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Zoom Auxiliary Imaging Lens Design for a Modulation Transfer Function Test System

  • Yicheng Sheng,
  • Sihan Xu,
  • Caishi Zhang,
  • Binghua Su and ,
  • Dingxiang Cao and
  • Zhe Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this paper, we propose a zoom auxiliary imaging lens based on the four-component mechanical zoom method for a modulation transfer function (MTF) test system. The auxiliary imaging lenses of the current MTF test system typically use fixed-focus opt...

(This article belongs to the Section Optoelectronics and Optical Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,212 Views
11 Pages

Optimal Auxiliary Function Method for Analyzing Nonlinear System of Belousov–Zhabotinsky Equation with Caputo Operator

  • Azzh Saad Alshehry,
  • Humaira Yasmin,
  • Muhammad Wakeel Ahmad,
  • Asfandyar Khan and
  • Rasool Shah

28 August 2023

This paper introduces the optimal auxiliary function method (OAFM) for solving a nonlinear system of Belousov–Zhabotinsky equations. The system is characterized by its complex dynamics and is treated using the Caputo operator and concepts from...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional Differential Equations and Inequalities)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
327 Views
26 Pages

1 June 2026

This paper presents an efficient improved generalized class of estimators for the precise estimation of the population distribution function using auxiliary information. Estimation of the population distribution function is a crucial aspect of statis...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Probability and Statistics)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,783 Views
10 Pages

23 July 2021

In this paper, the delay-dependent stability of haptic systems is studied by developing a new stability criterion. Firstly, the haptic system inevitably introduces time delays by using communication networks to transmit information between the contro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control Systems in the Presence of Time Delays)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,670 Views
14 Pages

Extension of the Optimal Auxiliary Function Method to Solve the System of a Fractional-Order Whitham–Broer–Kaup Equation

  • Zainab Alsheekhhussain,
  • Khaled Moaddy,
  • Rasool Shah,
  • Saleh Alshammari and ,
  • Mohammad Alshammari,
  • M. Mossa Al-Sawalha and
  • Aisha Abdullah Alderremy
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In this paper, we introduce and implement the optimal auxiliary function method to solve a system of fractional-order Whitham–Broer–Kaup equations, a class of nonlinear partial differential equations with broad applications in mathematica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Iterative Methods in Solving Nonlinear Equations)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,260 Views
18 Pages

This study aims to explore the effect of spatial-fractional derivatives and the multiplicative standard Wiener process on the solutions of the stochastic fractional regularized long-wave equation (SFRLWE) and contribute to its analysis. We introduce...

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7 Citations
2,060 Views
17 Pages

A New Extension of Optimal Auxiliary Function Method to Fractional Non-Linear Coupled ITO System and Time Fractional Non-Linear KDV System

  • Rashid Nawaz,
  • Aaqib Iqbal,
  • Hina Bakhtiar,
  • Wissal Audah Alhilfi and ,
  • Nicholas Fewster-Young,
  • Ali Hasan Ali and
  • Ana Danca Poțclean
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 September 2023

In this article, we investigate the utilization of Riemann–Liouville’s fractional integral and the Caputo derivative in the application of the Optimal Auxiliary Function Method (OAFM). The extended OAFM is employed to analyze fractional n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Approximation Techniques and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,680 Views
17 Pages

19 July 2022

In this paper, a new two-step joint optimization approach based on the asynchronous subregion optimization method is proposed for training a pipeline model composed of two different models. The first-step processing of the proposed joint optimization...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,299 Views
21 Pages

18 October 2022

Based on some geometrical properties (symmetries and global analytic first integrals) of the Rabinovich system the closed-form solutions of the equations have been established. The chaotic behaviors are excepted. Moreover, the Rabinovich system is re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Three-Dimensional Dynamical Systems and Symmetry)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,288 Views
18 Pages

14 August 2020

In the present work, the nonlinear oscillations of a pendulum wrapping on two cylinders is studied by means of a new analytical technique, namely the Optimal Auxiliary Functions Method (OAFM). The equation of motion is derived from the Lagrange&rsquo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
508 Views
21 Pages

10 April 2026

The main aim of our paper is concerning the damped oscillations of 3D dynamical systems, depending on a single physical parameter. This system does not admit Hamilton–Poisson structure but can be explicitly integrated, and the exact parametric...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modelling of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems)
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  • Open Access
808 Views
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Effects of Functional Auxiliary Components on the Performance and CO2 Mineralization Response of CGS–GGBS-Based Backfill Binders

  • Yingying Wang,
  • Hongqi Song,
  • Bingyu Liu,
  • Yitong Wang and ,
  • Zhongkuan Wei,
  • Xiaotong Li and
  • Wenyue Qi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 August 2026

Coal-based solid-waste binders provide a promising route for integrating mine backfilling with CO2 mineralization, but auxiliary components can affect flowability, strength, and mineralization response differently. In this study, coal gasification sl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cemented Mine Waste Backfill: Experiment and Modelling, 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
2,162 Views
18 Pages

Auxiliary TARP Subunits Define AMPA Receptor Pharmacology and Function

  • Sosana Bdir,
  • İrfan Çapan,
  • Mohammed Hawash,
  • Süleyman Servi and
  • Mohammad Qneibi

Background: Fast excitatory transmission in the central nervous system is carried out by AMPA-type glutamate receptors. Neuronal hyperexcitability and epilepsy have been associated with the dysregulation of AMPA receptor function. Modulation of the g...

