Since their introduction, process trees have been frequently used as a process modeling formalism in many process mining algorithms. A process tree is a (mathematical) tree-based model of a process, in which internal vertices represent behavioral con...
Bayesian inference using Gaussian processes on large datasets have been studied extensively over the past few years. However, little attention has been given on how to apply these on a high resolution input space. By approximating the set of test poi...
Subsea Christmas trees serve as key technical equipment for subsea oil and gas development, as they regulate the flow of oil and gas at subsea wellheads. Most deep-water subsea Christmas trees deployed in China depend on imports, resulting in high pr...
The European Union adopted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) in 2024 to protect and restore ecosystems across the EU, including specific targets for urban ecosystems (Regulation (EU) 2024/1991). One objective is to safeguard urban trees, which provide...
R-tree is an important multi-dimensional data structure widely employed in many applications for storing and querying spatial data. As GPUs emerge as powerful computing hardware platforms, a GPU-based parallel R-tree becomes the key to efficiently po...
This paper explores the integration of decision tree classifiers in the assessment of machining process stability using control charts. The inherent variability in manufacturing processes requires a robust system for the early detection and correctio...
A Multinomial Processing Tree (MPT) is a directed tree with a probability associated with each arc and partitioned terminal vertices. We consider an additional parameter for each arc, a measure such as time. Each vertex represents a process. An arc d...
The low quality of business process event logs—particularly the widespread occurrence of incomplete traces—poses significant challenges to the reliability, accuracy, and efficiency of process mining analysis. In real-world scenarios, thes...
Measuring biometric tree characteristics to estimate the volume of wood in a forest area is a time consuming task. It is usually performed by a team of two or more people, who measure the diameter and height of several trees in sampling plots. The re...
The preservation of natural assets is nowadays an essential commitment. In this regard, root systems are endangered by fungal diseases which can undermine the health and stability of trees. Within this framework, ground penetrating radar (GPR) is eme...
In order to solve the problems in fuzzy computation tree logic model checking with cost operator, we propose a fuzzy decision process computation tree logic model checking method with cost. Firstly, we introduce a fuzzy decision process model with co...
In this work, we employ stochastic differential equations (SDEs) to model tree stem taper. SDE stem taper models have some theoretical advantages over the commonly employed regression-based stem taper modeling techniques, as SDE models have both simp...
As a result of the progressing climate changes, there is an increase in the volume of pine deadwood harvested each year from Polish forests. Its presence is an important part of the forest ecosystem; however, there are some indications that the mater...
Many kinds of spatio-temporal data in our daily lives, such as the trajectory data of moving objects, stream natively. Streaming systems exhibit significant advantages in processing streaming data due to their distributed architecture, high throughpu...
Product fault diagnosis has always been the focus of quality and reliability research. However, a failure–rate curve of some products is a symmetrical function, the fault analysis result is not true because the failure period of the products ca...
The article presents an extensive analysis of the literature related to the diagnosis of the extrusion process and proposes a new, unique method. This method is based on the observation of the punch displacement signal in relation to the die, and the...
Because an electromagnet has a complex structure and manufacturing process, it is difficult to analyze the overall failure of the electromagnet. In order to solve this problem, a fault intelligent analysis and diagnosis system based on fuzzy fault tr...
Geospatial databases are basic tools to collect, index, and manage georeferenced data indicators in sustainability research for efficient, long-term analysis. NoSQL databases are increasingly applied to manage the ever-growing massive spatial vector...
The recently available Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) are provided as top of atmosphere (TOA) and atmospherically corrected (surface) reflectance tiled products and are designed to make the U.S. Landsat archive for the United States straightforwar...
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This paper focuses on the fire risk assessment for commercial complex, as the variety of fire accidental triggers inside could be a big threat to the public fire safety, leading to catastrophic loss in human lives and properties. Both the qualitative...
With the large-scale development of wind energy, wind power forecasting plays a key role in power dispatching in the electric power grid, as well as in the operation and maintenance of wind farms. The most important technology for wind power forecast...
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The manufacture of fir-tree slots in nickel-based superalloy turbine discs places stringent demands on surface integrity, as the resulting surface roughness, white layer thickness, and residual stress state directly influence the fatigue life of safe...
Fairness in competitive games such as the Ultimatum Game is often defined theoretically. According to some of the literature, in which fairness is determined only based on resource allocation, a proposal splitting resources evenly (i.e., 5:5) is gene...
Information gathering (IG) algorithms aim to intelligently select a mobile sensor actions required to efficiently obtain an accurate reconstruction of a physical process, such as an occupancy map, or a magnetic field. Many recent works have proposed...
First-passage processes on fractals are of particular importance since fractals are ubiquitous in nature, and first-passage processes are fundamental dynamic processes that have wide applications. The global mean first-passage time (GMFPT), which is...
