The healthcare system's approach considers the complexity and interactions between organized elements. In continuous processing, healthcare systems are affected by their constituent elements, themselves modified with...The healthcare system's approach considers the complexity and interactions between organized elements. In continuous processing, healthcare systems are affected by their constituent elements, themselves modified with each system change. To secure and optimize the system of care, collaboration between levels is necessary. Almost no documented experience to better coordination of levels of care in the Belgian system is available. To improve the quality of care, the system needs collaborative coordination between stakeholders. Good coordination improves the quality of patient care, it makes quality more efficient and optimal care. This coordination between care lines must be collaborative. Interactional communication is the founding element of inter-professional collaboration. A good self-esteem improves the relationship between actors in the health system and supports the initiatives and adaptability. It contributes therefore to an increase of the quality of care. The interactional Local Health System promotes cooperation in the relevant health network. Consultation and coordination between the actors involved and motivated bring care quality and operational solutions. This dynamic modality of exchanges appears fruitful as participants continue to meet and coordinate care, even after the official end of the action-research. The climate became conducive to solving real problems through the skills developed in the LHS.展开更多
Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, wa...Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, was the only person on the island who could provide emergency surgery.展开更多
To improve the anti-jamming and interference mitigation ability of the UAV-aided communication systems, this paper investigates the channel selection optimization problem in face of both internal mutual interference a...To improve the anti-jamming and interference mitigation ability of the UAV-aided communication systems, this paper investigates the channel selection optimization problem in face of both internal mutual interference and external malicious jamming. A cooperative anti-jamming and interference mitigation method based on local altruistic is proposed to optimize UAVs’ channel selection. Specifically, a Stackelberg game is modeled to formulate the confrontation relationship between UAVs and the jammer. A local altruistic game is modeled with each UAV considering the utilities of both itself and other UAVs. A distributed cooperative anti-jamming and interference mitigation algorithm is proposed to obtain the Stackelberg equilibrium. Finally, the convergence of the proposed algorithm and the impact of the transmission power on the system loss value are analyzed, and the anti-jamming performance of the proposed algorithm can be improved by around 64% compared with the existing algorithms.展开更多
Based on the fundamentals of“new engineering”construction,this article briefly introduces the development standards of local colleges and universities,analyzes the significance of the collaborative education system ...Based on the fundamentals of“new engineering”construction,this article briefly introduces the development standards of local colleges and universities,analyzes the significance of the collaborative education system of local universities under the fundamentals of“new engineering”construction,and explores the fundamentals of“new engineering.”The specific implementation strategy of the collaborative education system of industry-university collaboration in local colleges and universities.展开更多
The eradication of poliomyelitis is a landmark achievement in the history of public health, providing strong protection for children’s health. The introduction of the Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Contr...The eradication of poliomyelitis is a landmark achievement in the history of public health, providing strong protection for children’s health. The introduction of the Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine is a prerequisite and safeguard for the large-scale production and use of domestically produced live poliovirus vaccines, serving as an indispensable component of vaccine safety. This article, based on archival documents, letters, collections of essays, and oral interviews, examines the historical experience of the development of Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine. It contends that the emphasis on localization and the active engagement in international cooperation are critical factors in the swift introduction of Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine.展开更多
The authors proposed a moving long baseline algorithm based on the extended Kalman filter (EKF) for cooperative navigation and localization of multi-unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Research on cooperative nav...The authors proposed a moving long baseline algorithm based on the extended Kalman filter (EKF) for cooperative navigation and localization of multi-unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Research on cooperative navigation and localization for multi-UUVs is important to solve navigation problems that restrict long and deep excursions. The authors investigated improvements in navigation accuracy. In the moving long base line (MLBL) structure, the master UUV is equipped with a high precision navigation system as a node of the moving long baseline, and the slave UUV is equipped with a low precision navigation system. They are both equipped with acoustic devices to measure relative location. Using traditional triangulation methods to calculate the position of the slave UUV may cause a faulty solution. An EKF was designed to solve this, combining the proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors. Research results proved that the navigational accuracy is improved significantly with the MLBL method based on EKF.展开更多
