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Optimal production lot size with process deterioration under an extended inspection policy
Hu Fei, Xu Genqi & Ma Lixia
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2009, 20 (4): 768-776.  
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A mathematical model to determine the optimal production lot size for a deteriorating production system under an extended product inspection policy is developed. The last-K product inspection policy is considered so that the nonconforming items can be reduced, under which the last K products in a production lot are inspected and the nonconforming items from those inspected are reworked. Consider that the products produced towards the end of a production lot are more likely to be nonconforming, is proposed an extended product inspection policy for a deteriorating production system. That is, in a production lot, product inspections are performed among the middle K1 items and after inspections, all of the last K2 products are directly reworked without inspections. Our objective here is the joint optimization of the production lot size and the corresponding extended inspection policy such that the expected total cost per unit time is minimized. Since there is no closed form expression for our optimal policy, the existence for the optimal production inspection policy and an upper bound for the optimal lot size are obtained. Furthermore, an efficient solution procedure is provided to search for the optimal policy. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the proposed model and indicate that the expected total cost per unit time of our product inspection model is less than that of the last-K inspection policy.

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Adaptive resource allocation for workflow containerization on Kubernetes
Chenggang SHAN, Chuge WU, Yuanqing XIA, Zehua GUO, Danyang LIU, Jinhui ZHANG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2023, 34 (3): 723-743.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000073
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In a cloud-native era, the Kubernetes-based workflow engine enables workflow containerized execution through the inherent abilities of Kubernetes. However, when encountering continuous workflow requests and unexpected resource request spikes, the engine is limited to the current workflow load information for resource allocation, which lacks the agility and predictability of resource allocation, resulting in over and under-provisioning resources. This mechanism seriously hinders workflow execution efficiency and leads to high resource waste. To overcome these drawbacks, we propose an adaptive resource allocation scheme named adaptive resource allocation scheme (ARAS) for the Kubernetes-based workflow engines. Considering potential future workflow task requests within the current task pod’s lifecycle, the ARAS uses a resource scaling strategy to allocate resources in response to high-concurrency workflow scenarios. The ARAS offers resource discovery, resource evaluation, and allocation functionalities and serves as a key component for our tailored workflow engine (KubeAdaptor). By integrating the ARAS into KubeAdaptor for workflow containerized execution, we demonstrate the practical abilities of KubeAdaptor and the advantages of our ARAS. Compared with the baseline algorithm, experimental evaluation under three distinct workflow arrival patterns shows that ARAS gains time-saving of 9.8% to 40.92% in the average total duration of all workflows, time-saving of 26.4% to 79.86% in the average duration of individual workflow, and an increase of 1% to 16% in centrol processing unit (CPU) and memory resource usage rate.

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Review on strategies of space-based optical space situational awareness
Yunpeng HU, Kebo LI, Yan’gang LIANG, Lei CHEN
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2021, 32 (5): 1152-1166.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2021.000099
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Space-based optical (SBO) space surveillance has attracted widespread interest in the last two decades due to its considerable value in space situation awareness (SSA). SBO observation strategy, which is related to the performance of space surveillance, is the top-level design in SSA missions reviewed. The recognized real programs about SBO SAA proposed by the institutions in the U.S., Canada, Europe, etc., are summarized firstly, from which an insight of the development trend of SBO SAA can be obtained. According to the aim of the SBO SSA, the missions can be divided into general surveillance and space object tracking. Thus, there are two major categories for SBO SSA strategies. Existing general surveillance strategies for observing low earth orbit (LEO) objects and beyond-LEO objects are summarized and compared in terms of coverage rate, revisit time, visibility period, and image processing. Then, the SBO space object tracking strategies, which has experienced from tracking an object with a single satellite to tracking an object with multiple satellites cooperatively, are also summarized. Finally, this paper looks into the development trend in the future and points out several problems that challenges the SBO SSA.

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Earth observation satellite scheduling for emergency tasks
Haiquan SUN, Wei XIA, Xiaoxuan HU, Chongyan XU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2019, 30 (5): 931-945.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2019.05.11
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The earth observation satellites (EOSs) scheduling problem for emergency tasks often presents many challenges. For example, the scheduling calculation should be completed in seconds, the scheduled task rate is supposed to be as high as possible, the disturbance measure of the scheme should be as low as possible, which may lead to the loss of important observation opportunities and data transmission delays. Existing scheduling algorithms are not designed for these requirements. Consequently, we propose a rolling horizon strategy (RHS) based on event triggering as well as a heuristic algorithm based on direct insertion, shifting, backtracking, deletion, and reinsertion (ISBDR). In the RHS, the driven scheduling mode based on the emergency task arrival and control station time window events are designed to transform the long-term, large-scale problem into a short-term, small-scale problem, which can improve the schedulability of the original scheduling scheme and emergency response sensiti-vity. In the ISBDR algorithm, the shifting rule with breadth search capability and backtracking rule with depth search capability are established to realize the rapid adjustment of the original plan and improve the overall benefit of the plan and early completion of emergency tasks. Simultaneously, two heuristic factors, namely the emergency task urgency degree and task conflict degree, are constructed to improve the emergency task scheduling guidance and algorithm efficiency. Finally, we conduct extensive experiments by means of simulations to compare the algorithms based on ISBDR and direct insertion, shifting, deletion, and reinsertion (ISDR). The results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can improve the timeliness of emergency tasks and scheduling performance, and decrease the disturbance measure of the scheme, therefore, it is more suitable for emergency task scheduling.

