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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
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15 Pages

Network Higher-Order Structure Dismantling

  • Peng Peng,
  • Tianlong Fan and
  • Linyuan Lü

11 March 2024

Diverse higher-order structures, foundational for supporting a network’s “meta-functions”, play a vital role in structure, functionality, and the emergence of complex dynamics. Nevertheless, the problem of dismantling them has been...

(This article belongs to the Topic Complex Systems and Network Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
11,541 Views
31 Pages

26 August 2023

The exploration of topologically nontrivial states in condensed matter systems, along with their novel transport properties, has garnered significant research interest. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of representative topologica...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,518 Views
18 Pages

Mixed Type Nondifferentiable Higher-Order Symmetric Duality over Cones

  • Izhar Ahmad,
  • Khushboo Verma and
  • Suliman Al-Homidan

11 February 2020

A new mixed type nondifferentiable higher-order symmetric dual programs over cones is formulated. As of now, in the literature, either Wolfe-type or Mond–Weir-type nondifferentiable symmetric duals have been studied. However, we present a unifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,773 Views
10 Pages

25 November 2022

In this work, we define higher-order Jacobsthal–Lucas quaternions with the help of higher-order Jacobsthal–Lucas numbers. We examine some identities of higher-order Jacobsthal–Lucas quaternions. We introduce their basic definitions...

(This article belongs to the Section Algebra and Number Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,485 Views
17 Pages

Fractional-order PID control is a landmark in the development of fractional-order control theory. It can improve the control precision and accuracy of systems and achieve more robust control results. As a theorem-proving formal verification method, i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Women’s Special Issue Series: Fractal and Fractional)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,230 Views
23 Pages

20 March 2023

The order reduction method is an important approach to optimize higher-order binary Markov random fields (HoMRFs), which are widely used in information theory, machine learning and image analysis. It transforms an HoMRF into an equivalent and easier...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Machine Learning with High-Dimensional Data and Image Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,474 Views
14 Pages

26 December 2022

In this paper, we consider the higher order degenerate Changhee–Genocchi polynomials of the second kind by using generating functions and the Riordan matrix methods. At the same time, we give some properties of the higher order degenerate Chang...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,437 Views
12 Pages

14 September 2022

The higher-order interactions in complex systems are gaining attention. Extending the classic bounded confidence model where an agent’s opinion update is the average opinion of its peers, this paper proposes a higher-order version of the bounde...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Physics of Opinion Formation and Social Phenomena)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,611 Views
11 Pages

Fragility Induced by Interdependency of Complex Networks and Their Higher-Order Networks

  • Chengjun Zhang,
  • Yi Lei,
  • Xinyu Shen,
  • Qi Li and ,
  • Hui Yao,
  • Di Cheng,
  • Yifan Xie and
  • Wenbin Yu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

23 December 2022

The higher-order structure of networks is a hot research topic in complex networks. It has received much attention because it is closely related to the functionality of networks, such as network transportation and propagation. For instance, recent st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,163 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Accommodation on Peripheral Higher Order Aberrations

  • Kishor Sapkota,
  • Jessica Gomes and
  • Sandra Franco

26 January 2022

Knowledge of the effect of accommodation on image quality of peripheral retina is crucial for better understanding of the visual system, but only a few studies have been carried out in this area. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of acco...

(This article belongs to the Section New Applications Enabled by Photonics Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,140 Views
28 Pages

Ruling out Higher-Order Interference from Purity Principles

  • Howard Barnum,
  • Ciarán M. Lee,
  • Carlo Maria Scandolo and
  • John H. Selby

1 June 2017

As first noted by Rafael Sorkin, there is a limit to quantum interference. The interference pattern formed in a multi-slit experiment is a function of the interference patterns formed between pairs of slits; there are no genuinely new features result...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Information and Foundations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,292 Views
32 Pages

Multi-Scale Higher-Order Dependencies (MSHOD): Higher-Order Interactions Mining and Key Nodes Identification for Global Liner Shipping Network

  • Yude Fu,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Jichao Li,
  • Mengjun Yu and ,
  • Xiongyi Lu,
  • Qizi Huangpeng and
  • Xiaojun Duan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Liner shipping accounts for over 80% of the global transportation volume, making substantial contributions to world trade and economic development. To advance global economic integration further, it is essential to link the flows of global liner ship...

