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Several mechanisms in industrial use have significant applications in thermal transportation. The inclusion of hybrid nanoparticles in different mixtures has been studied extensively by researchers due to their wide applications. This report discusse...

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233 Citations
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR), which is seen in approximately one-third of diabetes patients worldwide, leads to irreversible vision loss and even blindness if not diagnosed and treated in time. It is vital to limit the progression of DR disease in order...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus in Signal, Imaging Processing and Machine Learning)
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Forecasting Cryptocurrency Prices Using LSTM, GRU, and Bi-Directional LSTM: A Deep Learning Approach

  • Phumudzo Lloyd Seabe,
  • Claude Rodrigue Bambe Moutsinga and
  • Edson Pindza

Highly accurate cryptocurrency price predictions are of paramount interest to investors and researchers. However, owing to the nonlinearity of the cryptocurrency market, it is difficult to assess the distinct nature of time-series data, resulting in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional-Order Neural Networks: Theory and Application)
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Structure, Fractality, Mechanics and Durability of Calcium Silicate Hydrates

  • Shengwen Tang,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Zhicheng Geng,
  • Xiaofei Xu,
  • Wenzhi Yu,
  • Hubao A and
  • Jingtao Chen

Cement-based materials are widely utilized in infrastructure. The main product of hydrated products of cement-based materials is calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gels that are considered as the binding phase of cement paste. C-S-H gels in Portland ce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Cement-based Materials)
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In this article, we construct the exact dynamical wave solutions to the Date–Jimbo–Kashiwara–Miwa equation with conformable derivative by using an efficient and well-established approach, namely: the two-variable G/G, &n...

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Chaos-based image encryption has become a prominent area of research in recent years. In comparison to ordinary chaotic systems, fractional-order chaotic systems tend to have a greater number of control parameters and more complex dynamical character...

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Fractal Analysis on Pore Structure and Hydration of Magnesium Oxysulfate Cements by First Principle, Thermodynamic and Microstructure-Based Methods

  • Jiasheng Huang,
  • Wenwei Li,
  • Desheng Huang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • E Chen,
  • Chengyou Wu,
  • Baoshan Wang,
  • Hongyang Deng,
  • Shengwen Tang and
  • Yang Li
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Magnesium oxysulfate (MOS) cement is a typical eco-friendly cementitious material, which presents excellent performances. In this work, a novel multiscale modeling strategy is proposed to simulate the hydration and pore structure of MOS cement system...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Cement-based Materials)
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Investigation and Application of Fractal Theory in Cement-Based Materials: A Review

  • Lei Wang,
  • Xiaoman Zeng,
  • Huamei Yang,
  • Xingdong Lv,
  • Fanxing Guo,
  • Yan Shi and
  • Asad Hanif

Cement-based materials, including cement and concrete, are the most widely used construction materials in the world. In recent years, the investigation and application of fractal theory in cement-based materials have attracted a large amount of atten...

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Homotopy Perturbation Method for the Fractal Toda Oscillator

  • Ji-Huan He,
  • Yusry O. El-Dib and
  • Amal A. Mady

The fractal Toda oscillator with an exponentially nonlinear term is extremely difficult to solve; Elias-Zuniga et al. (2020) suggested the equivalent power-form method. In this paper, first, the fractal variational theory is used to show the basic pr...

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In this work, a fractional predator-prey model with the harvesting rate is considered. Besides the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the model, local stability and global stability are experienced. A novel discretization depending on the nu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges Arising in Engineering Problems with Fractional and Integer Order)
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126 Citations
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Image encryption is increasingly becoming an important area of research in information security and network communications as digital images are widely used in various applications and are vulnerable to various types of attacks. In this research work...

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Dynamical Analysis of Generalized Tumor Model with Caputo Fractional-Order Derivative

  • Ausif Padder,
  • Laila Almutairi,
  • Sania Qureshi,
  • Amanullah Soomro,
  • Afroz Afroz,
  • Evren Hincal and
  • Asifa Tassaddiq

In this study, we perform a dynamical analysis of a generalized tumor model using the Caputo fractional-order derivative. Tumor growth models are widely used in biomedical research to understand the dynamics of tumor development and to evaluate poten...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advancements in Pure and Applied Mathematics via Fractals and Fractional Calculus Volume II)
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107 Citations
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Recently, fractional differential equations (FDEs) have attracted much more attention in modeling real-life problems. Since most FDEs do not have exact solutions, numerical solution methods are used commonly. Therefore, in this study, we have demonst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Craft of Fractional Modelling in Science and Engineering)
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103 Citations
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Fractal Analysis on Pore Structure and Modeling of Hydration of Magnesium Phosphate Cement Paste

