scholarly journals A Review of Sample and Hold Systems and Design of a New Fractional Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 7360
Author(s):  
Manuel Duarte Ortigueira ◽  
José Tenreiro Machado
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Calculus ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Exponential Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Sample And Hold ◽  
Novel Strategy

Digital systems require sample and hold (S&H) systems to perform the conversion from analog to digital and vice versa. Besides the standard zero and first order holds, we find in the literature other versions, namely the fractional and exponential order holds, involving parameters that can be tuned to produce a superior performance. This paper reviews the fundamental concepts associated with the S&H and proposes a new fractional version. The systems are modeled both in the time and Laplace domains. The new S&H stemming from fractional calculus generalizes these devices. The different S&H systems are compared in the frequency domain and their relationships visualized by means of hierarchical clustering and multidimensional scaling representations. The novel strategy allows a better understanding of the possibilities and limitations of S&H systems.

Creating a standard method of controlling digital microscopes: the microscope access protocol (map)

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 16-17
Author(s):  
T. A. Dodson ◽  
E. Völkl ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
T. A. Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Data Storage ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Data Networks ◽  
Digital Microscopy ◽  
Command Language ◽  
Access Protocol ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Basic Physics ◽  
Scanning Electron

The process of moving to a fully digital microscopy laboratory requires changes in instrumentation, computing hardware, computing software, data storage systems, and data networks, as well as in the operating procedures of each facility. Moving from analog to digital systems in the microscopy laboratory is similar to the instrumentation projects being undertaken in many scientific labs. A central problem of any of these projects is to create the best combination of hardware and software to effectively control the parameters of data collection and then to actually acquire data from the instrument. This problem is particularly acute for the microscopist who wishes to "digitize" the operation of a transmission or scanning electron microscope. Although the basic physics of each type of instrument and the type of data (images & spectra) generated by each are very similar, each manufacturer approaches automation differently. The communications interfaces vary as well as the command language used to control the instrument.

scholarly journals Zero Watermarking Algorithm for Vector Geographic Data Based on the Number of Neighboring Features

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Qifei Zhou ◽  
Changqing Zhu ◽  
Na Ren ◽  
Weitong Chen ◽  
Weiteng Gong
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
First Order ◽  
Geographic Data ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Topological Characteristics ◽  
Zero Watermarking ◽  
Critical Challenge

Zero watermarking is an important part of copyright protection of vector geographic data. However, how to improve the robustness of zero watermarking is still a critical challenge, especially in resisting attacks with significant distortion. We proposed a zero watermarking method for vector geographic data based on the number of neighboring features. The method makes full use of spatial characteristics of vector geographic data, including topological characteristics and statistical characteristics. First, the number of first-order neighboring features (NFNF) and the number of second-order neighboring features (NSNF) of every feature in vector geographic data are counted. Then, the watermark bit is determined by the NFNF value, and the watermark index is determined by the NSNF value. Finally, combine the watermark bits and the watermark indices to construct a watermark. Experiments verify the theoretical achievements and good robustness of this method. Simulation results also demonstrate that the normalized coefficient of the method is always kept at 1.00 under the attacks that distort data significantly, which has the superior performance in comparison to other methods.

scholarly journals Ranking the scientific output of researchers in fractional calculus

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Tenreiro Machado ◽  
António M. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Fractional Calculus ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Scaling Technique ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Distribution Parameters ◽  
Canberra Distance

Abstract This paper analyses the citation profiles (CP) of 130 researchers in fractional calculus. In a first phase, the Canberra distance is used to measure the similarities between the researchers’ CP, and the multidimensional scaling technique (MDS) is adopted for processing and visualizing the information. In a second phase, the gamma probability distribution is used to fit the normalized CP and the gamma parameters are used to characterize the researchers. The MDS results and the gamma distribution parameters are represented graphically in 2- and 3-dimensional locus depicting the relative positions of the researchers.

