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In multitask learning, conflicts between task gradients are a frequent issue degrading a model's training performance. This is commonly addressed by using the Gradient Projection algorithm PCGrad that often leads to faster convergence and improved performance metrics. In this work, we present a method to adapt this algorithm to simultaneously also perform task prioritization. Our approach differs from traditional task weighting performed by scaling task losses in that our weighting scheme applies only in cases where tasks are in conflict, but lets the training proceed unhindered otherwise. We replace task weighting factors by a probability distribution that determines which task gradients get projected in conflict cases. Our experiments on the nuScenes, CIFAR-100, and CelebA datasets confirm that our approach is a practical method for task weighting. Paired with multiple different task weighting schemes, we observe a significant improvement in the performance metrics of most tasks compared to Gradient Projection with uniform projection probabilities.

Blind identification is popular for modeling a system without the input information, such as in the research areas of structural health monitoring and audio signal processing. Existing blind identification methods have both advantages and disadvantages, in this paper, we briefly outline current methods and propose a novel blind identification method for identifying state-space models in physical coordinates. The idea behind this proposed method is first to regard the collected input data of a state-space model as a part of a periodic signal sequence, and then transform the state-space model with input and output into a model without input by augmenting the state-space model with the input model (which is a periodic signal model), and afterwards use merely the output information to identify a state-space model up to a similarity transformation, and finally derive the state-space model in physical coordinates by using a unique similarity transformation. With the above idea, physical parameters and modal parameters of a state-space system can be obtained. Both numerical and practical examples were used to validate the proposed method. The result showed the effectiveness of the novel blind identification method.

Parameters of a virtual synchronous machine in a small microgrid are optimised. The dynamical behaviour of the system is simulated after a perturbation, where the system needs to return to its steady state. The cost functional evaluates the system behaviour for different parameters. This functional is minimised by Parallel Tempering. Two perturbation scenarios are investigated and the resulting optimal parameters agree with analytical predictions. Dependent on the focus of the optimisation different optima are obtained for each perturbation scenario. During the transient the system leaves the allowed voltage and frequency bands only for a short time if the perturbation is within a certain range., Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures