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The Local Convergence of a Three-Step Sixth-Order Iterative Approach with the Basin of Attraction

  • Kasmita Devi,
  • Prashanth Maroju,
  • Eulalia Martínez and
  • Ramandeep Behl

14 June 2024

In this study, we introduce an iterative approach exhibiting sixth-order convergence for the solution of nonlinear equations. The method attains sixth-order convergence by using three evaluations of the function and two evaluations of the first-order...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,129 Views
16 Pages

8 December 2019

We studied the local convergence of a family of sixth order Jarratt-like methods in Banach space setting. The procedure so applied provides the radius of convergence and bounds on errors under the conditions based on the first Fréchet-derivati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,229 Views
13 Pages

15 March 2021

Path planning is one of the most important aspects for ambulance driving. A local dynamic path planning method based on the potential field theory is presented in this paper. The potential field model includes two components—repulsive potential and a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,396 Views
12 Pages

30 November 2022

The transmembrane transport of weak acid and base metabolites depends on the local pH conditions that affect the protonation status of the substrates and the availability of co-substrates, typically protons. Different protein designs ensure the attra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,848 Views
18 Pages

Mapping Localization Preferences for Residential Buildings

  • Jacek Jabłoński,
  • Łukasz Wielebski and
  • Beata Medyńska-Gulij

In this study, we tried to gauge the trends of localization preferences for residential buildings among young adults. The pragmatic dimension of these studies is important in the process of real estate investment, where a location can be expressed us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,569 Views
13 Pages

1 November 2022

Many countries worldwide promote artificial reef projects to increase and preserve fishery resources; however, how artificial reefs form fisheries is unclear. Nevertheless, specific hydraulic features of artificial reefs may attract fish. We selected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,449 Views
16 Pages

16 January 2020

Political, war-themed and controversial murals aim to show the history of a community, making the intangible tangible, and, because these events are still recent, they stir people’s emotions. Visitors to this type of heritage have a mixture of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,864 Views
10 Pages

30 June 2022

This paper deals with a recently reported mathematical model formulated by five first-order ordinary differential equations that describe glucoregulatory dynamics. As main contributions, we found a localization domain with all compact invariant sets;...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,701 Views
14 Pages

10 January 2024

We develop the local convergence of the six order Contraharmonic-mean Newton’s method (CHN) to solve Banach space valued equations. Our analysis approach is two fold: The first way uses Taylor’s series and derivatives of higher orders. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,372 Views
16 Pages

In this paper, a Newton-type iterative scheme for solving nonlinear systems is designed. In the process of proving the convergence order, we use the higher derivatives of the function and show that the convergence order of this iterative method is si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,461 Views
22 Pages

22 May 2024

This paper is devoted to dealing with the issue of the estimation of the domain of attraction (DOA) for highly nonlinear neutral complex networks (HNNCNs) with time delays. Firstly, by the Razumikhin approach, we establish several novel lemmas on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,504 Views
21 Pages

27 March 2024

Trading off the allocation of limited computational resources between front-end path generation and back-end trajectory optimization plays a key role in improving the efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) motion planning. In this paper, a sampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,486 Views
22 Pages

17 August 2023

The unique climate and the landscape of severely cold regions in winter attract many tourists. The outdoor thermal environment affects the space use and the tourist experience, becoming one of the key factors in the design of tourist attractions. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,442 Views
16 Pages

7 November 2022

The Province of Rieti (Italy) hosts well-preserved historical villages rich in natural and cultural resources, as well as attractive food traditions. Consequently, being close to the Metropolitan City of Rome, many urban residents may consider it an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,954 Views
25 Pages

9 July 2021

The paper presents the results of a study on the attractiveness to tourists and natives of the cultural qualities of coastal towns on The Pomeranian Way of St. James that are members of the Cittaslow network. Attention to the quality of urban life is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,263 Views
29 Pages

28 December 2021

For many regions and communes, the development of tourism offers opportunities for economic revival, the stimulation of local entrepreneurship and, as a result, increased budget revenues. Before such objectives can be successfully pursued, however, i...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,939 Views
17 Pages

Development of a Passenger Assistance System to Increase the Attractiveness of Local Public Transport

  • Anja K. Faulhaber,
  • Jens Hegenberg,
  • Sophie Elise Kahnt,
  • Franz Lambrecht,
  • Daniel Leonhäuser,
  • Stefan Saake,
  • Franka Wehr,
  • Ludger Schmidt and
  • Carsten Sommer

31 March 2022

In this paper, we present a concept for an assistance system for public transport passengers currently being developed for Kassel, Germany, and its surrounding area. The assistance system aims at increasing the attractiveness of local public transpor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,855 Views
19 Pages

A UNESCO Site as a Tool to Promote Local Attractiveness: Investigating Stakeholders’ Opinions

  • Giovanni Peira,
  • Giacomo Pasino,
  • Alessandro Bonadonna and
  • Riccardo Beltramo

