Enhancing sidewalk accessibility assessment for wheelchair users: An adaptive weighting fuzzy-based approach by Maryam Naghdizadegan Jahromi, Najmeh Neysani Samany, Meysam Argany, Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi

“…To reach a destination within the community, it is crucial that wheelchair users possess the ability to plan, execute, and acquire knowledge of routes in a safe and efficient manner. While numerous methods have been introduced for assessing the accessibility of sidewalks, existing studies often overlook the variations in the perception of the accessibility of long segments based on each wheelchair user's capabilities. …”
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Design and testing of a test rig for tubular joints hot-spot stress determination by Mohsin Iqbal, Saravanan Karuppanan, Veeradasan Perumal, Mark Ovinis, Muhammad Iqbal

“…However, the complex stress and strain behaviour at the intersections of CHS members, known as tubular joints, is challenging to approximate analytically, necessitating numerical methods for analysis. Experimental validation of these models is essential but often requires sophisticated and costly setups that are not readily available. …”
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A Paradigm for Modeling Infectious Diseases: Assessing Malware Spread in Early-Stage Outbreaks by Egils Ginters, Uga Dumpis, Laura Calvet Liñán, Miquel Angel Piera Eroles, Kawa Nazemi, Andrejs Matvejevs, Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada

“…Using consistent initial conditions, control examples are analyzed through Python-based numerical methods and agent-based simulations in NetLogo. …”
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Complete Mode Spectrum Decomposition of Complex‐Structured Light by Computer‐Generated Holography by Yunfei Ma, Zilong Zhang, Yuqi Wang, Hongzhi Yang, Wei He, Lingyu Kong, Suyi Zhao, Xiaotian Li, Yetong Hu, Changming Zhao

“…Currently, there are numerous methods for calculating the weight and analyzing the amplitude of structured light eigenmodes, particularly on orbital angular momentum light field. …”
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Application of DTM to heat source/sink in squeezing flow of iron oxide polymer nanofluid between electromagnetic surfaces by Reshu Gupta, A.B. Albidah, NFM Noor, Ilyas Khan

“…The differential transform method (DTM) is employed to solve the problem, and the results are compared with numerical methods to ensure accuracy. The study includes graphs illustrating the effects of various physical parameters on velocity, temperature, and concentration. …”
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Accelerated Convergence Method for Flow Field Based on DMD-POD Combined Reduced-Order Optimization Model by Jianhui Li, Jun Huang, Yahui Sun, Guoqiang Li

“…The results show that for linear equations, the proposed method achieves a significant acceleration, with a convergence speed five times faster than traditional numerical methods. For the nonlinear Burgers equation, the proposed method also reduces the number of convergence steps by nearly 70%. …”
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Transportation Infrastructure Project Financing; Highways Capital Structure Design Techniques by Hanieh Soleymani, Mehdi Ravanshadnia, Mehdi Montazer

“…Whether a private bidder can win a concession depends largely on advanced financial engineering techniques, numerous methods were developed. Meeting large infrastructure needs including its proper maintenance and operation is and will remain a major challenge for the all-around the in the coming years requiring targeted innovative financing mechanisms. …”
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Survey on intellectual property protection for deep learning model by Xinya WANG, Guang HUA, Hao JIANG, Haijian ZHANG

“…With the rapid development of deep learning technology, deep learning models have been widely used in many fields such as image classification and speech recognition.Training a deep learning model relies on a large amount of data and computing power, thus selling the trained model or providing specific services (DLaaS, e.g.) has become a new business.However, the commercial interests of model trainers and the intellectual property rights of model developers may be violated if the model is maliciously stolen.With deep neural network watermarking becoming a new research topic, multimedia copyright protection techniques were used for deep learning model protection.Numerous methods have been proposed in this field and then a comprehensive survey is needed.the existing deep neural network watermarking methods were elaborated and summarized and the future research directions of this field were discussed.The overall framework of neural network watermarking was presented, whereby the basic concepts such as classification model and model backdoor were introduced.Secondly, the existing methods were divided into two types according to the mechanism of watermark embedding, one is to embed the watermark bits into the carrier of internal information of the network, and the other one uses the established backdoor mapping as the watermark.These two existing deep neural network watermarking methods were analyzed and summarized, and attacks to the watermarks were also introduced and discussed.By analyzing the white-box and black-box conditions in watermarking scenario, it comes to the conclusion that the model is difficult to be effectively protected when it is distributed in the white-box manner, and the neural network watermark defenses in the black-box distribution and black-box verification are both worthy for further research.…”
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Modelling and Optimization of Fluid Frictional Torque in a Single Stage Centrifugal Pump with a Vaned Diffuser Based on RSM, ANN and Desirability Function by K. Singh, A. Singh, D. K. Singh

“…This study uses experimental and numerical methods to investigate these dynamics. The experimental setup includes measurements of fluid frictional torque at various levels of axial clearance (0.6 mm, 1.2 mm, and 1.8 mm), flow rates (8 L/min, 10 L/min, and 12 L/min), and impeller speeds (800 rpm, 1000 rpm, and 1200 rpm). …”
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Hybrid Finite-Discrete Element Modelling of Excavation Damaged Zone Formation Process Induced by Blasts in a Deep Tunnel by Huaming An, Hongyuan Liu, Haoyu Han

