A machine learning-based strategy for predicting the mechanical strength of coral reef limestone using X-ray computed tomography

Different sedimentary zones in coral reefs lead to significant anisotropy in the pore structure of coral reef limestone(CRL),making it difficult to study mechanical behaviors.With X-ray computed tomography(CT),112 CRL samples were utilized for training the support vector machine(SVM)-,random forest(RF)-,and back propagation neural network(BPNN)-based models,respectively.Simultaneously,the machine learning model was embedded into genetic algorithm(GA)for parameter optimization to effectively predict uniaxial compressive strength(UCS)of CRL.Results indicate that the BPNN model with five hidden layers presents the best training effect in the data set of CRL.The SVM-based model shows a tendency to overfitting in the training set and poor generalization ability in the testing set.The RF-based model is suitable for training CRL samples with large data.Analysis of Pearson correlation coefficient matrix and the percentage increment method of performance metrics shows that the dry density,pore structure,and porosity of CRL are strongly correlated to UCS.However,the P-wave velocity is almost uncorrelated to the UCS,which is significantly distinct from the law for homogenous geomaterials.In addition,the pore tensor proposed in this paper can effectively reflect the pore structure of coral framework limestone(CFL)and coral boulder limestone(CBL),realizing the quantitative characterization of the heterogeneity and anisotropy of pore.The pore tensor provides a feasible idea to establish the relationship between pore structure and mechanical behavior of CRL.

Exploring the Efficiency of Experimental Construction of Sorting Ginned Cotton Seed Machine

In this paper, research has been conducted to increase the quantity of fiber produced in the enterprise by creating a sorting device for spun seeds, dividing them into fractions by geometric dimensions, and by re-ginning, separating those with long fibers. A new model was developed for geometric sorting of cotton seeds in the harvest, and experiments determined its effectiveness and the optimal values of the factors affecting the efficiency using mathematical modeling. Based on the results of the study, graphs of the influence of factors on device performance and on device efficiency were constructed.

A Comprehensive Investigation of Machine Learning Feature Extraction and ClassificationMethods for Automated Diagnosis of COVID-19 Based on X-ray Images

The quick spread of the CoronavirusDisease(COVID-19)infection around the world considered a real danger for global health.The biological structure and symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to other viral chest maladies,which makes it challenging and a big issue to improve approaches for efficient identification of COVID-19 disease.In this study,an automatic prediction of COVID-19 identification is proposed to automatically discriminate between healthy and COVID-19 infected subjects in X-ray images using two successful moderns are traditional machine learning methods(e.g.,artificial neural network(ANN),support vector machine(SVM),linear kernel and radial basis function(RBF),k-nearest neighbor(k-NN),Decision Tree(DT),andCN2 rule inducer techniques)and deep learningmodels(e.g.,MobileNets V2,ResNet50,GoogleNet,DarkNet andXception).A largeX-ray dataset has been created and developed,namely the COVID-19 vs.Normal(400 healthy cases,and 400 COVID cases).To the best of our knowledge,it is currently the largest publicly accessible COVID-19 dataset with the largest number of X-ray images of confirmed COVID-19 infection cases.Based on the results obtained from the experiments,it can be concluded that all the models performed well,deep learning models had achieved the optimum accuracy of 98.8%in ResNet50 model.In comparison,in traditional machine learning techniques, the SVM demonstrated the best result for an accuracy of 95% and RBFaccuracy 94% for the prediction of coronavirus disease 2019.

Rapid detection and risk assessment of soil contamination at lead smelting site based on machine learning

A general prediction model for seven heavy metals was established using the heavy metal contents of 207soil samples measured by a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer(XRF)and six environmental factors as model correction coefficients.The eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)model was used to fit the relationship between the content of heavy metals and environment characteristics to evaluate the soil ecological risk of the smelting site.The results demonstrated that the generalized prediction model developed for Pb,Cd,and As was highly accurate with fitted coefficients(R^(2))values of 0.911,0.950,and 0.835,respectively.Topsoil presented the highest ecological risk,and there existed high potential ecological risk at some positions with different depths due to high mobility of Cd.Generally,the application of machine learning significantly increased the accuracy of pXRF measurements,and identified key environmental factors.The adapted potential ecological risk assessment emphasized the need to focus on Pb,Cd,and As in future site remediation efforts.

