静态图像压缩--从JPEG到JPEG-2000

讲述了基于离散余弦变换（DCT）的JPEG标准和基于离散小波变换（DWT）的JPEG－2000标准的各自特点，比较指出后者的优越性，并着重介绍新一代静态图像压缩标准JPEG－2000。     

磁悬浮球实验系统的模糊控制仿真

该文介绍磁悬浮球实验系统的结构与工作原理，根据模糊控制技术，设计了一个二维模糊控制器，在实验的基础上，确定了输入输出变量的范围，并对变量进行了模糊化，根据小球的物理运动规律，建立了模糊控制规则，在Matlab/Simulink环境下进行了仿真，并进行了实际控制实验，实验表明，所设计的模糊控制器具有很强的鲁棒性。     

A Trajectory-Based Approach for the Stability Robustness of Nonlinear Systems with Inputs

 We show, for two different definitions of semiglobal practical external stability, that the stability property holds on semi-infinite time intervals if and only if it holds on arbitrarily long but finite time intervals. These results have immediate applications in the analysis of the stability properties of highly oscillatory systems with inputs using averaging or for systems with inputs that are slowly varying. Results are stated for general flows and the stability is given with respect to arbitrary (not necessarily compact) sets. Date received: May 11, 2001. Date revised: March 14, 2002.     

Alternative c-means clustering algorithms

In this paper we propose a new metric to replace the Euclidean norm in c-means clustering procedures. On the basis of the robust statistic and the influence function, we claim that the proposed new metric is more robust than the Euclidean norm. We then create two new clustering methods called the alternative hard c-means (AHCM) and alternative fuzzy c-means (AFCM) clustering algorithms. These alternative types of c-means clustering have more robustness than c-means clustering. Numerical results show that AHCM has better performance than HCM and AFCM is better than FCM. We recommend AFCM for use in cluster analysis. Recently, this AFCM algorithm has successfully been used in segmenting the magnetic resonance image of Ophthalmology to differentiate the abnormal tissues from the normal tissues.     

Robust and efficient content-based digital audio watermarking

This paper proposes a set of digital watermarking schemes for WAV audio, WAV-table synthesis audio and compressed audio. The watermark embedding scheme is closely related to audio content and based on the human auditory system. The experimental results in listening and robustness illustrate that the proposed watermarking schemes can achieve an optimal balance between audibility and robustness of the watermarked audio. The proposed methods are also very useful and effective for copyright protection, tracing illegal distribution and other applications.     

The effect of small time-delays on the closed-loop stability of boundary control systems

It has been observed that for many stable feedback systems, the introduction of arbitrarily small time-delays into the loop causes instability. In this paper we present a systematic treatment of this phenomenon for a large class of boundary control systems which allows for in-span control. Our approach is based on a combination of input-output methods and modal analysis. We give a number of sufficient conditions for robustness/nonrobustness of closed-loop input-output stability with respect to delays. Our framework includes a large class of ill-posed systems, i.e., systems whose open-loop transfer function is unbounded on any right half-plane. We then analyze the relationship between the poles of the transfer function and the exponential modes of the underlying boundary-value problem to derive internal stability properties from external ones.This work was supported by the British Council/DAAD (ARC project 464), by the Human Capital and Mobility programme (Project number CHRX-CT93-0402), by the National Science Foundation (Grant DMS-9206986) and by NATO (Grant CRG 950179).     

Comments on “Delay independent robust stability of uncertain linear systems”

The purpose of this note is to give a counterexample to a possible implication of the main result of the above paper [1].     

Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback systems

A multivariable analog system can be controlled by a sampled-data compensator. A conic sector that can be used to analyze the closed-loop stability and robustness of this feedback system is presented in this letter.     

Redundancy and robustness of systems of events

The article aims to add a new impetus to rational and objective probabilistic evaluation of redundancy and robustness, based on uncertainties of systems and subsystems of events. An attempt is made to demonstrate the relevance of intuitive comprehension of redundancy and robustness of engineering systems of events. An event-oriented system analysis of a number of random observable operational and failure modes, with adverse probability distributions in a lifetime, may provide a deeper understanding of systems operational abundance and endurance. The system uncertainty analysis is based on the concept of entropy as defined in information theory and applied to probability theory. The article relates reliability, uncertainty, redundancy and robustness of systems of events and their application is illustrated in numerical examples.     

基于分形的DCT域数字水印算法研究

提出一种改进分形数字水印算法,对传统的分形数字水印进行改进,利用混沌序列对水印图像进行置乱处理,增强了水印的鲁棒性.实验结果表明,该算法具有较好的鲁棒性,而且对高斯噪声以及剪切等都有良好的稳健性.