We consider mark-recapture-recovery data with additional individual time-varying continuous covariate data. For such data it is common to specify the model parameters, and in particular the survival probabilities, as ...
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We consider mark-recapture-recovery data with additional individual time-varying continuous covariate data. For such data it is common to specify the model parameters, and in particular the survival probabilities, as a function of these covariates to incorporate individual heterogeneity. However, an issue arises in relation to missing covariate values, for (at least) the times when an individual is not observed, leading to an analytically intractable likelihood. We propose a two-step multiple imputation approach to obtain estimates of the demographic parameters. Firstly, a model is fitted to only the observed covariate values. Conditional on the fitted covariate model, multiple "complete" datasets are generated (i.e. all missing covariate values are imputed). Secondly, for each complete dataset, a closed form complete data likelihood can be maximised to obtain estimates of the model parameters which are subsequently combined to obtain an overall estimate of the parameters. Associated standard errors and 95 % confidence intervals are obtained using a non-parametric bootstrap. A simulation study is undertaken to assess the performance of the proposed two-step approach. We apply the method to data collected on a well-studied population of Soay sheep and compare the results with a Bayesian data augmentation approach. Supplementary materials accompanying this paper appear on-line.
The accuracy of three-axis magnetometers is limited by different scales, bias of each axis and nonorthogonality between axes, which is usually lower than that of scalar magnetometers. In this paper, the nonlinear leas...
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The accuracy of three-axis magnetometers is limited by different scales, bias of each axis and nonorthogonality between axes, which is usually lower than that of scalar magnetometers. In this paper, the nonlinear least square method is proposed to calibrate three-axis magnetometers. The validity of this method was proved by simulation, in which the estimated parameters of the error model are close to prearranged parameters. In experiment, a three-axis fluxgate magnetometer (DM-050), a two dimensional nonmagnetic rotation equipment and a proton magnetometer (GSM-19T) were used. The scalar value of magnetic field was obtained by proton magnetometer and considered to be the true value. The calibration performance of unscented Kalman filter (UKF), two-step algorithm and nonlinear least square were compared. Experimental results show that the error average and standard deviation of nonlinear least square are the least among the three methods. After calibration, the average of scalar error is reduced from -76.2 nT to -0.00093 nT and the standard deviation is reduced from 10.832 nT to 4.298 nT. The results suggest an effective way for the calibration of three-axis fluxgate magnetometers. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A low complexity precoding method is proposed for practical multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Based on the two-step optimal precoder design algorithm that...
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A low complexity precoding method is proposed for practical multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Based on the two-step optimal precoder design algorithm that maximises the lower bound of the mutual information with finite-alphabet inputs, the proposed method simplifies the precoder design by fixing the right singular vectors of the precoder matrix, eliminating the iterative optimisation between the twosteps, and discretising the search space of the power allocation vector. For a 4 x 4 channel, the computational complexity of the proposed precoder design is reduced to 3 and 6% of that required by the original two-step algorithm with quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) and 8 phase-shift keying (8PSK), respectively. The proposed method achieves nearly the same mutual information as the two-step iterative algorithm for a large range of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region, especially for large MIMO size and/or high constellation systems. The proposed precoding design method is applied to a 2 x 2 MIMO-OFDM system with 2048 subcarriers by designing 1024 precoders for extended channel matrices of size 4 x 4. A transceiver test bed implements these precoding matrices in comparison with other existing precoding schemes. Indoor experiments are conducted for fixed-platform non-line-of-sight channels, and the data processing results show that the proposed precoding method achieves the lowest bit error rate compared with maximum diversity, classic water-filling and channel diagonalisation methods.
In this paper, a two-step algorithm for solving singular linear systems is presented. We compare this algorithm with a DGCR type algorithm [A. Sidi, A unified approach to Krylov subspace methods for the Drazin-inverse...
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In this paper, a two-step algorithm for solving singular linear systems is presented. We compare this algorithm with a DGCR type algorithm [A. Sidi, A unified approach to Krylov subspace methods for the Drazin-inverse solution of singular non-symmetric linear systems, Linear Algebra Appl. 298 (1999) 99-113] by numerical experiments. An error analysis is given. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
two-step Monte Carlo algorithms are modified taking into account the symmetry (i.e., invariance) of the first step about some initial vector parameter of the modeled trajectory. In the modification, the modeling of th...
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two-step Monte Carlo algorithms are modified taking into account the symmetry (i.e., invariance) of the first step about some initial vector parameter of the modeled trajectory. In the modification, the modeling of this parameter is formally transferred to the second step of the algorithm. In the "splitting method," this means the randomization of the initial points of auxiliary trajectories. It is shown that the randomization can be improved by applying the Bellman principle.
This paper describes the cloud service architecture and key technologies for service selection algorithm. Cloud computing is a hot topic on software and distributed computing based on Internet, which means users can a...
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This paper describes the cloud service architecture and key technologies for service selection algorithm. Cloud computing is a hot topic on software and distributed computing based on Internet, which means users can access storages and applications from remote servers by web browsers or other fixed or mobile terminals. Because the constrained resources of fixed or mobile terminals, cloud computing will provide terminals with powerful complementation resources to acquire complicated services. The paper discusses the cloud service architecture and key algorithms about service selection with adaptive performances and minimum cost. The cloud service architecture is reasonable and the proposed service selection algorithms are available, scalable, and adaptive to different types of environments of services and clients.
A new algorithm for complete pre-flight calibration of triple magnetometers is developed. The traditional approach for calibrating these sensors are based on a cumbersome procedure called 'swing' that involves...
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A new algorithm for complete pre-flight calibration of triple magnetometers is developed. The traditional approach for calibrating these sensors are based on a cumbersome procedure called 'swing' that involves levelling and rotating the vehicle containing the magnetometers through a series of known headings. Application of such a procedure is difficult and costly. Recently, new approaches have been developed to calibrate magnetometers without the need of attitude information. Such methods are used mostly for the calibration of biases and scale factors. Additionally in situations where misalignment errors are also to be estimated, they are usually modelled as errors of a non-orthogonal frame relative to an orthogonal frame creating six additional unknown parameters to be estimated. The presented approach in this article utilizes a three-stepalgorithm to fully calibrate triple magnetometers without the need of attitude information through a batch least-square non-linear estimator. Since misalignment parameters are not all identifiable through attitude-independent techniques, the measurement equation is initially factorized such that the non-observable parameters are removed. This would allow identification of three parameters through attitude-independent techniques, while identification of the other three that require horizon information is carried out using a secondary procedure. In step one of the proposed scheme, the non-linear observation equation is transformed, via two non-linear functions, to a linear space with respect to the unknown parameters and the new unknown parameters are estimated with batch least-square estimator. In the second step, the first non-linear function is solved for nine parameters that have non-linear relationships with respect to the desired biases, scale factors, and misalignments. Subsequently, the second non-linear function is solved giving the main unknown calibration parameters in a non-physical frame. Finally, in the third step, to
The paper proposes an alternative modified two-step algorithm for steady state optimisation and parameter estimation. The aim is to simplify the model optimisation computation in the presence of general inequality con...
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The paper proposes an alternative modified two-step algorithm for steady state optimisation and parameter estimation. The aim is to simplify the model optimisation computation in the presence of general inequality constraints. Another advantage is that the existence of a model based optimal solution is ensured during the course of iteration. Optimality properties and convergence conditions are investigated. A simulation study is presented.
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