Effects of Certain Personal Attributes on Food Waste by Ákos Bartha, Bálint Horváth

“…While exploring the causes of high amounts of consumer waste, a research group has also correlated (with mathematical models) the gradual growth rate of food waste, the US obesity epidemic and the growing supply of cheaper food products (Hall et al. 2009). …”
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Vaccine-induced reduction of COVID-19 clusters in school settings in Japan during the epidemic wave caused by B.1.1.529 (Omicron) BA.2, 2022 by Yuta Okada, Hiroshi Nishiura

“…Given this background and considering that vaccine effectiveness against school transmission has not been intensively studied, this paper proposes a mathematical model that links the occurrence of clustering to the case count among populations aged 0–19, 20–59, and 60+ years of age. …”
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Evaluation of the extraction of antioxidant compounds from buriti pulp (Mauritia flexuosa L.) by response surface methodology by Gabriela Mota Nogueira, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso, Márcia Regina Ferreira Geraldo Perdoncini, Marcos Vieira da Silva, Eliane Sloboda Rigobello

“…Data modeling generated statistically significant mathematical models and contour graphs, which allowed the identification of the optimal extraction conditions for the compounds. …”
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Prediction of urinary tract infection using machine learning methods: a study for finding the most-informative variables by Sajjad Farashi, Hossein Emad Momtaz

“…In the recent decade, machine learning strategies that employ mathematical models on a dataset to extract the most informative hidden information are the center of interest for prediction and diagnosis purposes. …”
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Stratifications and foliations in phase portraits of gene network models by V. P. Golubyatnikov, A. A. Akinshin, N. B. Ayupova, L. S. Minushkina

“…In the preparation of numerical experiments with such mathematical models, it is useful to start with studies of qualitative behavior of ensembles of trajectories of the corresponding dynamical systems, in particular, to estimate the highest likelihood domain of the initial data, to solve inverse problems of parameter identification, to list the equilibrium points and their characteristics, to localize cycles in the phase portraits, to construct stratification of the phase portraits to subdomains with different qualities of trajectory behavior, etc. …”
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From the guest editors by Gerardo Chowell, Zhilan Feng, Baojun Song

“…Specifically, he co-authored a textbook in Mathematical Biology in 2001 (second edition in 2012); a volume (with Harvey Thomas Banks) on the use of mathematical models in homeland security published in SIAM's Frontiers in Applied Mathematics Series (2003); and co-edited volumes in the Series Contemporary Mathematics entitled ``Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics: Emerging Paradigms and Challenges'' (American Mathematical Society, 2006) and Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology (Springer-Verlag, 2009) highlighting his interests in the applications of mathematics in emerging and re-emerging diseases. …”
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Analysis of the Outer Contour Characteristics of Roadway Forming under the Influence of Cutting Head Vibration by Zhixiang Liu, Shuai Wang, Miao Xie, Chunxue Xie

“…The variation law of the vibration swing angle of the cutting head under different working conditions was obtained, and the coordinate of the cutting head of the roadheader in the roadway space coordinate system was determined by using the robot kinematics analysis method. The mathematical model of cutting the outer outline of the roadway by the cutting head is constructed. …”
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Regularities of the Development of Coastal Processes on Water Reservoirs of Hydroelectric Power Plants of Belarus by V. E. Levkevich

“…On the basis of the law of conservation of mass and taking into account hydrological features of reservoirs, geological structure of relief and granulometric composition of soils forming the bank, balance mathematical models of development of the equilibrium coastline and the profile of the dynamic equilibrium of the banks that are subjected to processing are developed, criteria for the stability of slopes have been obtained.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Channelization Near the Wellbore due to Seepage Erosion in Unconsolidated Sands during Fluid Injection by Jin Sun, Shiguo Wu, Jingen Deng, Qingping Li, Qi Fan, Linwei Ma, Yanrui Liu

“…Based on the continuum mechanics, a mathematical model has been established to simulate the formation process of big channels in unconsolidated sands reservoir during fluid injection. …”
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TEACHING OF INTERPOLATION AND APPROXIMATION CURVES THROUGH COMPUTER SIMULATION by Norbert Annuš, Ondrej Takáč

