scholarly journals SAR Observation Error Estimation Based on Maximum Relative Projection Matching

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Y. Zhang ◽  
B. P. Wang ◽  
Y. Fang ◽  
Z. X. Song

The existing sparse imaging observation error estimation methods are to usually estimate the error of each observation position by substituting the error parameters into the iterative reconstruction process, which has a huge calculation cost. In this paper, by analysing the relationship between imaging results of single-observation sampling data and error parameters, a SAR observation error estimation method based on maximum relative projection matching is proposed. First, the method estimates the precise position parameters of the reference position by the sparse reconstruction method of joint error parameters. Second, a relative error estimation model is constructed based on the maximum correlation of base-space projection. Finally, the accurate error parameters are estimated by the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno method. Simulation and measured data of microwave anechoic chambers show that, compared to the existing methods, the proposed method has higher estimation accuracy, lower noise sensitivity, and higher computational efficiency.

Author(s):  
Fatih Yücalar ◽  
Deniz Kilinc ◽  
Emin Borandag ◽  
Akin Ozcift

Estimating the development effort of a software project in the early stages of the software life cycle is a significant task. Accurate estimates help project managers to overcome the problems regarding budget and time overruns. This paper proposes a new multiple linear regression analysis based effort estimation method, which has brought a different perspective to the software effort estimation methods and increased the success of software effort estimation processes. The proposed method is compared with standard Use Case Point (UCP) method, which is a well-known method in this area, and simple linear regression based effort estimation method developed by Nassif et al. In order to evaluate and compare the proposed method, the data of 10 software projects developed by four well-established software companies in Turkey were collected and datasets were created. When effort estimations obtained from datasets and actual efforts spent to complete the projects are compared with each other, it has been observed that the proposed method has higher effort estimation accuracy compared to the other methods.


Author(s):  
Linlan Liu ◽  
Yi Feng ◽  
Shengrong Gao ◽  
Jian Shu

Aiming at the imbalance problem of wireless link samples, we propose the link quality estimation method which combines the K-means synthetic minority over-sampling technique (K-means SMOTE) and weighted random forest. The method adopts the mean, variance and asymmetry metrics of the physical layer parameters as the link quality parameters. The link quality is measured by link quality level which is determined by the packet receiving rate. K-means is used to cluster link quality samples. SMOTE is employed to synthesize samples for minority link quality samples, so as to make link quality samples of different link quality levels reach balance. Based on the weighted random forest, the link quality estimation model is constructed. In the link quality estimation model, the decision trees with worse classification performance are assigned smaller weight, and the decision trees with better classification performance are assigned bigger weight. The experimental results show that the proposed link quality estimation method has better performance with samples processed by K-means SMOTE. Furthermore, it has better estimation performance than the ones of Naive Bayesian, Logistic Regression and K-nearest Neighbour estimation methods.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Yi Wu ◽  
Wei Li

Accurate capacity estimation can ensure the safe and reliable operation of lithium-ion batteries in practical applications. Recently, deep learning-based capacity estimation methods have demonstrated impressive advances. However, such methods suffer from limited labeled data for training, i.e., the capacity ground-truth of lithium-ion batteries. A capacity estimation method is proposed based on a semi-supervised convolutional neural network (SS-CNN). This method can automatically extract features from battery partial-charge information for capacity estimation. Furthermore, a semi-supervised training strategy is developed to take advantage of the extra unlabeled sample, which can improve the generalization of the model and the accuracy of capacity estimation even in the presence of limited labeled data. Compared with artificial neural networks and convolutional neural networks, the proposed method is demonstrated to improve capacity estimation accuracy.


Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Hui Wei ◽  
Kui Xiang ◽  
Haibo Chen ◽  
Biwei Tang ◽  
Muye Pang

Adding damping such as viscoelastic element in series elastic actuators (SEA) can improve the force control bandwidth of the system and suppression of high frequency oscillations induced by the environment. Thanks to such advantages, series viscoelastic actuators (SVA) have recently gained increasing research interests from the community of robotic device design. Due to the inconvenience of mounting torque sensors, employing the viscoelastic elements to directly estimate the output torque is of great significance regarding the real-world applications of SVA. However, the nonlinearity and time-varying properties of viscoelastic materials would degrade the torque estimation accuracy. In such a case, it is paramount to simultaneously estimate the output torque state and viscoelastic model coefficients in order to enhance the torque estimation accuracy. To this end, this paper first completed the design of a rubber-based SVA device and used the Zenner linear viscoelastic model to model the viscoelastic element of the rubber. Subsequently, this paper proposed a dual extended Kalman filter- (DEFK) based torque estimation method to estimate the output torque and viscoelastic model coefficients simultaneously. The noisy observations of two Kalman filters were provided by motor current-based estimated torque. Moreover, the dynamic friction of harmonic drive of the designed SVA was modeled and compensated to enhance the reliability of current-based torque estimation. Finally, a number of experiments were carried out on SVA, and the experimental results confirmed the DEFK effectiveness of improving torque estimation accuracy compared to only-used rubber and only-used motor current torque estimation methods. Thus, the proposed method could be considered as an effective alternative approach of torque estimation for SVA.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Li

