Asymptotic Efficiency of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator for the Box-Cox Transformation Model with Heteroscedastic Disturbances

This paper considers the asymptotic efficiency of the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for the Box-Cox transformation model with heteroscedastic disturbances. The MLE under the normality assumption (BC MLE) is a consistent and asymptotically efficient estimator if the “small ” condition is satisfied and the number of parameters is finite. However, the BC MLE cannot be asymptotically efficient and its rate of convergence is slower than ordinal order when the number of parameters goes to infinity. Anew consistent estimator of order is proposed. One important implication of this study is that estimation methods should be carefully chosen when the model contains many parameters in actual empirical studies.

Classification of Conversational Sentences Using an Ensemble Pre-Trained Language Model with the Fine-Tuned Parameter

Sentence classification is the process of categorizing a sentence based on the context of the sentence.Sentence categorization requires more semantic highlights than other tasks,such as dependence parsing,which requires more syntactic elements.Most existing strategies focus on the general semantics of a conversation without involving the context of the sentence,recognizing the progress and comparing impacts.An ensemble pre-trained language model was taken up here to classify the conversation sentences from the conversation corpus.The conversational sentences are classified into four categories:information,question,directive,and commission.These classification label sequences are for analyzing the conversation progress and predicting the pecking order of the conversation.Ensemble of Bidirectional Encoder for Representation of Transformer(BERT),Robustly Optimized BERT pretraining Approach(RoBERTa),Generative Pre-Trained Transformer(GPT),DistilBERT and Generalized Autoregressive Pretraining for Language Understanding(XLNet)models are trained on conversation corpus with hyperparameters.Hyperparameter tuning approach is carried out for better performance on sentence classification.This Ensemble of Pre-trained Language Models with a Hyperparameter Tuning(EPLM-HT)system is trained on an annotated conversation dataset.The proposed approach outperformed compared to the base BERT,GPT,DistilBERT and XLNet transformer models.The proposed ensemble model with the fine-tuned parameters achieved an F1_score of 0.88.

Robust Estimation of Semiparametric Transformation Model for Panel Count Data

Panel count data are frequently encountered when study subjects are under discrete observations.However,limited literature has been found on variable selection for panel count data.In this paper,without considering the model assumption of observation process,a more general semiparametric transformation model for panel count data with informative observation process is developed.A penalized estimation procedure based on the quantile regression function is proposed for variable selection and parameter estimation simultaneously.The consistency and oracle properties of the estimators are established under some mild conditions.Some simulations and an application are reported to evaluate the proposed approach.

STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING AN AIR MASS TRANSFORMATION MODEL IN TAIYUAN

An AMT-model,consisting of a trajectory model and a one-dimensional boundary layer model,is tested for trajectories arriving in Taiyuan to study the possibility of using it in Taiyuan.The sensitivity of the model to the different processes was studied.Some parameters of the model were modified for the purpose of forecast- ing in specific mountainous terrain and dry climate conditions.Results of examples which we have worked out for Taiyuan circumstances for the periods of July(summer)1985 and January(winter)1986,show that the 12h runs of the AMT-model are able to reproduce(on historical data)the sounding of Taiyuan.The AMT-model contributes fruitfully to short-range weather forecasts(12—36h ahead)during periods of severe air pollution and when cold waves occur.

Implementation of Rapid Code Transformation Process Using Deep Learning Approaches

Our previous work has introduced the newly generated program using the code transformation model GPT-2,verifying the generated programming codes through simhash(SH)and longest common subsequence(LCS)algo-rithms.However,the entire code transformation process has encountered a time-consuming problem.Therefore,the objective of this study is to speed up the code transformation process signi􀀀cantly.This paper has proposed deep learning approaches for modifying SH using a variational simhash(VSH)algorithm and replacing LCS with a piecewise longest common subsequence(PLCS)algorithm to faster the veri􀀀cation process in the test phase.Besides the code transformation model GPT-2,this study has also introduced MicrosoMASS and Facebook BART for a comparative analysis of their performance.Meanwhile,the explainable AI technique using local interpretable model-agnostic explanations(LIME)can also interpret the decision-making ofAImodels.The experimental results show that VSH can reduce the number of quali􀀀ed programs by 22.11%,and PLCS can reduce the execution time of selected pocket programs by 32.39%.As a result,the proposed approaches can signi􀀀cantly speed up the entire code transformation process by 1.38 times on average compared with our previous work.

