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Study on Representation Invariances of CNNs and Human Visual Information Processing Based on Data Augmentation

  • Yibo Cui,
  • Chi Zhang,
  • Kai Qiao,
  • Linyuan Wang and ,
  • Bin Yan and
  • Li Tong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 September 2020

Representation invariance plays a significant role in the performance of deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and human visual information processing in various complicated image-based tasks. However, there has been abounding confusion concernin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Brain Dynamics: Latest Advances and Prospects)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,666 Views
13 Pages

11 May 2021

This paper analyses the model of Black–Scholes option pricing from the point of view of the group theoretic approach. The study identified new independent variables that lead to the transformation of the Black–Scholes equation. Furthermore, correspon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Equations and Analytic Inequalities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,099 Views
12 Pages

Multi-Validity Process and Factor-Invariance. Perceived Self-Efficacy-Scale for the Prevention of Obesity in Preteens

  • Gilda Gómez-Peresmitré,
  • Romana Silvia Platas Acevedo,
  • Gisela Pineda-García,
  • Rebeca Guzmán-Saldaña and ,
  • Rodrigo Cesar León-Hernández and
  • Nazira Calleja
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Given the lack of scales with a robust psychometric assessment of self-efficacy related to obesity in early adolescence, we aimed to obtain an instrument with high-quality validity and reliability items. Nonrandom samples (N = 2371) classified boys (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,145 Views
12 Pages

29 July 2017

In a given problem, the Bayesian statistical paradigm requires the specification of a prior distribution that quantifies relevant information about the unknowns of main interest external to the data. In cases where little such information is availabl...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,287 Views
24 Pages

Face Recognition Using the SR-CNN Model

  • Yu-Xin Yang,
  • Chang Wen,
  • Kai Xie,
  • Fang-Qing Wen and ,
  • Guan-Qun Sheng and
  • Xin-Gong Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 December 2018

In order to solve the problem of face recognition in complex environments being vulnerable to illumination change, object rotation, occlusion, and so on, which leads to the imprecision of target position, a face recognition algorithm with multi-featu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning-Based Image Sensors)
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  • Open Access

4 November 2026

Federated learning enables industrial operators to train shared intrusion detection models without disclosing proprietary operational telemetry. However, existing defences operate strictly in update space, leaving aggregators blind to data poisoning;...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative AI Solutions for Cybersecurity in Critical Infrastructures)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,327 Views
11 Pages

3 January 2022

We propose a new rotation invariant correlator using dimensionality reduction. A diffractive phase element is used to focus image data into a line which serves as input for a conventional correlator. The diffractive element sums information over each...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optics in Information and Communication Technologies)
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  • Open Access
273 Views
33 Pages

RPI-Based Robust Fault-Tolerant Predictive Asynchronous Switching Control with Disturbance Input for Multi-Phase Batch Processes

  • Wei Xiang,
  • Anfan Zuo,
  • Chunwei Shi,
  • Huiyuan Shi and ,
  • Wei Gao,
  • Hanwen Ye,
  • Yuting Li and
  • Tze Jin Wong
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

23 August 2026

A robust fault-tolerant predictive asynchronous switching control method based on robust positively invariant sets is proposed for multi-phase batch processes subject to actuator faults, unknown disturbances, and asynchronous switching. To attenuate...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,055 Views
7 Pages

Spin Isoenergetic Process and the Lindblad Equation

  • Congjie Ou,
  • Yuho Yokoi and
  • Sumiyoshi Abe

17 May 2019

A general comment is made on the existence of various baths in quantum thermodynamics, and a brief explanation is presented about the concept of weak invariants. Then, the isoenergetic process is studied for a spin in a magnetic field that slowly var...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropy and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
1,318 Views
22 Pages

Fermentation is a promising sustainable and ecofriendly alternative for producing high-added-value chemicals such as 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO). The emergence of process analytical technology (PAT) tools, combined with advances in chemometrics, enables...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,769 Views
18 Pages