In this paper, we present a metasurface-based Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation method that exploits the properties of space-time modulated reflecting metasurfaces to estimate in real-time the impinging angle of an illuminating monochromatic plane wave. The approach makes use of the amplitude unbalance of the received fields at broadside at the frequencies of the two first-order harmonics generated by the interaction between the incident plane wave and the modulated metasurface. Here, we first describe analytically how to generate the desired higher-order harmonics in the reflected spectrum and how to realize the breaking of the spatial symmetry of each order harmonic scattering pattern. Then, the one dimensional (1D) omnidirectional incident angle can be analytically computed using +1st and -1st order harmonics. The approach is also extended to 2D DoA estimation by using two orthogonally arranged 1D DoA modulation arrays. The accuracy of 1D DoA estimation is verified through full-wave numerical simulations. Compared to conventional DoA estimation methods, the proposed approach simplifies the computation and hardware complexity, ensuring at the same time estimation accuracy. The proposed method may have potential applications in wireless communications, target recognition, and identification.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 9178
Author(s):  
Tuan-Ho Le ◽  
Mengyuan Tang ◽  
Jun Hyuk Jang ◽  
Hyeonae Jang ◽  
Sangmun Shin

In the field of robust design, most estimation methods for output responses of input factors are based on the response surface methodology (RSM), which makes several assumptions regarding the input data. However, these assumptions may not consistently hold in real-world industrial problems. Recent studies using artificial neural networks (ANNs) indicate that input–output relationships can be effectively estimated without the assumptions mentioned above. The primary objective of this research is to generate a new, robust design dual-response estimation method based on ANNs. First, a second-order functional-link-NN-based robust design estimation approach has been proposed for the process mean and standard deviation (i.e., the dual-response model). Second, the optimal structure of the proposed network is defined based on the Bayesian information criterion. Finally, the estimated response functions of the proposed functional-link-NN-based estimation method are applied and compared with that obtained using the conventional least squares method (LSM)-based RSM. The numerical example results imply that the proposed functional-link-NN-based dual-response robust design estimation model can provide more effective optimal solutions than the LSM-based RSM, according to the expected quality loss criteria.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Li

In this paper, we present a metasurface-based Direction of Arrival (DoA) estimation method that exploits the properties of space-time modulated reflecting metasurfaces to estimate in real-time the impinging angle of an illuminating monochromatic plane wave. The approach makes use of the amplitude unbalance of the received fields at broadside at the frequencies of the two first-order harmonics generated by the interaction between the incident plane wave and the modulated metasurface. Here, we first describe analytically how to generate the desired higher-order harmonics in the reflected spectrum and how to realize the breaking of the spatial symmetry of each order harmonic scattering pattern. Then, the one dimensional (1D) omnidirectional incident angle can be analytically computed using +1st and -1st order harmonics. The approach is also extended to 2D DoA estimation by using two orthogonally arranged 1D DoA modulation arrays. The accuracy of 1D DoA estimation is verified through full-wave numerical simulations. Compared to conventional DoA estimation methods, the proposed approach simplifies the computation and hardware complexity, ensuring at the same time estimation accuracy. The proposed method may have potential applications in wireless communications, target recognition, and identification.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1344
Author(s):  
Changlong Li ◽  
Zengyuan Li ◽  
Zhihai Gao ◽  
Bin Sun

Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important part of the water, carbon, and energy cycles in ecosystems, especially in the drylands. However, due to the particularity of sparse vegetation, the estimation accuracy of ET has been relatively low in the drylands. Therefore, based on the dry climate and sparse vegetation distribution characteristics of the drylands, this study optimized the core algorithms (canopy boundary resistance, aerodynamic resistance, and sparse vegetation coverage) and explored an ET estimation method in the Shuttleworth–Wallace two-layer model (SW model). Then, the Beijing–Tianjin sandstorm source region (BTSSR) was used as the study area to evaluate the applicability of the improved model in the drylands. Results show that: (1) The R2 value of the improved model results was increased by 1.4 and the RMSE was reduced by 1.9 mm, especially in extreme value regions of ET (maximum or minimum). (2) Regardless of the spatial distribution and seasonal changes of the ET (63–790 mm), the improved ET estimation model could accurately capture the differences. Furtherly, the different vegetation regions could stand for the different climate regions to a certain extent. The accuracy of the optimized model was higher in the semi-arid region (R2 = 0.92 and 0.93), while the improved model had the best improvement effect in the arid region, with R2 increasing by 0.12. (3) Precipitation was the decisive factor affecting vegetation transpiration and ET, with R2 value for both exceeding 0.9. The effect of vegetation coverage (VC) was less. This method is expected to provide a more accurate and adaptable model for the estimation of ET in the drylands.


Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Zijing Zhang ◽  
Aisuo Jin ◽  
Chuantang Ji ◽  
Yi Wang

AbstractAiming at the problem that traditional direction of arrival (DOA) estimation methods cannot handle multiple sources with high accuracy while increasing the degrees of freedom (DOF), a new method for 2-D DOA estimation based on coprime array MIMO radar (SA-MIMO-CA) is proposed. First of all, in order to ensure the accuracy of multi-source estimation when the number of elements is finite, a new coprime array model based on MIMO (MIMO-CA) is proposed. This method is based on a new MIMO array-based co-prime array model (MIMO-CA), which improves the accuracy of multi-source estimation when the number of array elements is limited, and obtains a larger array aperture with a smaller number of array elements, and improves the estimation accuracy of 2-D DOA. Finally, the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed SM-MIMO-CA method in improving the DOF of array and DOA accuracy are verified by experiments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 846-847 ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Xiao Bin Fan ◽  
Pan Deng

In the vehicle stability control and other active safety systems, vehicle sideslip angle real-time estimation is necessary. However, the direct measurement of sideslip angle is more difficult or too costly, so it is often used in estimating methods. The vehicle sideslip angle of closed-loop Luenberger observer and Kalman observer were constructed based on two degrees of freedom bicycle model, as well as the direct integration method for large sideslip angle conditions. The comparative study showed that Kalman filtering estimation method and Luenberger estimation methods have better estimation accuracy in small slip angle range.


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