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Entropy, Volume 18, Issue 2

February 2016 - 27 articles

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Articles (27)

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,376 Views
6 Pages

5 February 2016

In this work; we present a method for solving the second-order linear ordinary differential equation of hypergeometric type. The solutions of this equation are given by the confluent hypergeometric functions (CHFs). Unlike previous studies, we obtain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
11,906 Views
21 Pages

Classification Active Learning Based on Mutual Information

  • Jamshid Sourati,
  • Murat Akcakaya,
  • Jennifer G. Dy,
  • Todd K. Leen and
  • Deniz Erdogmus

5 February 2016

Selecting a subset of samples to label from a large pool of unlabeled data points, such that a sufficiently accurate classifier is obtained using a reasonably small training set is a challenging, yet critical problem. Challenging, since solving this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,502 Views
9 Pages

5 February 2016

Edge-independent random graphs are a model of random graphs in which each potential edge appears independently with an individual probability. Based on the relative entropy method, we determine the upper and lower bounds for the extremal vertex degre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
150 Citations
8,698 Views
18 Pages

5 February 2016

This paper investigates the entropy generation and natural convection inside a C-shaped cavity filled with CuO-water nanofluid and subjected to a uniform magnetic field. The Brownian motion effect is considered in predicting the nanofluid properties....

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
6,517 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2016

Nanofluids can afford excellent thermal performance and have a major role in energy conservation aspect. In this paper, a sensitivity analysis has been performed by using response surface methodology to calculate the effects of nanoparticles on the e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,848 Views
15 Pages

Thermodynamics of Quantum Feedback Cooling

  • Pietro Liuzzo-Scorpo,
  • Luis A. Correa,
  • Rebecca Schmidt and
  • Gerardo Adesso

4 February 2016

The ability to initialize quantum registers in pure states lies at the core of many applications of quantum technologies, from sensing to quantum information processing and computation. In this paper, we tackle the problem of increasing the polarizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,031 Views
21 Pages

2 February 2016

Results are presented for an innovative computational procedure that predicts time-dependent instabilities and deterministic ordered structures in three-dimensional steady-state laminar boundary-layer flows. The flow configuration considered is a cor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
7,465 Views
13 Pages

New Derivatives on the Fractal Subset of Real-Line

  • Alireza Khalili Golmankhaneh and
  • Dumitru Baleanu

29 January 2016

In this manuscript we introduced the generalized fractional Riemann-Liouville and Caputo like derivative for functions defined on fractal sets. The Gamma, Mittag-Leffler and Beta functions were defined on the fractal sets. The non-local Laplace trans...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
7,216 Views
22 Pages

28 January 2016

In this article, entropy generation due to natural convection in entrapped trapezoidal cavities filled with nanofluid under the influence of magnetic field was numerically investigated. The upper (lower) enclosure is filled with CuO-water (Al2O3-wate...

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