This work focuses on the problem of distributed optimization in multi-agent cyberphysical systems, where a legitimate agent's iterates are influenced both by the values it receives from potentially malicious neigh...
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As big data,Artificial Intelligence,and Vehicle-to-Everything(V2X)communication have advanced,Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS)are being developed to enable efficient and safe transportation *** Toll Collection(...
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As big data,Artificial Intelligence,and Vehicle-to-Everything(V2X)communication have advanced,Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS)are being developed to enable efficient and safe transportation *** Toll Collection(ETC),which is one of the services included in ITS systems,is an automated system that allows vehicles to pass through toll plazas without stopping for manual *** ETC system is widely deployed on highways due to its contribution to stabilizing the overall traffic system *** ensure secure and efficient toll payments,designing a distributed model for sharing toll payment information among untrusted toll service providers is ***,the current ETC system operates under a centralized ***,both toll service providers and toll plazas know the toll usage history of *** raises concerns about revealing the entire driving routes and patterns of *** address these issues,blockchain technology,suitable for secure data management and data sharing in distributed systems,is being applied to the ETC *** enables efficient and transparent management of ETC ***,the public nature of blockchain poses a challenge where users’usage records are exposed to all *** tackle this,we propose a blockchain-based toll ticket model named AnonymousTollPass that considers the privacy of *** proposed model utilizes traceable ring signatures to provide unlinkability between tickets used by a vehicle and prevent the identity of the vehicle using the ticket from being identified among the ring members for the ***,malicious vehicles’identities can be traced when they attempt to reuse *** conducting simulations,we show the effectiveness of the proposed model and demonstrate that gas fees required for executing the proposed smart contracts are only 10%(when the ring size is 50)of the fees required in previous studies.
Underwater images often exhibit severe color deviations and degraded visibility,which limits many practical applications in ocean *** extensive research has been conducted into underwater image enhancement,little of w...
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Underwater images often exhibit severe color deviations and degraded visibility,which limits many practical applications in ocean *** extensive research has been conducted into underwater image enhancement,little of which demonstrates the significant robustness and generalization for diverse real-world underwater *** this paper,we propose an adaptive color correction algorithm based on the maximum likelihood estimation of Gaussian parameters,which effectively removes color casts of a variety of underwater images.A novel algorithm using weighted combination of gradient maps in HSV color space and absolute difference of intensity for accurate background light estimation is proposed,which circumvents the influence of white or bright regions that challenges existing physical model-based *** enhance contrast of resultant images,a piece-wise affine transform is applied to the transmission map estimated via background light ***,with the estimated background light and transmission map,the scene radiance is recovered by addressing an inverse problem of image formation *** experiments reveal that our results are characterized by natural appearance and genuine color,and our method achieves competitive performance with the state-of-the-art methods in terms of objective evaluation metrics,which further validates the better robustness and higher generalization ability of our enhancement model.
This paper considers link scheduling in a wireless network comprising of two types of nodes:(i)hybrid access points(HAPs)that harvest solar en-ergy,and(ii)devices that harvest radio frequency(RF)energy whenever HAPs *...
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This paper considers link scheduling in a wireless network comprising of two types of nodes:(i)hybrid access points(HAPs)that harvest solar en-ergy,and(ii)devices that harvest radio frequency(RF)energy whenever HAPs *** aim is to de-rive the shortest possible link schedule that determines the transmission time of inter-HAPs links,and uplinks from devices to *** first outline a mixed in-teger linear program(MILP),which can be run by a central node to determine the optimal schedule and transmit power of HAPs and *** then out-line a game theory based protocol called Distributed Schedule Minimization Protocol(DSMP)that is run by HAPs and ***,it does not require causal energy arrivals and channel gains *** results show that DSMP produces schedule lengths that are at most 1.99x longer than the schedule computed by MILP.
We have realized efficient photopatterning and high-quality ZrO_(2)films through combustion synthesis and manufactured resistive random access memory(RRAM)devices with excellent switching stability at low temperatures...
