Towards More Sustainable Cities: Tools and Policies for Urban Goods Movements by Antonio Comi, Gianfranco Fancello, Francesco Piras, Patrizia Serra

“…This work is useful for researchers in various sectors because it allows them to formalise and then to solve the problems for simulating the complex system of urban goods movements where there are different actors with own interests that are conflicting.…”
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A Survey of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes—Part II: Control Methods by Daisuke Takahashi, Yang Xiao, Fei Hu

“…In an empirical way, the experimental insulin inputs and resulting blood-glucose outputs are used to generate a mathematical model, which includes a couple of equations approximating a very complex system. On the other hand, the insulin-glucose relation is also explained from the well-known facts of other biological mechanisms. …”
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A Joint Sparse Space-Time Adaptive Processing Method by Jinfeng Hu, Yuyan Xia, Huiyong Li, Jing Liang, Tao Lin

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ABOUT DATA MODELING SUBJECT DOMAINS PRACTICE-ORIENTED DIRECTION FOR UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF STORAGE AND PROCESSING DATA by L. V. Rudikova, E. V. Zhavnerko

“…For getting of data models applies structural methodology and consider general principles of conceptual design. Using complex system, which can work with some information sources and represent data in convenient view for users will in-demand for analysis data selected subject domains and determination of possible relationships.…”
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Historyczny rozwój programów działań na rzecz środowiska w Unii Europejskiej by Monika Kosior

“…As a result of the following two programs, a complex system of legal and financial protective instruments along with the system for environment screening was worked out. …”
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Climate Predictions: The Chaos and Complexity in Climate Models by D. T. Mihailović, G. Mimić, I. Arsenić

“…The concept in modeling of climate, as a complex system, seen through Gödel’s theorem and Rosen’s definition of complexity and predictability is discussed. …”
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Core features of positive mental health in adolescents and their protective role against psychopathology by Desiree Y. Phua, Chermaine S. M. Chew

“…This study seeks to understand adolescent positive mental health as a complex system by estimating the networks of components associated with positive mental health and their relationships to indicators of negative mental health. …”
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Multiconstrained Network Intensive Vehicle Routing Adaptive Ant Colony Algorithm in the Context of Neural Network Analysis by Shaopei Chen, Ji Yang, Yong Li, Jingfeng Yang

“…Adaptive ant colony algorithm provides a new idea for neural networks to solve complex system problems of multiconstrained network intensive vehicle routing models. …”
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Integrating the Ukrainian Garment Industry into Global Value Chains: National and Regional Dimensions by Khrystyna Prytula, Anna Maksymenko, Nataliia Popovych, Halyna Ivasyk

“…The features of the garment industry as a complex system are examined using the methods of cognitive analysis. …”
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Dynamic Assessment of the Use of Natural Resources in an Agricultural Production Chain by María C. Cortés, Dayhanna S. Vargas, Juan C. Osorio

“…System dynamics (SD) is a valuable simulation tool that allows the evaluation of complex system behaviours in the long term, so that the possible impact of decision-making can be studied and thus contribute to the development of policies in fields as important as agriculture. …”
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Parameter Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Flexible Coupling Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle by Haibing Chen, Wei Lin, Tielin Ma, Hengxian Jin, Cheng Xu

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Comprehensive Evaluation and Decision for Goaf Based on Fuzzy Theory in Underground Metal Mine by Rongxing He, Huan Liu, Fengyu Ren, Guanghui Li, Jing Zhang, Yanjun Zhou

“…Meanwhile, stability evaluation and decision for goaf are a complex system engineering of rock masses in underground mining, and subjectivity exists in the evaluation and decision process. …”
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A dynamic system interpretation of irreducible complexity by Abraham Boyarsky, Pawel Góra

“…Such behavior suggests that selective evolution by means of small perturbations may not be a general mechanism for achieving the dynamical behavior of a complex system.…”
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Fuel Cell Output Current Prediction with a Hybrid Intelligent System by José-Luis Casteleiro-Roca, Antonio Javier Barragán, Francisca Segura, José Luis Calvo-Rolle, José Manuel Andújar

“…A fuel cell is a complex system, which produces electricity through an electrochemical reaction. …”
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IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers by Osvaldas Janonis

“…The author has arrived to the following conclusions: the model provided by the study demonstrates that a bibliographic description is a complex system; the model includes the variety of works and information carriers; it embraces the variety of needs of a wide range of information users; the results will enhance theoretisation of cataloguing science and corresponding disciplines; the results of the study are significant for bibliographic practice; they will influence the preparation and revision of the national cataloguing rules and further development of the international standards of bibliographic description; the study is interesting from the point of view of enriching the functional possibilities and shortening the time of bibliographic search; the implementation of the results will mean the improvement of the quality of a bibliographic description and will ensure the provision of full data. …”
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A Novel Integrated Fuzzy-Rough MCDM Model for Evaluation of Companies for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Nikolina Vojinović, Siniša Sremac, Dragan Zlatanović

“…The organization and execution of the transport of dangerous goods is conditioned by a series of legal, technical, technological, safety, and engineering requirements, which must be met. In this way, a complex system is created which has a large number of participants and in which optimization should be performed at each stage from all the above aspects. …”
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Control of Magnetic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning Based on Incrementally Adapted Local Linear Models by Martin Brablc, Jan Žegklitz, Robert Grepl, Robert Babuška

“…The results show that using the RL framework and a suitable approximation method, it is possible to design a stable controller of such a complex system without the necessity of any haphazard learning. …”
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Research on Key Factors Influencing Surface Subsidence of Paste Backfilling Mining in Thick Coal Seam of Deep Mine by Meng Zhang, Hui He, Xin Jin, Yonglong Qu, Hongjun Guo

“…The research on the key factors of surface subsidence in paste backfilling mining of thick coal seam in deep mine is a complex system engineering, which involves mining, backfilling, support, subsidence, safety, and other aspects. …”
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Afocal Mirror Systems with Small Axial Dimensions by N. K. Artioukhina, L. Peroza

“…The designed systems have good correction of aberrations for the given characteristics: in the spot diagrams, the values of the RMS scatter spot do not exceed 1,35 μm; GEO radius (distance from the reference point) – 0.105 μm; together with Airy disk sizes of about 9.16 μm, indicating that the images are close to diffraction.The calculated systems can be successfully applied as part of a more complex system, as well as in systems with a synthesized aperture.…”
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Geometrical Nonlinear Aeroelastic Stability Analysis of a Composite High-Aspect-Ratio Wing by Chang Chuan Xie, Jia Zhen Leng, Chao Yang

“…MSC/NASTRAN), and the unsteady aerodynamic code, the nonlinear aeroelastic stability margin of a complex system other than a simple beam model can be determined.…”
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