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Active Spatial Guidance: Eliminating Injected Positional Mechanisms in Vision Transformers
Cong Liu, Xiaofang Li, Simon X. Yang
Vision Transformers (ViTs) commonly rely on injected positional mechanisms to address self-attention's permutation invariance. Motivated by the spatial regularities of natural imag…
Distributed Neurodynamics-Based Backstepping Optimal Control for Robust Constrained Consensus of Underactuated Underwater Vehicles Fleet
Tao Yan, Zhe Xu, Simon X. Yang +1
Robust constrained formation tracking control of underactuated underwater vehicles (UUVs) fleet in three-dimensional space is a challenging but practical problem. To address this p…
Distributed Robust Learning-Based Backstepping Control Aided with Neurodynamics for Consensus Formation Tracking of Underwater Vessels
Tao Yan, Zhe Xu, Simon X. Yang
This paper addresses distributed robust learning-based control for consensus formation tracking of multiple underwater vessels, in which the system parameters of the marine vessels…
Exploiting Radio Fingerprints for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Ran Liu, Billy Pik Lik Lau, Khairuldanial Ismail +6
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is paramount for unmanned systems to achieve self-localization and navigation. It is challenging to perform SLAM in large environments,…
Distributed Leader Follower Formation Control of Mobile Robots based on Bioinspired Neural Dynamics and Adaptive Sliding Innovation Filter
Zhe Xu, Tao Yan, Simon X. Yang +1
This paper investigated the distributed leader follower formation control problem for multiple differentially driven mobile robots. A distributed estimator is first introduced and…
Optimal Scheduling in IoT-Driven Smart Isolated Microgrids Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Jiaju Qi, Lei Lei, Kan Zheng +3
In this paper, we investigate the scheduling issue of diesel generators (DGs) in an Internet of Things (IoT)-Driven isolated microgrid (MG) by deep reinforcement learning (DRL). Th…
A GOA-Based Fault-Tolerant Trajectory Tracking Control for an Underwater Vehicle of Multi-Thruster System without Actuator Saturation
Danjie Zhu, Lei Wang, Hua Zhang +1
This paper proposes an intelligent fault-tolerant control (FTC) strategy to tackle the trajectory tracking problem of an underwater vehicle (UV) under thruster damage (power loss)…
Broad Learning System with Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Subsystem for Tobacco Origin Identification based on Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Di Wang, Simon X. Yang
Tobacco origin identification is significantly important in tobacco industry. Modeling analysis for sensor data with near infrared spectroscopy has become a popular method for rapi…
Intelligent Feature Extraction, Data Fusion and Detection of Concrete Bridge Cracks: Current Development and Challenges
Di Wang, Simon X. Yang
As a common appearance defect of concrete bridges, cracks are important indices for bridge structure health assessment. Although there has been much research on crack identificatio…
1st Workshop on Maritime Computer Vision (MaCVi) 2023: Challenge Results
Benjamin Kiefer, Matej Kristan, Janez Perš +70
The 1 Workshop on Maritime Computer Vision (MaCVi) 2023 focused on maritime computer vision for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), and…
Generative Adversarial Learning for Trusted and Secure Clustering in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Liu Yang, Simon X. Yang, Yun Li +2
Traditional machine learning techniques have been widely used to establish the trust management systems. However, the scale of training dataset can significantly affect the securit…
A Fuzzy Logic-based Cascade Control without Actuator Saturation for the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Trajectory Tracking
Danjie Zhu, Simon X. Yang, Mohammad Biglarbegian
An intelligent control strategy is proposed to eliminate the actuator saturation problem that exists in the trajectory tracking process of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). The c…
A Hybrid Tracking Control Strategy for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Aided with Bioinspired Neural Dynamics
Zhe Xu, Tao Yan, Simon X. Yang +1
Tracking control has been a vital research topic in robotics. This paper presents a novel hybrid control strategy for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) based on a bioinspired ne…
A Novel Knowledge-Based Genetic Algorithm for Robot Path Planning in Complex Environments
Yanrong Hu, Simon X. Yang
In this paper, a novel knowledge-based genetic algorithm for path planning of a mobile robot in unstructured complex environments is proposed, where five problem-specific operators…
Generative Adversarial Learning for Intelligent Trust Management in 6G Wireless Networks
Liu Yang, Yun Li, Simon X. Yang +3
Emerging six generation (6G) is the integration of heterogeneous wireless networks, which can seamlessly support anywhere and anytime networking. But high Quality-of-Trust should b…
Novel Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Clock Skew in One-Way Broadcast Time Synchronization
Fanrong Shi, Huailiang Li, Simon X. Yang +2
Clock skew compensation is essential for accurate time synchronization in wireless networks. However, contemporary clock skew estimation is based on inaccurate transmission time me…
Fast Convergence Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Average Consensus
Fanrong Shi, Xianguo Tuo, Lili Ran +2
Average consensus theory is intensely popular for building time synchronization in wireless sensor network (WSN). However, the average consensus-based time synchronization algorith…
Rapid-Flooding Time Synchronization for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks
Fanrong Shi, Xianguo Tuo, Simon X. Yang +2
Accurate and fast-convergent time synchronization is very important for wireless sensor networks. The flooding time synchronization converges fast, but its transmission delay and b…
A Novel Rapid-flooding Approach with Real-time Delay Compensation for Wireless Sensor Network Time Synchronization
Fanrong Shi, Simon X. Yang, Xianguo Tuo +2
One-way-broadcast based flooding time synchronization algorithms are commonly used in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the packet delay and clock drift pose challenges to…
An Evolutionary Game based Secure Clustering Protocol with Fuzzy Trust Evaluation and Outlier Detection for Wireless Sensor Networks
Liu Yang, Yinzhi Lu, Simon X. Yang +3
Trustworthy and reliable data delivery is a challenging task in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) due to unique characteristics and constraints. To acquire secured data delivery and…
A Secure Clustering Protocol with Fuzzy Trust Evaluation and Outlier Detection for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Liu Yang, Yinzhi Lu, Simon X. Yang +2
Security is one of the major concerns in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSNs). To assure the security in clustered IWSNs, this paper presents a secure clustering protocol wi…
An Intelligent Trust Cloud Management Method for Secure Clustering in 5G enabled Internet of Medical Things
Liu Yang, Keping Yu, Simon X. Yang +3
5G edge computing enabled Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is an efficient technology to provide decentralized medical services while Device-to-device (D2D) communication is a pro…
An Intelligent Deterministic Scheduling Method for Ultra-Low Latency Communication in Edge Enabled Industrial Internet of Things
Yinzhi Lu, Liu Yang, Simon X. Yang +4
Edge enabled Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform is of great significance to accelerate the development of smart industry. However, with the dramatic increase in real-tim…
Motion Planning and Tracking Control of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: Technologies, Challenges and Prospects
Danjie Zhu, Tao Yan, Simon X. Yang
The motion planning and tracking control techniques of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) are fundamentally significant for efficient and robust UUV navigation, which is crucial fo…