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Torque estimation for robotic joint with harmonic drive transmission based on system dynamic characteristics
Minghong ZHU, Shu XIAO, Fei YU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (6): 1320-1331.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000151
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In the applications of joint control and robot movement, the joint torque estimation has been treated as an effective technique and widely used. Researches are made to analyze the kinematic and compliance model of the robot joint with harmonic drive to acquire high precision torque output. Through analyzing the structures of the harmonic drive and experiment apparatus, a scheme of the proposed joint torque estimation method based on both the dynamic characteristics and unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is designed and built. Based on research and scheme, torque estimation methods in view of only harmonic drive compliance model and compliance model with the Kalman filter are simulated as guidance and reference to promote the research on the torque estimation technique. Finally, a promoted torque estimation method depending on both harmonic drive compliance model and UKF is designed, and simulation results compared with the measurements of a commercial torque sensor, have verified the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Robust detector for range-spread targets in non-Gaussian background
Tao Jian, You He, Feng Su, Dianfa Ping, and Xiaodong Huang
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2012, 23 (3): 355-363.   DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2012.00044
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Based on the target scatterer density, the range-spread target detection of high-resolution radar is addressed in additive non-Gaussian clutter, which is modeled as a spherically invariant random vector. Firstly, for sparse scatterer density, the detection of target scatterer in each range cell is derived, and then an M/K detector is proposed to detect the whole range-spread target. Secondly, an integrating detector is devised to detect a range-spread target with dense scatterer density. Finally, to make the best of
the advantages of M/K detector and integrating detector, a robust detector based on scatterer density (DBSD) is designed, which can reduce the probable collapsing loss or quantization error effectively. Moreover, the density decision factor of DBSD is also determined. The formula of the false alarm probability is derived for DBSD. It is proved that the DBSD ensures a constant false alarm rate property. Furthermore, the computational results indicate that the DBSD is robust to different clutter one-lag correlations and target scatterer densities. It is also shown that the DBSD outperforms the existing scatterer-density-dependent detector.

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Heading constraint algorithm for foot-mounted PNS using low-cost IMU
Jing GUI, Heming ZHAO, Xiang XU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (3): 727-736.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000067
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Foot-mounted pedestrian navigation system (PNS) is a common solution to pedestrian navigation using micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) inertial sensors. The inherent problems of inertial navigation system (INS) by the traditional algorithm, such as the accumulated errors and the lack of observation of heading and altitude information, have become obstacles to the application and development of the PNS. In this paper, we introduce a heuristic heading constraint method. First of all, according to the movement characteristics of human gait, we use the generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) detector and introduce a time threshold to classify the human gait, so that we can effectively identify the stationary state of the foot. In addition, based on zero velocity update (ZUPT) and zero angular rate update (ZARU), the cumulative error of the inertial measurement unit (IMU) is limited and corrected, and then a heuristic heading estimation is used to constrain and correct the heading of the pedestrian. After simulation and experiments with low-cost IMU, the method is proved to reduce the localization error of end-point to less than 1% of the total distance, and it has great value in application.

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3D face registration based on principal axis analysis and labeled regions orientation
Guo Zhe, Zhang Yanning, Lin Zenggang & Liu Yantong
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2009, 20 (6): 1324-1331.  
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A novel multi-view 3D face registration method based on principal axis analysis and labeled regions orientation called local orientation registration is proposed. The pre-registration is achieved by transforming the multi-pose models to the standard frontal model’s reference frame using the principal axis analysis algorithm. Some significant feature regions, such as inner and outer canthus, nose tip vertices, are then located by using geometrical distribution characteristics. These regions are subsequently employed to compute the conversion parameters using the improved iterative closest point algorithm, and the optimal parameters are applied to complete the final registration. Experimental results implemented on the proper database demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms others by achieving 1.249 and 1.910 mean root-mean-square measure with slight and large view variation models, respectively.

