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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,692 Views
18 Pages

17 January 2018

The generator matrices of polar codes and Reed–Muller codes are submatrices of the Kronecker product of a lower-triangular binary square matrix. For polar codes, the submatrix is generated by selecting rows according to their Bhattacharyya parameter,...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,858 Views
9 Pages

The amount by which the artificial neural network weights are updated during the training process is called the learning rate. More precisely, the learning rate is an adjustable parameter used in training neural networks in which small values, often...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order Chaotic System: Control and Synchronization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,496 Views
15 Pages

FPGA-Implemented Fractal Decoder with Forward Error Correction in Short-Reach Optical Interconnects

  • Svitlana Matsenko,
  • Oleksiy Borysenko,
  • Sandis Spolitis,
  • Aleksejs Udalcovs and ,
  • Lilita Gegere,
  • Aleksandr Krotov,
  • Oskars Ozolins and
  • Vjaceslavs Bobrovs
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

13 January 2022

Forward error correction (FEC) codes combined with high-order modulator formats, i.e., coded modulation (CM), are essential in optical communication networks to achieve highly efficient and reliable communication. The task of providing additional err...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,942 Views
12 Pages

7 June 2018

The classical Sierpinski Gasket defined on the equilateral triangle is a typical example of fractals. Sierpinski-like triangles can also be constructed on isosceles or scalene triangles. An explicit formula for the intrinsic metric on the classical S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,180 Views
14 Pages

Iterated Functions Systems Composed of Generalized θ-Contractions

  • Pasupathi Rajan,
  • María A. Navascués and
  • Arya Kumar Bedabrata Chand

The theory of iterated function systems (IFSs) has been an active area of research on fractals and various types of self-similarity in nature. The basic theoretical work on IFSs has been proposed by Hutchinson. In this paper, we introduce a new gener...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Functions and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
15,107 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2009

Satellite remote sensing (RS) is an important contributor to Earth observation, providing various kinds of imagery every day, but low spatial resolution remains a critical bottleneck in a lot of applications, restricting higher spatial resolution ana...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensor Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,483 Views
13 Pages

Homogeneous random fractals form a probabilistic generalisation of self-similar sets with more dependencies than in random recursive constructions. Under the Uniform Strong Open Set Condition we show that the mean D-dimensional (average) Minkowski co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractals: Geometry, Analysis and Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,968 Views
21 Pages

Damage Law and Reasonable Width of Coal Pillar under Gully Area: Linking Fractal Characteristics of Coal Pillar Fractures to Their Stability

  • Zhaopeng Wu,
  • Yunpei Liang,
  • Kaijun Miao,
  • Qigang Li and ,
  • Sichen Liu,
  • Qican Ran,
  • Wanjie Sun,
  • Hualong Yin and
  • Yun Ma
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The coal pillar is an important structure to control the stability of the roadway surrounding rock and maintain the safety of underground mining activities. An unreasonable design of the coal pillar size can result in the failure of the surrounding r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Fractal Analysis in Underground Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
16 Citations
5,670 Views
19 Pages

Complexity Synchronization of Organ Networks

  • Bruce J. West,
  • Paolo Grigolini,
  • Scott E. Kerick,
  • Piotr J. Franaszczuk and
  • Korosh Mahmoodi

28 September 2023

The transdisciplinary nature of science as a whole became evident as the necessity for the complex nature of phenomena to explain social and life science, along with the physical sciences, blossomed into complexity theory and most recently into compl...

(This article belongs to the Section Complexity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,409 Views
9 Pages

Numerical Simulation of Rockfill Materials Based on Fractal Theory

  • Hongxing Han,
  • Yun Ma,
  • Wei He,
  • Weifang Yang and
  • Xudong Fu

29 December 2021

With the use of the particle flow code in two dimensions, a fractal model is established with the number of particles of different particle fractions used as the statistics to study the fractal characteristics of particle size distribution. Numerical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Structural Engineering, Volume III)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,491 Views
11 Pages

In this study, we propose an innovative concept that applies an AI-based approach using the random forest algorithm integrated with fractal and discrete wavelet transform features of nuclear chromatin. This strategy could be employed to identify subt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractals in Biophysics and Their Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,168 Views
25 Pages

This review article delves into the growing recognition of fractal structures in mesoscale phenomena. The article highlights the significance of realistic fractal-like aggregate models and efficient modeling codes for comparing data from diverse expe...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,964 Views
13 Pages

