scholarly journals OPTIMIZATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE TOWING CABLE IN THE OPERATIONAL MAGNETOMETRIC SEARCH OF UNDERWATER OBJECTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
B. A. Nersesov

One of the features of the creation of a new generation of marine magnetometry means is the requirement to increase the efficiency of the search for emergency underwater objects due to a reasonable reduction in the length of the magnetometer towing cable, which ensures a decrease in the length of the search tack. Traditionally, the length of the cablerope of a towed magnetometer is determined taking into account its sensitivity, as well as the magnetic characteristics of the vessel-tug and underwater object. At the same time, the stochastic nature of the search process is ignored, caused by random factors (the uncertain spatial position of the underwater object in the search strip, as well as the orientation noise of the measuring platform). A new approach to the algorithm for processing the statistical information of the magnetometric signals of the underwater object and the towing vehicle in the search bar makes it possible to determine the optimal length of the towing cable. In this case, the problem of minimizing the objective function of the dependence of two alternatives is solved: on the one hand, a decrease in the towing noise as the tow cable length increases, on the other, an increase in the orientation noise caused by the spatio-temporal oscillations of the magnetometer. In addition, the evaluation of the selection of the signal of the underwater object against the background of the towing vehicle interference in terms of the "statistical discrepancy of alternative hypotheses" – the Kullback divergence, makes it possible to optimize the length of the cable-rope with the given probabilistic values of the detection of the underwater object.

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-190
Author(s):  
Gero Szepannek ◽  
Laila Westphal ◽  
Werner Gronau ◽  
Tine Lehmann

Abstract The article at hand is driven by a methodological interest in the opportunities and challenges of applying an automated text mining approach, particularly a sentiment analysis on various tourism blogs at the same time. The study aims to answer the question to what extent advanced computational methods can improve the data acquisition and analysis of unstructured data sets stemming from various blogs and forums. Furthermore, the authors intend to explore to what extent the sentiment analysis is able to objectify the qualitative results identified by an earlier analysis by the authors using content analysis done by thematic coding. For the purpose of the specific tourism research question in this paper a new approach is proposed, which consists of a combination of sentiment analyses, supervised learning, and dimensionality reduction in order to identify terms that strongly load on specific emotions. The contribution indicates on the one hand, that advanced computational methods have their own specific constraints, but on the other hand, are able to provide a richer and deeper analysis following a quantitative approach. Several issues have to be taken into account, such as data protection constraints, the need for data cleaning, such as word stemming, dimension reduction, such as removal of custom stop words, and the development of descent ontologies. On the other hand, the quantitative method also provides, due to its standardised procedure, a less subjective insight in the given content, but is not less time consuming than traditional content analysis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-122
Author(s):  
Sergej Vital'evich Znamenskij

A simple example illustrates the insufficiency of the known approaches to interpolation in the problem of recovering a function from a few given specific values that clearly convey the form. A local choice between polynomial and rational local interpolants, which minimizes the local interpolant’s errors at the nearest external nodes from one or different sides, complements the known approaches. It combines the extreme computational simplicity of local interpolants with the thorought selection of them. The principles of constructing the algorithm are formulated in general terms for mappings of metric spaces. They provide accurate (with rare exceptions) reconstruction of mappings that locally coincide with some of the given possible interpolants. In the one-dimensional case, the two-stage algorithm guarantees the continuity of the interpolant and accurately reconstructs polynomials of small degree, simple rational functions with a linear denominator, and broken lines of long links with knots at the ends when these requirements do not contradict each other. An additional parameter allows you to replace the exact restoration of polylines with the required smoothness of interpolation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasily I. Lutsyk ◽  
Vera P. Vorob'eva

ABSTRACTNew approach to calculation of microstructure by means of the one-phase regions borders equations is proposed. Projections of all geometrical elements of phase diagram to the concentration simplex divide it to fields with unique crystallization schemes. All crystallization stages for the given concentration field are simulated and as a result the all elements of microstructure is designed and origin of every phase is shown.