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907 Views
25 Pages

4 September 2025

The present paper treats the problem of steady laminar MHD flow of an incompressible viscous fluid for mixed convection stagnation-point flow over a vertical stretching sheet in the presence of an externally magnetic field. By means of the Optimal Au...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Energy Systems: Applications of Symmetry and Asymmetry)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,507 Views
14 Pages

Modification of the Optimal Auxiliary Function Method for Solving Fractional Order KdV Equations

  • Hakeem Ullah,
  • Mehreen Fiza,
  • Ilyas Khan,
  • Nawa Alshammari and ,
  • Nawaf N. Hamadneh and
  • Saeed Islam
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this study, a new modification of the newly developed semi-analytical method, optimal auxiliary function method (OAFM) is used for fractional-order KdVs equations. This method is called the fractional optimal auxiliary function method (FOAFM). The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Fractional and Fractal Boundary Value Problems in Applied Sciences)
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  • Open Access
286 Views
18 Pages

14 September 2026

In the field of new-energy electric vehicles, lithium battery cells need to be connected in series and parallel to meet the requirements of high voltage and high power. Aiming at the high cost of traditional active equalizer, a half/full-bridge conve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modulation and Control Techniques in Power Electronic Systems)
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  • Open Access
1,316 Views
28 Pages

The Priming Effect of Auxiliary Line Construction on Mathematical Creative Thinking: An fNIRS Study

  • Chunli Zhang,
  • Kai An,
  • Jiacheng Li,
  • Qinchen Yang and ,
  • Meihui Song and
  • Li Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Auxiliary line construction has been identified as a crucial approach to fostering mathematical creative thinking. However, existing studies have only focused on the correlations between auxiliary line construction tasks and mathematical creative thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Studies on Cognitive Processes)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,014 Views
22 Pages

A Novel Family of CDF Estimators Under PPS Sampling: Computational, Theoretical, and Applied Perspectives

  • Salman Shah,
  • Eisa Mahmoudi,
  • Hasnain Iftikhar,
  • Paulo Canas Rodrigues and ,
  • Ronny Ivan Gonzales Medina and
  • Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 October 2025

Accurate estimation of population distribution characteristics is a fundamental task in survey sampling and statistical inference. This paper introduces a new family of estimators for the cumulative distribution function (CDF) under probability propo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Statistics and Its Applications, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
359 Views
31 Pages

8 July 2026

Estimation of the population distribution function is an important problem in survey sampling with a variety of applications in social sciences, medical studies, environmental research and economics and in industrial quality control. When auxiliary i...

(This article belongs to the Section D1: Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,479 Views
18 Pages

A New Hybrid Optimal Auxiliary Function Method for Approximate Solutions of Non-Linear Fractional Partial Differential Equations

  • Rashid Ashraf,
  • Rashid Nawaz,
  • Osama Alabdali,
  • Nicholas Fewster-Young and ,
  • Ali Hasan Ali,
  • Firas Ghanim and
  • Alina Alb Lupaş
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

This study uses the optimal auxiliary function method to approximate solutions for fractional-order non-linear partial differential equations, utilizing Riemann–Liouville’s fractional integral and the Caputo derivative. This approach elim...

(This article belongs to the Section General Mathematics, Analysis)
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  • Open Access
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Advanced Smoothing Approaches for Global Minimization: Algorithmic Design and Applications

  • Gülden Kapusuz,
  • Nurullah Yilmaz,
  • Ahmet Sahiner and
  • Halil İbrahim Gokdogan

3 August 2026

This paper addresses the unconstrained global minimization of continuously differentiable functions by introducing a novel global optimization framework based on the auxiliary function approach. First, a robust auxiliary function that remains unaffec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Optimization Algorithms and Applications, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,614 Views
13 Pages

27 October 2022

This paper concentrates on the stability problem for linear systems with a differentiable time-varying delay via an auxiliary equation-based method. By supposing that the second-order derivative of the system state is available, an auxiliary equation...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Systems Engineering: Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,192 Views
10 Pages

A Family of Iterative Methods for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations Having Unknown Multiplicity