A Model Transformation Approach for Detecting Distancing Violations in Weighted Graphs

This work presents the design of an Internet of Things(IoT)edge-based system based on model transformation and complete weighted graph to detect violations of social distancing measures in indoor public places.Awireless sensor network based on Bluetooth Low Energy is introduced as the infrastructure of the proposed design.A hybrid model transformation strategy for generating a graph database to represent groups of people is presented as a core middleware layer of the detecting system’s proposed architectural design.A Neo4j graph database is used as a target implementation generated from the proposed transformational system to store all captured real-time IoT data about the distances between individuals in an indoor area and answer user predefined queries,expressed using Neo4j Cypher,to provide insights from the stored data for decision support.As proof of concept,a discrete-time simulation model was adopted for the design of a COVID-19 physical distancing measures case study to evaluate the introduced system architecture.Twenty-one weighted graphs were generated randomly and the degrees of violation of distancing measures were inspected.The experimental results demonstrate the capability of the proposed system design to detect violations of COVID-19 physical distancing measures within an enclosed area.

A Deep Learning Ensemble Method for Forecasting Daily Crude Oil Price Based on Snapshot Ensemble of Transformer Model

The oil industries are an important part of a country’s economy.The crude oil’s price is influenced by a wide range of variables.Therefore,how accurately can countries predict its behavior and what predictors to employ are two main questions.In this view,we propose utilizing deep learning and ensemble learning techniques to boost crude oil’s price forecasting performance.The suggested method is based on a deep learning snapshot ensemble method of the Transformer model.To examine the superiority of the proposed model,this paper compares the proposed deep learning ensemble model against different machine learning and statistical models for daily Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)oil price forecasting.Experimental results demonstrated the outperformance of the proposed method over statistical and machine learning methods.More precisely,the proposed snapshot ensemble of Transformer method achieved relative improvement in the forecasting performance compared to autoregressive integrated moving average ARIMA(1,1,1),ARIMA(0,1,1),autoregressive moving average(ARMA)(0,1),vector autoregression(VAR),random walk(RW),support vector machine(SVM),and random forests(RF)models by 99.94%,99.62%,99.87%,99.65%,7.55%,98.38%,and 99.35%,respectively,according to mean square error metric.

Micro-expression recognition algorithm based on graph convolutional network and Transformer model

Micro-expressions are spontaneous, unconscious movements that reveal true emotions.Accurate facial movement information and network training learning methods are crucial for micro-expression recognition.However, most existing micro-expression recognition technologies so far focus on modeling the single category of micro-expression images and neural network structure.Aiming at the problems of low recognition rate and weak model generalization ability in micro-expression recognition, a micro-expression recognition algorithm is proposed based on graph convolution network(GCN) and Transformer model.Firstly, action unit(AU) feature detection is extracted and facial muscle nodes in the neighborhood are divided into three subsets for recognition.Then, graph convolution layer is used to find the layout of dependencies between AU nodes of micro-expression classification.Finally, multiple attentional features of each facial action are enriched with Transformer model to include more sequence information before calculating the overall correlation of each region.The proposed method is validated in CASME II and CAS(ME)^2 datasets, and the recognition rate reached 69.85%.

Vehicle Density Prediction in Low Quality Videos with Transformer Timeseries Prediction Model(TTPM)

Recent advancement in low-cost cameras has facilitated surveillance in various developing towns in India.The video obtained from such surveillance are of low quality.Still counting vehicles from such videos are necessity to avoid traf-fic congestion and allows drivers to plan their routes more precisely.On the other hand,detecting vehicles from such low quality videos are highly challenging with vision based methodologies.In this research a meticulous attempt is made to access low-quality videos to describe traffic in Salem town in India,which is mostly an un-attempted entity by most available sources.In this work profound Detection Transformer(DETR)model is used for object(vehicle)detection.Here vehicles are anticipated in a rush-hour traffic video using a set of loss functions that carry out bipartite coordinating among estimated and information acquired on real attributes.Every frame in the traffic footage has its date and time which is detected and retrieved using Tesseract Optical Character Recognition.The date and time extricated and perceived from the input image are incorporated with the length of the recognized objects acquired from the DETR model.This furnishes the vehicles report with timestamp.Transformer Timeseries Prediction Model(TTPM)is proposed to predict the density of the vehicle for future prediction,here the regular NLP layers have been removed and the encoding temporal layer has been modified.The proposed TTPM error rate outperforms the existing models with RMSE of 4.313 and MAE of 3.812.

