Social networks (SNs) and many other industrial types of networks, structured by many nodes and relationships between nodes, have become an integral part of our daily lives. A binary-state network (BN) is often used to model structures and applicatio...
In this paper, structural systems reliability analysis was used to estimate the system reliability of a typical semi-submersible based on the characteristic structure failure mechanisms under extreme wave loads. First, a three-dimensional simulation...
In this paper, a stochastic problem of multicenter location on a graph was formulated through the modification of the existing p-center problem to determine the location of a given number of facilities, to maximize the reliability of supplying the sy...
Self-driving cars are one of the main areas of research today, but it has to be acknowledged that the information from the sensors (the perceptron) is a huge amount of data, which is now unmanageable even when projected onto a single traffic junction...
In wireless sensor networks, the quality of the provided data is influenced by the properties of the sensor nodes. Often deployed in large numbers, they usually consist of low-cost components where failures are the norm, even more so in harsh outdoor...
An edge computing system is a distributed computing framework that provides execution resources such as computation and storage for applications involving networking close to the end nodes. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided edge computing system...
This study is an attempt to assess the effect of node location imperfections on the reliability dome. The analysis concerns a single-layer steel lattice dome that is very sensitive to node snap-through. The load-displacement path of the structure was...
Duty-cycled sensor networks provide a new perspective for improvement of energy efficiency and reliability assurance of multi-hop cooperative sensor networks. In this paper, we consider the energy-efficient cooperative node sleeping and clustering pr...
As a subclass of Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), Vehicle Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) possess multi-hop relay communication and dynamic topology reconstruction capabilities and are widely applied in various social activities. When they are used as clust...
The Internet of Things that links the cyber and physical worlds brings revolutionary changes to society, however, its security and efficiency problems have not been solved. The Consortium Blockchain + IoT is considered to be an effective solution. Th...
Blockchain network architecture is a promising technology for constructing highly secure Internet of Things (IoT) networks. IoT networks typically comprise various sensors and actuators. Blockchain network technology can be applied to secure control...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and morbidity of dynamic sentinel lymph node biopsy (DSNB) in patients with intermediate- and high-risk penile cancer who had clinically negative lymph nodes, with a focus o...
Network reliability reflects a system’s ability to perform specified functions under specified topological and traffic conditions. Network reliability is the weighted sum of connection reliability and travel time reliability. Based on complex n...
The topology architecture of the communication network plays a critical role in ensuring the reliability and security of the Internet of Things. Connectivity reliability is regarded as a key metric for evaluating network topology performance. In this...
Existing move-restricted node self-deployment algorithms are based on a fixed node communication radius, evaluate the performance based on network coverage or the connectivity rate and do not consider the number of nodes near the sink node and the en...
With the widespread application of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), WSN virtualization technology has received extensive attention. A key challenge in WSN virtualization is the survivable virtual network embedding (SVNE) problem which efficiently map...
This paper divides the execution process of the command post system into four stages: information acquisition, information processing, decision control and response execution. It combines multilayer complex networks with a phased-mission system. Most...
Ensuring the reliable operation of all nodes in a road network is often challenging due to the influence of managed resources and other dynamic factors. This study proposes a method for identifying critical nodes based on multi-attribute decision-mak...
The energy-efficient and reliable delivery of data packets in resource constraint underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) is one of the key considerations to enhance the network lifetime. The traditional re-transmissions approach consumes the nod...
During severe drought conditions, water supply risks tend to be concentrated at critical water intake nodes and vulnerable river segments, while the conventional total balance method is inadequate for depicting the spatial evolution of these risks. T...
Reliability and maintainability of tooling systems can be improved through condition monitoring of motors. However, it is difficult to deploy sensor nodes due to the harsh environment of industrial plants. Sensor cables are easily damaged, which rend...
To meet the targets of the 2030 agenda of the United Nations (UN) to reduce CO2 emissions, various small-scale renewable generation sources have been integrated into electricity systems to maintain decarbonisation and reduce the use of thermal genera...
The lifetime of a node in wireless sensor networks (WSN) is directly responsible for the longevity of the wireless network. The routing of packets is the most energy-consuming activity for a sensor node. Thus, finding an energy-efficient routing stra...
There are many different fields in which wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be used such as environmental monitoring, healthcare, military, and security. Due to the vulnerability of WSNs, reliability is a critical concern. Evaluation of a WSN’...
In the context of the urban agglomeration and the rapid development of rail transit, the planning of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region (BTHR) rail transit 2020 is attracting attention. The BTHR is a natural disaster-prone area and a high-risk area for...
