Orthogonal variant moments features in image analysis

Moments are statistical measures used to obtain relevant information about a certain object under study (e.g., signals, images or waveforms), e.g., to describe the shape of an object to be recognized by a pattern recognition system. Invariant moments (e.g., the Hu invariant set) are a special kind of these statistical measures designed to remain constant after some transformations, such as object rotation, scaling, translation, or image illumination changes, in order to, e.g., improve the reliability of a pattern recognition system. The classical moment invariants methodology is based on the determination of a set of transformations (or perturbations) for which the system must remain unaltered. Although very well established, the classical moment invariants theory has been mainly used for processing single static images (i.e. snapshots) and the use of image moments to analyze images sequences or video, from a dynamic point of view, has not been sufficiently explored and is a subject of much interest nowadays. In this paper, we propose the use of variant moments as an alternative to the classical approach. This approach presents clear differences compared to the classical moment invariants approach, that in specific domains have important advantages. The difference between the classical invariant and the proposed variant approach is mainly (but not solely) conceptual: invariants are sensitive to any image change or perturbation for which they are not invariant, so any unexpected perturbation will affect the measurements (i.e. is subject to uncertainty); on the contrary, a variant moment is designed to be sensitive to a specific perturbation, i.e., to measure a transformation, not to be invariant to it, and thus if the specific perturbation occurs it will be measured; hence any unexpected disturbance will not affect the objective of the measurement confronting thus uncertainty. Furthermore, given the fact that the proposed variant moments are orthogonal (i.e. uncorrelated) it is possible to considerably reduce the total inherent uncertainty. The presented approach has been applied to interesting open problems in computer vision such as shape analysis, image segmentation, tracking object deformations and object motion tracking, obtaining encouraging results and proving the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

一种改进的谱聚类方法及其在文本分析中的应用

随着文本资源的激增,特别是网页文本的迅速增加,针对文本的挖掘分析日益受到重视。谱聚类是文本聚类分析较常用的一种新型方法。该文将非负约束引入到传统的谱聚类算法中,提出了一种基于非负约束的谱聚类方法。文中实验验证了所提出方法在中文文本聚类分析应用中的有效性。     

A Copula based observation network design approach

In this paper, a method for environmental observation network design using the framework of spatial modeling with copulas is proposed. The methodology is developed to enlarge or redesign an existing monitoring network by taking the configuration which would increase the expected gain defined in a utility function. The utility function takes the estimation uncertainty, critical threshold value and gain-loss of a certain decision into account. In this approach, the studied spatial variable is considered as a random field in where variations in time is neglected and the variable of interest is static in nature. The uniqueness of this approach lies in the fact that the uncertainty estimation at the unsampled location is based on the full conditional distribution calculated as conditional copula in this study. Unlike the traditional Kriging variance which is a function of mere measurements density and spatial configuration of data points, the conditional copula account for the influence from data values. This is important specially if we are interested in purpose oriented network design (pond) as for example the detection of noncompliance with water quality standards, the detection of higher quantiles in the marginal probability distributions at ungauged locations, the presence or absence of a geophysical variable as soil contaminants, hydrocarbons, golds and so on. An application of the methodology to the groundwater quality parameters in the South-West region of Germany shows its potential.     

Adaptive synchronization of uncertain coupled stochastic complex networks

In this paper, the problem of adaptive synchronization of uncertain coupled complex networks is investigated. Some controllers and adaptive laws are designed to ensure achieving synchronization of a general complex network model. In particular, synchronization of coupled stochastic networks subject to random perturbations is studied, with a referenced node introduced as the target node for synchronization. An example is simulated on delayed neural networks coupled in a small‐world network topology, which demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed adaptive control method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

不确定条件下控制分配问题的鲁棒优化方法

针对具有冗余执行机构的过驱动系统, 在考虑控制效率不确定性的条件下, 提出了一种基于鲁棒优化理论的控制分配算法. 研究了原始不确定鲁棒优化模型的建立和基于椭球不确定集的鲁棒对等式的转化问题, 并推广到可由锥二次不等式表示的不确定集的情况. 讨论了鲁棒优化控制分配算法的求解方法及其计算复杂度. 最后, 针对多操纵面飞机的最优控制分配问题与传统算法进行了仿真比较, 结果表明鲁棒优化算法能有效降低控制效率不确定性的影响, 使分配结果更为合理, 从而具有更好的鲁棒性, 同时能有效提高操纵面故障情况下闭环系统的控制重构能力, 很好地改善了飞控系统的性能.     

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。     

Robust MIMO disturbance observer analysis and design with application to active car steering

A multi‐input–multi‐output extension of the well‐known two control degrees‐of‐freedom disturbance observer architecture that decouples the problem into single‐input–single‐output disturbance observer loops is presented in this paper. Robust design based on mapping D‐stability and the frequency domain specifications of weighted sensitivity minimization and phase margin bound to a chosen controller parameter space is presented as a part of the proposed design approach. The effect of the choice of disturbance observer Q filter on performance is explained with a numerical example. This is followed by the use of structured singular values in the robustness analysis of disturbance observer controlled systems subject to structured, real parametric and mixed uncertainty in the plant. A design and simulation study based on a four wheel active car steering control example is used to illustrate the methods presented in the paper. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust observer–controller compensator design using the loop shaping design procedure and the algebraic method

This paper investigates robust observer‐controller compensator design using Vidyasagar's structure (VS). VS has a unit matrix parameter H similar to the Q parameter for the Youla–Kucera parameterization. VS can be designed based on the left coprimeness of the central controller in the H_∞‐loop shaping design procedure (H_∞‐LSDP) and therefore can preserve the intrinsic properties of the H_∞‐LSDP. This paper introduces algebraic methods to simplify the design of H in the VS controller by solving specific algebraic equations. In particular, the algebraic design of H can achieve two things. First, a dynamic H adjusts the tracking performance and yields the integral action. Second, a dynamic H rejects the input and output sinusoidal disturbances with known frequencies. These attributes are indications of the flexibility of the proposed method since the output‐feedback controller design of the H_∞‐LSDP cannot easily deal with such conditions. This paper discusses the achieved loop and the closed‐loop behavior of the system with VS, and also gives two numerical examples. The first example shows that the proposed method results in a better design in many aspects than the resulting from H_∞‐LSDP. The second example shows the application of the proposed method to rejecting input and output step disturbances, and input and output multiple sinusoidal disturbances, for which the H_∞‐LSDP can hardly be used. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

虚拟仪器不确定度问题探讨

针对虚拟仪器迅速发展中不确定度难以评定的问题,分析了其不确定度的主要来源和评定遇到的主要问题,并提出了相应的解决方案。