A new method for recovering shape from cross-sectional contours with complexbranching structures is presented. First, each branching problem by providing an intermediatecontour using distance function and image proces...A new method for recovering shape from cross-sectional contours with complexbranching structures is presented. First, each branching problem by providing an intermediatecontour using distance function and image processing technology is solved. Then, all contours aredivided into several groups of simple contours. For each group, a NURBS curve is fitted to contourpoints in each section within a given accuracy on a common knot vector. Finally, the NURBS surfaceskinning of these contours is performed for providing a smooth geometric model. The method issuitable to reproduce the object by NC machining or rapid prototyping. Some results demonstrate itsusefulness and feasibility.展开更多
In order to overcome the drawbacks of conventional artificial potential fields (APF) based methods for the motion planning problems of mobile robots in dynamic uncertain environments, an artificial coordinating fields...In order to overcome the drawbacks of conventional artificial potential fields (APF) based methods for the motion planning problems of mobile robots in dynamic uncertain environments, an artificial coordinating fields (ACF) based method has been proposed recently. This paper deals with the reachability problem of the ACF, that is, how to design and choose the parameters of the ACF and how the environment should be such that the robot can reach its goal without being trapped in local minima. Some sufficient conditions for these purposes are developed theoretically. Theoretical analyses show that, the ACF can effectively remove local minima in dynamic uncertain environments with V-shape or U-shape obstacles, and guide the mobile robot to reach its goal with some necessary environment constraints and based on the methods provided in this paper to properly choose the parameters of the ACF. Comparisons between the ACF and APF, and simulations are provided to illustrate the advantages of the ACF.展开更多
A general method of controller design is developed for the purpose offormation keeping and reconfiguration of nonlinear systems with multiple subsystems, such as theformation of multiple aircraft, ground vehicles, or ...A general method of controller design is developed for the purpose offormation keeping and reconfiguration of nonlinear systems with multiple subsystems, such as theformation of multiple aircraft, ground vehicles, or robot arms. The model consists of multiplenonlinear systems. Controllers are designed to keep the subsystems in a required formation and tocoordinate the subsystems in the presence of environmental changes. A step-by-step algorithm ofcontroller design is developed. Sufficient conditions for the stability of formation tracking areproved. Simulations and experiments are conducted to demonstrate some useful coordination strategiessuch as movement with a leader, simultaneous movement, series connection of formations, andhuman-machine interaction.展开更多
A study has been made on the essence of optimal uncorrelated discriminant vectors. A whitening transform has been constructed by means of the eigen decomposition of the population scatter matrix, which makes the popul...A study has been made on the essence of optimal uncorrelated discriminant vectors. A whitening transform has been constructed by means of the eigen decomposition of the population scatter matrix, which makes the population scatter matrix be an identity matrix in the transformed sample space no matter whether the population scatter matrix is singular or not. Thus, the optimal discriminant vectors solved by the conventional linear discriminant analysis (LDA) methods are statistically uncorrelated. The research indicates that the essence of the statistically uncorrelated discriminant transform is the whitening transform plus conventional linear discriminant transform. The distinguished characteristics of the proposed method is that the obtained optimal discriminant vectors are not only orthogonal but also statistically uncorrelated. The proposed method is applicable to all the problems of algebraic feature extraction. The numerical experiments on several facial databases show the effectiveness of the proposed method.展开更多
Laser engineered net shaping (LENS) technology is a new type of rapid prototyping technology, which combines the conventional rapid prototyping technology with the laser cladding technology, and studies the rapid manu...Laser engineered net shaping (LENS) technology is a new type of rapid prototyping technology, which combines the conventional rapid prototyping technology with the laser cladding technology, and studies the rapid manufacture technology of metal components and moulds with comparatively complex shape or complex component. The laser engineered net shaping system is made up of by five modules. The hardware composition and operating principle of the modules are introduced in detail.展开更多
Partner selection is an active research topic in agile manufacturing and supply chain management. In this paper, the problem is described by a 0-1 integer programming with non-analytical objective function. Then, the ...Partner selection is an active research topic in agile manufacturing and supply chain management. In this paper, the problem is described by a 0-1 integer programming with non-analytical objective function. Then, the solution space is reduced by defining the inefficient candidate. By using the fuzzy rule quantification method, a fuzzy logic based decision making approach for the project scheduling is proposed. We then develop a fuzzy decision embedded genetic algorithm. We compare the algorithm with tranditional methods. The results show that the suggested approach can quickly achieve optimal solution for large size problems with high probability. The approach was applied to the partner selection problem of a coal fire power station construction project. The satisfactory results have been achieved.展开更多
In this paper, several kinds of multivalued logic for relational database and their developing process are presented on the basis of null value's semantics. A new 5 valued logic is led into relational database con...In this paper, several kinds of multivalued logic for relational database and their developing process are presented on the basis of null value's semantics. A new 5 valued logic is led into relational database containing null talue. The feasibility and necessity of using 5 valued logic are expounded. Comparative calculation and logical calculation under 5 valued logic are defined at the end of the paper.展开更多
基金Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning,China (No.20010102087)
文摘A new method for recovering shape from cross-sectional contours with complexbranching structures is presented. First, each branching problem by providing an intermediatecontour using distance function and image processing technology is solved. Then, all contours aredivided into several groups of simple contours. For each group, a NURBS curve is fitted to contourpoints in each section within a given accuracy on a common knot vector. Finally, the NURBS surfaceskinning of these contours is performed for providing a smooth geometric model. The method issuitable to reproduce the object by NC machining or rapid prototyping. Some results demonstrate itsusefulness and feasibility.