It is knotty for current routing protocols to meet the needs of reliable data diffusion during the Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. Due to the random placement, limited resources and unattended features of existing sensor nodes, the wireless tra...
The key concerns to enhance the lifetime of IoT-enabled Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (IoT-UWSNs) are energy-efficiency and reliable data delivery under constrained resource. Traditional transmission approaches increase the communication overhe...
In our modern world, many Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are being researched and developed. IoT devices are currently being used in many fields. IoT devices use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, however, communication distance is short and battery consump...
The Social Opportunistic Internet of Things (SO-IoT) is a rapidly emerging paradigm that enables mobile, ad-hoc device communication based on both physical and social interactions. In such networks, routing decisions heavily depend on the selection o...
The Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks have gained significant attention because of their wide range of applications in submerged environments. However, ensuring reliable and energy-efficient communication in the submerged environment is challenging...
Internet of things (IoT) nodes are deployed in large-scale automated monitoring applications to capture the massive amount of data from various locations in a time-series manner. The captured data are affected due to several factors such as device ma...
The objective of the article is the quantitative assessment of the reliability index for a specific type of structure—trusses with node snap-through. The trends in contemporary geometric and structural design of architectural forms of rod domes...
An extremely reliable source to sink communication is required for most of the contemporary WSN applications especially pertaining to military, healthcare and disaster-recovery. However, due to their intrinsic energy, bandwidth and computational cons...
During the last decade, Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have attracted interest due to the excellent monitoring capabilities offered. However, WSNs present shortcomings, such as energy cost and reliability, which hinder real-world applications. As a...
This paper presents a comparative reliability analysis of spacecraft onboard control systems based on their structural representation using directed graph models. A modified approach to reliability assessment is proposed, grounded in representing onb...
The Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET) has received significant interest from researchers for several applications. In spite of developing and proposing numerous routing protocols for MANET, there are still routing protocols that are too inefficient in te...
Reliable source to sink communication is the most important factor for an efficient routing protocol especially in domains of military, healthcare and disaster recovery applications. We present weighted energy aware multipath reliable routing (WEAMR)...
Transit accessibility is a critical determinant of urban equity (SDG-11) in the Global South, a term referring to emerging economies characterised by rapid urbanisation and significant infrastructure deficits. A significant ‘compliance–re...
To address the issue of inconsistencies between the 3D structural models built on Building Information Modeling (BIM) platforms and the original structural designs, thereby ensuring structural safety and reliability, this paper proposes an integrated...
Underwater environments are quite different from terrestrial environments in terms of the communication media and operating conditions associated with those environments. In underwater sensor networks, the probability of node failure is high because...
Recent studies have shown that in realistic wireless sensor network environments links are extremely unreliable. To recover from corrupted packets, most routing schemes with an assumption of ideal radio environments use a retransmission mechanism, wh...
Energy efficiency and data reliability are important indicators to measure network performance in wireless sensor networks. In existing research schemes of routing protocols, the impact of node coverage on the network is often ignored, and the possib...
Reliable solar insecticidal lamp Internet of Things (SIL-IoT) equipment underpins green pest control and precise pest monitoring. Healthy ranges of light, photovoltaic and thermal variables shift with daylight, weather, energy availability and instal...
Condition monitoring techniques have been successfully applied to detect damaged bearings. However, the signal acquisition and the subsequent processing are typically outsourced to expensive data acquisition boards and complex software, resulting in...
UAV-assisted hierarchical federated learning relies on client-UAV and UAV-BS uploads, where unreliable delivery, Non-IID data, and repeated model transmissions affect aggregation and communication use. This paper proposes Reliability-Aware Client-Vec...
Topology architecture has a decisive influence on network reliability. In this paper, we design a novel redundancy topology and analyze the structural robustness, the number of redundant paths between two terminal nodes, and the reliability of the pr...
The increasing diversity and complexity of modern mission scenarios have led to growing heterogeneity among nodes in mobile ad hoc networks: node functions, onboard devices, and operational parameters are becoming more diverse, and inter-node links a...
Wireless Sensor Networks are subjected to some design constraints (e.g., processing capability, storage memory, energy consumption, fixed deployment, etc.) and to outdoor harsh conditions that deeply affect the network reliability. The aim of this wo...
Routing protocols based on trust mechanisms have been widely investigated for wireless sensor networks, and the works have achieved good results, while there are few works on trusted routing for underwater acoustic networks (UANs). However, trust-awa...
Relay-assisted Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, one of the important transmission modes in mobile health systems, can provide high transmission quality for servicing users at the edge of system coverage. However, the quality of the D2D relay com...
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