The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Estimating treatment effects with observational data is very difficult because of contextual confounding, imbalanced case and control group size and etc. In this paper, we present the causal inference methods (propensity score matching estimate and propensity score weighting estimate) that can help to address these problems, aiming at providing unbiased estimates of treatment effects by controlling...
This paper proposes a novel joint probabilistic data association (JPDA) filter for joint target tracking and track maintenance in the presence of unknown detection probability and clutter rate. The proposed algorithm consists of two main parts: (1) the standard JPDA filter with a Poisson point process birth model for multi-object state estimation; and (2) a multi-Bernoulli filter for detection probability...
Obesity is increasing globally and is a risk factor for many chronic conditions such as such as heart disease, sleep apnea, type-2 diabetes, and some cancers. Research shows that food logging is beneficial in promoting weight loss. Crowdsourcing has also been used in promoting dietary feedback for food logging. This work investigates the feasibility of crowdsourcing to provide support in accurately...
In the AHRS using accelerometer can correct the error when calculating the attitude information of gyroscope. However, in the AHRS work process, the accelerometer measures the acceleration of gravity is affected by the external acceleration, and the accuracy is lost, which leads to the increase of the error of the attitude information. In order to estimate the external acceleration, this paper proposes...
This paper presents a solution to the Projective Structure from Motion (PSfM) problem able to deal efficiently with missing data, outliers and, for the first time, large scale 3D reconstruction scenarios. By embedding the projective depths into the projective parameters of the points and views, we decrease the number of unknowns to estimate and improve computational speed by optimizing standard linear...
This paper proposed robust color constancy method for changing illuminant by using local chromaticity distribution and analysis of illuminant influence for each hue angle. First, changing in chromaticity distribution direction for each color with respect to various illuminant is analyzed using principal component analysis. Next, change in standard deviation of chromaticity distribution with respect...
We consider the Similarity Sketching problem: Given a universe [u] = {0,..., u-1} we want a random function S mapping subsets A of [u] into vectors S(A) of size t, such that similarity is preserved. More precisely: Given subsets A,B of [u], define X_i = [S(A)[i] = S(B)[i]] and X = sum_{i in [t]} X_i. We want to have E[X] = t*J(A,B), where J(A,B) = |A intersect B|/|A union B| and furthermore to have...
Positioning and location tracking are two major needs of the modern era; in which logistics, industry automation, smart buildings/cities and the Internet of Things concepts are trending topics and are constantly evolving. Introduction of the Global Positioning System (GPS) solved the issue well for outdoor scenarios, however, it is not a reliable solution for indoors, where satellite communication...
We present an approach for blind image deblurring, which handles non-uniform blurs. Our algorithm has two main components: (i) A new method for recovering the unknown blur-field directly from the blurry image, and (ii) A method for deblurring the image given the recovered non-uniform blur-field. Our blur-field estimation is based on analyzing the spectral content of blurry image patches by Re-blurring...
In this paper we present a new method for creating polynomial solvers for problems where a (possibly infinite) subset of the solutions are undesirable or uninteresting. These solutions typically arise from simplifications made during modeling, but can also come from degeneracies which are inherent to the geometry of the original problem. The proposed approach extends the standard action matrix method...
Software Defined Networking (SDN) enables a centralised entity - the controller - to monitor the network’s status by collecting traffic statistics such as packets, bytes, etc. Each statistic is associated with a forwarding table entry (FTE) in a switch whose structure and format is specified by the OpenFlow standard (de-facto SDN standard). For a flow with a FTE, its statistic is easily...
Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), a promising vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology, has been under active research and large scale DSRC deployment is expected to start shortly. However, before all vehicles are deployed with DSRC, there will be a relatively long partial DSRC deployment period where DSRC-equipped vehicles and non-DSRC-equipped vehicles both exist on roads. More importantly,...
Estimating depth from a single RGB image is an ill-posed and inherently ambiguous problem. State-of-the-art deep learning methods can now estimate accurate 2D depth maps, but when the maps are projected into 3D, they lack local detail and are often highly distorted. We propose a fast-to-train two-streamed CNN that predicts depth and depth gradients, which are then fused together into an accurate and...
We describe the implementation of a single-phase estimation algorithm for phasor measurement unit (PMUs) compliant with the IEEE C37.118.1-2011 standard. It consists of three stages: The fist one is a bandpass FIR filter that allows the relaxation of the requirements of the following stages. The second one is a digital extension on state-space of the pseudo-linear enhanced phase locked loop (PL-EPLL)...
The determining problem of several fracton mixture srtucture of materials grinding in the gas jet mill is considered. The problem is solved by comparing the standard deviation of the standart power spectral density of acoustics signals of individual fractions and of the mixture ones.
Experimental results from volumetric 3-D vector flow measurements using a 62+62 row-column addressed (RCA) array are presented. A plane-by-plane steered transmit sequence and its post processing steps are described for obtaining 3-D vector flow in a volume. A modified version of the transverse oscillation (TO) velocity estimator is used, which exploits the focal lines generated with the tall elements...
In this paper a global estimation method based on transverse oscillation to simultaneously extract wall and flow velocities at high-framerate is presented. Several carotid phantoms with various parameters were made to validate the method. All acquisitions were performed at high-framerate (7 500 images per second) using horizontal plane wave with a 3 cycles sinusoidal transmit pulse. Transverse oscillation...
We considered the range of PPP online services that solve the problem of high-precision coordinates and receiver time scale shift determination for the RINEX daily records. The comparative estimation of exact indicators of position determination for different geoids is given. The results contains the recommendations for use the online PPP services to solve the problem of time scales comparison.
Current methods of topology estimation rely on breaker statuses to obtain accurate results. However, due to the lack of availability of time stamped breaker status data in many electric systems, as well as the errors associated with this data, these methods are very limited in their current scope. Additionally, synchrophasor measurements can be used to supplement information on the connectivity between...
In a passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) system the reader communicates with the tags using the EPC Global UHF Class 1 Generation 2 protocol with dynamic frameslotted ALOHA. Due to the unique challenges presented by a low-power, random link, the channel efficiency of even the most modern passive RFID system is less than 40%. Hence, a variety of methods have been proposed to estimate the...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.