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Entropy, Volume 18, Issue 6

2016 June - 40 articles

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Articles (40)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,913 Views
27 Pages

22 June 2016

We study continuous countably-piecewise monotone interval maps and formulate conditions under which these are conjugate to maps of constant slope, particularly when this slope is given by the topological entropy of the map. We confine our investigati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,157 Views
14 Pages

22 June 2016

Automatically extracting quantities and generating final answers for numerical attributes is very useful in many occasions, including question answering, image processing, human-computer interaction, etc. A common approach is to learn linguistics tem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,756 Views
9 Pages

Entropic Measure of Time, and Gas Expansion in Vacuum

  • Leonid M. Martyushev and
  • Evgenii V. Shaiapin

21 June 2016

The study considers advantages of the introduced measure of time based on the entropy change under irreversible processes (entropy production). Using the example of non-equilibrium expansion of an ideal gas in vacuum, such a measure is introduced. It...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,186 Views
17 Pages

21 June 2016

There exist problems of small samples and heteroscedastic noise in design time forecasts. To solve them, a kernel-based regression with Gaussian distribution weights (GDW-KR) is proposed here. GDW-KR maintains a Gaussian distribution over weight vect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
6,266 Views
17 Pages

3D Buoyancy-Induced Flow and Entropy Generation of Nanofluid-Filled Open Cavities Having Adiabatic Diamond Shaped Obstacles

  • Lioua Kolsi,
  • Omid Mahian,
  • Hakan F. Öztop,
  • Walid Aich,
  • Mohamed Naceur Borjini,
  • Nidal Abu-Hamdeh and
  • Habib Ben Aissia

21 June 2016

A three dimensional computational solution has been obtained to investigate the natural convection and entropy generation of nanofluid-filled open cavities with an adiabatic diamond shaped obstacle. In the model, the finite volume technique was used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,406 Views
12 Pages

20 June 2016

Aging alters muscular coordination patterns. This study aimed to investigate aging-related changes in the coordination of agonist and antagonist muscles from two aspects, the activities of individual muscles and the inter-muscular coupling. Eighteen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,075 Views
21 Pages

Optimal Noise Enhanced Signal Detection in a Unified Framework

  • Ting Yang,
  • Shujun Liu,
  • Mingchun Tang,
  • Kui Zhang and
  • Xinzheng Zhang

17 June 2016

In this paper, a new framework for variable detectors is formulated in order to solve different noise enhanced signal detection optimal problems, where six different disjoint sets of detector and discrete vector pairs are defined according to the two...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,125 Views
6 Pages

On Extensions over Semigroups and Applications

  • Wen Huang,
  • Lei Jin and
  • Xiangdong Ye

15 June 2016

Applying a theorem according to Rhemtulla and Formanek, we partially solve an open problem raised by Hochman with an affirmative answer. Namely, we show that if G is a countable torsion-free locally nilpotent group that acts by homeomorphisms on X, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
10,217 Views
13 Pages

14 June 2016

Weight aggregation is the key process to solve a multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problem. This paper is trying to propose a possible approach to objectivize subjective information and to aggregate information from attribute values th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,738 Views
16 Pages

14 June 2016

There are lots of non-equidistant sequences in actual applications due to random sampling, imperfect sensors, event-triggered phenomena, and so on. A new grey prediction method for non-equidistant sequences (r-NGM(1,1)) is proposed based on the basic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,908 Views
19 Pages

Discrete Time Dirac Quantum Walk in 3+1 Dimensions

  • Giacomo Mauro D’Ariano,
  • Nicola Mosco,
  • Paolo Perinotti and
  • Alessandro Tosini

14 June 2016

In this paper we consider quantum walks whose evolution converges to the Dirac equation in the limit of small wave-vectors. We show exact Fast Fourier implementation of the Dirac quantum walks in one, two, and three space dimensions. The behaviour of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
10,826 Views
57 Pages

14 June 2016

Selforganization is a process by which the interaction between the parts of a complex system gives rise to the spontaneous emergence of patterns, structures or functions. In this interaction the system elements exchange matter, energy and information...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
11,934 Views
7 Pages

