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Solid State Transformers: A Critical Review of Projects with Relevant Prototypes and Demonstrators
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XTM: A Novel Transformer and LSTM-Based Model for Detection and Localization of Formally Verified FDI Attack in Smart Grid
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Influence of Bulk Doping and Halos on the TID Response of I/O and Core 150 nm nMOSFETs
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A Review on Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
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Observation of Large Threshold Voltage Shift Induced by Pre-applied Voltage to SiO2 Gate Dielectric in Organic Field-Effect Transistors
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DHD-MEPO: A Novel Distributed Coverage Hole Detection and Repair Method for Three-Dimensional Hybrid Wireless Sensor Networks
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2445; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112445 (registering DOI) - 28 May 2023
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A coverage hole is a problem that cannot be completely avoided in three-dimensional hybrid wireless sensor networks. It can lead to hindrances in monitoring tasks and adversely affect network performance. To address the problem of coverage holes caused by the uneven initial deployment
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A coverage hole is a problem that cannot be completely avoided in three-dimensional hybrid wireless sensor networks. It can lead to hindrances in monitoring tasks and adversely affect network performance. To address the problem of coverage holes caused by the uneven initial deployment of the network and node damage during operation, we propose a distributed hole detection and multi-objective optimization emperor penguin repair algorithm (DHD-MEPO). In the detection phase, the monitoring region is zoned as units according to the quantity of nodes and the sensing range, and static nodes use the sum-of-weights method to campaign for group nodes on their terms, determining the location of holes by calculating the coverage of each cell. In the repair phase, the set of repair nodes is determined by calculating the mobile node coverage redundancy. Based on the characteristics of complex environments, the regions of high hole levels are prioritized. Moreover, the residual energy homogeneity of nodes is considered for the design of multi-objective functions. A lens-imaging mapping learning strategy is introduced to perturb the location of repair nodes for the optimization of the emperor penguin algorithm. Experimental results illustrate that the DHD-MEPO, compared with the C-CICHH, 3D-VPCA, RA, EMSCOLER, and IERP algorithms, can balance the uniformity of the residual energy of each node while satisfying the network coverage requirements and network connectivity, which effectively improves the network coverage performance.
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Leading Logistics Firms’ Re-Engineering through the Optimization of the Customer’s Social Media and Website Activity
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2443; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112443 (registering DOI) - 28 May 2023
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To acquire competitive differentiation nowadays, logistics businesses must adopt novel strategies. Logistics companies have to consider whether redesigning their marketing plan based on client social media activity and website activity might increase the effectiveness of their digital marketing strategy. Insights from this study
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To acquire competitive differentiation nowadays, logistics businesses must adopt novel strategies. Logistics companies have to consider whether redesigning their marketing plan based on client social media activity and website activity might increase the effectiveness of their digital marketing strategy. Insights from this study will be used to help logistics firms improve the effectiveness of their digital marketing as part of a marketing re-engineering and change management process. An innovative methodology was implemented. Collecting behavioral big data from the logistics companies’ social media and websites was the first step. Next, regression and correlation analyses were conducted, together with the creation of a fuzzy cognitive map simulation in order to produce optimization scenarios. The results revealed that re-engineering marketing strategies and customer behavioral big data can successfully affect important digital marketing performance metrics. Additionally, social media big data can affect change management and re-engineering processes by reducing operational costs and investing more in social media visibility and less in social media interactivity. The following figure presents the graphical presentation of the abstract.
