Recently,the importance of data analysis has increased significantly due to the rapid data increase.In particular,vehicle communication data,considered a significant challenge in Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS...Recently,the importance of data analysis has increased significantly due to the rapid data increase.In particular,vehicle communication data,considered a significant challenge in Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS),has spatiotemporal characteristics and many missing values.High missing values in data lead to the decreased predictive performance of models.Existing missing value imputation models ignore the topology of transportation net-works due to the structural connection of road networks,although physical distances are close in spatiotemporal image data.Additionally,the learning process of missing value imputation models requires complete data,but there are limitations in securing complete vehicle communication data.This study proposes a missing value imputation model based on adversarial autoencoder using spatiotemporal feature extraction to address these issues.The proposed method replaces missing values by reflecting spatiotemporal characteristics of transportation data using temporal convolution and spatial convolution.Experimental results show that the proposed model has the lowest error rate of 5.92%,demonstrating excellent predictive accuracy.Through this,it is possible to solve the data sparsity problem and improve traffic safety by showing superior predictive performance.展开更多
Short circuit transfer involves bridging between the consumable electrode and the weld pool, associated with variations of electrical parameters which characterize the change of molten metal bridge state and are very ...Short circuit transfer involves bridging between the consumable electrode and the weld pool, associated with variations of electrical parameters which characterize the change of molten metal bridge state and are very important for the control of .spatter. In this paper, electrical process parameters and short circuit transfer images were simultaneously recorded with a LabView-based synchronous sensing and visualizing system. The arc^bridge resistance and derivatives of welding current, arc voltage and arc resistance at various instants were calculated by means of offline analysis of the welding current, arc voltage and droplet images. Parameters and their feature values indicating the onset of short circuit and the oncoming necking-down of molten metal bridge were determined. Using the calculated feature values, bridge-state-feedback control for .short circuit transfer was realized with a spatter rate less than 0. 25%.展开更多
Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics,will be held from 29-31 March 2009 at the China International Exhibition Centre,will showcase the latest textiles from around the world on 48,000 sqm of exhibition space.The event ...Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics,will be held from 29-31 March 2009 at the China International Exhibition Centre,will showcase the latest textiles from around the world on 48,000 sqm of exhibition space.The event has confirmed 1100 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions including展开更多
Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease cause by a deficiency of dopamine.Investigators have identified the voice as the underlying symptom of PD.Advanced vocal disorder studies provide adequate treatment...Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease cause by a deficiency of dopamine.Investigators have identified the voice as the underlying symptom of PD.Advanced vocal disorder studies provide adequate treatment and support for accurate PD detection.Machine learning(ML)models have recently helped to solve problems in the classification of chronic diseases.This work aims to analyze the effect of selecting features on ML efficiency on a voice-based PD detection system.It includes PD classification models of Random forest,decision Tree,neural network,logistic regression and support vector machine.The feature selection is made by RF mean-decrease in accuracy and mean-decrease in Gini techniques.Random forest kerb feature selection(RFKFS)selects only 17 features from 754 attributes.The proposed technique uses validation metrics to assess the performance of ML models.The results of the RF model with feature selection performed well among all other models with high accuracy score of 96.56%and a precision of 88.02%,a sensitivity of 98.26%,a specificity of 96.06%.The respective validation score has an Non polynomial vector(NPV)of 99.47%,a Geometric Mean(GM)of 97.15%,a Youden’s index(YI)of 94.32%,and a Matthews’s correlation method(MCC)90.84%.The proposed model is also more robust than other models.It was also realised that using the RFKFS approach in the PD results in an effective and high-performing medical classifier.展开更多