21 December 2022

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are a useful tool to protect and promote the legacy human beings leave over the centuries. Ivrea, a 20th century industrial city, is the second Italian industrial site recorded in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is a ci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,320 Views
13 Pages

28 March 2023

The phenomenon of population decline—with all its associated economic, environmental and social consequences—characterizes many small rural municipalities. This study aims to discuss the role that small rural municipalities can have in ad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,270 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2019

Destinations are competing every day to attract more tourists and increase tourism receipts. In order to maintain tourists’ interests in the destination and expect sustainable income from tourism, understanding tourists’ perceptions of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,524 Views
16 Pages

Research on Community Detection in Complex Networks Based on Internode Attraction

  • Jinfang Sheng,
  • Cheng Liu,
  • Long Chen,
  • Bin Wang and
  • Junkai Zhang

7 December 2020

With the rapid development of computer technology, the research on complex networks has attracted more and more attention. At present, the research directions of cloud computing, big data, internet of vehicles, and distributed systems with very high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
831 Views
18 Pages

5 April 2025

In the present paper, we prove a new local convergence theorem with initial conditions and error estimates that ensure the Q-quadratic convergence of a modification of the famous Weierstrass method. Afterward, we prove a semilocal convergence theorem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,439 Views
17 Pages

Extended High Order Algorithms for Equations under the Same Set of Conditions

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Debasis Sharma,
  • Christopher I. Argyros,
  • Sanjaya Kumar Parhi,
  • Shanta Kumari Sunanda and
  • Michael I. Argyros

12 July 2021

A variety of strategies are used to construct algorithms for solving equations. However, higher order derivatives are usually assumed to calculate the convergence order. More importantly, bounds on error and uniqueness regions for the solution are al...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,592 Views
18 Pages

19 June 2024

Many smaller coastal towns that rely on tourism for their economic survival have been badly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have since rebounded, and in some, inbound migration has soared. Unfortunately, this influx of tourists and new reside...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,799 Views
14 Pages

Ball Comparison between Two Efficient Weighted-Newton-like Solvers for Equations

  • Ioannis K. Argyros,
  • Samundra Regmi,
  • Christopher I. Argyros and
  • Debasis Sharma

1 November 2022

We compare the convergence balls and the dynamical behaviors of two efficient weighted-Newton-like equation solvers by Sharma and Arora, and Grau-Sánchez et al. First of all, the results of ball convergence for these algorithms are established...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,200 Views
19 Pages

18 November 2022

The European Commission’s Long-term Vision for Rural Areas, published in June 2021 and building on a previous report on the Impact of Demographic Change and a Green Paper on Ageing, underlines the importance of population trends as a key issue...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,228 Views
18 Pages

10 February 2023

In this paper, we provide a detailed local convergence analysis of a one-parameter family of iteration methods for the simultaneous approximation of polynomial zeros due to Ivanov (Numer. Algor. 75(4): 1193–1204, 2017). Thus, we obtain two loca...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,209 Views
15 Pages

28 September 2024

This paper deals with the convergence and dynamics of Chebyshev’s method for simple and multiple zeros of analytic functions. We establish a local convergence theorem that provides error estimates and exact domains of initial approximations to...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,181 Views
13 Pages

16 January 2025

In this paper, we investigate the local convergence of Schröder’s method for finding zeros of analytic functions with unknown multiplicity. Thus, we obtain a convergence theorem that provides exact domains of initial points together with e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,450 Views
24 Pages

10 October 2022

Ecological welfare performance (EWP) is an essential indicator of sustainable socioeconomic development. In China, the government-led economic development paradigm mandates that the competitive behavior of local governments is a major influencing fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,386 Views
15 Pages

15 March 2021

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether salience of neighbor comparison information attracts more attention from residents and consequently leads to significant energy conservation. An eye-tracking experiment on 54 residents in a local apartm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,594 Views
12 Pages

Assessing the Attractive Effects of Floating Artificial Reefs and Combination Reefs on Six Local Marine Species

  • Chenglong Han,
  • Kefeng Liu,
  • Toshihisa Kinoshita,
  • Biao Guo,
  • Yifan Zhao,
  • Yuhang Ye,
  • Yufei Liu,
  • Osamu Yamashita,
  • Debin Zheng and
  • Xueqiang Lu
  • + 1 author

8 May 2023

Artificial reefs (ARs) have been advocated for and implemented as management tools for recreational fisheries, species conservation, and habitat replacement; however, the research that includes attracting marine species of floating ARs remains in its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,633 Views
24 Pages

“Attractive” Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Magnetic Localization of Silk-Iron Packaged Extracellular Vesicles

  • Ande X. Marini,
  • Kiran J. McLoughlin,
  • Amanda R. Pellegrino,
  • Golnaz N. Tomaraei,
  • Bo Li,
  • John A. Curci,
  • Mostafa Bedewy,
  • Justin S. Weinbaum and
  • David A. Vorp

22 October 2025

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a dilatation of the distal aorta to a diameter of 50% or more of its normal size of about 2 cm. Risk of aortic rupture can be nearly eliminated with either open surgery or endovascular repair. Procedural risks limit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,020 Views
12 Pages

