scholarly journals An Efficient Algorithm for Learning Dictionary under Coherence Constraint

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huang Bai ◽  
Sheng Li ◽  
Qianru Jiang

Dictionary learning problem has become an active topic for decades. Most existing learning methods train the dictionary to adapt to a particular class of signals. But as the number of the dictionary atoms is increased to represent the signals much more sparsely, the coherence between the atoms becomes higher. According to the greedy and compressed sensing theories, this goes against the implementation of sparse coding. In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to learn the dictionary that minimizes the sparse representation error according to the training signals with the coherence taken into consideration. The coherence is constrained by making the Gram matrix of the desired dictionary approximate to an identity matrix of proper dimension. The method for handling the proposed model is mainly based on the alternating minimization procedure and, in each step, the closed-form solution is derived. A series of experiments on synthetic data and audio signals is executed to demonstrate the promising performance of the learnt incoherent dictionary and the superiority of the learning method to the existing ones.

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 4958
Author(s):  
Hicham Hadj-Abdelkader ◽  
Omar Tahri ◽  
Houssem-Eddine Benseddik

Photometric moments are global descriptors of an image that can be used to recover motion information. This paper uses spherical photometric moments for a closed form estimation of 3D rotations from images. Since the used descriptors are global and not of the geometrical kind, they allow to avoid image processing as features extraction, matching, and tracking. The proposed scheme based on spherical projection can be used for the different vision sensors obeying the central unified model: conventional, fisheye, and catadioptric. Experimental results using both synthetic data and real images in different scenarios are provided to show the efficiency of the proposed method.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basil A. Housari ◽  
Ali A. Alkelani ◽  
Sayed A. Nassar

An improved mathematical model is proposed for predicting clamp load loss due gasket creep relaxation in bolted joints, taking into consideration gasket behavior, bolt stiffness, and joint stiffness. The gasket creep relaxation behavior is represented by a number of parameters which has been obtained experimentally in a previous work. An experimental procedure is developed to verify the proposed model using a single-bolt joint. The bolt is tightened to a target preload and the clamp load loss due to gasket creep relaxation is observed over time under various preload levels. The experimental and analytical results are presented and discussed. The proposed model provides a prediction of the residual clamp load as a function of time, gasket material and thickness, bolt stiffness, and joint stiffness. The improved model can be used to simulate the behavior of creep relaxation in soft joints as the joint stiffness effect is considered. Additionally, a closed form solution is formulated to determine the initial clamp load level necessary to provide the desired level of a steady state residual clamp load in the joint, by taking the gasket creep relaxation into account.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chessda Uttraphan ◽  
Nasir Shaikh-Husin ◽  
M. Khalil-Hani

Buffer insertion is a very effective technique to reduce propagation delay in nano-metre VLSI interconnects. There are two techniques for buffer insertion which are: (1) closed-form solution and (2) dynamic programming. Buffer insertion algorithm using dynamic programming is more useful than the closed-form solution as it allows the use of multiple buffer types and it can be used in tree structured interconnects. As design dimension shrinks, more buffers are needed to improve timing performance. However, the buffer itself consumes power and it has been shown that power dissipation of buffers is significant. Although there are many buffer insertion algorithms that were able to optimize propagation delay with power constraint, most of them used the closed-form solution. Hence, in this paper, we present a formulation to compute dynamic power dissipation of buffers for application in dynamic programming buffer insertion algorithm. The proposed formulation allows dynamic power dissipation of buffers to be computed incrementally. The technique is validated by comparing the formulation with the standard closed-form dynamic power equation. The advantage of the proposed formulation is demonstrated through a series of experiments where it is applied in van Ginneken’s algorithm. The results show that the output of the proposed formulation is consistent with the standard closed-form formulation. Furthermore, it also suggests that the proposed formulation is able to compute dynamic power dissipation for buffer insertion algorithm with multiple buffer types.  


2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojie Wang ◽  
Faramarz Gordaninejad

This study combines a fluid mechanics-based approach and the Herschel-Bulkley constitutive equation to develop a theoretical model for predicting the behavior of field-controllable, magneto-rheological (MR), and electro-rheological (ER) fluid dampers. The goal is to provide an accurate theoretical model for analysis, design, and development of control algorithms of MR/ER dampers. Simplified explicit expressions for closed-form solution of the pressure drop across a MR fluid valve are developed. The Herschel-Bulkley quasi-steady flow analysis is extended to include the effect of fluid compressibility to account for the nonlinear dynamic behavior of MR/ER fluid dampers. The advantage of this model is that it only depends on geometric and material properties of the MR/ER material and the device. The theoretical results are validated by an experimental study. It is demonstrated that the proposed model can effectively predict the nonlinear behavior of field-controllable fluid dampers.


