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<p>Quality and up-time management of vehicles is today receiving much attention from vehicle manufacturers. One of the reasons is that there is a desire to avoiding on-road failures to addressing potential issues during routine maintenance intervals or at times more convenient to the operator. Forthcoming telematic platforms and advanced diagnostic algorithms can enable the possibility to proactively handle problems and minimize stops. The platforms bring the possibility of increasing knowledge of fault characteristics and making diagnostic decisions by using a population of vehicles. However, this requires real-time diagnostic algorithms that process data both onboard and offboard at a central server. The paper presents a self organizing approach for failure and deviation detection on a fleet of vehicles. The approach builds on using parametric models for encoding the characteristical relations between different sensor readings for a vehicle sub-system or component. The models are low-dimensional representations of the operating characteristics of a sub-system or component and are possible to transfer over a limited wireless communication channel. The approach is demonstrated on simulated data of an electronically controlled suspension system for detecting a slow valve and a leaking bellow.</p> +
<p>AIMS project attempts to link the logistic requirements of an intelligent warehouse and state of the art core technologies of automation, by providing an awareness of the environment to the autonomous systems and vice versa. In this work we investigate a solution for modeling the infrastructure of a structured environment such as warehouses, by the means of a vision sensor. The model is based on the expected pattern of the infrastructure, generated from and matched to the map. Generation of the model is based on a set of tools such as closed-form Hough transform, DBSCAN clustering algorithm, Fourier transform and optimization techniques. The performance evaluation of the proposed method is accompanied with a real world experiment. ©2014 IEEE.</p> +
<p>AIMS project attempts to link the logistic requirements of an intelligent warehouse and state of the art core technologies of automation, by providing an awareness of the environment to the autonomous systems and vice versa. In this work we investigate a solution for modeling the infrastructure of a structured environment such as warehouses, by the means of a vision sensor. The model is based on the expected pattern of the infrastructure, generated from and matched to the map. Generation of the model is based on a set of tools such as closed-form Hough transform, DBSCAN clustering algorithm, Fourier transform and optimization techniques. The performance evaluation of the proposed method is accompanied with a real world experiment.</p> +
<p>We present an approach to modelling and controlling the web-fed offset printing process. An image processing and artificial neural networks based device is used to measure the printing process output - the observable variables. The observable variables are measured on halftone areas and integrate information about both ink densities and dot sizes. From only one measurement the device is capable of estimating the actual relative amount of each cyan, magenta, yellow, and black ink dispersed on paper in the measuring area. We build and test linear and non-linear printing press models using the measured variables andother parameters characterising the press. The observable variables measured and the press model developed are then further used by a control unit for generating control signals - signals for controlling the ink keys - to compensate for colour deviation. The experimental investigations performed have shown that the non-linear model developed is accurate enough to be used in a control loop for controlling the printing process. The control accuracy - the tracking accuracy of the desired ink level - obtained from the controller was higher than that observed when controlling the press by the operator.</p> +
<p>Quality and up-time management of vehicles is today receiving much attention from vehicle manufacturers. One of the reasons is that there is a desire to avoiding on-road failures to addressing potential issues during routine maintenance intervals or at times more convenient to the operator. Forthcoming telematic platforms and advanced diagnostic algorithms can enable the possibility to proactively handle problems and minimize stops. The platforms bring the possibility of increasing knowledge of fault characteristics and making diagnostic decisions by using a population of vehicles. However, this requires real-time diagnostic algorithms that process data both onboard and offboard at a central server. The paper presents a self organizing approach for failure and deviation detection on a fleet of vehicles. The approach builds on using parametric models for encoding the characteristical relations between different sensor readings for a vehicle sub-system or component. The models are low-dimensional representations of the operating characteristics of a sub-system or component and are possible to transfer over a limited wireless communication channel. The approach is demonstrated on simulated data of an electronically controlled suspension system for detecting a slow valve and a leaking bellow.</p> +
Models of self-financing hedging strategies in illiquid markets : Symmetry reductions and exact solutions +
