Time-bound negotiation framework for electronic commerce agents

For efficient and informative coordination of agents especially in electronic commerce environment, a time-bound agent negotiation framework is proposed utilizing a time-based commitment scheme. By attaching commitment duration to agent messages, the traditional contract net protocol is extended to a time-bound negotiation framework (TBNF). The proposed negotiation framework has a new message type which allows for parties to agree upon the extension of a commitment duration, and a novel commitment concept in the form of negative commitment. The semantics of the messages with the commitment duration are interpreted, and then the three typical negotiation protocols are formally defined and compared — nothing-guaranteed protocol, acceptance-guaranteed protocol, and finite-time guarantee protocol — which can be incorporated into TBNF. The TBNF should provide a background for efficient and effective electronic commerce negotiation while accommodating each agent's adaptive negotiation strategy.     

A Simultaneous Search Problem

We introduce a new search problem motivated by computational metrology. The problem is as follows: we would like to locate two unknown numbers x,y ∈ [0,1] with as little uncertainty as possible, using some given number k of probes. Each probe is specified by a real number r∈ [0,1] . After a probe at r , we are told whether x≤ r or x \geq r , and whether y≤ r or y\geq r . We derive the optimal strategy and prove that the asymptotic behavior of the total uncertainty after k probes is 13/7 2 ^-(k+1)/2 for odd k and 13/10 2 ^-k/2 for even k . Received November 11, 1996; revised October 2, 1997, and July 13, 1998.     

The model-based human body motion analysis system

In this paper, we propose a model-based method to analyze the human walking motion. This system consists of three phases: the preprocessing phase, the model construction phase, and the motion analysis phase. In the experimental results, we show that our system not only analyzes the motion characteristics of the human body, but also recognizes the motion type of the input image sequences. Finally, the synthesized motion sequences are illustrated for verification. The major contributions of this research are: (1) developing a skeleton-based method to analyze the human motion; (2) using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and posture patterns to describe the motion type.     

一种准无损压缩图象子带编码算法

针对有损压缩会损失一部分信息而无损压缩又压缩比较低的问题,提出一种实现准无损压缩的方法。该方法就是首先将图象用噪声模型进行去除噪声处理,以提高图象的信噪比,并有利于图象的压缩;然后再使用区域自适应子带编码算法进行编码。由于该算法能快速收敛,因而编码时间相对较少;编码通常能实时执行。实验结果表明,该压缩方案具有高信噪比、高压缩比等优良性能。从算法的理论基础来看,其中基于噪声模型的噪声清除算法对其他编码算法（如DCT、DPCM、JPEG、SPIHT、MPEG等等）同样具有推广意义。     

CVD淀积SiC薄膜SiH4,CH4的分解反应的计算机模拟研究

采用化学气相淀积淀积ＳｉＣ薄膜中ＳｉＨ４、ＣＨ４的分解产物种属进行数学建模,并结合相关热力学数据进行计算机模拟,得出ＳｉＨ４分解产物中以ＳｉＨ２为最多,ＣＨ４以ＣＨ２为最多,表明它们在淀积薄膜中是主要因素。     

带状图像交叉区域的骨架求解算法

交叉区域的求解技术是图像骨架化中的难点,在基于无向图的图像整体骨架表示模型及算法的基础上,提出了图像交叉区域（如Ｘ形、Ｋ形等）的骨架求解算法,它根据图像交叉区域在无向图中的位置和邻接关系确定图像交叉区域的形状,并根据几何近似原理,用多边形近似方法对不同形状的交叉区域进行求解,算法充分利用图像的拓扑信息,具有速度快,了等优点,并得到了实际应用。     

大电流热保护器的多参数自动测量系统

本文介绍的大电流热保护器参数自动测量系统.其控制系统以PLC为核心,配备触摸屏、微型打印机等.系统采用恒流电子负载提供稳定的大电流(100A),利用霍尔元件检测电流的有无,精确记录热保护器断开或闭合的时间;同时可测试其绝缘电阻是否合格,对于热保护器动作时产生抖动(振颤)的情况亦可进行检测.该系统具备多参数的测试功能,测试精度高.操作简便,并提供数据统计、打印和产品分选等功能,提高了工作效率.     

