To overcome imperfection of exhaustive based beam searching scheme in IEEE 802.15.3c and IEEE 802.11 ad and accelerate the beam training process, combined with the fast beam searching algorithm previously proposed, th...To overcome imperfection of exhaustive based beam searching scheme in IEEE 802.15.3c and IEEE 802.11 ad and accelerate the beam training process, combined with the fast beam searching algorithm previously proposed, this paper proposed a beam codebook design scheme for phased array to not only satisfy the fast beam searching algorithm's demand, but also make good use of the advantage of the searching algorithm. The simulation results prove that the proposed scheme not only performs well on flexibility and searching time complexity, but also has high success ratio.展开更多
Neural Machine Translation(NMT)is an end-to-end learning approach for automated translation,overcoming the weaknesses of conventional phrase-based translation systems.Although NMT based systems have gained their popul...Neural Machine Translation(NMT)is an end-to-end learning approach for automated translation,overcoming the weaknesses of conventional phrase-based translation systems.Although NMT based systems have gained their popularity in commercial translation applications,there is still plenty of room for improvement.Being the most popular search algorithm in NMT,beam search is vital to the translation result.However,traditional beam search can produce duplicate or missing translation due to its target sequence selection strategy.Aiming to alleviate this problem,this paper proposed neural machine translation improvements based on a novel beam search evaluation function.And we use reinforcement learning to train a translation evaluation system to select better candidate words for generating translations.In the experiments,we conducted extensive experiments to evaluate our methods.CASIA corpus and the 1,000,000 pairs of bilingual corpora of NiuTrans are used in our experiments.The experiment results prove that the proposed methods can effectively improve the English to Chinese translation quality.展开更多
For one class of Low-Density Parity-Check(LDPC)codes with low row weight in theirparity check matrix,a new Syndrome Decoding(SD)based on the heuristic Beam Search(BS),labeledas SD-BS,is put forward to improve the erro...For one class of Low-Density Parity-Check(LDPC)codes with low row weight in theirparity check matrix,a new Syndrome Decoding(SD)based on the heuristic Beam Search(BS),labeledas SD-BS,is put forward to improve the error performance.First,two observations are made andverified by simulation results.One is that in the SNR region of interest,the hard-decision on thecorrupted sequence yields only a handful of erroneous bits.The other is that the true error pattern forthe nonzero syndrome has a high probability to survive the competition in the BS,provided sufficientbeam width.Bearing these two points in mind,the decoding of LDPC codes is transformed into seekingan error pattern with the known decoding syndrome.Secondly,the effectiveness of SD-BS dependsclosely on how to evaluate the bit reliability.Enlightened by a bit-flipping definition in the existingliterature,a new metric is employed in the proposed SD-BS.The strength of SD-BS is demonstrated viaapplying it on the corrupted sequences directly and the decoding failures of the Belief Propagation(BP),respectively.展开更多
A new algorithm is proposed for the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) scheduling problem in this paper. The proposed algorithm is a heuristic based on filtered beam search. It considers the machines and automated gu...A new algorithm is proposed for the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) scheduling problem in this paper. The proposed algorithm is a heuristic based on filtered beam search. It considers the machines and automated guided vehicle (AGV) as the primary resources. It utilizes system constraints and related manufacturing and processing information to generate machines and AGV schedules. The generated schedules can be an entire scheduling horizon as well as various lengths of scheduling periods. The proposed algorithm is also compared with other well-known dispatching rules-based FMS scheduling. The results indicate that the beam search algorithm is a simple, valid and promising algorithm that deserves further research in FMS scheduling field.展开更多
It is of great significance to visit multiple asteroids in a space mission.In this paper,the multiple asteroids mission optimization is implemented using cluster analysis and probability-based beam search.Clustering i...It is of great significance to visit multiple asteroids in a space mission.In this paper,the multiple asteroids mission optimization is implemented using cluster analysis and probability-based beam search.Clustering is performed to select the first asteroid to visit.Four cluster algorithms are investigated and affinity propagation is selected.Then four beam search algorithms that are deterministic beam search and three probability-based beam search variants,probabilistic beam search,ant-colony beam search,and evolving beam search,are applied to search for the rendezvous sequence.Deterministic beam search as a heuristic tree search algorithm is widely applied in multitarget sequence optimization,but it has an obvious drawback of the conflict between the number of pruned nodes and the possibility of finding optimal solutions,which can be improved by probability-based beam search.Among three probability-based beam search,the ant-colony beam search has a learning mechanism,and evolving beam search is constructed based on ant-colony beam search and has an evolutionary mechanism.Results show that the introduction of randomness can improve beam search,and beam search variants with the learning and evolutionary mechanism have an excellent performance.展开更多