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Rotary unmanned aerial vehicles path planning in rough terrain based on multi-objective particle swarm optimization
Zhen XU, Enze ZHANG, Qingwei CHEN
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2020, 31 (1): 130-141.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2020.01.14
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This paper presents a path planning approach for rotary unmanned aerial vehicles (R-UAVs) in a known static rough terrain environment. This approach aims to find collision-free and feasible paths with minimum altitude, length and angle variable rate. First, a three-dimensional (3D) modeling method is proposed to reduce the computation burden of the dynamic models of R-UAVs. Considering the length, height and tuning angle of a path, the path planning of R-UAVs is described as a tri-objective optimization problem. Then, an improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm is developed. To render the algorithm more effective in dealing with this problem, a vibration function is introduced into the collided solutions to improve the algorithm efficiency. Meanwhile, the selection of the global best position is taken into account by the reference point method. Finally, the experimental environment is built with the help of the Google map and the 3D terrain generator World Machine. Experimental results under two different rough terrains from Guilin and Lanzhou of China demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed algorithm in finding Pareto optimal paths.

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An integrated PHM framework for radar systems through system structural decomposition
Hong WANG, Delanyo Kwame Bensah KULEVOME, Zi’an ZHAO
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2025, 36 (1): 95-107.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2024.000087
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Implementing an efficient real-time prognostics and health management (PHM) framework improves safety and reduces maintenance costs in complex engineering systems. However, research on PHM framework development for radar systems is limited. Furthermore, typical PHM approaches are centralized, do not scale well, and are challenging to implement. This paper proposes an integrated PHM framework for radar systems based on system structural decomposition to enhance reliability and support maintenance actions. The complexity challenge associated with implementing PHM at the system level is addressed by dividing the radar system into subsystems. Subsequently, optimal measurement point selection and sensor placement algorithms are formulated for effective data acquisition. Local modules are developed for each subsystem health assessment, fault diagnosis, and fault prediction without a centralized controller. Maintenance decisions are based on each local module’s fault diagnosis and prediction results. To further improve the effectiveness of the prognostics stage, the feasibility of integrating deep learning (DL) models is also investigated. Several experiments with different degradation patterns are performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the framework’s DL-based prognostics model. The proposed framework facilitates transitioning from traditional reactive maintenance practices to a predictive maintenance approach, thereby reducing downtime and improving the overall availability of radar systems.

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Memristor bridge-based low pass filter for image processing
Yongbin YU, Nijing YANG, Chenyu YANG, Tashi NYIMA
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2019, 30 (3): 448-455.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2019.03.02
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This paper highlights the memristor bridge-based lowpass filter (LPF) and improved image processing algorithms along with a novel adaptive Gaussian filter for denoising image and a new Gaussian pyramid for scale invariant feature transform (SIFT). First, a novel kind of LPF based on the memristor bridge is designed, whose cut-off frequency and other traits are demonstrated to change with different time and memristance. In light of the changeable parameter of the memristor bridge-based LPF, a new adaptive Gaussian filter and an improved SIFT algorithm are presented. Finally, experiment results show that the peak signalto-noise ratio (PSNR) of our denoising is bettered more than 2.77 dB compared to the corresponding of the traditional Gaussian filter, and our improved SIFT performances including the number of matched feature points and the percent of correct matches are higher than the traditional SIFT, which verifies feasibility and effectiveness of our algorithm.

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Solution of the HJI equations for nonlinear H∞ control design by state-dependent Riccati equations approach
Xueyan Zhao, Feiqi Deng
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2011, 22 (4): 654-660.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-4132.2011.04.015
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The relationship between the technique by statedependent Riccati equations (SDRE) and Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs (HJI) equations for nonlinear H∞ control design is  investigated. By establishing the Lyapunov matrix equations for partial derivates of the solution of the SDREs and introducing symmetry measure for some related matrices, a method is proposed for examining whether the SDRE method admits a global optimal control equivalent to that solved by the HJI equation method. Two examples with simulation are given to illustrate the method is effective.

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Joint 2D-DOA and polarization estimation for sparse nonuniform rectangular array composed of spatially spread electromagnetic vector sensor
Huihui MA, Haihong TAO
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2020, 31 (6): 1116-1127.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2020.000084
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In this paper, a sparse nonuniform rectangular array based on spatially spread electromagnetic vector sensor (SNRA-SSEMVS) is introduced, and a method for estimating 2D-direction of arrival (DOA) and polarization is devised. Firstly, according to the special structure of the sparse nonuniform rectangular array (SNRA), a set of accurate but ambiguous direction-cosine estimates can be obtained. Then the steering vector of spatially spread electromagnetic vector sensor (SSEMVS) can be extracted from the array manifold to obtain the coarse but unambiguous direction-cosine estimates. Finally, the disambiguation approach can be used to get the final accurate estimates of 2D-DOA and polarization. Compared with some existing methods, the SNRA configuration extends the spatial aperture and refines the parameters estimation accuracy without adding any redundant antennas, as well as reduces the mutual coupling effect. Moreover, the proposed algorithm resolves multiple sources without the priori knowledge of signal information, suffers no ambiguity in the estimation of the Poynting vector, and pairs the x-axis direction cosine with the y-axis direction cosine automatically. Simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed algorithm.

