In response to the problem of inter-carrier interference(ICI)and inter-subband interference(IBI)in the received signals of universal filtered multi-carrier(UFMC)systems,a novel interfer-ence suppression design scheme ...In response to the problem of inter-carrier interference(ICI)and inter-subband interference(IBI)in the received signals of universal filtered multi-carrier(UFMC)systems,a novel interfer-ence suppression design scheme applying the method of complex weighted matrix inter-leaving map-ping(CWMIM)is proposed on the basis of the existing suppression scheme of conjugate weighted butterfly interleaving mapping(CWBIM).The proposed scheme performs matrix interleaving map-ping on the transmitted signal,which not only improves the carrier interference ratio(CIR)of the received signal by combining the original IBI and ICI terms,but also further inhibits the probability of burst error in the received signal.Meanwhile,the scheme can further decrease the impact of phase rotation errors in the received signal by increasing the number of rotation factors.Theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate that compared with CWBIM-UFMC,the proposed CWMIM-UFMC can obtain more effective ICI and IBI suppression and better system bit error rate(BER)performance with only a little bit increase in computational complexity.展开更多
The unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)images captured under low-light conditions are often suffering from noise and uneven illumination.To address these issues,we propose a low-light image enhancement algorithm for UAV imag...The unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)images captured under low-light conditions are often suffering from noise and uneven illumination.To address these issues,we propose a low-light image enhancement algorithm for UAV images,which is inspired by the Retinex theory and guided by a light weighted map.Firstly,we propose a new network for reflectance component processing to suppress the noise in images.Secondly,we construct an illumination enhancement module that uses a light weighted map to guide the enhancement process.Finally,the processed reflectance and illumination components are recombined to obtain the enhancement results.Experimental results show that our method can suppress the noise in images while enhancing image brightness,and prevent over enhancement in bright regions.Code and data are available at https://gitee.com/baixiaotong2/uav-images.git.展开更多
Earthquake induced landslides are one of the most severe geo-environmental hazards that cause enormous damage to infrastructure, property, and loss of life in Nuweiba area. This study developed a model for mapping the...Earthquake induced landslides are one of the most severe geo-environmental hazards that cause enormous damage to infrastructure, property, and loss of life in Nuweiba area. This study developed a model for mapping the earthquake-induced landslide susceptibility in Nuweiba area in Egypt with considerations of geological, geomorphological, topographical, and seismological factors. An integrated approach of remote sensing and GIS technologies were applied for that target. Several data sources including Terra SAR-X and SPOT 5 satellite imagery, topographic maps, field data, and other geospatial resources were used to model landslide susceptibility. These data were used specifically to produce important thematic layers contributing to landslide occurrences in the region. A rating scheme was developed to assign ranks for the thematic layers and weights for their classes based on their contribution in landslide susceptibility. The ranks and weights were defined based on the knowledge from field survey and authors experiences related to the study area. The landslide susceptibility map delineates the hazard zones to three relative classes of susceptibility: high, moderate, and low. Therefore, the current approach provides a way to assess landslide hazards and serves for geo-hazard planning and prediction in Nuweiba area.展开更多
Resistance Random Access Memory(ReRAM)crossbar arrays have been used in compute in-memory(CIM)application owing to its high bit-density,non-volatility,and capability to perform multiplyaccumulate(MAC)calculations effi...Resistance Random Access Memory(ReRAM)crossbar arrays have been used in compute in-memory(CIM)application owing to its high bit-density,non-volatility,and capability to perform multiplyaccumulate(MAC)calculations efficiently.The expansion of the size of the crossbars has led to the emerging challenge of high IR voltage drop and more complex logic control devices.In this paper,we propose a progressive weight pruning strategy based on gradient sensitivity analysis to reduce redundant parameters and enhance overall sparsity.Building upon this sparsity-enhanced structure,we further introduce two complementary weight quantization-mapping methods tailored for high-bit and low-bit quantization scenarios.The proposed method utilizes group quantization for clustering to merge weights in higher bits and leverages differential properties to conduct spectral clustering for merging weights in lower bits.Experimental results indicate notable savings in crossbar resources with minimal loss of precision.Moreover,we designed a carrier board-FPGA testing platform and deployed a neural network on a 32×32 size ReRAM crossbar.The results show that the proposed algorithm saves 42%of units,and the recognition accuracy of the MNIST dataset is within an acceptable range(91.5%to 88.3%).展开更多