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Shifted Window Vision Transformer for Blood Cell Classification
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2442; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112442 (registering DOI) - 28 May 2023
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Blood cells play an important role in the metabolism of the human body, and the status of blood cells can be used for clinical diagnoses, such as the ratio of different blood cells. Therefore, blood cell classification is a primary task, which requires
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Blood cells play an important role in the metabolism of the human body, and the status of blood cells can be used for clinical diagnoses, such as the ratio of different blood cells. Therefore, blood cell classification is a primary task, which requires much time for manual analysis. The recent advances in computer vision can be beneficial to free doctors from tedious tasks. In this paper, a novel automated blood cell classification model based on the shifted window vision transformer (SW-ViT) is proposed. The SW-ViT architecture is firstly pre-trained on the ImageNet dataset and fine-tuned on the blood cell images for classification. Two transfer strategies are employed to generate better classification results. One is to fine-tune the entire SW-ViT, and the other is to only fine-tune the linear output layer of the SW-ViT while all the other parameters are frozen. A public dataset named BCCD_Dataset (Blood Cell Count and Detection) is utilized in the experiments. The results show that the SW-ViT outperforms several state-of-the-art methods in terms of classification accuracy. The proposed SW-ViT can be applied in daily clinical diagnosis.
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Efficient Resource Allocation for Beam-Hopping-Based Multi-Satellite Communication Systems
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2441; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112441 (registering DOI) - 28 May 2023
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With the rapid growth of data traffic, low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication networks have gradually ushered in a new trend of development due to its advantages of low latency, wide coverage, and high capacity. However, as a result of the limited on-board
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With the rapid growth of data traffic, low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication networks have gradually ushered in a new trend of development due to its advantages of low latency, wide coverage, and high capacity. However, as a result of the limited on-board resources and rapidly changing traffic demand, it is increasingly urgent to design an efficient resource-allocation scheme to satisfy the traffic demand. In this paper, we propose two resource allocation algorithms in the multi-satellite system based on beam-hopping technology. In the offline case, it is assumed that the channel gains in all time-slots are known in advance, and we propose a heuristic algorithm to allocate time and frequency resources, and a successive convex approximation (SCA) algorithm to allocate power resources. In the online case, it is assumed that only the instant channel gains information is known; therefore, we apply the dynamic programming (DP) algorithm to maximize the system throughput. The simulation results prove that the proposed resource-allocation algorithms based on beam-hopping technology have better performance than the traditional average allocation method, and the online algorithm has acceptable performance loss compared with the offline algorithm.
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Improving the Performance of the Single Shot Multibox Detector for Steel Surface Defects with Context Fusion and Feature Refinement
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2440; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112440 - 27 May 2023
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Strip surface defects have large intraclass and small interclass differences, resulting in the available detection techniques having either a low accuracy or very poor real-time performance. In order to improve the ability for capturing steel surface defects, the context fusion structure introduces the
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Strip surface defects have large intraclass and small interclass differences, resulting in the available detection techniques having either a low accuracy or very poor real-time performance. In order to improve the ability for capturing steel surface defects, the context fusion structure introduces the local information of the shallow layer and the semantic information of the deep layer into multiscale feature maps. In addition, for filtering the semantic conflicts and redundancies arising from context fusion, a feature refinement module is introduced in our method, which further improves the detection accuracy. Our experimental results show that this significantly improved the performance. In particular, our method achieved 79.5% mAP and 71 FPS on the public NEU-DET dataset. This means that our method had a higher detection accuracy compared to other techniques.
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Critical Node Identification Method of Power Grid Based on the Improved Entropy Weight Method
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2439; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112439 - 27 May 2023
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It is very important to accurately identify the critical nodes of the power grid for its safe and stable operation. In this paper, a method for identifying the critical nodes of the power grid based on the improved entropy weight method (IEWM) is
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It is very important to accurately identify the critical nodes of the power grid for its safe and stable operation. In this paper, a method for identifying the critical nodes of the power grid based on the improved entropy weight method (IEWM) is proposed, and the IEWM corrects issues with the information overlap between evaluation indices and inconsistency between the entropy weight (EW) and entropy value (EV). First, considering the power grid topology and operating conditions, structural factor evaluation indices and state factor evaluation indices are established. On this basis, the IEWM is used to assign weights to nodes with different voltage levels, which strengthens the consideration of node voltage levels in the identification method of critical nodes and makes the results more accurate and effective. Simulation experiments of IEEE 30-bus and IEEE 118-bus systems verify the accuracy of the critical node identification method proposed in this paper.
