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  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,881 Views
27 Pages

Detection Methods for Pine Wilt Disease: A Comprehensive Review

  • Sana Tahir,
  • Syed Shaheer Hassan,
  • Lu Yang,
  • Miaomiao Ma and
  • Chenghao Li

14 October 2024

Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a highly destructive forest disease that necessitates rapid and precise identification for effective management and control. This study evaluates various detection methods...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,343 Views
21 Pages

Digital Image Correlation and Reliability-Based Methods for the Design of Structural Beams Made from Recycled Concrete Using Aggregates from Precast Rejects

  • Jorge López-Rebollo,
  • Evelio Teijón-López-Zuazo,
  • Roberto García-Martin,
  • Luis Javier Sánchez-Aparicio and
  • Diego González-Aguilera

11 January 2025

The use of recycled aggregates in the manufacture of concrete is presented as a solution to reduce the consumption of resources and waste in the construction sector and contribute to a lower environmental impact. This work aims to explore the possibi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development, Characterization, Application and Recycling of Novel Construction Materials, 2nd Edition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,191 Views
12 Pages

Frequency-Based Finite Element Updating Method for Physics-Based Digital Twin

  • Youngjae Jeon,
  • Geomji Choi,
  • Kwanghyun Ahn,
  • Kang-Heon Lee and
  • Seongmin Chang

24 February 2025

This study proposes a frequency-based finite element updating method for an effective physics-based digital twin (DT). One approach to constructing a physics-based DT is to develop a mechanics-based mathematical model that accurately simulates the be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis with Applications in Various Fields)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
40 Citations
9,170 Views
31 Pages

31 October 2024

This study investigates the complex dynamics and impacts of generative AI integration in foreign language education through the lens of the Generative AI-assisted Foreign Language Education Socio-Technical System (GAIFL-STS) model. Employing an integ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Education Systems as Learning Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities of Evolving Human–Machine Cooperation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,228 Views
18 Pages

Derivative-Free Direct Search Optimization Method for Enhancing Performance of Analytical Design Approach-Based Digital Controller for Switching Regulator

  • Ghulam Abbas,
  • Muhammad Qumar Nazeer,
  • Valentina E. Balas,
  • Tsung-Chih Lin and ,
  • Marius M. Balas,
  • Muhammad Usman Asad,
  • Ali Raza,
  • Muhammad Naeem Shehzad,
  • Umar Farooq and
  • Jason Gu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

7 June 2019

Although an analytical design approach-based digital controller—which is essentially a deadbeat controller—shows zero steady-state error and no intersampling oscillations, it takes a finite number of sampling periods to settle down to a s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptive Fuzzy Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,555 Views
18 Pages

Digital Twin Model Quality Optimization and Control Methods Based on Workflow Management

  • Ruiping Luo,
  • Buyun Sheng,
  • Yingkang Lu,
  • Yuzhe Huang and ,
  • Gaocai Fu and
  • Xiyan Yin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 February 2023

Digital twin is an important emerging technology for digital transformation and intelligent upgrading. Digital twin models are the prerequisite for digital twin applications, and their quality directly affects the quality of digital twin services in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,082 Views
30 Pages

27 February 2025

To address current challenges, such as the low visualization of workshops and difficulty in the remote control of equipment, which are supported by the theoretical system of the digital twin, a method of real-time monitoring and dynamic bidirectional...

(This article belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,871 Views
25 Pages

12 September 2025

This study combines Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) methods to systematically analyze the key factors affecting the digital transformation of construction enterprises, and to propose different...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,918 Views
19 Pages

23 May 2023

With the spread of aerial laser bathymetry (ALB), seafloor topographies are being measured more frequently. Nevertheless, data deficiencies occur owing to seawater conditions and other factors. Conventional interpolation methods generally need to pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photogrammetry—the Science of Precise Measurements from Images: A Themed Issue in Honour of Professor Emeritus Armin Grün in Anticipation of His 80th Birthday)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,727 Views
21 Pages