“…A brief literature review of numerical studies on excavation damage zone (EDZ) is conducted to compare the main numerical methods on EDZ studies. A hybrid finite-discrete element method is then proposed to model the EDZ induced by blasts. …”
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Real time SOC estimation for Li-ion batteries in Electric vehicles using UKBF with online parameter identification by Selvarani Nachimuthu, Faisal Alsaif, Gunapriya Devarajan, Indragandhi Vairavasundaram

“…Modeling the battery precisely and estimating its State of Charge with great precision is essential to improve the performance of the lithium-ion batteries. Though numerous methods has been proposed for estimating the SOC, accurate estimation approach is not proposed yet since all these approaches consider the discrete-time dynamics of the battery. …”
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Theoretical and Experimental Study on Synchronization of the Two Homodromy Exciters in a Non-Resonant Vibrating System by Xue-Liang Zhang, Chun-Yu Zhao, Bang-Chun Wen

“…The regions of implementing synchronization and that of stability of phase difference for the two exciters are manifested by numeric method. Synchronization of the two exciters stems from the coupling dynamic characteristic of the vibrating system having selecting motion, especially, under the condition that the parameters of system are complete symmetry, the torque of frequency capture stemming from the circular motion of the rigid frame drives the phase difference to approach PI and carry out the swing of the rigid frame; that from the swing of the rigid frame forces the phase difference to near zero and achieve the circular motion of the rigid frame. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Water Film Evaporation with the Countercurrent Air in the Asymmetric Heating Rectangular Channel for Passive Containment Cooling System by Kashuai Du, Po Hu, Zhen Hu

“…Due to the large curvature radius of the annular channel, one of the short arc segments is taken out, as a rectangular channel, to analyze the main water film evaporation heat transfer characteristics. Two numerical methods are used to predict the water film evaporative mass flow rate during the heat transfer process in the large-scale rectangular channel with asymmetric heating when the water film temperature is not saturated. …”
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Some Bounded Linear Integral Operators and Linear Fredholm Integral Equations in the Spaces Hα,δ,γ((a,b)×(a,b),X) and Hα,δ((a,b),X) by İsmet Özdemir, Ali M. Akhmedov, Ö. Faruk Temizer

“…The solutions of some singular Fredholm integral equations were given in (Babolian (2011), Okayama (2010), and Thomas (1981)) by numerical methods. In this paper, we define the sets Hα,δ,γ((a,b)×(a,b),X) and Hα,δ((a,b),X) by taking an arbitrary Banach space X instead of ℝ, and we show that these sets which are different from the spaces given in (Dunford (1988)) and (Plamenevskiy (1965)) are Banach spaces with the norms ∥·∥α,δ,γ and ∥·∥α,δ. …”
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Neurostimulation for Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction by J. Worsøe, M. Rasmussen, P. Christensen, K. Krogh

“…Peripheral stimulation using electrical stimulation or magnetic stimulation may represent non-invasive alternatives. Conclusion. Numerous methods of neurostimulation to treat NBD have been investigated in pilot studies or retrospective studies. …”
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Impact of Outlet Pressure on Internal Flow Characteristics and Energy Loss in Pump-Turbine System Under Pump Operation Conditions by Tianding Han, Qifei Li, Licheng Feng, Xiangyu Chen, Feng Zhou, Zhenggui Li

“…This study employs numerical methods to systematically analyze the effects of outlet pressure changes on flow characteristics and energy loss. …”
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Flow-Field Characteristics of High-Temperature Annular Buoyant Jets and Their Development Laws Influenced by Ventilation System by Yi Wang, Yanqiu Huang, Jiaping Liu, Hai Wang, Qiuhan Liu

“…The flow-field characteristics of high-temperature annular buoyant jets as well as the development laws influenced by ventilation system were studied using numerical methods to eliminate the pollutants effectively in this paper. …”
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Deformation performance of aramid honeycomb core layer on partial layup structure outside plane by LU Zhengbin, SUN Wei, WEI Ning, LIU Lu, LI Qiong, LYU Xiulei

“…This article analyzes the out-of-plane local deformation performance of honeycombs using numerical methods by establishing a finite element quantitative analysis model，combining typical structural experimental verification methods，using full-body modeling and elastic mechanics plate bending theory. …”
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Modelling Shallow Water Wakes Using a Hybrid Turbulence Model by Clemente Rodriguez-Cuevas, Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Esteban Flores-Mendez, Israel Enrique Herrera-Díaz, Rodolfo Cisneros-Almazan

“…The study of this phenomenon is important for the numerical methods application advancement in the simulation of free surface flows since these models involve a number of simplifications and assumptions that can have a significant impact on the numerical solutions quality and thus can not reproduce correctly the physical phenomenon. …”
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Design of Morlet Wavelet Neural Networks for Solving the Nonlinear Van der Pol–Mathieu–Duffing Oscillator Model by Ali Hasan Ali, Muhammad Amir, Jamshaid Ul Rahman, Ali Raza, Ghassan Ezzulddin Arif

“…The motivation behind this study is to simplify the complex mathematical formulations and reduce the time-consuming processes involved in traditional numerical methods for solving differential equations. This study develops a computational intelligence approach with a Morlet wavelet neural network (MWNN) to solve the nonlinear Van der Pol–Mathieu–Duffing oscillator (Vd-PM-DO), including parameter excitation and dusty plasma studies. …”
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