SELF-TIMED ARCHITECTURE FOR MASKED SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
TASKIN KOCAK ◽  
GEORGE R. HARRIS ◽  
RONALD F. DEMARA
Keyword(s):  
Successive Approximation ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Digital Converter ◽  
Digital Conversion ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Analog Signals ◽  
Analog To Digital Conversion ◽  
Null Convention Logic ◽  
The One

In this paper, a novel architecture for self-timed analog-to-digital conversion is presented and designed using the NULL Convention Logic (NCL) paradigm. This analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employs successive approximation and a one-hot encoded masking technique to digitize analog signals. The architecture scales readily to any given resolution by utilizing the one-hot encoded scheme to permit identical logical components for each bit of resolution. The four-bit configuration of the proposed design has been implemented and assessed via simulation in 0.18-μm CMOS technology. Furthermore, the ADC may be interfaced with either synchronous or four-phase asynchronous digital systems.

scholarly journals ON SUPERLUMINAL FERMIONS WITHIN THE SECOND DERIVATIVE EQUATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 1250081 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. I. KRUGLOV
Keyword(s):  
Energy Momentum Tensor ◽  
Canonical Quantization ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Order Equation ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Projection Operators ◽  
The Novel ◽  
First Order ◽  
Electromagnetic Interactions

We postulate the second-order derivative equation with four parameters for spin-1/2 fermions possessing two mass states. For some choice of parameters fermions propagate with the superluminal speed. Thus, the novel tachyonic equation is suggested. The relativistic 20-component first-order wave equation is formulated and projection operators extracting states with definite energy and spin projections are obtained. The Lagrangian formulation of the first-order equation is presented and the electric current and energy–momentum tensor are found. The minimal and nonminimal electromagnetic interactions of fermions are considered and Schrödinger's form of the equation and the quantum-mechanical Hamiltonian are obtained. The canonical quantization of the field in the first-order formalism is performed and we find the vacuum expectation of chronological pairing of operators.

scholarly journals Human Consensus-Oriented Image Captioning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwei Wang ◽  
Zi Huang ◽  
Yadan Luo
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Image Captioning ◽  
Visual Objects ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Wrong Identification ◽  
Model Training ◽  
Treat All

Image captioning aims to describe an image with a concise, accurate, and interesting sentence. To build such an automatic neural captioner, the traditional models align the generated words with a number of human-annotated sentences to mimic human-like captions. However, the crowd-sourced annotations inevitably come with data quality issues such as grammatical errors, wrong identification of visual objects and sub-optimal sentence focus. During the model training, existing methods treat all the annotations equally regardless of the data quality. In this work, we explicitly engage human consensus to measure the quality of ground truth captions in advance, and directly encourage the model to learn high quality captions with high priority. Therefore, the proposed consensus-oriented method can accelerate the training process and achieve superior performance with only supervised objective without time-consuming reinforcement learning. The novel consensus loss can be implemented into most of the existing state-of-the-art methods, boosting the BLEU-4 performance by maximum relative 12.47% comparing to the conventional cross-entropy loss. Extensive experiments are conducted on MS-COCO Image Captioning dataset demonstrating the proposed human consensus-oriented training method can significantly improve the training efficiency and model effectiveness.

scholarly journals Cosmology from a new nonconservative gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1841006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlio C. Fabris ◽  
Hermano Velten ◽  
Thiago R. P. Caramês ◽  
Matheus J. Lazo ◽  
Gastão S. F. Frederico
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Model ◽  
Gravitational Theory ◽  
Dissipative Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Least Action Principle ◽  
Dynamical Equations ◽  
First Order ◽  
Least Action ◽  
Dissipative Effects ◽  
Cosmic Background

In this paper, we present a cosmological model arising from a nonconservative gravitational theory proposed in [M. J. Lazo, J. Paiva, J. T. S. Amaral and G. S. F. Frederico, Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017) 101501.] The novel feature where comparing with previous implementations of dissipative effects in gravity is the possible arising of such phenomena from a least action principle, so they are of a purely geometric nature. We derive the dynamical equations describing the behavior of the cosmic background, considering a single fluid model composed by pressureles matter, whereas the dark energy is conceived as an outcome of the “geometric” dissipative process emerging in the model. Besides, adopting the synchronous gauge, we obtain the first-order perturbative equations which shall describe the evolution of the matter perturbations within the linear regime.