Cooperative safety driving systems using vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to infrastructure communication are developed. Sensor data of vehicles and infrastructures are communicated in the cooperative safety driving sys...Cooperative safety driving systems using vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to infrastructure communication are developed. Sensor data of vehicles and infrastructures are communicated in the cooperative safety driving system. LDM (Local Dynamic Map) is standardized by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to manage the vehicle sensor data and the map data. Implementations of LDM are reported on documents of ETSI, but there are no numerical results. The implementations of LDM are deployed the database management system. We think that the response time of the database becomes higher as the number of vehicles grows. In this paper, we have implemented and evaluated the LDM with the collision detection application.展开更多
For situations such as indoor and underground parking lots in which satellite signals are obstructed,GNSS cooperative positioning can be used to achieve highprecision positioning with the assistance of cooperative nod...For situations such as indoor and underground parking lots in which satellite signals are obstructed,GNSS cooperative positioning can be used to achieve highprecision positioning with the assistance of cooperative nodes.Here we study the cooperative positioning of two static nodes,node 1 is placed on the roof of the building and the satellite observation is ideal,node 2 is placed on the indoor windowsill where the occlusion situation is more serious,we mainly study how to locate node 2 with the assistance of node 1.Firstly,the two cooperative nodes are located with pseudo-range single point positioning,and the positioning performance of cooperative node is analyzed,therefore the information of pseudo-range and position of node 1 is obtained.Secondly,the distance between cooperative nodes is obtained by using the baseline method with double-difference carrier phase.Finally,the cooperative location algorithms are studied.The Extended Kalman Filtering(EKF),Unscented Kalman Filtering(UKF)and Particle Filtering(PF)are used to fuse the pseudo-range,ranging information and location information respectively.Due to the mutual influences among the cooperative nodes in cooperative positioning,the EKF,UKF and PF algorithms are improved by resetting the error covariance matrix of the cooperative nodes at each update time.Experimental results show that after being improved,the influence between the cooperative nodes becomes smaller,and the positioning performance of the nodes is better than before.展开更多
In anchor-free environments,where no devices with known positions are available,the error growth of autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV)localization and target tracking is unbounded due to the lack of references and the...In anchor-free environments,where no devices with known positions are available,the error growth of autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV)localization and target tracking is unbounded due to the lack of references and the accumulated errors in inertial measurements.This paper aims to improve the localization and tracking accuracy by involving current information as extra references.We first integrate current measurements and maps with belief propagation and design a distributed current-aided message-passing scheme that theoretically solves the localization and tracking problems.Based on this scheme,we propose particle-based cooperative localization and target tracking algorithms,named CaCL and CaTT,respectively.In AUV localization,CaCL uses the current measurements to correct the predicted and transmitted position information and alleviates the impact of the accumulated errors in inertial measurements.With target tracking,the current maps are applied in CaTT to modify the position prediction of the target which is calculated through historical estimates.The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed methods are validated through various simulations by comparisons with alternative methods under different trajectories and current conditions.展开更多
This paper provides theoretical foundation for the problem of localization in multi-robot formations. Sufficient and necessary conditions for completely localizing a formation of mobile robots/vehicles in SE(2) based ...This paper provides theoretical foundation for the problem of localization in multi-robot formations. Sufficient and necessary conditions for completely localizing a formation of mobile robots/vehicles in SE(2) based on distributed sensor networks and graph rigidity are proposed. A method for estimating the quality of localizations via a linearized weighted least-squares algorithm is presented, which considers incomplete and noisy sensory information. The approach in this paper had been implemented in a multi-robot system of five car-like robots equipped with omni-directional cameras and IEEE 802.11b wireless network.展开更多
Map building by multi-robot is very important to accomplish autonomous navigation,and one of the basic problems and research hotspots is how to merge the maps into a single one in the field of multi-robot map building...Map building by multi-robot is very important to accomplish autonomous navigation,and one of the basic problems and research hotspots is how to merge the maps into a single one in the field of multi-robot map building.A novel approach is put forward based on adaptive differential evolution to map building for the multi-robot system.The multi-robot mapping-building system adopts the methods of decentralized exploration and concentrated mapping.The adaptive differential evolution algorithm is used to search in the space of possible transformation,and the iterative search is performed with the goal of maximizing overlapping regions.The map is translated and rotated so that the two maps can be overlapped and merged into a single global one successfully.This approach for map building can be realized without any knowledge of their relative positions.Experimental results show that the approach is effective and feasibile.展开更多
