Remote sensing image fusion based on Bayesian linear estimation

A new remote sensing image fusion method based on statistical parameter estimation is proposed in this paper. More specially, Bayesian linear estimation (BLE) is applied to observation models between remote sensing images with different spa- tial and spectral resolutions. The proposed method only estimates the mean vector and covariance matrix of the high-resolution multispectral (MS) images, instead of assuming the joint distribution between the panchromatic (PAN) image and low-resolution multispectral image. Furthermore, the proposed method can enhance the spatial resolution of several principal components of MS images, while the traditional Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method is limited to enhance only the first principal component. Experimental results with real MS images and PAN image of Landsat ETM demonstrate that the proposed method performs better than traditional methods based on statistical parameter estimation, PCA-based method and wavelet-based method.     

一种基于可传递置信模型的分布智能体决策融合方法*

在分析与研究对抗性多机器人系统决策问题的基础上,提出了一种基于可传递置信模型的多智能体决策融合方法;构建了决策融合体系架构,分别设计了基于证据推理的观测智能体模型,基于TBM的决策智能体模型以及决策融合中心模型,给出了相应的算法。通过在机器人足球中的应用及仿真实验,体现了本方法在对抗性多机器人系统中决策制定的良好性能及效果。     

基于可传递置信模型的模拟电路融合诊断方法研究

本文提出了一种有效的基于可转移置信模型的模拟电路故障融合诊断方法,解决模拟电路诊断中故障特征信息缺乏和决策融合中异质信息不相容等问题。该法首先采用所提出的电路温度故障信息的提取规则,将获得的温度故障信息输入隶属度函数进行故障预识别,再结合基于可测点电压神经网络故障预识别结果,利用可传递置信模型进行电路融合诊断。通过具体电路实验仿真,表明了该方法的有效性,提高了模拟电路融合诊断准确率。     

量测不确定下多传感器一致性数据融合算法

针对量测不确定下多传感器信息采集系统中数据有效融合处理,提出一种量测数据一致性融合算法.首先,引入马氏距离实现两传感器量测数据一致性的近似估计;然后,结合模糊理论中隶属度函数的性质定义一种度量局部量测信息提取和利用效率的支持度函数,进而构建综合全局量测数据间相互支持程度的支持度矩阵;最后,通过对支持度矩阵的计算求解各传感器量测数据在评估系统状态估计中的权重,并通过加权融合方式实现对系统状态真值的估计.理论分析和仿真实验验证了算法的有效性.     

Fault isolation for multivariate nonlinear non-Gaussian systems using generalized entropy optimization principle

This paper is concerned with the fault isolation (FI) problem for multivariate nonlinear non-Gaussian systems by using a novel filtering method. The generalized entropy optimization principle (GEOP) is established for non-Gaussian systems with multiple faults and disturbances, where the statistic information including entropy and mean of the residual variable is maximized in the presence of the target fault as well as all the nuisance faults and disturbances, and is minimized in the absence of the target fault but in the presence of the nuisance faults and disturbances. Different from the existing results where the output is measurable for feedback, the fault isolation filter is designed and driven by the joint output stochastic distributions rather than its deterministic value. The error dynamics is represented by a multivariate nonlinear non-Gaussian system, for which new recursive relationships are proposed to formulate the joint probability density functions (JPDFs) of the residual variable in terms of the JPDFs of the noises and the faults. Finally, a simulation example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed multivariate FI algorithms.     

Box particle filtering for nonlinear state estimation using interval analysis

In recent years particle filters have been applied to a variety of state estimation problems. A particle filter is a sequential Monte Carlo Bayesian estimator of the posterior density of the state using weighted particles. The efficiency and accuracy of the filter depend mostly on the number of particles used in the estimation and on the propagation function used to re-allocate weights to these particles at each iteration. If the imprecision, i.e. bias and noise, in the available information is high, the number of particles needs to be very large in order to obtain good performances. This may give rise to complexity problems for a real-time implementation. This kind of imprecision can easily be represented by interval data if the maximum error is known. Handling interval data is a new approach successfully applied to different real applications. In this paper, we propose an extension of the particle filter algorithm able to handle interval data and using interval analysis and constraint satisfaction techniques. In standard particle filtering, particles are punctual states associated with weights whose likelihoods are defined by a statistical model of the observation error. In the box particle filter, particles are boxes associated with weights whose likelihood is defined by a bounded model of the observation error. Experiments using actual data for global localization of a vehicle show the usefulness and the efficiency of the proposed approach.     

Comparison of estimates using record statistics from Weibull model: Bayesian and non-Bayesian approaches

This paper develops a Bayesian analysis in the context of record statistics values from the two-parameter Weibull distribution. The ML and the Bayes estimates based on record values are derived for the two unknown parameters and some survival time parameters e.g. reliability and hazard functions. The Bayes estimates are obtained based on a conjugate prior for the scale parameter and a discrete prior for the shape parameter of this model. This is done with respect to both symmetric loss function (squared error loss), and asymmetric loss function (linear-exponential (LINEX)) loss function. The maximum likelihood and the different Bayes estimates are compared via a Monte Carlo simulation study. A practical example consisting of real record values using the data from an accelerated test on insulating fluid reported by Nelson was used for illustration and comparison. Finally, Bayesian predictive density function, which is necessary to obtain bounds for predictive interval of future record is derived and discussed using a numerical example. The results may be of interest in a situation where only record values are stored.