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22 April 2021

Electric buses have many significant advantages, such as zero emissions and low noise and energy consumption, making them play an important role in saving the operation cost of bus companies and reducing urban traffic pollution emissions. Therefore,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling Activity-Travel Behavior for Sustainable Transportation)
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  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,568 Views
29 Pages

23 June 2020

This paper presents the usage of the hybrid simulated annealing—evaporation rate water cycle algorithm (SA-ERWCA) for induction machine equivalent circuit parameter estimation. The proposed algorithm is applied to nameplate data, measured data...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms for Electromagnetic Devices)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,067 Views
14 Pages

4 September 2024

Inertia is the measure of a power system’s ability to resist power interference. The accurate estimation and prediction of inertia are crucial for the safe operation of the power system. To obtain the accurate power system inertia provided by g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Optimization of Electric Energy System—2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,128 Views
21 Pages

18 September 2023

The State of Charge (SOC) is a crucial parameter in battery management systems, making accurate estimation of SOC essential for adjusting control strategies in automotive energy management and ensuring the performance of electric vehicles. In order t...

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6 Citations
3,728 Views
25 Pages

Estimation of Small-Scale Kinetic Parameters of Escherichia coli (E. coli) Model by Enhanced Segment Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm ESe-PSO

  • Mohammed Adam Kunna Azrag,
  • Jasni Mohamad Zain,
  • Tuty Asmawaty Abdul Kadir,
  • Marina Yusoff and ,
  • Aqeel Sakhy Jaber,
  • Hybat Salih Mohamed Abdlrhman,
  • Yasmeen Hafiz Zaki Ahmed and
  • Mohamed Saad Bala Husain
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

1 January 2023

The ability to create “structured models” of biological simulations is becoming more and more commonplace. Although computer simulations can be used to estimate the model, they are restricted by the lack of experimentally available parame...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Biology Approaches to Genome and Protein Analyses)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,090 Views
16 Pages

Adaptive Least-Squares Collocation Algorithm Considering Distance Scale Factor for GPS Crustal Velocity Field Fitting and Estimation

  • Wei Qu,
  • Hailu Chen,
  • Shichuan Liang,
  • Qin Zhang and ,
  • Lihua Zhao,
  • Yuan Gao and
  • Wu Zhu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 November 2019

High-precision, high-reliability, and high-density GPS crustal velocity are extremely important requirements for geodynamic analysis. The least-squares collocation algorithm (LSC) has unique advantages over crustal movement models to overcome observa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-precision GNSS: Methods, Open Problems and Geoscience Applications)
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12 November 2026

Multimodal consumer wearables such as Garmin smartwatches combine movement with physiological signals to estimate sleep, whereas bed-based sensing largely relies on movement alone. How far movement alone, sensed from the bed, can go in estimating sle...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable and Nearable Sensors for Sleep, Respiration and Activity Monitoring)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
454 Views
24 Pages

12 May 2026

Three-phase induction motors account for nearly two-thirds of industrial electricity consumption, making accurate parameter identification essential for efficiency optimization, predictive maintenance, and digital twin calibration. This paper introdu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization and Analysis of Energy System)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,911 Views
20 Pages

Estimation of the Fe and Cu Contents of the Surface Water in the Ebinur Lake Basin Based on LIBS and a Machine Learning Algorithm

  • Xianlong Zhang,
  • Fei Zhang,
  • Hsiang-te Kung,
  • Ping Shi and ,
  • Ayinuer Yushanjiang and
  • Shidan Zhu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Traditional technology for detecting heavy metals in water is time consuming and difficult and thus is not suitable for quantitative detection of large samples. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can identify multi-state (such as solid, liqu...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Science and Engineering)
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692 Views
24 Pages

22 July 2026

Reliable state of health (SOH) estimation plays an important role in the safe and stable operation of lithium-ion battery energy storage systems. Nevertheless, the nonlinear degradation characteristics and complex aging behaviors of batteries hinder...

