A Multi-Surrogate Assisted Multi-Tasking Optimization Algorithm for High-Dimensional Expensive Problems by Hongyu Li, Lei Chen, Jian Zhang, Muxi Li

“…The results show that the proposed MSAMT performs better than the comparison algorithms in most test functions and real engineering problems.…”
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Designing neural networks for modeling biological data: A statistical perspective by Michele La Rocca, Cira Perna

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A New Decision Support Framework with Picture Fuzzy Information: Comparison of Video Conferencing Platforms for Higher Education in India by Sanjib Biswas, Dragan Pamucar, Paramita Chowdhury, Samarjit Kar

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Feasibility study of an experimental social space-oriented rehabilitation concept for people with intellectual and/or multiple disabilities: a study protocol by Kathrin Förster, Judith Gartmann, Andrea Boekel, Thilo Busche, Christoph Egen

“…Introduction The United Nations underlines the participation in all domains of daily living for people with intellectual and/or multiple disabilities in the Disability Rights Convention, which also includes medical services. …”
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Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Abir Hakiri, Wided Homri, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

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No evidence, no problem? A critical interpretive synthesis of the vulnerabilities to and experiences of sexual violence among young migrants in Europe by Tanya Andersson Nystedt, Tobias Herder, Anette Agardh, Benedict Oppong Asamoah

“…How sexual violence is understood varies across studies, often conflated with other forms of violence, hampering comparisons. However, the results of this review indicate that young migrants in Europe, both male and female, experience sexual violence and there are multiple sources of vulnerabilities at all levels of the socioecological model. …”
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Design and Coupling Dynamics Research of a Single-drive Multi-mode Flapping-wing Aircraft by Jiang Houqing, Hou Yu, Guo Yongxing

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Optimal nonlinear filtering of MPSK signals in the presence of a Doppler frequency shift by G. V. Kulikov, T. T. Do, R. R. Usmanov

“…To ensure a high noise immunity of reception of multiple phase-shift keyed (MPSK) signals, a demodulator should provide the coherence of the reference oscillation with the carrier. …”
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Stage actor tracking method based on infrared ink marking(基于红外油墨标记的舞台演员跟踪算法) by 李平(LI Ping), 陈书界(CHEN Shujie), 王登辉(WANG Denghui), 刘钟淋(LIU Zhonglin), 王勋(WANG Xun), 周迪(ZHOU Di), 丁勇(DING Yong)

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Optimal selection of diagnostic method for diabetes mellitus using complex bipolar fuzzy dynamic data by Hanan Alolaiyan, Maryam Liaqat, Abdul Razaq, Umer Shuaib, Abdul Wakil Baidar, Qin Xin

“…Furthermore, we employ these operators to offer a systematic technique to tackle multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) problems using CBF data. …”
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Track-Before-Detect Procedures in AM Radio-Based Passive Radar by Yang Li, Hong Ma, Yuntao Wu, Li Cheng

“…We make the theoretical analysis about how the linear equations can be used to track multiple target, and how multiple target’s constant velocities and initial positions can be estimated, which is an additional parameter estimation capability of the proposed method. …”
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Multi-sensor image fusion based on contrast and directional features optimization by Haiyan Jin, Meng Zhang, Zhaolin Xiao, Yaning Li

“…The experiments are conducted on multiple datasets with subjective and objective comparisons, in which the qualitative and quantitative analyses indicate the validity of the proposed method.…”
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Performance Index Based Observer-Type Iterative Learning Control for Consensus Tracking of Uncertain Nonlinear Fractional-Order Multiagent Systems by Liming Wang, Guoshan Zhang

“…This paper is devoted to the perfect tracking problem of consensus and the monotonic convergence problem of input errors for the uncertain nonlinear fractional-order multiagent systems (FOMASs), where there exist the linear coupling relations between the fractional order, the perturbations of the system matrix, and input matrix. …”
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Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. by Lucy S Tusting, Swapnil Mishra, Harry S Gibson, Steven W Lindsay, Daniel J Weiss, Seth Flaxman, Samir Bhatt

“…The study population comprised 138,312 children spanning 45 ethnic groups across 18 countries. In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”
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The Study of Mean-Variance Risky Asset Management with State-Dependent Risk Aversion under Regime Switching Market by Shuang Li, Yu Yang, Yanli Zhou, Yonghong Wu, Xiangyu Ge

“…How do investors require a distribution of the wealth among multiple risky assets while facing the risk of the uncontrollable payment for random liabilities? …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Multilayer Domain Adaptation by Bingru Yang, Qi Li, Liang Chen, Changqing Shen

“…A total of 12 transfer tasks in the fault diagnosis problem are conducted to verify the performance of MLDA. …”
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Soft cluster-rectangle method for eliciting criteria weights in multi-criteria decision-making by Shervin Zakeri, Dimitri Konstantas, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

“…Analytic geometry is also used by computing the areas of multiple rectangles to determine the final weights. …”
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The Significant Effects of Threshold Selection for Advancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Whole Genome of Bread Wheat by Mohammad Bahman Sadeqi, Agim Ballvora, Said Dadshani, Md. Nurealam Siddiqui, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Ahossi Patrice Koua, Jens Léon

“…Therefore, the threshold plays a critical role to identify reliable and significant associations in wide genome, while the proportion of false positive results is relatively low. The problem of multiple comparisons arises when a statistical analysis involves multiple simultaneous statistical tests, each of them has the potential to be a discovery. …”
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Enhanced crayfish optimization algorithm: Orthogonal refracted opposition-based learning for robotic arm trajectory planning. by Yuefeng Leng, Chunlai Cui, Zhichao Jiang

“…Metaheuristic (MH) algorithms provide a practical approach to solving this problem. The Crayfish Optimization Algorithm (COA) is an MH algorithm inspired by the biological behavior of crayfish. …”
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Novel Ensemble Approach with Incremental Information Level and Improved Evidence Theory for Attribute Reduction by Peng Yu, Yifeng Zheng, Ziwen Liu, Baoya Wei, Wenjie Zhang, Ziqiong Lin, Zhehan Li

“…To address the above problem, we propose an ensemble approach based on an incremental information level and improved evidence theory for attribute reduction (IILE). …”
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