In this research work, we present a flexible iridium oxide (IrOx) extended-gate field-effect transistor (EGFET) biosensor for label-free detection of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) biomarker. IrOx was emp...
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Fast reroute (FRR) mechanisms that can instantly handle network failures in the data plane are gaining attention in packet-switched networks. In FRR no notification messages are required as the nodes adjacent to the f...
Fast reroute (FRR) mechanisms that can instantly handle network failures in the data plane are gaining attention in packet-switched networks. In FRR no notification messages are required as the nodes adjacent to the failure are prepared with a routing table such that the packets are re-routed only based on local information. However, designing the routing algorithm for FRR is challenging because the number of possible sets of failed network links and nodes can be extremely high, while the algorithm should keep track of which nodes are aware of the failure. In this paper, we propose a generic algorithmic framework that combines the benefits of Integer Linear Programming (ILP) and an effective approach from graph theory related to constructive graph characterization of k-connected graphs, i.e., edge splitting-off. We illustrate these benefits through arborescence design for FRR and show that (i) due to the ILP we have great flexibility in defining the routing problem, while (ii) the problem can still be solved very fast. We demonstrate through simulations that our framework outperforms state-of-the-art FRR mechanisms and provides better resilience with shorter paths in the arborescences.
In this paper, we present a distributed version of the k-means algorithm for multi-agent systems with directed communication links. The goal of k-means is to partition the network’s agents in mutually exclusive sets ...
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In this paper, we present a distributed version of the k-means algorithm for multi-agent systems with directed communication links. The goal of k-means is to partition the network’s agents in mutually exclusive sets (groups) such that agents in the same set have (and possibly share) similar information and are able to calculate a representative value for their group. Our distributed algorithm allows each node to transmit quantized values in an event-driven fashion, and exhibits distributed stopping capabilities. Transmitting quantized values leads to more efficient usage of the available bandwidth and reduces the communication bottleneck, whereas distributed stopping preserves available resources. We characterize the properties of the proposed distributed algorithm and show that its execution (on any static and strongly connected digraph) will partition all agents in mutually exclusive clusters in finite time. We conclude with examples that illustrate the operation, performance, and potential advantages of the proposed algorithm.
Multi-signature scheme is a unique type of digital signature where a group of participants are capable of producing a signature interactively on a shared message, thus significantly reducing the signature size. This i...
Multi-signature scheme is a unique type of digital signature where a group of participants are capable of producing a signature interactively on a shared message, thus significantly reducing the signature size. This is especially important for Internet of Vehicles (IoV) systems where higher efficiency and lower costs are required during the communication. Most approaches so far, however, are developed by traditional methods such as the integer factoring assumption, which result in potential vulnerability to quantum computing attacks. Although a few lattice-based multi-signature candidates have been proposed, they either rely on hash-and-sign process with higher costs or may be compromised by larger size of public key and signature. Motivated by the Bimodal Lattice Signature Scheme (BLISS) model [1], we propose a new lattice-based multi-signature scheme (Multi-BLISS, MB) in this paper. Our scheme can also be transformed into an aggregate signature scheme (Aggregate MB, AMB) with similar level of performance. We evaluate both schemes by setting security levels of 128, 160 and 192 bits in the experiments, and the results demonstrate significant improvement on security and efficiency comparing to existing lattice-based multi-signature schemes.
Similarity transformation problems are important in robotic instrumentation and computer vision based measurements since in many cases the information of visually observed scene scale is unknown and must be restored f...
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Similarity transformation problems are important in robotic instrumentation and computer vision based measurements since in many cases the information of visually observed scene scale is unknown and must be restored for accurate 3-dimensional reconstruction. In existing solvers, the scale is often considered as a scalar, i.e., isotropic, which may be invalid for anisotropic-scale setups. This paper exploits some mathematical coincidences that will lead to efficient solution to these problems. Possible further applications also include hand-eye calibration and structure-from-motion. We revisit pose estimation problems within the framework of similarity transformation, the one that considers scale-stretching, rotation and translation simultaneously. Two major problems are taken into account, i.e., the scale-stretching point-cloud registration and perspective-n-points (PnP). It has been found out that these two problems are quite similar. Moreover, we solve the anisotropic-scale registration problem that is important and is a remaining unsolved one in previous literatures. To compute the globally optimal solution of these non-convex problems, algebraic solution is obtained to compute all local minima using computationally efficient methods. The designed algorithm is deployed for robotic-arm pose estimation. We also extend the algorithm for solving the problem of robust magnetometer calibration. Visual pose experiments verify the superiority of the proposed method compared with representatives, including P3P, Lambda-Twist P3P and EPnP, which can be reproduced by repository in https://***/zarathustr/APnP. IEEE
As the scale of national grid data continues to grow, data link fault location becomes more and more important. The traditional fault location method has many shortcomings due to its cognitive and technical limitation...
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Counterfactual Explanations are becoming a de-facto standard in post-hoc interpretable machine learning. For a given classifier and an instance classified in an undesired class, its counterfactual explanation correspo...
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In this work, we exploit the recent notion of closed-loop state sensitivity to critically compare three typical controllers for a quadrotor UAV with the goal of evaluating the impact of controller choice, gain tuning ...
In this work, we exploit the recent notion of closed-loop state sensitivity to critically compare three typical controllers for a quadrotor UAV with the goal of evaluating the impact of controller choice, gain tuning and shape of the reference trajectory in minimizing the sensitivity of the closed-loop system against uncertainties in the model parameters. To this end, we propose a novel optimization problem that takes into account both the shape of the reference trajectory and the controller gains. We then run a large statistical campaign for comparing the performance of the three controllers which provides some interesting insight for the goal of increasing closed-loop robustness against parametric uncertainties.
In robotics, Visual Place Recognition is a continuous process that receives as input a video stream to produce a hypothesis of the robot's current position within a map of known places. This task requires robust, ...
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Segmentation of medical images is the process of dividing an image into regions that have some characteristics that are homogeneous and consistent. Medical image segmentation for brain images is an important process i...
Segmentation of medical images is the process of dividing an image into regions that have some characteristics that are homogeneous and consistent. Medical image segmentation for brain images is an important process in the early diagnosis of brain tumors, brain abnormalities, and their treatment planning. When performed by medical specialists, segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) takes a long time. This paper needs to propose some new hybrid approaches for image segmentation and classification for early detection and treatment of brain tumors. The conventional fuzzy c-means clustering (FCM) method is susceptible to artifacts; the local spatial information is frequently presented to an objective function to enhance the FCM method's reliability for segmenting the images. To overcome this limitation, the authors proposed the Fast and Robust FCM (FRFCM), an optimized FCM technique that utilizes morphological restoration (MR) and membership filtration which is considerably quicker and much more reliable than classical FCM. Following the clustering procedure, the new Social Spider Optimization (SSO) swarm algorithm relies on the co - operative features of the social spider is employed to obtain the best outcome. The novel integration of FRFCM and SSO has been affirmed through evaluating on numerous different BraTS datasets, yielding improved performance metric values.
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