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Off-grid DOA estimation based on coherent accumulation and weighted block sparse Bayesian
Ankang REN, Qi WU, Pingye LIANG, Yuanyuan XU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2026, 37 (2): 327-336.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2025.000164
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To deal with the problem that the block sparse Bayesian algorithm exists in grid estimation, an off-grid weighted block sparse Bayesian algorithm is proposed based on coherent accumulation. The algorithm first uses the signal characteristics to coherently accumulate the polarization-sensitive array received data to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR); then the first-order Taylor expansion of the steering vector is performed, and an off-grid real-valued model is introduced by improving the block structure; then the weighting vectors are introduced to accelerate the iteration of the algorithm and reduce the number of iterations; and finally, the solution of the off-grid parameters is achieved by iterative optimization of the parameters. Compared with the traditional block sparse Bayesian learning (BSBL) algorithm, the method iterates faster and achieves efficient joint off-grid polarization-DOA estimation. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the algorithm.

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Deep convolutional neural network for meteorology target detection in airborne weather radar images
Chaopeng YU, Wei XIONG, Xiaoqing LI, Lei DONG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2023, 34 (5): 1147-1157.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000142
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Considering the problem that the scattering echo images of airborne Doppler weather radar are often reduced by ground clutters, the accuracy and confidence of meteorology target detection are reduced. In this paper, a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) is proposed for meteorology target detection and ground clutter suppression with a large collection of airborne weather radar images as network input. For each weather radar image, the corresponding digital elevation model (DEM) image is extracted on basis of the radar antenna scanning parameters and plane position, and is further fed to the network as a supplement for ground clutter suppression. The features of actual meteorology targets are learned in each bottleneck module of the proposed network and convolved into deeper iterations in the forward propagation process. Then the network parameters are updated by the back propagation iteration of the training error. Experimental results on the real measured images show that our proposed DCNN outperforms the counterparts in terms of six evaluation factors. Meanwhile, the network outputs are in good agreement with the expected meteorology detection results (labels). It is demonstrated that the proposed network would have a promising meteorology observation application with minimal effort on network variables or parameter changes.

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A survey on passing-through control of multi-robot systems in cluttered environments
Yan GAO, Chenggang BAI, Quan QUAN
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2025, 36 (4): 1037-1056.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2025.000095
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This survey presents a comprehensive review of various methods and algorithms related to passing-through control of multi-robot systems in cluttered environments. Numerous studies have investigated this area, and we identify several avenues for enhancing existing methods. This survey describes some models of robots and commonly considered control objectives, followed by an in-depth analysis of four types of algorithms that can be employed for passing-through control: leader-follower formation control, multi-robot trajectory planning, control-based methods, and virtual tube planning and control. Furthermore, we conduct a comparative analysis of these techniques and provide some subjective and general evaluations.

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DHSEGATs: distance and hop-wise structures encoding enhanced graph attention networks
Zhiguo HUANG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2023, 34 (2): 350-359.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000057
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Numerous works prove that existing neighbor-averaging graph neural networks (GNNs) cannot efficiently catch structure features, and many works show that injecting structure, distance, position, or spatial features can significantly improve the performance of GNNs, however, injecting high-level structure and distance into GNNs is an intuitive but untouched idea. This work sheds light on this issue and proposes a scheme to enhance graph attention networks (GATs) by encoding distance and hop-wise structure statistics. Firstly, the hop-wise structure and distributional distance information are extracted based on several hop-wise ego-nets of every target node. Secondly, the derived structure information, distance information, and intrinsic features are encoded into the same vector space and then added together to get initial embedding vectors. Thirdly, the derived embedding vectors are fed into GATs, such as GAT and adaptive graph diffusion network (AGDN) to get the soft labels. Fourthly, the soft labels are fed into correct and smooth (C&S) to conduct label propagation and get final predictions. Experiments show that the distance and hop-wise structures encoding enhanced graph attention networks (DHSEGATs) achieve a competitive result.

