基于偏差矫正的有偏估计及其在GPS快速定位中的应用

基于偏差矫正的一般理论提出了不适定问题的新的有偏估计。在病态条件下,Gauss-Markov模型参数的最优线性无偏估计,即LS估计是不稳健的,所得估值方差较大,严重偏离真值。因此,文中放弃了对参数估计无偏性的限制,考虑有偏估计的偏差,结合偏差矫正的正则化解法的一般理论提出了一种新的基于偏差矫正的有偏估计;结合岭估计中参数的选择方法确定了替代矩阵。最后通过GPS动态定位算例,验证了新估计的稳定性和有效性。     

多核多类关联向量机的高分辨率影像目标检测

从高分辨率遥感图像数据中准确检测多类目标的任务对于检测速度和模型训练时间提出了较高的要求.文章提出了一种MKL_mRVM方法:该方法采用基于快速边缘似然最大算法直接计算mRVM分类器的决策函数,避免了传统RVM重复计算目标函数Hessian矩阵的过程,并且因为不需要构造一系列两类分类器,缩短了多类模型的训练时间;同时,将多个基础核引入多类模型,训练过程中采用交叉验证方法确定基础核权重,在随机分出的确认集上检验分类器的精度,选取使得分类模型精度最高的值作为权重的优化结果.实验结果表明,该方法能够在保持解的稀疏性的前提下,有效地缩短模型训练时间.     

Calculating the Climatology and Anomalies of Surface Cloud Radiative Effect Using Cloud Property Histograms and Cloud Radiative Kernels

Cloud radiative kernels (CRK) built with radiative transfer models have been widely used to analyze the cloud radiative effect on top of atmosphere (TOA) fluxes, and it is expected that the CRKs would also be useful in the analyses of surface radiative fluxes, which determines the regional surface temperature change and variability. In this study, CRKs at the surface and TOA were built using the Rapid Radiative Transfer Model (RRTM). Longwave cloud radiative effect (CRE) at the surface is primarily driven by cloud base properties, while TOA CRE is primarily decided by cloud top properties. For this reason, the standard version of surface CRK is a function of latitude, longitude, month, cloud optical thickness (τ) and cloud base pressure (CBP), and the TOA CRK is a function of latitude, longitude, month, τ and cloud top pressure (CTP). Considering that the cloud property histograms provided by climate models are functions of CTP instead of CBP at present, the surface CRKs on CBP-τ histograms were converted to CTP-τ fields using the statistical relationship between CTP, CBP and τ obtained from collocated CloudSat and MODIS observations. For both climate model outputs and satellites observations, the climatology of surface CRE and cloud-induced surface radiative anomalies calculated with the surface CRKs and cloud property histograms are well correlated with those calculated from surface radiative fluxes. The cloud-induced surface radiative anomalies reproduced by surface CRKs and MODIS cloud property histograms are not affected by spurious trends that appear in Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) surface irradiances products.     

基于小波核双重加权SVM模型的蓝藻水华识别与变化检测

以淀山湖为研究区域,利用Landsat系列遥感影像,提出了归化蓝藻指数的构建方法,结合波段组合和Gabor滤波器构建多特征空间,并基于变精度粗糙集和灰色关联决策相结合的方法进行特征空间的优化。在此基础上,采用小波核双重加权SVM分类模型,得到研究区蓝藻水华空间分布格局的识别与检测结果。以误差矩阵证明此分类模型能够较准确地识别出蓝藻水华覆盖区,满足环境调查的要求。研究成果为淀山湖蓝藻水华的防治和水生生态系统的保护提供了科学依据。     

Geo-scape,a granularity depended spatialization tool for visualizing multidimensional data sets

Recently, the expertise accumulated in the field of geovisualization has found application in the visualization of abstract multidimensional data, on the basis of methods called spatialization methods. Spatialization methods aim at visualizing multidimensional data into low-dimensional representational spaces by making use of spatial metaphors and applying dimension reduction techniques. Spatial metaphors are able to provide a metaphoric framework for the visualization of information at different levels of granularity. The present paper makes an investigation on how the issue of granularity is handled in the context of representative examples of spatialization methods. Furthermore, this paper introduces the prototyping tool Geo-Scape, which provides an interactive spatialization environment for representing and exploring multidimensional data at different levels of granularity, by making use of a kernel density estimation technique and on the landscape “smoothness” metaphor. A demonstration scenario is presented next to show how Geo-Scape helps to discover knowledge into a large set of data, by grouping them into meaningful clusters on the basis of a similarity measure and organizing them at different levels of granularity.     

