Bottom-Up Saliency Estimation Based on Redundancy Reduction and Global Contrast

A new algorithm for bottom-up saliency estimation is proposed. Based on the sparse coding model, a power spectral filter is proposed to eliminate the second-order residual correlation, which suppresses the global repeated items effectively. In addition, aiming at modeling the mechanism of the human retina prior response to high-contrast stimuli, the effect of color context is considered. Experiments on the three publicly available databases and some psychophysical images show that the proposed model is comparable with the state-of-the-art saliency models, which not only highlights the salient objects in a complex environment but also pops up them uniformly.     

Improving regional ionospheric TEC mapping based on RBF interpolation

Radial basis function (RBF) interpolation with multi-quadric is developed to perform ionospheric total electron content (TEC) mapping for the Chinese region between 15°N ~ 40°N and 100°E ~ 125°E. TEC measurements from the Centre for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) covering the solar maximum year 2011 are used to investigate the performance of the proposed RBF interpolation method. The differences between the RBF interpolated TEC and the CODE TEC are within 0.5 TECU and the root mean square error (RMSE) is very small when 49 data points are used. The maximum difference is ~5 TECU and the error is less than 1 TECU with 25 samples. Our study suggests that a random distribution of measurement points gives smaller RMSEs than a homogenous distribution when the number of sample points is low. The study indicates that RBF interpolation offers a powerful and reliable tool for ionospheric TEC mapping.     

基于先验概率优势关系的粗糙决策分析模型

针对含有不完全偏好信息的多属性决策问题,提出了基于先验概率优势关系的粗糙决策分析模型.首先分析了扩展优势关系和限制扩展优势关系的不足,在此基础上提出先验概率优势关系的概念,并得到先验概率优势关系下的粗糙近似;然后通过对比分析,证明了新模型较上述两种优势关系模型可使分类结果更加符合实际情况和人在数据处理过程中的直观感受.最后,通过一个实例验证了新方法的可行性和有效性.     

Seasonal variability of GPS-VTEC and model during low solar activity period (2006–2007) near the equatorial ionization anomaly crest location in Chinese zone

Variability of vertical TEC recorded at Fuzhou (26.1°N, 119.3°E, geomagnetic latitude 14.4°N), Xiamen (24.5°N, 118.1°E, geomagnetic latitude 13.2°N), Nanning (22.8°N, 108.3°E, geomagnetic latitude 11.4°N), China, during the low solar activity in 2006–2007 have been analyzed and discussed. Remarkable seasonal anomaly was found over three stations with the highest value during spring and the lowest value during summer. The relative standard deviation of VTEC is over 20% all the time, with steady and smooth variation during daytime while it has a large fluctuation during nighttime. The biggest correlation coefficient was found in the VTEC-sunspot pair with a value of over 0.5. It seems that solar activity has a better correlation ship than geomagnetic activity with the variation of VTEC and better correlations are found with more long-term data when comparing our previous study. The results of comparing observation with model prediction in three sites reveal again that the SPIM model overestimates the measured VTEC in the low latitude area.     

Three frequency GNSS navigation prospect demonstrated with semi-simulated data

Three frequency GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) signals will be fully accessible in the near future. It is theoretically well-understood that the GNSS navigation performance could be improved with introduction of the third frequency signals. However it remains unclear what numerical improvements can be achieved in the varying navigation scenarios. In this paper, we numerically demonstrate the superior navigation prospect of three frequency GNSS compared to dual-frequency case. Since the third frequency pseudorange is not fully accessible at current stage, a semi-simulation method is firstly introduced to generate the third frequency pseudorange based on the dual-frequency GPS pseudorange and phase measurements. Then the three frequency navigation precision, availability and reliability are examined, compared with their dual-frequency counterparts in varying simulated navigation scenarios. The results show that with three frequency GNSS signals the navigation precision can be improved by 10% in both horizontal and vertical components. More promisingly, the availability of navigation solutions is significantly improved (even by 50% for some scenarios) with higher reliability.     

运载火箭故障模式及制导自适应技术应用分析

为提高制导控制系统在运载火箭全发射任务周期中的智慧水平，提高运载火箭完成任务的鲁棒能力，从不同角度阐述了运载火箭故障模式，创新提出了基于能量属性的故障分类方法。针对不同级别的能量故障提出了对制导控制系统的功能、性能需求。尤其针对小、中级别能量故障，简述了运载火箭故障飞行制导自适应方法应用，包含案例及任务目标变更原则等，并分析了制导自适应技术后续工程化应用的实施途径。基于能量属性的故障分类方法及制导自适应方法可应用于后续中国运载火箭工程研制。     

道家哲学之安全思想发微

】道家哲学是关于全生避害的学问，但只有在现时代，在当今民航等行业把安全当作它的生命的时候，我们才得以重新认识道家学说的庐山真面。关于道家安全哲学研究，当然不是为了在道家研究中标新立异，而是希望我们“永恒的工作主题”能够从古老的中国文化中，从深邃的道家思想中获得一些哲学滋养。     

DOA estimation under unknown mutual coupling and multipath

We propose a new method for direction of arrival (DOA) estimation in the presence of multipath propagation and mutual coupling for a frequency hopping (FH) system. With the use of pilot symbols and assuming perfect time-frequency synchronization for a linear array, we take mutual coupling and multipath propagation into account, and derive a maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for both the mutual coupling matrix and DOA estimation. We then formulate an iterative alternating minimization (AM) algorithm for finding the mutual coupling and DOA parameters in an alternate manner. Simulation results illustrating the performance of the algorithm and comparison with the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) are also presented.     

RFNN control for PMLSM drive via backstepping technique

A robust fuzzy neural network (RFNN) control system is proposed in this study to control the position of the mover of a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM) drive system to track periodic reference trajectories. First, an ideal feedback linearization control law is designed based on the backstepping technique. Then, a fuzzy neural network (FNN) controller is designed to be the main tracking controller of the proposed RFNN control system to mimic an ideal feedback linearization control law, and a robust controller is proposed to confront the shortcoming of the FNN controller. Moreover, to relax the requirement for the bound of uncertainty term, which comprises a minimum approximation error, optimal parameter vectors and higher order terms in Taylor series, an adaptive bound estimation is investigated where a simple adaptive algorithm is utilized to estimate the bound of uncertainty. Furthermore, the simulated and experimental results due to periodic reference trajectories demonstrate that the dynamic behaviors of the proposed control systems are robust with regard to uncertainties.     

基于欧拉方程的机翼设计方法及应用

以Takanashi提出的三维机翼设计理论为基础，研究与发展了一个基于欧方程和“正－反迭代、余量修正原理”的机翼设计方法。用改进的无限插值方法生成绕机翼的O－O贴体网格，采用三维欧拉方程作为充动分析计算的基本方程，该设计方法已用于某无人机机翼和一个超临界机翼设计，设计结果达到了预期的目标。