To improve image quality under low illumination conditions,a novel low-light image enhancement method is proposed in this paper based on multi-illumination estimation and multi-scale fusion(MIMS).Firstly,the illuminat...To improve image quality under low illumination conditions,a novel low-light image enhancement method is proposed in this paper based on multi-illumination estimation and multi-scale fusion(MIMS).Firstly,the illumination is processed by contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization(CLAHE),adaptive complementary gamma function(ACG),and adaptive detail preserving S-curve(ADPS),respectively,to obtain three components.Then,the fusion-relevant features,exposure,and color contrast are selected as the weight maps.Subsequently,these components and weight maps are fused through multi-scale to generate enhanced illumination.Finally,the enhanced images are obtained by multiplying the enhanced illumination and reflectance.Compared with existing approaches,this proposed method achieves an average increase of 0.81%and 2.89%in the structural similarity index measurement(SSIM)and peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR),and a decrease of 6.17%and 32.61%in the natural image quality evaluator(NIQE)and gradient magnitude similarity deviation(GMSD),respectively.展开更多
Recent studies have pointed out that the widespread iron deposits in southwestern Fujian metallogenic belt(SFMB)(China) are skarn-type deposits associated with the Yanshanian granites. There is still excellent potenti...Recent studies have pointed out that the widespread iron deposits in southwestern Fujian metallogenic belt(SFMB)(China) are skarn-type deposits associated with the Yanshanian granites. There is still excellent potential for mineral exploration because large areas in this belt are covered by forest. A new predictive model for mapping skarn-type Fe deposit prospectivity in this belt was developed and focused on in this study, using five criteria as evidence:(1) the contact zones of Yanshanian granites(GRANITE);(2) the contact zones within the late Paleozoic marine sedimentary rocks and the carbonate formations(FORMATION);(3) the NE-NNE-trending faults(FAULT);(4) the zones of skarn alterations(SKARN); and(5) the aeromagnetic anomaly(AEROMAGNETIC). The fuzzy weights of evidence(FWof E) method, developed from the classical weights of evidence(Wof E) and based on fuzzy sets and fuzzy probabilities, could provide smaller variances and more accurate posterior probabilities and could effectively minimize the uncertainty caused by omitted or wrongly assigned data and be more flexible than the Wof E. It is an efficient and widely used method for mineral potential mapping. Random forests(RF) is a new and useful method for data-driven predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity method, and needs further scrutiny. Both prospectivity results respectively using the FWof E and RF methods reveal that the prediction model for the skarn-type Fe deposits in the SFMB is successful and efficient. Both methods suggested that the GRANITE and FORMATION are the most valuable evidence maps, followed by SKARN, AEROMAGNETIC, and FAULT. This is coincident with the skarn-type Fe deposit mineral model in the SFMB. The unstable performance experienced when FORMATION was omitted might indicate that the highest uncertainty and risk in follow-up exploration is related to the sequences. In addition, the performance of the RF method for the skarn-type Fe deposits prospectivity in the SFMB is better than the FWof E; therefore, it could be used to guide further exploration of skarn-type Fe prospects in the SFMB.展开更多
In this paper,a new type of finite difference mapped weighted essentially non-oscillatory(MWENO)schemes with unequal-sized stencils,such as the seventh-order and ninthorder versions,is constructed for solving hyperbol...In this paper,a new type of finite difference mapped weighted essentially non-oscillatory(MWENO)schemes with unequal-sized stencils,such as the seventh-order and ninthorder versions,is constructed for solving hyperbolic conservation laws.For the purpose of designing increasingly high-order finite difference WENO schemes,the equal-sized stencils are becoming more and more wider.The more we use wider candidate stencils,the bigger the probability of discontinuities lies in all stencils.Therefore,one innovation of these new WENO schemes is to introduce a new splitting stencil methodology to divide some fourpoint or five-point stencils into several smaller three-point stencils.By the usage of this new methodology in high-order spatial reconstruction procedure,we get different degree polynomials defined on these unequal-sized stencils,and calculate the linear weights,smoothness indicators,and nonlinear weights as specified in Jiang and Shu(J.Comput.Phys.126:202228,1996).Since the difference between the nonlinear weights and the linear weights is too big to keep the optimal order of accuracy in smooth regions,another crucial innovation is to present the new mapping functions which are used to obtain the mapped nonlinear weights and decrease the difference quantity between the mapped nonlinear weights and the linear weights,so as to keep the optimal order of accuracy in smooth regions.These new MWENO schemes can also be applied to compute some extreme examples,such as the double rarefaction wave problem,the Sedov blast wave problem,and the Leblanc problem with a normal CFL number.Extensive numerical results are provided to illustrate the good performance of the new finite difference MWENO schemes.展开更多
This note deals with the existence and uniqueness of a minimiser of the following Grtzsch-type problem inf f ∈F∫∫_(Q_1)φ(K(z,f))λ(x)dxdyunder some mild conditions,where F denotes the set of all homeomorphims f wi...This note deals with the existence and uniqueness of a minimiser of the following Grtzsch-type problem inf f ∈F∫∫_(Q_1)φ(K(z,f))λ(x)dxdyunder some mild conditions,where F denotes the set of all homeomorphims f with finite linear distortion K(z,f)between two rectangles Q_1 and Q_2 taking vertices into vertices,φ is a positive,increasing and convex function,and λ is a positive weight function.A similar problem of Nitsche-type,which concerns the minimiser of some weighted functional for mappings between two annuli,is also discussed.As by-products,our discussion gives a unified approach to some known results in the literature concerning the weighted Grtzsch and Nitsche problems.展开更多
Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the...Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the orthogonality of deformed grid, the displacement of grid points is divided into rotational and translational parts in this paper, and inverse distance weighted interpolation is used to transfer the changing location from boundary grid to the spatial grid. Moreover, the deformation of rotational part is implemented in combination with the exponential space mapping that improves the certainty and stability of quaternion interpolation. Furthermore, the new grid deformation technique named ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ is built based on the basic quaternion technique, which combines the layering arithmetic with transfinite interpolation（TFI） technique. Then the proposed technique is applied in the movement of airfoil, parametric modeling, and the deformation of complex configuration, in which the robustness of grid quality is tested. The results show that the new method has the capacity to deal with the problems with large deformation, and the ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ improves the efficiency and quality of the basic quaternion deformation method significantly.展开更多
In order to improve the video quality of transmission with data loss,a spatial and temporal error concealment method was proposed,which considered both the state information of the network and the perceptual weight of...In order to improve the video quality of transmission with data loss,a spatial and temporal error concealment method was proposed,which considered both the state information of the network and the perceptual weight of the video content.The proposed method dynamically changed the reliability weight of the neighboring macroblock,which was used to conceal the lost macroblocks according to the packet loss rate of the current channel state.The perceptual weight map was utilized as side information to do weighted pixel interpolation and side-match based motion compensation for spatial and temporal error concealment,respectively.And the perceptual weight of the neighboring macroblocks was adaptively modified according to the perceptual weight of the lost macroblocks.Compared with the method used in H.264 joint model,experiment results show that the proposed method performs well both in subjective video quality and objective video quality,and increases the average peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR) of the whole frame by about 0.4 dB when the video bitstreams are transmitted with packets loss.展开更多
Urban living in large modern cities exerts considerable adverse effectson health and thus increases the risk of contracting several chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The prediction of CKDs has become a major task in urba...Urban living in large modern cities exerts considerable adverse effectson health and thus increases the risk of contracting several chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The prediction of CKDs has become a major task in urbanizedcountries. The primary objective of this work is to introduce and develop predictive analytics for predicting CKDs. However, prediction of huge samples isbecoming increasingly difficult. Meanwhile, MapReduce provides a feasible framework for programming predictive algorithms with map and reduce functions.The relatively simple programming interface helps solve problems in the scalability and efficiency of predictive learning algorithms. In the proposed work, theiterative weighted map reduce framework is introduced for the effective management of large dataset samples. A binary classification problem is formulated usingensemble nonlinear support vector machines and random forests. Thus, instead ofusing the normal linear combination of kernel activations, the proposed work creates nonlinear combinations of kernel activations in prototype examples. Furthermore, different descriptors are combined in an ensemble of deep support vectormachines, where the product rule is used to combine probability estimates ofdifferent classifiers. Performance is evaluated in terms of the prediction accuracyand interpretability of the model and the results.展开更多
The famous modernist architect Richard Neutra argued that movement through,and understanding of a building could be choreographed by controlling the visual stimuli that is available to a person.These claims are tested...The famous modernist architect Richard Neutra argued that movement through,and understanding of a building could be choreographed by controlling the visual stimuli that is available to a person.These claims are tested by quantifying the lines of sight and intelligibility of five of Neutra’s residential designs.A computational method,weighted axial line analysis,is used to investigate lines of sight and movement in five of Neutra’s house designs.The cumulative lengths of axial lines required to reach public and private spaces are compared,and centrality measures are calculated for each design that are weighted with line length data.Intelligibility metrics are calculated from these centrality measures.The first hypothesis,that visual stimuli in Neutra’s architecture is greater when accessing public rather than private spaces is supported by the results.The second hypothesis,that Neutra’s architecture is highly intelligible,is not supported by the results.This research tests two theories used to explain the works of a famous architect and it develops a new variation of well-known Space Syntax technique,to account for axial line lengths.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61601296,61201244)the Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission(No.20511103500)the Talent Program of Shanghai University of Engineer-ing Science(No.2018RC43).