Integrated Modelling of Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties Prediction for Q&P Hot Stamping Process of Ultra‑High Strength Steel

High strength steel products with good ductility can be produced via Q&P hot stamping process,while the phase transformation of the process is more complicated than common hot stamping since two-step quenching and one-step carbon partitioning processes are involved.In this study,an integrated model of microstructure evolution relating to Q&P hot stamping was presented with a persuasively predicted results of mechanical properties.The transformation of diffusional phase and non-diffusional phase,including original austenite grain size individually,were considered,as well as the carbon partitioning process which affects the secondary martensite transformation temperature and the subsequent phase transformations.Afterwards,the mechanical properties including hardness,strength,and elongation were calculated through a series of theoretical and empirical models in accordance with phase contents.Especially,a modified elongation prediction model was generated ultimately with higher accuracy than the existed Mileiko’s model.In the end,the unified model was applied to simulate the Q&P hot stamping process of a U-cup part based on the finite element software LS-DYNA,where the calculated outputs were coincident with the measured consequences.

Correlation of coordinate transformation parameters

Coordinate transformation parameters between two spatial Cartesian coordinate systems can be solved from the positions of non-colinear corresponding points. Based on the characteristics of translation, rotation and zoom components of the transformation, the complete solution is divided into three steps. Firstly, positional vectors are regulated with respect to the centroid of sets of points in order to separate the translation compo- nents. Secondly, the scale coefficient and rotation matrix are derived from the regulated positions independent- ly and correlations among transformation model parameters are analyzed. It is indicated that this method is applicable to other sets of non-position data to separate the respective attributions for transformation parameters.

Modeling waves and longshore transport potential in Half Moon Bay,Grays Harbor,Washington,USA

A local-scale phase-resolving wave transformation model with CGWAVE is established in connection with a regional-scale coupled STWAVE-ADCIRC wave-current model for its application in the Half Moon Bay, Grays Harbor.Wave transformation from offshore to the harbor entrance is simulated by the STWAVE model which includes wave-current interaction.The STWAVE results provide incident wave conditions for the local-scale CGWAVE model at its outer boundary. A simple method is developed to take into account the lateral variation of wave height in constructing the model’s wave boundary conditions.The model was validated for three wave condition cases which yielded good agreement with field data.The validated model was applied to predicting nearshore waves in the Half Moon Bay and longshore transport parameters along the wave breaking line for the existing condition and three engineering alternatives. A comparative analysis indicated that storm waves that have a combination of long period and large height are the most destructive to the crenulate shoreline in the Half Moon Bay; both 152 m jetty extension (Alt. 2) and diffraction mound enlargement (Alt. 3) would significantly reduce breaking wave height and longshore transport potential in the southwest corner of Half Moon Bay.

Formal Verification of TASM Models by Translating into UPPAAL

Timed abstract state machine(TASM) is a formal specification language used to specify and simulate the behavior of real-time systems. Formal verification of TASM model can be fulfilled through model checking activities by translating into UPPAAL. Firstly, the translational semantics from TASM to UPPAAL is presented through atlas transformation language(ATL). Secondly, the implementation of the proposed model transformation tool TASM2UPPAAL is provided. Finally, a case study is given to illustrate the automatic transformation from TASM model to UPPAAL model.