Alzheimer’s disease is a non-reversible,non-curable,and progressive neurological disorder that induces the shrinkage and death of a specific neuronal population associated with memory formation and retention.It is a ...Alzheimer’s disease is a non-reversible,non-curable,and progressive neurological disorder that induces the shrinkage and death of a specific neuronal population associated with memory formation and retention.It is a frequently occurring mental illness that occurs in about 60%–80%of cases of dementia.It is usually observed between people in the age group of 60 years and above.Depending upon the severity of symptoms the patients can be categorized in Cognitive Normal(CN),Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI)and Alzheimer’s Disease(AD).Alzheimer’s disease is the last phase of the disease where the brain is severely damaged,and the patients are not able to live on their own.Radiomics is an approach to extracting a huge number of features from medical images with the help of data characterization algorithms.Here,105 number of radiomic features are extracted and used to predict the alzhimer’s.This paper uses Support Vector Machine,K-Nearest Neighbour,Gaussian Naïve Bayes,eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)and Random Forest to predict Alzheimer’s disease.The proposed random forest-based approach with the Radiomic features achieved an accuracy of 85%.This proposed approach also achieved 88%accuracy,88%recall,88%precision and 87%F1-score for AD vs.CN,it achieved 72%accuracy,73%recall,72%precisionand 71%F1-score for AD vs.MCI and it achieved 69%accuracy,69%recall,68%precision and 69%F1-score for MCI vs.CN.The comparative analysis shows that the proposed approach performs better than others approaches.展开更多
The typical features of internal and external integration of cultures as revealed by the conception of“cultural convergence”provide a new perspective on the study of cultural exchanges and mutual learning.In the con...The typical features of internal and external integration of cultures as revealed by the conception of“cultural convergence”provide a new perspective on the study of cultural exchanges and mutual learning.In the context of“a global community of shared future for humankind”,this paper adopts the novel idea of“cultural convergence”to probe the growth of Pearl S.Buck’s cultural values and the specific contents and representation of Pearl S.Buck’s conception of“cultural convergence”,highlighting the application of Pearl S.Buck’s values to cultural education,growth and success,family education,cultural exchanges,humanistic practices,etc.Feasible suggestions and countermeasures are put forward to better promote the cultural exchanges and mutual learning as well as the convergence of different cultures.展开更多
With the development of the times and the progress of the society,the ancient education mode can no longer meet the requirements of the times.The concept of educating people must keep pace with the times.The way teach...With the development of the times and the progress of the society,the ancient education mode can no longer meet the requirements of the times.The concept of educating people must keep pace with the times.The way teachers and students get along is no longer like in ancient times,where teachers teach students to listen.In the new era,it is necessary to build a new model of interaction between teachers and students.If educators pay attention and come to understand students’psychology,listen to students’aspirations,tend to students’emotions,grow in love for education,and treat students from their hearts,they would be able to win the favor of students.Paying attention to students’emotional value can promote emotional communication between teachers and students.It is possible to adapt to the requirements of the new era for the construction of morality and ethics among teachers by caring for students’emotional value.展开更多
Objective:To assess the prognostic value of maximum standardized uptake value(SUVmax),metabolic tumor volume(MTV),and total lesion glycolysis(TLG)determined by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-compu...Objective:To assess the prognostic value of maximum standardized uptake value(SUVmax),metabolic tumor volume(MTV),and total lesion glycolysis(TLG)determined by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography(18F-FDG PET/CT)imaging in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients.Methods:A total of 148 Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients diagnosed with lymph node biopsy from October 2014 to October 2015 were retrospectively analyzed followed by categorizing into good(125 cases)and poor(23 cases)prognosis groups.The chi-squared test was used to analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with the semi-quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters;the Spearman method was used to analyze the correlation between the semi-quantitative parameters and clinicopathological features of Hodgkin’s lymphoma;receiver operating characteristic curve was used to analyze the predictive value of the semi-quantitative parameters for poor prognosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients.Results:Mean SUVmax,MTV,and TLG of the 148 cases of Hodgkin’s lymphoma were 7.26±2.38,12.46±3.14 cm3,and 76.83±18.56 g,respectively.Significant variations in the Ann Arbor stage and clinical classification were observed with different levels of semi-quantitative parameters(P<0.05).The semi-quantitative parameters were not correlated with age and gender(P>0.05)but positively correlated with Ann Arbor stage and clinical classification(P<0.05).These parameters in the poor prognosis group were higher than those in the good prognosis group(P<0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of SUVmax,MTV,and TLG in predicting the poor prognosis group was 0.881,0.875,and 0.838,with cut-off values of 7.264,12.898 cm3,and 74.580g,as well as specificity of 88.8%,84.0%,and 78.4%,and sensitivity of 87.0%,87.0%,and 78.3%,respectively;the AUC of the combined prediction was 0.986,with a specificity of 97.6%and sensitivity of 86.3%.Conclusion:The semi-quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters provide valuable insights for Hodgkin’s lymphoma prognosis assessment.展开更多