Modeling and Optimization of Electrical Discharge Machining of SiC Parameters, Using Neural Network and Non-Dominating Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA II)

Silicon Carbide (SiC) machining by traditional methods with regards to its high hardness is not possible. Electro Discharge Machining, among non-traditional machining methods, is used for machining of SiC. The present work is aimed to optimize the surface roughness and material removal rate of electro discharge machining of SiC parameters simultaneously. As the output parameters are conflicting in nature, so there is no single combination of machining parameters, which provides the best machining performance. Artificial neural network (ANN) with back propagation algorithm is used to model the process. A multi-objective optimization method, non-dominating sorting genetic algorithm-II is used to optimize the process. Affects of three important input parameters of process viz., discharge current, pulse on time (Ton), pulse off time (Toff) on electric discharge machining of SiC are considered. Experiments have been conducted over a wide range of considered input parameters for training and verification of the model. Testing results demonstrate that the model is suitable for predicting the response parameters. A pareto-optimal set has been predicted in this work.

Real-time ore sorting using color and texture analysis

Sensor-based ore sorting is a technology used to classify high-grade mineralized rocks from low-grade waste rocks to reduce operation costs.Many ore-sorting algorithms using color images have been proposed in the past,but only some validate their results using mineral grades or optimize the algorithms to classify rocks in real-time.This paper presents an ore-sorting algorithm based on image processing and machine learning that is able to classify rocks from a gold and silver mine based on their grade.The algorithm is composed of four main stages:(1)image segmentation and partition,(2)color and texture feature extraction,(3)sub-image classification using neural networks,and(4)a voting system to determine the overall class of the rock.The algorithm was trained using images of rocks that a geologist manually classified according to their mineral content and then was validated using a different set of rocks analyzed in a laboratory to determine their gold and silver grades.The proposed method achieved a Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.961 points,higher than other classification algorithms based on support vector machines and convolutional neural networks,and a processing time under 44 ms,promising for real-time ore sorting applications.

Use of Fuzzy Neural Network in Industrial Sorting of Apples

In this paper,an automated system and methodology for nondestructive sorting of apples are presented.Different from the traditional manual grading method,the automated,nondestructive sorting equipment can improve the production efficiency and the grading speed and accuracy.Most popular apple quality detection and grading methods use two-dimensional(2D)machine vision detection based on a single charge-coupled device(CCD)camera detect the external quality.Our system integrates a 3D structured laser into an existing 2D sorting system,which provides the addition third dimension to detect the defects in apples by using the curvature of the structured light strips that are acquired from the optical system of the machine.The curvature of the structured light strip will show the defects in the apple surface.Other features such as color,texture,shape,size and 3D information all play key roles in determining the grade of an apple,which can be determined using a series of feature extraction methods.After feature extraction,a method based on principal component analysis(PCA)for data dimensionality reduction is applied to the system.Furthermore,a comprehensive classification method based on fuzzy neural network(FNN),which is a combination of knowledge-based and model-based method,is used in this paper as the classifier.Preliminary experiments are conducted to verity the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed sorting system.

The Method Research and Technology Implementation of Eddy Current Hardness-sorting Based on LS-SVM

According to the practical problems in eddy current sorting,the method and technology of eddy current hardness sorting based on LeastSquaresSupportVectorMachine(LS-SVM)are proposed based on the Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA in this paper.The calculated sorting-hyperplane and designed sorting decision-making machine were used to sort different hardness of the vavles.The experimental results of the vavle sorting show that the sorting success rate can reach 100%under conditions that the number of test vavles is one quarter of the training vavles.The method and technology based on LS-SVM can solve the problems that the impedance feature value is nonlinear with the hardness value and variable sorting interval.It also proved that the LS-SVM algorithm has strong practical value in online eddy current sorting.