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Anomalous Behavior Detection with Spatiotemporal Interaction and Autoencoder Enhancement
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2438; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112438 - 27 May 2023
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To reduce the cargo loss rate caused by abnormal consumption behavior in smart retail cabinets, two problems need to be solved. The first is that the diversity of consumers leads to a diversity of actions contained in the same behavior, which makes the
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To reduce the cargo loss rate caused by abnormal consumption behavior in smart retail cabinets, two problems need to be solved. The first is that the diversity of consumers leads to a diversity of actions contained in the same behavior, which makes the accuracy of consumer behavior identification low. Second, the difference between normal interaction behavior and abnormal interaction behavior is small, and anomalous features are difficult to define. Therefore, we propose an anomalous behavior detection algorithm with human–object interaction graph convolution and confidence-guided difference enhancement. Aiming to solve the problem of low accuracy of consumer behavior recognition, including interactive behavior, the human–object interaction graph convolutional network is used to recognize action and extract video frames of abnormal human behavior. To define anomalies, we detect anomalies by delineating anomalous areas of the anomaly video frames. We use a confidence-guided anomaly enhancement module to perform confidence detection on the encoder-extracted coded features using a confidence full connection layer. The experimental results showed that the action recognition algorithm had good generalization ability and accuracy, and the screened video frames have obvious destruction characteristics, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve reached 82.8% in the detection of abnormal areas. Our research provides a new solution for the detection of abnormal behavior that destroys commodity packaging, which has considerable application value.
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Adversarial Perturbation Elimination with GAN Based Defense in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2437; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112437 - 27 May 2023
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Machine learning is being applied to continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) systems as defense countermeasures for attack classification. However, recent studies have demonstrated that most of these detection networks are not immune to adversarial attacks. In this paper, we propose to implement typical
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Machine learning is being applied to continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) systems as defense countermeasures for attack classification. However, recent studies have demonstrated that most of these detection networks are not immune to adversarial attacks. In this paper, we propose to implement typical adversarial attack strategies against the CVQKD system and introduce a generalized defense scheme. Adversarial attacks essentially generate data points located near decision boundaries that are linearized based on iterations of the classifier to lead to misclassification. Using the DeepFool attack as an example, we test it on four different CVQKD detection networks and demonstrate that an adversarial attack can fool most CVQKD detection networks. To solve this problem, we propose an improved adversarial perturbation elimination with a generative adversarial network (APE-GAN) scheme to generate samples with similar distribution to the original samples to defend against adversarial attacks. The results show that the proposed scheme can effectively defend against adversarial attacks including DeepFool and other adversarial attacks and significantly improve the security of communication systems.
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Performance Improvement of Speech Emotion Recognition Systems by Combining 1D CNN and LSTM with Data Augmentation
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Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2436; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112436 - 27 May 2023
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In recent years, the increasing popularity of smart mobile devices has made the interaction between devices and users, particularly through voice interaction, more crucial. By enabling smart devices to better understand users’ emotional states through voice data, it becomes possible to provide more
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In recent years, the increasing popularity of smart mobile devices has made the interaction between devices and users, particularly through voice interaction, more crucial. By enabling smart devices to better understand users’ emotional states through voice data, it becomes possible to provide more personalized services. This paper proposes a novel machine learning model for speech emotion recognition called CLDNN, which combines convolutional neural networks (CNN), long short-term memory neural networks (LSTM), and deep neural networks (DNN). To design a system that closely resembles the human auditory system in recognizing audio signals, this article uses the Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs) of audio data as the input of the machine learning model. First, the MFCCs of the voice signal are extracted as the input of the model. Local feature learning blocks (LFLBs) composed of one-dimensional CNNs are employed to calculate the feature values of the data. As audio signals are time-series data, the resulting feature values from LFLBs are then fed into the LSTM layer to enhance learning on the time-series level. Finally, fully connected layers are used for classification and prediction. The experimental evaluation of the proposed model utilizes three databases: RAVDESS, EMO-DB, and IEMOCAP. The results demonstrate that the LSTM model effectively models the features extracted from the 1D CNN due to the time-series characteristics of speech signals. Additionally, the data augmentation method applied in this paper proves beneficial in improving the recognition accuracy and stability of the systems for different databases. Furthermore, according to the experimental results, the proposed system achieves superior recognition rates compared to related research in speech emotion recognition.