HOSVD-based LPV modeling and mixed robust H_2/H_∞ control design for air-breathing hypersonic vehicle

This paper focuses on synthesizing a mixed robust H_2/H_∞ linear parameter varying（LPV） controller for the longitudinal motion of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle via a high order singular value decomposition（HOSVD） approach.The design of hypersonic flight control systems is highly challenging due to the enormous complexity of the vehicle dynamics and the presence of significant uncertainties.Motivated by recent results on both LPV control and tensor-product（TP） model transformation approach,the velocity and altitude tracking control problems for the air-breathing hypersonic vehicle is reduced to that of a state feedback stabilizing controller design for a polytopic LPV system with guaranteed performances.The controller implementation is converted into a convex optimization problem with parameterdependent linear matrix inequalities（LMIs） constraints,which is intuitively tractable using LMI control toolbox.Finally,numerical simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Model Transformer Evaluation of High-Permeability Grain-Oriented Electrical Steels

The dependence of transformer performance on the material properties was investigated using two laboratory-processed 0.23 mm thick grain-oriented electrical steels domain-refined with elec-trolytically etched grooves having different magnetic properties. The iron loss at 1.7 T, 50 Hz and the flux density at 800 A/m of material A were 0.73 W/kg and 1.89 T, respectively; and those of material B, 0.83 W/kg and 1.88 T. Model stacked and wound transformer core experiments using the tested materials exhibited performance well reflecting the material characteristics. In a three-phase stacked core with step-lap joints excited to 1.7 T, 50 Hz, the core loss, the exciting current and the noise level were 0.86 W/kg, 0.74 A and 52 dB, respectively, with material A; and 0.97 W/kg, 1.0 A and 54 dB with material B. The building factors for the core losses of the two materials were almost the same in both core configurations. The effect of higher harmonics on transformer performance was also investigated.

EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD-BASED INFERENCE IN LINEAR MODELS WITH INTERVAL CENSORED DATA

An empirical likelihood approach to estimate the coefficients in linear model with interval censored responses is developed in this paper. By constructing unbiased transformation of interval censored data,an empirical log-likelihood function with asymptotic X^2 is derived. The confidence regions for the coefficients are constructed. Some simulation results indicate that the method performs better than the normal approximation method in term of coverage accuracies.

Bionic Attitude Transformation Combined with Closed Motion for a Free Floating Space Robot

In order to realize the small error attitude transformation of a free floating space robot,a new method of three degrees of freedom（ DOF） attitude transformation was proposed for the space robot using a bionic joint. A general kinematic model of the space robot was established based on the law of linear and angular momentum conservation. A combinational joint model was established combined with bionic joint and closed motion. The attitude transformation of planar,two DOF and three DOF is analyzed and simulated by the model,and it is verified that the feasibility of attitude transformation in three DOF space. Finally,the specific scheme of disturbance elimination in attitude transformation is presented and simulation results are obtained.Therefore,the range of application field of the bionic joint model has been expanded.

MoTransFrame:Model Transfer Framework for CNNs on Low-Resource Edge Computing Node

Deep learning technology has been widely used in computer vision,speech recognition,natural language processing,and other related fields.The deep learning algorithm has high precision and high reliability.However,the lack of resources in the edge terminal equipment makes it difficult to run deep learning algorithms that require more memory and computing power.In this paper,we propose MoTransFrame,a general model processing framework for deep learning models.Instead of designing a model compression algorithm with a high compression ratio,MoTransFrame can transplant popular convolutional neural networks models to resources-starved edge devices promptly and accurately.By the integration method,Deep learning models can be converted into portable projects for Arduino,a typical edge device with limited resources.Our experiments show that MoTransFrame has good adaptability in edge devices with limited memories.It is more flexible than other model transplantation methods.It can keep a small loss of model accuracy when the number of parameters is compressed by tens of times.At the same time,the computational resources needed in the reasoning process are less than what the edge node could handle.

AADL2TASM: a Verification and Analysis Tool for AADL Models

Architecture analysis and design language (AADL) is an architecture description language standard for embedded real-time systems and it is widely used in safety-critical applications. For facilitating verification and analysis, model transformation is one of the methods. A synchronous subset of AADL and a general methodology for translating the AADL subset into timed abstract state machine (TASM) were studied . Based on the atlas transformation language (ATL) framework, the associated translating tool AADL2TASM was implemented by defining the meta-model of both AADL and TASM, and the ATL transformation rules. A case study with property verification of the AADL model was also presented for validating the tool.

A SYSTEMATIC ARCHITECTURE AND MODELING OF VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING AND MEASURING CELL

The concept of virtual manufacturing and measuring cell (VMMC) is proposed, the systematic architecture of the VMMC is established and two key problems: the error fusion in machining and the reconstructable modeling of workpiece during virtual manufacturing and measuring, are discussed. An actual VMMC is presented as an example and its modularized frame is introduced.