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Extraction of Roads Using the Archimedes Tuning Process with the Quantum Dilated Convolutional Neural Network

by Mohd Jawed Khan, Pankaj Pratap Singh, Biswajeet Pradhan, Abdullah Alamri and Chang-Wook Lee

Sensors 2023, 23(21), 8783; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23218783 - 28 Oct 2023

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Road network extraction is a significant challenge in remote sensing (RS). Automated techniques for interpreting RS imagery offer a cost-effective solution for obtaining road network data quickly, surpassing traditional visual interpretation methods. However, the diverse characteristics of road networks, such as varying lengths, [...] Read more.

Road network extraction is a significant challenge in remote sensing (RS). Automated techniques for interpreting RS imagery offer a cost-effective solution for obtaining road network data quickly, surpassing traditional visual interpretation methods. However, the diverse characteristics of road networks, such as varying lengths, widths, materials, and geometries across different regions, pose a formidable obstacle for road extraction from RS imagery. The issue of road extraction can be defined as a task that involves capturing contextual and complex elements while also preserving boundary information and producing high-resolution road segmentation maps for RS data. The objective of the proposed Archimedes tuning process quantum dilated convolutional neural network for road Extraction (ATP-QDCNNRE) technology is to tackle the aforementioned issues by enhancing the efficacy of image segmentation outcomes that exploit remote sensing imagery, coupled with Archimedes optimization algorithm methods (AOA). The findings of this study demonstrate the enhanced road-extraction capabilities achieved by the ATP-QDCNNRE method when used with remote sensing imagery. The ATP-QDCNNRE method employs DL and a hyperparameter tuning process to generate high-resolution road segmentation maps. The basis of this approach lies in the QDCNN model, which incorporates quantum computing (QC) concepts and dilated convolutions to enhance the network’s ability to capture both local and global contextual information. Dilated convolutions also enhance the receptive field while maintaining spatial resolution, allowing fine road features to be extracted. ATP-based hyperparameter modifications improve QDCNNRE road extraction. To evaluate the effectiveness of the ATP-QDCNNRE system, benchmark databases are used to assess its simulation results. The experimental results show that ATP-QDCNNRE performed with an intersection over union (IoU) of 75.28%, mean intersection over union (MIoU) of 95.19%, F1 of 90.85%, precision of 87.54%, and recall of 94.41% in the Massachusetts road dataset. These findings demonstrate the superior efficiency of this technique compared to more recent methods. Full article

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An Expressway ETC Missing Data Restoration Model Considering Multi-Attribute Features

by Fumin Zou, Zhaoyi Zhou, Qiqin Cai, Feng Guo and Xinyi Zhang

Sensors 2023, 23(21), 8745; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23218745 - 26 Oct 2023

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Electronic toll collection (ETC) data mining has become one of the hotspots in the research of intelligent expressway extension applications. Ensuring the integrity of ETC data stands as a critical measure in upholding data quality. ETC data are typical structured data, and although [...] Read more.

Electronic toll collection (ETC) data mining has become one of the hotspots in the research of intelligent expressway extension applications. Ensuring the integrity of ETC data stands as a critical measure in upholding data quality. ETC data are typical structured data, and although deep learning holds great potential in the ETC data restoration field, its applications in structured data are still in the early stages. To address these issues, we propose an expressway ETC missing transaction data restoration model considering multi-attribute features (MAF). Initially, we employ an entity embedding neural network (EENN) to automatically learn the representation of categorical features in multi-dimensional space, subsequently obtaining embedding vectors from networks that have been adequately trained. Then, we use long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks to extract the changing patterns of vehicle speeds across several continuous sections. Ultimately, we merge the processed features with other features as input, using a three-layer multilayer perceptron (MLP) to complete the ETC data restoration. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method, we conducted extensive tests using real ETC datasets and compared it with methods commonly used for structured data restoration. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms others in restoration accuracy on two different datasets. Specifically, our sample data size reached around 400,000 entries. Compared to the currently best method, our method improved the restoration accuracy by 19.06% on non-holiday ETC datasets. The MAE and RMSE values reached optimal levels of 12.394 and 23.815, respectively. The fitting degree of the model to the dataset also reached its peak (

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= 0.993). Meanwhile, the restoration stability of our method on holiday datasets increased by 5.82%. An ablation experiment showed that the EENN and LSTM modules contributed 7.60% and 9% to the restoration accuracy, as well as 4.68% and 7.29% to the restoration stability. This study indicates that the proposed method not only significantly improves the quality of ETC data but also meets the timeliness requirements of big data mining analysis. Full article

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Perimeter Control Method of Road Traffic Regions Based on MFD-DDPG

by Guorong Zheng, Yuke Liu, Yazhou Fu, Yingjie Zhao and Zundong Zhang

Sensors 2023, 23(18), 7975; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23187975 - 19 Sep 2023

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As urban areas continue to expand, traffic congestion has emerged as a significant challenge impacting urban governance and economic development. Frequent regional traffic congestion has become a primary factor hindering urban economic growth and social activities, necessitating improved regional traffic management. Addressing regional [...] Read more.

