TCP协议在卫星网络中的问题研究

由于TCP协议直接应用到卫星网络中将可能会导致网络性能下降,因此针对卫星网络的特点,分析了传播时延、高误码率、非对称连接方式等特点对TCP协议性能的影响,对主要解决方法进行了分析、比较现有的几种解决方法利弊,应根据具体应用采用相应的解决方案。     

无线移动网络节点发包概率的演化博弈模型

针对大规模无线移动网络中节点对信道资源的群体性随机博弈问题,在载波侦听多路访问/冲突避免(CSMA/CA)的机制下,建立一种节点发包概率的演化博弈模型。考虑节点成功发送数据包的收益、监听、退避和冲突等成本因素,给出并证明该模型的演化稳定策略(ESS),推导节点发包概率演化的复制动态方程。数值仿真结果表明,该模型能提供更强的ESS,保证在多个移动节点干扰时演化稳定点的鲁棒性。     

A Review of:“The Remembering Self: Construction and Accuracy in the Self-narrative”, edited by ULRIC NEISSER and ROBYN FIVUSH,Cambridge University Press,New York (1994), pp. x + 301, £30.00, ISBN 0-521-43194-8

Driving is a task that requires the timely detection of critical events and relevant changes in traffic circumstances. Adaptation of speed and safety margins allows drivers to control the time available to react to potential hazards. One of the basic safety margins in driving is the time headway preserved with respect to cars ahead. To avoid rear-end collisions, drivers have to detect decelerations of lead cars. It can be assumed that fast or abrupt decelerations of the lead car are detected faster than slow or gradual decelerations. Moreover, expected decelerations are presumably detected faster than unexpected decelerations. Drivers' responses to rather abrupt and more gradual decelerations of the lead were investigated in a driving simulator. Situational traffic cues were used to manipulate the driver's expectations. Drivers adjusted the timing of their responses very well to the level of deceleration of the lead car. If cues in the environment indicated that the lead car was likely to decelerate, drivers reacted faster. Moreover, drivers increased their headway before the lead car actually started to decelerate, which can be considered an anticipatory response. In general, anticipation allows drivers to maintain their preferred headway and control time pressure in driving.     

Learning to make errors: evidence from a driving task simulation

Human errors represent a mismatch between the demands of an operational system and what the operator does. If they cannot be reversed, their consequences may be severe. Errors are frequently classified as design-or operator-induced. A third class of errors may also be identified, namely process-induced errors. Such errors arise out of on-going processes which typically extend over time. One such process is that of learning. In relation to the acquisition of skills, for example, learning frequently involves a trial-and-error component. Accidents by inexperienced drivers may represent a severe consequence of such errors. Errors may also arise out of particular learning experiences which provide a distorted underestimate of objective risk and/or motivate high risk behaviour. These phenomena are investigated in a computer simulation of the driving task. The relationship is discussed between various kinds of learning experience and the development of situations in which the possibility of error recovery declines. Some suggestions for reducing the frequency of irreversible errors and for increasing the data base for human error in vehicle driving are made.     

Development of a lane departure monitoring and control system

The lane departure avoidance systems have been considered promising to assist human drivers in AVCS (Advanced Vehicle Control System). In this paper, a lane departure monitoring and control system is developed and evaluated in the hardware-in-the-loop simulations. This system consists of lane sensing, lane departure monitoring and active steering control subsystems. The road image is obtained based on a vision sensor and the lane parameters are estimated using image processing and Kalman Filter technique. The active steering controller for avoiding the lane departure is designed based on the lane departure metric. The proposed lane departure avoidance system is realized in a steering HILS (hardware-in-the-loop simulation) tool and its performance is evaluated with a driver in the loop.     

Local collision avoidance of multiple robots using avoidability measure and relative distance

This paper presents a new method driving multiple robots to their goal position without collision. To consider the movement of the robots in a work area, we adopt the concept of avoidability measure. The avoidability measure figures the degree of how easily a robot can avoid other robots considering the velocity of the robots. To implement the concept to avoid collision among multiple robots, relative distance between the robots is proposed. The relative distance is a virtual distance between robots indicating the threat of collision between the robots. Based on the relative distance, the method calculates repulsive force against a robot from the other robots. Also, attractive force toward the goal position is calculated in terms of the relative distance. These repulsive force and attractive force are added to form the driving force for robot motion. The proposed method is simulated for several cases. The results show that the proposed method steers robots to open space anticipating the approach of other robots. In contrast, since the usual potential field method initiates avoidance motion later than the proposed method, it sometimes fails preventing collision or causes hasty motion to avoid other robots. The proposed method works as a local collision-free motion coordination method in conjunction with higher level of task planning and path planning method for multiple robots to do a collaborative job.     

Effects of texting on satisfaction in romantic relationships: The role of attachment

This study sought to overcome some of the methodological limitations in previous studies and clarify the role of attachment in the associations between texting and romantic relationship satisfaction. Specifically, a new, relative measure of texting usage was created to estimate the share of texting in communication compared to other channels (e.g., face-to-face, phone, and etc.), in addition to using the traditional, absolute measure of texting usage (i.e., the number of texts sent to partners). A sample of 395 participants completed an online survey regarding texting behavior. Background variables were controlled for in all analyses, particularly the physical distance between partners, which was often overlooked in previous research. The results suggested that texting share showed positive links with both attachment dimensions and a negative link with relationship satisfaction, whereas the sheer volume of texts had little association with attachment dimensions or satisfaction.     

Olfactory Responses of the Predatory Mites (N eoseiulus cucumeris) and Insects (O rius strigicollis ) to Two Different Plant Species Infested with Onion Thrips (T hrips tabaci)

Responses of Neoseiulus cucumeris (a predatory mite) and the predatory insect Orius strigicollis to volatiles associated with two different plant species infested with onion thrips, Thrips tabaci, were examined in a Y-tube olfactometer. Both predators species showed a significant preference for volatiles from infested cucumber leaves without T. tabaci over clean air. However, they were not attracted to volatiles from uninfested cucumber leaves, artificially damaged cucumber leaves, or volatiles from T. tabaci plus their visible products collected from cucumber leaves. These results suggest that both predator species are capable of exploiting herbivore-induced volatiles from T. tabaci-infested cucumber leaves as a foraging cue. Neither predator was attracted to volatiles from uninfested spring onion leaves, infested spring onion leaves without T. tabaci, or volatiles from T. tabaci plus their visible products collected from spring onion leaves. Interestingly, they avoided volatiles from artificially damaged spring onion leaves. A possible explanation for the non-significant olfactory responses of the predator species to spring onion plants with infestation damage of T. tabaci is discussed.     

未知环境下机器人避障设计研究

随着信息技术的发展,各个领域越来越需要高性能的自动化系统。机器人技术飞速发展,研究重点已经转向在复杂、未知、不可预测环境中独立工作的自主式智能机器人。介绍了机器人Q学习避障算法的实现方法,并构建了仿真实验平台,模拟了移动机器人在未知环境下自主地、安全地从起始点到达目标点的过程。通过仿真实验验证了Q学习实现机器人在未知环境下的行为选择控制是可行的、有效的,并验证机器人在未知环境下具有良好的越障性能。     

基于早期随机检测(RED)算法的拥塞避免策略

RED算法采用随机丢弃策略,避免传统尾部丢弃方式而引起的TCP全局同步,同时通过控制队列的长度来抑制拥塞的发生