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In traditional system identification methods, it is often assumed that the output data are corrupted by Gaussian white noise which is independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.). However, this assumption may lead to poor robustness since the noise characteristic often varies throughout the sampling process. In this work, output measurements affected by switching Gaussian noise are considered. In addition, a Markov chain model is utilized to describe the multi-mode behavior of the noises. Meanwhile, the collected data are usually incomplete in practice. Taking these circumstances into account, a new algorithm for Gaussian process regression (GPR) with switching noise mode and missing data is introduced. The parameters of the model are estimated by expectation maximization (EM) algorithm via conjugate gradient (CG) method. Two numerical examples along with a continuous stirred tank reactor simulation are employed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The superior performance is demonstrated by comparing the proposed algorithm with other existing relevant methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Given a large image set, in which very few images have labels, how to guess labels for the remaining majority? How to spot images that need brand new labels different from the predefined ones? How to summarize these data to route the user’s attention to what really matters? Here we answer all these questions. Specifically, we propose QuMinS, a fast, scalable solution to two problems: (i) Low-labor labeling (LLL) – given an image set, very few images have labels, find the most appropriate labels for the rest; and (ii) Mining and attention routing – in the same setting, find clusters, the top- outlier images, and the images that best represent the data. Experiments on satellite images spanning up to 2.25 GB show that, contrasting to the state-of-the-art labeling techniques, QuMinS scales linearly on the data size, being up to 40 times faster than top competitors (GCap), still achieving better or equal accuracy, it spots images that potentially require unpredicted labels, and it works even with tiny initial label sets, i.e., nearly five examples. We also report a case study of our method’s practical usage to show that QuMinS is a viable tool for automatic coffee crop detection from remote sensing images. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A leader-following synchronous control is proposed in multiple electrohydraulic actuators (MEHAs) under distributed switching topologies to guarantee the follower electrohydraulic actuators (EHAs) tracking the leader motion. Each EHA has a 3-orders nonlinear dynamics with lumped uncertainties involving uncertain hydraulic parameters and unknown external load. Then a quasi-synchronization controller together with a high-gain disturbance observer is designed by Lyapunov techniques to guarantee the synchronous errors asymptotically convergence to a zero neighborhood. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed quasi-synchronous controller is verified by both simulation and experimental bench such that the finite EHA nodes achieve leader-following synchronous motion under distributed switching topologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]