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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,128 Views
19 Pages

Domain Generalization for Bearing Fault Diagnosis via Meta-Learning with Gradient Alignment and Data Augmentation

  • Gang Chen,
  • Jun Ye,
  • Dengke Li,
  • Lai Hu and ,
  • Zixi Wang,
  • Mengchen Zi,
  • Chao Liang and
  • Jiahao Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 October 2025

Rotating machinery is a core component of modern industry, and its operational state directly affects system safety and reliability. In order to achieve intelligent fault diagnosis of bearings under complex working conditions, the health management o...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,740 Views
26 Pages

9 August 2018

In a previous work we devised a framework to derive generalised gradient systems for an evolution equation from the large deviations of an underlying microscopic system, in the spirit of the Onsager–Machlup relations. Of particular interest is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Probability Distributions and Maximum Entropy in Stochastic Chemical Reaction Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,138 Views
14 Pages

1 August 2020

Consider the Euclidean space Rn with the orthogonal action of a compact Lie group G. We prove that a locally Lipschitz G-invariant mapping f from Rn to R can be uniformly approximated by G-invariant smooth mappings g in such a way that the gradient o...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,376 Views
56 Pages

Advances in Concentration Gradient Generation Approaches in a Microfluidic Device for Toxicity Analysis

  • Nicole M. E. Valle,
  • Mariana P. Nucci,
  • Arielly H. Alves,
  • Luiz D. Rodrigues and ,
  • Javier B. Mamani,
  • Fernando A. Oliveira,
  • Caique S. Lopes,
  • Alexandre T. Lopes,
  • Marcelo N. P. Carreño and
  • Lionel F. Gamarra
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

1 October 2022

This systematic review aimed to analyze the development and functionality of microfluidic concentration gradient generators (CGGs) for toxicological evaluation of different biological organisms. We searched articles using the keywords: concentration...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue In Vitro Model for Micro and Nano Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,301 Views
16 Pages

Cycle Generative Adversarial Network Based on Gradient Normalization for Infrared Image Generation

  • Xing Yi,
  • Hao Pan,
  • Huaici Zhao,
  • Pengfei Liu and ,
  • Canyu Zhang,
  • Junpeng Wang and
  • Hao Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 January 2023

Image generation technology is currently one of the popular directions in computer vision research, especially regarding infrared imaging, bearing critical applications in the military field. Existing algorithms for generating infrared images from vi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Based on Deep Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,119 Views
23 Pages

27 February 2026

This study systematically investigates the flow characteristics, mixing efficiency, and concentration gradient generation (CGG) capabilities of three types of vertical-stepped main-channel microfluidic concentration gradient generators—the upwa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Translational Microfluidics: From Lab Prototype to Scalable Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,407 Views
23 Pages

6 December 2024

A gradient-tracking generalized vertical coordinate (GT) for ocean models is proposed in the study. The movement of the grid height surfaces is based on a simple Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) method ensuring that the discrete representati...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,592 Views
21 Pages

A Gradient-Based Cuckoo Search Algorithm for a Reservoir-Generation Scheduling Problem

  • Yu Feng,
  • Jianzhong Zhou,
  • Li Mo,
  • Chao Wang and ,
  • Zhe Yuan and
  • Jiang Wu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 March 2018

In this paper, a gradient-based cuckoo search algorithm (GCS) is proposed to solve a reservoir-scheduling problem. The classical cuckoo search (CS) is first improved by a self-adaptive solution-generation technique, together with a differential strat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
11,958 Views
10 Pages

18 December 2018

Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture is considered more clinically relevant in mimicking the structural and physiological conditions of tumors in vivo compared to two-dimensional cell cultures. In recent years, high-throughput screening (HTS) in 3D ce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microfluidic Tools for High-Throughput Screening)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,849 Views
15 Pages

5 November 2020

We propose a new iterative method for solving a generalized Sylvester matrix equation A1XA2+A3XA4=E with given square matrices A1,A2,A3,A4 and an unknown rectangular matrix X. The method aims to construct a sequence of approximated solutions convergi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,279 Views
14 Pages

Microfluidic gradient generators (MGGs) provide a platform for investigating how cells respond to a concentration gradient or different concentrations of a specific chemical. Among these MGGs, those based on Christmas-tree-like structures possess adv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microfluidic Devices for Biological Quantitative Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
755 Views
30 Pages

Virtual testing is one of the key methods for evaluating the collision avoidance capabilities of autonomous ships, and test scenarios provide the fundamental basis for its implementation. However, generating test scenarios that are both diverse and p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Sensors and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Ships)
  • Article
  • Open Access
466 Views
41 Pages