  • Fayyaz Ahmad,
  • S. Serra-Capizzano,
  • Malik Zaka Ullah and
  • A. S. Al-Fhaid

31 December 2015

The singularity of Jacobian happens when we are looking for a root, with multiplicity greater than one, of a system of nonlinear equations. The purpose of this article is two-fold. Firstly, we will present a modification of an existing method that co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
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63 Citations
4,134 Views
11 Pages

Dynamic Response of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator to a Wind Gust

  • Nicolae Herisanu,
  • Vasile Marinca,
  • Gheorghe Madescu and
  • Florin Dragan

9 March 2019

In this paper, a new analytical approach is proposed to investigate the electrical and mechanical behavior of a low-power permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) in the presence of a wind gust. The proposed model for the wind gust and wind powe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,237 Views
12 Pages

3 February 2022

The present paper focuses on nonlinear oscillations of a horizontally supported Jeffcott rotor. An approximate solution to the system of governing equations having quadratic and cubic nonlinearities is obtained in two cases of practical interest: sim...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenge and Research Trends of Rotating Electric Machines)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,080 Views
13 Pages

We study Geraghty-type non-self mappings within the framework of best proximity point theory. By introducing auxiliary functions with subsequential convergence, we establish general conditions ensuring the existence and uniqueness of best proximity p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,678 Views
16 Pages

12 September 2022

The main objective of the present work is to find an approximate analytical solution for the nonlinear differential equation of the vibro-impact oscillator under the influence of the electromagnetic actuation near the primary resonance. The trigger o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Applications II)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,272 Views
17 Pages

10 August 2020

Based on a new kind of analytical approach, namely the Optimal Auxiliary Functions Method (OAFM), a new analytical procedure is proposed to solve the problem of the annular axisymmetric stagnation flow and heat transfer on a moving cylinder with fini...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymptotic Methods in the Mechanics and Nonlinear Dynamics)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,259 Views
23 Pages

2 August 2022

The objective of this paper is to obtain new relation-theoretic coincidence and common fixed point results for some mappings F and g via hybrid contractions and auxiliary functions in extended rectangular b-metric spaces, which improve the existing r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Mathematical Analysis and Functional Analysis)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,331 Views
24 Pages

In this work, the effect of vibro-impact nonlinear, forced, and damped oscillator on the dynamics of the electromagnetic actuation (EA) near primary resonance is studied. The vibro-impact regime is given by the presence of the Hertzian contact. The E...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Vibration Theory and Mechanical Dynamics)
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39 Citations
2,699 Views
18 Pages

3 July 2020

This paper deals with the analytical investigation of a multirotor system connected by a flexible coupling subjected to dynamic angular misalignment. A novel analytical approach is employed for this purpose, namely the optimal auxiliary functions met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical Approaches to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Applications)
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  • Open Access
1,812 Views
9 Pages

25 April 2024

In this study, we examine the wave equation with a nontrivial boundary condition. The main target of this study is to prove the local-in-time existence and the blow-up in finite time of the energy solution. Through the construction of an auxiliary fu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Differential and Difference Equations and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,945 Views
20 Pages

Calibration Estimation of Cumulative Distribution Function Using Robust Measures

  • Hareem Abbasi,
  • Muhammad Hanif,
  • Usman Shahzad,
  • Walid Emam and ,
  • Yusra Tashkandy,
  • Soofia Iftikhar and
  • Shabnam Shahzadi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 May 2023

Outliers are observations that are significantly different from the other observations in a dataset. These types of observations are asymmetric in nature due to a lack of symmetry. The estimation of the cumulative distribution function (CDF) is an im...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,259 Views
15 Pages

8 March 2023

To gain insight into various phenomena of interest, cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) can be used to analyze survey data. The purpose of this study was to present an efficient ratiocum-exponential estimator for estimating a population CDF usin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Survey Statistics and Survey Sampling: Challenges and Opportunities)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
898 Views
19 Pages

Semi-Analytical Solutions for the Shimizu–Morioka Dynamical System

  • Remus-Daniel Ene,
  • Nicolina Pop and
  • Rodica Badarau

26 July 2025

The Shimizu–Morioka dynamical system is analytically investigated in this paper by means of the Optimal Auxiliary Functions Method (OAFM). This system has a chaotic dynamical behavior, specified for more physical applications as chaos synchroni...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Axioms and Methods for Handling Differential Equations and Inverse Problems)
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1,061 Views
25 Pages

7 July 2025

This article introduces two enhanced techniques: the Natural Transform Iterative Method (NTIM) and the Optimal Auxiliary Function Method (OAFM). These approaches provide a close approximation for solving fractional-order Navier–Stokes equations...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations: Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
300 Views
16 Pages

24 June 2026

This paper constructs a universal algebraic realization model for Hermitian parameter matrices whose entries have modulus at most one and whose diagonal entries are normalized. The entries of the parameter matrix are used as weights of oriented cross...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,870 Views
21 Pages