13 June 2016

High-entropy amorphous NbTiAlSiWxNy films (x = 0 or 1, i.e., NbTiAlSiNy and NbTiAlSiWNy) were prepared by magnetron sputtering method in the atmosphere of a mixture of N2 + Ar (N2 + Ar = 24 standard cubic centimeter per minute (sccm)), where N2 = 0,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
7,907 Views
11 Pages

Entropy Generation on Nanofluid Flow through a Horizontal Riga Plate

  • Tehseen Abbas,
  • Muhammad Ayub,
  • Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti,
  • Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi and
  • Mohamed El-Sayed Ali

8 June 2016

In this article, entropy generation on viscous nanofluid through a horizontal Riga plate has been examined. The present flow problem consists of continuity, linear momentum, thermal energy, and nanoparticle concentration equation which are simplified...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,193 Views
12 Pages

Extreme Learning Machine for Multi-Label Classification

  • Xia Sun,
  • Jingting Xu,
  • Changmeng Jiang,
  • Jun Feng,
  • Su-Shing Chen and
  • Feijuan He

8 June 2016

Extreme learning machine (ELM) techniques have received considerable attention in the computational intelligence and machine learning communities because of the significantly low computational time required for training new classifiers. ELM provides...

  • Article
  • Open Access
148 Citations
9,055 Views
14 Pages

Entropy Generation on MHD Eyring–Powell Nanofluid through a Permeable Stretching Surface

  • Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti,
  • Tehseen Abbas,
  • Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi,
  • Mohamed El-Sayed Ali and
  • Zhigang Yang

8 June 2016

In this article, entropy generation of an Eyring–Powell nanofluid through a permeable stretching surface has been investigated. The impact of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and nonlinear thermal radiation are also taken into account. The governing flow p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,227 Views
16 Pages

7 June 2016

Data-driven haptic modeling is an emerging technique where contact dynamics are simulated and interpolated based on a generic input-output matching model identified by data sensed from interaction with target physical objects. In data-driven modeling...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,967 Views
20 Pages

4 June 2016

Dan Rudolph showed that for an amenable group, Γ, the generic measure-preserving action of Γ on a Lebesgue space has zero entropy. Here, this is extended to nonamenable groups. In fact, the proof shows that every action is a factor of a zero entropy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,348 Views
16 Pages

3 June 2016

This paper presents a novel stochastic predictive tracking control strategy for nonlinear and non-Gaussian stochastic systems based on the single neuron controller structure in the framework of information theory. Firstly, in order to characterize th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,362 Views
16 Pages

Application of Entropy-Based Metrics to Identify Emotional Distress from Electroencephalographic Recordings

  • Beatriz García-Martínez,
  • Arturo Martínez-Rodrigo,
  • Roberto Zangróniz Cantabrana,
  • Jose Manuel Pastor García and
  • Raúl Alcaraz

3 June 2016

Recognition of emotions is still an unresolved challenge, which could be helpful to improve current human-machine interfaces. Recently, nonlinear analysis of some physiological signals has shown to play a more relevant role in this context than their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,412 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2016

We derive a general formalism for bulk viscous solutions of the energy-conservation equation for ρ ( a , ζ ) , both for a single-component and a multicomponent fluid in the Friedmann universe. For our purposes, these general solutions become v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,083 Views
13 Pages

2 June 2016

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of a closed-loop cooling system with a mini-channel heat sink for thermal management of electronics is studied experimentally. The heat sink is designed with corrugated fins to improve its heat dissipation c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,088 Views
11 Pages

Empirical Laws and Foreseeing the Future of Technological Progress

  • António M. Lopes,
  • José A. Tenreiro Machado and
  • Alexandra M. Galhano

2 June 2016

The Moore’s law (ML) is one of many empirical expressions that is used to characterize natural and artificial phenomena. The ML addresses technological progress and is expected to predict future trends. Yet, the “art” of predicting is often confused...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,056 Views
15 Pages

1 June 2016

Based on the fast kernel entropy optimization independent component analysis and the minimum conditional entropy, this paper proposes a harmonic source localization method which aims at accurately estimating harmonic currents and identifying harmonic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,972 Views
14 Pages

