Utility of stereoscopic displays for indirect-vision driving and robot teleoperation

The effectiveness of an active shutter-glasses stereoscopic display (SD) and a passive polarised SD was evaluated in a live robot-teleoperation task and a simulated indirect-vision driving task in various terrains. Overall, participants completed their tasks significantly faster with the SDs in three-dimensional (3D) mode than with the SDs in the baseline 2D mode. They also navigated more accurately with the SDs in 3D mode. When the effectiveness of the two types of SDs was examined separately, results showed that the active shutter-glasses SD resulted in faster responses and task completion times than the passive polarised SD, though most of the differences failed to reach statistical significance. Perceived workload when interacting with the two SD systems did not differ significantly between the active versus passive display types or between the 3D and 2D modes of operation; however, participants reported more severe discomfort after interacting with the passive polarised SD.     

Testing usability and trainability of indirect touch interaction: perspective for the next generation of air traffic control systems

This study aims to determine whether indirect touch device can be used to interact with graphical objects displayed on another screen in an air traffic control (ATC) context. The introduction of such a device likely requires an adaptation of the sensory-motor system. The operator has to simultaneously perform movements on the horizontal plane while assessing them on the vertical plane. Thirty-six right-handed participants performed movement training with either constant or variable practice and with or without visual feedback of the displacement of their actions. Participants then performed a test phase without visual feedback. Performance improved in both practice conditions, but accuracy was higher with visual feedback. During the test phase, movement time was longer for those who had practiced with feedback, suggesting an element of dependency. However, this ‘cost’ of feedback did not extend to movement accuracy. Finally, participants who had received variable training performed better in the test phase, but accuracy was still unsatisfactory. We conclude that continuous visual feedback on the stylus position is necessary if tablets are to be introduced in ATC.     

Robust spatial flood vulnerability assessment for Han River using fuzzy TOPSIS with α-cut level set

This study aims to improve the general flood vulnerability approach using fuzzy TOPSIS based on α-cut level sets which can reduce the uncertainty inherent in even fuzzy multi-criteria decision making process. Since fuzzy TOPSIS leads to a crisp closeness for each alternative, it is frequently argued that fuzzy weights and fuzzy ratings should be in fuzzy relative closeness. Therefore, this study used a modified α-cut level set based fuzzy TOPSIS to develop a spatial flood vulnerability approach for Han River in Korea, considering various uncertainties in weights derivation and crisp data aggregation. Two results from fuzzy TOPSIS and modified fuzzy TOPSIS were compared. Some regions which showed no or small ranking changes have their centro-symmetric distributions, while other regions whose rankings varied dynamically, have biased (anti-symmetric) distributions. It can be concluded that α-cut level set based fuzzy TOPSIS produce more robust prioritization since more uncertainties can be considered. This method can be applied to robust spatial vulnerability or decision making in water resources management.     

矿山物资计算机管理系统开发应注意的几个问题

通过云浮硫铁矿计算机动态管理系统的开发，总结出一般矿山企业物资计算机管理系统在开发过程中应注意的问题，为其它矿山企业物资计算机动态管理系统的开发提供了有益的经验。     

A novel image steganography scheme with high embedding capacity and tunable visual image quality based on a genetic algorithm

Steganography is knowledge and art of hiding secret data into information which is largely used in information security systems. Various methods have been proposed in the literature which most of them are not capable of both preventing visual degradation and providing a large embedding capacity. In this paper, we propose a tunable visual image quality and data lossless method in spatial domain based on a genetic algorithm (GA). The main idea of the proposed technique is modeling the steganography problem as a search and optimization problem. Experimental results, in comparison with other currently popular steganography techniques, demonstrate that the proposed algorithm not only achieves high embedding capacity but also enhances the PSNR of the stego image.     

PVC-U异型材塑化度的评价

比较了4种评价PVC-U塑化度的方法:目测法简单;溶剂法迅速,容易操作;拉伸法可定量判断,但需要大量样品;DSC法准确、方便。     

自动化翻拍图像空间失真复原研究

在自动化翻拍的图像采集过程中,图像中各像素间的空间相互关系会随着采集发生变化,通过对空间失真复原算法的深入研究,利用几何极坐标、中值滤波等方法,提出自动化翻拍图像复原算法。实验结果表明,使用该算法能够消除由图像采集引起的空间畸变失真,提高图像的可识别性,是一种有效的方法。     

Spatial ecology of Bay of Quinte walleye (Sander vitreus): Annual timing,extent, and patterns of migrations in eastern Lake Ontario

Walleye (Sander vitreus) are the top nearshore predator in the Bay of Quinte and eastern Lake Ontario, where they have strong ecological and socio-economic impacts. The population is known to migrate seasonally; however, the precise timing and extent are not well defined. This study used acoustic telemetry to provide a fisheries-independent measure of timing, extent, and seasonal distribution of migration in Lake Ontario and to examine the influence of sex, spawning river, size, and year. Annual detection histories were used to determine the timing of migrations into and out of the spawning rivers, departure from the Bay of Quinte post-spawn, and the pre-spawn return to the Bay of Quinte. Sequence analysis was subsequently used to examine how fish occupy defined regions of eastern Lake Ontario annually and identify patterns in migration strategy. Spawning site fidelity was high for both rivers (91–97%) and annual residency within the Bay of Quinte was low (9.5%). Females spent less time in spawning rivers, migrated to the main lake earlier, and generally travelled further than males. Larger fish also migrated to the main lake first and travelled further, and differences in timing between spawning rivers were minor. Annual differences in timing were observed and were most likely related to environmental differences between years. Cluster analysis was used to identify groups of fish which utilized unique annual migration strategies and demonstrated sex and size had an important influence on the variability in annual spatial occupancy, but the importance of spawning river and year was minimal.     

基于MPUI模型的JPEG2000图像最大隐写容量

隐写容量是信息隐藏的4项性能指标之一,目前,相关科研工作者对其他3项指标,即鲁棒性、透明性和计算复杂性进行过大量的研究,但隐写容量方面的研究却很少.该研究有力地完善了信息隐藏的理论体系,根据JPEG2000压缩标准以及人眼对小波系数改变的敏感程度,借助小波系数的失真代价函数,区分出小波系数的承载秘密信息能力：失真代价函数值越小,该小波系数承载能力就越强;反之,该小波系数承载能力就越弱.当失真代价函数值大于1时,该系数不具有承载信息的能力,即为湿系数.通过最大隐写容量估算实验以及位满嵌入、过位嵌入和湿嵌入等评估实验,验证了所提方法的有效性.     

动态受限区域内的单纯型连续近邻链查询方法

受限区域内的单纯型连续近邻链查询在空间数据挖掘、数据的相似分析和推理、空间数据库等方面具有重要的作用。为了弥补已有方法的不足,详细研究了动态受限区域内的单纯型连续近邻链查询方法。基于计算几何中的Voronoi图给出了VOR_IN_CRSCNNC算法、VOR_EX_CRSCNNC算法和VOR_DE_CRSCNNC算法。进一步进行了实验比较和分析。理论研究和实验分析表明,所提出的算法在查询过程中减少了数据逐一筛选和判断的冗余计算,在处理空间数据量较大、初始受限区域数据量较多、受限区域形状较为复杂的单纯型连续近邻链查询方面具有较大的优势。