As urban areas continue to expand, traffic congestion has emerged as a significant challenge impacting urban governance and economic development. Frequent regional traffic congestion has become a primary factor hindering urban economic growth and social activities, necessitating improved regional traffic management. Addressing regional traffic optimization and control methods based on the characteristics of regional congestion has become a crucial and complex issue in the field of traffic management and control research. This paper focuses on the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) and aims to tackle the control problem without relying on traffic determination information. To address this, we introduce the Q-learning (QL) algorithm in reinforcement learning and the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm in deep reinforcement learning. Subsequently, we propose the MFD-QL perimeter control model and the MFD-DDPG perimeter control model. We conduct numerical analysis and simulation experiments to verify the effectiveness of the MFD-QL and MFD-DDPG algorithms. The experimental results show that the algorithms converge rapidly to a stable state and achieve superior control effects in optimizing regional perimeter control. Full article

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Energy-Optimal Adaptive Control Based on Model Predictive Control

by Yuxi Li and Gang Hao

Sensors 2023, 23(9), 4568; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094568 - 08 May 2023

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Energy-optimal adaptive cruise control (EACC) is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to save energy. Considering the negative impacts of system noise on the EACC, an improved modified model predictive control (MPC) is proposed, which combines the Sage-Husaadaptive Kalman filter (SHAKF), the [...] Read more.

Energy-optimal adaptive cruise control (EACC) is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to save energy. Considering the negative impacts of system noise on the EACC, an improved modified model predictive control (MPC) is proposed, which combines the Sage-Husaadaptive Kalman filter (SHAKF), the cubature Kalman filter (CKF), and the back-propagation neural network (BPNN). The proposed MPC improves safety and tracking performance while further reducing energy consumption. The final simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has a stronger energy-saving capability compared to previous studies and always maintains an appropriate relative distance and relative speed to the vehicle in front, verifying the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Full article

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Research on a Super-Resolution and Low-Complexity Positioning Algorithm Using FMCW Radar Based on OMP and FFT in 2D Driving Scene

by Yiran Guo, Qiang Shen, Zilong Deng and Shouyi Zhang

Sensors 2023, 23(9), 4531; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094531 - 06 May 2023

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Multitarget positioning technology, such as FMCW millimeter-wave radar, has broad application prospects in autonomous driving and related mobile scenarios. However, it is difficult for existing correlation algorithms to balance high resolution and low complexity, and it is also difficult to ensure the robustness [...] Read more.

Multitarget positioning technology, such as FMCW millimeter-wave radar, has broad application prospects in autonomous driving and related mobile scenarios. However, it is difficult for existing correlation algorithms to balance high resolution and low complexity, and it is also difficult to ensure the robustness of the positioning algorithm using an aging antenna. This paper proposes a super-resolution and low-complexity positioning algorithm based on the orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm that can achieve more accurate distance and angle estimation for multiple objects in a low-SNR environment. The algorithm proposed in this paper improves the resolving power by two and one orders of magnitude, respectively, compared to the classical FFT and MUSIC algorithms in the same signal-to-noise environment, and the complexity of the algorithm can be reduced by about 25–30%, with the same resolving power as the OMP algorithm. Based on the positioning algorithm proposed in our paper, we use the PSO algorithm to optimize the arrangement of an aging antenna array so that its angle estimation accuracy is equivalent to that observed when the antenna is intact, improving the positioning algorithm’s robustness. This paper also further realizes the use of the proposed algorithm and a single-frame intermediate frequency signal to estimate the position angle information of the object and obtain its motion trajectory and velocity, verifying the proposed algorithm’s estimation ability when it comes to these qualities in a moving scene. Furthermore, this paper designs and carries out simulations and experiments. The experimental results verify that the positioning algorithm proposed in this paper can achieve accuracy, robustness, and real-time performance in autonomous driving scenarios. Full article

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FlexiChain 3.0: Distributed Ledger Technology-Based Intelligent Transportation for Vehicular Digital Asset Exchange in Smart Cities

by Ahmad Alkhodair, Saraju P. Mohanty and Elias Kougianos

Sensors 2023, 23(8), 4114; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084114 - 19 Apr 2023

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Due to the enormous amounts of data being generated between users, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are complex Cyber-Physical Systems that necessitate a reliable and safe infrastructure. Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is the term that describes the interconnection for every single node, device, sensor, [...] Read more.