The purpose of the industrial process of chromium plating is the creation of a hard and wear-resistant layer of chromium over a metallic surface. One of the main properties of chromium plating is its resistance to both wear and corrosion. This resear...
Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D. Don is a commercial tree native to Japan and is one of the most important forest species in that country and the Azores (Portugal). Because of the quality of C. japonica timber, several genetic improvement pro...
The article discusses the findings related to the calorific value as well as the explosion and combustion parameters of dust from the raw biomass of fruit trees, i.e., apple, cherry, and pear branches, and from biochars produced using this type of bi...
The fuel consumption of a harvester–operator system was modeled to select logging methods by comparing the forward felling technique (C) and the sideways techniques at the logging edge (A and D) or inside of the stand (B and E). To that end, tr...
The spatial structure of trees is a template for forest dynamics and the outcome of a variety of processes in ecosystems. Identifying the contribution and magnitude of the different drivers is an age-old task in plant ecology. Recently, the modelling...
This paper presents a simple and efficient image processing method for estimating the number of coconut trees in the Tonga region using very high spatial resolution data (30 cm) in the blue, green, red and near infrared spectral bands acquired by the...
Understanding ecological processes and environmental change in different urban green spaces is an important challenge to secure human well-being. The variety of urban green spaces provides a platform to generate knowledge on how urban environments af...
This paper addresses the proposal that the number of processed air tracks of a two-tier fusion process can be increased by applying a balanced fusion tree which can balance tracks across local fusion nodes. Every fusion cycle, a fusion process combin...
Research Highlights: The spatial distribution of trees results from several ecological processes that can be difficult to measure. We applied a point process modelling approach that uses the diameter and species of neighbouring trees to represent int...
Tree nuts show nutritional properties and human health benefits. However, they contain allergenic proteins, which make them harmful to the sensitised population. The presence of tree nuts on food labelling is mandatory and, consequently, the developm...
This paper presents the application of artificial neural networks and decision trees for the prediction of odor properties of post-fermentation sludge from a biological-mechanical wastewater treatment plant. The input parameters were concentrations o...
Neurons are viewed as the basic cells that process and transmit information. Trees and neurons share a similar structure and neurotransmitter-like substances. No evidence for structures such as neurons, synapses, or a brain has been found inside plan...
Characterizing the mechanisms of duplicate gene retention using phylogenetic methods requires models that are consistent with different biological processes. The interplay between complex biological processes and necessarily simpler statistical model...
The on-board real-time tree crown detection from high-resolution remote sensing images is beneficial for avoiding the delay between data acquisition and processing, reducing the quantity of data transmission from the satellite to the ground, monitori...
Advanced remote sensing technologies have undoubtedly revolutionized palm oil industry management by bringing business and environmental benefits on a single platform. It is evident from the ongoing trend that remote sensing using satellite and aeria...
Hospital billing event logs combine shared administrative routines with context-specific behavior, making a single global process model difficult to interpret. This study proposes a configurable process mining framework that complements a hospital-wi...
Within te ao Māori—the Māori world view—whakapapa, or genealogical connections, link together every being. Relationships with trees are traced through ancestral bonds that are recited through storytelling. Trees are tūpuna,...
We present a novel and innovative automated processing environment for the derivation of land cover (LC) and land use (LU) information. This processing framework named TWOPAC (TWinned Object and Pixel based Automated classification Chain) enables the...
Dispatching firefighting resources effectively plays a vital role in wildfire management. To control the fire in a timely manner, resources should be dispatched in an effective and reasonable way. Moreover, the relationship between various resource-d...
In this work, the process of roofing projects’ execution is considered. The proper analysis of this process is important to optimise the behaviour of a project’s participants and to perform risk evaluation. The main result of this work is...
The efficient and precise recognition of diarrhea-related behaviors in Jinnan calves is crucial for ensuring their healthy development. Nevertheless, conventional behavior recognition techniques are often limited by a notable decline in performance w...
With the adoption of service-oriented manufacturing modes, more and more manufacturing services are released over manufacturing service platforms. As it is known, the problem of the QoS (Quality of Service)-aware manufacturing service composition is...
Fairness, through its many forms and definitions, has become an important issue facing the machine learning community. In this work, we consider how to incorporate group fairness constraints into kernel regression methods, applicable to Gaussian proc...
Variability in the effects of disturbances and extreme climate events can lead to changes in tree cover over time, including partial or complete loss, with diverse ecological consequences. It is therefore critical to identify in space and time the ch...
Quality tools have a well-established place in business management. They help diagnose, analyze, and solve quality problems. In manufacturing companies, they are also used in process and product improvement projects. However, only the proper selectio...
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