Biometric verification systems are deployed in various security-based access-control applications that require user-friendly and reliable person verification. Among the different biometric characteristics, fingervein ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9798350318920;9798350318937
Biometric verification systems are deployed in various security-based access-control applications that require user-friendly and reliable person verification. Among the different biometric characteristics, fingervein biometrics have been extensively studied owing to their reliable verification performance. Furthermore, fingervein patterns reside inside the skin and are not visible outside;therefore, they possess inherent resistance to presentation attacks and degradation due to external factors. In this paper, we introduce a novel fingervein verification technique using a convolutional multihead attention network called VeinAtnNet. The proposed VeinAtnNet is designed to achieve light weight with a smaller number of learnable parameters while extracting discriminant information from both normal and enhanced fingervein images. The proposed VeinAtnNet was trained on the newly constructed fingervein dataset with 300 unique fingervein patterns that were captured in multiple sessions to obtain 92 samples per unique fingervein. Extensive experiments were performed on the newly collected dataset FV-300 and the publicly available FV-USM and FV-PolyU fingervein dataset. The performance of the proposed method was compared with five state-of-the-art fingervein verification systems, indicating the efficacy of the proposed VeinAtnNet.
.he optical beamformers that rely on Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) have emerged as highly reliable alternatives compared to the bulky and energy-hungry RF chains and mechanical steering systems. Stemming from th...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9798350377330;9798350377323
.he optical beamformers that rely on Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) have emerged as highly reliable alternatives compared to the bulky and energy-hungry RF chains and mechanical steering systems. Stemming from the rapid penetration of PIC technologies into both the radiofrequency ( RF) and the free-space optics (FSO) application areas, Optical Multi-beam Beamformer network (OMBFN) architectures have been demonstrated as a solution to the inevitable increase of the radiating elements when a single antenna array is employed for the generation of multiple beams. So far, these architectures rely primarily on the adaptation of network solutions developed for RF implementation, most prevalent to be Butler or Blass matrices. These solutions, however, come with their disadvantages supporting either static beams distribution or preventing every beam from being generated and steered independently. In this work, we present the exploitation of the crossbar (Xbar)-based universal linear operator as an OMBFN, offering the independent generation and control of multiple simultaneous beams.
With the rise in cyber-attacks and the prevalence of industrial controlsystems, network security has become a critical requirement for organizations operating in industrial environments. This paper addresses the need...
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We present a modular framework designed to enable a robot hand-arm system to learn how to catch flying objects, a task that requires fast, reactive, and accurately-timed robot motions. Our framework consists of five c...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781665491907
We present a modular framework designed to enable a robot hand-arm system to learn how to catch flying objects, a task that requires fast, reactive, and accurately-timed robot motions. Our framework consists of five core modules: (i) an object state estimator that learns object trajectory prediction, (ii) a catching pose quality network that learns to score and rank object poses for catching, (iii) a reaching control policy trained to move the robot hand to pre-catch poses, (iv) a grasping control policy trained to perform soft catching motions for safe and robust grasping, and (v) a gating network trained to synthesize the actions given by the reaching and grasping policy. The former two modules are trained via supervised learning and the latter three use deep reinforcement learning in a simulated environment. We conduct extensive evaluations of our framework in simulation for each module and the integrated system, to demonstrate high success rates of in-flight catching and robustness to perturbations and sensory noise. Whilst only simple cylindrical and spherical objects are used for training, the integrated system shows successful generalization to a variety of household objects that are not used in training.
Passing the intersection is a crucial traffic scenario in urban traffic network. Rapid development of vehicle technologies makes vehicles cross the intersection more efficiently. In this paper, we propose a protocol w...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783031664557;9783031664564
Passing the intersection is a crucial traffic scenario in urban traffic network. Rapid development of vehicle technologies makes vehicles cross the intersection more efficiently. In this paper, we propose a protocol where vehicles can pass the intersection safely and efficiently at a 6-lane dual carriageway. To ensure the safety of the protocol, we formally model the protocol and verify some necessary properties using the tool Uppaal. To evaluate the performance of our protocol, we conduct extensive experiments. After analyzing experimental data, the average rate of time reduction in a circle is over 92%. The results demonstrate that our protocol is both efficient and effective.