23 September 2024

Many traditional villages have been degraded to a certain extent due to urbanization and out-of-control management. In addition, due to the lack of recognition and continuation of spatial texture in some village conservation and planning that, in tur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,679 Views
23 Pages

Enhancing Digital Twins with Human Movement Data: A Comparative Study of Lidar-Based Tracking Methods

  • Shashank Karki,
  • Thomas J. Pingel,
  • Timothy D. Baird,
  • Addison Flack and
  • Todd Ogle

18 September 2024

Digitals twins, used to represent dynamic environments, require accurate tracking of human movement to enhance their real-world application. This paper contributes to the field by systematically evaluating and comparing pre-existing tracking methods...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing: 15th Anniversary)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,220 Views
17 Pages

15 January 2025

Achieving environmental sustainability has become an urgent priority in the era of rapid digital economic expansion, which presents both opportunities and challenges for environmental sustainable development. This study investigates the impact of dig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,200 Views
31 Pages

Verification of the Methods of Digital Monitoring of Information Space Based on Coding Theory Tools

  • Dina Shaltykova,
  • Akhat Bakirov,
  • Anastasiya Grishina,
  • Mariya Kostsova and ,
  • Yelizaveta Vitulyova and
  • Ibragim Suleimenov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study examines the applicability of coding-theoretic tools to the digital monitoring of information space. The proposed approach treats response patterns to socially significant stimuli as binary sequences and interprets their analysis as a clas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,697 Views
19 Pages

Advanced Computing Methods for Impedance Plethysmography Data Processing

  • Volodymyr Khoma,
  • Halyna Kenyo and
  • Aleksandra Kawala-Sterniuk

8 March 2022

In this paper we are introducing innovative solutions applied in impedance plethysmography concerning improvement of the rheagraph characteristics and the efficiency increase of the developing rheograms using computer methods. The described methods h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomedical Data in Human-Machine Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,252 Views
20 Pages

17 October 2024

Heart murmurs are abnormal heart sounds that can indicate various heart diseases. Although traditional auscultation methods are effective, they depend more on specialists’ knowledge, making it difficult to make an accurate diagnosis. This paper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Applications in Public Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,045 Views
25 Pages

Integrating Digital Twins into Smart Warehousing: A Practice-Based View Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Critical Success Factors

  • Sadia Samar Ali,
  • Jose Antonio Marmolejo-Saucedo,
  • Rosario Landa Piedra and
  • Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

Background. Smart warehousing increasingly relies on digital twin technologies to enhance operational efficiency, real-time visibility, and decision-making in logistics systems. However, existing research primarily focuses on technological capabiliti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,324 Views
32 Pages

18 May 2023

A critical part of Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) is the task allocation and dispatching strategy employed. In order to better understand and investigate this component, we here present an extensive experimental evaluation of three differ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,789 Views
17 Pages

Exploring Smart Airports’ Information Service Technology for Sustainability: Integration of the Delphi and Kano Approaches

  • Sooyoung Choi,
  • Chaeyoung Moon,
  • Keunjae Lee,
  • Xinwei Su and ,
  • Jinsoo Hwang and
  • Insin Kim
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 October 2024

Airport digitalization has revolutionized service delivery at passenger touchpoints, which leads to sustainable passenger loyalty. However, it is critical to determine whether this rapid transition to digital services genuinely enhances passenger sat...

(This article belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,398 Views
25 Pages

Force and Stress Simulation in Experimentable Digital Twins Using the Transfer Matrix Method

  • Sebastian Schmid,
  • Dorit Kaufmann,
  • Ulrich Dahmen,
  • Finn Eggers and ,
  • Ioannis Valais,
  • Kai-Uwe Schröder and
  • Jürgen Roßmann
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Experimentable Digital Twins are capable of combining different simulation domains on a system level. This has been shown for a multitude of simulation domains, e.g., rigid body dynamics, control, sensors, kinematics, etc., and application scenarios,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
653 Views
28 Pages

Advanced Digital Imaging Assessment Method for Testing Surface Fuzzing in Textile Materials

  • Juro Živičnjak,
  • Antoneta Tomljenović,
  • Maja Somogyi Škoc and
  • Željko Penava

19 June 2026

Textile materials made from staple fibers typically have protruding fibers on their surface, commonly referred to as surface hairiness. During fraying, the surface of the textile material is susceptible to damage, which affects its appearance and lea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Mechanical Properties and Material Testing in Polymer Science, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
7,012 Views
29 Pages

The dynamic development of information and communication technology (ICT) reported in recent years has caused significant changes in almost all areas of social and economic life. The digitalization process resulting from this development is now becom...

