Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series (TS) have been widely applied for flood monitoring in large tropical wetlands. However, little systematic work is available on the influence of pixel q...Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series (TS) have been widely applied for flood monitoring in large tropical wetlands. However, little systematic work is available on the influence of pixel quality, vegetation cover, and the annual hydroclimatic cycle on classification performance. In this study, this issue is examined based on a six-year, 250 m resolution MOD13Q1 TS underpinned by extensive in situ measurements. The most parsimonious logistic regression model was obtained for land surface water index (LSWI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI). The inclusion of the 500 m MCD12Q1 land cover Type 2 product improves accuracy. Performance markedly decreases for subsets that include pixels with a VI quality assurance (QA) level poorer than 0110 and/or a pixel reliability (PR) of three. When a Savitzky-Golay filter was used for TS reconstitution, performance is slightly lower than those obtained in a classification of a VI QA 0001 or PR = 0 level strata;moreover, these have the advantage of gap-free flood monitoring. The overall accuracy (OA) of the PR = 0 subset is better for grasslands, and slightly lower for Savannah, and for woodland and forests. The average OA is highest for the dry season, intermediate for the rainy/flooded season, and lowest for the transitional seasons, when the wetland becomes flooded or dries. Comparisons of internal, k-fold, and external validations indicate that only external validation enables a realistic assessment of flood-mapping performance. The complete substitution of PR = 3 pixels by filled-in values is recommended for operational flood monitoring, and it is concluded that the use of the simplified PR metrics as filtering criteria for gap filling and smoothing is sufficient for flood monitoring in the Pantanal. Classification metrics vary more strongly as a function of the hydrological period than by vegetation cover. MOD13Q1 users should be aware that OA in forest stands during the transition seasons are, on average, 25 p.p. lower than the average OAs obtained for the entire series.展开更多
The suitable process parameters for a two-stage turbo air classifier are important for obtaining the ultrafine powder that has a narrow particle-size distribution, however little has been published internationally on ...The suitable process parameters for a two-stage turbo air classifier are important for obtaining the ultrafine powder that has a narrow particle-size distribution, however little has been published internationally on the classification process for the two-stage turbo air classifier in series. The influence of the process parameters of a two-stage turbo air classifier in series on classification performance is empirically studied by using aluminum oxide powders as the experimental material. The experimental results show the following: 1) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier is increased from 2 300 r/min to 2 500 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier, classification precision is increased from 0.64 to 0.67. However, in this case, the final ultrafine powder yield is decreased from 79% to 74%, which means the classification precision and the final ultrafine powder yield can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier. 2) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier is increased from 2 500 r/min to 3 100 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier, the cut size is decreased from 13.16 μm to 8.76 μm, which means the cut size of the ultrafine powder can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier. 3) When the feeding speed is increased from 35 kg/h to 50 kg/h, the 'fish-hook' effect is strengthened, which makes the ultrafine powder yield decrease. 4) To weaken the 'fish-hook' effect, the equalization of the two-stage wind speeds or the combination of a high first-stage wind speed with a low second-stage wind speed should be selected. This empirical study provides a criterion of process parameter configurations for a two-stage or multi-stage classifier in series, which offers a theoretical basis for practical production.展开更多
A modified multisurface ＂proximal support vector machine classifier via generalized eigenvalues （GEPSVM for short）＂ was proposed. By defining a new principle, we designed a new classification approach via GEPSVM, ...A modified multisurface ＂proximal support vector machine classifier via generalized eigenvalues （GEPSVM for short）＂ was proposed. By defining a new principle, we designed a new classification approach via GEPSVM, namely, maximum or minimum plane distance GEPSVM （MPDGEPSVM）. Unlike GEPSVM, our approach obtains two planes by solving two simple eigenvalue problems, such that it can avoid occurrence of singular problems. Our approach, compared with GEPSVM, has better classification performalce. Moreover, MPDGEPSVM is over one order of magnitude faster than GEPSVM, and almost two orders of magnitude faster than SVM. Computational results on public datasets from UCI database illustrated the efficiency of MPDGEPSVM.展开更多