Convergence of Neural Networks with a Class of Real Memristors with Rectifying Characteristics

  • Mauro Di Marco,
  • Mauro Forti,
  • Riccardo Moretti,
  • Luca Pancioni and
  • Alberto Tesi

29 October 2022

The paper considers a neural network with a class of real extended memristors obtained via the parallel connection of an ideal memristor and a nonlinear resistor. The resistor has the same rectifying characteristic for the current as that used in rel...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
4,098 Views
12 Pages

With the introduction of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and other classical algorithms, facial and object recognition have made significant progress. However, in a situation where there are few label examples or the environment is not ideal,...

(This article belongs to the Section Network)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,594 Views
19 Pages

16 December 2024

The design and calculation of nonlinear observers for parameter estimation in multi-time-scale nonlinear systems present significant challenges due to the inherent complexity and stiffness of such systems. This study proposes a framework for designin...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,026 Views
18 Pages

Improving Synchronous Dataflow Analysis Supported by Petri Net Mappings

  • José-Inácio Rocha,
  • Octávio Páscoa Dias and
  • Luís Gomes

18 December 2018

Whereas most of the work that analyses Synchronous Dataflow (SDF) stays in the dataflow framework, this work pushes its analysis into another framework level, thereby addressing issues that are not well addressed or are even unexplored in SDF. In thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,763 Views
19 Pages

27 August 2021

Attitude estimation is a basic task for most spacecraft missions in aerospace engineering and many Kalman type attitude estimators have been applied to the guidance and navigation of spacecraft systems. By building the attitude dynamics on matrix Lie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Sensor Fusion and Control Techniques in Applied Robotics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,021 Views
21 Pages

An Interplay between Photons, Canopy Structure, and Recollision Probability: A Review of the Spectral Invariants Theory of 3D Canopy Radiative Transfer Processes

  • Weile Wang,
  • Ramakrishna Nemani,
  • Hirofumi Hashimoto,
  • Sangram Ganguly and ,
  • Dong Huang,
  • Yuri Knyazikhin,
  • Ranga Myneni and
  • Govindasamy Bala
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

14 November 2018

Earth observations collected by remote sensors provide unique information to our ever-growing knowledge of the terrestrial biosphere. Yet, retrieving information from remote sensing data requires sophisticated processing and demands a better understa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiative Transfer Modelling and Applications in Remote Sensing)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,524 Views
37 Pages

Contrast Information Dynamics: A Novel Information Measure for Cognitive Modelling

  • Steven T. Homer,
  • Nicholas Harley and
  • Geraint A. Wiggins

27 July 2024

We present contrast information, a novel application of some specific cases of relative entropy, designed to be useful for the cognitive modelling of the sequential perception of continuous signals. We explain the relevance of entropy in the cognitiv...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Information Theory)
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  • Open Access
1,338 Views
8 Pages

17 October 2023

We investigate ground states of a (nonlocal) nonlinear Schrödinger equation which generalizes classical (fractional, relativistic, etc.) Schrödinger equations, so that we extend relevant results and study common properties of these equation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,247 Views
15 Pages

Intelligent Identification Method of Geographic Origin for Chinese Wolfberries Based on Color Space Transformation and Texture Morphological Features

  • Jiawang He,
  • Tianshu Wang,
  • Hui Yan,
  • Sheng Guo and ,
  • Kongfa Hu,
  • Xichen Yang,
  • Chenlu Ma and
  • Jinao Duan
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 June 2023

Geographic origins play a vital role in traditional Chinese medicinal materials. Using the geo-authentic crude drug can improve the curative effect. The main producing areas of Chinese wolfberry are Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and so on. The geographic...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Analytical Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,630 Views
21 Pages

This paper develops Tone as Ontology, a structural account of being grounded in the invariants of generative systems. We articulate the ontological significance of tone, distinguishing this foundational work from a companion paper that explores its m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,535 Views
25 Pages

