Simple Degree-of-Freedom Modeling of the Random Fluctuation Arising in Human–Bicycle Balance

Autor: Katsutoshi Yoshida, Keishi Sato, Yoshikazu Yamanaka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 10, p 2154 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app9102154
Popis: In this study, we propose a new simple degree-of-freedom fluctuation model that accurately reproduces the probability density functions (PDFs) of human−bicycle balance motions as simply as possible. First, we measure the time series of the roll angular displacement and velocity of human−bicycle balance motions and construct their PDFs. Next, using these PDFs as training data, we identify the model parameters by means of particle swarm optimization; in particular, we minimize the Kolmogorov−Smirnov distance between the human PDFs from the participants and the PDFs simulated by our model. The resulting PDF fitnesses were over 98.7 % for all participants, indicating that our simulated PDFs were in close agreement with human PDFs. Furthermore, the Kolmogorov−Smirnov statistical hypothesis testing was applied to the resulting human−bicycle fluctuation model, showing that the measured time responses were much better supported by our model than the Gaussian distribution.
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