Increasing bacteria levels in the Lower Neches River caused by Hurricane Harvey has been of a serious concern.This study is to analyze the historical water sampling measurements and real-time water quality data collec...Increasing bacteria levels in the Lower Neches River caused by Hurricane Harvey has been of a serious concern.This study is to analyze the historical water sampling measurements and real-time water quality data collected with wireless sensors to monitor and evaluate water quality under different hydrological and hydraulic conditions.The statistical and Pearson correlation analysis on historical water samples determines that alkalinity,chloride,hardness,conductivity,and pH are highly correlated,and they decrease with increasing flow rate due to dilution.The flow rate has positive correlations with Escherichia coli,total suspended solids,and turbidity,which demonstrates that runoff is one of the causes of the elevated bacteria and sediment loadings in the river.The correlation between E.coli and turbidity indicates that turbidity greater than 45 nephelometric turbidity units in the Neches River can serve as a proxy for E.coli to indicate the bacterial outbreak.A series of statistical tools and an innovative two-layer data smoothing filter are developed to detect outliers,fill missing values,and filter spikes of the sensor measurements.The correlation analysis on the sensor data illustrates that the elevated sediment/bacteria/algae in the river is either caused by the first flush rain and heavy rain events in December to March or practices of land use and land cover.Therefore,utilizing sensor measurements along with rainfall and discharge data is recommended to monitor and evaluate water quality,then in turn to provide early alerts on water resources management decisions.展开更多
The production capacity of shale oil reservoirs after hydraulic fracturing is influenced by a complex interplay involving geological characteristics,engineering quality,and well conditions.These relationships,nonlinea...The production capacity of shale oil reservoirs after hydraulic fracturing is influenced by a complex interplay involving geological characteristics,engineering quality,and well conditions.These relationships,nonlinear in nature,pose challenges for accurate description through physical models.While field data provides insights into real-world effects,its limited volume and quality restrict its utility.Complementing this,numerical simulation models offer effective support.To harness the strengths of both data-driven and model-driven approaches,this study established a shale oil production capacity prediction model based on a machine learning combination model.Leveraging fracturing development data from 236 wells in the field,a data-driven method employing the random forest algorithm is implemented to identify the main controlling factors for different types of shale oil reservoirs.Through the combination model integrating support vector machine(SVM)algorithm and back propagation neural network(BPNN),a model-driven shale oil production capacity prediction model is developed,capable of swiftly responding to shale oil development performance under varying geological,fluid,and well conditions.The results of numerical experiments show that the proposed method demonstrates a notable enhancement in R2 by 22.5%and 5.8%compared to singular machine learning models like SVM and BPNN,showcasing its superior precision in predicting shale oil production capacity across diverse datasets.展开更多
针对现有的CenterNet模型在行人检测中由于人体遮挡以及人体姿态多变等所引起的模型精度下降的问题,本文从三个方面对CenterNet进行改进。一是在原CenterNet基础之上设计了特征融合模块,该模块引入了反转卷积,从通道这一角度提取特征并...针对现有的CenterNet模型在行人检测中由于人体遮挡以及人体姿态多变等所引起的模型精度下降的问题,本文从三个方面对CenterNet进行改进。一是在原CenterNet基础之上设计了特征融合模块,该模块引入了反转卷积,从通道这一角度提取特征并与原特征进行融合,丰富了图像的特征表示,使其更好地定位到人体区域;二是提出了一种带有非局部注意力的检测头,通过计算特征图全局像素与当前特征像素相似度,从而对遮挡目标进行区分;三是对损失函数进行改进,将两项损失函数合并成一项,有效地减少了级联误差。实验结果表明,改进的CenterNet在WiderPerson数据集上的平均精度提升了3.29%,漏检率下降了3.26%。在数据集Human detection and tracking using RGB-D camera上的平均精度提升了2.66%,漏检率下降了2.46%。与原CenterNet相比,改进的CenterNet解决了该模型应用于行人检测中精度低的问题。展开更多
基金supported by Center for Resiliency(CfR)at Lamar University(Grant No.22PSSO1).
文摘Increasing bacteria levels in the Lower Neches River caused by Hurricane Harvey has been of a serious concern.This study is to analyze the historical water sampling measurements and real-time water quality data collected with wireless sensors to monitor and evaluate water quality under different hydrological and hydraulic conditions.The statistical and Pearson correlation analysis on historical water samples determines that alkalinity,chloride,hardness,conductivity,and pH are highly correlated,and they decrease with increasing flow rate due to dilution.The flow rate has positive correlations with Escherichia coli,total suspended solids,and turbidity,which demonstrates that runoff is one of the causes of the elevated bacteria and sediment loadings in the river.The correlation between E.coli and turbidity indicates that turbidity greater than 45 nephelometric turbidity units in the Neches River can serve as a proxy for E.coli to indicate the bacterial outbreak.A series of statistical tools and an innovative two-layer data smoothing filter are developed to detect outliers,fill missing values,and filter spikes of the sensor measurements.The correlation analysis on the sensor data illustrates that the elevated sediment/bacteria/algae in the river is either caused by the first flush rain and heavy rain events in December to March or practices of land use and land cover.Therefore,utilizing sensor measurements along with rainfall and discharge data is recommended to monitor and evaluate water quality,then in turn to provide early alerts on water resources management decisions.
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M702304)Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR20210E260).
文摘The production capacity of shale oil reservoirs after hydraulic fracturing is influenced by a complex interplay involving geological characteristics,engineering quality,and well conditions.These relationships,nonlinear in nature,pose challenges for accurate description through physical models.While field data provides insights into real-world effects,its limited volume and quality restrict its utility.Complementing this,numerical simulation models offer effective support.To harness the strengths of both data-driven and model-driven approaches,this study established a shale oil production capacity prediction model based on a machine learning combination model.Leveraging fracturing development data from 236 wells in the field,a data-driven method employing the random forest algorithm is implemented to identify the main controlling factors for different types of shale oil reservoirs.Through the combination model integrating support vector machine(SVM)algorithm and back propagation neural network(BPNN),a model-driven shale oil production capacity prediction model is developed,capable of swiftly responding to shale oil development performance under varying geological,fluid,and well conditions.The results of numerical experiments show that the proposed method demonstrates a notable enhancement in R2 by 22.5%and 5.8%compared to singular machine learning models like SVM and BPNN,showcasing its superior precision in predicting shale oil production capacity across diverse datasets.
文摘针对现有的CenterNet模型在行人检测中由于人体遮挡以及人体姿态多变等所引起的模型精度下降的问题,本文从三个方面对CenterNet进行改进。一是在原CenterNet基础之上设计了特征融合模块,该模块引入了反转卷积,从通道这一角度提取特征并与原特征进行融合,丰富了图像的特征表示,使其更好地定位到人体区域;二是提出了一种带有非局部注意力的检测头,通过计算特征图全局像素与当前特征像素相似度,从而对遮挡目标进行区分;三是对损失函数进行改进,将两项损失函数合并成一项,有效地减少了级联误差。实验结果表明,改进的CenterNet在WiderPerson数据集上的平均精度提升了3.29%,漏检率下降了3.26%。在数据集Human detection and tracking using RGB-D camera上的平均精度提升了2.66%,漏检率下降了2.46%。与原CenterNet相比,改进的CenterNet解决了该模型应用于行人检测中精度低的问题。
