Optimized Model Predictive Control-Based Path Planning for Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots in Uncertain Environments by Yang She, Chao Song, Zetian Sun, Bo Li

“…Secondly, an MPC optimal controller that considers the artificial potential field model is designed to ensure the smooth avoidance of moving and concave obstacles by multiple WMRs in uncertain environments. …”
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Sliding Mode Control Approach for Vision-Based High-Precision Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing System Under Disturbances by Hao Wu, Wei Wang, Tong Wang, Satoshi Suzuki

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) face significant challenges when landing on moving targets due to disturbances, such as wind, that affect landing precision. …”
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Time Scale of Chloride-Induced Corrosion on Circular Section RC Linked Accelerated Test to Natural Corrosion by Yue Zhang, Fangyan Lan, Mi Zhou, Ke Wang

“…It is calculated by making regressions among some values of parameters, while moving to natural corrosion are extrapolating. The accelerating effect of applied voltages increases in the low-chloride environment, which is better than that in the high-chloride environment. …”
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The Measurement of different mechanical components using Machine Vision and digital image processing by Ram Prakash T, M.Rishidev, N. Vignesh, S.A Vishnu Bahavath

“… Machine vision system is a technology that employs a computing device to inspect, evaluate, and identify still or moving parts.  Post the acquisition of the image, it is processed, analysed and measured by various computer software in determining various characteristics.  …”
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High-Speed Target Identification System Based on the Plume’s Spectral Distribution by Wenjie Lang, Guoguang Chen, Xiaoli Tian, Changfan Xin

“…Effective recognition of the high speed moving target could be achieved after partition of the active region and the influence of target motion on spectral acquisition was analyzed. …”
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Thermo-Structural Behaviour Prediction of the Nose Cap of a Hypersonic Vehicle Based on Multifield Coupling by Xuewen Sun, Haibo Yang, Tao Mi

“…The position of the peak of maximum principal stress gradually moves to the inside of the nose cap and eventually stabilizes. …”
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The Harmonic Walk: An Interactive Physical Environment to Learn Tonal Melody Accompaniment by Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza

“…Enactive knowledge and embodied cognition allow the user to build an inner map of these musical features, which can be acted by moving on the active surface with a simple step. Thorough assessment tests with musicians and nonmusicians high school students could prove the high communicative power and efficiency of the Harmonic Walk application both in improving musical knowledge and in accomplishing complex musical tasks.…”
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The Mechanisms of Movement Control and Time Estimation in Cervical Dystonia Patients by Pavel Filip, Ovidiu V. Lungu, Daniel J. Shaw, Tomas Kasparek, Martin Bareš

“…In the current study, we investigated the performance of cervical dystonia patients on a computer task known to engage the cerebellum, namely, the interception of a moving target with changing parameters (speed, acceleration, and angle) with a simple response (pushing a button). …”
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Agricultural waste recycling by farmers: A behavioral study by Pouria Ataei, Hamid Karimi, Zeynab Hallaj, Meysam Menatizadeh

“…In other words, if a farmer decides to recycle her farm wastes, she is moving towards sustainable agriculture goals. This research aimed to explore farmers’ behavioral process for agricultural waste recycling based on the Comprehensive Action Determination Model (CADM). …”
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Underwater source localization using time difference of arrival and frequency difference of arrival measurements based on an improved invasive weed optimization algorithm by Yunhang Lin, Zhenkai Zhang, Hamid Esmaeili Najafabadi

“…Abstract In this study, we propose an underwater localization method based on an improved invasive weed optimization algorithm to accurately locate moving sources in underwater sensor networks. First, the Lévy flight model is introduced into the invasive weed optimization algorithm to enhance its global search ability and avoid falling into local optima. …”
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Heterogeneous UAV Swarm Collaborative Search Mission Path Optimization Scheme for Dynamic Targets by Kaixin Cheng, Tao Hu, Di Wu, Tingli Li, Shu Wang, Kaiyue Liu, Zhifu Tian, Dong Yi