“…This paper describes the mathematical models describing the processed curves. It then presents the application's options and graphical results. …”
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The Optimization of UAV-Assisted Downlink Transmission Based on RSMA by Lin Huang, Daiming Qu, Jianguo Zhou, Jialin Zhang

“…We first develop a mathematical model of the system and decompose the primary optimization problem into multiple subproblems according to parameter types. …”
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The Research on Strain-Softening Characteristics and Local Fracture Law of Deep Granite Roadway by Chuang Sun, Yunhe Ao, Laigui Wang

“…A strain-softening model was developed based on plasticity theory for granite which took into account the nonlinear dilatancy angle and confining pressure. A mathematical model was developed using FLAC3D as platform. …”
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Evaluation and Design of Power Controller of Two-Axis Solar Tracking by PID and FL for a Photovoltaic Module by Joel J. Ontiveros, Carlos D. Ávalos, Faustino Loza, Néstor D. Galán, Guillermo J. Rubio

“…To achieve this, mathematical models of the dynamics of the sun, the solar energy obtained on the Earth’s surface, the two-axis tracking system in its electrical and mechanical parts, and the solar cell are developed and simulated. …”
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DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND MICROSCOPIC MODEL OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT OF STEEL CORE by CHEN HongYue, ZHANG Kun, LI EnDong, LI YongHong, MAO Jun

“…It is the key for the development of green energy-saving belt conveyor to analysis and research on the rubber conveyor belt of steel core about its dynamic characteristics. Mathematical model of the rubber conveyor belt of steel core were established based on the space coordinate transformation theory. …”
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EFFECT SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE THERMODYNAMICAL FACTORS ON THE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL OPERATION by V. A. Sednin, A. A. Chichko

“…These are the parameters to be considered on a first-priority basis while developing mathematical models for optimizing the solid oxide fuel cells operating modes.…”
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An Algorithm for Optimal Allocation of Water Resources in Receiving Areas Based on Adaptive Decreasing Inertia Weights by Fei Li, Guang Zhang, Shaohua Hu

“…This paper firstly selects the minimum loss of water resources allocation as the objective function for mathematical modelling, chooses the particle swarm algorithm as the objective algorithm, and proposes a particle swarm algorithm based on the standard particle swarm algorithm with improved adaptive decreasing inertia weights. …”
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Impact of nanoparticles shapes and fuzzy volume fraction on Al2O3 – H2O nanofluid flow past an unsteady expandable surface by Adnan Saeed Butt, Naveed Yaqoob, Sameea Akbar, Gul M. Shaikh, Adeeba Farhat, Fouzia Amir, Mohamed R. Ali

“…To accomplish this, a comprehensive mathematical model is developed, integrating the Navier-Stokes and energy equations to characterize nanofluid flow over an extending surface and examine nanoparticle shape effects. …”
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A New Method for Research on Unsteady Pressure Dynamics and Productivity of Ultralow-Permeability Reservoirs by Kun Wang, Li Li, Xiao Chen, Wei Liang, Yong Yang, Zhenghe Yan, Jianwen Dai, Wei Li, Yahui Wang, Weifang Wang, Min Li, Danling Wang

“…On that basis, instead of a constant skin factor, a well-test interpretation mathematical model is established by defining and using a time-varying skin factor. …”
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Improvement of the Method of Calculation of Steady-State Modes of Urban Electric Networks Taking into Account Consumer Energy Sources by M. I. Fursanov, A. A. Zalotoy

“…Active elements of networks are power sources (transformer inputs of low voltage of feeding substations and distributed small generation sources) and loads, mathematical models of which can be various. Power sources in urban distribution networks of 10 kV and below are classified by type and power and can be of two kinds, viz. power feeding centers of the network and small generation sources. …”
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Method of structural reliability analysis based on boundary distribution functions by S. A. Solovev, A. A. Soloveva

“…The numerical example shows the approach to arithmetic operations with p-boxes, which make it possible to bring complex mathematical models to simpler ones and estimate the failure probability in an interval form. …”
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