Study on moving target detection to passive radar based on FM broadcast transmitter

Target detection by a noncooperative illuminator is a topic of general interest in the electronic warfare field. First of all, direct-path interference （DPI） suppression which is the technique of bottleneck of moving target detection by a noncooperative frequency modulation（FM） broadcast transmitter is analyzed in this article; Secondly, a space-time-frequency domain synthetic solution to this problem is introduced： Adaptive nulling array processing is considered in the space domain, DPI cancellation based on adaptive fractional delay interpolation （AFDI） technique is used in planned time domain, and long-time coherent integration is utilized in the frequency domain; Finaily, an experimental system is planned by considering FM broadcast transmitter as a noncooperative illuminator, Simulation results by real collected data show that the proposed method has a better performance of moving target detection.

An improved least mean square/fourth direct adaptive equalizer for under-water acoustic communications in the Arctic

An improved least mean square/fourth direct adaptive equalizer(LMS/F-DAE)is proposed in this paper for underwater acoustic communication in the Arctic.It is able to process complex-valued baseband signals and has better equalization performance than LMS.Considering the sparsity feature of equalizer tap coefficients,an adaptive norm(AN)is incorporated into the cost function which is utilized as a sparse regularization.The norm constraint changes adaptively according to the amplitude of each coefficient.For small-scale coefficients,the sparse constraint exists to accelerate the convergence speed.For large-scale coefficients,it disappears to ensure smaller equalization error.The performance of the proposed AN-LMS/F-DAE is verified by the experimental data from the 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition.The results show that compared with the standard LMS/F-DAE,AN-LMS/F-DAE can promote the sparse level of the equalizer and achieve better performance.

Well production optimization using streamline features-based objective function and Bayesian adaptive direct search algorithm

Well production optimization is a complex and time-consuming task in the oilfield development.The combination of reservoir numerical simulator with optimization algorithms is usually used to optimize well production.This method spends most of computing time in objective function evaluation by reservoir numerical simulator which limits its optimization efficiency.To improve optimization efficiency,a well production optimization method using streamline features-based objective function and Bayesian adaptive direct search optimization(BADS)algorithm is established.This new objective function,which represents the water flooding potential,is extracted from streamline features.It only needs to call the streamline simulator to run one time step,instead of calling the simulator to calculate the target value at the end of development,which greatly reduces the running time of the simulator.Then the well production optimization model is established and solved by the BADS algorithm.The feasibility of the new objective function and the efficiency of this optimization method are verified by three examples.Results demonstrate that the new objective function is positively correlated with the cumulative oil production.And the BADS algorithm is superior to other common algorithms in convergence speed,solution stability and optimization accuracy.Besides,this method can significantly accelerate the speed of well production optimization process compared with the objective function calculated by other conventional methods.It can provide a more effective basis for determining the optimal well production for actual oilfield development.

Distributed adaptive direct position determination based on diffusion framework

The conventional direct position determination（DPD） algorithm processes all received signals on a single sensor.When sensors have limited computational capabilities or energy storage,it is desirable to distribute the computation among other sensors.A distributed adaptive DPD（DADPD）algorithm based on diffusion framework is proposed for emitter localization.Unlike the corresponding centralized adaptive DPD（CADPD） algorithm,all but one sensor in the proposed algorithm participate in processing the received signals and estimating the common emitter position,respectively.The computational load and energy consumption on a single sensor in the CADPD algorithm is distributed among other computing sensors in a balanced manner.Exactly the same iterative localization algorithm is carried out in each computing sensor,respectively,and the algorithm in each computing sensor exhibits quite similar convergence behavior.The difference of the localization and tracking performance between the proposed distributed algorithm and the corresponding CADPD algorithm is negligible through simulation evaluations.

