Characterizing Performance Variation of Product Designs

Quality and reliability design practitioners have utilized Taguchi's methodology of matrix experimentation to generate computer simulation data for characterizing performance variation of product designs. However, the sampling strategy employed renders computer implementation of matrix experimentation cumbersome and statistically invalid. Weaknesses of this approach also include sample size limitation and overestimation of performance variation. An alternative approach that combines Monte Carlo simulation with the strategies of independent sampling across runs and correlated sampling between runs is presented. An application case study shows that the proposed approach constitutes an improvement on the matrix approach with respect to statistical validity and estimation accuracy.     

Influence of polymer modulus on the percolation threshold of latex-based composites

Monodispersed copolymer emulsions with different glass transition temperatures were synthesized to investigate the effect of room temperature polymer matrix modulus on the electrical properties of carbon black (CB) filled segregated network composites. The emulsion with the highest modulus at room temperature produced composites with the lowest percolation threshold. The threshold for a composite made from a copolymer latex containing an equal ratio of butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate (BA5) is 1.5 vol%, while the percolation threshold for the much lower modulus BA7 (7:3 BA/MMA ratio) is 4.93 vol%. The microstructure of each composite shows significant differences in the level of CB dispersion within the polymer matrix. Higher modulus polymer particles push the CB more efficiently into the interstitial space between them, resulting in a lower percolation threshold. This modulus effect was confirmed by increasing the drying temperature, where the moduli of latexes (BA5, BA5.5, and BA6) were more similar and the percolation thresholds for three composites also become closer to one another.     

奇异值分解对非定常约束多体系统的动力学分析

通过对约束方程的雅可比矩阵进行奇异值分解，定义组合坐标，从拉格朗日第一类方程出发，建立了非定常约束多体系统的纯微分方程，给出了动力学数值分析的过程，最后举了一个算例。     

Matrix expression and reachability analysis of finite automata

In this paper,we propose a matrix-based approach for finite automata and then study the reachability conditions.Both the deterministic and nordeterministic automata are expressed in matrix forms,and th...     

基于灰度共生矩阵的图像纹理特征提取分析

图像纹理作为一种重要的视觉手段,是图像中普遍存在而又难以描述的特征。目前常用的纹理特征提取的方法主要有统计方法、模型方法、信号处理方法和结构方法。灰度共生矩阵即为灰度级的空间相关矩阵,以其为基础的统计方法通过对矩阵统计量的求取较好地提取到了纹理特征,通过选取关键参数编程并进行仿真实现,分别求取了四个方向的灰度共生矩阵及其特征量来分析图像的纹理特征。     

紧扣内存变量关系巧解矩阵类问题

C语言学习过程中,不少初学者不能建立思维的模型,无法将形象可行的矩阵运算、旋转事件抽象化成算法语言。讲解了指导学生掌握矩阵操作算法的推导方法。     

Design of robotic visual servo control based on neural network and genetic algorithm

A new visual servo control scheme for a robotic manipulator is presented in this paper, where a back propagation (BP) neural network is used to make a direct transition from image feature to joint angles without requiring robot kinematics and camera calibration. To speed up the convergence and avoid local minimum of the neural network, this paper uses a genetic algorithm to find the optimal initial weights and thresholds and then uses the BP algorithm to train the neural network according to the data given. The proposed method can effectively combine the good global searching ability of genetic algorithms with the accurate local searching feature of BP neural network. The Simulink model for PUMA560 robot visual servo system based on the improved BP neural network is built with the Robotics Toolbox of Matlab. The simulation results indicate that the proposed method can accelerate convergence of the image errors and provide a simple and effective way of robot control.