With the objective of reducing the flight cost and the amount of polluting emissions released in the atmosphere, a new optimization algorithm considering the climb, cruise and descent phases is presented for the refer...With the objective of reducing the flight cost and the amount of polluting emissions released in the atmosphere, a new optimization algorithm considering the climb, cruise and descent phases is presented for the reference vertical flight trajectory. The selection of the reference vertical navigation speeds and altitudes was solved as a discrete combinatory problem by means of a graphtree passing through nodes using the beam search optimization technique. To achieve a compromise between the execution time and the algorithm's ability to find the global optimal solution, a heuristic methodology introducing a parameter called ‘‘optimism coefficient was used in order to estimate the trajectory's flight cost at every node. The optimal trajectory cost obtained with the developed algorithm was compared with the cost of the optimal trajectory provided by a commercial flight management system(FMS). The global optimal solution was validated against an exhaustive search algorithm(ESA), other than the proposed algorithm. The developed algorithm takes into account weather effects, step climbs during cruise and air traffic management constraints such as constant altitude segments, constant cruise Mach, and a pre-defined reference lateral navigation route. The aircraft fuel burn was computed using a numerical performance model which was created and validated using flight test experimental data.展开更多
To improve the efficiency of operating rooms, reduce the hospital' s costs and improve the level of service qualities, a scheduling method is presented based on a filtered-beam-search-based algo- rithm. Firstly, a sc...To improve the efficiency of operating rooms, reduce the hospital' s costs and improve the level of service qualities, a scheduling method is presented based on a filtered-beam-search-based algo- rithm. Firstly, a scheduling problem domain is described. Mathematical programming models are al- so set up with an objective function of minimizing related costs of the system. On the basis of the de= scriptions mentioned above, a solving policy of generating feasible scheduling solutions is estab- lished. Combining with the speeific constraints of operation theatres, a filtered-beam-search-based algorithm is put forward to solve scheduling problems. Finally, simulation experiments are designed. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated and compared with that of other approaches through simulations. Results indicate that the proposed algorithm can reduce costs, and are of prac- ticality and effectiveness.展开更多
A search strategy based on the maximal information gain principle is presented for the cued search of phased array radars. First, the method for the determination of the cued search region, arrangement of beam positio...A search strategy based on the maximal information gain principle is presented for the cued search of phased array radars. First, the method for the determination of the cued search region, arrangement of beam positions, and the calculation of the prior probability distribution of each beam position is discussed. And then, two search algorithms based on information gain are proposed using Shannon entropy and Kullback-Leibler entropy, respectively. With the proposed strategy, the information gain of each beam position is predicted before the radar detection, and the observation is made in the beam position with the maximal information gain. Compared with the conventional method of sequential search and confirm search, simulation results show that the proposed search strategy can distinctly improve the search performance and save radar time resources with the same given detection probability.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No.61171104
文摘To overcome imperfection of exhaustive based beam searching scheme in IEEE 802.15.3c and IEEE 802.11 ad and accelerate the beam training process, combined with the fast beam searching algorithm previously proposed, this paper proposed a beam codebook design scheme for phased array to not only satisfy the fast beam searching algorithm's demand, but also make good use of the advantage of the searching algorithm. The simulation results prove that the proposed scheme not only performs well on flexibility and searching time complexity, but also has high success ratio.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61872231,61701297).
文摘Neural Machine Translation(NMT)is an end-to-end learning approach for automated translation,overcoming the weaknesses of conventional phrase-based translation systems.Although NMT based systems have gained their popularity in commercial translation applications,there is still plenty of room for improvement.Being the most popular search algorithm in NMT,beam search is vital to the translation result.However,traditional beam search can produce duplicate or missing translation due to its target sequence selection strategy.Aiming to alleviate this problem,this paper proposed neural machine translation improvements based on a novel beam search evaluation function.And we use reinforcement learning to train a translation evaluation system to select better candidate words for generating translations.In the experiments,we conducted extensive experiments to evaluate our methods.CASIA corpus and the 1,000,000 pairs of bilingual corpora of NiuTrans are used in our experiments.The experiment results prove that the proposed methods can effectively improve the English to Chinese translation quality.
基金the National Science Foundation of China(No.60472104).
文摘For one class of Low-Density Parity-Check(LDPC)codes with low row weight in theirparity check matrix,a new Syndrome Decoding(SD)based on the heuristic Beam Search(BS),labeledas SD-BS,is put forward to improve the error performance.First,two observations are made andverified by simulation results.One is that in the SNR region of interest,the hard-decision on thecorrupted sequence yields only a handful of erroneous bits.The other is that the true error pattern forthe nonzero syndrome has a high probability to survive the competition in the BS,provided sufficientbeam width.Bearing these two points in mind,the decoding of LDPC codes is transformed into seekingan error pattern with the known decoding syndrome.Secondly,the effectiveness of SD-BS dependsclosely on how to evaluate the bit reliability.Enlightened by a bit-flipping definition in the existingliterature,a new metric is employed in the proposed SD-BS.The strength of SD-BS is demonstrated viaapplying it on the corrupted sequences directly and the decoding failures of the Belief Propagation(BP),respectively.