Sorting Data Elements by SOCD Using Centralized Diamond Architecture

Several parallel sorting techniques on different architectures have been studied for many years. Due to the need for faster systems in today＇s world, parallelism can be used to accelerate applications. Nowadays, parallel operations are used to solve computer problems such as sort and search, which result in a reasonable speed. Sorting is one of the most important operations in computing world. The authors always try to find the best in different areas which the premier is speedup. In this paper, the authors issued a sort with O（logn） time complexity on PRAM EREW （Parallel Random Access Machine Exclusive Read Exclusive Write）. The algorithm is designed in a manner that keeps the tradeoff between the number of processor elements in the architecture and execution time. The simulation of the algorithm proves the theoretical analysis of the algorithm. The results of this research can be utilized in developing faster embedded systems. Sorting on Centralized Diamond （SOCD） algorithm is issued on the novel Centralized Diamond architecture which takes the advantages of Single Instruction Multiple Data （SIMD） architecture. This architecture and the sort on it are intuitive and optimal.

基于SORT映射的IRCMFDE在旋转机械故障诊断中的应用

针对旋转机械振动信号的强非线性和非平稳性,导致故障特征提取困难的问题,提出了一种基于SORT映射的改进精细复合多尺度波动散布熵(IRCMFDE)和蝙蝠算法优化的相关向量机(BA-RVM)的旋转机械故障诊断方法。首先,利用SORT映射函数替换了精细复合多尺度波动散布熵(RCMFDE)方法的正态累积分布函数,同时对RCMFDE方法的粗粒化方式进行了改进,提出了基于SORT映射的IRCMFDE方法;随后,利用IRCMFDE方法提取了旋转机械振动信号的故障特征,构造了故障特征集;最后,采用BA-RVM分类器对旋转机械的故障类型进行了智能化的识别和分类;将基于IRCMFDE和BA-RVM的故障诊断方法应用于滚动轴承、离心泵和齿轮箱的实验数据分析,并将其与现有故障诊断方法进行了对比分析。研究结果表明:基于IRCMFDE和BA-RVM的故障诊断方法能够有效地识别旋转机械的故障状态,识别准确率分别达到了100%、98%和99%,相比基于RCMFDE、精细复合多尺度熵、精细复合多尺度模糊熵、精细复合多尺度排列熵和精细复合多尺度散布熵的故障特征提取方法,该故障诊断方法的效率和平均识别准确率均优于对比方法,其更适合应用于旋转机械的在线实时故障监测。

基于机器视觉的海鲜花螺分类研究

针对目前人工分选海鲜花螺劳动强度大、人工成本高的问题,研究提出一种DPO-SVM海鲜花螺公母分类模型。通过灰度共生矩阵分析提取海鲜花螺外壳间隔纹理特征量,采用SVM作为公母分类模型基体,对不同纹理特征量组合进行分类效果对比,得出使用能量、熵、对比度3种特征量分类效果最好的结论。针对SVM优化问题,以PSO和WOA算法为基础提出DPO算法对SVM的重要参数c、g进行优化;对DPO-SVM性能进行测试,将测试结果与SVM、PSO-SVM、WOA-SVM测试结果对比。相比于其他3种SVM模型,DPOSVM分类准确率大幅度提升,相比于SVM,分类总准确率由85%上升至100%,上升了15%;DPO算法提高了单种群优化算法的寻优性能,相比于PSO算法,DPO算法将最佳适应度从95.26提升至98.68,提升幅度为3.47%。此外,达到最佳适应度的迭代次数由14次减少至6次,下降57.14%,显著优化了收敛速度。研究结果可为自动分拣装置中海鲜花螺公母分类提供技术参考。