“…Multiple Monte Carlo simulations are performed for three time-sensitive moving target types and three constraint types. The simulation results show that the task execution efficiency indexes of the proposed scheme for the decision input solution model, pheromone update mechanism, and optimization algorithm are improved by 188%, 72%, and 102%, respectively, and the overall performance is improved by 227%.…”
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New Cubic Trigonometric Bezier-Like Functions with Shape Parameter: Curvature and Its Spiral Segment by Abdul Majeed, Muhammad Abbas, Amna Abdul Sittar, Mohsin Kamran, Saba Tahseen, Homan Emadifar

“…It is observed that, by decreasing the value of shape parameter, the curve moves toward the control polygon and vice versa. …”
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A Mobile Anchor Assisted Localization Algorithm Based on Regular Hexagon in Wireless Sensor Networks by Guangjie Han, Chenyu Zhang, Jaime Lloret, Lei Shu, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

“…A promising method to localize unknown nodes is to use several mobile anchors which are equipped with GPS units moving among unknown nodes and periodically broadcasting their current locations to help nearby unknown nodes with localization. …”
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User Adaptive and Context-Aware Smart Home Using Pervasive and Semantic Technologies by Aggeliki Vlachostergiou, Georgios Stratogiannis, George Caridakis, George Siolas, Phivos Mylonas

“…Ubiquitous Computing is moving the interaction away from the human-computer paradigm and towards the creation of smart environments that users and things, from the IoT perspective, interact with. …”
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Incident Occurrence Modeling during Hurricane Evacuation Events: The Case of Alabama's I-65 Corridor by Daniel J. Fonseca, Yingyan Lou, Gary P. Moynihan, Saravanan Gurupackiam

“…The idea is to reverse one direction of the roadway in order to accommodate the often substantially increased travel demand moving away from the impact area. Efficient planning and operation is critical to a successful contraflow implementation. …”
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Quark-Nova Explosion inside a Collapsar: Application to Gamma Ray Bursts by Rachid Ouyed, Denis Leahy, Jan Staff, Brian Niebergal

“…The quark-nova ejecta collides with the stellar envelope creating an outward moving cap (Γ∼ 1–10) above the polar funnel. Prompt gamma-ray burst emission from internal shocks in relativistic jets (following accretion onto the quark star) becomes visible after the cap becomes optically thin. …”
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A Study on the Security Algorithm for Contexts in Smart Cities by Hoon Ko, Kitae Bae, Sang Heon Kim, Kyung Jin An

“…Users are constantly moving around within Smart City according to their plans and consequently receive various network services from hosting devices adjacent. …”
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Optimization of Process Parameters for Friction Stir Welding of Different Aluminum Alloys AA2618 to AA5086 by Taguchi Method by G. Sasikala, V. M. Jothiprakash, Bhasker Pant, R. Subalakshmi, M. Thirumal Azhagan, K. Arul, Wadi B. Alonazi, M. Karnan, S. Praveen Kumar

“…During this examination, it was observed that the nugget region is dominated by material on the forward-moving side. Heat-affected zones with tensile failures occurred on the alloy 5086 side of the weldment.…”
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Numerical Study of the Compressible Air Flow Through a Two-output Fluidic Oscillator by A. Lakehal, M. Aksouh, A. Medelfef

“…The present work focuses on the two-output fluidic oscillator, which involves no moving parts in direct contact with the flow. An analysis of the internal and external dynamics of the two-output fluidic oscillator using numerical simulations for compressible air flow was investigated by employing the  SST turbulence model. …”
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Referral to an Electronic Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention in Primary Health Care in Sweden: Impact of Staff Referral to the Computer by Preben Bendtsen, Diana Stark Ekman, AnneLie Johansson, Siw Carlfjord, Agneta Andersson, Matti Leijon, Kjell Johansson, Per Nilsen

“…The differences between staff- and self-referred patient groups in the number who moved from risky drinking to nonrisky drinking at the followup were not statistically significant. …”
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