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We have realized efficient photopatterning and high-quality ZrO_(2)films through combustion synthesis and manufactured resistive random access memory(RRAM)devices with excellent switching stability at low temperatures(250℃)using these *** synthesis reduces the energy required for oxide conversion,thus accelerating the decomposition of organic ligands in the UV-exposed area,and promoting the formation of metal-oxygen networks,contributing to *** analysis confirmed a reduction in the conversion temperature of combustion precursors,and the prepared combustion ZrO_(2)films exhibited a high proportion of metal-oxygen bonding that constitutes the oxide lattice,along with an amorphous ***,the synergistic effect of combustion synthesis and UV/O_(3)-assisted photochemical activation resulted in patterned ZrO_(2)films forming even more complete metal-oxygen *** devices fabricated with patterned ZrO_(2)films using combustion synthesis exhibited excellent switching characteristics,including a narrow resistance distribution,endurance of 103 cycles,and retention for 105 s at 85℃,despite low-temperature *** synthesis not only enables the formation of high-quality metal oxide films with low external energy but also facilitates improved photopatterning.
While spin-orbit interaction has been extensively studied,few investigations have reported on the interaction between orbital angular momenta(OAMs).In this work,we study a new type of orbit-orbit coupling between the ...
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While spin-orbit interaction has been extensively studied,few investigations have reported on the interaction between orbital angular momenta(OAMs).In this work,we study a new type of orbit-orbit coupling between the longitudinal OAM and the transverse OAM carried by a three-dimensional(3D)spatiotemporal optical vortex(STOV)in the process of tight *** 3D STOV possesses orthogonal OAMs in the x-y,t-x,and y-t planes,and is preconditioned to overcome the spatiotemporal astigmatism effect.x,y,and t are the axes in the spatiotemporal *** corresponding focused wavepacket is calculated by employing the Debye diffraction theory,showing that a phase singularity ring is generated by the interactions among the transverse and longitudinal vortices in the highly confined *** Fourier-transform decomposition of the Debye integral is employed to analyze the mechanism of the orbit-orbit *** is the first revelation of coupling between the longitudinal OAM and the transverse OAM,paving the way for potential applications in optical trapping,laser machining,nonlinear light-matter interactions,and more.
A numerical model of the bearing fault of a motor with a closed-slot rotor using the finite element method(FEM)is *** rotor’s radial motion can be regarded as static eccentric at the defect time points and healthy at...
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A numerical model of the bearing fault of a motor with a closed-slot rotor using the finite element method(FEM)is *** rotor’s radial motion can be regarded as static eccentric at the defect time points and healthy at other time *** frequency of the harmonic component is analyzed corresponding to bearing fault in stator current according to the radial movement of the motor ***,the relative permeability variation region is established to achieve the radial motion of the rotor with bearing ***,the relative permeability variation region is established in the health and static eccentric ***,the defect time points are estimated and the static eccentricity model by transient field is ***,the relative permeability of the variable region in the static eccentric model is imported into the variable region of the health model at the defect time *** simulation results show that the air gap flux density of the bearing fault model is different from that of the health model and static eccentric *** addition,the stator current contains harmonic components of the bearing *** analysis results prove the applicability of the proposed model.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) reveals the brain dynamics that are of a great value in clinical applications, e.g., epilepsy diagnosis, cognitive status, and other disorders. Intracranial Electroencephalogram (iEEG) is en...
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Deepening the deployment of distributed energy resources requires the large-scale integration of inverter-based resources, which can deteriorate the frequency stability. Recent studies propose using neural Lyapunov-ba...
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Traditional Global Positioning System(GPS)technology,with its high power consumption and limited perfor-mance in obstructed environments,is unsuitable for many Internet of Things(IoT)*** paper explores LoRa as an alte...
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Traditional Global Positioning System(GPS)technology,with its high power consumption and limited perfor-mance in obstructed environments,is unsuitable for many Internet of Things(IoT)*** paper explores LoRa as an alternative localization technology,leveraging its low power consumption,robust indoor penetration,and extensive coverage area,which render it highly suitable for diverse IoT *** comprehensively review several LoRa-based localization techniques,including time of arrival(ToA),time difference of arrival(TDoA),round trip time(RTT),received signal strength indicator(RSSI),and fingerprinting *** this review,we evaluate the strengths and limitations of each technique and investigate hybrid models to potentially improve positioning *** studies in smart cities,agriculture,and logistics exemplify the versatility of LoRa for indoor and outdoor *** findings demonstrate that LoRa technology not only overcomes the limitations of GPS regarding power consumption and coverage but also enhances the scalability and efficiency of IoT deployments in complex environments.
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