The First Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation was held in Beijing on August 27-28, 2012. Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Feng Zuoku, ...The First Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation was held in Beijing on August 27-28, 2012. Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Feng Zuoku, shared his insights on the Forum and China-Africa local-level cooperation with ChinAfrica reporter Yu Nan. Excerpts follow:展开更多
Based on multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) flight at a constant altitude,a fault-tolerant cooperative localization algorithm against global positioning system(GPS) signal loss due to GPS receiver malfunction...Based on multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) flight at a constant altitude,a fault-tolerant cooperative localization algorithm against global positioning system(GPS) signal loss due to GPS receiver malfunction is proposed.Contrast to the traditional means with single UAV,the proposed method is based on the use of inter-UAV relative range measurements against GPS signal loss and more suitable for the small-size and low-cost UAV applications.Firstly,for re-localizing an UAV with a malfunction in its GPS receiver,an algorithm which makes use of any other three healthy UAVs in the cooperative flight as the reference points for re-localization is proposed.Secondly,by using the relative ranges from the faulty UAV to the other three UAVs,its horizontal location can be determined after the GPS signal is lost.In order to improve an accuracy of the localization,a Kalman filter is further exploited to provide the estimated location of the UAV with the GPS signal loss.The Kalman filter calculates the variance of observations in terms of horizontal dilution of positioning(HDOP) automatically.Then,during each discrete computing time step,the best reference points are selected adaptively by minimizing the HDOP.Finally,two simulation examples in Matlab/Simulink environment with five UAVs in cooperative flight are shown to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.展开更多
The cooperative localization(CL)is affected by the communication topology among the platforms.Based on the unscented Kalman filtering,the distributed CL(DCL)oriented to the unpredicted communication topology is invest...The cooperative localization(CL)is affected by the communication topology among the platforms.Based on the unscented Kalman filtering,the distributed CL(DCL)oriented to the unpredicted communication topology is investigated.To improve the adaptability,the character of the look-up Cholesky decomposition is exploited for the covariance matrix decomposing.Then,the distributed U transformation can be dynamically implemented according to the available communication topology.In the proposed algorithm,the global information is not required for the individual,and only the available information from the neighbor is used.Each platform’s state can be estimated independently.The error covariance of the state estimates can be updated in the single platform.The algorithm is adaptive to any serial communication topologies where the measuring to the measured platform is a starting path.The applicability of the proposed algorithm to unpredicted communication topology is improved,remaining equivalent localization performance to free connection communication.展开更多
In recent years,position information has become a key feature to drive location and context aware services in mobile communication.Researchers from all over the world have proposed many solu-tions for indoor positioni...In recent years,position information has become a key feature to drive location and context aware services in mobile communication.Researchers from all over the world have proposed many solu-tions for indoor positioning over the past several years.However,due to weak signals,multipath or non-line-of-sight signal propagation,accurately and efficiently localizing targets in harsh indoor environments re-mains a challenging problem.To improve the perfor-mance in harsh environment with insufficient anchors,cooperative localization has emerged.In this paper,a novel cooperative localization algorithm,named area optimization and node selection based sum-product al-gorithm over a wireless network(AN-SPAWN),is de-scribed and analyzed.To alleviate the high compu-tational complexity and build optimized cooperative cluster,a node selection method is designed for the cooperative localization algorithm.Numerical experi-ment results indicate that our proposed algorithm has a higher accuracy and is less impacted by NLOS errors than other conventional cooperative localization algo-rithms in the harsh indoor environments.展开更多
In cooperative localization with sparse communication networks, an agent maybe only receives part of locating messages from the others. It is difficult for the receiver to utilize the part instead of global knowledge....In cooperative localization with sparse communication networks, an agent maybe only receives part of locating messages from the others. It is difficult for the receiver to utilize the part instead of global knowledge. Under the extended Kalman filtering, the utilization of the locating message is maximized by two aspects: the locating message generating and multi-locating messages fusing. For the former, the covariance upper-bound technique, by introducing amplification coefficients, is employed to remove the dependency of locating messages on the global knowledge. For the latter, an optimization model is setup; the covariance matrix determinant of the receiver's state estimate, expressed as a function of the amplification coefficients, is selected as the optimization criterion, under linear constraints on the amplification coefficient characteristics and the communication connectivity. Using the optimization solution, the local optimal state of the receiver agent is obtained by the weighting fusion. Simulation with seven agents is shown to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.展开更多
