An ADMM approach for elliptic positioning in non-line-of-sight environments
Elliptic positioning (EP) has recently emerged as a prevailing subject within localization research, holding significant relevance for a variety of multistatic systems including distributed multiple-input multiple-output radar, sonar, and ...
Adaptive Bayesian speckle reduction in the 2D DOST domain using 2D MC-GARCH-M model: Preserving image edges and textural information
Image denoising and image quality enhancement are major issues in image processing. Additive and multiplicative noise removal is one of the main image enhancement approaches. In this paper, we propose a novel 2D Merged Complex Generalized ...
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- MC-GARCH-M model: applicable to all 2D complex stochastic processes.
- MC-GARCH-M modeling: Captures non-Gaussian statistics and dependencies between the real and imaginary parts.
- Statistical analysis of 2D DOST coefficients: Reveals ...
On the tensor-based approach to adaptive joint channel estimation/data detection in flexible multicarrier MIMO systems
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems employing multicarrier modulation (MCM), including flexible MCM that unifies several MCM schemes, have been well studied recently also in their tensor-based formulation. The latter naturally allows ...
UAWC: An intelligent underwater acoustic target recognition system for working conditions mismatching
Underwater acoustic target recognition (UATR) systems are crucial to both military and civilian activities. However, the complex ship working conditions will largely affect the performance of recognition systems, especially in the case of working ...
Iterative robust peak-aware guided filter for signal smoothing
Due to the imperfection of experimental measurements, the measured spectrum signals are inevitably corrupted by random error (noise). It is very useful in applications to remove the noise in the measured data while preserving some significant ...
Highlights
- Present a robust peak-aware weight based on local variance and hyperbolic tangent with parameter.
- Propose a robust peak-aware guided filter with its self-iteration scheme for signal smoothing.
- Proposed iterative filtering is very ...
Multi-perspective feature collaborative perception learning network for non-destructive detection of pavement defects
Pavement defects detection has made significant progress with the development of convolutional neural networks. Due to the topological complexity of pavement defects regions, most existing detection methods are limited to a limited number of ...
Highlights
- Weak categories of pavement defects detection has significantly improved compared to other mainstream models.
- Based on feature fusion at different levels, effectively identify defect areas affected by complex environmental factors.
Joint optimization of hybrid beamforming and reflection coefficients for secure XL-RIS aided SWIPT system
The extremely large-scale array is a key feature of future wireless communication systems, and the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) gradually develops toward extremely large-scale RIS (XL-RIS) to enhance the communication system ...
Multi-scale superpixel-based nearest subspace classifier for mucilage detection from hyperspectral PRISMA data
Hyperspectral imaging has a critical role in observing the Earth's surface, providing images with rich spectral information. As a result, it has become an essential tool for monitoring and addressing environmental issues such as pollution, water ...
Highlights
- Enhances mucilage detection performance with a novel multi-scale superpixel based classifier.
- Outperforms competitors in scenarios with limited training samples.
- Provides insights through cross-dataset evaluation experiments from ...
Self-multivariate spectral decomposition and mode-fused envelope spectrum for enhancing bearing fault feature
- A multivariate spectral feature detector is built to identify the spectral information.
- The fault-related modes are automatically separated by multivariate mode extraction.
- Self-multivariate spectral decomposition can avoid ...
In practical diagnostic scenarios, multivariate vibration data (MVD) actually contain more comprehensive fault information. Variational mode extraction (VME) has recently become a promising tool for extracting a specific mode from vibration data. ...
Gait recognition using deep learning with handling defective data from multiple wearable sensors
Gait recognition based on multiple wearable sensors has received widespread attention in recent years. Collecting data from various types of multimodal sensors allows for a more comprehensive capture of gait information. This effectively enhances ...
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- A novel deep learning method is proposed to address the issue of defective data arising from the use of multiple sensors.
- To address data redundancy and anomaly in defective data, CMSA and FCLCA modules are proposed respectively.
- ...
Optimizing kernel width for new risk-sensitive loss: A generalized algorithmic approach
This paper outlines a novel approach to the development of adaptive filtering algorithms, which minimizes susceptibility to the effects of non-Gaussian measurement noise. Using the generalized Gaussian density (GGD) function as the kernel ...
Forest fire detection utilizing ghost Swin transformer with attention and auxiliary geometric loss
Forest fires are a devastating natural disaster. Existing fire detection models face limitations in dataset availability, multi-scale feature extraction, and locating obscured or small flames and smoke. To address these issues, we develop a ...
An attention mechanism network based on the winner-take-all
In the field of neurology, neurons compete for brain attention in winner-take-all (WTA) competitions. Inspired by this, we propose a new WTA-based attention network (called ANW), which can be extended to general neural networks. The ANW network ...
Quality assessment for multi-exposure fusion light field images with dynamic region segmentation
- A multi-exposure fusion light field image quality assessment method.
- A more accurate algorithm for dividing dynamic and static regions.
- A spectrum features extraction module with good performance.