A New Generalization of Gradient Method with Penalty and Momentum Terms for Wavelet Feedforward Neural Networks

  • Khidir Shaib Mohamed,
  • Alawia Adam,
  • Sofian A. A. Saad,
  • Naglaa Mohammed and
  • Ahmed Himadan

10 June 2026

Regularization plans, acceleration mechanisms, and optimization strategies all have a significant impact on the convergence behavior of neural network training algorithms. A thorough analysis of a batch gradient method (BGM) improved with momentum an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,818 Views
15 Pages

Investigation of the Influence of Glucose Concentration on Cancer Cells by Using a Microfluidic Gradient Generator without the Induction of Large Shear Stress

  • Tadashi Ishida,
  • Takuya Shimamoto,
  • Nobuya Ozaki,
  • Satoshi Takaki and ,
  • Takahiro Kuchimaru,
  • Sinae Kizaka-Kondoh and
  • Toru Omata
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 September 2016

A microfluidic device capable of precise chemical control is helpful to mimic tumor microenvironments in vitro, which are closely associated with malignant progression, including metastasis. Cancer cells under a concentration gradient of oxygen and o...

(This article belongs to the Collection Lab-on-a-Chip)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,233 Views
21 Pages

9 December 2024

High-quality short-term forecasts of wind farm generation are crucial for the dynamically developing renewable energy generation sector. This article addresses the selection of appropriate gradient-boosted decision tree models (GBDT) for forecasting...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Smart Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,867 Views
28 Pages

20 November 2023

By applying the weighted relaxation technique to the gradient-based iterative (GI) algorithm and taking proper weighted combinations of the solutions, this paper proposes the weighted, relaxed gradient-based iterative (WRGI) algorithm to solve the ge...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,397 Views
10 Pages

25 April 2021

We report the possibility of achieving normal-incidence transmission at non-normal incidence angles using thin interfaces made of metasurface structures with an appropriately-designed positive spatial phase distributions. The reported effect represen...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical and Photonic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,922 Views
11 Pages

24 December 2018

We have developed a cast microfluidic chip for concentration gradient generation that contains a thin (~5 µm2 cross-sectional area) microchannel. The diffusion of diffused 185 nm ultraviolet (UV) light from an inexpensive low-pressure mercury l...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Materials and Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,965 Views
14 Pages

22 June 2020

The Gerchberg–Saxton (GS) algorithm is a Fourier iterative algorithm that can effectively optimize phase-only computer-generated holograms (CGHs). This study proposes a new optimization technique for phase-only CGHs based on the gradient descent meth...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Practical Computer-Generated Hologram for 3D Display)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,406 Views
21 Pages

In this work, we explored, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the potential of stochastic gradient descent (SGD) to optimize random phase functions for application in non-iterative phase-only hologram generation. We defined and evaluat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,654 Views
14 Pages

20 October 2020

We introduce a gradient iterative scheme with an optimal convergent factor for solving a generalized Sylvester matrix equation ∑i=1pAiXBi=F, where Ai,Bi and F are conformable rectangular matrices. The iterative scheme is derived from the gradient...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances and Application of Iterative Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,154 Views
18 Pages

7 September 2022

We derive a conjugate-gradient type algorithm to produce approximate least-squares (LS) solutions for an inconsistent generalized Sylvester-transpose matrix equation. The algorithm is always applicable for any given initial matrix and will arrive at...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,543 Views
13 Pages

24 March 2018

Lidar-based models rely on an optimal relationship between the field and the lidar data for accurate predictions of forest attributes. This relationship may be altered by the variability in the stand growth conditions or by the temporal discrepancy b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Application based on Advanced Remote Sensing Data in Forests and Wood Land Areas)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
915 Views
26 Pages

Design and Performance Analysis of MPPT Algorithms Applied to Multistring Thermoelectric Generator Arrays Under Multiple Thermal Gradients

  • Emerson Rodrigues de Lira,
  • Eder Andrade da Silva,
  • Sergio Vladimir Barreiro Degiorgi,
  • João Paulo Pereira do Carmo and
  • Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior

18 December 2025

Thermoelectric systems configured in multistring arrays of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) represent a promising solution for energy harvesting in environments with non-uniform thermal gradients. However, the presence of multiple maximum power point...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research on Heat Exchanger Networks and Heat Recovery: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,030 Views
19 Pages

Cost-Based Optimization of Isolated Footing in Cohesive Soils Using Generalized Reduced Gradient Method

  • Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz,
  • Agha Shah Ali,
  • Syed Taseer Abbas Jaffar,
  • Turab H. Jafri and ,
  • Tae-Min Oh,
  • Mirvat Abdallah,
  • Steve Karam and
  • Marc Azab
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

10 October 2022

This study presents a cost-based optimization model for the design of isolated foundations in cohesive soils. The optimization algorithm not only incorporates safety requirements in the form of ultimate limit state (ULS) and serviceability limit stat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Soils and Foundations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
14,263 Views
13 Pages

13 November 2015

The photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 has recently gained great attention for its ability to directly convert CO2 into renewable chemicals upon genetic engineering. Thus, it is of great interest to increase the growth spee...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 10th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS 2015))
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,775 Views
30 Pages

2 October 2023

The research on fault diagnosis methods based on generative adversarial networks has achieved fruitful results, but most of the research objects are rolling bearings or gears, and the model test data are almost all derived from laboratory bench test...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology and Machine Learning: New Perspectives and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,112 Views
33 Pages

30 January 2024

The study compares model approaches in predictive modeling for claim frequency and severity within the cross-border cargo insurance domain. The aim is to identify the optimal model approach between generalized linear models (GLMs) and advanced machin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Non-life Insurance: Theory, Methods and Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,224 Views
25 Pages

Mirror Descent and Exponentiated Gradient Algorithms Using Trace-Form Entropies

  • Andrzej Cichocki,
  • Toshihisa Tanaka,
  • Frank Nielsen and
  • Sergio Cruces

8 December 2025

This paper introduces a broad class of Mirror Descent (MD) and Generalized Exponentiated Gradient (GEG) algorithms derived from trace-form entropies defined via deformed logarithms. Leveraging these generalized entropies yields MD and GEG algorithms...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue SUURI of Information Geometry: Dedicated to SUURI Engineer Professor Shun’ichi Amari on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday)
  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,347 Views
42 Pages

7 April 2023

In this review, we consider state-of-the-art density functional theory (DFT) investigations of strongly correlated systems performed with the meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) strongly constrained and appropriately normed (SCAN) func...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,893 Views
20 Pages

SUGAN: A Stable U-Net Based Generative Adversarial Network

  • Shijie Cheng,
  • Lingfeng Wang,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Cheng Zeng and
  • Yan Meng

23 August 2023

As one of the representative models in the field of image generation, generative adversarial networks (GANs) face a significant challenge: how to make the best trade-off between the quality of generated images and training stability. The U-Net based...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,016 Views
36 Pages

In this work, some properties of the general convolutional operators of general fractional calculus (GFC), which satisfy analogues of the fundamental theorems of calculus, are described. Two types of general fractional (GF) operators on a finite inte...

(This article belongs to the Section General Mathematics, Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,598 Views
13 Pages

On Sequential Warped Products Whose Manifold Admits Gradient Schouten Harmonic Solitons

  • Lixu Yan,
  • Yanlin Li,
  • Fatemah Mofarreh,
  • Akram Ali and
  • Pişcoran Laurian-Ioan

7 August 2024

As part of our study, we investigate gradient Schouten harmonic solutions to sequential warped product manifolds. The main contribution of our work is an explanation of how it is possible to express gradient Schouten harmonic solitons on sequential w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Differential Geometry and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
11,009 Views
11 Pages

15 January 2016

In this study, we investigate power generation by reverse electrodialysis in a dense silica membrane that is between two NaCl solutions with various combinations of concentrations. Each silica membrane is fabricated by depositing a silica layer on a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Waste Energy Harvesting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,794 Views
14 Pages

25 March 2019

Variable switching frequency in the finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) method causes a negative impact on the converter efficiency and the design of the output filters. Several studies have addressed the problem, but they are eithe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control in Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,397 Views
14 Pages

Defense Scheme of Federated Learning Based on GAN

  • Qing Zhang,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Wenlong Lu,
  • Xiaoyu Zhou and
  • An Bao

Federated learning (FL), as a distributed learning mechanism, can have model training completed without directly uploading original data, effectively reducing the risk of privacy leakage. However, through the shared gradient information, research sho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Security and Privacy for AI)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,204 Views
12 Pages

3D Multicellular Tumor Spheroids in a Microfluidic Droplet System for Investigation of Drug Resistance

  • Sang Ik Lee,
  • Yoon Young Choi,
  • Seong Goo Kang,
  • Tae Hyeon Kim and ,
  • Ji Wook Choi,
  • Young Jae Kim,
  • Tae-Hyung Kim,
  • Taewook Kang and
  • Bong Geun Chung
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

8 September 2022

A three-dimensional (3D) tumor spheroid model plays a critical role in mimicking tumor microenvironments in vivo. However, the conventional culture methods lack the ability to manipulate the 3D tumor spheroids in a homogeneous manner. To address this...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymers for Designing Drug Delivery Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,004 Views
22 Pages

30 January 2022

This paper is concerned with the real-time configuration of fault detection systems by exploiting an gradient optimization scheme. It is known that industrial processes may often encounter some uncertainties or changes of operating points and environ...

