Semi-automatic dynamic auxiliary-tag-aided image annotation

Image annotation is the foundation for many real-world applications. In the age of Web 2.0, image search and browsing are largely based on the tags of images. In this paper, we formulate image annotation as a multi-label learning problem, and develop a semi-automatic image annotation system. The presented system chooses proper words from a vocabulary as tags for a given image, and refines the tags with the help of the user's feedback. The refinement amounts to a novel multi-label learning framework, named Semi-Automatic Dynamic Auxiliary-Tag-Aided (SADATA), in which the classification result for one certain tag (target tag) can be boosted by the classification results of a subset of the other tags (auxiliary tags). The auxiliary tags, which have strong correlations with the target tag, are determined in terms of the normalized mutual information. We only select those tags whose correlations exceed a threshold as the auxiliary tags, so the auxiliary set is sparse. How much an auxiliary tag can contribute is dependent on the image, so we also build a probabilistic model conditioned on the auxiliary tag and the input image to adjust the weight of the auxiliary tag dynamically. For an given image, the user feedback on the tags corrects the outputs of the auxiliary classifiers and SADATA will recommend more proper tags next round. SADATA is evaluated on a large collection of Corel images. The experimental results validate the effectiveness of our dynamic auxiliary-tag-aided method. Furthermore, the performance also benefits from user feedbacks such that the annotation procedure can be significantly speeded up.     

混沌背景中微弱信号参数估计新方法

本文提出一种基于单向耦合同步的混沌背景中谐波频率估计的新方法。该方法把混沌背景中的谐波频率估计问题转变为同步误差中的谐波频率估计问题,改善了信噪比,在混沌背景中存在强随机噪声情况下,仍能估计出谐波信号频率。仿真实验表明,该方法简单有效,计算量小,且估计效果要优于RBF神经网络方法。     

Parameter estimation and stabilization for a wave equation with boundary output harmonic disturbance and non‐collocated control

This paper is concerned with the parameter estimation and stabilization of a one‐dimensional wave equation with harmonic disturbance suffered by boundary observation at one end and the non‐collocated control at the other end. An adaptive observer is designed in terms of measured velocity corrupted by harmonic disturbance with unknown magnitude. The backstepping method for infinite‐dimensional system is adopted in the design of the feedback law. It is shown that the resulting closed‐loop system is asymptotically stable. Meanwhile, the estimated parameter is shown to be convergent to the unknown parameter as time goes to infinity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust adaptive control for greenhouse climate using neural networks

This paper presents a general framework for robust adaptive neural network (NN)‐based feedback linearization controller design for greenhouse climate system. The controller is based on the well‐known feedback linearization, combined with radial basis functions NNs, which allows the feedback linearization technique to be used in an adaptive way. In addition, a robust sliding mode control is incorporated to deal with the bounded disturbances and the approximation errors of NNs. As a result, an inherently nonlinear robust adaptive control law is obtained, which not only provides fast and accurate tracking of varying set‐points, but also guarantees asymptotic tracking even if there are inherent approximation errors. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive NN output‐feedback decentralized stabilization for a class of large‐scale stochastic nonlinear strict‐feedback systems

In this paper, the decentralized adaptive neural network (NN) output‐feedback stabilization problem is investigated for a class of large‐scale stochastic nonlinear strict‐feedback systems, which interact through their outputs. The nonlinear interconnections are assumed to be bounded by some unknown nonlinear functions of the system outputs. In each subsystem, only a NN is employed to compensate for all unknown upper bounding functions, which depend on its own output. Therefore, the controller design for each subsystem only need its own information and is more simplified than the existing results. It is shown that, based on the backstepping method and the technique of nonlinear observer design, the whole closed‐loop system can be proved to be stable in probability by constructing an overall state‐quartic and parameter‐quadratic Lyapunov function. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Semi‐global output feedback tracking control for fully actuated ships

An output feedback trajectory tracking controller for a kind of 3 degrees of freedom (DOF) ship motion nonlinear model is designed. The closed‐loop control system is proven to be uniformly semi‐globally exponential stable with a separate stability result for the observer by applying nonlinear cascaded system theory. Simulation results on a model ship, Cybership II, are presented to validate the proposed control scheme. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Master‐slave synchronization for delayed Lur'e systems using time‐delay feedback control

This paper deals with the problem of designing delayed feedback controllers of master‐slave synchronization for Lur'e systems with time‐variant delay (0≤τ₀≤τ(t)≤τ_m). Through partitioning the intervals [0, τ₀] and [τ₀, τ_m], respectively, and choosing two augmented Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals(LKFs), two delay‐dependent synchronization criteria are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), in which the conservatism can be greatly reduced by thinning the partitioning of delay intervals and employing convex combination. Thus the sufficient conditions can be derived for the existence of delayed feedback controllers, and the controller gain matrices can be achieved by solving the established LMIs. Finally, three numerical examples are given to illustrate the presented synchronization schemes. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Stability analysis and output‐feedback stabilization of discrete‐time systems with a time‐varying state delay and nonlinear perturbation

This paper aims to derive stability conditions and an output‐feedback stabilization method for discrete‐time systems with a time‐varying state delay and nonlinear perturbation. With a new way of handling the Lyapunov stability criterion, linear matrix inequality conditions are obtained for estimating bounds on delay to ensure the asymptotic stability. Based on the conditions, a synthesis procedure is developed for finding stabilizing output‐feedback gains, which are formulated as direct design variables. Three numerical examples are employed to demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

一种偏好于查询子流形的半监督图像检索算法

在基于反馈的图像检索中,由于被用户标记为相关和不相关的图像数较少,使得检索问题变成了一个典型的小样本问题.流形可表达数据在低维空间中的内在几何结构,流形正则化的目的是利用这种几何结构来约束解空间,以使最优解能反映数据本身的几何分布.为了解决反馈检索中的小样本问题,本文在流形正则化框架下提出一个新的半监督图像检索算法.在新算法中,流形正则化项只依赖于文中定义的查询子流形,而不依赖于数据集的全局结构.在两个图像集上的实验结果对比表明,本文提出的新算法在检索效果上优于现有的4种state-of-the-art算法.     

一种面向数控系统的动态反馈调度模型

由于数控系统的动态特性,其运行过程中可能会发生处理器过载现象.开环的调度算法无法在处理器过载时仍然保持系统的稳定,从而对加工精度造成影响.为了提高数控系统的稳定性,本文针对数控系统的混合任务集提出一个闭环的反馈调度模型.并通过实验对模型的有效性进行了验证.实验结果表明,该调度模型能够提高数控系统的稳定性.