Transient Response of Laminated Plates Subject to Close Proximity Explosions

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Coggin ◽  
Jeffrey M. K. Chock ◽  
Rakesh K. Kapania ◽  
Eric R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Transient Response ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Laminated Plates ◽  
Blast Load ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Element Mesh ◽  
Simply Supported ◽  
First Order ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Load Types

Abstract We study the transient response of simply supported composite plates subject to close proximity explosions. Many studies are currently availiable in which the blast load is applied uniformly across the plate; and is described by step, N-pulse, or Friedlander equations. The novel aspect considered here is the case for which the blast pressure is due to a close proximity explosion, and is therefore taken to be both spatially and temporally varying. Two methods for calculating blast pressures are developed for arbitrary blast size and distance. A FORTAN program is described that automates the application of an arbitrary blast load to a generic finite element mesh. Modal superposition and NASTRAN solution procedures are verified for several load types and stacking sequences. Results are obtained within the framework of classical and first order plate theories for a variety of parameters including; stacking sequence, blast size, blast distance, and blast calculation method.

scholarly journals A Novel Massive Deployment Solution Based on the Peer-to-Peer Protocol

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. H. Shiau ◽  
Yu-Chiang Huang ◽  
Ching-Hsuan Yen ◽  
Yu-Chin Tsai ◽  
Chen-Kai Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
File System ◽  
File Systems ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Temporary Storage ◽  
P2p File Sharing ◽  
System Versus

: The BitTorrent (BT) is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing protocol that was developed approximately 20 years ago, is becoming increasingly popular, and has been widely accepted. The BT-based mass deployment system can be used to improve performance and scalability that cannot be achieved by the unicasting, broadcasting, and multicasting protocols. However, when the BT-based system is applied in massive deployments, a major issue related to insufficient temporary storage space to store the whole system image before deploying needs to be resolved. Such problems arose because the system is deployed to the disk space, meaning that it cannot be used for temporary storage. Therefore, a novel BT-based solution that can remove the limitations caused by the insufficient temporary storage issue is proposed. The BT-based mass deployment system was designed by using the file system blocks transferring (FSBT) mechanism. The receiver of the FSBT mechanism can obtain the blocks of the file system from other peers. Then, those blocks will be written directly to raw disks or partitions. The sender of the FSBT mechanism can read the blocks of file systems directly from raw disks or partitions. Then, the blocks can be sent to other peers. This approach solves the insufficient temporary storage issue. The novel BT-based mass deployment system was tested and verified for the configuration consisting of at most 32 personal computers (PCs). To demonstrate the achievable performance of the novel BT-based system, comparisons were made between the novel program and the traditional multicast solutions, as well as other solutions for mass deployment. The proposed BT solution can be much faster than the multicast solution when deploying 11 machines or more. The experimental results demonstrated the feasibility and superior performance of the proposed system. Furthermore, performance comparisons of the proposed BT-based mass deployment system versus other solutions demonstrated the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed solution. In the future, the BT parameters can be further optimized, and the simultaneous read and write features can be implemented to improve the deployment performance. In addition, the BT-based mass deployment system can serve as the basis for the development of other mass deployment systems.

scholarly journals Entropy Analysis of Soccer Dynamics

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Lopes ◽  
J. Tenreiro Machado
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Mutual Information ◽  
Fractional Calculus ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Entropy Analysis ◽  
Relative Positioning ◽  
Direct Interpretation ◽  
Jensen Shannon Divergence

This paper adopts the information and fractional calculus tools for studying the dynamics of a national soccer league. A soccer league season is treated as a complex system (CS) with a state observable at discrete time instants, that is, at the time of rounds. The CS state, consisting of the goals scored by the teams, is processed by means of different tools, namely entropy, mutual information and Jensen–Shannon divergence. The CS behavior is visualized in 3-D maps generated by multidimensional scaling. The points on the maps represent rounds and their relative positioning allows for a direct interpretation of the results.

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