Two-Dimensional Direction Finding via Sequential Sparse Representations

The problem of two-dimensional direction finding is approached by using a multi-layer Lshaped array. The proposed method is based on two sequential sparse representations,fulfilling respectively the estimation of elevation angles,and azimuth angles. For the estimation of elevation angles,the weighted sub-array smoothing technique for perfect data decorrelation is used to produce a covariance vector suitable for exact sparse representation,related only to the elevation angles. The estimates of elevation angles are then obtained by sparse restoration associated with this elevation angle dependent covariance vector. The estimates of elevation angles are further incorporated with weighted sub-array smoothing to yield a second covariance vector for precise sparse representation related to both elevation angles,and azimuth angles. The estimates of azimuth angles,automatically paired with the estimates of elevation angles,are finally obtained by sparse restoration associated with this latter elevation-azimuth angle related covariance vector. Simulation results are included to illustrate the performance of the proposed method.

Data-Driven Direct Adaptive Risk-Sensitive Control of Stochastic Systems

The authors propose a data-driven direct adaptive control law based on the adaptive dynamic programming(ADP) algorithm for continuous-time stochastic linear systems with partially unknown system dynamics and infinite horizon quadratic risk-sensitive indices.The authors use online data of the system to iteratively solve the generalized algebraic Riccati equation(GARE) and to learn the optimal control law directly.For the case with measurable system noises,the authors show that the adaptive control law approximates the optimal control law as time goes on.For the case with unmeasurable system noises,the authors use the least-square solution calculated only from the measurable data instead of the real solution of the regression equation to iteratively solve the GARE.The authors also study the influences of the intensity of the system noises,the intensity of the exploration noises,the initial iterative matrix,and the sampling period on the convergence of the ADP algorithm.Finally,the authors present two numerical simulation examples to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

Time delay recursive neural network-based direct adaptive control for a piezo-actuated stage

Piezo-actuated stage is a core component in micro-nano manufacturing field.However,the inherent nonlinearity,such as rate-dependent hysteresis,in the piezo-actuated stage severely impacts its tracking accuracy.This study proposes a direct adaptive control(DAC)method to realize high precision tracking.The proposed controller is designed by a time delay recursive neural network.Compared with those existing DAC methods designed under the general Lipschitz condition,the proposed control method can be easily generalized to the actual systems,which have hysteresis behavior.Then,a hopfield neural network(HNN)estimator is proposed to adjust the parameters of the proposed controller online.Meanwhile,a modular model consisting of linear submodel,hysteresis submodel,and lumped uncertainties is established based on the HNN estimator to describe the piezoactuated stage in this study.Thus,the performance of the HNN estimator can be exhibited visually through the modeling results.The proposed control method eradicates the adverse effects on the control performance arising from the inaccuracy in establishing the offline model and improves the capability to suppress the influence of hysteresis on the tracking accuracy of piezo-actuated stage in comparison with the conventional DAC methods.The stability of the control system is studied.Finally,a series of comparison experiments with a dual neural networks-based data driven adaptive controller are carried out to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed controller.

Enhanced elastic beam model with BADS integrated for settlement assessment of immersed tunnels

Excessive settlement may induce structural damage and water leakage in immersed tunnels,seriously threatening the tunnels’safety.However,making accurate assessment of the settlement in immersed tunnels is difficult due to the incomplete knowledge of the geotechnical parameters and the inadequacy of the model itself.This paper proposes an effective method to accurately assess the settlement in immersed tunnels.An enhanced beam on elastic foundation model(E-BEFM)is developed for the settlement assessment,with the Bayesian adaptive direct search algorithm adopted to estimate unknown model parameters based on previous observations.The proposed method is applied to a field case of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao immersed tunnel.The original BEFM is used for comparison to highlight the better assessment performance of E-BEFM,particularly for joints’differential settlement.Results show that the proposed method can provide accurate predictions of the total settlement,angular distortion(a representation of tubes’relatively differential settlement),and joints’differential settlement,which consequently supports the associated maintenance decision-making and potential risk prevention for immersed tunnels in service.