There has been many methods in constructing neural network （NN） ensembles, where the method of simultaneous training has succeed in generalization performance and efficiency. But just like regular methods of constru...There has been many methods in constructing neural network （NN） ensembles, where the method of simultaneous training has succeed in generalization performance and efficiency. But just like regular methods of constructing NN ensembles, it follows the two steps, first training component networks, and then combining them. As the two steps being independent, an assumption is used to facilitate interactions among NNs during the training stage. This paper presents a compact ensemble method which integrates the two steps of ensemble construction into one step by attempting to train individual NNs in an ensemble and weigh the individual members adaptively according to their individual performance in the same learning process. This provides an opportunity for the individual NNs to interact with each other based on their real contributions to the ensemble. The classification performance of NN compact ensemble （NNCE） was validated through some benchmark problems in machine learning, including Australian credit card assessment, pima Indians diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer and glass. Compared with other ensembles, the classification error rate of NNCE can be decreased by 0.45% to 68%. In addition, the NNCE was applied to fault diagnosis for rolling element bearing. The 11 time-domain statistical features are extracted as the properties of data, and the NNCE is employed to classify the data. With the results of several experiments, the compact ensemble method is shown to give good generalization performance. The compact ensemble method can recognize the different fault types and various fault degrees of the same fault type.展开更多
A novel approach （HGO-EAC） for hybrid genetic op-timization （GO） with elite ant colony （EAC） is proposed for the automatic modulation recognition of communication signals,through which we improve the basic ant c...A novel approach （HGO-EAC） for hybrid genetic op-timization （GO） with elite ant colony （EAC） is proposed for the automatic modulation recognition of communication signals,through which we improve the basic ant colony algorithms by referencing elite strategy and present a new fusion strategy for genetic optimization and elite ant colony. This approach is used to train the neural networks as the classifier for modulation. Simula-tion results indicate good performance on an additive white Gaus-sian noise （AWGN） channel,with recognition rate reaching to 70% especially for CW even at signal-to-noise ratios as low as 5 dB. This approach can achieve a high recognition rate for the typical modulations such as CW,4ASK,4FSK,BPSK,and QAM16. Test result shows that it has better performance than BP algorithm and basic ant colony algorithms by achieving faster training and stronger robustness.展开更多
文摘Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series (TS) have been widely applied for flood monitoring in large tropical wetlands. However, little systematic work is available on the influence of pixel quality, vegetation cover, and the annual hydroclimatic cycle on classification performance. In this study, this issue is examined based on a six-year, 250 m resolution MOD13Q1 TS underpinned by extensive in situ measurements. The most parsimonious logistic regression model was obtained for land surface water index (LSWI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI). The inclusion of the 500 m MCD12Q1 land cover Type 2 product improves accuracy. Performance markedly decreases for subsets that include pixels with a VI quality assurance (QA) level poorer than 0110 and/or a pixel reliability (PR) of three. When a Savitzky-Golay filter was used for TS reconstitution, performance is slightly lower than those obtained in a classification of a VI QA 0001 or PR = 0 level strata;moreover, these have the advantage of gap-free flood monitoring. The overall accuracy (OA) of the PR = 0 subset is better for grasslands, and slightly lower for Savannah, and for woodland and forests. The average OA is highest for the dry season, intermediate for the rainy/flooded season, and lowest for the transitional seasons, when the wetland becomes flooded or dries. Comparisons of internal, k-fold, and external validations indicate that only external validation enables a realistic assessment of flood-mapping performance. The complete substitution of PR = 3 pixels by filled-in values is recommended for operational flood monitoring, and it is concluded that the use of the simplified PR metrics as filtering criteria for gap filling and smoothing is sufficient for flood monitoring in the Pantanal. Classification metrics vary more strongly as a function of the hydrological period than by vegetation cover. MOD13Q1 users should be aware that OA in forest stands during the transition seasons are, on average, 25 p.p. lower than the average OAs obtained for the entire series.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51074012, 51204009)
文摘The suitable process parameters for a two-stage turbo air classifier are important for obtaining the ultrafine powder that has a narrow particle-size distribution, however little has been published internationally on the classification process for the two-stage turbo air classifier in series. The influence of the process parameters of a two-stage turbo air classifier in series on classification performance is empirically studied by using aluminum oxide powders as the experimental material. The experimental results show the following: 1) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier is increased from 2 300 r/min to 2 500 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier, classification precision is increased from 0.64 to 0.67. However, in this case, the final ultrafine powder yield is decreased from 79% to 74%, which means the classification precision and the final ultrafine powder yield can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier. 2) When the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier is increased from 2 500 r/min to 3 100 r/min with a constant rotor cage rotary speed of the first-stage classifier, the cut size is decreased from 13.16 μm to 8.76 μm, which means the cut size of the ultrafine powder can be regulated through adjusting the rotor cage rotary speed of the second-stage classifier. 3) When the feeding speed is increased from 35 kg/h to 50 kg/h, the 'fish-hook' effect is strengthened, which makes the ultrafine powder yield decrease. 4) To weaken the 'fish-hook' effect, the equalization of the two-stage wind speeds or the combination of a high first-stage wind speed with a low second-stage wind speed should be selected. This empirical study provides a criterion of process parameter configurations for a two-stage or multi-stage classifier in series, which offers a theoretical basis for practical production.
