基于多光谱图像融合的掌纹识别方法

生物特征识别在信息安全领域发挥着重要作用,掌纹识别作为一种新型生物特征识别方式,具有低失真、非侵入性和高唯一性等优势。传统掌纹研究大多使用自然光成像系统以灰度格式获取,识别精度很难进一步提升。为了获得更多的身份鉴别信息,提出利用多光谱掌纹图像代替自然光掌纹图像。针对现有掌纹识别算法由于没有考虑到不同光谱的特性而导致纹理细节丢失,识别精准率低的问题,提出了一种基于多光谱图像融合的掌纹识别算法。该方法通过对不同光谱下的掌纹图像进行快速自适应二维经验模式分解（FABEMD）,将多光谱掌纹图像分解成一系列频率由高到低的二维固有模态函数(BIMF)和一个残余分量,残余分量可被视为该光谱图像低频信息的初步估计。图像采集过程中光照条件很难保持稳定,而近红外光谱图像在进行FABEMD分解时对光照变换敏感,容易导致分解后的BIMF背景信息过于冗余;因此对分解后的近红外掌纹图像进行背景重建及特征细化,在对背景冗余信息进行平滑处理的同时可以有效增强高频信息的特征表达。为避免直接融合处理后引发的图像过度曝光问题,提出对近红外特征压缩后再融合。此外,提出了一种结合了注意力机制的改进残差网络（IRCANet）,用于融合后的掌纹图像分类,在网络中引入分阶段残差结构,缓解了网络的退化问题,在学习过程中有效地减少信息丢失,对于融合后的多光谱掌纹图像,分阶段残差结构能够稳定地将图像信息在网络间传输,但对图像中的高低频信息区分效果不够显著,为了使网络关注更多区分性特征,利用特征通道间的相互依赖性,在分阶段残差结构中结合了通道注意力(Channel Attention)机制。最终,在香港理工大学（PolyU）多光谱掌纹数据集上进行的综合实验表明,该方法可以取得良好的效果,算法识别准确率能达到99.67%且具有良好的实时性。     

A stochastic confocal ellipsoid channel model for high speed railway MIMO communication systems

This paper investigates the channel model for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems in high speed railway (HSR) networks. Specially, a three-dimensional (3D) confocal stochastic geometry ellipsoid model is proposed for modeling the MIMO channels. Normalized space–time correlation function(ST CF), Spatial cross correlation function (CCF) and level crossing rate (LCR) of both theoretical and simulation model are have been derived and analyzed. As a 3D GBSM, the proposed confocal ellipsoid model has lower correlation in spatial cross-correlation function (CCF) compared with that of the corresponding two-dimensional (2D) ellipse model. Measurement data of different HSR scenarios verify the applicability of the confocal ellipsoid model.     

Design and analysis of two-dimensional photonic crystals channel filter

A novel three-port channel add/drop filter consisting of two waveguides and two cavities is proposed. One is used for a resonant tunneling-based channel add/drop operation from the bus waveguide to the add/drop waveguide, while the other is used to realize the wavelength-selective reflection feedback in the bus waveguide. By means of coupled mode theory in time, the conditions to achieve 100% add efficiency are derived thoroughly. Based on these theoretical analysis, the channel add filter and some other multi-channel filters are designed in two-dimensional photonic crystals (2D PCs) with square lattice of dielectric rods in air. The numerical results by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method demonstrate almost complete channel add/drop tunneling at resonance via the three-port systems.     

A tentative approach to the direct simulation of drag reduction by polymers

An efficient technique for drag reduction uses dilute solutions of a few p.p.m. of polymers. A possible reduction in drag of up to 80% is achieved. Several experimental observations have been made which tend to indicate that the polymers modify the turbulence structures within the buffer layer. Flow visualisations have shown that the changes consist of a weakening of the strength of the streamwise vortices. Existing literature reveals no attempts of numerical simulation of this phenomenon. In this paper an approach is pursued by using a constitutive equation which relates the elongation viscosity to the local properties of the flow. According to this model this viscosity is large in zones where the amount of strain rate is greater than the amount of vorticity, and is zero when the vorticity exceeds the strain rate. Simulations have been performed in a “minimal channel” to give good resolution with a limited number of grid points. The accuracy of the method is tested by comparison with the results of other techniques. For simulations with polymers, quantitative comparisons cannot be made, but the results reproduce the qualitative outputs of the experiments. The mean streamwise velocity is modified in the buffer layer; the peak of the streamwise turbulent intensity, in wall units, increases and its maximum moves far from the wall; and the vertical turbulent intensity is largely reduced in the wall region. An interesting outcome from both the simulation and the experiments is that the strength of the longitudinal vortices is reduced when the polymers are present.     

