152 research outputs found
Distributed Extended Object Tracking Using Coupled Velocity Model from WLS Perspective
This study proposes a coupled velocity model (CVM) that establishes the
relation between the orientation and velocity using their correlation, avoiding
that the existing extended object tracking (EOT) models treat them as two
independent quantities. As a result, CVM detects the mismatch between the prior
dynamic model and actual motion pattern to correct the filtering gain, and
simultaneously becomes a nonlinear and state-coupled model with multiplicative
noise. The study considers CVM to design a feasible distributed weighted least
squares (WLS) filter. The WLS criterion requires a linear state-space model
containing only additive noise about the estimated state. To meet the
requirement, we derive such two separate pseudo-linearized models by using the
first-order Taylor series expansion. The separation is merely in form, and the
estimates of interested states are embedded as parameters into each other's
model, which implies that their interdependency is still preserved in the
iterative operation of two linear filters. With the two models, we first
propose a centralized WLS filter by converting the measurements from all nodes
into a summation form. Then, a distributed consensus scheme, which directly
performs an inner iteration on the priors across different nodes, is proposed
to incorporate the cross-covariances between nodes. Under the consensus scheme,
a distributed WLS filter over a realistic network with ``naive'' node is
developed by proper weighting of the priors and measurements. Finally, the
performance of proposed filters in terms of accuracy, robustness, and
consistency is testified under different prior situations.Comment: Corrected Versio
Coordinated Reasoning for Cross-Lingual Knowledge Graph Alignment
Existing entity alignment methods mainly vary on the choices of encoding the
knowledge graph, but they typically use the same decoding method, which
independently chooses the local optimal match for each source entity. This
decoding method may not only cause the "many-to-one" problem but also neglect
the coordinated nature of this task, that is, each alignment decision may
highly correlate to the other decisions. In this paper, we introduce two
coordinated reasoning methods, i.e., the Easy-to-Hard decoding strategy and
joint entity alignment algorithm. Specifically, the Easy-to-Hard strategy first
retrieves the model-confident alignments from the predicted results and then
incorporates them as additional knowledge to resolve the remaining
model-uncertain alignments. To achieve this, we further propose an enhanced
alignment model that is built on the current state-of-the-art baseline. In
addition, to address the many-to-one problem, we propose to jointly predict
entity alignments so that the one-to-one constraint can be naturally
incorporated into the alignment prediction. Experimental results show that our
model achieves the state-of-the-art performance and our reasoning methods can
also significantly improve existing baselines.Comment: in AAAI 202
Improvement of dielectric loss of doped Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films for tunable microwave devices
Al2O3-Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (Al2O3-BST) thin films, with different Al2O3 contents,
were deposited on (100) LaAlO3 substrate by pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
technique. The Al2O3-BST films was demosnstrated to be a suitable systems to
fabricate ferroelectric thin films with low dielectric loss and higher figure
of merit for tunable microwave devices. Pure BST thin films were also
fabricated for comparison purpose. The films' structure and morphology were
analyzed by X-ray diffractiopn and scanning electron microscopy, respectively;
nad showed that the surface roughness for the Al2O3-BST films increased with
the Al2O3 content. Apart from that, the broadening in the intensity peak in XRD
result indicating the grain size of the Al2O3-BST films reduced with the
increasing of Al2O3 dopant. We measured the dielctric properties of Al2O3-BST
films with a home-made non-destructive dual resonator method at frequency ~ 7.7
GHZ. The effect of doped Al2O3 into BST thin films significantly reduced the
dielectric constant, dielectric loss and tunability compare to pure BST thin
film. Our result shows the figure of merit (K), used to compare the films with
varied dielectric properties, increased with the Al2O3 content. Therefore
Al2O3-BST films show the potential to be exploited in tunable microwave
devices.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Accepted & tentatively for Feb 15 2004
issue, Journal of Applied Physic
Reaction Diffusion Equations Arising from Phytoplankton Dynamics
Partial differential equation theory, especially the theory of reaction-diffusion equations, has long been found extremely useful in the qualitative study of theoretical ecology. The interplay between partial differential equations and mathematical ecology not only benefits ecology greatly, it is also one of the important sources from which many beautiful and challenging mathematical models have been derived and henceforth helps to develop the theory of partial differential equations. In this thesis, we are concerned with the mathematical study of a basic model proposed by ecologists describing the ecological behaviors of phytoplankton in eutrophic environments. The model is viewed by some ecologists as a very realistic model to describe the behavior of phytoplankton. On the other hand, the model involves a nonlocal term and is mathematically challenging, and not much mathematical research has been carried out on it. This thesis is an attempt to further the understanding of this model
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