基金The National Defence Basic Research Pro-gram in China(No.S0500A001)the National High Technol-ogy Research and Development Program of China(863 Pro-gram) (No.2002AA411030)the Scientific and Techno-logical Innovation Foundation of Jiangsu Province in China
文摘A modified multisurface ＂proximal support vector machine classifier via generalized eigenvalues （GEPSVM for short）＂ was proposed. By defining a new principle, we designed a new classification approach via GEPSVM, namely, maximum or minimum plane distance GEPSVM （MPDGEPSVM）. Unlike GEPSVM, our approach obtains two planes by solving two simple eigenvalue problems, such that it can avoid occurrence of singular problems. Our approach, compared with GEPSVM, has better classification performalce. Moreover, MPDGEPSVM is over one order of magnitude faster than GEPSVM, and almost two orders of magnitude faster than SVM. Computational results on public datasets from UCI database illustrated the efficiency of MPDGEPSVM.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50575179)National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,Grant No.2006AA04Z420)
文摘There has been many methods in constructing neural network （NN） ensembles, where the method of simultaneous training has succeed in generalization performance and efficiency. But just like regular methods of constructing NN ensembles, it follows the two steps, first training component networks, and then combining them. As the two steps being independent, an assumption is used to facilitate interactions among NNs during the training stage. This paper presents a compact ensemble method which integrates the two steps of ensemble construction into one step by attempting to train individual NNs in an ensemble and weigh the individual members adaptively according to their individual performance in the same learning process. This provides an opportunity for the individual NNs to interact with each other based on their real contributions to the ensemble. The classification performance of NN compact ensemble （NNCE） was validated through some benchmark problems in machine learning, including Australian credit card assessment, pima Indians diabetes, heart disease, breast cancer and glass. Compared with other ensembles, the classification error rate of NNCE can be decreased by 0.45% to 68%. In addition, the NNCE was applied to fault diagnosis for rolling element bearing. The 11 time-domain statistical features are extracted as the properties of data, and the NNCE is employed to classify the data. With the results of several experiments, the compact ensemble method is shown to give good generalization performance. The compact ensemble method can recognize the different fault types and various fault degrees of the same fault type.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41001195)
文摘A novel approach （HGO-EAC） for hybrid genetic op-timization （GO） with elite ant colony （EAC） is proposed for the automatic modulation recognition of communication signals,through which we improve the basic ant colony algorithms by referencing elite strategy and present a new fusion strategy for genetic optimization and elite ant colony. This approach is used to train the neural networks as the classifier for modulation. Simula-tion results indicate good performance on an additive white Gaus-sian noise （AWGN） channel,with recognition rate reaching to 70% especially for CW even at signal-to-noise ratios as low as 5 dB. This approach can achieve a high recognition rate for the typical modulations such as CW,4ASK,4FSK,BPSK,and QAM16. Test result shows that it has better performance than BP algorithm and basic ant colony algorithms by achieving faster training and stronger robustness.