2004 ◽  
Vol 851 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Moser ◽  
S. Heltzel ◽  
C. O. A. Semprimoschnig ◽  
G. Garcia Martin

ABSTRACTFuture science missions of the European Space Agency (ESA) to the inner part of the solar system will require the use of materials at an extreme radiation and temperature environment. A major concern regarding the selection of these materials is the thermal behaviour and the thermal stability. In this paper ways are shown to assess the thermal endurance of polymers by kinetic modelling. Two commonly used kinetic models, the one following the ASTM E 1641 and ASTM E 1877 standards and the other following the Model Free Kinetics (MFK) approach, are presented and compared to each other with the given example of two competing polyimide films, Kapton HN® of DuPont and Upilex S® of Ube Industries1, which were tested within ESA's critical materials technology program.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Pamucar ◽  
Goran Cirovic ◽  
Darko Bozanic

This paper presents a new approach for the treatment of uncertainty and imprecision based on interval-valued fuzzy-rough numbers (IVFRNs). IVFRNs make a decision making possible using only the internal knowledge from the data, using objective indeterminacy without the need to rely on models of any assumption. Namely, instead of subjectively entering external uncertainties, the structure of the given data is used. Taking into account the given assumptions, we developed an original multi-criteria model based upon the IVFR approach. In the multi-criteria model the traditional MAIRCA (Multi-Attribute Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis) method was modified. The model was tested and validated on a case study, considering selection of the optimal landing operations point for overcoming water obstacles. The sensitivity analysis of the IVFRN MAIRCA model was carried out through 24 scenarios which showed that our results are of a high stability degree.


1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-110
Author(s):  
Rachel Fensham

The Viennese modern choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser's black coat leads to an analysis of her choreography in four main phases – the early European career; the rise of Nazism; war's brutality; and postwar attempts at reconciliation. Utilising archival and embodied research, the article focuses on a selection of Bodenwieser costumes that survived her journey from Vienna, or were remade in Australia, and their role in the dramaturgy of works such as Swinging Bells (1926), The Masks of Lucifer (1936, 1944), Cain and Abel (1940) and The One and the Many (1946). In addition to dance history, costume studies provides a distinctive way to engage with the question of what remains of performance, and what survives of the historical conditions and experience of modern dance-drama. Throughout, Hannah Arendt's book The Human Condition (1958) provides a critical guide to the acts of reconstruction undertaken by Bodenwieser as an émigré choreographer in the practice of her craft, and its ‘materializing reification’ of creative thought. As a study in affective memory, information regarding Bodenwieser's personal life becomes interwoven with the author's response to the material evidence of costumes, oral histories and documents located in various Australian archives. By resurrecting the ‘dead letters’ of this choreography, the article therefore considers how dance costumes offer the trace of an artistic resistance to totalitarianism.


Author(s):  
Lubos SMUTKA ◽  
Irena BENEŠOVÁ ◽  
Patrik ROVNÝ ◽  
Renata MATYSIK-PEJAS

Sugar is one of the most important elements in human nutrition. The Common Market Organisation for sugar has been a subject of considerable debate since its establishment in 1968. The European agricultural market has been criticized for its heavy regulations and subsidization. The sugar market is one of the most regulated ones; however, this will change radically in 2017 when the current system of production quotas will end. The current EU sugar market changed is structure during the last several decades. The significant number of companies left the market and EU internal sugar market became more concentrated. The aim of this paper is presentation characteristics of sugar market with respect to the supposed market failure – reduction in competition. The analysis also identifies the main drivers and determinants of the EU especially quota sugar market. In relation to paper’s aim the following results are important. The present conditions of the European sugar market have led to market failure when nearly 75 % (10 million tonnes) of the quota is controlled by five multinational companies only. These multinational alliances (especially German and French one) are also taking control over the production capacities of their subsidiaries. In most countries, this causes serious problems as the given quota is controlled by one or two producers only. This is a significant indicator of market imperfection. The quota system cannot overcome the problem of production quotas on the one hand and the demand on the other; furthermore, it also leads to economic inefficiency. The current EU sugar market is under the control of only Sudzucker, Nordzucker, Pfeifer and Langen, Tereos and ABF.


2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Sulikowski ◽  
Ryszard Maronski

The problem of the optimal driving technique during the fuel economy competition is reconsidered. The vehicle is regarded as a particle moving on a trace with a variable slope angle. The fuel consumption is minimized as the vehicle covers the given distance in a given time. It is assumed that the run consists of two recurrent phases: acceleration with a full available engine power and coasting down with the engine turned off. The most fuel-efficient technique for shifting gears during acceleration is found. The decision variables are: the vehicle velocities at which the gears should be shifted, on the one hand, and the vehicle velocities when the engine should be turned on and off, on the other hand. For the data of students’ vehicle representing the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering it has been found that such driving strategy is more effective in comparison with a constant speed strategy with the engine partly throttled, as well as a strategy resulting from optimal control theory when the engine is still active.


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