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A Novel Low-Complexity Method for Near-Field Sources Based on an S-IMISC Array Model
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2435; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112435 - 27 May 2023
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Array optimization has recently received significant attention owing to its several advantages, such as larger array aperture and greater degrees of freedom (DOFs). However, current works focus on far-field sources, while array optimization for near-field sources has not been adequately investigated. Therefore, this
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Array optimization has recently received significant attention owing to its several advantages, such as larger array aperture and greater degrees of freedom (DOFs). However, current works focus on far-field sources, while array optimization for near-field sources has not been adequately investigated. Therefore, this work develops a new symmetry sparse array model for near-field sources based on the improved maximum inter-element spacing constraint (IMISC). The proposed symmetry IMISC (S-IMISC) array model has all the advantages of traditional sparse array models. Compared with traditional sparse array models, the S-IMISC array model affords more uniform DOFs and is less affected by mutual coupling. Additionally, in order to improve the real-time performance of near-field sources localization, the characteristic equation-based method (CEM) is used to obtain the azimuth information of near-field sources which can avoid eigenvalue decomposition (EVD), and a spectrum peak search and compression scheme is used to obtain the distance information by searching the partial area instead of the whole Fresnel area, thereby significantly reducing computation complexity. Extensive simulations verify the advantages of the proposed algorithm and the S-IMISC array model.
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Small Target Detection Algorithm for UAV Aerial Photography Based on Improved YOLOv5s
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2434; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112434 - 27 May 2023
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At present, UAV aerial photography has a good prospect in agricultural production, disaster response, and other aspects. The application of UAVs can greatly improve work efficiency and decision-making accuracy. However, owing to inherent features such as a wide field of view and large
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At present, UAV aerial photography has a good prospect in agricultural production, disaster response, and other aspects. The application of UAVs can greatly improve work efficiency and decision-making accuracy. However, owing to inherent features such as a wide field of view and large differences in the target scale in UAV aerial photography images, this can lead to existing target detection algorithms missing small targets or causing incorrect detections. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a small target detection algorithm for UAV aerial photography based on improved YOLOv5s. Firstly, a small target detection layer is applied in the algorithm to improve the detection performance of small targets in aerial images. Secondly, the enhanced weighted bidirectional characteristic pyramid Mul-BiFPN is adopted to replace the PANet network to improve the speed and accuracy of target detection. Then, CIoU was replaced by Focal EIoU to accelerate network convergence and improve regression accuracy. Finally, a non-parametric attention mechanism called the M-SimAM module is added to enhance the feature extraction capability. The proposed algorithm was evaluated on the VisDrone-2019 dataset. Compared with the YOLOV5s, the algorithm improved by 7.30%, 4.60%, 5.60%, and 6.10%, respectively, in [email protected], [email protected]:0.95, the accuracy rate (P), and the recall rate (R). The experiments show that the proposed algorithm has greatly improved performance on small targets compared to YOLOv5s.