Influence of the Fractal Geometry on the Mechanical Resistance of Cantilever Beams Designed through Topology Optimization

  • Pablo Pavón-Domínguez,
  • Guillermo Portillo-García,
  • Alejandro Rincón-Casado and
  • Lucía Rodríguez-Parada

9 November 2021

In this work, the complex geometry of beams obtained from topology optimization is characterized through the fractal dimension (FD). The fractal dimension is employed as an efficiency measure of the mass distribution in the beams, that is, the capaci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Design Engineering II)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,498 Views
21 Pages

Simulation of Full-Scale Rockfall Tests with a Fragmentation Model

  • Gerard Matas,
  • Nieves Lantada,
  • Jordi Corominas,
  • Josep Gili and ,
  • Roger Ruiz-Carulla and
  • Albert Prades
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this paper, we present the upgraded version of RockGIS, a stochastic program for the numerical simulation of rockfalls and their fragmentation, based on a fractal model. The code has been improved to account for a range of fragmentation scenarios,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rock Fall Hazard and Risk Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,409 Views
39 Pages

Mathematical Modeling and Recursive Algorithms for Constructing Complex Fractal Patterns

  • Abror Shavkatovich Buriboev,
  • Djamshid Sultanov,
  • Zulaykho Ibrohimova and
  • Heung Seok Jeon

16 February 2025

In this paper, we present mathematical geometric models and recursive algorithms to generate and design complex patterns using fractal structures. By applying analytical, iterative methods, iterative function systems (IFS), and L-systems to create ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,408 Views
13 Pages

In recent years, intrinsic metrics have been described on various fractals with different formulas. The Sierpinski gasket is given as one of the fundamental models which defined the intrinsic metrics on them via the code representations of the points...

  • Article
  • Open Access
345 Views
33 Pages

2 October 2026

Lorenz curves are a socioeconomic method of coding the statistics of positive-valued random variables. Standing at the confluence of fractals, wealth distributions, and non-Euclidean geometry, this paper presents quadrant Lorenz curves (QLCs): Lorenz...

(This article belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
566 Views
30 Pages

Ship Motion Dynamics from AIS Trajectories Using Fractal Micromovement Representation Framework

  • Pavlo Nosov,
  • Oleksiy Melnyk,
  • Mykola Malaksiano,
  • Oleg Onishchenko and ,
  • Oleg Karpovych,
  • Dmytro Onyshko,
  • Kostyantin Koryakin and
  • Volodymyr Kucherenko
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Accurate characterization of local ship motion remains challenging because conventional AIS trajectory analysis primarily relies on global or averaged motion descriptors that overlook short-term navigation dynamics. This research introduces a fractal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,131 Views
17 Pages

A Novel Nonlinear Pseudorandom Sequence Generator for the Fractal Function

  • Yelai Feng,
  • Huaixi Wang,
  • Chao Chang,
  • Hongyi Lu and ,
  • Fang Yang and
  • Chenyang Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

A pseudorandom sequence is a repeatable sequence with random statistical properties that is widely used in communication encryption, authentication and channel coding. The pseudorandom sequence generator based on the linear feedback shift register ha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional-Order Chaotic System: Control and Synchronization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,244 Views
14 Pages

How Does a Tumor Get Its Shape? MicroRNAs Act as Morphogens at the Cancer Invasion Front

  • Catalin Vasilescu,
  • Mihai Tanase,
  • Dana Giza,
  • Livia Procopiuc and ,
  • Mihnea P. Dragomir and
  • George A. Calin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The generation and organization of the invasion front shape of neoplasms is an intriguing problem. The intimate mechanism is not yet understood, but the prevailing theory is that it represents an example of morphogenesis. Morphogenesis requires the p...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Applications of Non-Coding RNA)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,571 Views
14 Pages

Image Compression Using Fractal Functions

  • Olga Svynchuk,
  • Oleg Barabash,
  • Joanna Nikodem,
  • Roman Kochan and
  • Oleksandr Laptiev

The rapid growth of geographic information technologies in the field of processing and analysis of spatial data has led to a significant increase in the role of geographic information systems in various fields of human activity. However, solving comp...