(This article belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,099 Views
11 Pages

Preparation of Ti-Al-Si Gradient Coating Based on Silicon Concentration Gradient and Added-Ce

  • Zihan Wang,
  • Faguo Li,
  • Xiaoyuan Hu,
  • Wei He and ,
  • Zhan Liu and
  • Yao Tan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Titanium and titanium alloys have excellent physical properties and process properties and are widely used in the aviation industry, but their high-temperature oxidation resistance is poor, and there is a thermal barrier temperature of 600 °C, wh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Ceramic and Alloy Coatings)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,181 Views
28 Pages

Adaptive Gradient Penalty for Wasserstein GANs: Theory and Applications

  • Joseph Tafataona Mtetwa,
  • Kingsley A. Ogudo and
  • Sameerchand Pudaruth

18 August 2025

Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks (WGANs) have gained significant attention due to their theoretical foundations and effectiveness in generative modeling. However, training stability remains a major challenge, typically addressed through fi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,585 Views
22 Pages

2 April 2022

The present work aims to primarily provide a general representation of the solution of the simplified elastostatics version of Mindlin’s Form II first-strain gradient elastic theory, which converges to the solution of the corresponding classica...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics and Its Applications in Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,292 Views
18 Pages

8 September 2021

In this paper, we propose a stochastic gradient descent algorithm, called stochastic gradient descent method-based generalized pinball support vector machine (SG-GPSVM), to solve data classification problems. This approach was developed by replacing...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,677 Views
7 Pages

15 January 2020

This paper is a step towards developing a geometric understanding of a popular algorithm for training deep neural networks named stochastic gradient descent (SGD). We built upon a recent result which observed that the noise in SGD while training typi...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,330 Views
17 Pages

20 December 2025

Distribution network data may encounter random missing data caused by abnormal conditions and continuous missing data caused by natural disasters during gathering, transmission, and conversion. To address these problems, this paper proposes a missing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Approaches and Experiences of Monitoring and Control of Electrical Distribution Grids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,955 Views
15 Pages

18 March 2017

Energy harvesting has become a promising and alternative solution to conventional energy generation patterns to overcome the problem of supplying autonomous electrical systems. More particularly, thermal energy harvesting technologies have drawn a ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from 16 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2016))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,161 Views
14 Pages

Cross-Modality Person Re-Identification Method with Joint-Modality Generation and Feature Enhancement

  • Yihan Bi,
  • Rong Wang,
  • Qianli Zhou,
  • Zhaolong Zeng and ,
  • Ronghui Lin and
  • Mingjie Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 August 2024

In order to minimize the disparity between visible and infrared modalities and enhance pedestrian feature representation, a cross-modality person re-identification method is proposed, which integrates modality generation and feature enhancement. Spec...

(This article belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,216 Views
13 Pages

29 September 2022

The high accuracy attainment, using less complex architectures of neural networks, remains one of the most important problems in machine learning. In many studies, increasing the quality of recognition and prediction is obtained by extending neural n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling, Optimization and Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,783 Views
15 Pages

A Microfluidic Prototype System towards Microalgae Cell Separation, Treatment and Viability Characterization

  • Yanjuan Wang,
  • Junsheng Wang,
  • Chen Zhou,
  • Gege Ding and ,
  • Mengmeng Chen,
  • Jiang Zou,
  • Ge Wang,
  • Yuejun Kang and
  • Xinxiang Pan
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

13 November 2019

There are a huge number, and abundant types, of microalgae in the ocean; and most of them have various values in many fields, such as food, medicine, energy, feed, etc. Therefore, how to identify and separation of microalgae cells quickly and effecti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Sensors: Recent Advances and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,644 Views
11 Pages

20 October 2020

This work is devoted to the modeling and investigation of the architecture design for the delayed recurrent neural network, based on the delayed differential equations. The usage of discrete and distributed delays makes it possible to model the calcu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,725 Views
19 Pages

19 May 2023

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are commonly used for environment, engineering, and architecture-related studies. One of the most important factors for the accuracy of DEM generation is the process of spatial interpolation, which is used for estimati...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI and IoT for Promoting Green Operation and Sustainable Environment)

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