Performance Contract System and Decentralised Education Service delivery in Kayonza District of Rwanda. by Mugabo Seth, Asiimwe

“…This study examined the performance contract system and its influence on decentralized education service delivery. The study used a case study of Kayonza District. …”
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Optimal Design of Complex Passive-Damping Systems for Vibration Control of Large Structures: An Energy-to-Peak Approach by Francisco Palacios-Quiñonero, Josep Rubió-Massegú, Josep M. Rossell, Hamid Reza Karimi

“…We present a new design strategy that makes it possible to synthesize decentralized output-feedback controllers by solving two successive optimization problems with linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints. …”
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Wireless sensor network for fire detection with network coding to improve security and reliability by Johannes Braun, Faouzi Derbel

“…The self-healing, redundant, decentralized routed network ensures uninterrupted functionality in case of a communication failure. …”
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Pneumonia detection from X-ray images using federated learning–An unsupervised learning approach by Neeta Rana, Hitesh Marwaha

“…It leverages an unsupervised learning model trained on decentralized datasets. The unsupervised learning approach used is an Autoencoder neural network, and the decentralized learning technique used for model training is Federated Learning. …”
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RWA-BFT: Reputation-Weighted Asynchronous BFT for Large-Scale IoT by Guanwei Jia, Zhaoyu Shen, Hongye Sun, Jingbo Xin, Dongyu Wang

“…Experimental results demonstrate that RWA-BFT outperforms HB-BFT and PBFT algorithms, making it a scalable and secure blockchain solution for decentralized IoT applications.…”
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A Physics-Based Hyper Parameter Optimized Federated Multi-Layered Deep Learning Model for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks by Chirag Jitendra Chandnani, Vedik Agarwal, Shlok Chetan Kulkarni, Aditya Aren, D. Geraldine Bessie Amali, Kathiravan Srinivasan

“…However, existing solutions lack optimization for training in distributed decentralized environments. A popular solution for training a model in a decentralized environment is Federated Learning. …”
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Pathology Databanking and Biobanking in The Netherlands, a Central Role for PALGA, the Nationwide Histopathology and Cytopathology Data Network and Archive by M. Casparie, A. T. M. G. Tiebosch, G. Burger, H. Blauwgeers, A. van de Pol, J. H. J. M. van Krieken, G. A. Meijer

“…The overall system comprises decentralized systems at the participating laboratories, a central databank, and a dedicated communication and information exchange tool. …”
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Resource Allocation in D2D-Enabled 5G Networks Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning by Kwame Opuni-Boachie Obour Agyekum, Alex Yaw Boakye, Benedict Appati, Jochebed Akoto Opoku, Justice Owusu Agyemang, Gordon Owusu Boateng, James Dzisi Gadze

“…The study introduces the following two key techniques: staggered training and decentralized execution. Staggered training improves agent performance and minimizes computational complexity by training agents one at a time in a sequential manner. …”
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Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen application in cereal crop farming by Katumwesigye Anthony, Magnus Hellström, Jonas Spohr

“…This study investigates the economic feasibility of using decentralized hydrogen systems to fully replace fossil fuels in cereal crop farming across four agricultural zones. …”
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Efficient Distributed Denial of Service Attack Detection in Internet of Vehicles Using Gini Index Feature Selection and Federated Learning by Muhammad Dilshad, Madiha Haider Syed, Semeen Rehman

“…By carefully selecting only the most important data features and decentralizing the model training to devices, we reduce both time and memory usage. …”
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Research on Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Competing Retailers under Government Reward-Penalty Mechanism and Asymmetric Information by Xiao-qing Zhang, Xi-gang Yuan, Da-lin Zhang

“…Using dynamics game theory and principal-agent theory, three dynamic game models are built including (1) benchmark model without reward-penalty mechanism (RPM); (2) decentralized model with carbon emission RPM; (3) decentralized model with carbon emission RPM and recovery rate RPM. …”
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Price and Service Competition of Dual-Channel Supply Chain with Consumer Returns by Lili Ren, Yong He, Houfei Song

“…According to the models, we analyze the optimal decisions in both centralized and decentralized scenarios. Then we design a new contract, coordinate the dual-channel supply chain, and enable both the retailer and the manufacturer to be a win-win.…”
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Small-Scale Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems: Principles and Regulatory Framework by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, Gurpal Toor

“…., septic systems or decentralized wastewater systems). Written by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, and Gurpal Toor, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, May 2012. …”
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Small-Scale Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems: Principles and Regulatory Framework by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, Gurpal Toor

“…., septic systems or decentralized wastewater systems). Written by Kiara Winans, Shanin Speas-Frost, Mike Jerauld, Mark Clark, and Gurpal Toor, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, May 2012. …”
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Advancing Pandemic Preparedness in Healthcare 5.0: A Survey of Federated Learning Applications by Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Ammar Hawbani, Alexey V. Shvetsov, Santosh Kumar

“…We delve into FL’s applications and case studies in healthcare, highlighting its potential benefits, including privacy protection, decentralized decision-making, and implementation challenges. …”
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Evaluating the desirability of energy inequality mitigation strategies within underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa by Desmond Eseoghene Ighravwe, Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju

“…On the other hand, the results from the VIKOR method indicated that decentralized renewable energy solutions were the most suitable strategy for addressing energy inequality. …”
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Zero-Trust Access Control Mechanism Based on Blockchain and Inner-Product Encryption in the Internet of Things in a 6G Environment by Shoubai Nie, Jingjing Ren, Rui Wu, Pengchong Han, Zhaoyang Han, Wei Wan

“…Within the framework of 6G networks, the rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, coupled with their decentralized and heterogeneous characteristics, presents substantial security challenges. …”
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The Levellers’ Conception of Legitimate Authority by Eunice Ostrensky

“…In this sense, the Levellers hold that a highly participative community should exert sovereignty, and that decentralized government is a means to achieve that goal.…”
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Three-dimensional guidance control for vehicle convoy and interception by Yihua Dong, Yuefen Tan, Jingang Zhao, Wencheng Wang

“…Based on the differential equations for the range, the pitch angle and the yaw angle between successive vehicles, the deviated pursuit and the proportional navigation are proposed to derive decentralized control strategy for vehicle convoy and interception control. …”
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On the Solution of the Eigenvalue Assignment Problem for Discrete-Time Systems by El-Sayed M. E. Mostafa, Abdallah W. Aboutahoun, Fatma F. S. Omar

“…The conjugate gradient method is further extended to tackle the eigenvalue assignment problem for the two cases of decentralized control systems and control systems with time delay. …”
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