Effects of soil composition and mineralogy on remote sensing of crop residue cover

The management of crop residues (non-photosynthetic vegetation) in agricultural fields influences soil erosion and soil carbon sequestration. Remote sensing methods can efficiently assess crop residue cover and related tillage intensity over many fields in a region. Although the reflectance spectra of soils and crop residues are often similar in the visible, near infrared, and the lower part of the shortwave infrared (400-1900 nm) wavelength region, specific diagnostic chemical absorption features are evident in the upper shortwave infrared (1900-2500 nm) region. Two reflectance band height indices used for estimating residue cover are the Cellulose Absorption Index (CAI) and the Lignin-Cellulose Absorption (LCA) index, both of which use reflectances in the upper shortwave infrared (SWIR). Soil mineralogy and composition will affect soil spectral properties and may limit the usefulness of these spectral indices in certain areas. Our objectives were to (1) identify minerals and soil components with absorption features in the 2000 nm to 2400 nm wavelength region that would affect CAI and LCA and (2) assess their potential impact on remote sensing estimates of crop residue cover. Most common soil minerals had CAI values ≤ 0.5, whereas crop residues were always > 0.5, allowing for good contrast between soils and residues. However, a number of common soil minerals had LCA values > 0.5, and, in some cases, the mineral LCA values were greater than those of the crop residues, which could limit the effectiveness of LCA for residue cover estimation. The LCA of some dry residues and live corn canopies were similar in value, unlike CAI. Thus, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) or similar method should be used to separate out green vegetation pixels. Mineral groups, such as garnets and chlorites, often have wide ranges of CAI and LCA values, and thus, mineralogical analyses often do not identify individual mineral species required for precise CAI estimation. However, these methods are still useful for identifying mineral soils requiring additional scrutiny. Future advanced multi- and hyperspectral remote sensing platforms should include CAI bands to allow for crop residue cover estimation.     

Research intelligence involving information retrieval – An example of conferences and journals

This paper reports a work that was intended to reveal the connection between topics investigated by conference papers and journal papers. This work selected hundreds of papers in data mining and information retrieval from well-known databases and showed that the topics covered by conference papers in a year often leads to similar topics covered by journal papers in the subsequent year and vice versa. This study used some existing algorithms and combination of these algorithms to proposed a new detective procedure for the researchers to detect the new trend and get the academic intelligence from conferences and journals.The goal of this research is fourfold: First, the research investigates if the conference papers’ themes lead the journal papers’. Second, the research examines how the new research themes can be identified from the conference papers. Third, the research looks at a specific area such as information retrieval and data mining as an illustration. Fourth, the research studies any inconsistencies of the correlation between the conference papers and the journal papers.This study explores the connections between the academic publications. The methodologies of information retrieval and data mining can be exploited to discover the relationships between published papers among all topics. By discovering the connections between conference papers and journal papers, researchers can improve the effectiveness of their research by identifying academic intelligence.This study discusses how conference papers and journal papers are related. The topics of conference papers are identified to determine whether they represent new trend discussed in journal papers. An automatic examination procedure based on information retrieval and data mining is also proposed to minimize the time and human resources required to predict further research developments. This study develops a new procedure and collects a dataset to verify those problems. Analytical results demonstrate that the conference papers submitted to journals papers are similar each year. Conference papers certainly affect the journal papers published over three years. About 87.23% of data points from papers published in 1991–2007 support our assumption. The research is intended to help researchers identify new trend in their research fields, and focus on the urgent topics. This is particularly valuable for new researchers in their field, or those who wish to perform cross-domain studies.     

