Image classification using generalized multiscale RBF networks and discrete cosine transform

The use of the multiscale generalized radial basis function (MSRBF) network for image feature extraction is proposed for the first time. The MSRBF network holds a simple but flexible structure capable to modelling complex systems. However MSRBF is originally designed to identify observational-type input-output systems. We aim to use this efficient network to get to concise but accurate models of digital images thanks to: a) the use of multiple scales in the RBF kernel width, and b) the adoption of the forward regression orthogonal least squares (FROLS) algorithm to refine the model structure selection. Thereafter the new tailored model is excited to produce output signals aimed at be compressed by the discrete cosine transform (DCT), adopted in this work to compact signals’ energy into a few coefficients. To recognise images as MSRBF networks, a mathematical modelling was done by considering the first ones as multiple-input single-output systems. Based on the new methodology a novel computer aided diagnosis (CAD) system for cancer detection in X-ray mammograms was designed. Classification results show that the new CAD method helped reach a competitive diagnostic accuracy of 93.5%. It was similarly found that the MSRBF network is able to construct tailored and precise image models

La ‘vista in prima persona’ tra esperienza reale e fruizione digitale

Il contributo espone i termini di una riflessione critica sul tema della ’vista in prima persona‘ così come definita nell’ambito delle rappresentazioni tridimensionali digitali virtuali interattive. Il tema gemmato da considerazioni riguardanti la meraviglia percettiva, comunicativa, illusoria e narrativa, propria delle prospettive architettoniche, analizza alcuni scenari della fruizione prospettica digitale, confrontandoli con le caratteristiche fondamentali dell’esperienza naturale del movimento e della visione nel mondo reale. L’obiettivo cui mira la ricerca, oggetto di questo contributo, è di individuare alcune macroscopiche criticità e lacune funzionali, oggi singolarmente trascurate, sulle quali sia possibile intervenire qualitativamente per perfezionare l’esperienza percettiva e, per conseguenza, l’attività conoscitiva dello spazio virtuale digitale così come dell’informazione in esso contenuto.The contribution exposes the terms of a critical reflection on the theme of “first person view” as defined in the context of interactive virtual digital three-dimensional representations. The theme, gemmed by considerations regarding the perceptive, communicative, illusory and narrative wonder, typical of architectural perspectives, analyzes some scenarios of digital perspective use, comparing them with the fundamental characteristics of the natural experience of movement and vision in the real world. The aim of the research object of this contribution is to identify some macroscopic criticalities and functional gaps, today individually overlooked, on which it is possible to intervene qua- litatively to perfect the perceptual experience and, consequently, the cognitive activity of the digital virtual space , as well as the information it contains

Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Fluid Machines in Process Industries

Condition Monitoring (CM) of fluid machines plays a critical role in maintaining efficient productivity in many processing industries. Conventional vibration techniques generally provide more localised information with the need for many sensors, associated data acquiring and processing efforts, which are difficult for system deployment and are reluctantly accepted by those industries, for example paper mills and food production lines making marginal profits. To find adequate CM techniques for such industries this research investigates a new cost- effective scheme of implementing CM, which combines the high diagnostic capability of using Surface Vibration (SV) with the global detection capability of using the Instantaneous Angular Speed (IAS) measurements and Airborne Sound (AS). To address specific techniques involved in the scheme, this research is arranged in three consecutive Phases: Phase I is the technical evaluation; Phase II is the field implementation practices and Phase III is the application of AS through Convolution Neural Networks (CNN). In Phase I, widely used reciprocating compressor is investigated numerically and experimentally, which clarifies the performances of SV, IAS, AS, pressure and motor current in a quantitative way for differentiating common faults such as leakages happening in valves and intercoolers, faulty motor drives and mechanical transmission systems. It paves the foundations for the field implementation in Phase II. In Phase II, this novel scheme is realised on three sets of vacuum pumps in a paper mill. Based on an analytic study of dynamic responses to common faults on these pumps, a field test was conducted to verify the feasibility of the scheme and the preliminary study shows that airborne sound can show the relative spectral components for each machine to a good degree of accuracy. Knowledge gained from the preceding phases of study is now applied to Phase III. New techniques based on airborne signal differences through CNN have been demonstrated to give a good indication of the sound propagation and location of noise sources under all operating discharge pressure conditions at 100% validation accuracy, proving that the state of the art deep leaning approaches can be used to deal with complicated acoustic data

Safety and Reliability - Safe Societies in a Changing World

The contributions cover a wide range of methodologies and application areas for safety and reliability that contribute to safe societies in a changing world. These methodologies and applications include: - foundations of risk and reliability assessment and management - mathematical methods in reliability and safety - risk assessment - risk management - system reliability - uncertainty analysis - digitalization and big data - prognostics and system health management - occupational safety - accident and incident modeling - maintenance modeling and applications - simulation for safety and reliability analysis - dynamic risk and barrier management - organizational factors and safety culture - human factors and human reliability - resilience engineering - structural reliability - natural hazards - security - economic analysis in risk managemen

PROCEEDINGS 5th PLATE Conference

The 5th international PLATE conference (Product Lifetimes and the Environment) addressed product lifetimes in the context of sustainability. The PLATE conference, which has been running since 2015, has successfully been able to establish a solid network of researchers around its core theme. The topic has come to the forefront of current (political, scientific & societal) debates due to its interconnectedness with a number of recent prominent movements, such as the circular economy, eco-design and collaborative consumption. For the 2023 edition of the conference, we encouraged researchers to propose how to extend, widen or critically re-construct thematic sessions for the PLATE conference, and the paper call was constructed based on these proposals. In this 5th PLATE conference, we had 171 paper presentations and 238 participants from 14 different countries. Beside of paper sessions we organized workshops and REPAIR exhibitions