In recent years, stance detection has become an important topic in the field of natural language processing. In earlier work, researchers have used feature engineering for stance detection but they need to define and extract appropriate features according to the particular application. This leads to poor generalization and a complex modeling process. Other researchers have applied deep learning methods. However, the popular convolutional neural network (CNN) method has the problem of information loss and a single-size CNN filter cannot accurately extract features that have different lengths from text, and so cannot deal with the diverse nature of features. In order to address these problems, we propose a two-channel CNN-GRU fusion network. First, a convolution layer with two filters with different window sizes is used to extract local features within the topic content and text content. Then, a gated recurrent unit (GRU) network is used to extract their timing characteristics. After that, the intermediate features are spliced and input to a classifier to complete the stance detection. Our method is validated using data from NLPCC 2016. The experimental results show that ACC and average F1 score of this method are 13.1% and 15.6% better than SVM method, 6.2% and 11.6% better than CNN method, 5.6% and 3.3% better than GRU method, and 1.1% and 2.2% better compared with hybrid model proposed by Nanyu, respectively, which is used as a baseline with no increase in run-time, and achieves the same accuracy with less run-time than another baseline of a semantic attention-based model proposed by Zhou. In addition, our method allows better classification than the single channel model. Finally, we find that the operation time of a multi-channel CNN-GRU increases gradually with increasing number of channels, but the classification accuracy does not improve, so a two-channel CNN-GRU is the most appropriate choice.

Relationship of total height and diameter at breast height (hereafter diameter) of the trees is generally nonlinear, and therefore has complex characteristics, which can be accurately described by the height-diameter model developed using the back propagation (BP) neural network approach. The multiple hidden layered-BP neural network has several hidden layers and neurons, and is therefore considered more appropriate modeling approach compared to the single hidden layered-BP neural network approach. However, the former approach is not widely applied for tree height prediction due to absence of the effective optimization method, but it can be done using the BP neural network modeling approach. The poplar (Populus spp. L.) plantation data acquired from Guangdong province of China were used for evaluating the BP neural network modeling approach and compared its results with those obtained from the traditional regression modeling and mixed-effects modeling approaches. We determined the best BP neural network structure with two hidden layers and five neurons in each layer, and logistic sigmoid transfer functions. Relative to the Mitscherlich height-diameter model that had the highest fitting precision among the six traditional height-diameter models evaluated, coefficient of determination (R²) of the neural network height-diameter model increased by 10.3%, root mean squares error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) decreased by 12% and 13.5%, respectively. The BP neural network height-diameter model also appeared more accurate than the mixed-effects height-diameter model. Our study proposes the method of determining the optimal numbers of hidden layers, neurons of each layer, and transfer functions in the BP neural network structure. This method can be useful for other modeling studies of similar or different types, such as tree crown modeling, height, and diameter increments modeling, and so on.

3D human pose estimation is a major focus area in the field of computer vision, which plays an important role in practical applications. This article summarizes the framework and research progress related to the estimation of monocular RGB images and videos. An overall perspective of methods integrated with deep learning is introduced. Novel image-based and video-based inputs are proposed as the analysis framework. From this viewpoint, common problems are discussed. The diversity of human postures usually leads to problems such as occlusion and ambiguity, and the lack of training datasets often results in poor generalization ability of the model. Regression methods are crucial for solving such problems. Considering image-based input, the multi-view method is commonly used to solve occlusion problems. Here, the multi-view method is analyzed comprehensively. By referring to video-based input, the human prior knowledge of restricted motion is used to predict human postures. In addition, structural constraints are widely used as prior knowledge. Furthermore, weakly supervised learning methods are studied and discussed for these two types of inputs to improve the model generalization ability. The problem of insufficient training datasets must also be considered, especially because 3D datasets are usually biased and limited. Finally, emerging and popular datasets and evaluation indicators are discussed. The characteristics of the datasets and the relationships of the indicators are explained and highlighted. Thus, this article can be useful and instructive for researchers who are lacking in experience and find this field confusing. In addition, by providing an overview of 3D human pose estimation, this article sorts and refines recent studies on 3D human pose estimation. It describes kernel problems and common useful methods, and discusses the scope for further research.

Audio signals are a type of high-dimensional data, and their clustering is critical. However, distance calculation failures, inefficient index trees, and cluster overlaps, derived from the equidistance, redundant attribute, and sparsity, respectively, seriously affect the clustering performance. To solve these problems, an audio-signal clustering algorithm based on the sequential Psim matrix and Tabu Search is proposed. First, the audio signal similarity is calculated with the Psim function, which avoids the equidistance. The data is then organized using a sequential Psim matrix, which improves the indexing performance. The initial clusters are then generated with differential truncation and refined using the Tabu Search, which eliminates cluster overlap. Finally, the K-Medoids algorithm is used to refine the cluster. This algorithm is compared to the K-Medoids and spectral clustering algorithms using UCI waveform datasets. The experimental results indicate that the proposed algorithm can obtain better Macro-F1 and Micro-F1 values with fewer iterations.

Socialized services for rural characteristic industries are becoming a key support for promoting rural industries’ transformation and upgrading. They are permeating the development process of modern agricultural service technologies, achieving significant progress in specialized fields such as mechanized operations and plant-protection services. However, challenges remain, including low efficiency in matching service resources and limited spatiotemporal coordination capabilities. With the deep integration of spatiotemporal information technology and knowledge graph technology, the enormous potential of semantic-level feature spatial representation in intelligent scheduling of service resources has been fully demonstrated, providing a new technical pathway to solve the above problem. This paper systematically analyzes the technological evolution trends of socialized services for rural characteristic industries and proposes a collaborative scheduling framework based on semantic feature space and spatiotemporal maps for characteristic industry service resources. At the technical architecture level, the paper aims to construct a spatiotemporal graph model integrating geographic knowledge graphs and temporal tree technology to achieve semantic-level feature matching between service demand and supply. Regarding implementation pathways, the model significantly improves the spatiotemporal allocation efficiency of service resources through cloud service platforms that integrate spatial semantic matching algorithms and dynamic optimization technologies. This paper conducts in-depth discussions and analyses on technical details such as agricultural semantic feature extraction, dynamic updates of rural service resources, and the collaboration of semantic matching and spatio-temporal matching of supply and demand relationships. It also presents relevant implementation methods to enhance technical integrity and logic, which is conducive to the engineering implementation of the proposed methods. The effectiveness of the proposed collaborative scheduling framework for service resources is proved by the synthesis of principal analysis, logical deduction and case comparison. We have proposed a practical “three-step” implementation path conducive to realizing the proposed method. Regarding application paradigms, this technical system will promote the transformation of rural industry services from traditional mechanical operations to an intelligent service model of “demand perception–intelligent matching–precise scheduling”. In the field of socialized services for rural characteristic industries, it is suggested that relevant institutions promote this technical framework and pay attention to the development trends of new technologies such as knowledge services, spatio-temporal services, the Internet of Things, and unmanned farms so as to promote the sustainable development of rural characteristic industries.