AD7656与LPC2210的并行采集接口设计

引言在电力系统三相信号处理应用中,常需要同时对A、B、C三相电压和电流信号进行数据采集和处理。如三相功率、电能测量及谐波分析等。美国ADI公司的AD7656是16位6通道同时采样的模/数转换器,内部含有6个16位A/D转换器,具有转换精度高、速度快、功耗低、输入模拟信号幅度大、信噪比高等特点。Philips公司出品的LPC2210,是一款工业级的ARM控制器,处理速度快,性能稳定,与AD7656共同组成的6通道数据采集系统能在很大程度上提高系统的信号采集和处理能力。1AD7656的特点及工作原理1.1AD7656的特点图1为AD7656的内部功能框图。其主要特性为:◆6个16位独立的ADC通道。◆输入模拟信号的范围为±(10~15V)。◆最大转换速率为250ksps。◆低功耗,5V供电时在250ksps下功耗为140mW。◆片上2.5V参考电压和参考缓冲器。◆8/16位并行接口模式和串行接口模式。1.2工作原理AD7656是6通道16位逐次逼近型ADC,有2种接口模式:串行接口模式和高速的并行接口模式,并行接口模式又分为8位和16位传送方式。在数据转换时,3个转换信号CONVSTA/B/C,用来控制每对或每4...     

Internet-Based Smart-Space Navigation of a Car-Like Wheeled Robot Using Fuzzy-Neural Adaptive Control

In this paper, a navigation system is developed. The system includes path tracking and obstacle avoidance apparatus for a car-like wheeled robot (CLWR) within an Internet-based smart-space (IBSS) using fuzzy-neural adaptive control (FNAC). Two distributed charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras are installed to capture both the dynamic pose of the CLWR and the obstacle. Based on the control authority of these two CCD cameras, a suitable reference command that contains the desired steering angle and angular velocity for the FNAC built into the client computer is planned. Because of the delay encountered by the transmission through the Internet network (IN) and the wireless local area network (WLAN) and the nonlinear coupling features of the CLWR, a weighted combination of $N$ linear subsystems that are described by a state-space model with average-delay is implemented to approximate the dynamics of an IBSS-CLWR. The proposed FNAC contains a neural network consisting of a radial basis function (RBFNN) to learn the uncertainties due to the fuzzy-model error (e.g., the random time-varying delays and the slippage of the CLWR) and the interactions caused by other subsystems. The stability of the overall system is then investigated by adopting the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, a sequence of experiments including the control of the off-ground CLWR (i.e., the CLWR does not make contact with the ground) and the navigation of the IBSS-CLWR as compared with the conventional proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control is performed to demonstrate the advantage of the proposed control system.      

Fuzzy Interpolative Reasoning for Sparse Fuzzy-Rule-Based Systems Based on the Areas of Fuzzy Sets

Fuzzy interpolative reasoning is an inference technique for dealing with the sparse rules problem in sparse fuzzy-rule-based systems. In this paper, we present a new fuzzy interpolative reasoning method for sparse fuzzy-rule-based systems based on the areas of fuzzy sets. The proposed method uses the weighted average method to infer the fuzzy interpolative reasoning results and has the following advantages: 1) it holds the normality and the convexity of the fuzzy interpolative reasoning result, 2) it can deal with fuzzy interpolative reasoning with complicated membership functions, 3) it can deal with fuzzy interpolative reasoning when the fuzzy sets of the antecedents and the consequents of the fuzzy rules have different kinds of membership functions, 4) it can handle fuzzy interpolative reasoning with multiple antecedent variables, 5) it can handle fuzzy interpolative reasoning with multiple fuzzy rules, and 6) it can handle fuzzy interpolative reasoning with logically consistent properties with respect to the ratios of fuzziness. We use some examples to compare the fuzzy interpolative reasoning results of the proposed method with those of the existing fuzzy interpolative reasoning methods. In terms of the six evaluation indices, the experimental results show that the proposed method performs more reasonably than the existing methods. The proposed method provides us a useful way to deal with fuzzy interpolative reasoning in sparse fuzzy-rule-based systems.