文摘In response to the problem of inter-carrier interference(ICI)and inter-subband interference(IBI)in the received signals of universal filtered multi-carrier(UFMC)systems,a novel interfer-ence suppression design scheme applying the method of complex weighted matrix inter-leaving map-ping(CWMIM)is proposed on the basis of the existing suppression scheme of conjugate weighted butterfly interleaving mapping(CWBIM).The proposed scheme performs matrix interleaving map-ping on the transmitted signal,which not only improves the carrier interference ratio(CIR)of the received signal by combining the original IBI and ICI terms,but also further inhibits the probability of burst error in the received signal.Meanwhile,the scheme can further decrease the impact of phase rotation errors in the received signal by increasing the number of rotation factors.Theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate that compared with CWBIM-UFMC,the proposed CWMIM-UFMC can obtain more effective ICI and IBI suppression and better system bit error rate(BER)performance with only a little bit increase in computational complexity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62201454 and 62306235)the Xi’an Science and Technology Program of Xi’an Science and Technology Bureau(No.23SFSF0004)。
文摘The unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)images captured under low-light conditions are often suffering from noise and uneven illumination.To address these issues,we propose a low-light image enhancement algorithm for UAV images,which is inspired by the Retinex theory and guided by a light weighted map.Firstly,we propose a new network for reflectance component processing to suppress the noise in images.Secondly,we construct an illumination enhancement module that uses a light weighted map to guide the enhancement process.Finally,the processed reflectance and illumination components are recombined to obtain the enhancement results.Experimental results show that our method can suppress the noise in images while enhancing image brightness,and prevent over enhancement in bright regions.Code and data are available at https://gitee.com/baixiaotong2/uav-images.git.
基金the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
文摘Earthquake induced landslides are one of the most severe geo-environmental hazards that cause enormous damage to infrastructure, property, and loss of life in Nuweiba area. This study developed a model for mapping the earthquake-induced landslide susceptibility in Nuweiba area in Egypt with considerations of geological, geomorphological, topographical, and seismological factors. An integrated approach of remote sensing and GIS technologies were applied for that target. Several data sources including Terra SAR-X and SPOT 5 satellite imagery, topographic maps, field data, and other geospatial resources were used to model landslide susceptibility. These data were used specifically to produce important thematic layers contributing to landslide occurrences in the region. A rating scheme was developed to assign ranks for the thematic layers and weights for their classes based on their contribution in landslide susceptibility. The ranks and weights were defined based on the knowledge from field survey and authors experiences related to the study area. The landslide susceptibility map delineates the hazard zones to three relative classes of susceptibility: high, moderate, and low. Therefore, the current approach provides a way to assess landslide hazards and serves for geo-hazard planning and prediction in Nuweiba area.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2021YFA0717700in part by Nanjing University-China Mobile Communications Group Company,Ltd.Joint Institute.
文摘Resistance Random Access Memory(ReRAM)crossbar arrays have been used in compute in-memory(CIM)application owing to its high bit-density,non-volatility,and capability to perform multiplyaccumulate(MAC)calculations efficiently.The expansion of the size of the crossbars has led to the emerging challenge of high IR voltage drop and more complex logic control devices.In this paper,we propose a progressive weight pruning strategy based on gradient sensitivity analysis to reduce redundant parameters and enhance overall sparsity.Building upon this sparsity-enhanced structure,we further introduce two complementary weight quantization-mapping methods tailored for high-bit and low-bit quantization scenarios.The proposed method utilizes group quantization for clustering to merge weights in higher bits and leverages differential properties to conduct spectral clustering for merging weights in lower bits.Experimental results indicate notable savings in crossbar resources with minimal loss of precision.Moreover,we designed a carrier board-FPGA testing platform and deployed a neural network on a 32×32 size ReRAM crossbar.The results show that the proposed algorithm saves 42%of units,and the recognition accuracy of the MNIST dataset is within an acceptable range(91.5%to 88.3%).