<p>We study the general model of self-financing trading strategies inilliquid markets introduced by Schoenbucher and Wilmott, 2000.A hedging strategy in the framework of this model satisfies anonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) which contains somefunction g(alpha). This function is deep connected to anutility function.</p><p>We describe the Lie symmetry algebra of this PDE and provide acomplete set of reductions of the PDE to ordinary differentialequations (ODEs). In addition we are able to describe all types offunctions g(alpha) for which the PDE admits an extended Liegroup. Two of three special type functions lead to modelsintroduced before by different authors, one is new. We clarify theconnection between these three special models and the generalmodel for trading strategies in illiquid markets. We study withthe Lie group analysis the new special case of the PDE describingthe self-financing strategies. In both, the general model and thenew special model, we provide the optimal systems of subalgebrasand study the complete set of reductions of the PDEs to differentODEs. In all cases we are able to provide explicit solutions tothe new special model. In one of the cases the solutions describepower derivative products.</p> +
Modular Neural Network and Classical Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Navigation : Inhibiting Undesirable Behaviors +
<p>Classical reinforcement learning mechanisms and a modular neural network are unified for conceiving an intelligent autonomous system for mobile robot navigation. The conception aims at inhibiting two common navigation deficiencies: generation of unsuitable cyclic trajectories and ineffectiveness in risky configurations. Distinct design apparatuses are considered for tackling these navigation difficulties, for instance: 1) neuron parameter for memorizing neuron activities (also functioning as a learning factor), 2) reinforcement learning mechanisms for adjusting neuron parameters (not only synapse weights), and 3) a inner-triggered reinforcement. Simulation results show that the proposed system circumvents difficulties caused by specific environment configurations, improving the relation between collisions and captures.</p> +
<p>A set of new algorithms and software tools for automatic protein identification using peptide mass fingerprinting is presented. The software is automatic, fast and modular to suit different laboratory needs, and it can be operated either via a Java user interface or called from within scripts. The software modules do peak extraction, peak filtering and protein database matching, and communicate via XML. Individual modules can therefore easily be replaced with other software if desired, and all intermediate results are available to the user. The algorithms are designed to operate without human intervention and contain several novel approaches. The performance and capabilities of the software is illustrated on spectra from different mass spectrometer manufacturers, and the factors influencing successful identification are discussed and quantified.</p> +
<p>This paper is concerned with noninvasive monitoring of human larynx using subject’s questionnaire data. By applying random forests (RF), questionnaire data arecategorized into a healthy class and several classes of disorders including: cancerous, noncancerous, diffuse, nodular, paralysis, and an overall pathological class. The most important questionnaire statements are determined using RF variable importance evaluations. To explore multidimensional data, t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) and multidimensionalscaling (MDS) are applied to the RF data proximity matrix.When testing the developed tools on a set of data collectedfrom 109 subjects, 100% classification accuracy was obtainedon unseen data coming from two—healthy and pathological—classes. The accuracy of 80.7% was achieved when classifyingthe data into the healthy, cancerous, and noncancerous classes.The t-SNE and MDS mapping techniques facilitate data explorationaimed at identifying subjects belonging to a ”riskgroup”. It is expected that the developed tools will be of greathelp in preventive health care in laryngology.</p> +
<p>Monitoring the operation of complex systems in real-time is becoming both required and enabled by current IoT solutions. Predicting faults and optimising productivity requires autonomous methods that work without extensive human supervision. One way to automatically detect deviating operation is to identify groups of peers, or similar systems, and evaluate how well each individual conforms with the group. We propose a monitoring approach that can construct knowledge more autonomously and relies on human experts to a lesser degree: without requiring the designer to think of all possible faults beforehand; able to do the best possible with signals that are already available, without the need for dedicated new sensors; scaling up to “one more system and component” and multiple variants; and finally, one that will adapt to changes over time and remain relevant throughout the lifetime of the system. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018.</p> +
<p>This paper presents an approach to determining the colours of specks in an image of a pulp being recycled. The task is solved through colour classification by an artificial neural network. The network is trained using fuzzy possibilistic target values. The number of colour classes found in the images is determined through the self-organising process in the two-dimensional self-organising map. The experiments performed have shown that the colour classification results correspond well with human perception of the colours of the specks.</p> +
<p>This paper describes a new motion based feature extraction technique for speaker identification using orientation estimation in 2D manifolds. The motion is estimated by computing the components of the structure tensor from which normal flows are extracted. By projecting the 3D spatiotemporal data to 2D planes, we obtain projection coefficients which we use to evaluate the 3D orientations of brightness patterns in TV like image sequences. This corresponds to the solutions of simple matrix eigenvalue problems in 2D, affording increased computational efficiency. An implementation based on joint lip movements and speech is presented along with experiments which confirm the theory, exhibiting a recognition rate of 98% on the publicly available XM2VTS database</p> +
