Design Optimization for Vibration Reduction of Viscoelastic Damped Structures Using Genetic Algorithms by Zhengchao Xie, W. Steve Shepard Jr., Keith A. Woodbury

“…Due to the large number of design variables that can be present in complex systems incorporating visco-elastic damping, this work examines the application of genetic algorithms in optimizing the response of these structures. …”
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A multidimensional approach to quantum state tomography of photoelectron wavepackets by H. Laurell, J. Baños-Gutiérrez, A. L’Huillier, D. Busto, D. Finkelstein-Shapiro

“…Abstract There is a growing interest in reconstructing the density matrix of photoelectron wavepackets, in particular in complex systems where decoherence can be introduced either by a partial measurement of the system or through coupling with a stochastic environment. …”
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A Digital Twin Framework to Improve Urban Sustainability and Resiliency: The Case Study of Venice by Lorenzo Villani, Luca Gugliermetti, Maria Antonia Barucco, Federico Cinquepalmi

“…Digital Twin (DT) technology can promote this transition at an urban scale due to its ability to monitor, control, and predict the behaviour of complex systems and processes. As several scientific studies have shown, DTs can be developed for infrastructure and city management, facing the challenges of global changes. …”
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Inference of Wildfire Causes From Their Physical, Biological, Social and Management Attributes by Yavar Pourmohamad, John T. Abatzoglou, Erica Fleishman, Karen C. Short, Jacquelyn Shuman, Amir AghaKouchak, Matthew Williamson, Seyd Teymoor Seydi, Mojtaba Sadegh

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Education of the Post-Industrial Era: Setting on Person and Intelligence by O. K. Krokinskaya

“…It is characterized by the fundamental ambiguity of circumstances and tendencies when centralized management of complex systems is difficult or erroneous, and this makes it necessary to reduce the level of decision making to self-organizing local social forms, giving them greater autonomy, in this case – to an individual and his autonomy. …”
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Principle of Virtual Work as Foundational Framework for Metamaterial Discovery and Rational Design by dell’Isola, Francesco, Misra, Anil

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Analysis of International Competitiveness of Multinational Corporations Based on Rough Sets by Jing Zhao, Ning Qi

“…Therefore, the theory of rough set is helpful for decision-makers to solve the decision problems of complex systems. The simplification of knowledge of information systems and incomplete information systems and the theoretical and methodological study of rule acquisition are the central issues of rough set theory and applied research. …”
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Exploring the Inducement for Social Awareness Behavior and Optimal Control Strategy on Nipah Virus Transmission by Saima Efat, K. M. Ariful Kabir

“…Optimal control theory and evolutionary game theory are essential tools for comprehending and influencing the intricate behaviors of complex systems, particularly in the context of disease transmission and strategies for intervention. …”
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Complex support of technological development of environmentally friendly toilet systems in passenger trains by S. P. Kiseleva, O. V. Kanunnikov, G. A. Arakelova, P. V. Zozulya

“…For the effective functioning of the environmentally friendly toilet complexes system of transport systems, the authors propose to use organizational and methodological tools that will allow you to systematically determine the actual level of technological development of the fecal waste disposal system of the environmentally friendly toilet complexes of passenger trains, to develop directions and measures to improve its  environmental and economic efficiency.…”
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Model-agnostic neural mean field with a data-driven transfer function by Alex Spaeth, David Haussler, Mircea Teodorescu

“…As one of the most complex systems known to science, modeling brain behavior and function is both fascinating and extremely difficult. …”
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Partial substitution of coal with palm kernel in cement kilns: effects on cement production and quality by Kalamba Harlene Tshibola, Bolanle Deborah Ikotun, Bilal Patel

“… The production of Portland cement is a complex process involving several chemical reactions and different materials, complex systems, and high temperatures (up to 1500 °C). …”
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“REDISCOVERY” OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FUTURE: PERSPECTIVES OF RUSSIA’S SECURITY UP TO 2050 by S. A. Kravchenko, A. I. Podberezkin

“…The article deals with the dynamics of knowledge about the future, factors that determine the need for its »rediscovery« today, among which: the transition of mankind to the dominance of non-linear development; the destruction by globalization of the natural boundaries of civilizational formations, which led to direct interaction of local human civilizations and new conflicts between them; the formation of a unified socio-techno-natural reality; the emergence of complex systems potentially predisposed to the production of catastrophes disasters. …”
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Adaptive algorithms for change point detection in financial time series by Alexander Musaev, Dmitry Grigoriev, Maxim Kolosov

“…The results underscore the importance of adapting detection models to the specific characteristics of chaotic data, offering practical solutions for improving decision-making in complex systems. Key findings reveal that while no universal solution exists for detecting change points in chaotic time series, integrating machine learning and multivariate approaches allows for more robust and adaptive forecasting models. …”
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Unravelling the nonlinear generation of designer vortices with dielectric metasurfaces by Laure Coudrat, Guillaume Boulliard, Jean-Michel Gérard, Aristide Lemaître, Aloyse Degiron, Giuseppe Leo

“…While their generation in bulky optical devices limits their use in integrated complex systems, metasurfaces have recently proven successful in creating optical vortices, especially in the linear regime. …”
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Testing convolutional neural network based deep learning systems: a statistical metamorphic approach by Faqeer ur Rehman, Clemente Izurieta

“…Metamorphic testing (MT) is considered a simple but very powerful approach in testing such computationally complex systems for which either an oracle is not available or is available but difficult to apply. …”
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In-situ backup virtual sensor application in building automation systems toward virtual sensing-enabled digital twins by Youngwoong Choi, Sungmin Yoon

“…However, the built-in BVSs may show performance degradations when applied in real complex systems. This is because the real systems may contain unidentified practical uncertainties. …”
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Noncontact Knee Ligament Injury Prevention Screening in Netball: A Clinical Commentary with Clinical Practice Suggestions for Community-Level Players by Nicholas C Clark

“…The theoretical principles that are discussed in this commentary include injury control, the sequence of prevention, principles of screening in injury prevention, the multifactorial model of injury etiology, complex systems theory, and systems science. The different types of research that are reviewed include descriptive and analytic-observational studies. …”
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Observation of magnetic skyrmion lattice in Cr0.82Mn0.18Ge by small-angle neutron scattering by Victor Ukleev, Tapas Samanta, Oleg I. Utesov, Jonathan S. White, Luana Caron

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The Effectiveness of a Nondiet Multidisciplinary Weight Reduction Program for Severe Overweight Patients with Psychological Comorbidities by Bettina Bannert, Wolfgang Schobersberger, Ulrich Tran, Andreas Remmel

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An Expository Examination of Temporally Evolving Graph-Based Approaches for the Visual Investigation of Autonomous Driving by Li Wan, Wenzhi Cheng

“…Time-varying diagrams can be used to model and visualize the dynamic relationships in various complex systems and can visually describe the data trends in autonomous driving systems. …”
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