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Vehicle and onboard UAV collaborative delivery route planning: considering energy function with wind and payload
Jingfeng GUO, Rui SONG, Shiwei HE
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2025, 36 (1): 194-208.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2025.000020
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The rapid evolution of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and autonomous capabilities has positioned UAV as promising last-mile delivery means. Vehicle and onboard UAV collaborative delivery is introduced as a novel delivery mode. Spatiotemporal collaboration, along with energy consumption with payload and wind conditions play important roles in delivery route planning. This paper introduces the traveling salesman problem with time window and onboard UAV (TSP-TWOUAV) and emphasizes the consideration of real-world scenarios, focusing on time collaboration and energy consumption with wind and payload. To address this, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is formulated to minimize the energy consumption costs of vehicle and UAV. Furthermore, an adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) algorithm is applied to identify high-quality solutions efficiently. The effectiveness of the proposed model and algorithm is validated through numerical tests on real geographic instances and sensitivity analysis of key parameters is conducted.

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A lightweight pure visual BEV perception method based on dual distillation of spatial-temporal knowledge
Bingdong LIU, Ruihang YU, Zhiming XIONG, Meiping WU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2026, 37 (1): 36-44.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2026.000024
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Bird’s-eye-view (BEV) perception is a core technology for autonomous driving systems. However, existing solutions face the dilemma of high costs associated with multi-modal methods and limited performance of vision-only approaches. To address this issue, this paper proposes a framework named “a lightweight pure visual BEV perception method based on dual distillation of spatial-temporal knowledge”. This framework innovatively designs a lightweight vision-only student model based on ResNet, which leverages a dual distillation mechanism to learn from a powerful teacher model that integrates temporal information from both image and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) modalities. Specifically, we distill efficient multi-modal feature extraction and spatial fusion capabilities from the BEVFusion model, and distill advanced temporal information fusion and spatiotemporal attention mechanisms from the BEVFormer model. This dual distillation strategy enables the student model to achieve perception performance close to that of multi-modal models without relying on LiDAR. Experimental results on the nuScenes dataset demonstrate that the proposed model significantly outperforms classical vision-only algorithms, achieves comparable performance to current state-of-the-art vision-only methods on the nuScenes detection leaderboard in terms of both mean average precision (mAP) and the nuScenes detection score (NDS) metrics, and exhibits notable advantages in inference computational efficiency. Although the proposed dual-teacher paradigm incurs higher offline training costs compared to single-model approaches, it yields a streamlined and highly efficient student model suitable for resource-constrained real-time deployment. This provides an effective pathway toward low-cost, high-performance autonomous driving perception systems.

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LPI radar signal detection based on radial integration of Choi-Williams time-frequency image
Yongjian Liu, Peng Xiao, Hongchao Wu, and Weihua Xiao
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2015.00106
Multidisciplinary integrated design of long-range ballistic missile using PSO algorithm
Xu ZHENG, Yejun GAO, Wuxing JING, Yongsheng WANG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2020, 31 (2): 335-349.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2020.000011
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In the case of the given design variables and constraint functions, this paper is concerned with the rapid overall parameters design of trajectory, propulsion and aerodynamics for long-range ballistic missiles based on the index of the minimum take-off mass. In contrast to the traditional subsystem independent design, this paper adopts the research idea of the combination of the subsystem independent design and the multisystem integration design. Firstly, the trajectory, propulsion and aerodynamics of the subsystem are separately designed by the engineering design, including the design of the minimum energy trajectory, the computation of propulsion system parameters, and the calculation of aerodynamic coefficient and dynamic derivative of the missile by employing the software of missile DATCOM. Then, the uniform design method is used to simplify the constraint conditions and the design variables through the integration design, and the accurate design of the optimized variables would be accomplished by adopting the uniform particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Finally, the automation design software is written for the three-stage solid ballistic missile. The take-off mass of 29~850 kg is derived by the subsystem independent design, and 20 constraints are reduced by employing the uniform design on the basis of 29 design variables and 32 constraints, and the take-off mass is dropped by 1~850 kg by applying the combination of the uniform design and PSO. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed hybrid optimization technique.

