A recent development in Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), known as Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2), accounts for dependencies between the basic events, making FTA more powerful. The method uses an integrated combination of Binary Decision Diagrams...
Stochastic differential equations and Copula theories are important topics that have many advantages for applications in almost every discipline. Many studies in forestry collect longitudinal, multi-dimensional, and discrete data for which the amount...
The operational reliability of rail vehicle pantograph systems is evaluated by transforming T-S multistate fault trees into dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs), which take into account system multistability, long-lasting operation, dynamic failure, and...
The availability of accurate models capturing the realistic behaviour of complex systems is critical for the safe operation and optimal management of nuclear installations. However, the dynamic nature of such systems and the resulting dense network o...
Petroleum storage and transport systems necessitate robust safety measures to mitigate oil spill risks threatening marine ecosystems and sustainable development through ecological and socioeconomic safeguards. We aimed to gain a deeper understanding...
Aiming at the problems of complex calculation processes, insufficient risk data, and reliance on experts’ subjective judgments that exist in traditional probability analysis methods, this paper proposes a probability analysis method for hazardo...
The primary contribution of this work is to develop direct processes of explicit Runge-Kutta type (RKT) as solutions for any fourth-order ordinary differential equation (ODEs) of the structure u ( 4 ) = f ( x , u , u ′ , u ″...
Spaceborne instruments have an irreplaceable role in detecting fundamental vegetation features that link physical properties to ecological theory, but their success depends on our understanding of the complex dynamics that control plant spectral prop...
We present a mathematical model of disease (say a virus) spread that takes into account the hierarchic structure of social clusters in a population. It describes the dependence of epidemic’s dynamics on the strength of barriers between clusters...
Molecules provide the smallest possible circuits in which quantum interference and electron correlation can be engineered to perform logical operations, including the universal NAND gate. We investigate a chemically encoded quantum NAND tree based on...
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 resulted in a cataclysmic restructuring of its surrounding landscapes. The Pumice Plain is one of these landscapes, where tree species such as Sitka willow (Salix sitchensis) and their dependent communities ha...
In this paper, a layered, undirected-network-structure, optimization approach is proposed to reduce the redundancy in multi-agent information synchronization and improve the computing rate. Based on the traversing binary tree and aperiodic sampling o...
The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) is a physically-based approach for remote soil moisture estimation. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance to vegetation water status, which in turn responds to changes of root-z...
As autonomous vehicles increasingly populate roads, robust testing is essential to ensure their safety and reliability. Due to the limitation that traditional testing methodologies (real-world and simulation testing) are difficult to cover a wide ran...
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The dynamics of rural human-environment systems in developing countries have increasingly been attracting attention. Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a valuable simulation tool for detecting complex feedback loops in rural human-environment systems with...