23 May 2020

In the differential approach elaborated, we study the evolution of the parameters of Gaussian, mixed, continuous variable density matrices, whose dynamics are given by Hermitian Hamiltonians expressed as quadratic forms of the position and momentum o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Probability and Randomness II)
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  • Open Access
33 Citations
11,471 Views
22 Pages

Unconstrained and Contactless Hand Geometry Biometrics

  • Alberto De-Santos-Sierra,
  • Carmen Sánchez-Ávila,
  • Gonzalo Bailador Del Pozo and
  • Javier Guerra-Casanova

25 October 2011

This paper presents a hand biometric system for contact-less, platform-free scenarios, proposing innovative methods in feature extraction, template creation and template matching. The evaluation of the proposed method considers both the use of three...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hand-Based Biometrics Sensors and Systems)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,900 Views
13 Pages

Microstructure Formation of Cast and Directionally Solidified Mo-Ti-B Alloys

  • Vadym Petrusha,
  • Georg Hasemann,
  • Rachid Stefan Touzani,
  • Volodymyr Bolbut and ,
  • Iurii Bogomol and
  • Manja Krüger
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 May 2022

In the present work the solidification of various Mo-Ti-B alloys was studied. The alloy compositions were chosen in the direct vicinity of a U-type invariant reaction in relation to the published Mo-rich corner of the Mo-Ti-B liquidus projection. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Solidification Processing and Casting Technologies)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,687 Views
14 Pages

3 December 2024

Processing scenery and finding points of interest is crucial for applications in robotics and aerospace missions. Those areas require efficient and reliable visual input processing. Here, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) offer essential advanta...

(This article belongs to the Topic Computer Vision and Image Processing, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,475 Views
18 Pages

21 November 2024

Electromagnetic wave dissipation is experienced in radiative absorbing-emitting processes and signal transmissions via media. The absorbed wave initiates thermal processes in the conducting medium. Conversely, thermal processes generate electromagnet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Section "Engineering and Materials" 2024)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,560 Views
11 Pages

A Study on the Psychometric Properties of the Short Version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale in an Adult Population

  • Julian Fritsch,
  • Susanne Weyland,
  • Katharina Feil,
  • Alexander Burchartz and ,
  • Steffen Schmidt,
  • Alexander Woll,
  • Ulrich Strauch,
  • Benjamin Wienke and
  • Darko Jekauc
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

A new measure of the short form of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES-S), including four items, has been developed that focuses on the subjective experience of enjoyment. As validation has so far only been conducted in a youth population, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exercise and Physical Activity in Health Promotion)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,455 Views
17 Pages

RiDOP: A Rotation-Invariant Detector with Simple Oriented Proposals in Remote Sensing Images

  • Chongyang Wei,
  • Weiping Ni,
  • Yao Qin,
  • Junzheng Wu and ,
  • Han Zhang,
  • Qiang Liu,
  • Kenan Cheng and
  • Hui Bian
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 January 2023

Compared with general object detection with horizontal bounding boxes in natural images, oriented object detection in remote sensing images is an active and challenging research topic as objects are usually displayed in arbitrary orientations. To mod...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for the Analysis of Remote Sensing Images)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,366 Views
27 Pages

13 July 2023

This paper demonstrates the process of invariance testing in diagnostic classification models in the presence of attribute hierarchies via an extension of the log-linear cognitive diagnosis model (LCDM). This extension allows researchers to test for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Aspects and Software in Psychometrics II)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,159 Views
18 Pages

Curvature Invariants for the Accelerating Natário Warp Drive

  • Brandon Mattingly,
  • Abinash Kar,
  • Matthew Gorban,
  • William Julius and ,
  • Cooper K. Watson,
  • M.D. Ali,
  • Andrew Baas,
  • Caleb Elmore,
  • Jeffrey S. Lee and
  • Gerald B. Cleaver
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