Detecting and Enumerating New Building Structures Utilizing Very‐High Resolution Imaged Data and Image Processing

Abstract

Information on the number and type of new building structures is required by urban and transportation planners and the real estate industry. The goal of this paper is to explore the potential of high resolution imagery for meeting public and private sector demands for information on new buildings. The value of 1 m, 5 m, and 10 m panchromatic and 1 m color scanned aerial photography images acquired in 1997 and 1998 for a study area within the City of San Diego, California is assessed for general change detection and building enumeration. Both semi‐automated and interactive change‐detection approaches are evaluated. We demonstrate that interactive, visual‐based approaches appear to be the most accurate (within 1% of actual count) and efficient approach for generating information on the number of new buildings associated with single family residential land use. More automated approaches to detecting and enumerating image microfeatures may be useful as enhancements for visual‐based assessments and may be practical in areas composed mostly of large buildings associated with commercial and industrial land use. The highest accuracy for automated approaches was an undercounting of 11% for residential buildings and overcounting of 20% for those associated with commercial and industrial land use.     

基于核密度分析与关联规则的天水盆地黄土滑坡规律研究

滑坡灾害是天水盆地最严重的地质灾害.本文基于已有的灾害数据,利用GIS叠加分析的结果作为滑坡灾害点的属性特征,与灾害点的核密度分析结果建立关联规则,找出高风险滑坡区域与相关属性特征的关联关系.结果表明:天水盆地的滑坡灾害与降水条件、地层岩性以及地形坡度有较强的关联关系.     

Identifying spatial concentrations of surnames

Surnames (family names) have been overlooked as a valuable source of spatially referenced population data. Presented here is a methodology, based on kernel density estimation, which is used to identify the areas of Great Britain where any surname is most concentrated. This not only indicates a surname's geographic origin in the country but also its current spatial extent and spatial relationship with other surnames and place names. We argue that such analysis can provide baseline and change measures, and an empirical basis to change forecasting. Such analysis offers valuable insights into national, regional and local changes in population structure, and testimony to the relevance of GIScience to population genetics, historical geography and genealogy.     

Modeling tunneling-induced ground surface settlement development using a wavelet smooth relevance vector machine

Accurate prediction of ground surface settlement is necessary for effectively controlling the settlement that develops during tunneling. Many models have been established for this purpose by extracting the relationship between the settlement and the factors that influence it. However, most of the models focused on the maximum ground surface settlement and do not involve dynamic and real-time predictions. This paper investigated how tunneling-induced ground surface settlement developed using a smooth relevance vector machine with a wavelet kernel (wsRVM). Various factors that affect this settlement, including geometrical, geological and shield operational parameters were considered. The model was applied to earth pressure balance (EPB) shield-driven tunnels. The results indicate that the prediction model performs well and that the distribution of the predictions can provide a measure of the prediction uncertainty. Unlike conventional methods that requireadditional efforts to determine relevant model parameters, the proposed method can optimize the parameters in the training process. The results of the parametric study conducted show that the model performance can be improved by the optimization and that the method can serve as a simple tool for practitioners to use in estimating ground surface settlement development during tunneling.     

Comparison of daily streamflow forecasts using extreme learning machines and the random forest method

ABSTRACT

Daily streamflow forecasting is a challenging and essential task for water resource management. The main goal of this study was to compare the accuracy of five data-driven models: extreme learning machine (basic ELM), extreme learning machine with kernels (ELM-kernel), random forest (RF), back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and support vector machine (SVR). The results show that the ELM-kernel model provided a superior alternative to the other models, and the basic ELM model had the poorest performance. To further evaluate the predictive capacities of the five models, the estimations of low flow and high flow in the testing dataset were compared. The RF model was slightly superior to the other models in predicting the peak flows, and the ELM-kernel model showed the highest prediction precision of low flows. There was no single model that showed obvious advantages over the other models in this study. Therefore, further exploration is required for the hydrological forecasting problems.