The cooperative movement has played a very important role in the social and economic development of all countries since 19th eentury's second half. Cooperatives provide health, housing, and banking services; they pro...The cooperative movement has played a very important role in the social and economic development of all countries since 19th eentury's second half. Cooperatives provide health, housing, and banking services; they promote education and gender equality; they protect the environment and workers' rights. According to 2014's data, the total number of cooperatives is 79,486 in Turkey, while the total number of partners of cooperatives is approximately 7.8 million. The research's sample group "Hidirlik Agricultural Development Cooperative" was founded by the wife of the Seferihisar's mayor and six women. It has been a subject of curiousity that the contributions of the cooperative have developed the economy of the region since 2010. Therefore, various questions asked to the president and members of the cooperative, and significant results were obtained. In this research "Interview technique" was used. The fact that within the boundaries of local governments, the establishment of "women's cooperatives" and their active management can be supported with 10 basic criteria for the regional and national development can be predicted. These dimensions: ecological balance and sensitivity, the revival of the tourism sector, the mobility of logistics activities, new investments and increase of land value, the increase of women employment, the increase of healthy living standards, increase of competitiveness and trade earnings, the creation of new brands, widespread of the agricultural sector, and the increase of social and educational level of women. The similiar implementation of "Seferihisar Women's Cooperatives Model" in the research is considered form an important enterprenurship model not only in Turkey but also for all countries.展开更多
With the rapid development of educational reform and innovation,Sino-foreign Cooperative Institutions have made greatachievements.Especially after China entered the WTO,as foreign universities educational resources ar...With the rapid development of educational reform and innovation,Sino-foreign Cooperative Institutions have made greatachievements.Especially after China entered the WTO,as foreign universities educational resources are introduced,the localiza-tion of English language teaching arouse much attention.This paper is to explore and study the Localization of English LanguageTeaching at Sino-foreign Cooperative Institutions.And then is the study on localization of English language teaching at SIAS Inter-national University.Through the evidence of this paper shows,it can pose a theory reference and support to Sino-foreign Coopera-tive Institutions.展开更多
文摘The healthcare system's approach considers the complexity and interactions between organized elements. In continuous processing, healthcare systems are affected by their constituent elements, themselves modified with each system change. To secure and optimize the system of care, collaboration between levels is necessary. Almost no documented experience to better coordination of levels of care in the Belgian system is available. To improve the quality of care, the system needs collaborative coordination between stakeholders. Good coordination improves the quality of patient care, it makes quality more efficient and optimal care. This coordination between care lines must be collaborative. Interactional communication is the founding element of inter-professional collaboration. A good self-esteem improves the relationship between actors in the health system and supports the initiatives and adaptability. It contributes therefore to an increase of the quality of care. The interactional Local Health System promotes cooperation in the relevant health network. Consultation and coordination between the actors involved and motivated bring care quality and operational solutions. This dynamic modality of exchanges appears fruitful as participants continue to meet and coordinate care, even after the official end of the action-research. The climate became conducive to solving real problems through the skills developed in the LHS.
文摘Santomean pig farmer Simao Vicente was hopeful when he came to ask Zou Rui for help. His pig was suffering from hernia, and Zou, a 42-year-old Chinese agricultural expert working in Sao Tomé and Príncipe, was the only person on the island who could provide emergency surgery.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.62271253,61901523,62001381)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.NS2023018)+2 种基金the National Aerospace Science Foundation of China under Grant 2023Z021052002the open research fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory,Southeast University (No.2023D09)Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of NUAA (No.xcxjh20220402)。
文摘To improve the anti-jamming and interference mitigation ability of the UAV-aided communication systems, this paper investigates the channel selection optimization problem in face of both internal mutual interference and external malicious jamming. A cooperative anti-jamming and interference mitigation method based on local altruistic is proposed to optimize UAVs’ channel selection. Specifically, a Stackelberg game is modeled to formulate the confrontation relationship between UAVs and the jammer. A local altruistic game is modeled with each UAV considering the utilities of both itself and other UAVs. A distributed cooperative anti-jamming and interference mitigation algorithm is proposed to obtain the Stackelberg equilibrium. Finally, the convergence of the proposed algorithm and the impact of the transmission power on the system loss value are analyzed, and the anti-jamming performance of the proposed algorithm can be improved by around 64% compared with the existing algorithms.
