Latest ArticlesA method for optimizing the control parameters of the sample point distribution state within the framework of the unscented transform (UT) for the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) was introduced. The issue of abnormal filtering performance arising from the state of sample point distributions was addressed by this method. A multi-strategy improved sparrow search algorithm(ISSA) was employed to finely tune the control parameters. The goal is to enhance the distribution of Sigma points, thereby improving the effectiveness of nonlinear approximations and ultimately enhancing the accuracy of filtering estimations. To address the shortcomings of traditional sparrow search algorithms, several refinements were implemented. Initially, a Cubic chaotic mapping was applied to diversify the initial population. Furthermore, during the exploration phase, a nonlinear adaptive convergence factor was introduced to balance the algorithm’s capacity for global exploration and local exploitation. Additionally, a wavelet mutation strategy was integrated into the follower phase to prevent blind adherence to specific paths and mitigate the risk of becoming trapped in local optima. Lastly, an adaptive t-distribution perturbation capability was introduced to strengthen the algorithm’s ability to perform wide-ranging global searches. The efficacy of the proposed ISSA was demonstrated through simulation experiments conducted on various test functions. The results consistently show that ISSA outperforms other methods in terms of convergence and solution accuracy. Furthermore, the benefits of ISSA are extended to the optimization of parameters within the UKF algorithm. Experimental outcomes indicate that the ISSA-UKF algorithm reduces the root mean square error (RMSE) of position by 52.2% and the RMSE of velocity by 21.9%, thus affirming the viability and effectiveness of the proposed enhancements.
Addressing the challenge of insufficient accuracy in building regional cultural heritage 3D models using single-image modeling techniques, a method for optimizing regional ancient architectural three-dimensional models through the fusion of laser and imagery was proposed. Initially, imagery data of the target area was acquired through drone-based cross-flight aerial photography combined with close-range photography. Subsequently, laser scanning data was obtained using a 3D laser scanner to cover blind spots from drone aerial photography. Then, the laser scanning data was fused and registered with the imagery data to generate a complete point cloud model of the target area, which is then used to reconstruct a refined 3D model of the regional cultural heritage. Finally, the superiority of the proposed method was validated through error analysis of the fused heterogeneous data and comparative analysis of accuracy and texture completeness with single-image modeling results. The results indicate that the fused heterogeneous data achieves high fitting accuracy, and the resulting regional ancient architectural 3D model exhibits high accuracy and texture completeness, thereby providing valuable technical reference for the detailed modeling of ancient architectural complexes within the target scope and holding broad application prospects in enhancing the digital archive storage of ancient architectural three-dimensional models.
In order to clarify the reservoir applicability of different acid systems, understand the influence of reservoir acid rock etching morphology on fracture conductivity, and give the optimal slug combination method for different horizons, acid erosion fracture conductivity experiments were carried out in the carbonate reservoirs of Sichuan and Chongqing, the results show that the conductivity of slug combinations between different acid systems to the dolomite of the Maokou Formation after acid etching is higher than that of the limestone. The morphology of acid-etched fractures after acid-etching is different between different single-acid systems, in which steering acid has extremely deep grooves after etching, and the grooves of authigenic acid are the shallowest. For Maokou Formation, when the alternation between gelling acid and fracturing fluid and the alternation between gelling acid and authigenic acid is tertiary, the conductivity is the highest, and the conductivity reaches 4.53 μm2·cm at 60 MPa after tertiary alternation between gelling acid and authigenic acid. The conductivity of Qixia Formation and Dengying Formation is the highest when secondary alternation of fracturing fluid and gelling acid was selected, and the conductivity of Qixia Formation and Dengying formation are 6.72 μm2·cm and 7.47 μm2·cm at 60 MPa, respectively. In the Sichuan Chongqing exploration area, on-site application and in-depth investigation were conducted to verify the acid corrosion fracture conductivity of the acid solution. The results show that the acid corrosion effect is good after the acid solution entered the well, and the gas testing effect after the transformation is 208×104 m3/d, achieving the expected increase in production. It provides theoretical and experimental guidance for acid fracturing technology of carbonate reservoirs in Sichuan and Chongqing.