"Bill's Little Girl " is a prose. This article analysis's its stylistic features of language in the aspects of lexical. While analysis, we can further appreciate its plain and simple language, its na..."Bill's Little Girl " is a prose. This article analysis's its stylistic features of language in the aspects of lexical. While analysis, we can further appreciate its plain and simple language, its natural and fluent manner of writing and its complete discourse, meanwhile we can deeply understand that love is great, father's love is great.展开更多
AIM:To determine the optimal b value of diffusionweighted imaging for detecting active inflammation in Crohn's disease.METHODS:Thirty-one patients clinically diagnosed with active Crohn’s disease were referred fo...AIM:To determine the optimal b value of diffusionweighted imaging for detecting active inflammation in Crohn's disease.METHODS:Thirty-one patients clinically diagnosed with active Crohn’s disease were referred for magnetic resonance examination.All patients were scanned on a3.0T magnetic resonance scanner using the same protocol involving four different b values(800,1500,2000and 2500 s/mm2).The diagnostic effect of diffusionweighted imaging was evaluated and compared with endoscopic findings.The diffusion-weighted image quality of four b value groups was evaluated and apparent diffusion coefficient was measured for both nor-mal and inflammatory intestinal segments.RESULTS:The contrast-to-noise ratio and signal-tonoise ratio were not satisfied when b value 2000 or2500 s/mm2 was adopted(36.52±14.95 vs 34.78±24.83,P>0.05;53.58±23.45 vs 47.58±29.67,P>0.05).The qualitative image quality was not enough to meet diagnostic requirement.No matter which b value was chosen,the apparent diffusion coefficient of inflammatory intestinal segments was significantly lower than that of normal intestinal segments(1.38±0.28 vs 2.00±0.38,P<0.01;1.09±0.20 vs 1.50±0.28,P<0.01;0.95±0.19 vs 1.34±0.28,P<0.01;0.88±0.14 vs 1.20±0.21,P<0.01).The lesion detection rate(90.32%),diagnostic sensitivity(81.18%)and specificity(95.10%)would be appropriate when b value 1500 s/mm2 was adopted.CONCLUSION:High b value is suitable for intestinal DW examination on a high field MR scanner.展开更多
A new method, SVD-TLS extending Prony algorithm, is introduced for extracting UWB radar target features. The method is a modified classical Prony method based on singular value decomposition and total least squares th...A new method, SVD-TLS extending Prony algorithm, is introduced for extracting UWB radar target features. The method is a modified classical Prony method based on singular value decomposition and total least squares that can improve robust for spectrum estimation. Simulation results show that poles and residuum of target echo can be extracted effectively using this method, and at the same time, random noises can be restrained to some degree. It is applicable for target feature extraction such as UWB radar or other high resolution range radars.展开更多
This article considers the existence of solution for a boundary value problem of fractional order, involving Caputo's derivative{C0D^δtu(t)=g(t,u(t)),0〈t〈1,1〈δ〈2,u(0)α≠0,u(1)=β≠0.
This paper is concerned with the boundary value problem of a nonlinear fractional differential equation. By means of Schauder fixed-point theorem, an existence result of solution is obtained.
A new method to extract person-independent expression feature based on higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) is proposed for facial expression recognition. Based on the assumption that similar persons ha...A new method to extract person-independent expression feature based on higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) is proposed for facial expression recognition. Based on the assumption that similar persons have similar facial expression appearance and shape, the person-similarity weighted expression feature is proposed to estimate the expression feature of test persons. As a result, the estimated expression feature can reduce the influence of individuals caused by insufficient training data, and hence become less person-dependent. The proposed method is tested on Cohn-Kanade facial expression database and Japanese female facial expression (JAFFE) database. Person-independent experimental results show the superiority of the proposed method over the existing methods.展开更多
基金supported by the MSIT (Ministry of Science and ICT),Korea,under the ITRC (Information Technology Research Center)support program (IITP-2018-0-01405)supervised by the IITP (Institute for Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation).