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Optimization Control of Canned Electric Valve Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2433; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112433 - 27 May 2023
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The traditional canned electric valve consists of an induction motor and a reducer, which need to be matched with the position sensor to achieve precise control of valve position. The position sensor and reducer are not only easily damaged in high-temperature liquids, but
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The traditional canned electric valve consists of an induction motor and a reducer, which need to be matched with the position sensor to achieve precise control of valve position. The position sensor and reducer are not only easily damaged in high-temperature liquids, but also the slip rate of the induction motor is greatly affected by the liquid temperature, which makes it difficult to achieve accurate control. To address the above problems, this paper introduces a new topology of canned electric valve permanent magnet synchronous motor (CEV-PMSM), and a new maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) model is proposed. The new MTPA control equation considering the canned sleeve parameters is derived theoretically. By comparing it with id = 0 control and ideal MTPA control strategy, it is proved that the new MTPA model reflects the electric valve operation characteristics more realistically. In order to achieve sensorless control of the electric valve, and to achieve fast response and high-precision control under external disturbances and parameter uncertainties, the proposed control scheme combines sensorless control and two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) control. Consequently, the proposed control scheme can effectively improve the static and dynamic performances of the CEV-PMSM, as well as adjust the tracking and anti-disturbance performances independently. Finally, a 2 kW 100 r/min prototype was manufactured and corresponding experiments were conducted to verify the accuracy of the analysis.
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Low-Rank and Total Variation Regularization with ℓ0 Data Fidelity Constraint for Image Deblurring under Impulse Noise
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2432; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112432 - 27 May 2023
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Impulse noise removal is an important problem in the field of image processing. Although many methods exist to remove impulse noise, there is still room for improvement. This paper proposes a new method for removing impulse noise that combines the nuclear norm and
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Impulse noise removal is an important problem in the field of image processing. Although many methods exist to remove impulse noise, there is still room for improvement. This paper proposes a new method for removing impulse noise that combines the nuclear norm and the detection TV model while considering the low-rank structure commonly found in visual images. The nuclear norm maintains this structure, while the detection TV criterion promotes sparsity in the gradient domain, effectively removing impulse noise while preserving edges and other vital features. To solve the non-convex and non-smooth optimization problem, we use a mathematical process with equilibrium constraints (MPEC) to transform it. Subsequently, the proximal alternating direction multiplication algorithm is used to solve the transformed problem. The convergence of the algorithm is proven under mild conditions. Numerical experiments in denoising and deblurring show that for low-rank images, the proposed method outperforms TV with detection, TV and OGSTV.
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Predicting Power Generation from a Combined Cycle Power Plant Using Transformer Encoders with DNN
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2431; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112431 - 27 May 2023
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With the development of the Smart Grid, accurate prediction of power generation is becoming an increasingly crucial task. The primary goal of this research is to create an efficient and reliable forecasting model to estimate the full-load power generation of a combined-cycle power
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With the development of the Smart Grid, accurate prediction of power generation is becoming an increasingly crucial task. The primary goal of this research is to create an efficient and reliable forecasting model to estimate the full-load power generation of a combined-cycle power plant (CCPP). The dataset used in this research is a subset of the publicly available UCI Machine Learning Repository. It contains 9568 items of data collected from a CCPP during its full load operation over a span of six years. To enhance the accuracy of power generation forecasting, a novel forecasting method based on Transformer encoders with deep neural networks (DNN) was proposed. The proposed model exploits the ability of the Transformer encoder to extract valuable information. Furthermore, bottleneck DNN blocks and residual connections are used in the DNN component. In this study, a series of experiments were conducted, and the performance of the proposed model was evaluated against other state-of-the-art machine learning models based on the CCPP dataset. The experimental results illustrated that using Transformer encoders along with DNN can considerably improve the accuracy of predicting CCPPs power generation (RMSE = 3.5370, MAE = 2.4033, MAPE = 0.5307%, and R2 = 0.9555).
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Noisy Quantum Channel Characterization Using Quantum Neural Networks
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2430; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112430 - 27 May 2023
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Channel noise is considered to be the main obstacle in long-distance quantum communication and distributed quantum networks. Here, employing a quantum neural network, we present an efficient method to study the model and detect the noise of quantum channels. Based on various types
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Channel noise is considered to be the main obstacle in long-distance quantum communication and distributed quantum networks. Here, employing a quantum neural network, we present an efficient method to study the model and detect the noise of quantum channels. Based on various types of noisy quantum channel models, we construct the architecture of the quantum neural network and the model training process. Finally, we perform experiments to verify the training effectiveness of the scheme, and the results show that the cost function of the quantum neural network could approach above 90% of the channel model.
