249 research outputs found

    Ceremony - Jiarui Chen, Xi Chen, Linying Dong

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    LL.M. graduatesJiarui Chen, Xi Chen, and Linying Dong receive their hoods.https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/commencement_2013/1066/thumbnail.jp

    sj-docx-1-asp-10.1177_00037028231170597 - Supplemental material for Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Mapping for the Identification of the Prescribed and Abnormal Ingredients of Herbal Powder Preparations

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    Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-asp-10.1177_00037028231170597 for Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Mapping for the Identification of the Prescribed and Abnormal Ingredients of Herbal Powder Preparations by Linying Zhong, Mingshan Xu, Suqin Sun, Qun Zhou, Ling Dong and Jianbo Chen in Applied Spectroscopy</p

    Federated Identity Management

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    Abstract. This paper addresses the topic of federated identity management. It discusses in detail the following topics: what is digital identity, what is identity management, what is federated identity management, Kim Camerons 7 Laws of Identity, how can we protect the users privacy in a federated environment, levels of assurance, some past and present federated identity management systems, and some current research in FIM

    A data-driven approach for ship-bridge collision candidate detection in bridge waterway

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    The consequences caused by bridge failures owing to the ship-bridge collision are always severe in terms of loss of life, economy, and environmental consequences to individuals and societies. The previous studies focused on the ship-bridge collision mainly concentrated on passive anti-collision, such as strengthening the bridge structure or setting anti-collision facilities. Compared with the previous research, the contribution of this work is to facilitate the reduction of collision risk of ship-bridge collision from the perspective of active anti-collision. A data-driven approach for ship-bridge collision candidate detection method in inland bridge waterways is proposed in this research. The approach is mainly divided into two steps: 1) The features (channel boundary, pier domain, and ship domain) of bridge waterways are identified using Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) method based on the historical AIS data; 2) Collision candidate detection with Velocity Obstacle (VO) method considering the identified features. This work can provide beneficial support for the ship-bridge active collision avoidance system.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Safety and Security Scienc

    Real-time collision risk based safety management for vessel traffic in busy ports and waterways

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    Regional risk analysis and management of maritime accidents is one of the fundamental tasks for maritime safety management. With the heavy and complicated maritime traffic in the ports and waterways, accidents, especially ship collision accidents, have been continuously posing threats to the maritime transportation system. To achieve effective and prompt identification of collision risk and to facilitate the stakeholders such as Maritime Safety Administration, this paper proposes an integrated approach for regional collision risk analysis and maritime safety management in busy ports and waterways. Firstly, regional gridding is used to link accident data and traffic data based on geographical location; Secondly, the risk model based on accident data is established. The reliability of the accident risk model is verified by data feature analysis. Finally, non-accident critical events are mined from historical accident data and traffic data as surrogate indicators of collision accidents. A regional real-time risk model is developed for integrating the accident risk model and non-accident critical events risk model by using random forest. A case study in Shenzhen port indicates that the proposed collision risk model can identify high-risk areas and facilitates maritime safety management to improve the safety level of vessel traffic in these areas. In this paper, the regional grid is used to overcome the shortcomings of different scales between data, and a real-time risk model is established by combining accidents and traffic. The 15-year maritime collision accidents are used for collision risk modeling, which improves the performance of the model.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Safety and Security Scienc

    Towards real-time ship collision risk analysis: An improved R-TCR model considering target ship motion uncertainty

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    Collision between ships is one of the major contributors to ship accidents. To facilitate the development of the real-time collision risk analysis model for collision avoidance, in this research, an improved Rule-aware Time-varying Collision risk Model is proposed, which considers the estimation of target ship motion and the corresponding uncertainty in the risk analysis process. To make the collision risk model more in line with the actual situation, ship maneuverability, the COLREGs, and good seamanship are considered and integrated into the framework of the TCR model. Firstly, the Gaussian process is used to predict the potential trajectories of the target ship. Secondly, the Probabilistic Velocity Obstacle (PVO) model is utilized to integrate the uncertainty of the target ship's motion into the collision risk model. The collision risk is therefore formulated as a ratio of available maneuvers leading to a collision to all available maneuvers. To verify the effectiveness of collision risk, two actual target ships and six groups of collision risk detection experiments under different encounter scenarios were carried out. Compared with the traditional collision risk index model and original R-TCR model, the collision risk detected by the Improved R-TCR model is closer to the actual situation.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Safety and Security Scienc

    Review of Ship Behavior Characteristics in Mixed Waterborne Traffic

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    Through the continuous development of intellectualization, considering the lifecycle of ships, the future of a waterborne traffic system is bound to be a mixed scenario where intelligent ships of different autonomy levels co-exist, i.e., mixed waterborne traffic. According to the three modules of ships’ perception, decision-making, and execution, the roles of humans and machines under different autonomy levels are analyzed. This paper analyzes and summarizes the intelligent algorithms related to the three modules proposed in the last five years. Starting from the characteristics of the algorithms, the behavior characteristics of ships with different autonomous levels are analyzed. The results show that in terms of information perception, relying on the information perception techniques and risk analysis methods, the ship situation can be judged, and the collision risk is evaluated. The risk can be expressed in two forms, being graphical and numerical. The graphical images intuitively present the risk level, while the numerical results are easier to apply into the control link of ships. In the future, it could be considered to establish a risk perception system with digital and visual integration, which will be more efficient and accurate in risk identification. With respect to intelligent decision-making, currently, unmanned ships mostly use intelligent algorithms to make decisions and tend to achieve both safe and efficient collision avoidance goals in a high-complexity manner. Finally, regarding execution, the advanced power control devices could improve the ship’s maneuverability, and the motion control algorithms help to achieve the real-time control of the ship’s motion state, so as to further improve the speed and accuracy of ship motion control. With the upgrading of the autonomy level, the ship’s behavior develops in a safer, more efficient, and more environment-friendly manner.Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineerin

    Eco-VTF: Fuel-efficient vessel train formations for all-electric autonomous ships

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    In this paper, a distributed control approach is proposed to enable fuel-efficient Vessel Train Formations (VTF) in inland waterways and port areas for addressing the efficiency and environmental issues of transport over water. For path tracking, collision avoidance, and consensus over the VTF speed a distributed Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm is adopted which uses the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) to guarantee path following and consensus between vessels. The all-electric Direct Current (DC) configuration is considered for the Power and Propulsion Systems (PPS) of the autonomous vessels under study. Considering their PPS specification, the vessels negotiate with each other to agree on the most efficient speed for all the vessels in the VTF. Simulation results suggest that a significant amount of fuel saving can be obtained by using the proposed approach.Accepted Author ManuscriptTransport Engineering and Logistic
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