改进蚁群算法求解两地间时间最优路径

为提高蚁群算法的运算效率,提出一种改进的蚁群算法来求解问题。研究中中引入阀值排序算法对搜索路径进行优化,解决了蚁群算法前期搜索路径的盲目性问题。改进的蚁群算法加快了收敛速度,并提高了稳定性。经仿真试验证明,改进蚁群算法性在减少算法的迭代次数和提高解的稳定性方面有了较大的提高,并且能很好的用于求解路径时间最优问题。     

基于小波阈值的sEMG信号消噪方法研究

在表面肌电（sEMG）信号采集过程中,不可避免的会出现噪声,特别是人体运动时,肌肉动态收缩,采集的结果含噪就会更多。针对含噪情况,提出基于小波阈值的sEMG信号消噪方法。通过选择肌电信号的采集位置,在采用高精度的肌电采集系统的基础上,采集正常行走过程中胫骨前肌的sEMG信号,利用matlab小波工具箱,用dbN小波函数进行分解后,用detcoef函数提取不同尺度的细节系数,将与噪声相关的细节系数进行强制阈值消噪,对信号相关的细节系数用minimaxi阈值规则进行软阈值消噪,并与分层阚值得到的降噪信号进行比较,分层阈值得到的降噪信号过于光滑,降噪后的信号能量保留成份仅为46．48％,失去了原信号本身的一些信息。而采用软闯值消噪,不仅较好的去除了噪声,而且与原信号保持了很好的相似性,能量保留成份达到86．38％,说明比分层阈值具有更好的消噪效果。     

New (t, n) threshold directed signature scheme with provable security

Directed signature scheme allows only a designated verifier to check the validity of the signature issued to him; and at the time of trouble or if necessary, any third party can verify the signature with the help of the signer or the designated verifier as well. Due to its merits, directed signature scheme is widely used in situations where the receiver’s privacy should be protected. Threshold directed signature is an extension of the standard directed signature, in which several signers may be required to cooperatively sign messages for sharing the responsibility and authority. To the best of our knowledge, threshold directed signature has not been well studied till now. Therefore, in this paper, we would like to formalize the threshold directed signature and its security model, then present a new (t, n) threshold directed signature scheme from bilinear pairings and use the techniques from provable security to analyze its security.     

How do different types of intragroup conflict affect group potency in virtual compared with face-to-face teams? A longitudinal study

The number of organizations using teamwork is increasing. In this context, group potency has emerged as a key construct in group research. Moreover, in the last decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have allowed organizations to form virtual teams. Consequently, a considerable amount of research has analysed the functioning of virtual teams. We focus on intragroup conflict as a relevant antecedent of potency in computer-mediated communication groups. Specifically, the aim of this research is to examine the role of ICT in the relationship between intragroup conflict and group potency in a longitudinal study. A laboratory experiment was carried out comparing 44 groups working in two communication media (face-to-face and computer-mediated communication). The groups developed a project over a one-month period. The results show that communication media play a moderator role between intragroup conflict (relationship and task conflict) and group potency. Implications of these results are discussed.     

Instance weighting versus threshold adjusting for cost-sensitive classification

In real-world classification problems, different types of misclassification errors often have asymmetric costs, thus demanding cost-sensitive learning methods that attempt to minimize average misclassification cost rather than plain error rate. Instance weighting and post hoc threshold adjusting are two major approaches to cost-sensitive classifier learning. This paper compares the effects of these two approaches on several standard, off-the-shelf classification methods. The comparison indicates that the two approaches lead to similar results for some classification methods, such as Naïve Bayes, logistic regression, and backpropagation neural network, but very different results for other methods, such as decision tree, decision table, and decision rule learners. The findings from this research have important implications on the selection of the cost-sensitive classifier learning approach as well as on the interpretation of a recently published finding about the relative performance of Naïve Bayes and decision trees.     