文摘Based on the fundamentals of“new engineering”construction,this article briefly introduces the development standards of local colleges and universities,analyzes the significance of the collaborative education system of local universities under the fundamentals of“new engineering”construction,and explores the fundamentals of“new engineering.”The specific implementation strategy of the collaborative education system of industry-university collaboration in local colleges and universities.
基金This work was supported by a key project of the 14th Five Year Plan of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(E2291J01)the Youth Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(E3292G02).
文摘The eradication of poliomyelitis is a landmark achievement in the history of public health, providing strong protection for children’s health. The introduction of the Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine is a prerequisite and safeguard for the large-scale production and use of domestically produced live poliovirus vaccines, serving as an indispensable component of vaccine safety. This article, based on archival documents, letters, collections of essays, and oral interviews, examines the historical experience of the development of Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine. It contends that the emphasis on localization and the active engagement in international cooperation are critical factors in the swift introduction of Chinese Regulations for the Manufacture and Control of Live Poliovirus Vaccine.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60875071the High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2007AA0676the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University under Grant No.NCET-06-0877
文摘The authors proposed a moving long baseline algorithm based on the extended Kalman filter (EKF) for cooperative navigation and localization of multi-unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Research on cooperative navigation and localization for multi-UUVs is important to solve navigation problems that restrict long and deep excursions. The authors investigated improvements in navigation accuracy. In the moving long base line (MLBL) structure, the master UUV is equipped with a high precision navigation system as a node of the moving long baseline, and the slave UUV is equipped with a low precision navigation system. They are both equipped with acoustic devices to measure relative location. Using traditional triangulation methods to calculate the position of the slave UUV may cause a faulty solution. An EKF was designed to solve this, combining the proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors. Research results proved that the navigational accuracy is improved significantly with the MLBL method based on EKF.
文摘Cooperative safety driving systems using vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to infrastructure communication are developed. Sensor data of vehicles and infrastructures are communicated in the cooperative safety driving system. LDM (Local Dynamic Map) is standardized by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to manage the vehicle sensor data and the map data. Implementations of LDM are reported on documents of ETSI, but there are no numerical results. The implementations of LDM are deployed the database management system. We think that the response time of the database becomes higher as the number of vehicles grows. In this paper, we have implemented and evaluated the LDM with the collision detection application.
基金This work was financially supported by National Major SpecialScience and Technology (No. GFZX0301040115)the National Natural Science Foundationof China (No. 61301094, No. 61571188)the Construct Program of the Key Discipline inHunan Province, China, the Aid program for Science and Technology Innovative ResearchTeam in Higher Educational Institute of Hunan Province, and the Planned Science andTechnology Project of Loudi City, Hunan Province, China.