16 September 2020

A process for using curvature invariants is applied to evaluate the accelerating Natário warp drive. Curvature invariants are independent of coordinate bases and plotting the invariants is free of coordinate mapping distortions. While previous...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,497 Views
16 Pages

19 April 2010

Invariant numerical schemes possess properties that may overcome the numerical properties of most of classical schemes. When they are constructed with moving frames, invariant schemes can present more stability and accuracy. The cornerstone is to sel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers: Symmetry Concepts and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,356 Views
12 Pages

Moment invariants have been extensively studied and widely used in object recognition. The pioneering investigation of moment invariants in pattern recognition was due to Hu, where a set of moment invariants for similarity transformation were develop...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,205 Views
11 Pages

Local Invariance of Divergence-Based Quantum Information Measures

  • Christopher Popp,
  • Tobias C. Sutter and
  • Beatrix C. Hiesmayr

10 October 2025

Quantum information quantities, such as mutual information and entropies, are essential for characterizing quantum systems and protocols in quantum information science. In this contribution, we identify types of information measures based on generali...

(This article belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,202 Views
28 Pages

13 January 2026

Remote sensing is a technique to acquire information from a distance. Remote sensing effects refer to any factors that need to be considered in remote sensing processes, while remote sensing invariants represent features that remain stable throughout...

(This article belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,939 Views
29 Pages

Skein Invariants of Links and Their State Sum Models

  • Louis H. Kauffman and
  • Sofia Lambropoulou

13 October 2017

We present the new skein invariants of classical links, H [ H ] , K [ K ] and D [ D ] , based on the invariants of links, H, K and D, denoting the regular isotopy version of the Homflypt polynomial, the Kauffman polynomial and t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knot Theory and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,184 Views
14 Pages

Control of Flexible Robot by Harmonic Functions

  • Zdeněk Neusser,
  • Martin Nečas and
  • Michael Valášek

1 April 2022

This work deals with the control of flexible structures as underactuated systems. The invariant control method performs the control of a flexible robot as a representative of an underactuated system with zero dynamics. The control input is separated...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors, Actuators and Methods in Active Noise and Vibration Control)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,806 Views
12 Pages

10 December 2021

The study of topological invariants of phase diagrams allows for the development of a qualitative theory of the processes being researched. Studies of the properties of objects in the same equivalence class may be carried out with the aim of predicti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geometric Structure of Thermodynamics: Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,684 Views
26 Pages

26 October 2021

Two 1D nonlinear coupled Schrödinger equations are often used for describing optical frequency conversion possessing a few conservation laws (invariants), for example, the energy’s invariant and the Hamiltonian. Their influence on the properties of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,073 Views
33 Pages

31 August 2023

The research focuses on the analysis of seismic data, specifically targeting the detection, edge segmentation, and classification of seismic images. These processes are fundamental in image processing and are crucial in understanding the stratigraphi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Digital Signal and Image Processing, Techniques, and Computations with Multidisciplinary Applications)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,751 Views
22 Pages

23 May 2013

We derive expressions for the invariant length element and measure for the simple compact Lie group SU(4) in a coordinate system particularly suitable for treating entanglement in quantum information processing. Using this metric, we compute the inva...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantum Information 2012)
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1,731 Views
15 Pages

20 January 2025

Let G be a random variable of functionals of an isonormal Gaussian process X defined on some probability space. Studies have been conducted to determine the exact form of the density function of the random variable G. In this paper, unlike previous s...