文摘Recently,the importance of data analysis has increased significantly due to the rapid data increase.In particular,vehicle communication data,considered a significant challenge in Intelligent Transportation Systems(ITS),has spatiotemporal characteristics and many missing values.High missing values in data lead to the decreased predictive performance of models.Existing missing value imputation models ignore the topology of transportation net-works due to the structural connection of road networks,although physical distances are close in spatiotemporal image data.Additionally,the learning process of missing value imputation models requires complete data,but there are limitations in securing complete vehicle communication data.This study proposes a missing value imputation model based on adversarial autoencoder using spatiotemporal feature extraction to address these issues.The proposed method replaces missing values by reflecting spatiotemporal characteristics of transportation data using temporal convolution and spatial convolution.Experimental results show that the proposed model has the lowest error rate of 5.92%,demonstrating excellent predictive accuracy.Through this,it is possible to solve the data sparsity problem and improve traffic safety by showing superior predictive performance.
基金This work is supported by Shandong Natural Science Foundation ( Key Project) under contract No. ZR2010EZ005.
文摘Short circuit transfer involves bridging between the consumable electrode and the weld pool, associated with variations of electrical parameters which characterize the change of molten metal bridge state and are very important for the control of .spatter. In this paper, electrical process parameters and short circuit transfer images were simultaneously recorded with a LabView-based synchronous sensing and visualizing system. The arc^bridge resistance and derivatives of welding current, arc voltage and arc resistance at various instants were calculated by means of offline analysis of the welding current, arc voltage and droplet images. Parameters and their feature values indicating the onset of short circuit and the oncoming necking-down of molten metal bridge were determined. Using the calculated feature values, bridge-state-feedback control for .short circuit transfer was realized with a spatter rate less than 0. 25%.
文摘Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics,will be held from 29-31 March 2009 at the China International Exhibition Centre,will showcase the latest textiles from around the world on 48,000 sqm of exhibition space.The event has confirmed 1100 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions including
文摘Parkinson’s disease(PD)is a neurodegenerative disease cause by a deficiency of dopamine.Investigators have identified the voice as the underlying symptom of PD.Advanced vocal disorder studies provide adequate treatment and support for accurate PD detection.Machine learning(ML)models have recently helped to solve problems in the classification of chronic diseases.This work aims to analyze the effect of selecting features on ML efficiency on a voice-based PD detection system.It includes PD classification models of Random forest,decision Tree,neural network,logistic regression and support vector machine.The feature selection is made by RF mean-decrease in accuracy and mean-decrease in Gini techniques.Random forest kerb feature selection(RFKFS)selects only 17 features from 754 attributes.The proposed technique uses validation metrics to assess the performance of ML models.The results of the RF model with feature selection performed well among all other models with high accuracy score of 96.56%and a precision of 88.02%,a sensitivity of 98.26%,a specificity of 96.06%.The respective validation score has an Non polynomial vector(NPV)of 99.47%,a Geometric Mean(GM)of 97.15%,a Youden’s index(YI)of 94.32%,and a Matthews’s correlation method(MCC)90.84%.The proposed model is also more robust than other models.It was also realised that using the RFKFS approach in the PD results in an effective and high-performing medical classifier.