(This article belongs to the Topic Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,982 Views
17 Pages

Determination of 3D Displacements of Drainage Networks Extracted from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Using Linear-Based Methods

  • Antonio Tomás Mozas-Calvache,
  • Manuel Antonio Ureña-Cámara and
  • Francisco Javier Ariza-López

This study describes a new method developed to determine the 3D positional displacements of the drainage networks extracted from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). The proposed method establishes several stages for data preparation. The displacements a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geographic Information Science and Spatial Analysis in Water Resources)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,399 Views
34 Pages

13 September 2022

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of possible solutions to improve the performance of measurement and control processes in maritime engineering applications. This improvement can be basically provided by adopting techniques to enh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Vehicular Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,557 Views
17 Pages

A Post-Processing Method Based on Radial Basis Functions for the Fast Retrieval of the Strain Field in Digital Image Correlation Methods

  • Corrado Groth,
  • Andrea Chiappa,
  • Stefano Porziani,
  • Marco Evangelos Biancolini and ,
  • Emanuele Marotta and
  • Pietro Salvini
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 November 2022

Digital image correlation methods allow the determination of the displacement (and thus the strain) field of a target by picture comparisons, without the application of strain gauges or other invasive devices. Homologous sites are mapped from the und...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Behaviors of Materials: Modelling and Measurement)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,668 Views
35 Pages

Review of Modeling Approaches for Conjugate Heat Transfer Processes in Oil-Immersed Transformers

  • Ivan Smolyanov,
  • Evgeniy Shmakov,
  • Denis Butusov and
  • Alexandra I. Khalyasmaa

This review addresses the modeling approaches for heat transfer processes in oil-immersed transformer. Electromagnetic, thermal, and hydrodynamic thermal fields are identified as the most critical aspects in describing the state of the transformer. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
624 Views
45 Pages

The increasing adoption of blockchain technologies raises scholars’ and managers’ concerns over how digital resources, intellectual capital and corporate governance jointly affect firm performance. However, there has been conflicting evid...

(This article belongs to the Section Financial Technology and Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,230 Views
31 Pages

25 August 2023

Ancient manuscripts are precious and fragile objects, preserved in libraries, museums, and archives. Some of them are masterpieces, made with several materials and insights, but generally they are not accessible to wide communities of users. The purp...

(This article belongs to the Section Museum and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,678 Views
10 Pages

Bias Controller of Mach–Zehnder Modulator for Electro-Optic Analog-to-Digital Converter

  • Shuxin Shi,
  • Jun Yuan,
  • Qin Huang,
  • Chongyu Shi and ,
  • Xin Luo,
  • Shan Lu,
  • Pengfei Yuan,
  • Hua Yu and
  • Qiuqin Yue
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

21 November 2019

As one of the core devices for an electro-optic analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the Mach–Zehnder (MZ) modulator plays an important role, and the output stability of the MZ modulator has a decisive influence on the conversion accuracy of the...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Physics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
296 Views
15 Pages

Planning the Surgical Correction of Age-Related Changes in the Chin Region and Neck Based on Digital and Radiological Imaging Methods: A Literature Review

  • Anastasiya S. Borisenko,
  • Valentin I. Sharobaro,
  • Alexey E. Avdeev,
  • Sergey Y. Golovanov and
  • Nigora S. Burkhonova

13 October 2026

Age-related changes to the chin region and neck are among the most common reasons for consulting a plastic surgeon, and the outcome of rejuvenation surgery largely depends on the accuracy of preoperative planning. Digital imaging methods allow for an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Non-Invasive Diagnostics: New Advance in Cosmetology and Aesthetic Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,396 Views
16 Pages