文摘For situations such as indoor and underground parking lots in which satellite signals are obstructed,GNSS cooperative positioning can be used to achieve highprecision positioning with the assistance of cooperative nodes.Here we study the cooperative positioning of two static nodes,node 1 is placed on the roof of the building and the satellite observation is ideal,node 2 is placed on the indoor windowsill where the occlusion situation is more serious,we mainly study how to locate node 2 with the assistance of node 1.Firstly,the two cooperative nodes are located with pseudo-range single point positioning,and the positioning performance of cooperative node is analyzed,therefore the information of pseudo-range and position of node 1 is obtained.Secondly,the distance between cooperative nodes is obtained by using the baseline method with double-difference carrier phase.Finally,the cooperative location algorithms are studied.The Extended Kalman Filtering(EKF),Unscented Kalman Filtering(UKF)and Particle Filtering(PF)are used to fuse the pseudo-range,ranging information and location information respectively.Due to the mutual influences among the cooperative nodes in cooperative positioning,the EKF,UKF and PF algorithms are improved by resetting the error covariance matrix of the cooperative nodes at each update time.Experimental results show that after being improved,the influence between the cooperative nodes becomes smaller,and the positioning performance of the nodes is better than before.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62203299,61773264,61922058,61803261,61801295)the Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(SL2020ZD206,SL2020MS010,SL2020MS015)。
文摘In anchor-free environments,where no devices with known positions are available,the error growth of autonomous underwater vehicle(AUV)localization and target tracking is unbounded due to the lack of references and the accumulated errors in inertial measurements.This paper aims to improve the localization and tracking accuracy by involving current information as extra references.We first integrate current measurements and maps with belief propagation and design a distributed current-aided message-passing scheme that theoretically solves the localization and tracking problems.Based on this scheme,we propose particle-based cooperative localization and target tracking algorithms,named CaCL and CaTT,respectively.In AUV localization,CaCL uses the current measurements to correct the predicted and transmitted position information and alleviates the impact of the accumulated errors in inertial measurements.With target tracking,the current maps are applied in CaTT to modify the position prediction of the target which is calculated through historical estimates.The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed methods are validated through various simulations by comparisons with alternative methods under different trajectories and current conditions.
文摘This paper provides theoretical foundation for the problem of localization in multi-robot formations. Sufficient and necessary conditions for completely localizing a formation of mobile robots/vehicles in SE(2) based on distributed sensor networks and graph rigidity are proposed. A method for estimating the quality of localizations via a linearized weighted least-squares algorithm is presented, which considers incomplete and noisy sensory information. The approach in this paper had been implemented in a multi-robot system of five car-like robots equipped with omni-directional cameras and IEEE 802.11b wireless network.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90820302,60805027)the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan(No.12JJ3064)+1 种基金the Construct Program of the Key Discipline in Hunan Province(No.201176)the Planned Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province(No.2011SK3135,2012FJ3059)
文摘Map building by multi-robot is very important to accomplish autonomous navigation,and one of the basic problems and research hotspots is how to merge the maps into a single one in the field of multi-robot map building.A novel approach is put forward based on adaptive differential evolution to map building for the multi-robot system.The multi-robot mapping-building system adopts the methods of decentralized exploration and concentrated mapping.The adaptive differential evolution algorithm is used to search in the space of possible transformation,and the iterative search is performed with the goal of maximizing overlapping regions.The map is translated and rotated so that the two maps can be overlapped and merged into a single global one successfully.This approach for map building can be realized without any knowledge of their relative positions.Experimental results show that the approach is effective and feasibile.
文摘The First Forum on China-Africa Local Government Cooperation was held in Beijing on August 27-28, 2012. Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Feng Zuoku, shared his insights on the Forum and China-Africa local-level cooperation with ChinAfrica reporter Yu Nan. Excerpts follow:
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60974146)the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)
文摘Based on multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) flight at a constant altitude,a fault-tolerant cooperative localization algorithm against global positioning system(GPS) signal loss due to GPS receiver malfunction is proposed.Contrast to the traditional means with single UAV,the proposed method is based on the use of inter-UAV relative range measurements against GPS signal loss and more suitable for the small-size and low-cost UAV applications.Firstly,for re-localizing an UAV with a malfunction in its GPS receiver,an algorithm which makes use of any other three healthy UAVs in the cooperative flight as the reference points for re-localization is proposed.Secondly,by using the relative ranges from the faulty UAV to the other three UAVs,its horizontal location can be determined after the GPS signal is lost.In order to improve an accuracy of the localization,a Kalman filter is further exploited to provide the estimated location of the UAV with the GPS signal loss.The Kalman filter calculates the variance of observations in terms of horizontal dilution of positioning(HDOP) automatically.Then,during each discrete computing time step,the best reference points are selected adaptively by minimizing the HDOP.Finally,two simulation examples in Matlab/Simulink environment with five UAVs in cooperative flight are shown to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
文摘The cooperative localization(CL)is affected by the communication topology among the platforms.Based on the unscented Kalman filtering,the distributed CL(DCL)oriented to the unpredicted communication topology is investigated.To improve the adaptability,the character of the look-up Cholesky decomposition is exploited for the covariance matrix decomposing.Then,the distributed U transformation can be dynamically implemented according to the available communication topology.In the proposed algorithm,the global information is not required for the individual,and only the available information from the neighbor is used.Each platform’s state can be estimated independently.The error covariance of the state estimates can be updated in the single platform.The algorithm is adaptive to any serial communication topologies where the measuring to the measured platform is a starting path.The applicability of the proposed algorithm to unpredicted communication topology is improved,remaining equivalent localization performance to free connection communication.
