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Robust Component-based Network Localization with Noisy Range Measurements
Accurate and robust localization is crucial for wireless ad-hoc and sensor
networks. Among the localization techniques, component-based methods advance
themselves for conquering network sparseness and anchor sparseness. But
component-based methods are sensitive to ranging noises, which may cause a huge
accumulated error either in component realization or merging process. This
paper presents three results for robust component-based localization under
ranging noises. (1) For a rigid graph component, a novel method is proposed to
evaluate the graph's possible number of flip ambiguities under noises. In
particular, graph's \emph{MInimal sepaRators that are neaRly cOllineaR
(MIRROR)} is presented as the cause of flip ambiguity, and the number of
MIRRORs indicates the possible number of flip ambiguities under noise. (2) Then
the sensitivity of a graph's local deforming regarding ranging noises is
investigated by perturbation analysis. A novel Ranging Sensitivity Matrix (RSM)
is proposed to estimate the node location perturbations due to ranging noises.
(3) By evaluating component robustness via the flipping and the local deforming
risks, a Robust Component Generation and Realization (RCGR) algorithm is
developed, which generates components based on the robustness metrics. RCGR was
evaluated by simulations, which showed much better noise resistance and
locating accuracy improvements than state-of-the-art of component-based
localization algorithms.Comment: 9 pages, 15 figures, ICCCN 2018, Hangzhou, Chin
Development of active icosahedron and its application to virtual clay modeling
We have developed an active link mechanism for physical man-machine interaction. We report an active icosahedron consisting of intelligent cylinders and its application to virtual clay modeling. Intelligent pneumatic cylinders are newly developed to realize active link mechanisms. This cylinder aims at a novel cylinder in which various sensors and control devices are built. Active link mechanisms are highly integrated and enhanced by intelligent cylinders. A control system is built for the active icosahedron. In the control system, a key element is a control program implementing drawing of a virtual model on display and controlling of active links. Virtual clays are deformed by the program based on the apex positions converted from cylinder lengths. The active icosahedron realized dynamic interaction with virtual objects in PC, showing the potential of the devices as a haptic interface.</p
A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic
Global deep‐time plate motion models have traditionally followed a classical rigid plate approach, even though plate deformation is known to be significant. Here we present a global Mesozoic–Cenozoic deforming plate motion model that captures the progressive extension of all continental margins since the initiation of rifting within Pangea at ~240 Ma. The model also includes major failed continental rifts and compressional deformation along collision zones. The outlines and timing of regional deformation episodes are reconstructed from a wealth of published regional tectonic models and associated geological and geophysical data. We reconstruct absolute plate motions in a mantle reference frame with a joint global inversion using hot spot tracks for the last 80 million years and minimizing global trench migration velocities and net lithospheric rotation. In our optimized model, net rotation is consistently below 0.2°/Myr, and trench migration scatter is substantially reduced. Distributed plate deformation reaches a Mesozoic peak of 30 × 106 km2 in the Late Jurassic (~160–155 Ma), driven by a vast network of rift systems. After a mid‐Cretaceous drop in deformation, it reaches a high of 48 x 106 km2 in the Late Eocene (~35 Ma), driven by the progressive growth of plate collisions and the formation of new rift systems. About a third of the continental crustal area has been deformed since 240 Ma, partitioned roughly into 65% extension and 35% compression. This community plate model provides a framework for building detailed regional deforming plate networks and form a constraint for models of basin evolution and the plate‐mantle system
Mirror symmetry for Del Pezzo surfaces: Vanishing cycles and coherent sheaves
We study homological mirror symmetry for Del Pezzo surfaces and their mirror
Landau-Ginzburg models. In particular, we show that the derived category of
coherent sheaves on a Del Pezzo surface X_k obtained by blowing up CP^2 at k
points is equivalent to the derived category of vanishing cycles of a certain
elliptic fibration W_k:M_k\to\C with k+3 singular fibers, equipped with a
suitable symplectic form. Moreover, we also show that this mirror
correspondence between derived categories can be extended to noncommutative
deformations of X_k, and give an explicit correspondence between the
deformation parameters for X_k and the cohomology class [B+i\omega]\in
H^2(M_k,C).Comment: 40 pages, 9 figure
Efficient collective swimming by harnessing vortices through deep reinforcement learning
Fish in schooling formations navigate complex flow-fields replete with
mechanical energy in the vortex wakes of their companions. Their schooling
behaviour has been associated with evolutionary advantages including collective
energy savings. How fish harvest energy from their complex fluid environment
and the underlying physical mechanisms governing energy-extraction during
collective swimming, is still unknown. Here we show that fish can improve their
sustained propulsive efficiency by actively following, and judiciously
intercepting, vortices in the wake of other swimmers. This swimming strategy
leads to collective energy-savings and is revealed through the first ever
combination of deep reinforcement learning with high-fidelity flow simulations.