文摘Alzheimer’s disease is a non-reversible,non-curable,and progressive neurological disorder that induces the shrinkage and death of a specific neuronal population associated with memory formation and retention.It is a frequently occurring mental illness that occurs in about 60%–80%of cases of dementia.It is usually observed between people in the age group of 60 years and above.Depending upon the severity of symptoms the patients can be categorized in Cognitive Normal(CN),Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI)and Alzheimer’s Disease(AD).Alzheimer’s disease is the last phase of the disease where the brain is severely damaged,and the patients are not able to live on their own.Radiomics is an approach to extracting a huge number of features from medical images with the help of data characterization algorithms.Here,105 number of radiomic features are extracted and used to predict the alzhimer’s.This paper uses Support Vector Machine,K-Nearest Neighbour,Gaussian Naïve Bayes,eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)and Random Forest to predict Alzheimer’s disease.The proposed random forest-based approach with the Radiomic features achieved an accuracy of 85%.This proposed approach also achieved 88%accuracy,88%recall,88%precision and 87%F1-score for AD vs.CN,it achieved 72%accuracy,73%recall,72%precisionand 71%F1-score for AD vs.MCI and it achieved 69%accuracy,69%recall,68%precision and 69%F1-score for MCI vs.CN.The comparative analysis shows that the proposed approach performs better than others approaches.
基金Supported by Inspiration of Pearl S.Buck’s Life Span to the Growth of College Students From the Perspective of“Cultural Convergence”,sponsored by Zhenjiang Federation of Social Sciences Circles(2022SY06)A Practical Study of Pearl S.Buck’s Cultural Values From the Perspective of“Cultural Convergence”,sponsored by the Innovation Training Program for College Students of Jiangsu University(2022102991098X).
文摘The typical features of internal and external integration of cultures as revealed by the conception of“cultural convergence”provide a new perspective on the study of cultural exchanges and mutual learning.In the context of“a global community of shared future for humankind”,this paper adopts the novel idea of“cultural convergence”to probe the growth of Pearl S.Buck’s cultural values and the specific contents and representation of Pearl S.Buck’s conception of“cultural convergence”,highlighting the application of Pearl S.Buck’s values to cultural education,growth and success,family education,cultural exchanges,humanistic practices,etc.Feasible suggestions and countermeasures are put forward to better promote the cultural exchanges and mutual learning as well as the convergence of different cultures.
文摘With the development of the times and the progress of the society,the ancient education mode can no longer meet the requirements of the times.The concept of educating people must keep pace with the times.The way teachers and students get along is no longer like in ancient times,where teachers teach students to listen.In the new era,it is necessary to build a new model of interaction between teachers and students.If educators pay attention and come to understand students’psychology,listen to students’aspirations,tend to students’emotions,grow in love for education,and treat students from their hearts,they would be able to win the favor of students.Paying attention to students’emotional value can promote emotional communication between teachers and students.It is possible to adapt to the requirements of the new era for the construction of morality and ethics among teachers by caring for students’emotional value.
基金Social Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(Project No.:19BGL110)State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis,Prevention,Treatment of Central Asian High Incidence Diseases Fund(SKL-HIDCA-2021-28).
文摘Objective:To assess the prognostic value of maximum standardized uptake value(SUVmax),metabolic tumor volume(MTV),and total lesion glycolysis(TLG)determined by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography(18F-FDG PET/CT)imaging in Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients.Methods:A total of 148 Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients diagnosed with lymph node biopsy from October 2014 to October 2015 were retrospectively analyzed followed by categorizing into good(125 cases)and poor(23 cases)prognosis groups.The chi-squared test was used to analyze the clinicopathological characteristics of Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with the semi-quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters;the Spearman method was used to analyze the correlation between the semi-quantitative parameters and clinicopathological features of Hodgkin’s lymphoma;receiver operating characteristic curve was used to analyze the predictive value of the semi-quantitative parameters for poor prognosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients.Results:Mean SUVmax,MTV,and TLG of the 148 cases of Hodgkin’s lymphoma were 7.26±2.38,12.46±3.14 cm3,and 76.83±18.56 g,respectively.Significant variations in the Ann Arbor stage and clinical classification were observed with different levels of semi-quantitative parameters(P<0.05).The semi-quantitative parameters were not correlated with age and gender(P>0.05)but positively correlated with Ann Arbor stage and clinical classification(P<0.05).These parameters in the poor prognosis group were higher than those in the good prognosis group(P<0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of SUVmax,MTV,and TLG in predicting the poor prognosis group was 0.881,0.875,and 0.838,with cut-off values of 7.264,12.898 cm3,and 74.580g,as well as specificity of 88.8%,84.0%,and 78.4%,and sensitivity of 87.0%,87.0%,and 78.3%,respectively;the AUC of the combined prediction was 0.986,with a specificity of 97.6%and sensitivity of 86.3%.Conclusion:The semi-quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters provide valuable insights for Hodgkin’s lymphoma prognosis assessment.