(This article belongs to the Topic Global Maritime Logistics in the Era of Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,043 Views
11 Pages

Oscillation Results for Higher Order Differential Equations

  • Choonkil Park,
  • Osama Moaaz and
  • Omar Bazighifan

3 February 2020

The objective of our research was to study asymptotic properties of the class of higher order differential equations with a p-Laplacian-like operator. Our results supplement and improve some known results obtained in the literature. An illustrative e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential and Difference Equations: A Themed Issue Dedicated to Prof. Hari M. Srivastava on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,959 Views
7 Pages

18 July 2019

Recently a lot of papers have been devoted to partial infinite reciprocal sums of a higher-order linear recursive sequence. In this paper, we continue this program by finding a sequence which is asymptotically equivalent to partial infinite sums, inc...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
642 Views
32 Pages

13 September 2026

Higher-order nonlinear effects induced by electrostatic coupling, large-deflection deformation and bending stiffness substantially alter the quenching evolution of elastic membranes in practical electrostatic MEMS devices. This paper investigates a h...

(This article belongs to the Section C1: Difference and Differential Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,626 Views
10 Pages

21 January 2021

Higher-order symmetries are constructed for a linear anomalous diffusion equation with the Riemann–Liouville time-fractional derivative of order α∈(0,1)∪(1,2). It is proved that the equation in question has infinite sequences of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus in Anomalous Transport Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,150 Views
8 Pages

18 November 2022

We start by introducing and studying two sequences of curvatures provided by the higher-order derivatives of the usual Frenet equation of a given plane curve C. These curvatures are expressed by a recurrence starting with the pair (0,−k) where...

(This article belongs to the Section Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,794 Views
21 Pages

Bayesian Discrepancy Measure: Higher-Order and Skewed Approximations

  • Elena Bortolato,
  • Francesco Bertolino,
  • Monica Musio and
  • Laura Ventura

20 June 2025

The aim of this paper is to discuss both higher-order asymptotic expansions and skewed approximations for the Bayesian discrepancy measure used in testing precise statistical hypotheses. In particular, we derive results on third-order asymptotic appr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
565 Views
16 Pages

28 November 2025

In this paper, based on previous study of type 2 ω-Daehee polynomials and some of their properties, we further introduce the generating function definition for the higher-order degenerate type 2 ω-Daehee polynomials. By employing the meth...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
444 Views
12 Pages

26 April 2026

In this paper, we formulate and prove necessary conditions of efficiency for a new class of multiobjective variational models governed by higher order partial derivatives. More precisely, we consider a multiobjective optimization model of minimizing...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,794 Views
14 Pages

10 August 2024

In this paper, we investigate evolution systems in two components, characterized by higher-order spatial derivatives and the presence of two arbitrary functions. Our study begins with an analysis of a fourth-order system. We perform a detailed group...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Symmetry in Equations)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,901 Views
6 Pages

Synthesis of Heterocycles and Nucleosides Forming Higher—Order Structures

  • Zoltán Váradi,
  • Gábor Paragi,
  • Zoltán Kupihár,
  • Zoltán Kele and
  • Lajos Kovács

14 November 2021

Nucleic acid analogues play a multifaceted role in biology and materials science. Our efforts towards unveiling these roles led to xanthine derivatives that form higher–order structures with quadruplex-forming abilities. In this paper we presen...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 25th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,066 Views
10 Pages

29 December 2021

Recent advances in ocular aberrometry have revealed that ocular surgery increases ocular and corneal higher-order aberrations. This retrospective single-center study aimed to examine the effects of the overhanging bleb on corneal higher-order aberrat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Going for Gaps in Glaucoma)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,138 Views
17 Pages

Inequality on Three Intervals for Higher-Order Convex Functions

  • Josip Pečarić,
  • Jinyan Miao and
  • Ðilda Pečarić

20 January 2026

In this article, an inequality on three intervals for convex functions is extended to inequalities on three intervals for higher-order convex functions. Some corollaries and applications are mentioned.

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
337 Views
31 Pages

Fuzzy Hypergraph Clustering via Higher-Order Modularity Maximization

  • Yichen Sun,
  • Min Wu,
  • Erhao Zhou,
  • Zekang Bian and
  • Kai Zhu

15 September 2026

Conventional clustering methods mainly characterize cluster structures using geometric proximity or pairwise similarities, which may be insufficient for data with complex higher-order dependencies. This paper proposes a Fuzzy Hypergraph Clustering (F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,096 Views
27 Pages

Research on User Behavior Based on Higher-Order Dependency Network

  • Liwei Qian,
  • Yajie Dou,
  • Chang Gong,
  • Xiangqian Xu and
  • Yuejin Tan

26 July 2023

In the era of the popularization of the Internet of Things (IOT), analyzing people’s daily life behavior through the data collected by devices is an important method to mine potential daily requirements. The network method is an important means to an...