X-ray image distortion correction based on SVR

X-ray image has been widely used in many fields such as medical diagnosis,industrial inspection,and so on.Unfortunately,due to the physical characteristics of X-ray and imaging system,distortion of the projected image will happen,which restrict the application of X-ray image,especially in high accuracy fields.Distortion correction can be performed using algorithms that can be classified as global or local according to the method used,both having specific advantages and disadvantages.In this paper,a new global method based on support vector regression（SVR）machine for distortion correction is proposed.In order to test the presented method,a calibration phantom is specially designed for this purpose.A comparison of the proposed method with the traditional global distortion correction techniques is performed.The experimental results show that the proposed correction method performs better than the traditional global one.

面向茶叶分拣的机器视觉处理软件设计研究

我国茶叶销量稳步增长,对茶叶生产效率的要求也日益提高。在茶叶加工过程中,杂质分拣是不可或缺的环节,但目前仍多依赖人工操作,费时费力且成本高昂。为此,通过采集并标注茶叶样本图片,建立多类别分类数据集,利用YOLOv4算法快速、准确地检测茶叶杂质及其位置信息,并将结果存储于PLC寄存器中,实现自动化生产控制。经测试,该方法能够精准分类茶叶及其杂质,具有精度高、稳定性强、实用性高的特点,具有一定的推广价值。未来,可进一步优化算法与硬件性能,结合物联网技术,推动更智能化的生产过程,为茶叶加工提供创新型解决方案。

基于RobotStudio的物料分拣装置数字孪生系统研究

随着制造业智能化改造和数字化转型的推进,数字孪生技术在各行业中均有应用,但不同的应用领域所使用的软件平台不同。以物料分拣装置为载体,基于RobotStudio软件平台搭建数字孪生系统。通过RobotStudio软件设置物料分拣系统的机械装置,利用Smart组件功能随机产生虚拟物料块,通过相机对物料块进行图像处理,提取图像信息。利用C#语言搭建西门子TIA软件与VisionPro软件的通信平台,实现图像数据与PLC的共享;利用RobotStudio工作站进行虚拟调试,实现数字孪生系统的功能。通过物料分拣装置数字孪生系统的研究,为物料分拣装置设计与优化提供了新思路。

Covid-19 Detection from Chest X-Ray Images Using Advanced Deep Learning Techniques

Like the Covid-19 pandemic,smallpox virus infection broke out in the last century,wherein 500 million deaths were reported along with enormous economic loss.But unlike smallpox,the Covid-19 recorded a low exponential infection rate and mortality rate due to advancement inmedical aid and diagnostics.Data analytics,machine learning,and automation techniques can help in early diagnostics and supporting treatments of many reported patients.This paper proposes a robust and efficient methodology for the early detection of COVID-19 from Chest X-Ray scans utilizing enhanced deep learning techniques.Our study suggests that using the Prediction and Deconvolutional Modules in combination with the SSD architecture can improve the performance of the model trained at this task.We used a publicly open CXR image dataset and implemented the detectionmodelwith task-specific pre-processing and near 80:20 split.This achieved a competitive specificity of 0.9474 and a sensibility/accuracy of 0.9597,which shall help better decision-making for various aspects of identification and treat the infection.

Parametric optimization of electrochemical machining of Al/15% SiC_p composites using NSGA-Ⅱ

Electrochemical machining（ECM） is one of the important non-traditional machining processes,which is used for machining of difficult-to-machine materials and intricate profiles.Being a complex process,it is very difficult to determine optimal parameters for improving cutting performance.Metal removal rate and surface roughness are the most important output parameters,which decide the cutting performance.There is no single optimal combination of cutting parameters,as their influences on the metal removal rate and the surface roughness are quite opposite.A multiple regression model was used to represent relationship between input and output variables and a multi-objective optimization method based on a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-Ⅱ（NSGA-Ⅱ） was used to optimize ECM process.A non-dominated solution set was obtained.