29 May 2020

Digital soil mapping (DSM) is currently the primary framework for predicting the spatial variation of soil information (soil type or soil properties). Random forests and similarity-based methods have been used widely in DSM. However, the accuracy of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
367 Views
17 Pages

22 September 2026

Educational digital games are increasingly incorporated into formal learning contexts. However, their evaluation often relies on isolated outcome measures that provide limited insight into how students experience, interpret, and assess gameplay. This...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Power of Play: Enhancing Educational Outcomes, Engagement, and Equality Through Games and Play)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,512 Views
17 Pages

This paper reports an experience of an abrupt shift from traditional teaching to distance learning within a course on digital system design using programmable logic platforms. The course organization and evaluation model had to be modified on the fly...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reconfigurable Digital Systems: Development and Applications)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
893 Views
51 Pages

15 February 2026

This article presents a systematic synthesis of variationally grounded approaches for the design and optimization of mining structural infrastructure. This study is motivated by the critical need to ensure stiffness, reliability, and operational avai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Computational Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,108 Views
18 Pages

1 December 2021

The conventional reconstruction method of off-axis digital holographic microscopy (DHM) relies on computational processing that involves spatial filtering of the sample spectrum and tilt compensation between the interfering waves to accurately recons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Three-Dimensional (3D) Biophotonics Sensing and Reconstruction towards Biomedical Research)
  • Review
  • Open Access
99 Citations
12,752 Views
18 Pages

Application of Digital Image Correlation in Structural Health Monitoring of Bridge Infrastructures: A Review

  • Mohammed Abbas Mousa,
  • Mustafasanie M. Yussof,
  • Ufuoma Joseph Udi,
  • Fadzli Mohamed Nazri and ,
  • Mohd Khairul Kamarudin,
  • Gerard A. R. Parke,
  • Lateef N. Assi and
  • Seyed Ali Ghahari
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

A vision-based approach has been employed in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of bridge infrastructure. The approach has many advantages: non-contact, non-destructive, long-distance, high precision, immunity from electromagnetic interference, and m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Resilient and Smart Transport Infrastructure for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,291 Views
22 Pages

Sulphoaluminate-Aluminate Cement-Based Composites: Mechanical Behaviors and Negative Poisson’s Ratio Mechanism Under Static Loads

  • Qin Chang,
  • Peng Wang,
  • Yanxuan Ma,
  • Zhipeng Zhang and ,
  • Stroev Dmitry Alexandrovich,
  • Jin Liu,
  • Fei Zhao and
  • Pengfei Zhu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

10 April 2025

Because of their excellent properties, calcium aluminate cement (CAC) and sulphoaluminate cement (SAC), as building materials, have been used in infrastructure construction. However, due to the defects in microstructure, their application and develop...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Improvement, Characterization and Simulation of Cement-Based Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,497 Views
24 Pages

29 August 2025

Background/Objective: The global acceleration of population aging presents profound challenges to the physical, psychological, and social well-being of older adults. As traditional exercise programs face limitations in accessibility, personalization,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
8,803 Views
32 Pages

20 October 2022

Decision-making on whole-life-cycle net-zero-carbon buildings is critical for addressing carbon emission and environmental problems. However, there is a lack of a data integration framework and an open international standard approach integrating key...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Buildings in the Built Environment)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,168 Views
6 Pages

Structural Identification Using Digital Image Correlation Technology

  • Samira Azizi,
  • Kaveh Karami and
  • Stefano Mariani

15 November 2023

Structural health monitoring has gained increasing research interest, particularly due to the societal concerns tied to the aging of current civil structures and infrastructures. By managing datasets collected through a network of sensors deployed ov...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 10th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,716 Views
14 Pages

Measuring the Cohesive Law in Mode I Loading of Eucalyptus globulus

  • Almudena Majano-Majano,
  • Antonio José Lara-Bocanegra,
  • José Xavier and
  • José Morais