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REEGAT: RoBERTa Entity Embedding and Graph Attention Networks Enhanced Sentence Representation for Relation Extraction
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2429; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112429 - 27 May 2023
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Relation extraction is one of the most important intelligent information extraction technologies, which can be used to construct and optimize services in intelligent communication systems (ICS). One issue with the existing relation extraction approaches is that they use one-sided sentence embedding as their
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Relation extraction is one of the most important intelligent information extraction technologies, which can be used to construct and optimize services in intelligent communication systems (ICS). One issue with the existing relation extraction approaches is that they use one-sided sentence embedding as their final prediction vector, which degrades relation extraction performance. The innovative relation extraction model REEGAT (RoBERTa Entity Embedding and Graph Attention networks enhanced sentence representation) that we present in this paper, incorporates the concept of enhanced word embedding from graph neural networks. The model first uses RoBERTa to obtain word embedding and PyTorch embedding to obtain relation embedding. Then, the multi-headed attention mechanism in GAT (graph attention network) is introduced to weight the word embedding and relation embedding to enrich further the meaning conveyed by the word embedding. Finally, the entity embedding component is used to obtain sentence representation by pooling the word embedding from GAT and the entity embedding from named entity recognition. The weighted and pooled word embedding contains more relational information to alleviate the one-sided problem of sentence representation. The experimental findings demonstrate that our model outperforms other standard methods.
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A Hybrid GA/ML-Based End-to-End Automated Methodology for Design Acceleration of Wireless Communications CMOS LNAs
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2428; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112428 - 27 May 2023
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A new methodology for the RF/mmWave analog design process, automation and acceleration, is presented in this work. The proposed framework was implemented so as to accelerate the design cycle of analog/RF circuits by creating a dataset in a fully automated manner and training
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A new methodology for the RF/mmWave analog design process, automation and acceleration, is presented in this work. The proposed framework was implemented so as to accelerate the design cycle of analog/RF circuits by creating a dataset in a fully automated manner and training a combination of machine learning models for the optimal design parameters’ prediction. machine learning polynomial regression was adopted to accelerate the design process, predicting the optimal design parameters’ values while genetic algorithm optimization was exploited for the dataset creation automation. To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed methodology, the framework was implemented for the design of a common source Low-Noise-Amplifier, using a 65 nm CMOS process node. The proposed methodology successfully tackles the design cycle speed-up, automation, and acceleration, utilizing machine learning prediction for the design parameters and genetic algorithm for the dataset creation automation instead of the classical, simulation-based, standard design methodology. The provided experimental results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid approach, creating very precise RF matching networks for LNA designs and achieving > wave transmission efficiency while reaching > accuracy on the parameters’ prediction task.
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Efficient Intrusion Detection System in the Cloud Using Fusion Feature Selection Approaches and an Ensemble Classifier
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Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2427; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112427 - 27 May 2023
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The application of cloud computing has increased tremendously in both public and private organizations. However, attacks on cloud computing pose a serious threat to confidentiality and data integrity. Therefore, there is a need for a proper mechanism for detecting cloud intrusions. In this
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The application of cloud computing has increased tremendously in both public and private organizations. However, attacks on cloud computing pose a serious threat to confidentiality and data integrity. Therefore, there is a need for a proper mechanism for detecting cloud intrusions. In this paper, we have proposed a cloud intrusion detection system (IDS) that is focused on boosting the classification accuracy by improving feature selection and weighing the ensemble model with the crow search algorithm (CSA). The feature selection is handled by combining both filter and automated models to obtain improved feature sets. The ensemble classifier is made up of machine and deep learning models such as long short-term memory (LSTM), support vector machine (SVM), XGBoost, and a fast learning network (FLN). The proposed ensemble model’s weights are generated with the CSA to obtain better prediction results. Experiments are executed on the NSL-KDD, Kyoto, and CSE-CIC-IDS-2018 datasets. The simulation shows that the suggested system attained more satisfactory results in terms of accuracy, recall, precision, and F-measure than conventional approaches. The detection rate and false alarm rate (FAR) of different attack types was more efficient for each dataset. The classifiers’ performances were also compared individually to the ensemble model in terms of the false positive rate (FPR) and false negative rate (FNR) to demonstrate the ensemble model’s robustness.