Strategic commitment to price to stimulate downstream innovation in a supply chain

It is generally in a firm’s interest for its supply chain partners to invest in innovations. To the extent that these innovations either reduce the partners’ variable costs or stimulate demand for the end product, they will tend to lead to higher levels of output for all of the firms in the chain. However, in response to the innovations of its partners, a firm may have an incentive to opportunistically increase its own prices. The possibility of such opportunistic behavior creates a hold-up problem that leads supply chain partners to underinvest in innovation. Clearly, this hold-up problem could be eliminated by a pre-commitment to price. However, by making an advance commitment to price, a firm sacrifices an important means of responding to demand uncertainty. In this paper we examine the trade-off that is faced when a firm’s channel partner has opportunities to invest in either cost reduction or quality improvement, i.e. demand enhancement. Should it commit to a price in order to encourage innovation, or should it remain flexible in order to respond to demand uncertainty. We discuss several simple wholesale pricing mechanisms with respect to this trade-off.     

Selective epitaxy and lateral overgrowth of 3C-SiC on Si – A review

This review article attempts to present a comprehensive picture of the progress in selective epitaxial growth (SEG) of cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) to make it a cheap and practical material for high temperature and high power, high frequency and MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems) applications. Selective epitaxial growth followed by epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) is a suitable approach to minimize the interfacial defects and other planar defects in case of thin film growth. Different techniques of SEG and its application to Si, GaAs and III–V nitrides are reviewed briefly in the first section of this article. Various SEG techniques like epitaxial lateral overgrowth, pyramidal growth and pendeo epitaxial growth, etc. have been discussed extensively for growing 3C-SiC on Si, together with the characterization of the grown films. The influence of various experimental parameters such as temperature of growth, choice of mask material, influence of an etchant, pattern shape and size, etc. is also discussed. On the basis of these data, it is believed that SEG and related techniques are a promising approach for heteroepitaxial growth of 3C-SiC films useful for devices and MEMS applications.     

Synthesis and Structure of a Novel Polyoxomolybdate Lanthanide Complex: [Er2(H2O)14Cr(OH)6Mo6O18][Cr(OH)6Mo6O18]?·?14H2O

Abstract  A novel polyoxometalate compound consisting of Anderson-type anions and trivalent lanthanide cations, [Er₂(H₂O)₁₄Cr(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈][Cr(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈]·14H₂O (1), has been synthesized in aqueous solution and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analyses, IR spectrum and TG analyses. Single crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that compound 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with a = 11.046 (5) ?, b = 11.653 (5) ?, c = 13.935 (5) ?, α = 75.006 (5)°, β = 84.497(5)°, γ = 89.515(5)°. The bulk ions of compound 1 in the cell unit exhibit orthorhombic C-centered packing mode, the eight [Cr(2)(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈]³⁻ anions occupy the eight corners and the two [Er₂(H₂O)₁₄Cr(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈]³⁺ cations occupy the centres of two opposite faces, whereas anions and cations are linked together via hydrogen bonding interactions tightly forming a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture, which contains one-dimensional channels occupied by free water molecules. Index Abstract  The bulk ions of compound 1 in the cell unit exhibit orthorhombic C-centered packing mode, the eight [Cr(2)(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈]³⁻ anions occupy the eight corners and the two [Er₂(H₂O)₁₄Cr(OH)₆Mo₆O₁₈]³⁺ cations occupy the centres of two opposite faces, whereas anions and cations are linked together via hydrogen bonding interactions tightly forming a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture, which contains one-dimensional channels occupied by free water molecules. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

IMDD-OFDM系统的低开支、高准确度信道估计方法

提出一种应用于强度调制直接检测光正交频分复用(IMDD-OFDM)传输系统的低开支、高准确度的信道估计算法.该算法充分考虑系统噪声特性,利用梳状导频插入结构,结合符号间平均与子载波间频域线性插值的思想,在低开支导频条件下实现较高的估计准确度.仿真和理论推导结果表明:与传统平均算法和直接线性插值算法相比,基于梳状导频先平均后线性插值的算法估计出来的信道特性更能接近实际信道的.实验结果表明:在误码率为3.8×10~(-3)处,本文所提出的算法仅使用0.78%导频开支即可与使用20%导频开支的平均算法获得相同的接收灵敏度;同时,与传统估计算法相比,该算法与导频开支无关,能较好抗系统中的高斯噪声,获得与真实信道较为接近的估计性能.     

水声信道线性均衡的研究

本文在对LMS和稀疏权自适应均衡算法进行分析的基础上，将其引入到水声数据传输中，利用LMS算法对时不变信道和慢变信道进行了仿真实验；利用稀疏权自适应均衡算法对深海信道进行了仿真实验，并获得了仿真结果。