27 March 2023

The contribution of this paper is a discussion on the role of cultural life and the potential of cultural tourism in the small town of Choceň in Eastern Bohemia, which is not one of the first-class tourism localities in the Czech Republic. Despi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
9,752 Views
14 Pages

19 February 2021

This study explored the relationships between destination attractiveness, satisfaction, the sense of reliving, and loyalty among American tourists who had experienced Silk Road tourism in Uzbekistan. In addition, this study investigated the mediating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,454 Views
21 Pages

23 March 2023

The construction of tourist attractions has become an important manifestation of local performance and the image of tourist destinations, as well as an important means for local governments to promote economic development. However, the causal relatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,995 Views
18 Pages

3 July 2021

Attractive landscapes are diverse and resilient landscapes that provide a multitude of essential ecosystem services. The development of landscape policy to protect and improve landscape attractiveness, thereby ensuring the provision of ecosystem serv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,396 Views
12 Pages

17 October 2024

Focusing on maritime pilgrimages to the Madonna of the Reef in Perast (Montenegro) and the Madonna of Zečevo in Nin (Croatia), the authors explore how tourism—which has become the primary economic driver for local populations—has imp...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,863 Views
20 Pages

Foreign direct investments (FDIs) have been widely recognized as a crucial feature of the Chinese industrial development process. Over the past decades, China has been attracting huge amounts of inward FDIs as a consequence of both spontaneous market...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,393 Views
18 Pages

8 April 2021

Based on the perspective of regional differences and decentralization, this article investigated the impact of environmental regulations on Taiwanese investment in mainland China from theoretical and empirical perspectives, and analyzed whether local...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,838 Views
16 Pages

30 April 2023

Along with the rapid development of the mobile Internet, new media platforms are an important medium to assist tourist attractions in reaching tourists with their tourism services. This study takes the tourist attractions in Yangzhou, a famous histor...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4,629 Views
9 Pages

Wae Rebo Village is one of the tourism objects located in Manggarai Regency, NTT; the local tourist attraction is the community’s effort to maintain traditional houses commonly called Mbaru Niang. The purpose of the study was to develop a model...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,861 Views
13 Pages

12 October 2022

Tourism development strategies play a crucial role in tourism development. However, the reaction of the former to the needs of visitors and its effect on attractiveness is essential, especially in mountainous destinations. This study evaluates the im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,817 Views
37 Pages

14 December 2021

This paper investigates the impact of high-density development on low-density residential property values in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). To do so, it conducts a literature review to ascertain the existing knowledge surrounding the study of propert...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,918 Views
20 Pages

Gaining an understanding of the intricate mechanisms between human activity and the built environment can help in promoting sustainable urban development. However, most scholars have focused on residents’ life and work behavior and have ignored...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,630 Views
20 Pages

Exploring Accessibility and Its Impact in the Mountain City: A Typical Case Study of Nyingchi City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

  • Qianqian Gong,
  • Jiaming Li,
  • Lingzhi Wu,
  • Miner Zhu,
  • Maoyu Luo,
  • Jingyi Sun,
  • Wenqing Fu,
  • Renfeng Ma and
  • Xianjun Liang

28 January 2023

The accessibility of mountain tourist attractions is a prerequisite to enhancing the attractiveness of tourist attractions and driving the well-being of local residential areas, which increases people’s prosperity and the sustainable developmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,413 Views
16 Pages

12 March 2024

In the new normal era, digital nomads are poised to play a pivotal role in driving innovation and revitalizing local economies. Their unique lifestyle and skillset can contribute to positive social and cultural changes, making them valuable assets in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,344 Views
18 Pages

28 September 2023

The distribution pattern of high-level tourist attractions is crucial for the sustainable development of the tourism industry. However, few studies have explored the spatial distribution and dominant influencing factors of tourist attractions of diff...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,212 Views
2 Pages

Fishway Attraction Efficiency during Upstream and Down-Stream Migration: Field Tests in a Small Hydropower Plant with Run-of-the-River Configuration

  • Francisco Javier Bravo-Córdoba,
  • Julen Torrens,
  • Juan Francisco Fuentes-Pérez,
  • Ana García-Vega and
  • Francisco Javier Sanz-Ronda

Understanding fishway attraction is one of the main open challenges in fishways research, and unraveling the mechanisms and relationships that trigger it is crucial to improve the performance of fishways. Furthermore, attraction is usually understood...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,401 Views
12 Pages

Linear Discriminant Analysis-Based Dynamic Indoor Localization Using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

  • Fazli Subhan,
  • Sajid Saleem,
  • Haseeb Bari,
  • Wazir Zada Khan,
  • Saqib Hakak,
  • Shafiq Ahmad and
  • Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny

19 December 2020

Due to recent advances in wireless gadgets and mobile computing, the location-based services have attracted the attention of computing and telecommunication industries to launch location-based fast and accurate localization systems for tracking, moni...

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