  • Yuxiang Peng,
  • Shengwen Tang,
  • Jiasheng Huang,
  • Can Tang,
  • Lei Wang and
  • Yufei Liu

Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) paste is hardened by the acid–base reaction between magnesium oxide and phosphate. This work collects and evaluates the thermodynamic data at 25 °C and a pressure of 0.1 MPa and establishes the hydration rea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigation and Application of Fractals in Civil Engineering Materials)
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Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cement Pastes Using Thermodynamics-Based Methods

  • Yifan Zhou,
  • Wenwei Li,
  • Yuxiang Peng,
  • Shengwen Tang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Yan Shi,
  • Yang Li,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Zhicheng Geng and
  • Kai Wu

Low-heat Portland (LHP) cement is a kind of high-belite cement, which has the characteristic of low hydration heat. Currently, it is extensively used in the temperature control of mass concrete. Based on the thermodynamic database of OPC-based materi...

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98 Citations
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On the Existence and Stability of a Neutral Stochastic Fractional Differential System

  • Manzoor Ahmad,
  • Akbar Zada,
  • Mehran Ghaderi,
  • Reny George and
  • Shahram Rezapour

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence and Ulam-Hyers stability (U-Hs) of solutions of a nonlinear neutral stochastic fractional differential system. We prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the proposed system by...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Dynamical Systems: Applications and Theoretical Results)
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Fractal Antennas: An Historical Perspective

  • Jaume Anguera,
  • Aurora Andújar,
  • Jeevani Jayasinghe,
  • V. V. S. S. Sameer Chakravarthy,
  • P. S. R. Chowdary,
  • Joan L. Pijoan,
  • Tanweer Ali and
  • Carlo Cattani

Fractal geometry has been proven to be useful in several disciplines. In the field of antenna engineering, fractal geometry is useful to design small and multiband antenna and arrays, and high-directive elements. A historic overview of the most signi...

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The present paper introduces a new class of generalized differential and integral operators. This class includes and generalizes a large number of definitions of fractal-fractional derivatives and integral operators used to model the complex dynamics...

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A Review on Fractional-Order Modelling and Control of Robotic Manipulators

  • Kishore Bingi,
  • B Rajanarayan Prusty and
  • Abhaya Pal Singh

Robot manipulators are widely used in many fields and play a vital role in the assembly, maintenance, and servicing of future complex in-orbit infrastructures. They are also helpful in areas where it is undesirable for humans to go, for instance, dur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Fractional-Order Calculus in Robotics)
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The crack resistance of face slab concretes to various shrinkages is crucial for the structural integrity and the normal operation of concrete-faced rockfill dams (CFRDs). In this work, the effects of fly ash with four dosages (i.e., 10%, 20%, 30% an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigation and Application of Fractals in Civil Engineering Materials)
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In cement-based materials, alkalis mainly exist in the form of different alkali sulfates. In this study, the impacts of different alkali sulfates on the shrinkage, hydration, pore structure, fractal dimension and microstructure of low-heat Portland c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Cement-based Materials)
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Influence of Groundwater Depth on Pile–Soil Mechanical Properties and Fractal Characteristics under Cyclic Loading

  • Bingxiang Yuan,
  • Zhijie Li,
  • Weijie Chen,
  • Jin Zhao,
  • Jianbing Lv,
  • Jie Song and
  • Xudong Cao

The analysis of the behavior of soil and foundations when the piles in offshore areas are subjected to long-term lateral loading (wind) is one of the major problems associated with the smooth operation of superstructure. The strength of the pile-soil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Geomaterials)
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In order to enrich the dynamic behaviors of discrete neuron models and more effectively mimic biological neural networks, this paper proposes a bistable locally active discrete memristor (LADM) model to mimic synapses. We explored the dynamic behavio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional-Order Neural Networks: Theory and Application)
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Currently, low heat Portland (LHP) cement is widely used in mass concrete structures. The magnesia expansion agent (MgO) can be adopted to reduce the shrinkage of conventional Portland cement-based materials, but very few studies can be found that in...

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Explicit Soliton Structure Formation for the Riemann Wave Equation and a Sensitive Demonstration

  • Sheikh Zain Majid,
  • Waqas Ali Faridi,
  • Muhammad Imran Asjad,
  • Magda Abd El-Rahman and
  • Sayed M. Eldin

The motive of the study was to explore the nonlinear Riemann wave equation, which describes the tsunami and tidal waves in the sea and homogeneous and stationary media. This study establishes the framework for the analytical solutions to the Riemann...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Simulations and Advanced Techniques for Nonlinear Fractional Evolution Models)
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A major problem in power systems is achieving a match between the load demand and generation demand, where security, dependability, and quality are critical factors that need to be provided to power producers. This paper proposes a proportional&ndash...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Optimization and Nonlinear Analysis Volume II)
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In this article, a fractional-order proportional-integral-differential (FOPID) controller and its modified structure, called a MFOPID controller, are presented. To guarantee optimal system performance, the gains of the proposed FOPID and MFOPID contr...

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A Review of Recent Developments in Autotuning Methods for Fractional-Order Controllers

  • Cristina I. Muresan,
  • Isabela Birs,
  • Clara Ionescu,
  • Eva H. Dulf and
  • Robin De Keyser

The scientific community has recently seen a fast-growing number of publications tackling the topic of fractional-order controllers in general, with a focus on the fractional order PID. Several versions of this controller have been proposed, includin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order System: Control Theory and Applications)
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Fractional Order Modeling the Gemini Virus in Capsicum annuum with Optimal Control

  • Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar,
  • Kumararaju Logeswari,
  • Veliappan Vijayaraj,
  • Haci Mehmet Baskonus and
  • Chokkalingam Ravichandran

In this article, a fractional model of the Capsicum annuum (C. annuum) affected by the yellow virus through whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) is examined. We analyzed the model by equilibrium points, reproductive number, and local and global stability. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Computational Physics with Fractional Application)
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Optimal Design of TD-TI Controller for LFC Considering Renewables Penetration by an Improved Chaos Game Optimizer

  • Ahmed H. A. Elkasem,
  • Mohamed Khamies,
  • Mohamed H. Hassan,
  • Ahmed M. Agwa and
  • Salah Kamel

This study presents an innovative strategy for load frequency control (LFC) using a combination structure of tilt-derivative and tilt-integral gains to form a TD-TI controller. Furthermore, a new improved optimization technique, namely the quantum ch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Optimization and Nonlinear Analysis)
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Riemann–Liouville Fractional Newton’s Type Inequalities for Differentiable Convex Functions

  • Thanin Sitthiwirattham,
  • Kamsing Nonlaopon,
  • Muhammad Aamir Ali and
  • Hüseyin Budak

In this paper, we prove some new Newton’s type inequalities for differentiable convex functions through the well-known Riemann–Liouville fractional integrals. Moreover, we prove some inequalities of Riemann–Liouville fractional Newt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Integral Inequalities and Applications)
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Nonlinear fractional partial differential equations (NLFPDEs) are widely used in simulating a variety of phenomena arisen in several disciplines such as applied mathematics, engineering, physics, and a wide range of other applications. Solitary wave...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional Differential Equations and Their Applications)
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The Fractional Discrete Predator–Prey Model: Chaos, Control and Synchronization

  • Rania Saadeh,
  • Abderrahmane Abbes,
  • Abdallah Al-Husban,
  • Adel Ouannas and
  • Giuseppe Grassi

This paper describes a new fractional predator–prey discrete system of the Leslie type. In addition, the non-linear dynamics of the suggested model are examined within the framework of commensurate and non-commensurate orders, using different n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order Chaotic System: Control and Synchronization)
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In this investigation, we utilize advanced versions of the Extended Direct Algebraic Method (EDAM), namely the modified EDAM (mEDAM) and r+mEDAM, to explore families of optical soliton solutions in the Fractional Perturbed Radhakrishnan–Kundu&n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Solution and Applications of Fractional Differential Equations)
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Abrasion resistance and cracking resistance are two important properties determining the normal operation and reliability of hydropower projects that are subjected to erosion and abrasive action. In this study, polyvinyl alcohol (abbreviated as PVA)...