文摘"Bill's Little Girl " is a prose. This article analysis's its stylistic features of language in the aspects of lexical. While analysis, we can further appreciate its plain and simple language, its natural and fluent manner of writing and its complete discourse, meanwhile we can deeply understand that love is great, father's love is great.
基金Supported by National Basic Research Program of China,No.2012CB932600Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project,No.S30203
文摘AIM:To determine the optimal b value of diffusionweighted imaging for detecting active inflammation in Crohn's disease.METHODS:Thirty-one patients clinically diagnosed with active Crohn’s disease were referred for magnetic resonance examination.All patients were scanned on a3.0T magnetic resonance scanner using the same protocol involving four different b values(800,1500,2000and 2500 s/mm2).The diagnostic effect of diffusionweighted imaging was evaluated and compared with endoscopic findings.The diffusion-weighted image quality of four b value groups was evaluated and apparent diffusion coefficient was measured for both nor-mal and inflammatory intestinal segments.RESULTS:The contrast-to-noise ratio and signal-tonoise ratio were not satisfied when b value 2000 or2500 s/mm2 was adopted(36.52±14.95 vs 34.78±24.83,P>0.05;53.58±23.45 vs 47.58±29.67,P>0.05).The qualitative image quality was not enough to meet diagnostic requirement.No matter which b value was chosen,the apparent diffusion coefficient of inflammatory intestinal segments was significantly lower than that of normal intestinal segments(1.38±0.28 vs 2.00±0.38,P<0.01;1.09±0.20 vs 1.50±0.28,P<0.01;0.95±0.19 vs 1.34±0.28,P<0.01;0.88±0.14 vs 1.20±0.21,P<0.01).The lesion detection rate(90.32%),diagnostic sensitivity(81.18%)and specificity(95.10%)would be appropriate when b value 1500 s/mm2 was adopted.CONCLUSION:High b value is suitable for intestinal DW examination on a high field MR scanner.
文摘A new method, SVD-TLS extending Prony algorithm, is introduced for extracting UWB radar target features. The method is a modified classical Prony method based on singular value decomposition and total least squares that can improve robust for spectrum estimation. Simulation results show that poles and residuum of target echo can be extracted effectively using this method, and at the same time, random noises can be restrained to some degree. It is applicable for target feature extraction such as UWB radar or other high resolution range radars.
基金Supported by the National 973-Project from MOST and Trans-Century Training Programme Foundation for the Talents by Ministry of Education and the Postdoctoral Foundation of China.
文摘This article considers the existence of solution for a boundary value problem of fractional order, involving Caputo's derivative{C0D^δtu(t)=g(t,u(t)),0〈t〈1,1〈δ〈2,u(0)α≠0,u(1)=β≠0.
文摘This paper is concerned with the boundary value problem of a nonlinear fractional differential equation. By means of Schauder fixed-point theorem, an existence result of solution is obtained.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (6087208460940008)+2 种基金Beijing Training Programming Foundation for the Talents (20081D1600300343)Excellent Young Scholar Research Fund of Beijing Institute of Technology (2007Y0305)Fundamental Research Foundation of Beijing Institute of Technology (20080342005)
文摘A new method to extract person-independent expression feature based on higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) is proposed for facial expression recognition. Based on the assumption that similar persons have similar facial expression appearance and shape, the person-similarity weighted expression feature is proposed to estimate the expression feature of test persons. As a result, the estimated expression feature can reduce the influence of individuals caused by insufficient training data, and hence become less person-dependent. The proposed method is tested on Cohn-Kanade facial expression database and Japanese female facial expression (JAFFE) database. Person-independent experimental results show the superiority of the proposed method over the existing methods.