文摘A new algorithm is proposed for the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) scheduling problem in this paper. The proposed algorithm is a heuristic based on filtered beam search. It considers the machines and automated guided vehicle (AGV) as the primary resources. It utilizes system constraints and related manufacturing and processing information to generate machines and AGV schedules. The generated schedules can be an entire scheduling horizon as well as various lengths of scheduling periods. The proposed algorithm is also compared with other well-known dispatching rules-based FMS scheduling. The results indicate that the beam search algorithm is a simple, valid and promising algorithm that deserves further research in FMS scheduling field.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists of China(Grant No.11525208)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11672146)。
文摘It is of great significance to visit multiple asteroids in a space mission.In this paper,the multiple asteroids mission optimization is implemented using cluster analysis and probability-based beam search.Clustering is performed to select the first asteroid to visit.Four cluster algorithms are investigated and affinity propagation is selected.Then four beam search algorithms that are deterministic beam search and three probability-based beam search variants,probabilistic beam search,ant-colony beam search,and evolving beam search,are applied to search for the rendezvous sequence.Deterministic beam search as a heuristic tree search algorithm is widely applied in multitarget sequence optimization,but it has an obvious drawback of the conflict between the number of pruned nodes and the possibility of finding optimal solutions,which can be improved by probability-based beam search.Among three probability-based beam search,the ant-colony beam search has a learning mechanism,and evolving beam search is constructed based on ant-colony beam search and has an evolutionary mechanism.Results show that the introduction of randomness can improve beam search,and beam search variants with the learning and evolutionary mechanism have an excellent performance.
基金the team of the Business-led Network of Centers of Excellence Green Aviation Research & Development Network (GARDN)in particular Mr. Sylvan Cofsky, for the funds received for this project (GARDNⅡ–Project: CMC-21)conducted at The Research Laboratory in Active Controls, Avionics and Aeroservoelasticity (LARCASE) in the framework of the global project ‘‘Optimized Descent and Cruise”
文摘With the objective of reducing the flight cost and the amount of polluting emissions released in the atmosphere, a new optimization algorithm considering the climb, cruise and descent phases is presented for the reference vertical flight trajectory. The selection of the reference vertical navigation speeds and altitudes was solved as a discrete combinatory problem by means of a graphtree passing through nodes using the beam search optimization technique. To achieve a compromise between the execution time and the algorithm's ability to find the global optimal solution, a heuristic methodology introducing a parameter called ‘‘optimism coefficient was used in order to estimate the trajectory's flight cost at every node. The optimal trajectory cost obtained with the developed algorithm was compared with the cost of the optimal trajectory provided by a commercial flight management system(FMS). The global optimal solution was validated against an exhaustive search algorithm(ESA), other than the proposed algorithm. The developed algorithm takes into account weather effects, step climbs during cruise and air traffic management constraints such as constant altitude segments, constant cruise Mach, and a pre-defined reference lateral navigation route. The aircraft fuel burn was computed using a numerical performance model which was created and validated using flight test experimental data.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61273035,71471135)
文摘To improve the efficiency of operating rooms, reduce the hospital' s costs and improve the level of service qualities, a scheduling method is presented based on a filtered-beam-search-based algo- rithm. Firstly, a scheduling problem domain is described. Mathematical programming models are al- so set up with an objective function of minimizing related costs of the system. On the basis of the de= scriptions mentioned above, a solving policy of generating feasible scheduling solutions is estab- lished. Combining with the speeific constraints of operation theatres, a filtered-beam-search-based algorithm is put forward to solve scheduling problems. Finally, simulation experiments are designed. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated and compared with that of other approaches through simulations. Results indicate that the proposed algorithm can reduce costs, and are of prac- ticality and effectiveness.
基金the High Technology Research and Development Programme of China (2003AA134030)
文摘A search strategy based on the maximal information gain principle is presented for the cued search of phased array radars. First, the method for the determination of the cued search region, arrangement of beam positions, and the calculation of the prior probability distribution of each beam position is discussed. And then, two search algorithms based on information gain are proposed using Shannon entropy and Kullback-Leibler entropy, respectively. With the proposed strategy, the information gain of each beam position is predicted before the radar detection, and the observation is made in the beam position with the maximal information gain. Compared with the conventional method of sequential search and confirm search, simulation results show that the proposed search strategy can distinctly improve the search performance and save radar time resources with the same given detection probability.