Rectification of legibility distance in a driving simulator

Visual differences lead to differences in the legibility distances of traffic signs between driving simulators and real road environments. To ensure that the legibility distance in a simulator is similar to that in the real world, this study proposes a theoretical equation for predicting legibility distance and a simple algorithm for determining the magnifying power of a traffic sign for a display system in a simulator. Experiments of traffic sign recognition using a simulator were conducted under quasi-static and dynamic driving conditions. On-road tests were also carried out under quasi-static and dynamic driving conditions. Thirty healthy and non-disabled volunteers were recruited. The experimental results showed that the proposed theoretical equation for predicting legibility distance and the simple algorithm for determining the magnifying power of traffic signs reduced the difference in legibility distances between the simulator and real road environment under quasi-static and dynamic driving conditions.     

Efficiency evaluation of healthcare services in China based on stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis and directional distance function

Evaluating the efficiency of healthcare services accurately can help in analyzing the rationality of inputs and outputs in such services. Considering the consistency and equity of assessment criteria, this study conducts the stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA-2) with a directional distance function to evaluate the efficiency of healthcare services in 31 provincial administrative regions of mainland China, as observed in 2018. We use SMAA-DDF to explore all the projection directions to the efficient frontier instead of a certain projection direction. We measure the maximum and average efficiencies for each of the 31 provincial healthcare services. Our empirical findings show that only seven provinces achieve optimal healthcare service efficiency; the eastern area performed the best, followed by the central, western, and northeast areas. Furthermore, the path along the projection directions is provided to help inefficient provinces improve their efficiency and obtain the best possible positions.     

基于搜索的面向路径字符串测试数据自动生成方法

针对字符串测试数据自动生成,讨论了字符串间的距离,将不满足路径条件的字符串谓词表示成一个实值目标函数;利用快速下降搜索算法实施目标函数极小化,实现了基于搜索的面向路径字符串测试数据自动生成方法;探讨了其测试数据生成效率与初始输入、路径处理顺序之间的关系,并与遗传算法等几种算法进行了比较．实验结果表明：该方法是一种更经济有效的测试数据生成方法．     

基于STM8的红外与超声波测距仪设计

介绍了一种基于STM8单片机的红外和超声波相结合的距离继电器的应用设计。阐述了该距离继电器的测距原理。经实际应用证明,该距离继电器的测量距离远大于10 m,克服了普通超声波测量距离只能达到5 m左右的问题,并且消除了测量的盲区。测量精度可以精确到1 cm,符合并超过实际应用要求。     

Analysis of Two-Dimensional Non-Rigid Shapes

Analysis of deformable two-dimensional shapes is an important problem, encountered in numerous pattern recognition, computer vision and computer graphics applications. In this paper, we address three major problems in the analysis of non-rigid shapes: similarity, partial similarity, and correspondence. We present an axiomatic construction of similarity criteria for deformation-invariant shape comparison, based on intrinsic geometric properties of the shapes, and show that such criteria are related to the Gromov-Hausdorff distance. Next, we extend the problem of similarity computation to shapes which have similar parts but are dissimilar when considered as a whole, and present a construction of set-valued distances, based on the notion of Pareto optimality. Finally, we show that the correspondence between non-rigid shapes can be obtained as a byproduct of the non-rigid similarity problem. As a numerical framework, we use the generalized multidimensional scaling (GMDS) method, which is the numerical core of the three problems addressed in this paper.     

基于流信息距离的多文本流热点挖掘

把文本流中的热点区分为局部热点和全局热点,分析了二者的相关性,并将Kolmogorov复杂度应用于多文本流中的热点挖掘,首先,定义了基于Kolmogorov复杂度的冗余信息的概念,并论证了文本流存在局部热点的必要条件是冗余信息超过某个阈值;其次,基于条件Kolmogorov复杂度提出了一个相似性度量指标——流信息距离(...     

基于空间局部偏离因子的离群点检测算法

针对空间数据集的特性,提出一种基于空间局部偏离因子(SLDF)的离群点检测算法。利用SLDF度量空间点对象的离群程度,计算空间数据集中点对象的SLDF值并对其进行排序,将取值较大的前M个点对象作为空间离群点。实验结果表明,该算法能较好地检测空间局部离群点,其有效性与准确性均优于SLZ算法,适用于高维大数据集的空间离群点检测。     

基于自适应距离度量的分类器设计方法

通过对欧氏距离度量的分析,提出了自适应距离度量.首先利用训练样本建立自适应距离度量模型,该模型保证了训练样本到相同模式类的距离最近,到不同模式类的距离最远,根据该模型建立目标函数,求解目标函数,得到最优权重.基于最小距离分类器和K近邻分类器,采用UCI标准数据库中部分数据,对提出的自适应距离度量和欧氏距离度量进行了实验比较,实验结果表明自适应距离度量更有效.     

Detecting similarities in virtual machine behavior for cloud monitoring using smoothed histograms

The growing size and complexity of cloud systems determine scalability issues for resource monitoring and management. While most existing solutions consider each Virtual Machine (VM) as a black box with independent characteristics, we embrace a new perspective where VMs with similar behaviors in terms of resource usage are clustered together. We argue that this new approach has the potential to address scalability issues in cloud monitoring and management. In this paper, we propose a technique to cluster VMs starting from the usage of multiple resources, assuming no knowledge of the services executed on them. This innovative technique models VMs behavior exploiting the probability histogram of their resources usage, and performs smoothing-based noise reduction and selection of the most relevant information to consider for the clustering process. Through extensive evaluation, we show that our proposal achieves high and stable performance in terms of automatic VM clustering, and can reduce the monitoring requirements of cloud systems.     

倒谱距离和短时能量的语音端点检测方法研究

在讨论传统倒谱距离语音端点检测方法不足的基础上,提出了一种基于倒谱距离和短时能量的语音端点检测改进方法。基于倒谱距离的单参数端点检测方法在高信噪比环境下效果较好,然而在低信噪比的环境下其端点检测性能急剧下降。通过分析倒谱距离和短时能量各自的端点检测特性,建立了一种结合二者特点的双参数判决准则,在保证运算量没有显著增大的前提下提高了端点检测的准确率。仿真实验结果表明,新方法相对于基本倒谱距离端点检测方法,在低信噪比的高斯白噪声环境下端点检测性能有较明显提高。