Key techniques for predicting the uncertain trajectories of moving objects with dynamic environment awareness

Railway Engineering Science - Emerging technologies of wireless and mobile communication enable people to accumulate a large volume of time-stamped locations, which appear in the form of a...     

Thermoelectric properties of Ca3Co4O9 ceramics

Ca₃Co₄O₉ ceramics were prepared using the sol-gel process with ordinary pressing sintering and their thermoelectric properties were measured from room temperature to 673 K. The experimental results show that single phase Ca₃Co₄O₉ can be fabricated at 750–900 °C in different citrate acid molar proportions for 0.2–1.0. For all the oxides, both the Seebeck coefficients S and the electrical conductivities κ increase with the increasing temperature. The Seebeck coefficients S are all positive. The thermal conductivities k increase with the increasing temperature also and the lattice thermal conductivity κ _l plays an important role to the thermal conductivity κ. The citrate acid molar proportions have a large influence on the particle sizes, which influences the thermoelectric properties of the ceramics. The figure of merit increases with the increasing temperature and reaches 4.5×10⁻⁵ K⁻¹ at 573 K for the sample in the citrate acid molar proportion of 0.46.     

改进教与学优化算法的LQR控制器优化设计

为了快速有效地确定线性二次最优控制(linear quadratic regulator,LQR)问题中的加权矩阵Q和R,针对主动悬架LQR控制器权系数设计问题,提出一种改进的教与学优化算法进行LQR优化设计。算法对基本教与学优化算法中的"教"与"学"阶段进行了进一步的改进,同时提出一种"自我学习"策略。通过仿真实验表明,和基本教与学算法、粒子群算法、遗传算法相比,本文算法在对主动悬架LQR控制器优化时,具有收敛速度快,求解精度高和稳定性强等优势。     

Fusion of smartphone sensor data for classification of daily user activities

Multimedia Tools and Applications - New mobile applications need to estimate user activities by using sensor data provided by smart wearable devices and deliver context-aware solutions to users...     

Conceptualization,measurement, and application of semantic transparency in visual notations

Numerous visual notations are present in technical and business domains. Notations have to be cognitively effective to ease the planning, documentation, and communication of the domains’ concepts. Semantic transparency (ST) is one of the elementary principles that influence notations’ cognitive effectiveness. However, the principle is criticized for not being well defined and challenges arise in the evaluations and applications of ST. Accordingly, this research’s objectives were to answer how the ST principle is defined, operationalized, and evaluated in present notations as well as applied in the design of new notations in ICT and related areas. To meet these objectives, a systematic literature review was conducted with 94 studies passing the selection process criteria. The results reject one of the three aspects, which define semantic transparency, namely “ST is achieved with the use of icons.” Besides, taxonomies of related concepts and research methods, evaluation metrics, and other findings from this study can help to conduct verifiable ST-related experiments and applications, consequently improving the visual vocabularies of notations and effectiveness of the resulting diagrams.

     

Effect of deposition time on microstructures and growth behavior of ZrC coatings prepared by low pressure chemical vapor deposition with the Br<Subscript>2</Subscript>-Zr-C<Subscript>3</Subscript>H<Subscript>6</Subscript>-H<Subscript>2</Subscript>-Ar System

ZrC coatings were deposited on graphite substrates by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) with the Br₂-Zr-C₃H₆-H₂-Ar system. The effects of deposition time on the microstructures and growth behavior of ZrC coatings were investigated. ZrC coating grew in an island-layer mode. The formation of coating was dominated by the nucleation of ZrC in the initial 20 minutes, and the rapid nucleation generated a fine-grained structure of ZrC coating. When the deposition time was over 30 min, the growth of coating was dominated by that of crystals, giving a column-arranged structure. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed that the molar ratio of carbon to zirconium was near 1:1 in ZrC coating, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that ZrC was the main phase in coatings, accompanied by about 2.5mol% ZrO₂ minor phase.     

多视无人机影像环形拼接算法

由于多视无人机影像拼接时误差的传播和累计经常导致拼接图扭曲偏斜或者拼接的失败.针对这个问题提出了构建拼接环并以多级拼接作为辅助的拼接策略.首先将待拼接图像分为多组,每组中以环形方式进行拼接,然后利用SIFT进行匹配,RANSAC实现误匹配的去除,而后计算透视变换关系,最后通过平差方程将误差削弱.通过实拍无人机影像进行的拼接实验表明该方式可以有效减少累计误差的影响,提高拼接精度.该方法的提出可以作为影像拼接消除累计误差的有效方式之一.     

基于Costas编码脉冲串的低截获声呐波形设计方法

针对声呐低截获波形设计,提出了一种基于有限域理论的Costas编码脉冲串跳频信号构建方法。该方法根据整数集合生成有限域的充分性定理和有限域中本原元的存在性定理,在给定素数p的条件下,构造了包含p个元素的有限域,给出了该有限域中本原元的求解方法以及递推公式,该方法可以通过大数值模除运算来构造高阶次Costas阵列。实验结果表明,基于有限域理论的Costas编码脉冲串跳频信号具有较小的非循环互相关系数和"图钉"状的模糊度函数,具有好的多普勒频率分辨率和时延分辨率,对于低截获声呐设计具有重要的实用价值。     

行走在华夏文化的摇篮中——西北和中原城市一瞥

自古以来,我们一直把黄河称作是中华民族的摇篮,是哺育华夏文明的母亲河,因为农耕文明的诞生和延续,需要与之相匹配的自然环境。在计划经济时代,中原地区的3个一级城市特色各异：郑州是省会城市,开封是消费城市,洛阳是重工业城市。现在的中原城市群是7大国家级城市群之一,它以郑州为中心,以洛阳为副中心,以开封等地区性中心城市为节点,构成了紧密联系圈。     

枝向量矩阵反馈环算法的MATLAB实现*

找到系统中的全部反馈环是系统动力学模型分析的基础。针对这一问题,比较了几种常见的反馈环计算方法,得出在时间复杂度上矩阵算法优于行列式算法。在计算机上用MATLAB实现了基于流率基本入树和强简化流率基本入树枝向量矩阵计算所有反馈环的矩阵算法,分析了算法的复杂性,并给出了相应的算例。