Extended First Law for Entanglement Entropy in Lovelock Gravity

  • David Kastor,
  • Sourya Ray and
  • Jennie Traschen

30 May 2016

The first law for the holographic entanglement entropy of spheres in a boundary CFT (Conformal Field Theory) with a bulk Lovelock dual is extended to include variations of the bulk Lovelock coupling constants. Such variations in the bulk correspond t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,522 Views
22 Pages

A Confidence Set Analysis for Observed Samples: A Fuzzy Set Approach

  • José Alejandro González,
  • Luis Mauricio Castro,
  • Víctor Hugo Lachos and
  • Alexandre Galvão Patriota

30 May 2016

Confidence sets are generally interpreted in terms of replications of an experiment. However, this interpretation is only valid before observing the sample. After observing the sample, any confidence sets have probability zero or one to contain the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,038 Views
25 Pages

28 May 2016

Approximate Message Passing (AMP) and Generalized AMP (GAMP) algorithms usually suffer from serious convergence issues when the elements of the sensing matrix do not exactly match the zero-mean Gaussian assumption. To stabilize AMP/GAMP in these cont...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,588 Views
15 Pages

28 May 2016

In the previous papers, the idea of “hidden oscillations” has been applied to explain work generation in semiconductor photovoltaic cells and thermoelectric generators. The aim of this paper is firstly to extend this approach to fuel cells and, secon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,144 Views
10 Pages

27 May 2016

Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental contaminant of increasing relevance as a seafood safety hazard that affects the health and welfare of fish. Non-invasive, on-line methodologies to monitor and evaluate the behavior of a fish system in aquacult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,299 Views
22 Pages

27 May 2016

This work considers the nonlinear scattering theory for three-terminal thermoelectric devices used for power generation or refrigeration. Such systems are quantum phase-coherent versions of a thermocouple, and the theory applies to systems in which i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,256 Views
17 Pages

27 May 2016

We develop a novel method for multiphoton controllable transport between remote resonators. Specifically, an auxiliary resonator is used to control the coherent long-range coupling of two spatially separated resonators, mediated by a coupled-resonato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,410 Views
10 Pages

25 May 2016

The difference between quantum isoenergetic process and quantum isothermal process comes from the violation of the law of equipartition of energy in the quantum regime. To reveal an important physical meaning of this fact, here we study a special typ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
95 Citations
5,867 Views
8 Pages

25 May 2016

The pivotal proposal of this work is to present a reliable algorithm based on the local fractional homotopy perturbation Sumudu transform technique for solving a local fractional Tricomi equation occurring in fractal transonic flow. The proposed tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,630 Views
16 Pages

Numerical Investigation of Thermal Radiation and Viscous Effects on Entropy Generation in Forced Convection Blood Flow over an Axisymmetric Stretching Sheet

  • Mohammad Yaghoub Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi,
  • Payam Hooshmand,
  • Ashkan Hesabi,
  • Moon K. Kwak,
  • Isma’il Pirzadeh,
  • Ahmad Jamali Keikha and
  • Mohammadreza Negahdari

24 May 2016

Numerical and analytical investigation of the effects of thermal radiation and viscous heating on a convective flow of a non-Newtonian, incompressible fluid in an axisymmetric stretching sheet with constant temperature wall is performed. The power la...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,450 Views
16 Pages

Distant Supervision for Relation Extraction with Ranking-Based Methods

  • Yang Xiang,
  • Qingcai Chen,
  • Xiaolong Wang and
  • Yang Qin

24 May 2016

Relation extraction has benefited from distant supervision in recent years with the development of natural language processing techniques and data explosion. However, distant supervision is still greatly limited by the quality of training data, due t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,197 Views
28 Pages

24 May 2016

We articulate and apply the generalized Onsager principle to derive transport equations for active liquid crystals in a fixed domain as well as in a free surface domain adjacent to a passive fluid matrix. The Onsager principle ensures fundamental var...

  • Article
  • Open Access
107 Citations
8,070 Views
14 Pages

Numerical Simulation of Entropy Generation with Thermal Radiation on MHD Carreau Nanofluid towards a Shrinking Sheet

  • Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti,
  • Tehseen Abbas,
  • Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi and
  • Mohamed El-Sayed Ali

24 May 2016

In this article, entropy generation with radiation on non-Newtonian Carreau nanofluid towards a shrinking sheet is investigated numerically. The effects of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) are also taken into account. Firstly, the governing flow problem is...

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