基金the Nation-alKey Research&Development Program of China un-der Grant No.2020YFC1511702 and Open Fund of IPOC(BUPT)No.IPOC2021ZT20.
文摘In recent years,position information has become a key feature to drive location and context aware services in mobile communication.Researchers from all over the world have proposed many solu-tions for indoor positioning over the past several years.However,due to weak signals,multipath or non-line-of-sight signal propagation,accurately and efficiently localizing targets in harsh indoor environments re-mains a challenging problem.To improve the perfor-mance in harsh environment with insufficient anchors,cooperative localization has emerged.In this paper,a novel cooperative localization algorithm,named area optimization and node selection based sum-product al-gorithm over a wireless network(AN-SPAWN),is de-scribed and analyzed.To alleviate the high compu-tational complexity and build optimized cooperative cluster,a node selection method is designed for the cooperative localization algorithm.Numerical experi-ment results indicate that our proposed algorithm has a higher accuracy and is less impacted by NLOS errors than other conventional cooperative localization algo-rithms in the harsh indoor environments.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61273357)
文摘In cooperative localization with sparse communication networks, an agent maybe only receives part of locating messages from the others. It is difficult for the receiver to utilize the part instead of global knowledge. Under the extended Kalman filtering, the utilization of the locating message is maximized by two aspects: the locating message generating and multi-locating messages fusing. For the former, the covariance upper-bound technique, by introducing amplification coefficients, is employed to remove the dependency of locating messages on the global knowledge. For the latter, an optimization model is setup; the covariance matrix determinant of the receiver's state estimate, expressed as a function of the amplification coefficients, is selected as the optimization criterion, under linear constraints on the amplification coefficient characteristics and the communication connectivity. Using the optimization solution, the local optimal state of the receiver agent is obtained by the weighting fusion. Simulation with seven agents is shown to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
文摘The cooperative movement has played a very important role in the social and economic development of all countries since 19th eentury's second half. Cooperatives provide health, housing, and banking services; they promote education and gender equality; they protect the environment and workers' rights. According to 2014's data, the total number of cooperatives is 79,486 in Turkey, while the total number of partners of cooperatives is approximately 7.8 million. The research's sample group "Hidirlik Agricultural Development Cooperative" was founded by the wife of the Seferihisar's mayor and six women. It has been a subject of curiousity that the contributions of the cooperative have developed the economy of the region since 2010. Therefore, various questions asked to the president and members of the cooperative, and significant results were obtained. In this research "Interview technique" was used. The fact that within the boundaries of local governments, the establishment of "women's cooperatives" and their active management can be supported with 10 basic criteria for the regional and national development can be predicted. These dimensions: ecological balance and sensitivity, the revival of the tourism sector, the mobility of logistics activities, new investments and increase of land value, the increase of women employment, the increase of healthy living standards, increase of competitiveness and trade earnings, the creation of new brands, widespread of the agricultural sector, and the increase of social and educational level of women. The similiar implementation of "Seferihisar Women's Cooperatives Model" in the research is considered form an important enterprenurship model not only in Turkey but also for all countries.
基金Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (2007AA809502C) National Natural Science Foundation of China (50979093) Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-06-0877)
文摘With the rapid development of educational reform and innovation,Sino-foreign Cooperative Institutions have made greatachievements.Especially after China entered the WTO,as foreign universities educational resources are introduced,the localiza-tion of English language teaching arouse much attention.This paper is to explore and study the Localization of English LanguageTeaching at Sino-foreign Cooperative Institutions.And then is the study on localization of English language teaching at SIAS Inter-national University.Through the evidence of this paper shows,it can pose a theory reference and support to Sino-foreign Coopera-tive Institutions.