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13 Citations
3,529 Views
26 Pages

Research on Automatic Tracking and Size Estimation Algorithm of “Low, Slow and Small” Targets Based on Gm-APD Single-Photon LIDAR

  • Dongfang Guo,
  • Yanchen Qu,
  • Xin Zhou,
  • Jianfeng Sun and ,
  • Shengwen Yin,
  • Jie Lu and
  • Feng Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 January 2025

In order to solve the problem of detecting, tracking and estimating the size of “low, slow and small” targets (such as UAVs) in the air, this paper designs a single-photon LiDAR imaging system based on Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode (Gm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Detection, Identification and Tracking of UAVs and Drones)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,121 Views
17 Pages

Application of Independent Component Analysis and Nelder–Mead Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm in Non-Contact Blood Pressure Estimation

  • Te-Jen Su,
  • Wei-Hong Lin,
  • Qian-Yi Zhuang,
  • Ya-Chung Hung and ,
  • Wen-Rong Yang,
  • Bo-Jun He and
  • Shih-Ming Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 May 2024

In recent years, hypertension has become one of the leading causes of illness and death worldwide. Changes in lifestyle among the population have led to an increasing prevalence of hypertension. This study proposes a non-contact blood pressure estima...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Medical Sensors and Applications)
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  • Open Access
1,265 Views
16 Pages

8 June 2025

During the launching process of electromagnetic projectiles, radiated noise, smoke, and debris will interfere with the line of sight and affect the accuracy of initial attitude estimation. To address this issue, an enhanced method that integrates Mas...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,690 Views
24 Pages

30 June 2017

The increasing concern on global warming is prompting transportation sector to take into account more sustainable operation strategies. Among them, intermodal transportation (IT) has already been regarded as one of the most effective measures on carb...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,129 Views
23 Pages

26 June 2025

The accurate modeling of photovoltaic (PV) systems is crucial in optimizing energy efficiency and operational reliability. To address challenges in parameter estimation under dynamic conditions, a hybrid deep learning (DL)-based optimization scheme i...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,205 Views
19 Pages

26 August 2021

Solder joint fatigue is one of the critical failure modes in ball-grid array packaging. Because the reliability test is time-consuming and geometrical/material nonlinearities are required for the physics-driven model, the AI-assisted simulation frame...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simulation and Reliability Assessment of Advanced Packaging)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
983 Views
19 Pages

16 September 2025

In many real-life processes, data with high positive skewness are very common. Moreover, these data tend to exhibit heterogeneous characteristics in such a manner that using one parametric univariate probability distribution becomes inadequate to mod...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Probability and Statistics)
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25 Pages

23 April 2026

An accurate classification of material stability often requires fusing multiple features under uncertainty. Dempster–Shafer (D–S) theory is a powerful framework for multi-source information fusion under uncertainty. However, its effective...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Simulation and Design)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,047 Views
14 Pages

Non-Destructive Estimation of Total Chlorophyll Content of Apple Fruit Based on Color Feature, Spectral Data and the Most Effective Wavelengths Using Hybrid Artificial Neural Network—Imperialist Competitive Algorithm

  • Razieh Pourdarbani,
  • Sajad Sabzi,
  • Mario Hernández-Hernández,
  • José Luis Hernández-Hernández and ,
  • Iván Gallardo-Bernal and
  • Israel Herrera-Miranda
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 November 2020

Non-destructive assessment of the physicochemical properties of food products, especially fruits, makes it possible to examine the internal quality without any damage. This is applicable at different stages of fruit growth, harvesting stage, and stor...