A machine vision-intelligent modelling based technique for in-line bell pepper sorting

The uniformity of appearance attributes of bell peppers is significant for consumers and food industries.To automate the sorting process of bell peppers and improve the packaging quality of this crop by detecting and separating the not likable low-color bell peppers,developing an appropriate sorting system would be of high importance and influence.According to standards and export needs,the bell pepper should be graded based on maturity levels and size to five classes.This research has been aimed to develop a machine vision-based system equipped with an intelligent modelling approach for in-line sorting bell peppers into desirable and undesirable samples,with the ability to predict the maturity level and the size of the desirable bell peppers.Multilayer perceptron(MLP)artificial neural networks(ANNs)as the nonlinear modelswere designed for that purpose.TheMLP modelswere trained and evaluated through five-fold cross-validation method.The optimum MLP classifier was compared with a linear discriminant analysis(LDA)model.The results showed that the MLP outperforms the LDA model.The processing time to classify each captured image was estimated as 0.2 s/sample,which is fast enough for in-line application.Accordingly,the optimum MLP model was integrated with a machine vision-based sorting machine,and the developed system was evaluated in the in-line phase.The performance parameters,including accuracy,precision,sensitivity,and specificity,were 93.2%,86.4%,84%,and 95.7%,respectively.The total sorting rate of the bell pepper was also measured as approximately 3000 samples/h.

基于自适应模糊C-均值算法的退役锂离子电池快速聚类

梯次利用处理退役锂离子电池具有巨大的经济和环境价值,而如何高效、准确地对退役电池进行分选重组是梯次利用中突出的技术挑战。首先,为准确反映退役电池的一致性,提取最大可用容量(MAC)、放电欧姆内阻(DOIR)和容量增量曲线的弗雷歇距离(FD)3个因素共同作为聚类因子。然后3个聚类因子结合自适应模糊C-均值(AFCM)算法构建退役电池聚类方法。结果表明:AFCM算法聚类簇内MAC的最大误差为79 mA·h,DOIR小于45 mΩ;三因素的聚类方法成组的电池一致性较好;并且在117颗电池聚类时,AFCM算法聚类耗费的时间最短。

Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Classification via Deep Learning

In this era of pandemic, the future of healthcare industry has never been more exciting. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) present opportunities to develop solutions that cater for very specific needs within the industry. Deep learning in healthcare had become incredibly powerful for supporting clinics and in transforming patient care in general. Deep learning is increasingly being applied for the detection of clinically important features in the images beyond what can be perceived by the naked human eye. Chest X-ray images are one of the most common clinical method for diagnosing a number of diseases such as pneumonia, lung cancer and many other abnormalities like lesions and fractures. Proper diagnosis of a disease from X-ray images is often challenging task for even expert radiologists and there is a growing need for computerized support systems due to the large amount of information encoded in X-Ray images. The goal of this paper is to develop a lightweight solution to detect 14 different chest conditions from an X ray image. Given an X-ray image as input, our classifier outputs a label vector indicating which of 14 disease classes does the image fall into. Along with the image features, we are also going to use non-image features available in the data such as X-ray view type, age, gender etc. The original study conducted Stanford ML Group is our base line. Original study focuses on predicting 5 diseases. Our aim is to improve upon previous work, expand prediction to 14 diseases and provide insight for future chest radiography research.

基于机器视觉和PLC的活体小龙虾分拣控制系统

针对目前小龙虾人工分拣精度不够,成本过高的问题,构建了一种基于视觉检测的小龙虾分拣系统,对小龙虾分拣系统的原理进行简要分析,完成了系统各部分的硬件选型,设计了基于Linux系统的上位机与PLC的通讯程序,采集小龙虾图片样本并识别小龙虾种类,编写PLC程序实现了对小龙虾种类的准确识别与快速分选。实验结果表明,该系统识别准确率高,自动化程度高,能节约大量的人力成本与时间成本。