Due to the enormous amounts of data being generated between users, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are complex Cyber-Physical Systems that necessitate a reliable and safe infrastructure. Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is the term that describes the interconnection for every single node, device, sensor, and actuator that are Internet enabled, whether attached or unattached to vehicles. A single smart vehicle will generate a huge amount of data. Concurrently, it needs an instant response to avoid accidents since vehicles are fast-moving objects. In this work, we explore Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and collect data about consensus algorithms and their applicability to be used in the IoV as the backbone of ITS. Multiple distributed ledger networks are currently in operation. Some are used in finance or supply chains, and others are used for general decentralized applications. Despite the secure and decentralized nature of the blockchain, each of these networks has trade-offs and compromises. Based on the analysis of consensus algorithms, a conclusion has been made to design one that fits the requirements of ITS-IOV. FlexiChain 3.0 is proposed in this work to serve as a Layer0 network for different stakeholders in the IoV. A time analysis has been conducted and shows a capacity of 2.3 transactions per second, which is an acceptable speed to be used in IoV. Moreover, a security analysis was conducted as well and shows high security and high independence of the node number in terms of security level per the number of participants. Full article

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Traffic Breakdown Probability Estimation for Mixed Flow of Autonomous Vehicles and Human Driven Vehicles

by Lichen Su, Jing Wei, Xinwei Zhang, Weiwei Guo and Kai Zhang

Sensors 2023, 23(7), 3486; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073486 - 27 Mar 2023

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Automated vehicles are expected to greatly boost traffic efficiency. However, how to estimate traffic breakdown probability for the mixed flow of autonomous vehicles and human driven vehicles around ramping areas remains to be answered. In this paper, we propose a stochastic temporal queueing [...] Read more.

Automated vehicles are expected to greatly boost traffic efficiency. However, how to estimate traffic breakdown probability for the mixed flow of autonomous vehicles and human driven vehicles around ramping areas remains to be answered. In this paper, we propose a stochastic temporal queueing model to reliably depict the queue dynamics of mixed traffic flow at ramping bottlenecks. The new model is a specified Newell’s car-following model that allows two kinds of vehicle velocities and first-in-first-out (FIFO) queueing behaviors. The jam queue join time is supposed to be a random variable for human driven vehicles but a constant for automated vehicles. Different from many known models, we check the occurrence of significant velocity drop along the road instead of examining the duration of the simulated jam queue so as to avoid drawing the wrong conclusions of traffic breakdown. Monte Carlo simulation results show that the generated breakdown probability curves for pure human driven vehicles agree well with empirical observations. Having noticed that various driving strategy of automated vehicles exist, we carry out further analysis to show that the chosen car-following strategy of automated vehicles characterizes the breakdown probabilities. Further tests indicate that when the penetration rate of automated vehicles is larger than 20%, the traffic breakdown probability curve of the mixed traffic will be noticeably shifted rightward, if an appropriate car-following strategy is applied. This indicates the potential benefit of automated vehicles in improving traffic efficiency. Full article

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Young Novice Drivers’ Cognitive Distraction Detection: Comparing Support Vector Machines and Random Forest Model of Vehicle Control Behavior

by Qingwan Xue, Xingyue Wang, Yinghong Li and Weiwei Guo

Sensors 2023, 23(3), 1345; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031345 - 25 Jan 2023

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The use of mobile phones has become one of the major threats to road safety, especially in young novice drivers. To avoid crashes induced by distraction, adaptive distraction mitigation systems have been developed that can determine how to detect a driver’s distraction state. [...] Read more.

