Several path-planning algorithms for mobile robots have been introduced. Proper architectures for mobile robots to implement the path-planning algorithms are also of interest. If the mobile robots are to perform compl...
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Several path-planning algorithms for mobile robots have been introduced. Proper architectures for mobile robots to implement the path-planning algorithms are also of interest. If the mobile robots are to perform complicated tasks including complex sensing and planning operations and have accepted performance, must be autonomous: capable of acquiring information and performing tasks without programmatic intervention. In this paper we employ a layered architecture for mobile robots to perform our previously introduced cellular automata based path planning technique. It employs an abstraction approach which makes the complexity manageable. The architecture has an important feature which is its internal artifacts; it has some beliefs about the world and these beliefs are represented in artifacts and most actions are planned and performed with respect to these artifacts
A new method for hand gesture recognition is proposed which is based on an innovative self-growing and self-organized neural gas (SGONG) network. Initially, the region of the hand is detected by using a color segmenta...
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A new method for hand gesture recognition is proposed which is based on an innovative self-growing and self-organized neural gas (SGONG) network. Initially, the region of the hand is detected by using a color segmentation technique that depends on a skin-color distribution map. Then, the SGONG network is applied on the segmented hand so as to approach its topology. Based on the output grid of neurons, palm geometric characteristics are obtained which in accordance with powerful finger features allow the identification of the raised fingers. Finally, the hand gesture recognition is accomplished through a probability-based classification method.
This paper presents a new methodology for the modeling and simulation of active sensor imaging systems using a hardware-in-the-loop technique based on TI6713 digital signal processor (DSP) units. The methodology cente...
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This paper presents a new methodology for the modeling and simulation of active sensor imaging systems using a hardware-in-the-loop technique based on TI6713 digital signal processor (DSP) units. The methodology centers on procedures to enhance the degree of automation in the modeling and simulation processes by taking the following actions: (1) improving the automated development of algorithms to compute the two dimensional (2D) discrete Fourier transform (DFT), (2) enhancing the use of 2D DFT algorithms in implementing active sensor image formation operations, and (3) estimating the ambiguity function as the impulse response function of active imaging systems using principles of time-frequency signal representation theory. These actions have produced significant results such as a 30% to 90% improvement in 2D DFT implementations over conventional techniques, enhancement on scalable techniques for computing the ambiguity function, fast implementation techniques for computing image formation operations using the 2D fast Fourier transform (FFT), and integrated MATLABcopy user's interfaces for the overall modeling and simulation processes.
We present automatic target recognition (ATR) model based on principles of biological vision systems. The model employs reinforcement learning (RL) through Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP). The performance of the repo...
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We present automatic target recognition (ATR) model based on principles of biological vision systems. The model employs reinforcement learning (RL) through Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP). The performance of the reported ATR model is compared to that of our previously reported ATR model, based on Heuristic Dynamic Programming (HDP). The HDP and DHP, known as the Adaptive Critic Designs (ACD), are neural network based implementation of Dynamic Programming (DP). The simulation shows promising results for both HDP and DHP based ATR model in presence of resolution distortion in incoming images and confirms that the DHP model is faster and more robust for our ATR system than the HDP.
This paper addresses the problem of face recognition in the presence of facial deformations caused by expressions. An isometric mapping between surfaces is assumed, which allows preservation of geodesic distance betwe...
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) employs a set of subcarriers for the information symbol transmission in parallel via the multipath fading channels. Due to its spectral efficiency and robustness over ...
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) employs a set of subcarriers for the information symbol transmission in parallel via the multipath fading channels. Due to its spectral efficiency and robustness over multipath channels, OFDM has been adopted for broadband communications. However, for high-speed mobility, the time-varying channels pose a performance limitation to the wireless OFDM systems. In this paper, we investigate the OFDM system performance in the time-varying channels where the intercarrier interference (ICI) occurs;we study the impacts of the time-varying multipath fadings together with the multiple Doppler spreads. According to our analysis and simulation results, the maximum OFDM symbol normalized Doppler frequency must be less than 0.04 to achieve the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR)=20dB or larger. As the maximum OFDM symbol normalized Doppler frequency increases, the OFDM system performance degrades dramatically. Different irreducible symbol error rate (SER) floors about 10{sup}(-2) for QPSK-OFDM schemes and 10{sup}(-1) for 16QAM-OFDM schemes would arise in case that the maximum OFDM symbol normalized Doppler frequency is fixed at 0.06.
Automatic modulation classification (AMC) is a scheme to automatically identify the modulation types of the transmitted signals by observing the received data samples in the presence of noise and fading channels. Nowa...
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Automatic modulation classification (AMC) is a scheme to automatically identify the modulation types of the transmitted signals by observing the received data samples in the presence of noise and fading channels. Nowadays, AMC plays an important role in both cooperative and non-cooperative communication applications. Very often, multipath fading channels result in the severe AMC performance degradation or induce large classification errors. The negative impacts of multipath fading channels on AMC have been discussed in the existing literature but no solution has ever been proposed so far to the best of our knowledge. In this paper, we propose a new robust AMC algorithm, which applies higher-order statistics (HOS) in a generic framework for blind channel estimation and pattern recognition. The advantage of our new algorithm is that, by carefully designing the essential features needed for AMC, we don't really have to acquire the complete channel information and therefore it can be feasible without any a priori information in practice. The Monte Carlo simulation results show that our new AMC algorithm can achieve the much better classification accuracy than the existing AMC techniques.
In this paper we discuss a learning approach to distributed object pushing. In the proposed approach, first the required individual skills for single-robot object pushing are learned using a fuzzy reinforcement learni...
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In this paper we discuss a learning approach to distributed object pushing. In the proposed approach, first the required individual skills for single-robot object pushing are learned using a fuzzy reinforcement learning method. Then, the robots learn how to coordinate their actions to push the object to the desired configuration cooperatively in a distributed manner. The proposed team-level learning benefits from the knowledge, which is in the form of a Q-table, that the agent has gained in its individual learning phase by a special design of reward signal and state-action representation. Each robot learns a threshold on its Q-value using a single state reinforcement learning method and pushes the object when the Q-value of its best action in the current state is above this threshold. The reward signal is designed based on the robots' Q-tables and no external critic is needed for learning cooperation. Simulation results show that the robots learn their individual skills and a cooperation protocol to push the object cooperatively
In this paper, the performance of five classifiers in P300 speller paradigm are compared. Theses classifiers are Linear Support Vector Machine (LSVM), Gaussian Support Vector Machine (GSVM), Neural Network (NN), Fishe...
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In this paper, the performance of five classifiers in P300 speller paradigm are compared. Theses classifiers are Linear Support Vector Machine (LSVM), Gaussian Support Vector Machine (GSVM), Neural Network (NN), Fisher Linear Discriminant (FLD), and Kernel Fisher Discriminant (KFD). In classification of P300 waves, there has been a trend to use SVM classifiers. Although they have shown a good performance, in this paper, it is shown that the FLD classifiers outperform the SVM classifiers. FLD classifier uses only ten channels of the recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. This makes them a very good candidate for real-time applications. In addition, FLD approach does not need any optimization similar to other methods. In addition, in this paper, it is shown that the efficiency of using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for feature reduction results in decreasing the time for the classification and increasing the accuracy
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