Modern sonar systems have greatly improved their sensor technology and processing techniques, but little effort has been put into display design for sonar data. The enormous amount of acoustic data presented by the tr...
Modern sonar systems have greatly improved their sensor technology and processing techniques, but little effort has been put into display design for sonar data. The enormous amount of acoustic data presented by the traditional frequency versus time display can be overwhelming for a sonar operator to monitor and analyze. In addition to their normal sonar tasks, sonobuoy system operators manage the deployment of sonobuoys and ensure proper functioning of deployed sonobuoys. This paper describes a work domain analysis carried out as part of an interfacedesign project targeting the sonobuoy system on board a maritime patrol aircraft. The domain of sonobuoy management and the domain of tactical situation awareness were modeled separately to address the two different aspects of the operator's work. Information requirements were drawn from the two models. Some of these requirements have significant implications for new design ideas that were previously overlooked in displays for sonobuoy systems.
This paper addresses the challenging problem of finding collision- free trajectories for many robots moving to individual goals within a common environment. Most popular algorithms for multi-robot planning manage the ...
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(纸本)8587978128
This paper addresses the challenging problem of finding collision- free trajectories for many robots moving to individual goals within a common environment. Most popular algorithms for multi-robot planning manage the complexity of the problem by planning trajectories for robots sequentially, such decoupled methods may fail to and a solution even if one exists. In contrast, this paper describes a multi-phase approach to the planning problem that guarantees a solution by creating and maintaining obstacle-free paths through the environment as required for each robot to reach its goal. Using a topological graph and spanning tree representation of a tunnel or corridor environment, the multi-phase planner is capable of planning trajectories for up to r = L¡1 robots, where the spanning tree includes L leaves. Monte Carlo simulations in a large environment with varying number of robots demonstrate that the algorithm can solve planning problems requiring complex coordination of many robots that cannot be solved with a decoupled approach, and is scalable with complexity linear in the number of robots.
This paper demonstrates the design and implementation of a second order twisting control algorithm with PID sliding surface for aMEM S micromirror.A laser scanning system with the closed-loop controlled MEM S micromir...
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(纸本)9781467374439
This paper demonstrates the design and implementation of a second order twisting control algorithm with PID sliding surface for aMEM S micromirror.A laser scanning system with the closed-loop controlled MEM S micromirror is developed and obtains 2D *** response and pointing performance are essential for the optical communications applications,for instance,MEM S optical *** verify the effectiveness of theproposed scheme,the experiments of set-point regulation are *** with traditional sliding mode control,the proposed scheme is able to improve the pointing accuracy with less chattering phenomenon.A micromirror-based laser scanning system is developed,the experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme is able to reduce the distortion of the scan trajectory and improve the image quality.
Work domain analysis is an approach that is moving from research to practical usage. Being highly analytical and time-intensive in its early stages, clients will search for early indications that the analysis is on tr...
Work domain analysis is an approach that is moving from research to practical usage. Being highly analytical and time-intensive in its early stages, clients will search for early indications that the analysis is on track and relevant. This paper presents one approach for validating a work domain analysis by mapping the action patterns of operators against the work domain space developed by the analysis. This approach provides some validation the analysis, shows the use of the work domain over time in three dimensions, and provides a substantial link between the work analysis approach and traditional task-based approaches.
This study explored how to inform the design of information systems for medication therapy management, in the context of the southwestern Ontario health system. The data collection comprised document analysis, intervi...
This study explored how to inform the design of information systems for medication therapy management, in the context of the southwestern Ontario health system. The data collection comprised document analysis, interviews, and process mapping, and the analysis of previous interview records. The Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) was used for data analysis to identify the effects of functional variability in system outcomes, and to propose ways to redesign future systems. The results from the FRAM showed that shortcomings in the information systems require users to adapt in many ways. While these adjustments are essential to delivering care in everyday practice, they may lose their effectiveness in the face of specific situations, creating brittleness and risk of adverse outcomes as users are led to make challenging decisions.
Fluctuation of field emission in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is not desirable in many applications and the design of biomedical x-ray devices is one of them. In these applications, it is of great importance to have precis...
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(纸本)9781420085075
Fluctuation of field emission in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is not desirable in many applications and the design of biomedical x-ray devices is one of them. In these applications, it is of great importance to have precise control of electron beams over multiple spatio-temporal scales. In this paper, a new design is proposed in order to optimize the field emission performance of CNT arrays. A diode configuration is used for analysis, where arrays of CNTs act as cathode. The results indicate that the linear height distribution of CNTs, as proposed in this study, shows more stable performance than the conventionally used unifrom distribution.
Every year, thousands of people receive consumer product related injuries. Research indicates that online customer reviews can be processed to autonomously identify product safety issues. Early identification of safet...
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While most homes are inherently social places, existing devices designed to control consumer electronics typically only support single user interaction. Further, as the number of consumer electronics in modern homes i...
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In this paper, we combine a novel set of image features called virtual circles with edge direction, to provide an efficient alignment algorithm for image registration under similarity transformations. Virtual circles ...
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In this paper we present a comparison between different combining techniques in neural network ensembles. The main focus of this paper will be on a new architecture that can be used in combining neural network ensembl...
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In this paper we present a comparison between different combining techniques in neural network ensembles. The main focus of this paper will be on a new architecture that can be used in combining neural network ensembles. This architecture is based on training two neural networks to perform the aggregation. One network is trained to establish a confidence factor for each member of the ensemble for every training entry. The other network performs the aggregation of the ensemble to present the final decision. Both these networks evolve together during training. This approach is compared with standard fixed and trained combining schemes.
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