Robust estimators and tests for bivariate copulas based on likelihood depth

Estimators and tests based on likelihood depth for one-parametric copulas are given. For the Gaussian and Gumbel copulas, it is shown that the maximum depth estimators are biased. They can be corrected and the new estimators are robust against contamination. For testing, simplicial likelihood depth is considered. Because of the bias of the maximum depth estimator, simplicial likelihood depth is not a degenerated U-statistic so that easily asymptotic α-level tests can be derived for arbitrary hypotheses. Tests are in particular investigated for the one-sided alternatives. Simulation studies for the Gaussian and Gumbel copulas show that the power of the first test is rather good, but the latter one has to be improved, which is also done here. The new tests are robust against contamination.     

Patterns for multigrid equidistributed functions: Application to general parabolas and length estimation

We show that for some special functions (called k-multigrid equidistributed functions), we can compute the limit of the frequency of patterns in the discretization of their graph, when the resolution tends to zero. This result is applied to parabolas. We deduce also that local length estimators almost never converge to the length for the parabolas.     

一类仿射非线性系统的概率密度函数形状控制

针对一类仿射非线性有界动态随机系统,提出一种最优概率密度函数（PDF）跟踪控制算法,使得系统的输出PDF跟踪给定的PDF．首先利用线性B样条解耦得到仿射非线性状态方程和PDF逼近方程,使PDF跟踪转化为状态方程输出权值的跟踪;然后采用线性时变序列逼近方法将非线性系统转化为线性时变系统,通过对线性系统的迭代运算得到非线性系统的最优跟踪控制器,从而实现最优PDF跟踪．理论分析和仿真实验均表明了所提出算法的有效性．     

Stability margins of nonlinear optimal regulators with nonquadratic performance criteria involving cross-weighting terms

In this paper we derive guaranteed gain, sector, and disk margins for nonlinear optimal and inverse optimal regulators that minimize a nonlinear-nonquadratic performance criterion involving cross-weighting terms. Specifically, sufficient conditions that guarantee gain, sector, and disk margins are given in terms of the state, control, and cross-weighting nonlinear-nonquadratic weighting functions. The proposed results provide a generalization of the “meaningful” inverse optimal nonlinear regulator stability margins as well as the classical linear-quadratic optimal regulator gain and phase margins.     

A team algorithm for robust stability analysis and control design of uncertain time‐varying linear systems using piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions

A team algorithm based on piecewise quadratic simultaneous Lyapunov functions for robust stability analysis and control design of uncertain time‐varying linear systems is introduced. The objective is to use robust stability criteria that are less conservative than the usual quadratic stability criterion. The use of piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions leads to a non‐convex optimization problem, which is decomposed into a convex subproblem in a selected subset of decision variables, and a lower‐dimensional non‐convex subproblem in the remaining decision variables. A team algorithm that combines genetic algorithms (GA) for the non‐convex subproblem and interior‐point methods for the solution of linear matrix inequalities (LMI), which form the convex subproblem, is proposed. Numerical examples are given, showing the advantages of the proposed method. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一个具有拟神经组织的边缘检测模型

基于视皮层简单细胞的Gabor函数模型,仿照视皮层的朝向柱结构,并辅以模式增 强和处理网络,构造了一个具有拟神经组织的边缘检测模型.模拟结果显示,其检测能力与 平滑-空间导数型边缘检测算法相当.分析表明,这个基于早期边缘检测器概念的模型与平 滑-空间导数型算法在检测机理上是一致的.模型为用光学-电子方法和人工神经网络实现 边缘检测提供了一个原型.     

Stabilization of the inverted pendulum around its homoclinic orbit

The inverted pendulum has been used as a benchmark for motivating the study of nonlinear control techniques. We propose a simple controller for balancing the inverted pendulum and raise it to its upper equilibrium position while the cart displacement is brought to zero. The control strategy is based on an energy approach of the cart and pendulum system.     

A Genetic Approach for Simultaneous Design of Membership Functions and Fuzzy Control Rules

Based on the genetic algorithm (GA), an approach is proposed for simultaneous design of membership functions and fuzzy control rules since these two components are interdependent in designing a fuzzy logic controller (FLC). With triangular membership functions, the left and right widths of these functions, the locations of their peaks, and the fuzzy control rules corresponding to every possible combination of input linguistic variables are chosen as parameters to be optimized. By using a proportional scaling method, these parameters are then transformed into real-coded chromosomes, over which the offspring are generated by rank-based reproduction, convex crossover, and nonuniform mutation. Meanwhile, the concept of enlarged sampling space is used to expedite the convergence of the evolutionary process. To show the feasibility and validity of the proposed method, a cart-centering example will be given. The simulation results will show that the designed FLC can drive the cart system from any given initial state to the desired final state even when the cart mass varies within a wide range.     

Recursive algorithm and accurate computation of dyadic Green’s functions for stratified uniaxial anisotropic media

A recursive algorithm is adopted for the computation of dyadic Green＇s functions in three-dimensional stratified uniaxial anisotropic media with arbitrary number of layers. Three linear equation groups for computing the coefficients of the Sommerfeld integrals are obtained according to the continuity condition of electric and magnetic fields across the interface between different layers, which are in correspondence with the TM wave produced by a vertical unit electric dipole and the TE or TM wave produced by a horizontal unit electric dipole, respectively. All the linear equation groups can be solved via the recursive algorithm. The dyadic Green＇s functions with source point and field point being in any layer can be conveniently obtained by merely changing the position of the elements within the source term of the linear equation groups. The problem of singularities occurring in the Sommerfeld integrals is efficiently solved by deforming the integration path in the complex plane. The expression of the dyadic Green＇s functions provided by this paper is terse in form and is easy to be programmed, and it does not overflow. Theoretical analysis and numerical examples show the accuracy and effectivity of the algorithm.     

现代密码学上的弹性函数综述

本文介绍了在容错分布、量子密码学中的密钥分配以及流密码中的随机序列产生等领域都有着广泛应用的一类多输出布尔函数——弹性函数。弹性函数和0,1上多维空间的正交分划(一个正交矩阵组)是一致的。在此基础上,介绍了弹性函数的正交分划的递归构造方法和简单计数。