train energy saving problem investigates how to control train's velocity such that the quantity of energy consumption is minimized and some system constraints are satis ed. on the assumption that the train's weights on different links are estimated by fuzzy variables when making the train scheduling strategy, we study the fuzzy train energy saving problem. first, we propose a fuzzy energy ...

This paper presents an automatic vision based system for quality control of yarn ends ready for splicing, which is aimed to establish a standard quality measure and lower manufacturing cost. New approach for defect detection and classification is presented. In this approach, features describing the shape and surface defects are extracted and defects are classified into different classes. Exampl...

 The following work outlines an approach for automatic detection and recognition of periodic pulse train signals using a multi-stage process based on spectrogram edge detection, energy projection and classification. The method has been implemented to automatically detect and recognize pulse train songs of minke whales. While the long term goal of this work is to properly identify and detect mi...

We report on a pilot experiment to improve the performance of an automatic speech recognizer (ASR) by using a single-channel EEG signal to classify the speaker’s mental state as reading easy or hard text. We use a previously published method (Mostow et al., 2011) to train the EEG classifier. We use its probabilistic output to control weighted interpolation of separate language models for easy a...

The estimation of the perceived tempo is required in many MIR applications. However, automatic tempo estimation itself is still an open problem due to the insufficient understanding of the inherent mechanisms of the tempo perception. Published methods only use the information of rhythm pattern, so they may meet the half/double tempo error problem. To solve this problem, We propose to use statis...

In this paper, we have developed the scoring system that scores short answers based on the score table updated by average scores of non-existing answers. The accuracy and the consistency are very important, because the score influences a life. Automatic mark systems have consistency but need more accuracy. In the paper and pencil, a consistency is difficult to maintain. To achieve accuracy and ...

Biped robots form a subclass of legged or walking robots. The study of mechanical legged motion has been motivated by its potential use as a means of locomotion in rough terrain, as well as its potential benefits to prothesis development and testing. This paper concentrates on issues related to the automatic control of biped robots. More precisely, its primary goal is to contribute a means to p...

This paper deals with the stabilization of a rotating body-beam system with torque control. The system we consider is the one studied by Baillieul and Levi in [1]. In [12] it has been proved by Xu and Baillieul that, for any constant angular velocity smaller than a critical one, this system can be stabilized by means of a feedback torque control law if there is damping. We prove that this resul...

High-speed maglev train is considered an ideal vehicle in the 21st Century, as an important part of the train, the travel mechanism bears and delivers a variety of vertical and horizontal alternating load in operation, it affects the operation safety of the train directly, so key components of the travel mechanism should under fatigue strength test by fatigue test machine.The paper proposed a v...