This paper aims at developing a decision tree model to predict student performance in engineering dynamics -a high-enrollment, high-impact, and core engineering course. This study is innovative because no prior literature exists on the same topic. Three research contributions are made: 1) Nine "if-then" decision rules were generated to predict student performance in engineering dynamics. 2) It is revealed that a student's score in Statics and cumulative GPA play a significant role in governing student performance in engineering dynamics. 3) It is revealed that the decision tree predictions are more accurate than the predictions from the traditional multivariate linear regression technique.
In the safety protection system of the railway electric multiple unit (EMU), the safety of the running part is extremely important. The daily detection of the internal hazard defects of the wheels in the running parts relies on a professional trackside fault online diagnosis system based on the ultrasonic sensor probe array data. However, the on-line ultrasonic diagnosis of EMU wheels is usually accompanied by various interference noises. The defect echo signals collected by the sensor probe array are weak and are easily submerged by noise, which makes it impossible to perform effective defect identification. This paper proposes an improved threshold function to overcome the discontinuous shortcomings of the classical wavelet soft threshold function and hard threshold function in view of the non-stationary characteristics of the ultrasonic detection signal of the EMU wheels. This paper proposes a sine-type threshold processing function. It is characterized by adopting gradual compression processing to denoise the echo signal of the ultrasonic sensor probe array. In order to verify the validity, the continuity at the threshold is observed through the linear space vector signal, and the algorithm is simulated and tested through the three-dimensional Gaussian echo mathematical model of the ultrasonic signal and the measured ultrasonic envelope signal. Experimental results show that the improved threshold function can suppress the noise in the ultrasonic echo data, improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and retain the waveform characteristics of the defect signal, which is conducive to defect recognition.
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