With the development of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication technologies, Vehicular Edge Computing (VEC) is utilized to speed up the running of vehicular computation workload by deploying VEC servers in close pr...
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Multirobot systems have been studied extensively in the recent years. Maintaining connectivity has significant impacts on the stability and convergence of the multirobot systems. In this work, we design a three-layer ...
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Multirobot systems have been studied extensively in the recent years. Maintaining connectivity has significant impacts on the stability and convergence of the multirobot systems. In this work, we design a three-layer framework for multirobot coordination. Furthermore, a novel distributed algorithm is proposed to achieve the navigation objective while satisfying connectivity maintenance and collision avoidance constraints. The algorithm is a hybrid of an rapidly exploring random tree-based planner and an extended distributed navigation function-based controller. The coordination framework and the distributed algorithm are demonstrated to be effective through a series of illustrative simulations. They outperform the current state-of-the-art method in terms of efficiency and applicability.
Uncoded linear video transmission has recently gained much attention. However, the received quality may not be good enough due to the channel fluctuation. In this paper, we propose a framework, named MCast, to exploit...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319773803;9783319773797
Uncoded linear video transmission has recently gained much attention. However, the received quality may not be good enough due to the channel fluctuation. In this paper, we propose a framework, named MCast, to exploit the time and frequency diversities by transmitting the data multiple times for better reconstruction. The key problem in MCast is how to assign channels and allocate power for the data blocks. We derive a close-form optimal power allocation solution for any given channel assignment. Then we propose a suboptimal channel assignment scheme, where we sort the channels with their powers and assign the channels one-by-one to the blocks that can reduce the most reconstruction error. Finally, simulations show that MCast can achieve better performance compared with existing methods.
Recent development of aintegrated micro-scale hybrid PV/CPV approach is presented. The Wafer Integrated Micro-scale PV approach (WPV) seamlessly integrates multijunction micro-cells with a multi-functional silicon pla...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781538685297
Recent development of aintegrated micro-scale hybrid PV/CPV approach is presented. The Wafer Integrated Micro-scale PV approach (WPV) seamlessly integrates multijunction micro-cells with a multi-functional silicon platform that provides optical micro-concentration, hybrid photovoltaic, and mechanical micro-assembly. The development of the first-generation prototype module based on the WPV concept is described. Initial outdoor module characterization results will also be discussed. The WPV approach is experimentally shown to achieve over 100% improvement on the concentration-acceptance-angle product (CAP), using the wafer-embedded non-imaging micro-concentrating elements. The wafer-embedded features lead to significantly reduced module material and fabrication costs, sufficient angular tolerance for low-cost trackers, and an ultra-compact optical architecture compatible with commercial flat panel infrastructures. The performance of the PV/CPV hybrid architecture is projected to illustrate its potential for cost-effective collection of both direct and diffuse sunlight, thereby extending the geographic and market domains for cost-effective PV system deployment. Our outdoor testing results on diffuse light collector in Cambridge, MA, USA indicate strong forward scattering effect of the diffuse light, which consequently can be utilized to design efficient diffuse concentrators to further reduce the cost of the Si cell. Leveraging low-cost micro-fabrication and high-level integration techniques, the micro-scale PV/CPV hybrid approach effectively combines the highperformance of multijunction solar cells and the low costs of flat-plate Si PV systems.
At present, the study of non-contact heart rate measurement based on vision is mostly a theoretical method. A few of the relevant algorithms are only described by the MATLAB script language. The specific research and ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781538663967
At present, the study of non-contact heart rate measurement based on vision is mostly a theoretical method. A few of the relevant algorithms are only described by the MATLAB script language. The specific research and design are still basically blank. Contact-type heart rate measurement devices, while accurate, are expensive, inconvenient to carry, and have a limited range of applications. Existing non-contact heart rate devices require a dedicated light source for measurement. Therefore, aiming at the above issues, this paper studies the design and implementation of a non-contact embedded device based on vision, proposes a design scheme, and perfects the currently known non-contact heart rate detection theory based on actual test results. Combining the highperformance, low cost, and low power consumption of the ARM processor, a new method for determining the heartbeat crest is proposed, and a low-cost vision-based embedded heart rate device is designed and implemented for the first time.
The volume of RDF data continues to grow over the past decade and many known RDF datasets have billions of triples. A grant challenge of managing this huge RDF data is how to access this big RDF data efficiently. A po...
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The need to keep track of the activity a miner is engaged in, is germane to the productivity and safety of the worker. Apart from this, it also serves as a possible early warning system if any irregular movements are ...
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The need to keep track of the activity a miner is engaged in, is germane to the productivity and safety of the worker. Apart from this, it also serves as a possible early warning system if any irregular movements are detected. Existing tracking methods suffer from high energy consumption and the inability to identify a person based on their gait as they only identify movements such as walking or sitting. To solve this challenge, this paper presents a low power inertial measuring unit (IMU) based system capable of identifying various activities, specifically those that a worker would engage in while working in a mine. The system is extended to perform a gait analysis to identify the person performing the activity as well. Three sensor nodes were designed and etched onto a printed circuit board (PCB). Housings for the nodes were designed and 3D-printed. Firmware for the sensor node microcontrollers was developed in C to incorporate I2C data sampling with XBee API mode packet construction. A back-end program was then developed in C# to handle all the incoming data with the use of 2 neural networks. The test of the proposed system revealed a high degree of activity identification accuracy while the results obtained for the gait analysis revealed that the system can distinguish between different users with reasonable accuracy. The energy consumption test also revealed a satisfactory performance.
Point-to-point latency is one of the most important metrics for highperformancecomputer networks and is used widely in communication performance modeling, link-failure detection, and application optimization. Howeve...
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Many static analysis methods and tools have been developed for program bug detection. They are based on diverse theoretical principles, such as pattern matching, abstract interpretation, model checking and symbolic ex...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783030042721;9783030042714
Many static analysis methods and tools have been developed for program bug detection. They are based on diverse theoretical principles, such as pattern matching, abstract interpretation, model checking and symbolic execution. Unfortunately, none of them can meet most requirements for bug finding. Individual tool always faces high false negatives and/or false positives, which is the main obstacle for using them in practice. A direct and promising way to improve the capability of static analysis is to integrate diverse bug finders. In this paper, we first selected five state-of-the-art C/C++ static analysis tools implemented with different theories. We then evaluated them over different defect types and code structures in detail. To increase the precision and recall for tool integration, we studied how to properly employ machine learning algorithms based on features of programs and tools. Evaluation results show that: (1) the abilities of diverse tools are quite different for defect types and code structures, and their overlaps are quite small;(2) the integration based on machine learning can obviously improve the overall performance of static analysis. Finally, we investigated the defect types and code structures which are still challenging for existing tools. They should be addressed in future research on static analysis.
The current landscape of scientific research is widely based on modeling and simulation, typically with complexity in the simulation's flow of execution and parameterization properties. Execution flows are not nec...
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