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2022YFB3205101)NSAF(No.U2230116)。
文摘To improve image quality under low illumination conditions,a novel low-light image enhancement method is proposed in this paper based on multi-illumination estimation and multi-scale fusion(MIMS).Firstly,the illumination is processed by contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization(CLAHE),adaptive complementary gamma function(ACG),and adaptive detail preserving S-curve(ADPS),respectively,to obtain three components.Then,the fusion-relevant features,exposure,and color contrast are selected as the weight maps.Subsequently,these components and weight maps are fused through multi-scale to generate enhanced illumination.Finally,the enhanced images are obtained by multiplying the enhanced illumination and reflectance.Compared with existing approaches,this proposed method achieves an average increase of 0.81%and 2.89%in the structural similarity index measurement(SSIM)and peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR),and a decrease of 6.17%and 32.61%in the natural image quality evaluator(NIQE)and gradient magnitude similarity deviation(GMSD),respectively.
基金the joint financial support from a research project on "Quantitative models for prediction of strategic mineral resources in China" (Grant No. 201211022) by China Geological Surveythe National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41372007, 41430320 & 41522206)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-13-1016)
文摘Recent studies have pointed out that the widespread iron deposits in southwestern Fujian metallogenic belt(SFMB)(China) are skarn-type deposits associated with the Yanshanian granites. There is still excellent potential for mineral exploration because large areas in this belt are covered by forest. A new predictive model for mapping skarn-type Fe deposit prospectivity in this belt was developed and focused on in this study, using five criteria as evidence:(1) the contact zones of Yanshanian granites(GRANITE);(2) the contact zones within the late Paleozoic marine sedimentary rocks and the carbonate formations(FORMATION);(3) the NE-NNE-trending faults(FAULT);(4) the zones of skarn alterations(SKARN); and(5) the aeromagnetic anomaly(AEROMAGNETIC). The fuzzy weights of evidence(FWof E) method, developed from the classical weights of evidence(Wof E) and based on fuzzy sets and fuzzy probabilities, could provide smaller variances and more accurate posterior probabilities and could effectively minimize the uncertainty caused by omitted or wrongly assigned data and be more flexible than the Wof E. It is an efficient and widely used method for mineral potential mapping. Random forests(RF) is a new and useful method for data-driven predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity method, and needs further scrutiny. Both prospectivity results respectively using the FWof E and RF methods reveal that the prediction model for the skarn-type Fe deposits in the SFMB is successful and efficient. Both methods suggested that the GRANITE and FORMATION are the most valuable evidence maps, followed by SKARN, AEROMAGNETIC, and FAULT. This is coincident with the skarn-type Fe deposit mineral model in the SFMB. The unstable performance experienced when FORMATION was omitted might indicate that the highest uncertainty and risk in follow-up exploration is related to the sequences. In addition, the performance of the RF method for the skarn-type Fe deposits prospectivity in the SFMB is better than the FWof E; therefore, it could be used to guide further exploration of skarn-type Fe prospects in the SFMB.
基金the NSFC grant 11872210 and the Science Challenge Project,No.TZ2016002the NSFC Grant 11926103 when he visited Tianyuan Mathematical Center in Southeast China,Xiamen 361005,Fujian,Chinathe NSFC Grant 12071392 and the Science Challenge Project,No.TZ2016002.
文摘In this paper,a new type of finite difference mapped weighted essentially non-oscillatory(MWENO)schemes with unequal-sized stencils,such as the seventh-order and ninthorder versions,is constructed for solving hyperbolic conservation laws.For the purpose of designing increasingly high-order finite difference WENO schemes,the equal-sized stencils are becoming more and more wider.The more we use wider candidate stencils,the bigger the probability of discontinuities lies in all stencils.Therefore,one innovation of these new WENO schemes is to introduce a new splitting stencil methodology to divide some fourpoint or five-point stencils into several smaller three-point stencils.By the usage of this new methodology in high-order spatial reconstruction procedure,we get different degree polynomials defined on these unequal-sized stencils,and calculate the linear weights,smoothness indicators,and nonlinear weights as specified in Jiang and Shu(J.Comput.Phys.126:202228,1996).Since the difference between the nonlinear weights and the linear weights is too big to keep the optimal order of accuracy in smooth regions,another crucial innovation is to present the new mapping functions which are used to obtain the mapped nonlinear weights and decrease the difference quantity between the mapped nonlinear weights and the linear weights,so as to keep the optimal order of accuracy in smooth regions.These new MWENO schemes can also be applied to compute some extreme examples,such as the double rarefaction wave problem,the Sedov blast wave problem,and the Leblanc problem with a normal CFL number.Extensive numerical results are provided to illustrate the good performance of the new finite difference MWENO schemes.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11371268 and 11171080)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20123201110002)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20141189)
文摘This note deals with the existence and uniqueness of a minimiser of the following Grtzsch-type problem inf f ∈F∫∫_(Q_1)φ(K(z,f))λ(x)dxdyunder some mild conditions,where F denotes the set of all homeomorphims f with finite linear distortion K(z,f)between two rectangles Q_1 and Q_2 taking vertices into vertices,φ is a positive,increasing and convex function,and λ is a positive weight function.A similar problem of Nitsche-type,which concerns the minimiser of some weighted functional for mappings between two annuli,is also discussed.As by-products,our discussion gives a unified approach to some known results in the literature concerning the weighted Grtzsch and Nitsche problems.
