Microarray data are expected to be useful for cancer classification. The main problem that needs to be addressed is the selection of a smaller subset of genes from the thousands of genes in the data that contributes t...
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In this paper, a reputation-based Grid workflow scheduling algorithm is proposed to counter the effect of inherent unreliability and temporal characteristics of computing resources in large scale, decentralized Grid o...
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Efficient scheduling is a key concern for the effectual execution of performance driven Grid applications, such as workflows. Many list heuristics have been developed for scheduling workflows in centralized Grid envir...
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With the growth of Utility Grids and various Grid market infrastructures, the need for efficient and cost effective scheduling algorithms is also increasing rapidly, particularly in the area of meta-scheduling. In the...
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In this paper, we use EEG signals to classify two emotions-happiness and sadness. These emotions are evoked by showing subjects pictures of smile and cry facial expressions. We propose a frequency band searching metho...
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In recent years, Image Deblurring techniques have played an essential role in the field of Image Processing. In image deblurring, there are several kinds of blurred image such as motion blur, defocused blur and gaussi...
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Echo State Network (ESN) is a new type of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) proposed in recent years. The training process of ESN is easier and requires less computational effort than regular RNN which has the same size....
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This paper presents artificial neural networks and particle swarm optimization (ANN-PSO) based short-term load forecasting model with improved generalization technique for the Regional Power Control Center of Saudi El...
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(纸本)9781424450985
This paper presents artificial neural networks and particle swarm optimization (ANN-PSO) based short-term load forecasting model with improved generalization technique for the Regional Power Control Center of Saudi Electricity Company, Western Operation Area (SEC-WOA) of Saudi Arabia. Weather, load demand, wind speed, wind direction, heat, sunlight, etc. are quite different in a desert land than other places. Thus this model is different from a typical forecasting model considering inputs and outputs. In this research, two models are implemented - firstly load forecasting model for prediction;however, it is not sufficient for desired level of accurate forecasting, and secondly, optimization to improve the results up to at least better than existing results. This paper includes ANN and PSO models for 24-hours ahead load forecasting. ANN is a mathematical tool for mapping complex relations;it is well proved for the successful use of prediction, function approximation with dynamics, categorization, classification, and so forth. In this research, 24- step ahead calculations are performed in the ANN model and results are moderate. On the other hand, PSO is the most promising optimization tool. It is a swarmed based optimization method;it has better information sharing and conveying mechanism;it has better balance of local and global searching abilities;it can handle huge multi-dimensional optimization problems efficiently with hundreds of thousands of constraints. Thus PSO is chosen as the optimization tool that is applied on the weight matrix of ANN to improve results. In this research, PSO reliably and accurately tracks the continuously changing weights of ANN for uncertain load demand. By analyzing the model of ANN for the load-forecasting problem of SEC-WOA with hundreds of thousands of data and changing-uncertain load demand, the PSO is applied for the ANN weight adjustment and to optimize the uncertain load demand, as the ANN is not an optimization method. Results
Metaschedulers can distribute parts of a bag-of-tasks (BoT) application among various resource providers in order to speed up its execution. When providers cannot disclose private information such as their load and co...
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Metaschedulers can distribute parts of a bag-of-tasks (BoT) application among various resource providers in order to speed up its execution. When providers cannot disclose private information such as their load and computing power, which are usually heterogeneous, the metascheduler needs to make blind scheduling decisions. We propose three policies for composing resource offers to schedule deadline-constrained BoT applications. Offers act as a mechanism in which resource providers expose their interest in executing an entire BoT or only part of it without revealing their load and total computing power. We also evaluate the amount of information resource providers need to expose to the metascheduler and its impact on the scheduling. Our main findings are: (i) offer-based scheduling produces less delay for jobs that cannot meet deadlines in comparison to scheduling based on load availability (i.e. free time slots); thus it is possible to keep providers' load private when scheduling multi-site BoTs; and (ii) if providers publish their total computing power they can have more local jobs meeting deadlines.
In this paper, we present an efficient and robust subspace learning based object tracking algorithm with special illumination handling. Illumination variances pose a great challenge to most of object tracking algorith...
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(纸本)9781424452378
In this paper, we present an efficient and robust subspace learning based object tracking algorithm with special illumination handling. Illumination variances pose a great challenge to most of object tracking algorithms. In this paper, an edge orientation based feature has been proposed and proven to approximately invariant to illumination changes. Besides, we utilize the incremental subspace learning based particle filter framework which is effective to handle various appearance changes. To reduce the amount of computation when the particle number is large, a new layer of preprocessing step has been added to the particle filter framework with the help of edge orientation features. From the experimental m results, it is obvious that our proposed algorithm achieves promising performance especially in the scenarios with large illumination changes.
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