(This article belongs to the Section C1: Difference and Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,380 Views
22 Pages

Robust Line Feature Matching via Point–Line Invariants and Geometric Constraints

  • Chenyang Zhang,
  • Yunfei Xiang,
  • Qiyuan Wang,
  • Shuo Gu and ,
  • Jianghua Deng and
  • Rongchun Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 May 2025

Line feature matching is a crucial aspect of computer vision and image processing tasks, attracting significant research attention. Most line matching algorithms predominantly rely on local feature descriptors or deep learning modules, which often su...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Modal Data Sensing and Processing)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,446 Views
16 Pages

13 October 2020

Spectral reconstruction from RGB or spectral super-resolution (SSR) offers a cheap alternative to otherwise costly and more complex spectral imaging devices. In recent years, deep learning based methods consistently achieved the best reconstruction q...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Color & Spectral Sensors)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,494 Views
15 Pages

Solitons of η-Ricci–Bourguignon Type on Submanifolds in (LCS)m Manifolds

  • Lixu Yan,
  • Vandana,
  • Aliya Naaz Siddiqui,
  • Halil Ibrahim Yoldas and
  • Yanlin Li

31 May 2024

In this research article, we concentrate on the exploration of submanifolds in an (LCS)m-manifold B˜. We examine these submanifolds in the context of two distinct vector fields, namely, the characteristic vector field and the concurrent vector...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Its Application in Differential Geometry and Topology, 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,498 Views
9 Pages

Curvature Invariants for Lorentzian Traversable Wormholes

  • Brandon Mattingly,
  • Abinash Kar,
  • William Julius,
  • Matthew Gorban and ,
  • Cooper Watson,
  • MD Ali,
  • Andrew Baas,
  • Caleb Elmore,
  • Bahram Shakerin and
  • Gerald Cleaver
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

9 January 2020

The curvature invariants of three Lorentzian wormholes are calculated and plotted in this paper. The plots may be inspected for discontinuities to analyze the traversability of a wormhole. This approach was formulated by Henry, Overduin, and Wilcomb...

(This article belongs to the Section Cosmology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,868 Views
21 Pages

The Generalized Inverse Sum Indeg Index of Some Graph Operations

  • Ying Wang,
  • Sumaira Hafeez,
  • Shehnaz Akhter,
  • Zahid Iqbal and
  • Adnan Aslam

8 November 2022

The study of networks and graphs carried out by topological measures performs a vital role in securing their hidden topologies. This strategy has been extremely used in biomedicine, cheminformatics and bioinformatics, where computations dependent on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Topological Indices and Symmetry in Complex Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,674 Views
10 Pages

Perfectionism is a transdiagnostic process which may be implicated in the onset and maintenance of non-suicidal self-injury. No study has evaluated whether reported differences in perfectionism between individuals with and without a history of self-i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Suicide and Suicide Prevention from a Global Perspective)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,880 Views
9 Pages

Detection of Elastic Deformation in Metal Materials in Infrared Spectral Range

  • Milan Sapieta,
  • Vladimír Dekýš,
  • Ondrej Štalmach,
  • Alžbeta Sapietová and
  • Martin Svoboda

17 September 2021

The aim of this work is to verify the presence of deformation in the metal specimen from the material AISI 316L by means of lock-in thermography. The specimen was cyclically loaded by the three-point bending in the fatigue testing machine. A response...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,110 Views
18 Pages

Co-ECL: Covariant Network with Equivariant Contrastive Learning for Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images

  • Yunsheng Zhang,
  • Zijing Ren,
  • Zichen Ding,
  • Hong Qian and ,
  • Haiqiang Li and
  • Chao Tao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 January 2024

Contrastive learning allows us to learn general features for downstream tasks without the need for labeled data by leveraging intrinsic signals within remote sensing images. Existing contrastive learning methods encourage invariant feature learning b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geospatial Foundation Model in Urban Environments: Challenges and New Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,388 Views
8 Pages

Local Unitary Equivalence of Quantum States Based on the Tensor Decompositions of Unitary Matrices

  • Jing Wang,
  • Xiaoqi Liu,
  • Li Xu,
  • Ming Li and ,
  • Lei Li and
  • Shuqian Shen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 July 2023

Since two quantum states that are local unitary (LU) equivalent have the same amount of entanglement, it is meaningful to find a practical method to determine the LU equivalence of given quantum states. In this paper, we present a valid process to fi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Random Matrices: Theory and Applications)

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