1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Chen ◽  
M. W. Wambsganss ◽  
J. A. Jendrzejczyk

This paper presents an analytical and experimental study of a cylindrical rod vibrating in a viscous fluid enclosed by a rigid, concentric cylindrical shell. A closed-form solution for the added mass and damping coefficient is obtained and a series of experiments with cantilevered rods vibrating in various viscous fluids is performed. Experimental data and theoretical results are in good agreement.


Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Vera-Diaz ◽  
Daniel Pizarro ◽  
Javier Macias-Guarasa

This paper presents a novel approach for indoor acoustic source localization using microphone arrays, based on a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). In the proposed solution, the CNN is designed to directly estimate the three-dimensional position of a single acoustic source using the raw audio signal as the input information and avoiding the use of hand-crafted audio features. Given the limited amount of available localization data, we propose, in this paper, a training strategy based on two steps. We first train our network using semi-synthetic data generated from close talk speech recordings. We simulate the time delays and distortion suffered in the signal that propagate from the source to the array of microphones. We then fine tune this network using a small amount of real data. Our experimental results, evaluated on a publicly available dataset recorded in a real room, show that this approach is able to produce networks that significantly improve existing localization methods based on SRP-PHAT strategies and also those presented in very recent proposals based on Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks (CRNN). In addition, our experiments show that the performance of our CNN method does not show a relevant dependency on the speaker’s gender, nor on the size of the signal window being used.


Author(s):  
Basil A. Housari ◽  
Ali A. Alkelani ◽  
Sayed A. Nassar

An improved mathematical model is proposed for predicting the residual clamp load in gasketed bolted joints, taking into consideration gasket creep relaxation behavior, bolt stiffness, and joint stiffness. The gasket creep relaxation behavior is represented by a number of parameters which has been obtained experimentally in a previous work. An experimental procedure is developed to verify the proposed model using a single-bolt joint. The bolt is tightened to a target preload and the clamp load loss due to gasket creep relaxation is observed over time under various preload levels. The experimental and analytical results are presented and discussed. The proposed model provides a prediction of the residual clamp load as a function of time, gasket material and thickness, bolt stiffness, and joint stiffness. The improved model can be used to simulate the behavior of creep relaxation in soft joints as the joint stiffness effect is considered. Additionally, a closed form solution is formulated to determine the initial clamp load level necessary to provide the desired level of a steady state residual clamp load in the joint, by taking the gasket creep relaxation into account.


2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A. Alkelani ◽  
Basil A. Housari ◽  
Sayed A. Nassar

A mathematical model is proposed for predicting the residual clamp load during creep and∕or relaxation in gasketed joints. An experimental procedure is developed to verify the proposed model for predicting the gasket relaxation under a constant compression, gasket creep under a constant stress, and gasket creep relaxation. To study gasket creep relaxation, a single-bolt joint is used. The bolt is tightened to a target preload and the clamp load decay due to gasket creep relaxation is observed over time under various preload levels. Experimental and analytical results are presented and discussed. The proposed model provides an accurate prediction of the residual clamp load as a function of time, gasket material, and geometric properties of the gasket. A closed form solution is formulated to determine the initial clamp load level necessary to provide the desired level of a steady state residual clamp load in the joint, by taking the gasket creep relaxation into account.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingchun Wang

In this paper, we present a new pricing model for vulnerable options, with time-varying variances for each asset described by Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity processes and correlated with the return of the asset. By connecting the underlying asset and the counterparty's assets through the market factor channel, the proposed model also captures stochastic correlation between the underlying asset return and the return of the counterparty's assets. The correlation depends on the levels of the variances of both assets and the market index as well. In the proposed framework, the closed-form solution for vulnerable options is derived and numerical results are presented to investigate the impact of counterparty default risk.


2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman W Loney ◽  
Ramana Susarla

A closed form solution has been obtained for the release kinetics of a solute from a spherical drug matrix into a finite volume of liquid, taking into account the effect of rate of absorption. The proposed model results clearly show the effect of the absorption rate constant on the rate of drug release. The obtained results are compared with the experimental data and diffusion-only model results. There is a significant difference in the release profile when the rate of absorption of drug is slow. The most important feature of the mathematical relationship between the liquid concentration verses time is its ability to predict change in the performance of the drug by manipulating the parameters of the equation. These parameters include the initial concentration of the drug, the radius of the drug and diffusivity of the drug in the solid to name a few. Therefore, a substantial number of experiments can be eliminated when the optimal performance of a drug is sought after.


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