The use of mobile phones has become one of the major threats to road safety, especially in young novice drivers. To avoid crashes induced by distraction, adaptive distraction mitigation systems have been developed that can determine how to detect a driver’s distraction state. A driving simulator experiment was conducted in this paper to better explore the relationship between drivers’ cognitive distractions and traffic safety, and to better analyze the mechanism of distracting effects on young drivers during the driving process. A total of 36 participants were recruited and asked to complete an n-back memory task while following the lead vehicle. Drivers’ vehicle control behavior was collected, and an ANOVA was conducted on both lateral driving performance and longitudinal driving performance. Indicators from three aspects, i.e., lateral indicators only, longitudinal indicators only, and combined lateral and longitudinal indicators, were inputted into both SVM and random forest models, respectively. Results demonstrated that the SVM model with parameter optimization outperformed the random forest model in all aspects, among which the genetic algorithm had the best parameter optimization effect. For both lateral and longitudinal indicators, the identification effect of lateral indicators was better than that of longitudinal indicators, probably because drivers are more inclined to control the vehicle in lateral operation when they were cognitively distracted. Overall, the comprehensive model built in this paper can effectively identify the distracted state of drivers and provide theoretical support for control strategies of driving distraction. Full article

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SONG: A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Delay and Energy Aware Facility Location in Vehicular Fog Networks

by Md. Muzakkir Hussain, Ahmad Taher Azar, Rafeeq Ahmed, Syed Umar Amin, Basit Qureshi, V. Dinesh Reddy, Irfan Alam and Zafar Iqbal Khan

Sensors 2023, 23(2), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020667 - 06 Jan 2023

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With the emergence of delay- and energy-critical vehicular applications, forwarding sense-actuate data from vehicles to the cloud became practically infeasible. Therefore, a new computational model called Vehicular Fog Computing (VFC) was proposed. It offloads the computation workload from passenger devices (PDs) to transportation [...] Read more.

With the emergence of delay- and energy-critical vehicular applications, forwarding sense-actuate data from vehicles to the cloud became practically infeasible. Therefore, a new computational model called Vehicular Fog Computing (VFC) was proposed. It offloads the computation workload from passenger devices (PDs) to transportation infrastructures such as roadside units (RSUs) and base stations (BSs), called static fog nodes. It can also exploit the underutilized computation resources of nearby vehicles that can act as vehicular fog nodes (VFNs) and provide delay- and energy-aware computing services. However, the capacity planning and dimensioning of VFC, which come under a class of facility location problems (FLPs), is a challenging issue. The complexity arises from the spatio-temporal dynamics of vehicular traffic, varying resource demand from PD applications, and the mobility of VFNs. This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization model to investigate the facility location in VFC networks. The solutions to this model generate optimal VFC topologies pertaining to an optimized trade-off (Pareto front) between the service delay and energy consumption. Thus, to solve this model, we propose a hybrid Evolutionary Multi-Objective (EMO) algorithm called Swarm Optimized Non-dominated sorting Genetic algorithm (SONG). It combines the convergence and search efficiency of two popular EMO algorithms: the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) and Speed-constrained Particle Swarm Optimization (SMPSO). First, we solve an example problem using the SONG algorithm to illustrate the delay–energy solution frontiers and plotted the corresponding layout topology. Subsequently, we evaluate the evolutionary performance of the SONG algorithm on real-world vehicular traces against three quality indicators: Hyper-Volume (HV), Inverted Generational Distance (IGD) and CPU delay gap. The empirical results show that SONG exhibits improved solution quality over the NSGA-II and SMPSO algorithms and hence can be utilized as a potential tool by the service providers for the planning and design of VFC networks. Full article

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Pavement Quality Evaluation Using Connected Vehicle Data

by Justin A. Mahlberg, Howell Li, Björn Zachrisson, Dustin K. Leslie and Darcy M. Bullock

Sensors 2022, 22(23), 9109; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239109 - 24 Nov 2022

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Modern vehicles have extensive instrumentation that can be used to actively assess the condition of infrastructure such as pavement markings, signs, and pavement smoothness. Currently, pavement condition evaluations are performed by state and federal officials typically using the industry standard of the International [...] Read more.

Modern vehicles have extensive instrumentation that can be used to actively assess the condition of infrastructure such as pavement markings, signs, and pavement smoothness. Currently, pavement condition evaluations are performed by state and federal officials typically using the industry standard of the International Roughness Index (IRI) or visual inspections. This paper looks at the use of on-board sensors integrated in Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) connected vehicles to obtain crowdsource estimates of ride quality using the International Rough Index (IRI). This paper presents a case study where over 112 km (70 mi) of Interstate-65 in Indiana were assessed, utilizing both an inertial profiler and connected production vehicle data. By comparing the inertial profiler to crowdsourced connected vehicle data, there was a linear correlation with an R² of 0.79 and a p-value of <0.001. Although there are no published standards for using connected vehicle roughness data to evaluate pavement quality, these results suggest that connected vehicle roughness data is a viable tool for network level monitoring of pavement quality. Full article