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Ti/HfO2-Based RRAM with Superior Thermal Stability Based on Self-Limited TiOx
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2426; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112426 - 26 May 2023
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HfO2-based resistive random-access memory (RRAM) with a Ti buffer layer has been extensively studied as an emerging nonvolatile memory (eNVM) candidate because of its excellent resistive switching (RS) properties and CMOS process compatibility. However, a detailed understanding of the nature of
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HfO2-based resistive random-access memory (RRAM) with a Ti buffer layer has been extensively studied as an emerging nonvolatile memory (eNVM) candidate because of its excellent resistive switching (RS) properties and CMOS process compatibility. However, a detailed understanding of the nature of Ti thickness-dependent RS and systematic thermal degradation research about the effect of post-metallization annealing (PMA) time on oxygen vacancy distribution and RS performance still needs to be included. Herein, the impact of Ti buffer layer thickness on the RS performance of the Al/Ti/HfO2/TiN devices is first addressed. Consequently, we have proposed a simple strategy to regulate the leakage current, forming voltage, memory window, and uniformity by varying the thickness of the Ti layer. Moreover, it is found that the device with 15 nm Ti shows the minimum cycle-to-cycle variability (CCV) and device-to-device variability (DDV), good retention (105 s at 85 °C), and superior endurance (104). In addition, thermal degradation of the Al/Ti(15 nm)/HfO2/TiN devices under different PMA times at 400 °C is carried out. It is found that the leakage current increases and the forming voltage and memory window decrease with the increase in PMA time due to the thermally activated oxidation of the Ti. However, when the PMA time increases to 30 min, the Ti can no longer capture oxygen from HfO2 due to the formation of self-limited TiOx. Therefore, the device shows superior thermal stability with a PMA time of 90 min at 400 °C and no degradation of the memory window, uniformity, endurance, or retention. This work demonstrates that the Ti/HfO2-based RRAM shows superior back-end-of-line compatibility with high thermal stability up to 400 °C for over an hour.
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Robust Deep Learning Models for OFDM-Based Image Communication Systems in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for Smart Cities
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Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2425; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12112425 - 26 May 2023
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Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in smart cities demands fast, reliable, and efficient image data transmission to enable real-time Computer Vision (CV) applications. To fulfill these demands, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based communication system has been widely utilized due to its higher
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Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in smart cities demands fast, reliable, and efficient image data transmission to enable real-time Computer Vision (CV) applications. To fulfill these demands, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based communication system has been widely utilized due to its higher spectral efficiency and data rate. When adapting such a system to achieve fast and reliable image transmission over fading channels, noise is introduced in the signal which heavily distorts the recovered image. This noise independently corrupts pixel values, however, certain intrinsic properties of the image, such as spatial information, may remain intact, which can be extracted as multidimensional features (in the convolution layers) and interpreted (in the top layers) by a Deep Learning (DL) model. Therefore, the current study analyzes the robustness of such DL models utilizing various OFDM-based image communication systems for CV applications in an Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) environment. Our analysis has shown that the EfficientNetV2-based model achieved a range of 70–90% accuracy across different OFDM-based image communication systems over the Rayleigh Fading channel. In addition, leveraging different data augmentation techniques further improves accuracy up to 18%.
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