One of the most important problems of clustering is to define the number of classes. In fact, it is not easy to find an appropriate method to measure whether the cluster configuration is acceptable or not. In this pap...One of the most important problems of clustering is to define the number of classes. In fact, it is not easy to find an appropriate method to measure whether the cluster configuration is acceptable or not. In this paper we propose a possible and non-automatic solution considering different criteria of clustering and comparing their results. In this way robust structures of an analyzed dataset can be often caught （or established） and an optimal cluster configuration, which presents a meaningful association, may be defined. In particular, we also focus on the variables which may be used in cluster analysis. In fact, variables which contain little clustering information can cause misleading and not-robustness results. Therefore, three algorithms are employed in this study： K-means partitioning methods, Partitioning Around Medoids （PAM） and the Heuristic Identification of Noisy Variables （HINoV）. The results are compared with robust methods ones.展开更多
Target dimension is important information in underwater target classification. An intrinsic mode characteristic extraction method in underwater cylindrical shell acoustic radiation was studied in this paper based on t...Target dimension is important information in underwater target classification. An intrinsic mode characteristic extraction method in underwater cylindrical shell acoustic radiation was studied in this paper based on the mechanism of shell vibration to gain the information about its dimension instead of accurate inversion processing. The underwater cylindrical shell vibration and acoustic radiation were first analyzed using mode decomposition to solve the wave equation. The characteristic of acoustic radiation was studied with different cylindrical shell lengths, radii, thickness, excitation points and fine structures. Simulation results show that the intrinsic mode in acoustic radiation spectrum correlates closely with the geometry dimensions of cylindrical shells. Through multifaceted analysis, the strongest intrinsic mode characteristic extracted from underwater shell acoustic radiated signal was most likely relevant to the radiated source radius. Then, partial information about unknown source dimension could be gained from intrinsic mode characteristic in passive sonar applications for underwater target classification. Experimental data processing results verified the effectiveness of the method in this paper.展开更多
文摘One of the most important problems of clustering is to define the number of classes. In fact, it is not easy to find an appropriate method to measure whether the cluster configuration is acceptable or not. In this paper we propose a possible and non-automatic solution considering different criteria of clustering and comparing their results. In this way robust structures of an analyzed dataset can be often caught （or established） and an optimal cluster configuration, which presents a meaningful association, may be defined. In particular, we also focus on the variables which may be used in cluster analysis. In fact, variables which contain little clustering information can cause misleading and not-robustness results. Therefore, three algorithms are employed in this study： K-means partitioning methods, Partitioning Around Medoids （PAM） and the Heuristic Identification of Noisy Variables （HINoV）. The results are compared with robust methods ones.
基金supported by the Project of the Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Underwater Test and Control(Grant No.9140C260505120C26104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 11104029)
文摘Target dimension is important information in underwater target classification. An intrinsic mode characteristic extraction method in underwater cylindrical shell acoustic radiation was studied in this paper based on the mechanism of shell vibration to gain the information about its dimension instead of accurate inversion processing. The underwater cylindrical shell vibration and acoustic radiation were first analyzed using mode decomposition to solve the wave equation. The characteristic of acoustic radiation was studied with different cylindrical shell lengths, radii, thickness, excitation points and fine structures. Simulation results show that the intrinsic mode in acoustic radiation spectrum correlates closely with the geometry dimensions of cylindrical shells. Through multifaceted analysis, the strongest intrinsic mode characteristic extracted from underwater shell acoustic radiated signal was most likely relevant to the radiated source radius. Then, partial information about unknown source dimension could be gained from intrinsic mode characteristic in passive sonar applications for underwater target classification. Experimental data processing results verified the effectiveness of the method in this paper.