<p>This paper presents the European ACTS project M2VTS which stands for Multi Modal Verification for Teleservices and Security Applications. The primary goal of this project is to address the issue of secured access to local and centralised services in a multimedia environment. The main objective is to extend the scope of application of network-based services by adding novel and intelligent functionalities, enabled by automatic verification systems combining multimodal strategies (secured access based on speech, image or other information). The objectives of the project are also to show that limitations of individual technologies (speaker verification, frontal face authentication, profile identification,...) can be overcome by relying on multi-modal decisions (combination or fusion of these technologies).</p> +
<p>The majority of existing machine learning algorithms assume that training examples are already represented with sufficiently good features, in practice ones that are designed manually. This traditional way of preprocessing the data is not only tedious and time consuming, but also not sufficient to capture all the different aspects of the available information. With big data phenomenon, this issue is only going to grow, as the data is rarely collected and analyzed with a specific purpose in mind, and more often re-used for solving different problems. Moreover, the expert knowledge about the problem which allows them to come up with good representations does not necessarily generalize to other tasks. Therefore, much focus has been put on designing methods that can automatically learn features or representations of the data instead of learning from handcrafted features. However, a lot of this work used ad hoc methods and the theoretical understanding in this area is lacking.</p> +
<p>This paper is concerned with a technique for detecting and monitoring abnormal paper formation variations in machine direction online in various frequency regions. A paper web is illuminated by two red diode lasers and the reflected light recorded as two time series of high resolution measurements constitute the input signal to the papermaking process monitoring system. The time series are divided into blocks and each block is analyzed separately. The task is treated as kernel based novelty detection applied to a multi-resolution time series representation obtained from the band-pass filtering of the Fourier power spectrum of the time series block. The frequency content of each frequency region is characterized by a feature vector, which is transformed using the kernel canonical correlation analysis and then categorized into the inlier or outlier class by the novelty detector. The ratio of outlying data points, significantly exceeding the predetermined value, indicates abnormalities in the paper formation. The experimental investigations performed have shown good repetitiveness and stability of the paper formation abnormalities detection results. The tools developed are used for online paper formation monitoring in a paper mill.</p> +
<p>This paper suggests the use of symmetric patterns and their corresponding symmetry filters for pattern recognition in computer vision tasks involving multiple views and scales. Symmetry filters enable efficient computation of certain structure features as represented by the generalized structure tensor (GST). The, properties of the complex moments to changes in scale and multiple views including in-depth rotation of the patterns and the presence of noise is investigated. Images of symmetric patterns captured using a. low resolution low-cost CMOS camera, such as a phone Camera or a web-cam, from as far as three meters are precisely localized and their spatial orientation is determined from the argument of the second order complex moment I-20 without further computation.</p> +
Big\un, Josef, Granlund, G\osta H., Wiklund, Johan +
<p>This paper presents a novel framework for recognition of Ethiopic characters using structural and syntactic techniques. Graphically complex characters are represented by the spatial relationships of less complex primitives which form a unique set of patterns for each character. The spatial relationship is represented by a special tree structure which is also used to generate string patterns of primitives. Recognition is then achieved by matching the generated string pattern against each pattern in the alphabet knowledge-base built for this purpose. The recognition system tolerates variations on the parameters of characters like font type, size and style. Direction field tensor is used as a tool to extract structural features.</p> +
<p>The elements of multimodal authentication along with system models are presented. These include the machine experts as well as machine supervisors. In particular fingerprint and speech based systems will serve as illustration of a mobile authentication application. A novel signal adaptive supervisor, based on the input biometric signal quality is evaluated. Experimental results on data collected from mobile telephones are reported demonstrating the benefits of the proposed scheme. © 2003 IEEE.</p> +
<p>This paper is concerned with an automated analysis of laryngeal images aiming to categorize the images into three decision classes, namely healthy, nodular, and diffuse. The problem is treated as an image analysis and classification task. Aiming to obtain a comprehensive description of laryngeal images, multiple feature sets exploiting information on image colour, texture, geometry, image intensity gradient direction, and frequency content are extracted. A separate support vector machine (SVM) is used to categorize features of each type into the decision classes. The final image categorization is then obtained based on the decisions provided by a committee of support vector machines. Bearing in mind a high similarity of the decision classes, the correct classification rate of over 94% obtained when testing the system on 785 laryngeal images recorded at the Department of Otolaryngology, Kaunas University of Medicine is rather promising.</p> +
