社会经济特征正在影响水需求的时间和空间变异 - 水分配系统建模中的最大不确定性源。可以利用改善对这些影响的知识来减少需求的不确定性。本文旨在通过应用新的聚类算法将智能水表数据链接到社会经济用户特征，该算法使用每日需求模式的动态时间翘曲度量。该方法在模拟和测量的单户家庭数据集上进行了测试。我们表明，与常用的聚类方法，两者相比，该算法与普遍使用的聚类方法相比，在找到正确的群集数量以及正确分配模式时，可以更好地执行更好。此外，该方法可用于识别需求模式集群内的异常值。此外，本研究调查了在单簇内普遍存在的社会经济特征（例如就业状况，居民人数），因此可以与群集的重心的形状相关联。将来，建议的方法与随机需求模型结合使用，可用于填补液压模型中的数据间隙。

Dataset scaling, also known as normalization, is an essential preprocessing step in a machine learning pipeline. It is aimed at adjusting attributes scales in a way that they all vary within the same range. This transformation is known to improve the performance of classification models, but there are several scaling techniques to choose from, and this choice is not generally done carefully. In this paper, we execute a broad experiment comparing the impact of 5 scaling techniques on the performances of 20 classification algorithms among monolithic and ensemble models, applying them to 82 publicly available datasets with varying imbalance ratios. Results show that the choice of scaling technique matters for classification performance, and the performance difference between the best and the worst scaling technique is relevant and statistically significant in most cases. They also indicate that choosing an inadequate technique can be more detrimental to classification performance than not scaling the data at all. We also show how the performance variation of an ensemble model, considering different scaling techniques, tends to be dictated by that of its base model. Finally, we discuss the relationship between a model's sensitivity to the choice of scaling technique and its performance and provide insights into its applicability on different model deployment scenarios. Full results and source code for the experiments in this paper are available in a GitHub repository.\footnote{https://github.com/amorimlb/scaling\_matters}

The intersection of ground reaction forces in a small, point-like area above the center of mass has been observed in computer simulation models and human walking experiments. This intersection point is often called a virtual pivot point (VPP). With the VPP observed so ubiquitously, it is commonly assumed to provide postural stability for bipedal walking. In this study, we challenge this assumption by questioning if walking without a VPP is possible. Deriving gaits with a neuromuscular reflex model through multi-stage optimization, we found stable walking patterns that show no signs of the VPP-typical intersection of ground reaction forces. We, therefore, conclude that a VPP is not necessary for upright, stable walking. The non-VPP gaits found are stable and successfully rejected step-down perturbations, which indicates that a VPP is not primarily responsible for locomotion robustness or postural stability. However, a collision-based analysis indicates that non-VPP gaits increased the potential for collisions between the vectors of the center of mass velocity and ground reaction forces during walking, suggesting an increased mechanical cost of transport. Although our computer simulation results have yet to be confirmed through experimental studies, they already strongly challenge the existing explanation of the VPP's function and provide an alternative explanation.

Person recognition at a distance entails recognizing the identity of an individual appearing in images or videos collected by long-range imaging systems such as drones or surveillance cameras. Despite recent advances in deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs), this remains challenging. Images or videos collected by long-range cameras often suffer from atmospheric turbulence, blur, low-resolution, unconstrained poses, and poor illumination. In this paper, we provide a brief survey of recent advances in person recognition at a distance. In particular, we review recent work in multi-spectral face verification, person re-identification, and gait-based analysis techniques. Furthermore, we discuss the merits and drawbacks of existing approaches and identify important, yet under explored challenges for deploying remote person recognition systems in-the-wild.

Air pollution is an emerging problem that needs to be solved especially in developed and developing countries. In Vietnam, air pollution is also a concerning issue in big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh cities where air pollution comes mostly from vehicles such as cars and motorbikes. In order to tackle the problem, the paper focuses on developing a solution that can estimate the emitted PM2.5 pollutants by counting the number of vehicles in the traffic. We first investigated among the recent object detection models and developed our own traffic surveillance system. The observed traffic density showed a similar trend to the measured PM2.5 with a certain lagging in time, suggesting a relation between traffic density and PM2.5. We further express this relationship with a mathematical model which can estimate the PM2.5 value based on the observed traffic density. The estimated result showed a great correlation with the measured PM2.5 plots in the urban area context.

This white paper lays out a vision of research and development in the field of artificial intelligence for the next decade (and beyond). Its denouement is a cyber-physical ecosystem of natural and synthetic sense-making, in which humans are integral participants$\unicode{x2014}$what we call ''shared intelligence''. This vision is premised on active inference, a formulation of adaptive behavior that can be read as a physics of intelligence, and which inherits from the physics of self-organization. In this context, we understand intelligence as the capacity to accumulate evidence for a generative model of one's sensed world$\unicode{x2014}$also known as self-evidencing. Formally, this corresponds to maximizing (Bayesian) model evidence, via belief updating over several scales: i.e., inference, learning, and model selection. Operationally, this self-evidencing can be realized via (variational) message passing or belief propagation on a factor graph. Crucially, active inference foregrounds an existential imperative of intelligent systems; namely, curiosity or the resolution of uncertainty. This same imperative underwrites belief sharing in ensembles of agents, in which certain aspects (i.e., factors) of each agent's generative world model provide a common ground or frame of reference. Active inference plays a foundational role in this ecology of belief sharing$\unicode{x2014}$leading to a formal account of collective intelligence that rests on shared narratives and goals. We also consider the kinds of communication protocols that must be developed to enable such an ecosystem of intelligences and motivate the development of a shared hyper-spatial modeling language and transaction protocol, as a first$\unicode{x2014}$and key$\unicode{x2014}$step towards such an ecology.