Shared bikes represent a crucial component of urban transportation. The randomness of user demand for shared bikes with fixed piles leads to unbalanced demand in time and space, and even the difficulty in renting a bike, which cannot meet the user demand during peak hours. Therefore, high-frequency users frequently travel to nearby stations to rent a bike for serving, which means that there are implicit demands. As for the hidden demand, firstly, the state changes of the site were described by the rental number and the return number, and the critical state of the reference site was determined by mining the user travel conditions of nearby sites. The hidden demand of the site was determined based on the site state change diagram and the demand judgment model. Then, according to the real needs of the site, the long short-term memory(LSTM) network prediction model was established, and the regional scheduling model of shared bicycles based on the real needs was established. The model takes the cost minimization as the goal, and obtains the path with minimum scheduling cost through genetic algorithm, which provides a reference for balanced scheduling based on real demand. The results demonstrate that, when transportation costs are similar, the scheduling method under real demand can alleviate the problem of users’ difficulty in renting a bike, thereby reducing the loss of high-frequency users.
The path planning problem of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in urban scenarios was studied. Firstly, a three-dimensional urban space model was constructed using the hazard grid method. Considering the selected model of eVTOL, with range, operational risk, and altitude variation as objective functions, a path planning model for manned eVTOL with multiple constraints was developed, taking into account the characteristics of the aircraft and environmental limitations. Subsequently, an improved artificial electric field algorithm (IAEFA) was proposed, which enhances the traditional artificial electric field algorithm (AEFA) by introducing an adaptive Coulomb parameter and incorporating a decreasing coefficient in the Coulomb constant calculation for simulation-based solution. Experimental results demonstrate that the constructed model achieves the expected outcomes. The solution effectiveness of path planning using the improved algorithm surpasses that of traditional particle swarm optimization and artificial electric field methods, resulting in shorter range, minimal altitude variation, and enhanced safety during operations. Finally, based on comparative experiments, the value of the decreasing coefficient was determined. The optimal solution effectiveness of the improved algorithm is achieved when the decreasing coefficient is set to 1.5.
As China’s mountainous regions host more and more gas pipelines, incidents involving natural gas leaks that cause harm to the environment or injure people are growing increasingly common. To investigate the diffusion behavior and vertical hazard distance of leakage gas in mountainous regions, a three-dimensional model of pipeline-soil-air was created with CFD software. The impacts of various obstructions, soil types, burial depths, leak hole shapes, and leak directions on the propagation of natural gas pipeline leaks and hazard distances were studied separately. The results show that in proportion to the direction angle between the buoyant force and the leakage hole, the vertical hazard distance and the rate of gas diffusion to the ground decrease. Diffusion rates and hazard ranges are larger for square and triangle leaking holes compared to circular ones. As soil porosity and granularity increase, the rate at which escaping gases diffuse into the soil increases steadily. The time it takes for the gas leak to release will vary depending on the burial depth, and as soil burial depth increases, so will the vertical hazard distance. Obstructions will alter the diffusion path of the leaking gas and accelerate the vertical hazard distance. Culverts will allow the gas to accumulate in the ditch to form an area of high concentration.