(This article belongs to the Section Complexity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
503 Views
26 Pages

On r-Circulant Matrices with Higher-Order Fibonacci Numbers

  • Can Kızılateş,
  • Erkan Kayataş and
  • Wei-Shih Du

12 June 2026

In this paper, we introduce and investigate a new class of r-circulant matrices whose entries are generated by higher-order Fibonacci numbers. Explicit representations of the eigenvalues of these matrices are derived by means of the Binet formula tog...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics: Feature Papers 2026)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,869 Views
15 Pages

15 December 2023

A control problem with final overdetermination is considered for the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a bounded interval. The boundary condition on the space derivative is chosen as the control. Results on the global existence of s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nonlinear Analysis and Boundary Value Problems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,619 Views
18 Pages

15 July 2021

In this work, we study variational problems with time delay and higher-order distributed-order fractional derivatives dealing with a new fractional operator. This fractional derivative combines two known operators: distributed-order derivatives and d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamical Systems in Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,300 Views
17 Pages

This paper addresses the synchronization problem in complex networks characterized by short-memory fractional dynamics and directed higher-order interactions. Sufficient conditions for global synchronization are rigorously derived using Lyapunov-base...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of Fractional-Order Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,946 Views
13 Pages

18 August 2018

Higher order Schwarzian derivatives for normalized univalent functions were first considered by Schippers, and those of convex functions were considered by Dorff and Szynal. In the present investigation, higher order Schwarzian derivatives for the Ja...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integral Transforms and Operational Calculus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,249 Views
16 Pages

Quantifying the Complexity of Nodes in Higher-Order Networks Using the Infomap Algorithm

  • Yude Fu,
  • Xiongyi Lu,
  • Caixia Yu,
  • Jichao Li and ,
  • Xiang Li and
  • Qizi Huangpeng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 September 2024

Accurately quantifying the complexity of nodes in a network is crucial for revealing their roles and network complexity, as well as predicting network emergent phenomena. In this paper, we propose three novel complexity metrics for nodes to reflect t...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Theory and Methodology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
303 Views
24 Pages

Weighted Higher-Order Beesack–Opial Inequalities on Time Scales

  • Ramy R. Mahmoud,
  • Samir H. Saker,
  • Douglas R. Anderson and
  • Khadega R. Abdo

19 July 2026

This work constructs a family of weighted higher-order Opial-type estimates on an arbitrary time scale T, with the weight structure generated by a non-decreasing auxiliary function ω and its delta derivative ωΔ. For n-times delta di...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,398 Views
17 Pages

12 May 2023

Scientific research often involves collaboration among researchers, and coauthorship networks are a common means of exploring these collaborations. However, traditional coauthorship networks represent coauthorship relations using simple links, i.e.,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Complex Networks and Their Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,538 Views
23 Pages

Understanding Higher-Order Interactions in Information Space

  • Herbert Edelsbrunner,
  • Katharina Ölsböck and
  • Hubert Wagner

27 July 2024

Methods used in topological data analysis naturally capture higher-order interactions in point cloud data embedded in a metric space. This methodology was recently extended to data living in an information space, by which we mean a space measured wit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Topological Data Analysis Meets Information Theory. New Perspectives for the Analysis of Higher-Order Interactions in Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,259 Views
11 Pages

17 June 2022

We investigate the effects of higher-order quantum fluctuations on the bulk properties of self-bound droplets in three-, two- and one-dimensional binary Bose mixtures using the Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov theory. We calculate higher-order cor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Trends on Quantum Fluctuations in Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,838 Views
16 Pages

Higher Order Support Vector Random Fields for Hyperspectral Image Classification

  • Junli Yang,
  • Zhiguo Jiang,
  • Shuang Hao and
  • Haopeng Zhang

This paper addresses the problem of contextual hyperspectral image (HSI) classification. A novel conditional random fields (CRFs) model, known as higher order support vector random fields (HSVRFs), is proposed for HSI classification. By incorporating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
407 Views
36 Pages

Higher-Order Interactions in the Network of Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers

  • Cinthia Guadalupe Mata Ramírez,
  • Alexander N. Pisarchik,
  • Guillermo Huerta Cuellar,
  • Juan Hugo García López and ,
  • Samuel Mardoqueo Afanador Delgado,
  • Waqar Hussain Shah and
  • Rider Jaimes-Reátegui
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The dynamics and synchronization properties of a network of three erbium-doped fiber lasers coupled via higher-order interactions (HOI) are investigated using simplicial complexes. Three coupling configurations are analyzed: first-order only, second-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fiber Lasers: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,918 Views
14 Pages

