Single-Machine Scheduling Problems with the General Sum-of-Processing-Time and Position-Dependent Effect Function by Kunping Shen, Yuke Chen, Shangchia Liu

“…This paper considers the combination of the general sum-of-processing-time effect and position-dependent effect on a single machine. …”
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Research on Minimum Time Interception Problem with a Tangent Impulse under Relative Motion Models by Wenzhe Ding, Xinhong Li, Hong Yang

“…The minimum time interception problem with a tangent impulse whose direction is the same as the satellite’s velocity direction is studied based on the relative motion equations of elliptical orbits by the combination of analytical, numerical, and optimization methods. …”
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Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial: Integrating the 'Time-limited Trial' in the emergency department. by Tadayuki Hashimoto, Rachel K Putman, Anthony F Massaro, Youkie Shiozawa, Katherine McGough, Kerry K McCabe, Judith A Linden, Wei Wang, Shan W Liu, Maura Kennedy, Thanh H Neville, Jacqueline M Kruser, Rebecca L Sudore, Mara A Schonberg, James A Tulsky, Kei Ouchi

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Time-limited trial (TLT) is a structured approach between clinicians and seriously ill patients or their surrogates to discuss patients' values and preferences, prognosis, and shared decision-making to use specific therapies for a prespecified period of time in the face of prognostic uncertainty. …”
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Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. I. Data Set Preparation by Thomas Williams, Christopher B. Prior, David MacTaggart

“…It is demonstrated that time-series signals, which correlate with flare onset times, also exhibit clear spatial correlations with eruptive activity, establishing a potential causal relationship. …”
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Pressure Transient Behavior of Horizontal Well with Time-Dependent Fracture Conductivity in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Qihong Feng, Tian Xia, Sen Wang, Harpreet Singh

“…Our proposed model accounts for fluid flow in four contiguous regions of the tight formation by using pressure continuity and mass conservation. The time-dependent conductivity of hydraulic fractures, which is ignored in previous models but highlighted by recent experiments, is also taken into account in our proposed model. …”
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Bird flock effect-based dynamic community detection: Unravelling network patterns over time by Siti Haryanti Hairol Anuar, Zuraida Abal Abas, Iskandar Waini, Mohd Fariduddin Mukhtar, Zejun Sun, Eko Arip Winanto, Norhazwani Mohd Yunos

“…The outcomes demonstrate that our approach can effectively find satisfaction from each time step by comparison with the other well-known algorithms.…”
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A Strongly A-Stable Time Integration Method for Solving the Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Equation by Wenyuan Liao

“…We successfully resolved the phenomena of order reduction, so the new method is fourth-order in time when it is used for nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations. …”
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The association between the health promotion levy and employment in South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis by Chengetai Dare, Micheal Kofi Boachie, Susan Goldstein, Evelyn Thsehla

“…Methods We employed single-group interrupted time series analyses using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey data from Statistics South Africa. …”
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Assessing recovery time of ecosystems in China: insights into flash drought impacts on gross primary productivity by M. Lu, M. Lu, H. Sun, H. Sun, H. Sun, Y. Yang, J. Xue, H. Ling, H. Zhang, W. Zhang

“…<p>Recovery time, referring to the duration that an ecosystem needs to return to its pre-drought condition, is a fundamental indicator of ecological resilience. …”
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Event-Based Time Varying Formation Control for Multiple Quadrotor UAVs with Markovian Switching Topologies by Zhen Zhou, Hongbin Wang, Zhongquan Hu

“…Time varying formation control problem for a group of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under Markovian switching topologies is investigated through a modified dynamic event-triggered control protocol. …”
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Optimization Model and Algorithm of Empty Pallets Dispatching under the Time-Space Network of Express Shipment by Kang Zhou, Shiwei He, Rui Song, Xiaole Guo, Kaiming Li

“…The result shows that the total dispatching cost of considering time requirement is 1.8 times the cost without considering the time requirement, respectively, both less than the total cost of pallets leasing. …”
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Finite-Time Synchronization of Complex Dynamical Networks with Nondelayed and Delayed Coupling by Continuous Function Controller by Xie Chengrong, Xing Yu, Xia Qing, Dongbing Tong, Yuhua Xu

“…This paper investigates the finite-time synchronization of complex dynamical networks with nondelayed and delayed coupling. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Time Fractional BBM-Burger Equation Using Cubic B-Spline Functions by Mohsin Kamran, Muhammad Abbas, Abdul Majeed, Homan Emadifar, Tahir Nazir

“…The interpolation of space derivative is done with the help of B-spline functions. The effect of α and time on solution profile of travelling wave for different domain of x is discussed in this paper. …”
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Novel Observer-Based Suboptimal Digital Tracker for a Class of Time-Delay Singular Systems by Nien-Tsu Hu, Ter-Feng Wu, Sendren Sheng-Dun Xu, Hsu-Chih Huang

“…This paper presents a novel suboptimal digital tracker for a class of time-delay singular systems. First, some existing techniques are utilized to obtain an equivalent regular time-delay system, which has a direct transmission term from input to output. …”
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Time dependence effect of metal toxicology and application in WQC derivation of main water basins in China by Tianxin Li, Yao Wang, Ning Qin, Wenjing Zhao, He Huang

Subjects: “…Time dependence…”
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Meshless Technique for the Solution of Time-Fractional Partial Differential Equations Having Real-World Applications by Mehnaz Shakeel, Iltaf Hussain, Hijaz Ahmad, Imtiaz Ahmad, Phatiphat Thounthong, Ying-Fang Zhang

“…This method is highly demanding because of its meshless nature and ease of implementation in high dimensions and complex geometries. Time derivative is approximated by Caputo derivative for the values of α∈0,1 and α∈1,2. …”
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Network Usage and Time Efficient Performance Enhancement Model for IoT Applications in Fog Cloud Computing by Upma Arora, Nipur Singh

“…Also, it improves the execution time significantly in most network configurations. …”
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Rainfast Time for Postemergence Herbicides Commonly Used in the Everglades Agricultural Area: Quick Reference Sheet by Dennis C. Odero

“…And they each differ in their time requirements for rain-free periods following application. …”
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Prediction of Epileptic Seizure by Analysing Time Series EEG Signal Using k-NN Classifier by Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Asif Ahamed, Mohiuddin Ahmad, M. A. Rashid

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Asset Price Dynamics in a Chartist-Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays: A Bifurcation Analysis by Loretti I. Dobrescu, Mihaela Neamtu, Gabriela Mircea

“…We study two different time delay cases, namely, when both markets experience the same time delay and when the time delay is different across markets. …”
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