21 December 2018

Assessing wood fracture behavior is essential in the design of structural timber elements and connections. This is particularly the case for connections with the possibility of brittle splitting failure. The numerical cohesive zone models that are us...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Characterization of Bio-Based Materials and Structures)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,955 Views
22 Pages

Development Trend in Non-Destructive Techniques for Cultural Heritage: From Material Characterization to AI-Driven Diagnosis

  • Mingrui Zhang,
  • Suchi Liu,
  • Haojian Shao,
  • Zonghuan Ba and ,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Mǎdǎlina Georgiana Albu Kaya,
  • Keyong Tang and
  • Guohe Han
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 September 2025

Cultural heritage (CH) relics are irreplaceable records of human civilization, encompassing diverse historical, technological, and artistic achievements. Extracting their structural and compositional information without affecting their physical integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,942 Views
25 Pages

A Graph-Based Model Reduction Method for Digital Twins

  • Ananda Chakraborti,
  • Henri Vainio,
  • Kari T. Koskinen and
  • Juha Lammi

12 July 2023

Digital twin technology is the talking point of academia and industry. When defining a digital twin, new modeling paradigms and computational methods are needed. Developments in the Internet of Things and advanced simulation and modeling techniques h...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,860 Views
19 Pages

An Intelligent Redesign Method for Used Products Based on Digital Twin

  • Chao Ke,
  • Xiuyan Pan,
  • Pan Wan,
  • Zixi Huang and
  • Zhigang Jiang

17 June 2023

Remanufacturing used products is an important technological approach in sustainable development and circular economy. Meanwhile, redesign is the key component of remanufacturing, as it can innovate the function and structure of used products. However...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,034 Views
19 Pages

Comparative Study on Spatial Digital Mapping Methods of Soil Nutrients Based on Different Geospatial Technologies

  • Li Gao,
  • Mingjing Huang,
  • Wuping Zhang,
  • Lei Qiao and ,
  • Guofang Wang and
  • Xumeng Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 March 2021

Soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), available phosphorus (AP), and available potassium (AK) are important indicators of soil fertility when undertaking a quality evaluation. Obtaining a high-precision spatial distribution map of soil nutr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,913 Views
21 Pages

1 September 2023

The evolution of the manufacturing sector coupled with advancements in digital twin technology has precipitated the extensive integration of digital twin robotic arms within the industrial domain. Notwithstanding this trend, there exists a paucity of...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,185 Views
32 Pages

22 November 2024

This study focuses on the construction and evaluation of a high-quality Chinese Manchu music dataset designed to facilitate Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and applications within cultural heritage and ethnomusicology. Through a systematic coll...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Digital Technology in Cultural Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,410 Views
13 Pages

2 July 2020

In order to improve the retrieval results of digital agricultural text information and improve the efficiency of retrieval, the method for searching digital agricultural text information based on local matching is proposed. The agricultural text tree...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,014 Views
18 Pages

28 September 2026

Background/Objectives: Injury surveillance is essential in combat sports, but recorded medical encounters may depend on assessment thresholds, competition regulations, and ringside medical organization. This study characterized medical encounters req...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Injuries: Emerging Trends in Risk Mitigation, Management and Recovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,818 Views
16 Pages

Research on Digital Meter Reading Method of Inspection Robot Based on Deep Learning

  • Wenwei Lin,
  • Ziyang Zhao,
  • Jin Tao,
  • Chaoming Lian and
  • Chentao Zhang

14 June 2023

Aiming at solving the issue of blurred images and difficult recognition of digital meters encountered by inspection robots in the inspection process, this paper proposes a deep-learning-based method for blurred image restoration and LED digital ident...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,883 Views
18 Pages

Digital-Twin-Based Operation and Maintenance Management Method for Large Underground Spaces

  • Haitao Wang,
  • Caizhao Yu,
  • Jiarong Zheng,
  • Yihong Jia and ,
  • Zhansheng Liu and
  • Kai Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 August 2024

Large underground spaces are complex and huge, with problems such as fragmented data that cannot be shared, outdated management methods, and high operation and maintenance costs. The digitization of building information and the use of digital twin te...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

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