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Practical Block-wise Neural Network Architecture Generation
Convolutional neural networks have gained a remarkable success in computer
vision. However, most usable network architectures are hand-crafted and usually
require expertise and elaborate design. In this paper, we provide a block-wise
network generation pipeline called BlockQNN which automatically builds
high-performance networks using the Q-Learning paradigm with epsilon-greedy
exploration strategy. The optimal network block is constructed by the learning
agent which is trained sequentially to choose component layers. We stack the
block to construct the whole auto-generated network. To accelerate the
generation process, we also propose a distributed asynchronous framework and an
early stop strategy. The block-wise generation brings unique advantages: (1) it
performs competitive results in comparison to the hand-crafted state-of-the-art
networks on image classification, additionally, the best network generated by
BlockQNN achieves 3.54% top-1 error rate on CIFAR-10 which beats all existing
auto-generate networks. (2) in the meanwhile, it offers tremendous reduction of
the search space in designing networks which only spends 3 days with 32 GPUs,
and (3) moreover, it has strong generalizability that the network built on
CIFAR also performs well on a larger-scale ImageNet dataset.Comment: Accepted to CVPR 201
Online auction-based relay selection for cooperative communication in CR networks
Cognitive radio and cooperative communication are two new network technologies. So, the combination of these two new technologies is a novel solution to solve the problem of spectrum scarcity. Two main challenges exist in the integration of cognitive radio and cooperative communication. First, there is a lack of incentives for the participating wireless devices to serve as relay nodes. Second, there is not an effective relay selection policy. In this paper, we propose an online auction-based relay selection scheme for cooperative communication in cognitive radio (CR) networks. Specifically, we design an auction scheme through adopting stopping theory. The proposed scheme ensures that the primary user (PU) can effectively select a CR relay to transmit its packets in a given time bound. In addition, we have analytically proven the truthfulness and the individual rationality of our online auction scheme. Extensive simulations demonstrate that the proposed relay selection scheme can always successfully and efficiently select a proper relay for a PU and can achieve a higher cooperative communication throughput compared with the conventional schemes
Re-flaring of a Post-Flare Loop System Driven by Flux Rope Emergence and Twisting
In this letter, we study in detail the evolution of the post-flare loops on
2005 January 15 that occurred between two consecutive solar eruption events,
both of which generated a fast halo CME and a major flare. The post-flare loop
system, formed after the first CME/flare eruption, evolved rapidly, as
manifested by the unusual accelerating rise motion of the loops. Through
nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) models, we obtain the magnetic structure
over the active region. It clearly shows that the flux rope below the loops
also kept rising accompanied with increasing twist and length. Finally, the
post-flare magnetic configuration evolved to a state that resulted in the
second CME/flare eruption. This is an event in which the post-flare loops can
re-flare in a short period of 16 hr following the first CME/flare
eruption. The observed re-flaring at the same location is likely driven by the
rapid evolution of the flux rope caused by the magnetic flux emergence and the
rotation of the sunspot. This observation provides valuable information on
CME/flare models and their prediction.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJ Lette
Enabling smartphone-based HD video chats by cooperative transmissions in CRNs
Smartphones have been equipped with the cameras that can shoot HD videos, and the video chat apps such as Skype are becoming popular. We can, therefore, intuitively predict the trend that users are expecting to enjoy HD video chats via utilizing their smartphones. Most of the current Internet services, however, cannot support the live HD video transmissions because of their low uplink rate. In order to overcome this limit, we propose to offload the uplink transmissions to cooperative users via cognitive radio networks. Specifically, we first divide the video stream into several substreams according to the H.264/SVC standard and the cooperative users’ uplink rates. Then, the cooperative users are selected by employing our proposed optimal multiple stopping method. Finally, the substreams are assigned to the selected cooperative users by a 0-1 Knapsack-based allocation algorithm. The simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme can successfully support 720P HD video chats
Subway Fire Cause Analysis Model Based on System Dynamics: A Preliminary Model Framework
AbstractThis paper collects typical major subway fire cases in nearly 20 years. Through analysis of these cases, the causes of the fire accidents are summed up. And further the influence factors of these reasons are extracted, including four aspects namely equipment, human, environment and emergency management. On this basis, combined with the relevant principles of system dynamics, the influence of various factors on the happening, spreading and controlling of subway fires are considered. Then, a simulation model of subway fire accident rate is constructed by Vensim. The equations of relevant variables and parameters of the system are given preliminarily
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