We find that a `smart-swimmer' can adapt its position and body deformation to
synchronise with the momentum of the oncoming vortices, improving its average
swimming-efficiency at no cost to the leader. The results show that fish may
harvest energy deposited in vortices produced by their peers, and support the
conjecture that swimming in formation is energetically advantageous. Moreover,
this study demonstrates that deep reinforcement learning can produce navigation
algorithms for complex flow-fields, with promising implications for energy
savings in autonomous robotic swarms.Comment: 26 pages, 14 figure
Inertial particle acceleration in strained turbulence
The dynamics of inertial particles in turbulence is modelled and investigated
by means of direct numerical simulation of an axisymmetrically expanding
homogeneous turbulent strained flow. This flow can mimic the dynamics of
particles close to stagnation points. The influence of mean straining flow is
explored by varying the dimensionless strain rate parameter
from 0.2 to 20. We report results relative to the acceleration variances and
probability density functions for both passive and inertial particles. A high
mean strain is found to have a significant effect on the acceleration variance
both directly, through an increase in wave number magnitude, and indirectly,
through the coupling of the fluctuating velocity and the mean flow field. The
influence of the strain on normalized particle acceleration pdfs is more
subtle. For the case of passive particle we can approximate the acceleration
variance with the aid of rapid distortion theory and obtain good agreement with
simulation data. For the case of inertial particles we can write a formal
expressions for the accelerations. The magnitude changes in the inertial
particle acceleration variance and the effect on the probability density
function are then discussed in a wider context for comparable flows, where the
effects of the mean flow geometry and of the anisotropy at the small scales are
present
Integration over connections in the discretized gravitational functional integrals
The result of performing integrations over connection type variables in the
path integral for the discrete field theory may be poorly defined in the case
of non-compact gauge group with the Haar measure exponentially growing in some
directions. This point is studied in the case of the discrete form of the first
order formulation of the Einstein gravity theory. Here the result of interest
can be defined as generalized function (of the rest of variables of the type of
tetrad or elementary areas) i. e. a functional on a set of probe functions. To
define this functional, we calculate its values on the products of components
of the area tensors, the so-called moments. The resulting distribution (in
fact, probability distribution) has singular (-function-like) part with
support in the nonphysical region of the complex plane of area tensors and
regular part (usual function) which decays exponentially at large areas. As we
discuss, this also provides suppression of large edge lengths which is
important for internal consistency, if one asks whether gravity on short
distances can be discrete. Some another features of the obtained probability
distribution including occurrence of the local maxima at a number of the
approximately equidistant values of area are also considered.Comment: 22 page
Defining integrals over connections in the discretized gravitational functional integral
Integration over connection type variables in the path integral for the
discrete form of the first order formulation of general relativity theory is
studied. The result (a generalized function of the rest of variables of the
type of tetrad or elementary areas) can be defined through its moments, i. e.
integrals of it with the area tensor monomials. In our previous paper these
moments have been defined by deforming integration contours in the complex
plane as if we had passed to an Euclidean-like region. In the present paper we
define and evaluate the moments in the genuine Minkowsky region. The
distribution of interest resulting from these moments in this non-positively
defined region contains the divergences. We prove that the latter contribute
only to the singular (\dfun like) part of this distribution with support in the
non-physical region of the complex plane of area tensors while in the physical
region this distribution (usual function) confirms that defined in our previous
paper which decays exponentially at large areas. Besides that, we evaluate the
basic integrals over which the integral over connections in the general path
integral can be expanded.Comment: 18 page
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