Small sample improvements in the threshold cointegration test using residual-based moving block bootstrap

A residual-based moving block bootstrap procedure for testing the null hypothesis of linear cointegration versus cointegration with threshold effects is proposed. When the regressors and errors of the models are serially and contemporaneously correlated, our test compares favourably with the Sup LM test proposed by Gonzalo and Pitarakis. Indeed, shortcomings of the former motivated the development of our test. The small sample performance of the bootstrap test is investigated by Monte Carlo simulations, and the results show that the test performs better than the Sup LM test.     

Fault tolerant multiple event detection in a wireless sensor network

With an increasing acceptance of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), the health of individual sensor is becoming critical in identifying important events in the region of interest. One of the key challenges in detecting event in a WSN is how to detect it accurately transmitting minimum information providing sufficient details about the event. At the same time, it is also important to devise a strategy to handle multiple events occurring simultaneously. In this paper, we propose a Polynomial-based scheme that addresses these problems of Event Region Detection (PERD) by having a aggregation tree of sensor nodes. We employ a data aggregation scheme, TREG (proposed in our earlier work) to perform function approximation of the event using a multivariate polynomial regression. Only coefficients of the polynomial (P$P$) are passed instead of aggregated data. PERD includes two components: event recognition and event report with boundary detection. This can be performed for multiple simultaneously occurring events. We also identify faulty sensor(s) using the aggregation tree. Performing further mathematical operations on the calculated P$P$ can identify the maximum (max) and minimum (min) values of the sensed attribute and their locations. Therefore, if any sensor reports a data value outside the [min, max] range, it can be identified as a faulty sensor. Since PERD is implemented over a polynomial tree on a WSN in a distributed manner, it is easily scalable and computation overhead is marginal. Results reveal that event(s) can be detected by PERD with error in detection remaining almost constant achieving a percentage error within a threshold of 10%$10\%$ with increase in communication range. Results also show that a faulty sensor can be detected with an average accuracy of 94%$94\%$ and it increases with increase in node density.     

Using a style-based ant colony system for adaptive learning

Adaptive learning provides an alternative to the traditional “one size fits all” approach and has driven the development of teaching and learning towards a dynamic learning process for learning. Therefore, exploring the adaptive paths to suit learners personalized needs is an interesting issue. This paper proposes an extended approach of ant colony optimization, which is based on a recent metaheuristic method for discovering group patterns that is designed to help learners advance their on-line learning along an adaptive learning path. The investigation emphasizes the relationship of learning content to the learning style of each participant in adaptive learning. An adaptive learning rule was developed to identify how learners of different learning styles may associate those contents which have the higher probability of being useful to form an optimal learning path. A style-based ant colony system is implemented and its algorithm parameters are optimized to conform to the actual pedagogical process. A survey was also conducted to evaluate the validity and efficiency of the system in producing adaptive paths to different learners. The results reveal that both the learners and the lecturers agree that the style-based ant colony system is able to provide useful supplementary learning paths.     

A methodology to incorporate product mix variations in cellular manufacturing

The identification of part families and machine groups that form the cells is a major step in the development of a cellular manufacturing system and, consequently, a large number of concepts, theories and algorithms have been proposed. One common assumption for most of these cell formation algorithms is that the product mix remains stable over a period of time. In today’s world, the market demand is being shaped by consumers resulting in a highly volatile market. This has given rise to a new class of products characterized by low volume and high variety. To incorporate product mix changes into an existing cellular manufacturing system many important issues have to be tackled. In this paper, a methodology to incorporate new parts and machines into an existing cellular manufacturing system has been presented. The objective is to fit the new parts and machines into an existing cellular manufacturing system thereby increasing machine utilization and reducing investment in new equipment.     

TCG命令验证协议的改进方法

经过分析显示可信计算联盟(TCG)命令验证协议会受到一种基于Dolev-Yao模型的中间人攻击,对系统的可信性和安全性造成影响。针对该攻击,文章提出一种协议改进方法。在改进后的协议中,可信平台模块(TPM)和访问者能对会话状态进行有效的沟通,从而抵御中间人攻击。