Sampled-data distributed protocol for coordinated aggregation of multi-agent systems subject to communication delays

This paper studies the coordinated aggregation problem of a multi-agent system. Particularly, all the agents reach a consensus within a pre-specified target region. However, only a subset of agents have access to this target region, and each agent merely interacts with its neighbors by communication. Moreover, there exist unknown heterogeneous delays in communication channels. The underlying communication topology is characterized by a digraph. To accommodate the practical digital disposal, a sampled-data distributed protocol is proposed, where the sampling is asynchronous in the sense that the sampling periods of distinct agents are heterogeneous. The resulting closed-loop system from the proposed sampled-data distributed protocol is in a hybrid fashion that the continuous system is fed-back by using discrete states at sampling instants. The convergence performance of this hybrid closed-loop system is analyzed based on the contraction theory. More specifically, it is first shown that all the states are coordinated to aggregate within the target region, i.e., coordinated aggregation. With this result, it is next shown that all the states are coordinated towards a consensus, i.e., state agreement. These together guarantee the fulfillment of the concerned coordinated aggregation objective. Finally, a simulation example is given to validate the theoretical results.     

可变抽样区间的多变量自相关过程VAR控制图

基于批量-均值法的思想,向量自回归(VAR)控制图对多变量自相关过程的较小偏移可以进行有效控制。为了提高多变量自相关过程监控效率,本文研究可变抽样区间的VAR控制图。首先,对多变量自相关过程的VAR控制图进行可变抽样区间设计;然后,用蒙特卡洛模拟方法计算其平均报警时间;最后,以平均报警时间为评价准则,对所设计的可变抽样区间VAR控制图与固定抽样区间的VAR控制图进行比较研究。研究结果表明:所设计的可变抽样区间多变量自相关过程VAR控制图较固定抽样区间的多变量自相关过程VAR控制图能更好的监控过程的变化。     

On a new class of multiplicative pseudo-random number generators

In the computing literature, there are few detailed analytical studies of the global statistical characteristics of a class of multiplicative pseudo-random number generators.We comment briefly on normal numbers and study analytically the approximately uniform discrete distribution or (j,)-normality in the sense of Besicovitch for complete periods of fractional parts {x _{0 1} ⁱ /p} on [0, 1] fori=0, 1,..., (p–1)p^–1–1, i.e. in current terminology, generators given byx _{n+1 1} x _n mod p wheren=0, 1,..., (p–1)p ^–1–1,p is any odd prime, (x ₀,p)=1, ₁ is a primitive root modp ², and 1 is any positive integer.We derive the expectationsE(X, ),E(X ², ),E(X _nX_n+k); the varianceV(X, ), and the serial correlation coefficient k. By means of Dedekind sums and some results of H. Rademacher, we investigate the asymptotic properties of k for various lagsk and integers 1 and give numerical illustrations. For the frequently used case =1, we find comparable results to estimates of Coveyou and Jansson as well as a mathematical demonstration of a so-called rule of thumb related to the choice of ₁ for small k.Due to the number of parameters in this class of generators, it may be possible to obtain increased control over the statistical behavior of these pseudo-random sequences both analytically as well as computationally.     

Aliasing Effects and Sampling Theorems of Spherical Random Fields when Sampled on a Finite Grid

Aliasing effects are investigated for spherical random fields sampled on a finite grid. Using the spherical harmonics expansion, it is shown that for a band-limited spherical random field its trend and spectrum can be uniquely reconstructed from the sampled field if the sampling points are judiciously designed. Analytical expressions are also obtained for aliasing errors in the trend and the spectrum when the field is not band-limited.     

CDS器件在TDI-CCD视频信号处理中的应用

本文是对国家863-2计划中某项目的部分工作所做的总结。文中对CCD的噪音和新型TDI-CCD输出视频信号的特性进行了分析,提出了对于各种噪音的处理方法,尤其详细介绍了采用相关双采样(CDS)技术处理kTC噪音和复位噪音的方法,并通过实验进行了验证,最后分析了系统的信噪比。     

数字全息图变频采样研究

根据Whittaker-Shannon抽样定理,对菲涅耳全息图进行变频率采样,保证整个全息图各部分采样频率为该处相应空间频率的两倍,从而完全消除数字全息图由于采样冗余而带来全息图的信息冗余.并且,对变频采样后的全息图进行线性插值恢复即可获得良好的再现像质.实验和理论均证明了该方法的有效性和可行性,为全息图的信息存贮与传输提出一条新的思路.     

管内耦合换热的辐射热流特征及抽样模式比较

通过数值模拟,研究了圆管层流入口段辐射与对流祸合换热中的辐射热流分布特征,提出并比较了采用蒙特卡罗法计算辐射换热的两种抽样模式。结果表明,在圆管入口段的耦合换热中,同一截面的径向辐射热流密度与轴向辐射热流密度数量级相当,世分布形态差别很大。用蒙特卡罗方法计算辐射换热时,采取等权能束的抽样模式,可消除因抽样能束的能量不同而造成的计算误差、降低计算量、提高计算精度。     

光衍射数值模拟中不同抽样方法的适用性分析

基于标量衍射理论和快速傅里叶变换,分析了光衍射的数值模拟时可以采用的不同抽样方法及其适用性。理论分析表明,按照抽样对象的不同,存在三种适用范围不同的算法:传递函数抽样法、点扩展函数抽样法和加权函数抽样法。其适用范围分别为衍射距离小于、大于和等于特征距离的情况。在Matlab软件环境下给出了三种算法的模拟计算实例,并与相应的实验结果进行了比较,证明了理论分析的正确性。最后还给出了一种无需改变抽样点数和抽样间隔就可计算任意距离衍射过程的自适应抽样算法及其在数字全息再现中的应用实例。     

Multi-scale simulation reveals that an amino acid substitution increases photosensitizing reaction inputs in Rhodopsins

Evaluating the availability of molecular oxygen (O₂) and energy of excited states in the retinal binding site of rhodopsin is a crucial challenging first step to understand photosensitizing reactions in wild-type (WT) and mutant rhodopsins by absorbing visible light. In the present work, energies of the ground and excited states related to 11-cis-retinal and the O₂ accessibility to the β-ionone ring are evaluated inside WT and human M207R mutant rhodopsins. Putative O₂ pathways within rhodopsins are identified by using molecular dynamics simulations, Voronoi-diagram analysis, and implicit ligand sampling while retinal energetic properties are investigated through density functional theory, and quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical methods. Here, the predictions reveal that an amino acid substitution can lead to enough energy and O₂ accessibility in the core hosting retinal of mutant rhodopsins to favor the photosensitized singlet oxygen generation, which can be useful in understanding retinal degeneration mechanisms and in designing blue-lighting-absorbing proteic photosensitizers.     

The empirical behavior of sampling methods for stochastic programming

We investigate the quality of solutions obtained from sample-average approximations to two-stage stochastic linear programs with recourse. We use a recently developed software tool executing on a computational grid to solve many large instances of these problems, allowing us to obtain high-quality solutions and to verify optimality and near-optimality of the computed solutions in various ways. Research supported by the Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division subprogram of the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38, and by the National Science Foundation under Grant 9726385. Research supported by the Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division subprogram of the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38, and by the National Science Foundation under Grant DMS-0073770. Research supported by the Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division subprogram of the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38, and by the National Science Foundation under Grants 9726385 and 0082065.