The scientific extraction of urban built-up area information and the exploration of the spatial-temporal characteristics of urban expansion have significant relevance for urban planning and management. The local-optimal thresholding method was refined for the quantitative extraction of urban built-up area information within the Baiyangdian Basin, and the extraction process utilized PANNDA nighttime light data and Landsat series data from four periods: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. Subsequently, an analysis of the spatial-temporal characteristics of urban built-up area expansion in the basin over the past 30 years was conducted using the urban expansion index and landscape index. The results show the optimized local-optimal thresholding method is successfully used to extract the data of the built-up areas in the basin for all phases, and it is confirmed that the method exhibits enhanced applicability compared to its pre-optimization state. The urban built-up area in the Baiyangdian Basin experienced significant expansion throughout the study period, with a growth rate of 154.48%. The sizes of the built-up areas across the 35 cities in the basin exhibited high heterogeneity. Temporally, the expansion of urban built-up areas predominantly exhibited an accelerating trend, with a widening disparity in the pace of expansion among the cities within the basin. Spatially, the built-up area to the left of the Zhengding-Zhuozhou line was less developed than that to the right. Notable expansion trends were observed in municipal districts or county-level cities such as Lianchi District, Jingxiu District, and Gaobeidian City. Based on the results of the landscape index, the expansion of urban built-up areas in Baiyangdian Basin shows the spatial characteristics of “dispersion-fusion” during the study period, and the boundary of built-up areas showed the evolution characteristics of “regular-complex-regular”.
The tension string system with concentrated viscous damping belongs to a hybrid dynamic system in mechanical models. Approximate methods are typically used to solve its inherent problems for engineering applications. In order to further clarify the vibration characteristics of the system, two centrally damped symmetrical damping string systems were taken as the basic research object, and their complex eigenvalues were solved analytically. The complex frequency equation and the eigenvalue expression of the system were derived, and the transformation of the complex frequency equation beyond the function form was treated as algebraic form, and the explicit solution of the complex eigenvalue of the system was given by the algebraic equation. The structure and properties of the complex eigenvalues of the system were analyzed, and the variation of vibration characteristics with damping coefficient was discussed. The results show that the eigenvalue solution of the system can be divided into three branches, in which the real part of the eigenvalue(the inverse is the decay rate) does not change with the order of the system motion, but the imaginary part of the eigenvalue(the frequency) increases with the order of the motion. The decay rate curves corresponding to each solution branch increase first and then decrease with the damping coefficient, and in the damping range of the decay rate curve, the frequencies of each order of the system are equal.
Multivariate time series classification is a key problem in many fields, but the current research on multivariate time series classification is faced with some problems, such as high dimensionality of original data, low accuracy, and lack of interpretability, which limits the performance improvement of models and makes it difficult to meet the actual requirements. Aiming at above problem, a multivariate time series classification method based on Shapelets was proposed. Firstly, unsupervised Shapelet learning of adaptive neighbors was used to automatically learn significant multivariate Shapelets by combining Shapelets transform and adaptive weights. Then, the method was combined with Shapelet similarity and class label constraint to enhance the interpretability and classification accuracy of the model. Finally, the optimization strategy of the model was proposed to obtain the best Shapelets to further improve the classification accuracy of the model. Three different types of 11 algorithms were compared on 11 public data sets, and the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has high classification accuracy.
With the increasingly serious problem of climate change, green and low-carbon operations have become an important principle for the sustainable development of the air transportation industry. Taking a single runway transport airport as the research object and green and low-carbon and passenger walking distance as the optimization objective, a green and low-carbon gate assignment model under multiple scenarios was constructed, and a genetic-tabu search combined optimization algorithm was designed to solve it. Finally, a transport airport in northeast China was taken as an example for simulation experiment. The experimental results are shown as follows. In the optimal assignment scheme, if considering green and low-carbon, the fuel consumption can be reduced by 3.1%, the taxiing distance of the aircraft by 3.1%, HC emission by 4.2%, CO emission by 3.6%, NOX emission by 3.1%, and CO2 emission by 3.1% comparatively. But passenger walking distance can be increased by 5.3% at the same time. If considering green and low-carbon as well as the interests of the passengers, the fuel consumption can be decreased by 2.1%, the taxiing distance of the aircraft by 2.2%, HC emission by 3.8%, CO emission by 2.7%, NOX emission by 2.0%, CO2 emission by 2.1%, and passenger walking distance by 2.1% comparatively. Thus, it is possible to strike a balance between green and low-carbon development and the interests of travelers.