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Estimating the Roll Angle for a Two-Wheeled Single-Track Vehicle Using a Kalman Filter

by Tzu-Yi Chuang, Xiao-Dong Zhang and Chih-Keng Chen

Sensors 2022, 22(22), 8991; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228991 - 20 Nov 2022

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This study determines the roll angle for a two-wheeled single-track vehicle during cornering. The kinematics are analyzed by coordinate transformation to determine the relationship between the measured acceleration and the acceleration in the global coordinate. For a measurement error or noise, the state [...] Read more.

This study determines the roll angle for a two-wheeled single-track vehicle during cornering. The kinematics are analyzed by coordinate transformation to determine the relationship between the measured acceleration and the acceleration in the global coordinate. For a measurement error or noise, the state space expression is derived. Using the theory for a Kalman filter, an estimator with two-step measurement updates estimates the yaw rate and roll angle using the acceleration and angular velocity signals from an IMU sensor. A bicycle with relevant electronic products is used as the experimental object for a steady turn, a double lane change and a sine wave turn in real time to determine the effectiveness of the estimator. The results show that the proposed estimator features perfect reliability and accuracy and properly estimates the roll angle for a two-wheeled vehicle using IMU and velocity. Full article

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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Traffic Signal Control Model and Adaptation Study

by Jiyuan Tan, Qian Yuan, Weiwei Guo, Na Xie, Fuyu Liu, Jing Wei and Xinwei Zhang

Sensors 2022, 22(22), 8732; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228732 - 11 Nov 2022

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Deep reinforcement learning provides a new approach to solving complex signal optimization problems at intersections. Earlier studies were limited to traditional traffic detection techniques, and the obtained traffic information was not accurate. With the advanced in technology, we can obtain highly accurate information [...] Read more.

Deep reinforcement learning provides a new approach to solving complex signal optimization problems at intersections. Earlier studies were limited to traditional traffic detection techniques, and the obtained traffic information was not accurate. With the advanced in technology, we can obtain highly accurate information on the traffic states by advanced detector technology. This provides an accurate source of data for deep reinforcement learning. There are many intersections in the urban network. To successfully apply deep reinforcement learning in a situation closer to reality, we need to consider the problem of extending the knowledge gained from the training to new scenarios. This study used advanced sensor technology as a data source to explore the variation pattern of state space under different traffic scenarios. It analyzes the relationship between the traffic demand and the actual traffic states. The model learned more from a more comprehensive state space of traffic. This model was successful applied to new traffic scenarios without additional training. Compared our proposed model with the popular SAC signal control model, the result shows that the average delay of the DQN model is 5.13 s and the SAC model is 6.52 s. Therefore, our model exhibits better control performance. Full article

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Portable and Non-Intrusive Fill-State Detection for Liquid-Freight Containers Based on Vibration Signals

by Yanjue Song, Ernest Van Hoecke and Nilesh Madhu

Sensors 2022, 22(20), 7901; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22207901 - 17 Oct 2022

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Remote, automated querying of fill-states of liquid-freight containers can significantly boost the operational efficiency of rail- and storage-yards. Most existing methods for fill-state detection are intrusive, or require sophisticated instrumentation and specific testing conditions, making them unsuitable here, due to the noisy and [...] Read more.

Remote, automated querying of fill-states of liquid-freight containers can significantly boost the operational efficiency of rail- and storage-yards. Most existing methods for fill-state detection are intrusive, or require sophisticated instrumentation and specific testing conditions, making them unsuitable here, due to the noisy and changeable surroundings and restricted access to the interior. We present a non-intrusive system that exploits the influence of the fill-state on the container’s response to an external excitation. Using a solenoid and accelerometer mounted on the exterior wall of the container, to generate pulsed excitation and to measure the container response, the fill-state can be detected. The decision can be either a binary (empty/non-empty) label or a (quantised) prediction of the liquid level. We also investigate the choice of the signal features for the detection/classification, and the placement of the sensor and actuator. Experiments conducted in real settings validate the algorithms and the prototypes. Results show that the placement of the sensor and actuator along the base of the container is the best in terms of detection accuracy. In terms of signal features, linear predictive cepstral coefficients possess sufficient discriminative information. The prediction accuracy is 100% for binary classification and exceeds 80% for quantised level prediction. Full article

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