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An Efficient Stochastic Numerical Computing Framework for the Nonlinear Higher Order Singular Models

  • Zulqurnain Sabir,
  • Hafiz Abdul Wahab,
  • Shumaila Javeed and
  • Haci Mehmet Baskonus

The focus of the present study is to present a stochastic numerical computing framework based on Gudermannian neural networks (GNNs) together with the global and local search genetic algorithm (GA) and active-set approach (ASA), i.e., GNNs-GA-ASA. Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional Differential Equations, Delay Differential Equations and Their Applications)
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Integrating Fractional-Order Hopfield Neural Network with Differentiated Encryption: Achieving High-Performance Privacy Protection for Medical Images

  • Wei Feng,
  • Keyuan Zhang,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Xiangyu Zhao,
  • Yao Chen,
  • Bo Cai,
  • Zhengguo Zhu,
  • Heping Wen and
  • Conghuan Ye

Medical images demand robust privacy protection, driving research into advanced image encryption (IE) schemes. However, current IE schemes still encounter certain challenges in both security and efficiency. Fractional-order Hopfield neural networks (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional-Order Chaotic and Complex Systems)
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Hydraulic concrete in cold regions is necessary for good frost resistance. The utilization of finely ground PS (FGPS) in the construction of hydropower projects could solve the pollution issue and the fly ash shortage problem. In this work, the influ...

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A New Intelligent Fractional-Order Load Frequency Control for Interconnected Modern Power Systems with Virtual Inertia Control

  • Sherif A. Zaid,
  • Abualkasim Bakeer,
  • Gaber Magdy,
  • Hani Albalawi,
  • Ahmed M. Kassem,
  • Mohmed E. El-Shimy,
  • Hossam AbdelMeguid and
  • Bassel Manqarah

Since modern power systems are susceptible to undesirable frequency oscillations caused by uncertainties in renewable energy sources (RESs) and loads, load frequency control (LFC) has a crucial role to get these systems’ frequency stability bac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Order Systems with Application to Electrical Power Engineering)
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In this paper, we apply a new technique, namely, the local fractional Laplace homotopy perturbation method (LFLHPM), on Helmholtz and coupled Helmholtz equations to obtain analytical approximate solutions. The iteration procedure is based on local fr...

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Residual Power Series Method for Fractional Swift–Hohenberg Equation

  • D. G. Prakasha,
  • P. Veeresha and
  • Haci Mehmet Baskonus

In this paper, the approximated analytical solution for the fractional Swift–Hohenberg (S–H) equation has been investigated with the help of the residual power series method (RPSM). To ensure the applicability and efficiency of the propos...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2019 Selected Papers from Fractal Fract’s Editorial Board Members)
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One of the most popular controllers for the automatic voltage regulator (AVR) in maintaining the voltage level of a synchronous generator is the fractional-order proportional–integral-derivative (FOPID) controller. Unfortunately, tuning the FOP...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus in the Design, Control and Implementation of Complex Systems)
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In this work we present three new models of the fractal-fractional Ebola virus. We investigate the numerical solutions of the fractal-fractional Ebola virus in the sense of three different kernels based on the power law, the exponential decay and the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2020 Selected Papers from Fractal Fract’s Editorial Board Members)
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Fiber is effective in restricting cracks and improving the toughness of geopolymer composites, but few studies have focused on the surface crack characteristics of fiber-reinforced geopolymer composites. In this paper, after flexural tests of polypro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal and Fractional in Cement-based Materials)
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Fuzzy dispersion entropy (FuzzDE) is a very recently proposed non-linear dynamical indicator, which combines the advantages of both dispersion entropy (DE) and fuzzy entropy (FuzzEn) to detect dynamic changes in a time series. However, FuzzDE only re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Systems via Fractals and Fractional Calculus)
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In organisms’ bodies, the activities of enzymes can be catalyzed or inhibited by some inorganic and organic compounds. The interaction between enzymes and these compounds is successfully described by mathematics. The main purpose of this articl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advancements in Pure and Applied Mathematics via Fractals and Fractional Calculus Volume II)
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This manuscript focuses on the application of the (m+1/G)-expansion method to the (2+1)-dimensional hyperbolic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. With the help of projected method, the periodic and singular complex wave solutions to the cons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges Arising in Engineering Problems with Fractional and Integer Order)
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The Influence of Fly Ash Dosages on the Permeability, Pore Structure and Fractal Features of Face Slab Concrete

  • Lei Wang,
  • Shihua Zhou,
  • Yan Shi,
  • Yajun Huang,
  • Feng Zhao,
  • Tingting Huo and
  • Shengwen Tang

Concrete-face slabs are the primary anti-permeability structures of the concrete-face rockfill dam (CFRD), and the resistance of face slab concrete to permeability is the key factor affecting the operation and safety of CFRDs. Herein, the influences...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigation and Application of Fractals in Civil Engineering Materials)
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