Generalized projective synchronization between two chaotic gyros with nonlinear damping

In this paper, the chaotic generalized projective synchronization of a controlled, noised gyro with an expected gyro is investigated by a simple control law. Based on the theory of discontinuous dynamical systems, the necessary and sufficient conditions for such a synchronization are achieved. From such conditions, non-synchronization, partial and full synchronizations between the two coupled gyros are discussed. The switching scenarios between desynchronized and synchronized states of the two dynamical systems are shown. Numerical simulations are illustrated to verify the effectiveness of this method.

A robust visual SLAM system in dynamic man-made environments

This paper presents a robust visual simultaneous localization and mapping(SLAM) system that leverages point and structural line features in dynamic man-made environments. Manhanttan world assumption is considered and the structural line features in such man-made environments provide rich geometric constraint, e.g., parallelism. Such a geometric constraint can be therefore used to rectify 3 D maplines after initialization. To cope with dynamic scenarios, the proposed system are divided into four main threads including 2 D dynamic object tracking, visual odometry, local mapping and loop closing. The 2 D tracker is responsible to track the object and capture the moving object in bounding boxes. In such a case, the dynamic background can be excluded and the outlier point and line features can be effectively removed. To parameterize 3 D lines, we use Pl ¨ucker line coordinates in initialization and projection processes, and utilize the orthonormal representation in unconstrained graph optimization process. The proposed system has been evaluated in both benchmark datasets and real-world scenarios, which reveals a more robust performance in most of the experiments compared with the existing state-of-the-art methods.

Developing China's roadmap for air quality improvement:A review on technology development and future prospects

Air pollution control policies in China have been experiencing profound changes,highlighting a strategic transformation from total pollutant emission control to air quality improvement,along with the shifting targets starting from acid rain and NO_(x)emissions to PM_(2.5)pollution,and then the emerging O_(3)challenges.The marvelous achievements have been made with the dramatic decrease of SO_(2)emission and fundamental improvement of PM_(2.5)concentration.Despite these achievements,China has proposed Beautiful China target through 2035 and the goal of 2030 carbon peak and 2060 carbon neutrality,which impose stricter requirements on air quality and synergistic mitigation with Greenhouse Gas(GHG)emissions.Against this background,an integrated multi-objective and multi-benefit roadmap is required to provide decision support for China’s long-term air quality improvement strategy.This paper systematically reviews the technical system for developing the air quality improvement roadmap,which was integrated from the research output of China’s National Key R&D Program for Research on Atmospheric Pollution Factors and Control Technologies(hereafter Special NKP),covering mid-and long-term air quality target setting techniques,quantitative analysis techniques for emission reduction targets corresponding to air quality targets,and pathway optimization techniques for realizing reduction targets.The experience and lessons derived from the reviews have implications for the reformation of China’s air quality improvement roadmap in facing challenges of synergistic mitigation of PM_(2.5)and O_(3),and the coupling with climate change mitigation.