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30 Citations
3,802 Views
18 Pages

Cosmological Parameter Estimation with Genetic Algorithms

  • Ricardo Medel-Esquivel,
  • Isidro Gómez-Vargas,
  • Alejandro A. Morales Sánchez,
  • Ricardo García-Salcedo and
  • José Alberto Vázquez

27 December 2023

Genetic algorithms are a powerful tool in optimization for single and multimodal functions. This paper provides an overview of their fundamentals with some analytical examples. In addition, we explore how they can be used as a parameter estimation to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Universe: Feature Papers 2023—Cosmology)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,340 Views
18 Pages

27 July 2016

Estimators derived from a divergence criterion such as φ - divergences are generally more robust than the maximum likelihood ones. We are interested in particular in the so-called minimum dual φ–divergence estimator (MDφDE), an estimator buil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Geometrical Theory of Statistics)
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5 Citations
2,804 Views
18 Pages

16 May 2023

The existing expectation maximization (EM) and space-alternating generalized EM (SAGE) algorithms are only applied to direction of arrival (DOA) estimation in known noise. In this paper, the two algorithms are designed for DOA estimation in unknown u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine-Learning-Based Localization)
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8 Citations
4,122 Views
21 Pages

Optimization of Gradient Descent Parameters in Attitude Estimation Algorithms

  • Karla Sever,
  • Leonardo Max Golušin and
  • Josip Lončar

18 February 2023

Attitude estimation methods provide modern consumer, industrial, and space systems with an estimate of a body orientation based on noisy sensor measurements. The gradient descent algorithm is one of the most recent methods for optimal attitude estima...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Attitude Estimation Based on Data Processing of Sensors)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,987 Views
22 Pages

Determining the network size is a critical process in numerous areas (e.g., computer science, logistic, epidemiology, social networking services, mathematical modeling, demography, etc.). However, many modern real-world systems are so extensive that...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Trends in Multi-Agent Systems)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,473 Views
17 Pages

A Comparative Analysis of Metaheuristic Algorithms for Enhanced Parameter Estimation on Inverted Pendulum System Dynamics

  • Daniel Sanin-Villa,
  • Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Cabal,
  • Luis Fernando Grisales-Noreña,
  • Mario Ramirez-Neria and
  • Juan C. Tejada

22 May 2024

This research explores the application of metaheuristic algorithms to refine parameter estimation in dynamic systems, with a focus on the inverted pendulum model. Three optimization techniques, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Continuous Genetic Al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Trends in Mathematical Modelling, Design, Control and Identification of Modern Vibrating Energy Conversion Systems)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,794 Views
14 Pages

A Fast Algorithm for 2D DOA Estimation Using an Omnidirectional Sensor Array

  • Weike Nie,
  • Kaijie Xu,
  • Dazheng Feng,
  • Chase Qishi Wu and ,
  • Aiqin Hou and
  • Xiaoyan Yin
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4 March 2017

The traditional 2D MUSIC algorithm fixes the azimuth or the elevation, and searches for the other without considering the directions of sources. A spectrum peak diffusion effect phenomenon is observed and may be utilized to detect the approximate dir...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,723 Views
30 Pages

2 March 2023

This article introduces a novel nature-inspired algorithm called the Plum Tree Algorithm (PTA), which has the biology of the plum trees as its main source of inspiration. The PTA was tested and validated using 24 benchmark objective functions, and it...

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651 Views
24 Pages

12 July 2026

Iterative position estimation algorithms based on Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) are widely used in passive localization systems, including underwater acoustic networks and wireless sensor networks. A critical but often overlooked factor in their...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Review
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11 Citations
5,162 Views
34 Pages

24 June 2025

This paper reviews research on vehicle driving state estimation research. Based on the discussion of the importance, development history, and application fields of this topic of research, it focuses on analyzing vehicle state estimation techniques fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensor Fusion and Advanced Controller for Connected and Automated Vehicles (Volume II))
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,597 Views
20 Pages

26 February 2021

Background estimation algorithms are important in UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) vision tracking systems. Incorrect selection of an algorithm and its parameters leads to false detections that must be filtered by the tracking algorithm of objects, even...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,532 Views
20 Pages

Towards the Estimation of Body Weight in Sheep Using Metaheuristic Algorithms from Biometric Parameters in Microsystems

  • Enrique Camacho-Pérez,
  • Alfonso Juventino Chay-Canul,
  • Juan Manuel Garcia-Guendulain and
  • Omar Rodríguez-Abreo

