In this paper, we carry a detailed study of mechanical systems with configuration space Q −→ Q/G for which the base Q/G variables are being controlled. The overall system ́s motion is considered to be induced from the base one due to the presence of general nonholonomic constraints. It is shown that the solution can be factorized into dynamical and geometrical parts. Moreover, under favorable ki...

Recent works show that complex network theory may be another powerful tool in time series analysis. In this paper, we construct complex networks from the chaotic time series with Maximal Information Coefficient (MIC). Each vector point in the reconstructed phase space is represented by a single vertex and edge determined by MIC. By using the Chua’s circuit system, we illustrate the potential of...

Herein, non-linear prediction methods are applied to oesophageal voice analysis. The research aims to investigate normal and pathological subjects, in order to improve knowledge of the oesophageal voice behaviour. Analysis is performed in the reconstructed phase space, using both non-linear prediction with local linear approximation and the S-Map method. Preliminary results seem to confirm that...

The concept and application of phase-space reconstructions are reviewed. Fractional derivatives are then proposed for the purpose of reconstructing dynamics from a single observed time history. A procedure is presented in which the fractional derivatives of time series data are obtained in the frequency domain. The method is applied to the Lorenz system. The ability of the method to unfold the ...

Traditionally, the definition of zero-knowledge states that an interactive proof of x ∈ L provides zero (additional) knowledge if the view of any polynomial-time verifier can be reconstructed by a polynomial-time simulator. Since this definition only requires that the worst-case running-time of the verifier and simulator are polynomials, zero-knowledge becomes a worst-case notion. In STOC’06, M...

We report on our initial experience with daily image guidance for the treatment of a patient with a basal cell carcinoma of the nasal dorsum using bolus electron conformal therapy. We describe our approach to daily alignment using treatment machine-integrated megavoltage (MV) planar imaging in conjunction with cone beam CT (CBCT) volumetric imaging to ensure the best possible setup reproducibil...

An automatic parking system provides convenience for drivers by automatically finding free parking spaces and steering automobiles toward them. This paper proposes a vision-based free parking space detection system. The proposed method consists of two stages. First, the automobile rearview is three-dimensionally reconstructed using the optical flow-based method. The metric information is recove...

Nowadays, the significance of keeping equipment function properly each time is obvious. If equipment fails during its use, it may have disastrous consequences. Estimating remaining useful life (RUL) of equipment is a key to prevent such calamities, improve its reliability, provide security and reduce unnecessary maintenance and operational cost. The evolution and tracking of damage is the found...

We propose a new model called iterative collaborative representation (ICR) for image super-resolution (SR). Most of popular SR approaches extract low-resolution (LR) features from the given LR image directly to recover its corresponding high-resolution (HR) features. However, they neglect to utilize the reconstructed HR image for further image SR enhancement. Based on this observation, we extra...