(This article belongs to the Section Geometry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,196 Views
14 Pages

A Novel Coding Metasurface for Wireless Power Transfer Applications

  • Nguyen Minh Tran,
  • Muhammad Miftahul Amri,
  • Je Hyeon Park,
  • Sa Il Hwang and ,
  • Dong In Kim and
  • Kae Won Choi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 November 2019

We propose and implement a novel 1-bit coding metasurface that is capable of focusing and steering beam for enhancing power transfer efficiency of the electromagnetic (EM) wave-based wireless power transfer systems. The proposed metasurface comprises...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy-Efficient Computing and Communication )
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,709 Views
26 Pages

Classification of the Surrounding Rock Based on Image Processing Analysis and Transfer Learning

  • Yanyun Fan,
  • Jiaqi Zhu,
  • Hua Luo,
  • Yaxi Shen and ,
  • Shuanglong Wang,
  • Xiaoning Liu,
  • Dong Li and
  • Chuhan Deng
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 February 2026

Currently, standardized classification methods of surrounding rock are relatively insufficient. The classification of surrounding rock mainly relies on the subjective judgment of technicians, leading to diverse evaluation results. This study focuses...

(This article belongs to the Section Image and Video Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,093 Views
19 Pages

Individualized Prediction of Meningioma Response to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Using Nested Consensus Machine Learning with 3D Fractal, Lacunarity and Radiomic Features from MRI

  • Herwin Speckter,
  • Marko Radulovic,
  • Ivan Gonzalez,
  • Giancarlo Hernandez and ,
  • Jose Bido,
  • Diones Rivera,
  • Luis Suazo,
  • Santiago Valenzuela,
  • Ismael Peralta and
  • Velicko Vranes
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

Background: This study aimed to develop a fully nested, information leakage-free machine-learning workflow to predict the volumetric response of meningioma to Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) from pre-treatment MRI and to compare the predictive value...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractal Analysis in Biology and Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,597 Views
17 Pages

7 November 2022

Aiming to solve the problem of the distinction of scrambled linear block codes, a method for identifying the scrambling types of linear block codes by combining correlation features and convolution long short-term memory neural networks is proposed i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advance in Digital Signal, Image and Video Processing)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,870 Views
13 Pages

We present a combinatorial analysis of any maximal set of gate compositions parameterized over a finite alphabet which revealed an underlying fractal structure. Results are presented as global maps in the form of large 2D arrays where each row stands...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Symmetry (Symmetry 2025))
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,432 Views
26 Pages

We study some fractal properties of the hereditary αω-dynamo model in the two-mode approximation. The phase variables of the model describe the temporal dynamics of the toroidal and poloidal components of the magnetic field. The hereditar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus and Fractals in Mathematical Physics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,000 Views
17 Pages

The Riemann-Lebesgue Integral of Interval-Valued Multifunctions

  • Danilo Costarelli,
  • Anca Croitoru,
  • Alina Gavriluţ,
  • Alina Iosif and
  • Anna Rita Sambucini

20 December 2020

We study Riemann-Lebesgue integrability for interval-valued multifunctions relative to an interval-valued set multifunction. Some classic properties of the RL integral, such as monotonicity, order continuity, bounded variation, convergence are obtain...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Set-Valued Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Citations
9,778 Views
23 Pages

Hybrid Malware Classification Method Using Segmentation-Based Fractal Texture Analysis and Deep Convolution Neural Network Features

  • Maryam Nisa,
  • Jamal Hussain Shah,
  • Shansa Kanwal,
  • Mudassar Raza and ,
  • Muhammad Attique Khan,
  • Robertas Damaševičius and
  • Tomas Blažauskas
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 July 2020

As the number of internet users increases so does the number of malicious attacks using malware. The detection of malicious code is becoming critical, and the existing approaches need to be improved. Here, we propose a feature fusion method to combin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Threats, Challenges, and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,214 Views
26 Pages

Deep learning for semantic segmentation has made significant advances in recent years, achieving state-of-the-art performance. Medical image segmentation, as a key component of healthcare systems, plays a vital role in the diagnosis and treatment pla...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional and Fractal Methods in Biomedical Imaging and Time Series Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,877 Views
16 Pages

1 July 2022

SHAP (Shapley additive explanations) is a framework for explainable AI that makes explanations locally and globally. In this work, we propose a general method to obtain representative SHAP values within a repeated nested cross-validation procedure an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence Developments in Healthcare: Diagnosis, Rehabilitation and Screening)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,520 Views
20 Pages

7 November 2024

The classification and recognition of features play a vital role in production and daily life; however, the current semantic segmentation of remote sensing images is hampered by background interference and other factors, leading to issues such as fuz...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
13,390 Views
30 Pages