文摘Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the orthogonality of deformed grid, the displacement of grid points is divided into rotational and translational parts in this paper, and inverse distance weighted interpolation is used to transfer the changing location from boundary grid to the spatial grid. Moreover, the deformation of rotational part is implemented in combination with the exponential space mapping that improves the certainty and stability of quaternion interpolation. Furthermore, the new grid deformation technique named ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ is built based on the basic quaternion technique, which combines the layering arithmetic with transfinite interpolation（TFI） technique. Then the proposed technique is applied in the movement of airfoil, parametric modeling, and the deformation of complex configuration, in which the robustness of grid quality is tested. The results show that the new method has the capacity to deal with the problems with large deformation, and the ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ improves the efficiency and quality of the basic quaternion deformation method significantly.
基金Project(2006C11200) supported by the Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province of China
文摘In order to improve the video quality of transmission with data loss,a spatial and temporal error concealment method was proposed,which considered both the state information of the network and the perceptual weight of the video content.The proposed method dynamically changed the reliability weight of the neighboring macroblock,which was used to conceal the lost macroblocks according to the packet loss rate of the current channel state.The perceptual weight map was utilized as side information to do weighted pixel interpolation and side-match based motion compensation for spatial and temporal error concealment,respectively.And the perceptual weight of the neighboring macroblocks was adaptively modified according to the perceptual weight of the lost macroblocks.Compared with the method used in H.264 joint model,experiment results show that the proposed method performs well both in subjective video quality and objective video quality,and increases the average peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR) of the whole frame by about 0.4 dB when the video bitstreams are transmitted with packets loss.
文摘Urban living in large modern cities exerts considerable adverse effectson health and thus increases the risk of contracting several chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The prediction of CKDs has become a major task in urbanizedcountries. The primary objective of this work is to introduce and develop predictive analytics for predicting CKDs. However, prediction of huge samples isbecoming increasingly difficult. Meanwhile, MapReduce provides a feasible framework for programming predictive algorithms with map and reduce functions.The relatively simple programming interface helps solve problems in the scalability and efficiency of predictive learning algorithms. In the proposed work, theiterative weighted map reduce framework is introduced for the effective management of large dataset samples. A binary classification problem is formulated usingensemble nonlinear support vector machines and random forests. Thus, instead ofusing the normal linear combination of kernel activations, the proposed work creates nonlinear combinations of kernel activations in prototype examples. Furthermore, different descriptors are combined in an ensemble of deep support vectormachines, where the product rule is used to combine probability estimates ofdifferent classifiers. Performance is evaluated in terms of the prediction accuracyand interpretability of the model and the results.
文摘The famous modernist architect Richard Neutra argued that movement through,and understanding of a building could be choreographed by controlling the visual stimuli that is available to a person.These claims are tested by quantifying the lines of sight and intelligibility of five of Neutra’s residential designs.A computational method,weighted axial line analysis,is used to investigate lines of sight and movement in five of Neutra’s house designs.The cumulative lengths of axial lines required to reach public and private spaces are compared,and centrality measures are calculated for each design that are weighted with line length data.Intelligibility metrics are calculated from these centrality measures.The first hypothesis,that visual stimuli in Neutra’s architecture is greater when accessing public rather than private spaces is supported by the results.The second hypothesis,that Neutra’s architecture is highly intelligible,is not supported by the results.This research tests two theories used to explain the works of a famous architect and it develops a new variation of well-known Space Syntax technique,to account for axial line lengths.
