现代信息融合技术的哲学思考

该文介绍了现代信息融合技术的出现和发展过程,详细地分析了该技术对现代科技发展的影响,系统地对信息融合与战争、经济、文化之间的关系进行了阐述,并从哲学分析的角度提出了信息融合是科学技术生态转向时期的历史必然。最后结合这一问题总结了其对人类社会进步的意义和弊端。     

模糊集对于软件可靠性评价的应用

该文将模糊集的相关理论应用到软件可靠性评价上面,取得了较好的评价效果。论文首先介绍了模糊集的相关理论,利用在软件工程中具有一定模糊度的“软件可靠性”的概念对软件可靠性评价方法进行了论述。该方法无论是理论上,还是在软件可靠性评价中的应用方面,都充分体现了模糊集的特殊价值,并值得计算机软件人员在今后进行较为深入的研究。     

分布式环境下的多摄像机标定

针对分布式环境下多摄像机的标定问题,我们提出了一种切实可行的多摄像机标定方法。标定过程仅需要各摄像机拍摄下包含激光点的图像即可。在整个标定过程中利用了所有图像的信息,因此比以往的方法具有更好的鲁棒性。整个标定操作过程方便,易于实现。实验结果表明,该方法是一种有效的多摄像机标定方法。     

Improved delay‐dependent absolute stability and robust stability for a class of nonlinear systems with a time‐varying delay

This paper investigates the problem of the absolute stability of Lur'e systems with a time‐varying delay. By considering the relationships among the time‐varying delay, its upper bound, and the difference between them, less conservative delay‐dependent stability criteria are obtained and formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities, without ignoring any useful terms in the derivative of a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. Numerical example shows that the results obtained in this paper are better than the previous results. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A comparative study of two techniques for improving power‐handling capability of CMOS T/R switches

This article proposes an asymmetric topology for transmit/receive (T/R) switches and more importantly presents a comparative study of both LC‐tuned and resistive body‐floating techniques for improving the power‐handling capability of the T/R switches in the same 0.18‐μm triple‐well CMOS. It is shown from simulations and measurements that the switches adopting either technique achieve comparable performances. For instance, the switch employing the LC‐tuned body‐floating technique exhibits insertion loss of 1.5 dB, isolation of 23.5 dB, and power‐handling capability of 22.5 dBm at 5.2 GHz, whereas the switch using the resistive body‐floating technique exhibits insertion loss of 1.3 dB, isolation of 24 dB, and power‐handling capability of 22.2 dBm, respectively. Therefore, one can conclude that the asymmetric topology with the resistive body‐floating technique is more suitable for designing T/R switches for wireless local area network applications as it consumes smaller silicon area. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2010.     

Impact of DEM accuracy and resolution on topographic indices

Topography is an important land-surface characteristic that affects most aspects of the water balance in a catchment, including the generation of surface and sub-surface runoff; the flow paths followed by water as it moves down and through hillslopes and the rate of water movement. All of the spatially explicit fully distributed hydraulic and hydrological models use topography (represented by the DEM of the area modelled) to derive bathymetry. DEM is also used to derive some other key information critical in fully distributed hydraulic and hydrological models.With high-resolution DEMs such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) becoming more readily available and also with the advancements in computing facilities which can handle these large data sets, there is a need to quantify the impact of using different resolution DEMs (e.g. 1 m against 10 m or 25 m) on hydrologically important variables and the loss of accuracy and reliability of the results as we move from high resolution to coarser resolution.The results from statistical analysis carried out to compare field survey elevations with the LiDAR DEM-derived elevations, show that there are small differences between the two data sets but LiDAR DEM is a reasonably good representation of the actual ground surface compared to other commonly used DEMs derived from contour maps.The results from the analysis clearly show that the accuracy and resolution of the input DEM have serious implications on the values of the hydrologically important spatial indices derived from the DEM. The result also indicates that the loss of details by re-sampling the higher resolution DEM to coarser resolution are much less compared to the details captured in the commonly available coarse resolution DEM derived from contour maps. Topographic indices based on contour derived DEMs should be used with caution and where available, the higher resolution DEM should be used instead of the coarse resolution one.     

Robust Calibration for Localization in Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper presents a robust calibration procedure for clustered wireless sensor networks. Accurate calibration of between-node distances is one crucial step in localizing sensor nodes in an ad-hoc sensor network. The calibration problem is formulated as a parameter estimation problem using a linear calibration model. For reducing or eliminating the unwanted influence of measurement corruptions or outliers on parameter estimation, which may be caused by sensor or communication failures, a robust regression estimator such as the least-trimmed squares (LTS) estimator is a natural choice. Despite the availability of the FAST-LTS routine in several statistical packages (e.g., R, S-PLUS, SAS), applying it to the sensor network calibration is not a simple task. To use the FAST-LTS, one needs to input a trimming parameter, which is a function of the sensor redundancy in a network. Computing the redundancy degree and subsequently solving the LTS estimation both turn out to be computationally demanding. Our research aims at utilizing some cluster structure in a network configuration in order to do robust estimation more efficiently. We present two algorithms that compute the exact value and a lower bound of the redundancy degree, respectively, and an algorithm that computes the LTS estimation. Two examples are presented to illustrate how the proposed methods help alleviate the computational demands associated with robust estimation and thus facilitate robust calibration in a sensor network.     

Grid-based collaborative simulation system for vehicle crashworthiness

Globalization and increasing market competition are forcing the automotive industry to develop technology that will enable more efficient collaboration between carmakers and their suppliers. One of the options that can meet this demand is to adopt grid technology in the collaboration process. For the system to be successfully applied, the trust relationship among Virtual Organization (VO) members becomes a very important factor. Systems lacking in secure mechanisms require all the collaborating members to fully trust each other, and thus make their application quite limited. Based on grid technology, this paper proposes a collaborative simulation system for vehicle crash safety design, and discusses the trust relationship among VO members. The grid middleware VEGA and web services working for the collaboration also contribute to the simulation system. Also, a test bed is set up on the basis of the Local Area Network (LAN). At the end of this paper, a real case involving a carmaker and a door supplier is presented to demonstrate how the grid-based collaborative simulation system works.