Accurate short-term photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting is of great significance for the safe and stable operation of power system. Spatial information from neighboring PV sites contributes to improving forecasting pe...
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Accurate short-term photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting is of great significance for the safe and stable operation of power system. Spatial information from neighboring PV sites contributes to improving forecasting performance. However, most of the current methods considering the spatial information of neighboring sites indiscriminately use all sites data for modeling, which will lead to information redundancy, resulting in low forecasting accuracy. Therefore, this paper proposes a short-term solar power forecasting method based on optimal graph structure considering surrounding spatio-temporal correlations. Firstly, the neighboring sites data is analyzed from the perspective of geographical and weather factors to select typical PV sites. Secondly, based on the complex network theory, a new index is proposed to evaluate the connectivity of the graph structure, which improves the predictive ability of the Graph Convolutional network (GCN) model. Finally, considering numerical weather prediction (NWP) data, a hierarchical directed graph structure is constructed to indicate the unidirectional relationship between input samples, which is used as the input of GCN model to mine the spatio-temporal correlation around the targeted site. Through carrying out the case study, the proposed method shows excellent performance in improving accuracy of power forecasting compared with other benchmark methods.
The expansion in automation of increasingly fast applications and low-power edge devices poses a particular challenge for optimization based control algorithms, like model predictive control. Our proposed machine-lear...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9798350382662;9798350382655
The expansion in automation of increasingly fast applications and low-power edge devices poses a particular challenge for optimization based control algorithms, like model predictive control. Our proposed machine-learning supported approach addresses this by utilizing a feed-forward neural network to reduce the computation load of the online-optimization. We propose approximating part of the problem horizon, while maintaining safety guarantees - constraint satisfaction - via the remaining optimization part of the controller. The approach is validated in simulation, demonstrating an improvement in computational efficiency, while maintaining guarantees and near-optimal performance. The proposed MPC scheme can be applied to a wide range of applications, including those requiring a rapid control response, such as robotics and embedded applications with limited computational resources.
Industrial decision-making processes today face significant challenges due to the increasing complexity of problems. This complexity arises from the wide range of optimization constraints to consider, the vast amounts...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783031770425;9783031770432
Industrial decision-making processes today face significant challenges due to the increasing complexity of problems. This complexity arises from the wide range of optimization constraints to consider, the vast amounts of information to process, and the numerous potential solutions to explore. Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into industrial decision-making processes has emerged as a transformative force, converting organizational strategies and operational paradigms to unlock new levels of efficiency, production, and profitability while preserving the lead. This study presents a novel decision-making optimization approach that efficiently uses artificial neural networks and the analytic hierarchy process to generate optimal decisions based on real-time performance data analysis and prior in-stance learning.
Although its advantages of handling input uncertainties and noises, Type-2 Fuzzy controller faces the challenge of the trial-and-error process for evaluating so many control parameters. To overcome this issue, an Elma...
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This paper proposes a multi -agent system (MAS)-assisted relaying scheme to identify the fault section in a distribution network (DN) that incorporates doubly -fed induction generators (DFIG)-based wind distributed ge...
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This paper proposes a multi -agent system (MAS)-assisted relaying scheme to identify the fault section in a distribution network (DN) that incorporates doubly -fed induction generators (DFIG)-based wind distributed generations (DGs). Firstly, to mitigate the adverse effect of the uncertain fault behavior of DFIGs on conventional directional elements, the fault direction identifiers (FDIs) are assigned at the I -type and ii -type buses in the DN using the high -frequency component principle. Furthermore, a MAS-assisted relaying structure is devised to collect and integrate these identifiers and then accomplish the fault section location. On the one hand, since the setting of FDIs only requires local current information and the logical signals are solely exchanged within each predetermined associated region, the proposed fault section location scheme can be implemented in an immature DN with a limited number of voltage transformers or under weak synchronization conditions. On the other hand, the autonomy and cooperation of intelligent Agents also enable the proposed scheme to determine the fault section in a decentralized decision -making (DDM) mode, eliminating the dependence on strong central control and reducing redundant data transmission in a multi -bus distribution system. Simulation results under representative faulty scenarios validate the expected performance of the protection scheme.
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