10 November 2024

The present work is devoted to the study of nonlinear vibrations of an electromagnetically actuated cantilever beam subject to harmonic external excitation. The soft actuator that controls the vibratory motion of such components of a robotic structur...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,576 Views
17 Pages

14 June 2021

In this paper, a new approach is proposed to analyze the behavior of a nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom vibro-impact oscillator subject to a harmonic perturbing force, based on a combination of analytical and numerical approaches. The nonlinear govern...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems and Their Applications (DSTA) — In Memory of Prof. Dr. José A. Tenreiro Machado)
  • Feature Paper
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2 Citations
786 Views
19 Pages

20 June 2025

The behavior of the Rucklidge-type dynamical system was investigated, providing some semi-analytical solutions, in this paper. This system was analytically investigated by means of the Optimal Auxiliary Functions Method (OAFM) for two cases. An exact...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
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68 Citations
4,996 Views
36 Pages

23 December 2020

The goal of this article is to discuss the Simple Equations Method (SEsM) for obtaining exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations and to show that several well-known methods for obtaining exact solutions of such equations are connec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,053 Views
15 Pages

Construction of Novel Bright-Dark Solitons and Breather Waves of Unstable Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations with Applications

  • Ambreen Sarwar,
  • Muhammad Arshad,
  • Muhammad Farman,
  • Ali Akgül and ,
  • Iftikhar Ahmed,
  • Mustafa Bayram,
  • Shahram Rezapour and
  • Manuel De la Sen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

30 December 2022

The unstable nonlinear Schrödinger equations (UNLSEs) are universal equations of the class of nonlinear integrable systems, which reveal the temporal changing of disruption in slightly stable and unstable media. In current paper, an improved aux...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
2,322 Views
17 Pages

Enumerating Subtrees of Flower and Sunflower Networks

  • Long Li,
  • Zongpu Jia,
  • Yu Yang,
  • Fengge Duan and ,
  • Hailian Lv and
  • Weiting Zhao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 January 2023

Symmetry widely exists in many complex and real-world networks, with flower networks and sunflower networks being two richly symmetric networks and having many practical applications due to their special structures. The number of subtrees (the subtre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Topological Indices and Symmetry in Complex Networks)
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21 Citations
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33 Pages

QM/MM Calculations with deMon2k

  • Dennis R. Salahub,
  • Sergei Yu. Noskov,
  • Bogdan Lev,
  • Rui Zhang and ,
  • Van Ngo,
  • Annick Goursot,
  • Patrizia Calaminici,
  • Andreas M. Köster,
  • Aurelio Alvarez-Ibarra and
  • Aurélien De la Lande
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

16 March 2015

The density functional code deMon2k employs a fitted density throughout (Auxiliary Density Functional Theory), which offers a great speed advantage without sacrificing necessary accuracy. Powerful Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) appro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiscale Chemical Modeling Using Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Methods: Advances and Applications)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,263 Views
30 Pages

Semi-Analytical Solutions for the Qi-Type Dynamical System

  • Remus-Daniel Ene,
  • Nicolina Pop and
  • Rodica Badarau

26 November 2024

The aim of present paper is to obtain approximate semi-analytical solutions for the Qi-type dynamical system, while neglecting its chaotic behaviors. These solutions are derived using the Optimal Auxiliary Functions Method (OAFM). The impact of the s...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,540 Views
25 Pages

22 March 2023

The KPI equation is one of most well-known nonlinear evolution equations, which was first used to described two-dimensional shallow water wavs. Recently, it has found important applications in fluid mechanics, plasma ion acoustic waves, nonlinear opt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: Theory and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,916 Views
13 Pages

3 July 2023

This paper presents the optimal auxiliary function method (OAFM) implementation to solve a nonlinear fractional system of the Jaulent–Miodek Equation with the Caputo operator. The OAFM is a vital method for solving different kinds of nonlinear...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Quantum Calculus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
8,153 Views
20 Pages

5 December 2019

The current literature of remote sensing (RS) scene classification shows that state-of-the-art results are achieved using feature extraction methods, where convolutional neural networks (CNNs) (mostly VGG16 with 138.36 M parameters) are used as featu...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,217 Views
15 Pages

9 December 2021

The purpose of this work is to explore the nonlinear vibration of a rub-impact Jeffcott rotor. In the first stage, the motion is not affected by the friction force, but in the second stage, the motion is influenced by the normal force and the frictio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenge and Research Trends of Rotating Electric Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,681 Views
18 Pages

The Korteweg–de Vries (KDV) equation is one of the most well-known models in nonlinear physics, such as fluid physics, plasma, and ocean engineering. It is very important to obtain the exact solutions of this model in the process of studying th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics: Theory, Methods and Applications)

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