Research on Agricultural Ontology and Fusion Rules Based Knowledge Fusion Framework

Currently, knowledge-based sharing and service system has been a hot issue and knowledge fusion, especially for implicit knowledge discovery, becomes the core of knowledge processing and optimization in the system. In the research, a knowledge fusion framework based on agricultural ontology and fusion rules was pro- posed, including knowledge extraction, clearing and annotation modules based on a- gricultural ontology, fusion rule construction, choosing and evaluation modules based on agricultural ontology and knowledge fusion module for users＇ demands. Finally, the significance of the framework to system of agricultural knowledge services was proved with the help of a case.

Representations and Fusion Rules for the Orbifold Vertex Operator Algebras L_(sl_(2))(k,0)^(Z_(3))

For the cyclic group Z_(3)and a positive integer k,we study the representations of the orbifold vertex operator algebra L_(sl_(2))(k,0)^(Z_(3)).All the irreducible modules for L_(sl_(2))(k,0)^(Z_(3))are classified and constructed explicitly.Quantum dimensions and fusion rules for L_(sl_(2))(k,0)^(Z_(3))are completely determined.

Multimodal Medical Image Fusion in Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform Domain

Multimodal medical image fusion is a powerful tool for diagnosing diseases in medical field. The main objective is to capture the relevant information from input images into a single output image, which plays an important role in clinical applications. In this paper, an image fusion technique for the fusion of multimodal medical images is proposed based on Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform. The proposed technique uses the Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform (NSCT) to decompose the images into lowpass and highpass subbands. The lowpass and highpass subbands are fused by using mean based and variance based fusion rules. The reconstructed image is obtained by taking Inverse Non-Subsampled Contourlet Transform (INSCT) on fused subbands. The experimental results on six pairs of medical images are compared in terms of entropy, mean, standard deviation, QAB/F as performance parameters. It reveals that the proposed image fusion technique outperforms the existing image fusion techniques in terms of quantitative and qualitative outcomes of the images. The percentage improvement in entropy is 0% - 40%, mean is 3% - 42%, standard deviation is 1% - 42%, QAB/Fis 0.4% - 48% in proposed method comparing to conventional methods for six pairs of medical images.

Scheme of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Based on Adaptive Decision Fusion Algorithm

Spectrum sensing is one of the core technologies for cognitive radios （CR）, where reliable detection of the signals of primary users （PUs） is precondition for implementing the CR systems. A cooperative spectrum sensing scheme based on an adaptive decision fusion algorithm for spectrum sensing in CR is proposed in this paper. This scheme can estimate the PU prior probability and the miss detection and false alarm probabilities of various secondary users （SU）, and make the local decision with the Chair-Varshney rule so that the decisions fusion can be done for the global decision. Simulation results show that the false alarm and miss detection probabilities resulted from the proposed algorithm are significantly lower than those of the single SU, and the performance of the scheme outperforms that of the cooperative detection by using the conventional decision fusion algorithms.

Performance Analysis of Distributed Neyman-Pearson Detection Systems

The performance of a distributed Neyman-Pearson detection system is considered with the decision rules of the sensors given and the decisions from different sensors being mutually independent conditioned on both hypothese. To achieve the better performance at the fusion center for a general detection system of n 〉 3 sensor configuration, the necessary and sufficient conditions are derived by comparing the probability of detec- tion at the fusion center with that of each of the sensors, with the constraint that the probability of false alarm at the fusion center is equal to that of the sensor. The conditions are related with the performances of the sensors and using the results we can predict the performance at the fusion center of a distributed detection system and can choose appropriate sensors to construct efficient distributed detection systems.

SOME PROGRESS IN SENSOR NETWORK DECISION FUSION

The multisensor network decision/detection problem continue to attract much research interest in recent years since such system offers many advantages over that with a single sensor in terms of e.g., survivability, reliability, and robustness. This article surveys some previous progress, briefly presents a few new results, and proposes some challenging issues in communication direction of sensor network decision fusion.

Bimodule and twisted representation of vertex operator algebras

In this paper, for a vertex operator algebra V with an automorphism g of order T, an admissible V-module M and a fixed nonnegative rational number n ∈1/T Z_+, we construct an A_(g,n)(V)-bimodule Ag,n(M) and study its properties, discuss the connections between bimodule A_(g,n)(M) and intertwining operators. Especially, bimodule A _(g,n)-1T(M) is a natural quotient of A_(g,n)(M) and there is a linear isomorphism between the space IM^k M Mjof intertwining operators and the space of homomorphisms HomA_(g,n)(V)(A_(g,n)(M) A_(g,n)(V)M^j(s), M^k(t)) for s, t ≤ n, M^j, M^k are g-twisted V modules, if V is g-rational.

Energy efficiency optimization of cognitive relay network based on cooperative spectrum sensing

This paper focuses on the energy efficiency of cognitive relay （CR） networks with cooperative sensing, joint optimization of the sensing time and the signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） is studied to maximize the energy efficiency of CR network. Theoretical analysis shows that there exists an optimal sensing time and optimal SNR to make the energy efficiency maximized under a constraint of detection probability. Simulation results illustrate that the optimal fusion rule performs better than the OR rule and the AND rule in terms of the energy efficiency. By properly designing the fusion rule threshold as well as the number of cooperative sensing users, the energy efficiency of CR networks can be further improved.

Sensor node-assisted asynchronous cooperative spectrum sensing for cognitive radio network

In order to take advantage of the asynchronous sensing information, alleviate the sensing overhead of secondary users （SUs） and improve the detection performance, a sensor node-assisted asynchronous cooperative spectrum sensing （SN-ACSS） scheme for cognitive radio （CR） network （CRN） was proposed. In SN-ACSS, each SU is surrounded by sensor nodes （SNs）, which asynchronously make hard decisions and soft decisions based on the Bayesian fusion rule instead of the SU. The SU combines these soft decisions and makes the local soft decision. Finally, the fusion center （FC） fuses the local soft decisions transmitted from SUs with different weight coefficients to attain the final soft decision. Besides, the impact of the statistics of licensed band occupancy on detection performance and the fact that different SNs have different sensing contributions are also considered in SN-ACSS scheme. Numerical results show that compared with the conventional synchronous cooperative spectrum sensing （SCSS） and the existing ACSS schemes, SN-ACSS algorithm achieves a better detection performance and lower cost with the same number of SNs.