贝叶斯目标跟踪方法的研究

针对贝叶斯滤波过程中存在的目标跟踪问题,提出几种典型的贝叶斯滤波方法,如EKF,UKF,PF和UPF等,基于这些方法所构建的框架,对它们进行性能测试和比较,并在非线性环境下,讨论这些方法的特点,仿真实验结果表明,在非线性非高斯环境下,UPF方法的性能是最优的。     

GPS软件接收机的模块设计与信号处理

采用Zarlink公司的GP2015对GPS射频前端进行下变频处理,将得到的中频模拟信号转换成数字信号,结合DSP开发技术对中频数字信号进行捕获、跟踪与定位解算,用软件无线电的方法实现GPS软件接收机的模块设计与信号处理。实验结果表明,软件无线电思想能实现算法与软件的高度灵活性,可有效提高GPS接收机的信号处理能力与系统性能。     

四自由度并联跟踪台的软件关键技术

研究四自由度并联跟踪台中的软件关键技术,编写Matlab仿真程序对并联跟踪台进行参数化设计,利用Solidworks与ADAMS联合仿真软件获取并联跟踪台的运动学和动力学性能参数,通过对操纵杆的编程实现对并联跟踪台的手动控制。实验结果表明,四自由度并联跟踪台设计合理、运动灵活、手控效果好。     

基于似然比测试的语音激活检测算法

针对低信噪比和噪声变化情况下语音激活检测算法性能下降的问题,提出一种新的参数更新和取值算法。该算法采用Laplacian-Gaussian混合模型对带噪语音频谱的概率分布进行建模,模型参数从带噪语音中估计得到,噪声功率参数通过跟踪语音的音节间隙进行平滑。实验结果表明,该算法在-5dB信噪比情况下,可以达到95％以上的检测率,具有优越的跟踪性能。     

冷床区钢坯自动跟踪系统关键技术的研发

安钢中板厂的炉号跟踪系统中,冷金属检测器CMD用来检测冷床区钢坯的运动,但是CMD只能检测出辊道上是否有钢坯经过,而不能判断钢坯在冷床区具体上到哪个冷床,因此,目前冷床部分的钢坯跟踪是靠人工手动完成的.针对该问题,提出一种新的运用数字图像处理技术完成冷床区钢坯自动跟踪的方法.该方法利用运动目标检测方法检测出辊道上有钢坯运动,然后经过最佳阈值分割、改进的区域生长算法、质心标记、数据库程序等步骤完成钢坯运动轨迹的标记,实现自动跟踪.     

基于九轴MEMS定位系统误差分析与补偿算法研究

基于九轴MEMS定位系统,对由陀螺仪零偏造成的位移平面偏转误差进行分析与补偿。通过实验与推导,首次给出偏差的定量分析和误差传播的数学模型。为估计偏差,设计了一种新的状态向量中仅包含陀螺仪零偏的、简化扩展卡尔曼滤波（ SEKF）技术,克服了无加速度计辅助条件下的偏差估计问题,降低了计算量,能够很好地满足位移实时估计需求。硬件实验证明：经过偏差补偿的九轴MEMS定位系统,能够准确估计有限范围内周期性运动的位移,幅值定位精确度达到90%。该系统可用于无人机、机器人定位等领域。     

基于扩展卡尔曼滤波器的AUV导航定位数据融合

导航定位是AUV(自主式水下潜器)自动化受限的关键技术.GPS等单独的定位方式又存在缺陷.故采用低成本罗经-DVL-GPS组合导航定位.因为导航定位观测的非线性关系,设计了基于扩展卡尔曼滤波器的导航定位数据融合算法.针对扩展卡尔曼滤波器存在的滤波发散现象,引入机动目标模型抑制滤波发散,研究并仿真了AUV的两种运动方式,实现了覆盖四个象限运动的导航定位仿真,结果表明算法能有效进行数据融合,提高状态估计精确度.     

Robust cooperative output tracking of networked high-order power integrators systems

This paper focuses on a robust cooperative output tracking problem of networked power integrator systems. The dynamics of each system is considered as a nonlinear high-order power integrator whose linearised model is uncontrollable around its origin. It is proven via Lyapunov Theory that under some mild assumptions and graph structural properties, all agents’ outputs in the network can be synchronised to a desired trajectory with a bounded error in the presence of external disturbances as well as model uncertainties. Moreover, the tracking performance can be tuned by appropriately choosing parameters within the controller. The proposed controller for each agent is in the essence constructed via backstepping technique consisting of three components: the state feedback of its own, the outputs of its neighbours and the information of the desired trajectory if connected, and thus in a distributed manner.