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An Inverse Geometry Problem for the Localization of Skin Tumours by Thermal Analysis
In this paper, the Dual Reciprocity Method (DRM) is coupled to a Genetic Algorithm (GA) in an inverse procedure through which the size and location of a skin tumour may be obtained from temperature measurements at the skin surface. The GA is an evolutionary process which does not require the calculation of sensitivities, search directions or the definition of initial guesses. The DRM in this case requires no internal nodes. It is also shown that the DRM approximation function used is not an important factor for the problem considered here. Results are presented for tumours of different sizes and positions in relation to the skin surface
Block matching algorithm for motion estimation based on Artificial Bee Colony (ABC)
Block matching (BM) motion estimation plays a very important role in video
coding. In a BM approach, image frames in a video sequence are divided into
blocks. For each block in the current frame, the best matching block is
identified inside a region of the previous frame, aiming to minimize the sum of
absolute differences (SAD). Unfortunately, the SAD evaluation is
computationally expensive and represents the most consuming operation in the BM
process. Therefore, BM motion estimation can be approached as an optimization
problem, where the goal is to find the best matching block within a search
space. The simplest available BM method is the full search algorithm (FSA)
which finds the most accurate motion vector through an exhaustive computation
of SAD values for all elements of the search window. Recently, several fast BM
algorithms have been proposed to reduce the number of SAD operations by
calculating only a fixed subset of search locations at the price of poor
accuracy. In this paper, a new algorithm based on Artificial Bee Colony (ABC)
optimization is proposed to reduce the number of search locations in the BM
process. In our algorithm, the computation of search locations is drastically
reduced by considering a fitness calculation strategy which indicates when it
is feasible to calculate or only estimate new search locations. Since the
proposed algorithm does not consider any fixed search pattern or any other
movement assumption as most of other BM approaches do, a high probability for
finding the true minimum (accurate motion vector) is expected. Conducted
simulations show that the proposed method achieves the best balance over other
fast BM algorithms, in terms of both estimation accuracy and computational
cost.Comment: 22 Pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1405.4721, arXiv:1406.448
The CMA Evolution Strategy: A Tutorial
This tutorial introduces the CMA Evolution Strategy (ES), where CMA stands
for Covariance Matrix Adaptation. The CMA-ES is a stochastic, or randomized,
method for real-parameter (continuous domain) optimization of non-linear,
non-convex functions. We try to motivate and derive the algorithm from
intuitive concepts and from requirements of non-linear, non-convex search in
continuous domain.Comment: ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1604.xxxx
Modeling and Simulation in Engineering
The general aim of this book is to present selected chapters of the following types: chapters with more focus on modeling with some necessary simulation details and chapters with less focus on modeling but with more simulation details. This book contains eleven chapters divided into two sections: Modeling in Continuum Mechanics and Modeling in Electronics and Engineering. We hope our book entitled "Modeling and Simulation in Engineering - Selected Problems" will serve as a useful reference to students, scientists, and engineers
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