基金This paper was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (No.60131160741,60334010) of China.
文摘In order to overcome the drawbacks of conventional artificial potential fields (APF) based methods for the motion planning problems of mobile robots in dynamic uncertain environments, an artificial coordinating fields (ACF) based method has been proposed recently. This paper deals with the reachability problem of the ACF, that is, how to design and choose the parameters of the ACF and how the environment should be such that the robot can reach its goal without being trapped in local minima. Some sufficient conditions for these purposes are developed theoretically. Theoretical analyses show that, the ACF can effectively remove local minima in dynamic uncertain environments with V-shape or U-shape obstacles, and guide the mobile robot to reach its goal with some necessary environment constraints and based on the methods provided in this paper to properly choose the parameters of the ACF. Comparisons between the ACF and APF, and simulations are provided to illustrate the advantages of the ACF.
文摘A general method of controller design is developed for the purpose offormation keeping and reconfiguration of nonlinear systems with multiple subsystems, such as theformation of multiple aircraft, ground vehicles, or robot arms. The model consists of multiplenonlinear systems. Controllers are designed to keep the subsystems in a required formation and tocoordinate the subsystems in the presence of environmental changes. A step-by-step algorithm ofcontroller design is developed. Sufficient conditions for the stability of formation tracking areproved. Simulations and experiments are conducted to demonstrate some useful coordination strategiessuch as movement with a leader, simultaneous movement, series connection of formations, andhuman-machine interaction.
文摘A study has been made on the essence of optimal uncorrelated discriminant vectors. A whitening transform has been constructed by means of the eigen decomposition of the population scatter matrix, which makes the population scatter matrix be an identity matrix in the transformed sample space no matter whether the population scatter matrix is singular or not. Thus, the optimal discriminant vectors solved by the conventional linear discriminant analysis (LDA) methods are statistically uncorrelated. The research indicates that the essence of the statistically uncorrelated discriminant transform is the whitening transform plus conventional linear discriminant transform. The distinguished characteristics of the proposed method is that the obtained optimal discriminant vectors are not only orthogonal but also statistically uncorrelated. The proposed method is applicable to all the problems of algebraic feature extraction. The numerical experiments on several facial databases show the effectiveness of the proposed method.
文摘Laser engineered net shaping (LENS) technology is a new type of rapid prototyping technology, which combines the conventional rapid prototyping technology with the laser cladding technology, and studies the rapid manufacture technology of metal components and moulds with comparatively complex shape or complex component. The laser engineered net shaping system is made up of by five modules. The hardware composition and operating principle of the modules are introduced in detail.
基金This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.69974039, 60084003) and the National High-Tech Program (Grant No. 863-511-9844-011) of China and partly by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University research grant(G
文摘Partner selection is an active research topic in agile manufacturing and supply chain management. In this paper, the problem is described by a 0-1 integer programming with non-analytical objective function. Then, the solution space is reduced by defining the inefficient candidate. By using the fuzzy rule quantification method, a fuzzy logic based decision making approach for the project scheduling is proposed. We then develop a fuzzy decision embedded genetic algorithm. We compare the algorithm with tranditional methods. The results show that the suggested approach can quickly achieve optimal solution for large size problems with high probability. The approach was applied to the partner selection problem of a coal fire power station construction project. The satisfactory results have been achieved.
文摘In this paper, several kinds of multivalued logic for relational database and their developing process are presented on the basis of null value's semantics. A new 5 valued logic is led into relational database containing null talue. The feasibility and necessity of using 5 valued logic are expounded. Comparative calculation and logical calculation under 5 valued logic are defined at the end of the paper.