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Optimal replacement policy of products with repair-cost threshold after the extended warranty
Lijun Shang and Zhiqiang Cai
Systems Engineering and Electronics    DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2017.04.12
Enhancing of nominal characteristic trajectory following control for motion systems#br#
Fitri Yakub, Shamsul Sarip, Andika Aji Wijaya, and Yasuchika Mori
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2017, 28 (6): 1221-1235.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2017.06.20
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The goal of this paper is to enhance a practical nominal characteristic trajectory following (NCTF) controller that is specifically designed for two-mass point-to-point positioning systems. A nominal characteristics trajectory contained in the NCTF controller acts as movement/motion reference and a compensator is utilized to force the object to detect and follow the reference/desired trajectory. The object must follow and track closely and should be as fast as possible. The NCTF controller is designed with two different intelligent based compensator approaches which are fuzzy logic and extended minimal resource allocation network. The proposed controller which is NCTF are compared with the conventional proportional integral compensator. Then the results of simulation are discussed for the positioning performances. The inertia variations due to the effect of the design parameters are also assessed to see the robustness of controllers. The results show that the NCTF control method designed from an intelligent based compensator has a better positioning performance in terms of percentage of overshoot, settling time, and steady state error than the classical based compensator. 
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An ontological metamodeling framework for semantic simulation model engineering
Yonglin LEI, Zhi ZHU, Qun LI
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2020, 31 (3): 527-538.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2020.000032
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Recently, the ontological metamodel plays an increasingly important role to specify systems in two forms: ontology and metamodel. Ontology is a descriptive model representing reality by a set of concepts, their interrelations, and constraints. On the other hand, metamodel is a more classical, but more powerful model in which concepts and relationships are represented in a prescriptive way. This study firstly clarifies the difference between the two approaches, then explains their advantages and limitations, and attempts to explore a general ontological metamodeling framework by integrating each characteristic, in order to implement semantic simulation model engineering. As a proof of concept, this paper takes the combat effectiveness simulation systems as a motivating case, uses the proposed framework to define a set of ontological composable modeling frameworks, and presents an underwater targets search scenario for running simulations and analyzing results. Finally, this paper expects that this framework will be generally used in other fields.

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Fast BSC-based algorithm for near-field signal localization via uniform circular array
Xiaolong SU, Zhen LIU, Bin SUN, Yang WANG, Xin CHEN, Xiang LI
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (2): 269-278.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000028
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In this paper, we propose a beam space coversion (BSC)-based approach to achieve a single near-field signal localization under uniform circular array (UCA). By employing the centro-symmetric geometry of UCA, we apply BSC to extract the two-dimensional (2-D) angles of near-field signal in the Vandermonde form, which allows for azimuth and elevation angle estimation by utilizing the improved estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm. By substituting the calculated 2-D angles into the direction vector of near-field signal, the range parameter can be consequently obtained by the 1-D multiple signal classification (MUSIC) method. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can achieve a single near-field signal localization, which can provide satisfactory performance and reduce computational complexity.

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Polytopic LPV modeling and gain-scheduled switching control for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle
Yiqing Huang, Changyin Sun, Chengshan Qian, Jingmei Zhang, and Li Wang
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2013, 24 (1): 118-127.   DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2013.00015
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A novel gain-scheduled switching control method for the longitudinal motion of a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle (FAHV) is proposed. Firstly, velocity and altitude are selected as scheduling variables, a polytopic linear parameter varying (LPV) model is developed to represent the complex nonlinear longitudinal dynamics of the FAHV. Secondly, based on the obtained polytopic LPV model, the flight envelope is divided into four smaller subregions, and four gain-scheduled controllers are designed for these
parameter subregions. Then, by the defined switching characteristic function, these gain-scheduled controllers are switched in order to guarantee the closed-loop FAHV system to be asymptotically stable and satisfy a given tracking error performance criterion. The condition of gain-scheduled switching controller synthesis is given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) which can be easily solved by using standard software packages. Finally, simulation results show the effectiveness of the presented method.

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Modeling and game strategy analysis of suppressing IADS for multiple fighters' cooperation
Qiuni LI, Rennong YANG, Haoliang LI, Huan ZHANG, Chao FENG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2018, 29 (2): 296-304.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2018.02.10
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This paper addresses the problem of suppression of the integrated air defense system (IADS) by multiple fighters' cooperation. Considering the dynamic changing of the number of the nodes in the operational process, a profit model for the influence of the mission's cost for the whole system is developed for both offense and defensive sides. The scenario analysis is given for the process of suppressing the IADS by multiple fighters. Based on this scenario analysis, the modeling method and the specific expression for the payoff function are proposed in four cases for each node. Moreover, a distributed virtual learning algorithm is designed for the n-person and n-strategy game, and the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium (MSNE) of this game can be solved from the n×m×3-dimensional profit space. Finally, the simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model and the game algorithm.

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Resilience based importance measure analysis for SoS
Xing PAN, Huixiong WANG, Yanjing YANG, Guozhong ZHANG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2019, 30 (5): 920-930.   DOI: 10.21629/JSEE.2019.05.10
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In a system of systems (SoS), resilience is an important factor in maintaining the functionality, stability, and enhancing the operation effectiveness. From the perspective of resilience, this paper studies the importance of the SoS, and a resilience-based importance measure analysis is conducted to provide suggestions in the design and optimization of the structure of the SoS. In this paper, the components of the SoS are simplified as four kinds of network nodes: sensor, decision point, influencer, and target. In this networked SoS, the number of operation loops is used as the performance indicator, and an approximate algorithm, which is based on eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix, is proposed to calculate the number of operation loops. In order to understand the performance change of the SoS during the attack and defense process in the operations, an integral resilience model is proposed to depict the resilience of the SoS. From different perspectives of enhancing the resilience, different measures, parameters and the corresponding algorithms for the resilience importance of components are proposed. Finally, a case study on an SoS is conducted to verify the validity of the network modelling and the resilience-based importance analysis method.