16 August 2022

The Body Weight (BW) of sheep is an important indicator for producers. Genetic management, nutrition, and health activities can benefit from weight monitoring. This article presents a polynomial model with an adjustable degree for estimating the weig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Integration with Micro-Nano Systems)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,865 Views
17 Pages

25 December 2021

In this paper, we investigate the problem of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation for massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar, and propose a total array-based multiple signals classification (TA-MUSIC) algorithm for two-dimensional direction-o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sparse Sensor Arrays)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,855 Views
17 Pages

Estimation of Transfer Function Coefficients for Second-Order Systems via Metaheuristic Algorithms

  • Omar Rodríguez-Abreo,
  • Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz,
  • Francisco Antonio Castillo Velásquez,
  • Alondra Anahi Ortiz Verdin and ,
  • Juan Manuel Garcia-Guendulain and
  • Mariano Garduño-Aparicio
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 July 2021

The present research develops the parametric estimation of a second-order transfer function in its standard form, employing metaheuristic algorithms. For the estimation, the step response with a known amplitude is used. The main contribution of this...

(This article belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,042 Views
16 Pages

27 July 2017

A joint-optimization method is proposed for enhancing the behavior of the l 1 -norm- and sum-log norm-penalized NLMS algorithms to meet the requirements of sparse adaptive channel estimations. The improved channel estimation algorithms are rea...

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3 Citations
2,353 Views
25 Pages

5 January 2024

This article proposes the use of a feedforward neural network (FNN) to select the starting point for the first iteration in well-known iterative location estimation algorithms, with the research objective of finding the minimum size of a neural netwo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Sensor Networks and Image Processing)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,701 Views
26 Pages

Robust Estimation of Deformation from Observation Differences Using Some Evolutionary Optimisation Algorithms

  • Mehmed Batilović,
  • Radovan Đurović,
  • Zoran Sušić,
  • Željko Kanović and
  • Zoran Cekić

27 December 2021

In this paper, an original modification of the generalised robust estimation of deformation from observation differences (GREDOD) method is presented with the application of two evolutionary optimisation algorithms, the genetic algorithm (GA) and gen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Monitoring and Understanding the Earth’s Change by Geodetic Methods)
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2 Citations
3,165 Views
12 Pages

Estimation of Multilevel Simultaneous Equation Models through Genetic Algorithms

  • Rocío Hernández-Sanjaime,
  • Martín González and
  • Jose J. López-Espín

24 November 2020

Problems in estimating simultaneous equation models when error terms are not intertemporally uncorrelated has motivated the introduction of a new multivariate model referred to as Multilevel Simultaneous Equation Model (MSEM). The maximum likelihood...

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13 Citations
3,899 Views
13 Pages

2 June 2019

A novel robust proportionate affine projection (AP) algorithm is devised for estimating sparse channels, which often occur in network echo and wireless communication channels. The newly proposed algorithm is realized by using the maximum correntropy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theoretic Learning and Kernel Methods)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,923 Views
14 Pages

11 January 2018

Demand for interactive wearable devices is rapidly increasing with the development of smart devices. To accurately utilize wearable devices for remote robot controls, limited data should be analyzed and utilized efficiently. For example, the motions...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Sensing)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,548 Views
15 Pages

All Directional Search Motion Estimation Algorithm

  • Paramkusam A.V.,
  • Naresh K. Darimireddy,
  • Sridhar B. and
  • Sridhar Siripurapu

15 November 2022

The search performance of block-matching motion estimation algorithms, i.e., search speed and motion estimation quality, mainly depends on the shape and size of the search pattern. Most motion estimation algorithms employ search patterns of square, d...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,512 Views
27 Pages

3 October 2020

Generating practical methods for simulation-based optimization has attracted a great deal of attention recently. In this paper, the estimation of distribution algorithms are used to solve nonlinear continuous optimization problems that contain noise....