Symmetry Transformations in Metazoan Evolution and Development

  • Valeria V. Isaeva and
  • Nickolay V. Kasyanov

20 January 2021

In this review, we consider transformations of axial symmetry in metazoan evolution and development, the genetic basis, and phenotypic expressions of different axial body plans. In addition to the main symmetry types in metazoan body plans, such as r...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Life Sciences)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,546 Views
12 Pages

The Structure of Chaos: An Empirical Comparison of Fractal Physiology Complexity Indices Using NeuroKit2

  • Dominique Makowski,
  • An Shu Te,
  • Tam Pham,
  • Zen Juen Lau and
  • S. H. Annabel Chen

27 July 2022

Complexity quantification, through entropy, information theory and fractal dimension indices, is gaining a renewed traction in psychophsyiology, as new measures with promising qualities emerge from the computational and mathematical advances. Unfortu...

(This article belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,548 Views
32 Pages

Evaluation of Conservation Efficiency: Metrics for the Management of Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserves in Brazil

  • Iracema Alves Manoel Degaspari,
  • Dionne Cavalcante Monteiro,
  • Dirson Antônio Garcia,
  • Edgar Alberto de Brito and ,
  • Everton Gomede,
  • Gilberto Schwertner and
  • Gean Davis Breda
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 February 2025

The Brazilian Forest Code regulates Permanent Preservation Areas (PPA) and Legal Reserves (LR) across all federative states. These areas support the maintenance of ecological functions and are essential for biodiversity conservation and environmental...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,132 Views
14 Pages

13 April 2018

The performance evaluation of wind power forecasting under commercially operating circumstances is critical to a wide range of decision-making situations, yet difficult because of its stochastic nature. This paper firstly introduces a novel TRSWA-BP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,691 Views
18 Pages

A Novel Image Encryption Scheme Based on Collatz Conjecture

  • Dora M. Ballesteros,
  • Jimmy Peña and
  • Diego Renza

25 November 2018

Image encryption methods aim to protect content privacy. Typically, they encompass scrambling and diffusion. Every pixel of the image is permuted (scrambling) and its value is transformed according to a key (diffusion). Although several methods have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theory Applications in Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,868 Views
25 Pages

Spatial Epidemiology of Pediatric Cancer in Romania: A Decade of Persistence, Continuity, and Localized Hotspots (Temporal Trend 2008–2017)

  • Iulia Daniela Nedelcu,
  • Ion Andronache,
  • Ioannis Liritzis,
  • Helmut Ahammer and ,
  • Herbert Franz Jelinek,
  • Andreea Karina Gruia,
  • Daniel Peptenatu and
  • Marko Radulovic
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Objective: Pediatric cancer, though less prevalent than adult malignancies, constitutes a significant public health concern due to its long-term effects on survival, development, and quality of life. This study aimed to investigate spatial patterns a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,257 Views
20 Pages

18 October 2021

A standard model, one of the lattice Boltzmann models for incompressible flow, is broadly applied in mesoscopic fluid with obvious compressible error. To eliminate the compressible effect and the limits in 2D problems, three different models (He-Luo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiscale Petrophysics Characterization and Multiphase Flow in Unconventional Reservoirs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,064 Views
19 Pages

A Study of the Effect of Lake Shape on Hydrodynamics and Eutrophication

  • Qingchen Zhou,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Baohua Cheng,
  • Yu Cheng and
  • Bingbing Guo

19 February 2025

As an important part of the urban landscape, lakes not only enhance the overall environmental quality of a city, but also strengthen the residents’ sense of well-being and cultural identity. With the acceleration of urbanization, the water qual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
507 Views
22 Pages

4 August 2026

Façade design has long oscillated between repetitive order and visual disorder, and computational tools now make controlled irregularity easy to generate but hard to build; comparatively few studies follow a stochastic envelope from algorithm...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,250 Views
24 Pages

Puruhá Symbols on Guano Rugs: A Semiotic Approach to Cultural Continuity

  • Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo,
  • Christiam Paul Aguirre-Merino,
  • María de la Cruz del Río-Rama and
  • José Álvarez-García

29 April 2026

The town of Guano, located in the province of Chimborazo, Ecuador, is a canton renowned for its concentration of cultural expressions related to traditional artisanal techniques, such as the production of garments and leather goods, tanning, textile...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heritage and Sustainability: Keys to the Management and Valorization of Natural Resources)