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Intelligent optimization methods of phase-modulation waveform
Jianwei SUN, Chao WANG, Qingzhan SHI, Wenbo REN, Zekun YAO, Naichang YUAN
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (4): 916-923.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000089
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With the continuous improvement of radar intelligence, it is difficult for traditional countermeasures to achieve ideal results. In order to deal with complex, changeable, and unknown threat signals in the complex electromagnetic environment, a waveform intelligent optimization model based on intelligent optimization algorithm is proposed. By virtue of the universality and fast running speed of the intelligent optimization algorithm, the model can optimize the parameters used to synthesize the countermeasure waveform according to different external signals, so as to improve the countermeasure performance. Genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) are used to simulate the intelligent optimization of interrupted-sampling and phase-modulation repeater waveform. The experimental results under different radar signal conditions show that the scheme is feasible. The performance comparison between the algorithms and some problems in the experimental results also provide a certain reference for the follow-up work.

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Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2026, 37 (2): 0-0.  
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Approach for earth observation satellite real-time and playback data transmission scheduling
Hao Chen, Longmei Li, Zhinong Zhong, and Jun Li
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2015.00107
Multiple-target tracking with adaptive sampling intervals for phased-array radar
Zhenkai Zhang, Jianjiang Zhou, Fei Wang, Weiqiang Liu, and Hongbing Yang
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2011, 22 (5): 760-766.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-4132.2011.05.006
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A novel adaptive sampling interval algorithm for multitarget tracking is presented. This algorithm which is based on interacting multiple models incorporates the grey relational grade (GRG) into the particle swarm optimization (PSO). Firstly, the desired tracking accuracy is set for each target. Secondly, sampling intervals are selected as particles, and then the advantage of the GRG is taken as the measurement function for resource management. Meanwhile, the fitness value of the PSO is used to measure the difference between desired tracking accuracy and estimated tracking accuracy. Finally, it is suggested that the radar should track the target whose prediction value of the next sampling interval is the smallest. Simulations show that the proposed method improves both the tracking accuracy and tracking efficiency of the phased-array radar.
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DOA estimation based on multi-frequency joint sparse Bayesian learning for passive radar
Jinfang WEN, Jianxin YI, Xianrong WAN, Ziping GONG, Ji SHEN
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (5): 1052-1063.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000103
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This paper considers multi-frequency passive radar and develops a multi-frequency joint direction of arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm to improve estimation accuracy and resolution. The developed algorithm exploits the sparsity of targets in the spatial domain. Specifically, we first extract the required frequency channel data and acquire the snapshot data through a series of preprocessing such as clutter suppression, coherent integration, beamforming, and constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection. Then, based on the framework of sparse Bayesian learning, the target’s DOA is estimated by jointly extracting the multi-frequency data via evidence maximization. Simulation results show that the developed algorithm has better estimation accuracy and resolution than other existing multi-frequency DOA estimation algorithms, especially under the scenarios of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and small snapshots. Furthermore, the effectiveness is verified by the field experimental data of a multi-frequency FM-based passive radar.

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Geometric dilution of precision for GPS single-point positioning based on four satellites
Wang Huihui, Zhan Xingqun & Zhang Yanhua
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2008, 19 (5): 1058-1063.  
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To improve the positioning accuracy in GPS point positioning, the geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) including HDOP, VDOP, TDOP, PDOP is commonly considered. The properties of the DOP for the GPS satellite navigation system are studied and the coordinate system is improved in order to decrease the amount of variables. In the end, by simulation and discussing the results, the corresponding conclusions are presented.

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Task scheduling and virtual machine allocation policy in cloud computing environment
Xiong Fu and Yeliang Cang
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2015.00092
Research on three-dimensional attack area based on improved backtracking and ALPS-GP algorithms of air-to-air missile
Haodi ZHANG, Yuhui WANG, Jiale HE
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2025, 36 (1): 292-310.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2024.000129
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In the field of calculating the attack area of air-to-air missiles in modern air combat scenarios, the limitations of existing research, including real-time calculation, accuracy efficiency trade-off, and the absence of the three-dimensional attack area model, restrict their practical applications. To address these issues, an improved backtracking algorithm is proposed to improve calculation efficiency. A significant reduction in solution time and maintenance of accuracy in the three-dimensional attack area are achieved by using the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, the age-layered population structure genetic programming (ALPS-GP ) algorithm is introduced to determine an analytical polynomial model of the three-dimensional attack area, considering real-time requirements. The accuracy of the polynomial model is enhanced through the coefficient correction using an improved gradient descent algorithm. The study reveals a remarkable combination of high accuracy and efficient real-time computation, with a mean error of 91.89 m using the analytical polynomial model of the three-dimensional attack area solved in just 10?4 s, thus meeting the requirements of real-time combat scenarios.