26 November 2022

The purpose of this paper is to organize various types of higher order q-differential equations that are connected to q-sigmoid polynomials and obtain certain properties regarding their solutions. Using the properties of q-sigmoid polynomials, we sho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical and Computational Methods in Differential Equations, Special Functions, Transmutations and Integral Transforms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,912 Views
18 Pages

A Kind of New Higher-Order Mond-Weir Type Duality for Set-Valued Optimization Problems

  • Liu He,
  • Qi-Lin Wang,
  • Ching-Feng Wen,
  • Xiao-Yan Zhang and
  • Xiao-Bing Li

24 April 2019

In this paper, we introduce the notion of higher-order weak adjacent epiderivative for a set-valued map without lower-order approximating directions and obtain existence theorem and some properties of the epiderivative. Then by virtue of the epideriv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Functional Analysis and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,027 Views
12 Pages

19 November 2022

This study aimed to determine why university students performed relatively low on a writing assignment. In phase 1, questionnaire and performance data were collected and analyzed. This evidence-informed approach revealed that students’ relative...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
518 Views
25 Pages

ANN-Assisted Sharp Bounds for Higher-Order Euler–Maclaurin Inequalities

  • Muhammad Zakria Javed,
  • Muhammad Uzair Awan,
  • Loredana Ciurdariu,
  • Eugenia Grecu and
  • Hala Mostafa

11 May 2026

This study presents some novel sharp estimates of the Euler–Maclaurin inequality using a new higher-order derivative Maclaurin identity. By utilizing the properties of convexity and classical inequalities, we exploit various novel tight boundar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Application of Integral Inequalities, 2nd Edition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
7,556 Views
24 Pages

6 July 2020

Many real systems are strongly characterized by collective cooperative phenomena whose existence and properties still need a satisfactory explanation. Coherently with their collective nature, they call for new and more accurate descriptions going bey...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Processes on Complex Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,686 Views
13 Pages

Methodology for Asynchronous Motor Impedance Measurement by Using Higher Order Harmonics

  • Karolis Dambrauskas,
  • Jonas Vanagas,
  • Saulius Bugenis,
  • Tomas Zimnickas and
  • Artūras Kalvaitis

17 May 2020

The control methods of asynchronous motors have changed during past decades. In the past, asynchronous motors were connected to grid directly. Later, thyristors as switching element-based frequency converters for asynchronous motors have appeared. To...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Analysis of Electric Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
12,241 Views
23 Pages

30 September 2017

Comprehending complex systems by simplifying and highlighting important dynamical patterns requires modeling and mapping higher-order network flows. However, complex systems come in many forms and demand a range of representations, including memory a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algorithms for Community Detection in Complex Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,308 Views
32 Pages

19 October 2022

This paper is concerned with inverse spectral problems for higher-order (n>2) ordinary differential operators. We develop an approach to the reconstruction from the spectral data for a wide range of differential operators with either regular or di...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Direct and Inverse Spectral Problems for Ordinary Differential and Functional-Differential Operators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,498 Views
17 Pages

30 September 2024

In this paper, by using q-integers and higher-order generalized Fibonacci numbers, we define the higher-order generalized Fibonacci quaternions with q-integer components. We give some special cases of these newly established quaternions. This article...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Application of Integral Inequalities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,727 Views
23 Pages

Dynamic Error Estimation in Higher-Order Finite Elements

  • Anna Karpik,
  • Francesco Cosco and
  • Domenico Mundo

11 August 2024

The Finite Element Method (FEM) has emerged as a powerful tool for predicting the behavior of industrial products, including those with complex geometries or uncommon materials. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is widely used to study structural vibrati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,903 Views
15 Pages

Nonoscillatory Solutions to Higher-Order Nonlinear Neutral Dynamic Equations

  • Yang-Cong Qiu,
  • Irena Jadlovská,
  • Dhaou Lassoued and
  • Tongxing Li

28 February 2019

For a class of nonlinear higher-order neutral dynamic equations on a time scale, we analyze the existence and asymptotic behavior of nonoscillatory solutions on the basis of hypotheses that allow applications to equations with different integral conv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear, Convex, Nonsmooth, Functional Analysis in Symmetry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,438 Views
12 Pages

Higher-Order Belief Propagation Correction Decoder for Polar Codes

  • Meng Zhang,
  • Zhuo Li,
  • Lijuan Xing and
  • Xin Liao

11 April 2022

Belief propagation (BP) decoding for polar codes has been extensively studied because of its inherent parallelism. However, its performance remains inferior to that of successive cancellation list decoding (SCL) due to the structure of the decoding g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Theory and Coding for Wireless Communications)

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