Multivariable direct adaptive decoupling controller using multiple models and a case study

In this paper, a multivariable direct adaptive controller using multiple models without minimum phase assumption is presented to improve the transient response when the parameters of the system jump abruptly. The controller is composed of multiple fixed controller models, a free-running adaptive con- troller model and a re-initialized adaptive controller model. The fixed controller models are derived from the corresponding fixed system models directly. The adaptive controller models adopt the direct adaptive algorithm to reduce the design calculation. At every instant, the optimal controller is chosen out according to the switching index. The interaction of the system is viewed as the measured distur- bance which is eliminated by the choice of the weighing polynomial matrix. The global convergence is obtained. Finally, several simulation examples in a wind tunnel experiment are given to show both effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method. The significance of the proposed method is that it is applicable to a non-minimum phase system, adopting direct adaptive algorithm to overcome the singularity problem during the matrix calculation and realizing decoupling control for a multivariable system.

Adaptive Linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Non-Convex Compositely Regularized Optimization Problems

We consider a wide range of non-convex regularized minimization problems, where the non-convex regularization term is composite with a linear function engaged in sparse learning. Recent theoretical investigations have demonstrated their superiority over their convex counterparts. The computational challenge lies in the fact that the proximal mapping associated with non-convex regularization is not easily obtained due to the imposed linear composition. Fortunately, the problem structure allows one to introduce an auxiliary variable and reformulate it as an optimization problem with linear constraints, which can be solved using the Linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers （LADMM）. Despite the success of LADMM in practice, it remains unknown whether LADMM is convergent in solving such non-convex compositely regularized optimizations. In this research, we first present a detailed convergence analysis of the LADMM algorithm for solving a non-convex compositely regularized optimization problem with a large class of non-convex penalties. Furthermore, we propose an Adaptive LADMM （AdaLADMM） algorithm with a line-search criterion. Experimental results on different genres of datasets validate the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.

Robust Adaptive Neural Control of a Class of MIMO Nonlinear Systems

In this paper we present a robust adaptive control for a class of uncertain continuous time multiple input multiple output （MIMO） nonlinear systems. Multiple multi-layer neural networks are employed to approximate the uncertainty of the nonlinear functions, and robustifying control terms are used to compensate for approximation errors. All parameter adaptive laws and robustifying control terms are derived based on Lyapunov stability analysis so that, under appropriate assumptions, semi-global stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed, and the tracking error asymptotically converges to zero. Simulations performed on a two-link robot manipulator illustrate the approach and its performance.

Tracking Control of Uncertain High-Order Nonlinear Systems with Odd Rational Powers and the Dead-Zone Input:A Direct Fuzzy Adaptive Control Method

This work studies the tracking issue of uncertain nonlinear systems.The existence of odd rational powers,multiple unknown parameters and the dead-zone input add many difficulties for control design.During procedures of the control design,by introducing an appropriate Lyapunov function,utilizing recursive control method and the inequality technique,some appropriate intermediate auxiliary control laws are designed under the hypothesis that nonlinear terms in the system are known.When those nonlinear terms are unknown,by employing the powerful approximation ability of fuzzy systems,the intermediate auxiliary control laws are approximated recursively and used to construct the virtual control.Finally,a new fuzzy adaptive tracking controller is constructed to ensure a small tracking error and the boundedness of all states.In this paper,the overparameterization problem is significantly avoided since only two adaptive laws are adopted.Numerical and practical examples are used to verify the raised theory.

Application of the direct blast adaptive suppression method to the forward scattered broadband signals

The basic principles of target detection by forward acoustic scattering are presented.A direct blast suppression approach based on adaptive filtering(DBS-AF) is proposed to suppress the direct blast.The DBS-AF technique is extended to the linear frequency modulation(LFM) signal,where the envelope of the signal is regarded as a 'general waveform' and imported into the adaptive filter.Application of the DBS-AF method to the data collected from a lake trial yields an output detection curve,in which the direct blast is mapped to the background while the acoustic field aberration is represented by the peak value fluctuation.The inhibitory effect in single hydrophone is approximately- 5 dB,and is then enhanced by exploiting the mean value removal approach as a preprocessing technique.The direct blast is further suppressed to a level of-10 dB by making full use of multichannel receptions.The main factors affecting the algorithm performance are as follows:the fluctuation degree of the receptions during the weighting vector training period and the power ratio of the forward scattered wave to the direct blast when the target is present.