The luminance dynamic range of real scenes can reach up to nine orders, whereas the existing light field camera captures light field images (LFIs) with a limited luminance dynamic range of about two orders. Although LFIs can be enhanced using ...
On the total energy consumption of scalable cache-aided multi-CPU cell-free massive MIMO systems
In conventional cell-free (CF) systems, the scalability and feasibility are hindered by the fact that a single central processing unit (CPU) manages all access points and the stringent synchronization requirement for coherent transmission (CT) ...
CUFNet: A fusion network based on cross-reconstruction uniqueness for visible and infrared images
Image fusion is crucial in computer vision, offering numerous advantages across various applications. However, current fusion methods often face challenges in striking a balance between preserving specific features, which are susceptible to ...
Highlights
- A novel image fusion method is proposed to retain both infrared target and visible information effectively.
- The method analyzes the unique features using the cross-reconstruction uniqueness module.
- Reconstruction of complementary ...
Robust adaptive beamforming for cylindrical uniform conformal array
As we all know, conformal arrays can provide smaller radar cross-section (RCS) and greater angle coverage than conventional linear arrays and planar arrays. In this paper, we develop a robust adaptive beamforming (RAB) approach using the ...
Consensus and discriminative non-negative matrix factorization for multi-view unsupervised feature selection
Multi-view unsupervised feature selection (MUFS) has been proven to be an efficient dimensionality reduction technique for multi-view data. Existing methods have two main challenges: (1) The consistency information from different views is not ...
Frequency diversity array joint radar jamming system shared signal design method
A new design method of shared signal is proposed for the Frequency Diversity Array (FDA) joint radar jamming system (JRJS). Each array element of FDA JRJS transmits the same shared signal, converts the beam pattern synthesis into spectrum design ...
On design of preprocessing and postprocessing in cascaded-resonator-based harmonic analyzers and filter banks
- The generalized approach for design of the harmonic analyzers and filter banks is given.
- The primary part is the resonator filter structure with cascaded resonators.
- Frequency responses of the harmonic filters are reshaped by ...
The cascaded-resonator (CR)-based filter structure provides high attenuation in the stopbands thanks to the serially coupled resonators, which is an advantage in many applications of harmonic analyses and/or filtering. In addition to that, it has ...
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LID-Net: A lightweight image dehazing network for automatic driving vision systems
Visual system provides comprehensive road information for autonomous driving vehicles. Haze adversely affects the quality of driving images captured by onboard cameras, which poses a significant challenge to the safe operation of vehicles relying ...
CSPGNet: Cross-scale spatial perception guided network for tiny object detection in remote sensing images
Tiny object detection in remote sensing images has been a popular and challenging task in recent years. Due to the mismatch of feature scales that tiny objects rely on and the interference from complex surroundings in remote sensing images, ...
Mixture texture model with weighted generalized inverse Gaussian distribution for target detection
With the improvement of radar resolution, the amplitude distribution of sea clutter has begun to exhibit significant heavy-tailed characteristics. Existing models for sea clutter amplitude distribution do not sufficiently solve this problem, ...
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- A novel distribution model of mixture-texture clutter, including more parameters, is introduced for enhanced fitting accuracy.
- A range-spread targets detector with CFAR property is designed based on the clutter distribution model.
- ...
Generative attention based framework for implicit language change detection
Spoken language change detection (LCD) refers to detecting language switching points in a multilingual speech signal. Most approaches in literature use the explicit framework that requires the modeling of intermediate phonemes and Senones to ...
Highlights
- This work proposed implicit model-based frameworks to perform LCD.
- Humans' ability to detect speaker and language change is studied.
- Motivated by human cognition, the GAN-Attention framework is proposed.
- The proposed framework ...
LONet: Local Optimization Network for 3D point cloud semantic segmentation
In the point cloud segmentation tasks, the existing local feature aggregation methods in the up-sampling and down-sampling stages still rely on Euclidean distance to constrain the local aggregation process. However, this approach is susceptible ...
Fast joint estimation of direction of arrival and towed array shape based on marginal likelihood maximization
This paper addresses the joint estimation problem of directions of arrival of sources and towed array shape. Ocean currents and the maneuvering of the towing platform often cause the towed array to bend rather than stay in a straight line, so the ...
Performance analysis of massive MIMO offshore system with distributed antenna subarrays
In this paper, we propose a transmission scheme of analog precoding for an offshore communication system with distributed antenna subarrays to serve multiple vessels. The proposed analog precoding scheme relies only on line-of-sight (LOS) ...
Evaluation of SSIM loss function in RIR generator GANs
This study explores the potential of integrating the structural similarity (SSIM) as a loss function within generative adversarial networks (GANs) to enhance the generation of room impulse responses (RIRs). Neural network-based RIR generators ...
CNV_MCD: Detection of copy number variations based on minimum covariance determinant using next-generation sequencing data
Copy number variation (CNV), a pivotal form of genomic structural variation, plays a critical role in the genetic diversity of cancer genomes. In numerous studies, the identification of CNVs is commonly approached as an issue of outlier ...