible characteristics of a leaf, which can be measured remotely and used to quantify leaf biochemistry and structure. But current remote sensing approaches are limited in their ability to resolve individual pigments. This paper focuses on the incorporation of three pigments—chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total carotenoids—into the LIBERTY leaf radiative transfer model to better understand relationships between leaf biochemical, biophysical, and spectral properties.Pinus ponderosa and Pinus jeffreyi needles were collected from three sites in the California Sierra Nevada. Hemispheric single-leaf visible reflectance and transmittance and concentrations of chlorophylls a and b and total carotenoids of fresh needles were measured. These data were input to the enhanced LIBERTY model to estimate optical and biochemical properties of pine needles. The enhanced model successfully estimated reflectance (RMSE = 0.0255, BIAS = 0.00477, RMS%E = 16.7%), had variable success estimating transmittance (RMSE = 0.0442, BIAS = 0.0294, RMS%E = 181%), and generated very good estimates of carotenoid concentrations (RMSE = 2.48 µg/cm², BIAS = 0.143 µg/cm², RMS%E = 20.4%), good estimates of chlorophyll a concentrations (RMSE = 10.7 µg/cm², BIAS = − 0.992 µg/cm², RMS%E = 21.1%), and fair estimates of chlorophyll b concentrations (RMSE = 7.49 µg/cm², BIAS = − 2.12 µg/cm², RMS%E = 43.7%). Overall root mean squared errors of reflectance, transmittance, and pigment concentration estimates were lower for the three-pigment model than for the single-pigment model. The algorithm to estimate three in vivo specific absorption coefficients is robust, although estimated values are distorted by inconsistencies in model biophysics. The capacity to invert the model from single-leaf reflectance and transmittance was added to the model so it could be coupled with vegetation canopy models to estimate canopy biochemistry from remotely sensed data.     

Mr. Twinn’s bombes

This article discusses the history and design of the special versions of the bombe key-finding machines used by Britain’s Government Code & Cypher School (GC&CS) during World War II to attack the Enigma traffic of the Abwehr (the German military intelligence service). These special bombes were based on the design of their more numerous counterparts used against the traffic of the German armed services, but differed from them in important ways that highlight the adaptability of the British bombe design, and the power and flexibility of the diagonal board. Also discussed are the changes in the Abwehr indicating system that drove the development of these machines, the ingenious ways in which they were used, and some related developments involving the bombes used by the U.S. Navy’s cryptanalytic unit (OP-20-G).