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Multi-objective frequency planning: concept, modeling, and solution
Hang GAO, Song ZHA, Jijun HUANG, Haiyang XIA, Jibin LIU
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2026, 37 (2): 337-356.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2026.000058
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Frequency planning is of great significance which can effectively dispatch the battlefield resources of radio equipment. To enhance the efficiency of scheduling, this paper investigates the frequency planning problem (FPP) and puts forward a multi-objective approach. The proposed multi-objective model considers the coordination constraints of radio equipment alongside diverse resources, defining key points to delineate the cooperative interactions among radio equipment. The model integrates considerations of time, space, and energy, focusing on electromagnetic interference, frequency demand satisfaction and frequency occupancy as its primary optimization objectives. To improve the accuracy of the solution, this study proposes a multi-population multi-objective memetic algorithm (MPMA). This algorithm employs a segment-based coding strategy and a specialized genetic operator to facilitate the integration of global and local search techniques. Additionally, chaos initialization and a multi-population-based scheduling approach are incorporated to enhance global search performance. The experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed model and MPMA in meeting the diverse scheduling needs of radio equipment across various scenarios.

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Top-level modeling theory of multi-discipline virtual prototype
Tingyu Lin, Xudong Chai, and Bohu Li
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2012, 23 (3): 425-437.   DOI: 10.1109/JSEE.2012.00054
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Multi-disciplinary virtual prototypes of complex products are increasingly and widely used in modern advanced manufacturing. How to effectively address the problems of unified modeling, composition and reuse based on the multi-disciplinary heterogeneous models has brought great challenges to the modeling and simulation (M&S) science and technology. This paper presents a top-level modeling theory based on the meta modeling framework (M2F) of the COllaborative SIMulation (COSIM) theory of virtual prototyping to solve the problems. Firstly the fundamental principles of the top-level modeling theory are decribed to expound the premise, assumptions, basic conventions and special requirements in the description of complex heterogeneous systems. Next the formalized definitions for each factor in top level modeling are proposed and the hierarchical nature of them is illustrated. After demonstrating that they are self-closing, this paper divides the toplevel modeling into two views, static structural graph and dynamic behavioral graph. Finally, a case study is discussed to demonstrate the feasibility of the theory.

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A blockchain bee colony double inhibition labor division algorithm for spatio-temporal coupling task with application to UAV swarm task allocation
Husheng WU, Hao LI, Renbin XIAO
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2021, 32 (5): 1180-1199.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2021.000101
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It is difficult for the double suppression division algorithm of bee colony to solve the spatio-temporal coupling or have higher dimensional attributes and undertake sudden tasks. Using the idea of clustering, after clustering tasks according to spatio-temporal attributes, the clustered groups are linked into task sub-chains according to similarity. Then, based on the correlation between clusters, the child chains are connected to form a task chain. Therefore, the limitation is solved that the task chain in the bee colony algorithm can only be connected according to one dimension. When a sudden task occurs, a method of inserting a small number of tasks into the original task chain and a task chain reconstruction method are designed according to the relative relationship between the number of sudden tasks and the number of remaining tasks. Through the above improvements, the algorithm can be used to process tasks with spatio-temporal coupling and burst tasks. In order to reflect the efficiency and applicability of the algorithm, a task allocation model for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) group is constructed, and a one-to-one correspondence between the improved bee colony double suppression division algorithm and each attribute in the UAV group is proposed. Task assignment has been constructed. The study uses the self-adjusting characteristics of the bee colony to achieve task allocation. Simulation verification and algorithm comparison show that the algorithm has stronger planning advantages and algorithm performance.

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A multi-resource scheduling scheme of Kubernetes for IIoT
Lin ZHU, Junjiang LI, Zijie LIU, Dengyin ZHANG
Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics    2022, 33 (3): 683-692.   DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000063
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With the rapid development of data applications in the scene of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), how to schedule resources in IIoT environment has become an urgent problem to be solved. Due to benefit of its strong scalability and compatibility, Kubernetes has been applied to resource scheduling in IIoT scenarios. However, the limited types of resources, the default scheduling scoring strategy, and the lack of delay control module limit its resource scheduling performance. To address these problems, this paper proposes a multi-resource scheduling (MRS) scheme of Kubernetes for IIoT. The MRS scheme dynamically balances resource utilization by taking both requirements of tasks and the current system state into consideration. Furthermore, the experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the MRS scheme in terms of delay control and resource utilization.

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