Multiple Models Direct Adaptive Controller for a Stochastic Non-minimum Phase System

For a stochastic non-minimum phase multivariable system,a multiple models direct adaptive controller is presented.It is composed of multiple fixed models with two adaptive models.The fixed models are used to cover the region where the system parameters jump and improve the transient response,while another two adaptive models are used to guarantee the stability.Utilizing generalized minimum variance design method,it adopts the stochastic system estimation algorithm with optimal controller design method to identify the controller parameter directly.Finally,the global convergence is given.The simulation proves the effectives of the controller proposed.

Direct adaptive regulation of unknown nonlinear systems with analysis of the model order problem

A new method for the direct adaptive regulation of unknown nonlinear dynamical systems is proposed in this paper,paying special attention to the analysis of the model order problem.The method uses a neurofuzzy (NF) modeling of the unknown system,which combines fuzzy systems (FSs) with high order neural networks (HONNs).We propose the approximation of the unknown system by a special form of an NF-dynamical system (NFDS),which,however,may assume a smaller number of states than the original unknown model.The omission of states,referred to as a model order problem,is modeled by introducing a disturbance term in the approximating equations.The development is combined with a sensitivity analysis of the closed loop and provides a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the stability properties.An adaptive modification method,termed ‘parameter hopping’,is incorporated into the weight estimation algorithm so that the existence and boundedness of the control signal are always assured.The applicability and potency of the method are tested by simulations on well known benchmarks such as ‘DC motor’ and ‘Lorenz system’,where it is shown that it performs quite well under a reduced model order assumption.Moreover,the proposed NF approach is shown to outperform simple recurrent high order neural networks (RHONNs).

Direct fractional order MRAC adaptive control design for a class of fractional order commensurate linear systems

In this paper,we introduce a direct fractional order adaptive control design based on model reference adaptive control(MRAC)structure for a class of commensurate fractional order linear systems with an arbitrary relative degree,and whose parameters are unknown.By generalising the application of standard direct MRAC strategy to plants described by fractional order models,we develop a fractional adaptive control scheme(FOMRAC)based on the output feedback.We also define an adaptation control law ensuring the stability of the closed-loop system and the good tracking of the reference trajectory.The asymptotic stability of the fractional order control system is proven using an extension of the Lyapunov theorem.Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control method even for plants with model parametric variations and additive noises.

An adaptive beamforming algorithm based on direction vector rotation and joint iterative optimization

An adaptive beamforming algorithm named robust joint iterative optimizationdirection adaptive （RJIO-DA） is proposed for large-array scenarios. Based on the framework of minimum variance distortionless response （MVDR）, the proposed algorithm jointly updates a transforming matrix and a reduced-rank filter. Each column of the transforming matrix is treated as an independent direction vector and updates the weight values of each dimension within a subspace. In addition, the direction vector rotation improves the performance of the algorithm by reducing the uncertainties due to the direction error. Simulation results show that the RJIO-DA algorithm has lower complexity and faster convergence than other conventional reduced-rank algorithms.

Real-time adaptive noise cancelling for signal-to-noise enhancement in direct absorption spectroscopy

An adaptive filter for cancelling noise contained in the direct absorption spectra is reported. This technique takes advantage of the periodical nature of the repetitively scanned spectral signal, and requires no prior knowledge of the detailed properties of noises. An experimental system devised for measuring CH4 is used to test the performance of the filter. The measurement results show that the signal-to-noise （S/N） value is improved by a factor of 2. A higher enhancement factor of the S/N value of 5.4 is obtained through open-air measurement owing to higher distortions of the raw data. In addition, the response time of this filter, which characterizes the real-time detection ability of the system, is nine times shorter than that of a conventional signal averaging solution, under the condition that the filter order is 100.