(This article belongs to the Collection Bio-inspired Computation and Applications)
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20 Citations
5,466 Views
13 Pages

Creating a Robust SoC Estimation Algorithm Based on LSTM Units and Trained with Synthetic Data

  • Markel Azkue,
  • Eduardo Miguel,
  • Egoitz Martinez-Laserna,
  • Laura Oca and
  • Unai Iraola

Creating SoC algorithms for Li-ion batteries based on neural networks requires a large amount of training data, since it is necessary to test the batteries under different conditions so that the algorithm learns the relationship between the different...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning Applications for Electric Vehicles)
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1 Citations
1,466 Views
6 Pages

A Behavioral Algorithm for State of Charge Estimation

  • Ayca Balkan,
  • Min Gao,
  • Paulo Tabuada and
  • Lei He

In Hybrid Electricle Vehicles (HEV), performing online energy management is an important task to be achieved to reduce emissions, fuel consumption and increase vehicle performance. For this task, estimating the State of Charge (SOC) is needed since i...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,086 Views
15 Pages

11 July 2018

A novel framework based on the fast orthogonal search (FOS) method coupled with factorization algorithms was proposed and implemented to realize high-accuracy muscle force estimation via surface electromyogram (SEMG). During static isometric elbow fl...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,020 Views
20 Pages

Estimating Rotational Acceleration in Shoulder and Elbow Joints Using a Transformer Algorithm and a Fusion of Biosignals

  • Yu Bai,
  • Xiaorong Guan,
  • Long He,
  • Zheng Wang and ,
  • Zhong Li and
  • Meng Zhu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 March 2024

In the present study, we used a transformer model and a fusion of biosignals to estimate rotational acceleration in elbow and shoulder joints. To achieve our study objectives, we proposed a mechanomyography (MMG) signal isolation technique based on a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Movement Monitoring Using Wearable Sensor Technology)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,827 Views
22 Pages

3 January 2025

Estimating ego-motion in autonomous vehicles is critical for tasks such as localization, navigation, obstacle avoidance, and so on. While traditional methods often rely on direct pose estimation or AI-based approaches, these can be computationally in...

(This article belongs to the Section Parallel and Distributed Algorithms)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,498 Views
14 Pages

A Two-Stage Algorithm to Estimate the Fundamental Frequency of Asynchronously Sampled Signals in Power Systems

  • Joon-Hyuck Moon,
  • Sang-Hee Kang,
  • Dong-Hun Ryu,
  • Jae-Lim Chang and
  • Soon-Ryul Nam

28 August 2015

A two-stage algorithm is proposed for the estimation of the fundamental frequency of asynchronously sampled signals in power systems. In the first stage, time-domain interpolation reconstructs the power system signal at a new sampling time and the re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Power Systems Research)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,319 Views
19 Pages

Biosorption Parameter Estimation with Genetic Algorithm

  • Khim Hoong Chu,
  • Xiao Feng,
  • Eui Yong Kim and
  • Yung-Tse Hung

16 February 2011

In biosorption research, a fairly broad range of mathematical models are used to correlate discrete data points obtained from batch equilibrium, batch kinetic or fixed bed breakthrough experiments. Most of these models are inherently nonlinear in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Science and Technology of Wastewater and Sludge Treatment)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,900 Views
17 Pages

Fitting Penalized Estimator for Sparse Covariance Matrix with Left-Censored Data by the EM Algorithm

  • Shanyi Lin,
  • Qian-Zhen Zheng,
  • Laixu Shang,
  • Ping-Feng Xu and
  • Man-Lai Tang

27 January 2025

Estimating the sparse covariance matrix can effectively identify important features and patterns, and traditional estimation methods require complete data vectors on all subjects. When data are left-censored due to detection limits, common strategies...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,630 Views
17 Pages

31 August 2024

A common challenge for exoskeleton control is discerning operator intent to provide seamless actuation of the device with the operator. One way to accomplish this is with joint angle estimation algorithms and multiple sensors on the human–machi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable Sensors for Biomechanics Applications—2nd Edition)

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