Deep learning semantic segmentation algorithms have provided improved frameworks for the automated production of Land-Use and Land-Cover (LULC) maps, which significantly increases the frequency of map generation as well as consistency of production quality. In this research, a total of 28 different model variations were examined to improve the accuracy of LULC maps. The experiments were carried out using Landsat 5/7 or Landsat 8 satellite images with the North American Land Change Monitoring System labels. The performance of various CNNs and extension combinations were assessed, where VGGNet with an output stride of 4, and modified U-Net architecture provided the best results. Additional expanded analysis of the generated LULC maps was also provided. Using a deep neural network, this work achieved 92.4% accuracy for 13 LULC classes within southern Manitoba representing a 15.8% improvement over published results for the NALCMS. Based on the large regions of interest, higher radiometric resolution of Landsat 8 data resulted in better overall accuracies (88.04%) compare to Landsat 5/7 (80.66%) for 16 LULC classes. This represents an 11.44% and 4.06% increase in overall accuracy compared to previously published NALCMS results, including larger land area and higher number of LULC classes incorporated into the models compared to other published LULC map automation methods.

当植物天然产物与药物共容纳时，就会发生药代动力学天然产物 - 药物相互作用（NPDIS）。了解NPDI的机制是防止不良事件的关键。我们构建了一个知识图框架NP-KG，作为迈向药代动力学NPDIS的计算发现的一步。 NP-KG是一个具有生物医学本体论，链接数据和科学文献的全文，由表型知识翻译框架和语义关系提取系统，SEMREP和集成网络和动态推理组成的构建的科学文献的全文。通过路径搜索和元路径发现对药代动力学绿茶和kratom-prug相互作用的案例研究评估NP-KG，以确定与地面真实数据相比的一致性和矛盾信息。完全集成的NP-KG由745,512个节点和7,249,576个边缘组成。 NP-KG的评估导致了一致（绿茶的38.98％，kratom的50％），矛盾（绿茶的15.25％，21.43％，Kratom的21.43％），同等和矛盾的（15.25％）（21.43％，21.43％，21.43％ kratom）信息。几种声称的NPDI的潜在药代动力学机制，包括绿茶 - 茶氧化烯，绿茶 - 纳多洛尔，Kratom-Midazolam，Kratom-Quetiapine和Kratom-Venlafaxine相互作用，与已出版的文献一致。 NP-KG是第一个将生物医学本体论与专注于天然产品的科学文献的全文相结合的公斤。我们证明了NP-KG在鉴定涉及酶，转运蛋白和药物的药代动力学相互作用的应用。我们设想NP-KG将有助于改善人机合作，以指导研究人员将来对药代动力学NPDIS进行研究。 NP-KG框架可在https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6814507和https://github.com/sanyabt/np-kg上公开获得。

平行操纵器的配置歧管比串行操纵器表现出更多的非线性。从定性上讲，它们可以看到额外的褶皱。通过将这种歧管投射到工程相关性的空间上，例如输出工作区或输入执行器空间，这些折叠式的边缘呈现出表现非滑动行为的边缘。例如，在五杆链接的全局工作空间边界内显示了几个局部工作空间边界，这些边界仅限于该机制的某些输出模式。当专门研究这些投影而不是配置歧管本身时，这种边界的存在在输入和输出投影中都表现出来。特别是，非对称平行操纵器的设计已被其输入和输出空间中的外来投影所困扰。在本文中，我们用半径图表示配置空间，然后通过使用同型延续来量化传输质量来解决每个边缘。然后，我们采用图路径计划器来近似于避免传输质量区域的配置点之间的大地测量。我们的方法会自动生成能够在非邻居输出模式之间过渡的路径，该运动涉及示波多个工作空间边界（局部，全局或两者）。我们将技术应用于两个非对称五杆示例，这些示例表明如何通过切换输出模式来选择工作空间的传输属性和其他特征。

噪声的去除或取消对成像和声学具有广泛的应用。在日常生活中，Denoising甚至可能包括对地面真理不忠的生成方面。但是，对于科学应用，denoing必须准确地重现地面真相。在这里，我们展示了如何通过深层卷积神经网络来定位数据，从而以定量精度出现弱信号。特别是，我们研究了晶体材料的X射线衍射。我们证明，弱信号是由电荷排序引起的，在嘈杂的数据中微不足道的信号，在DeNo的数据中变得可见和准确。通过对深度神经网络的监督培训，具有成对的低噪声数据，可以通过监督培训来实现这一成功。这样，神经网络就可以了解噪声的统计特性。我们证明，使用人造噪声（例如泊松和高斯）不会产生这种定量准确的结果。因此，我们的方法说明了一种实用的噪声过滤策略，可以应用于具有挑战性的获取问题。