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16 Citations
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A Bayesian Control Chart for Monitoring Process Variance

  • Chien-Hua Lin,
  • Ming-Che Lu,
  • Su-Fen Yang and
  • Ming-Yung Lee

18 March 2021

Automation in the service industry is emerging as a new wave of industrial revolution. Standardization and consistency of service quality is an important part of the automation process. The quality control methods widely used in the manufacturing ind...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,612 Views
27 Pages

The paper discusses an extension of the variance-gamma process with stochastic linear drift coefficient. It is assumed that the linear drift coefficient may switch to a different value at the exponentially distributed time. The size of the drift jump...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,540 Views
28 Pages

The paper builds a Variance-Gamma (VG) model with five parameters: location (μ), symmetry (δ), volatility (σ), shape (α), and scale (θ); and studies its application to the pricing of European options. The results of our ana...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,212 Views
18 Pages

Within statistical process control (SPC), normality is often assumed as the underlying probabilistic generator where the process variance is assumed equal for all rational subgroups. The parameters of the underlying process are usually assumed to be...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,935 Views
25 Pages

27 January 2021

Recently, maintaining a complex mechanical system at the appropriate times is considered a significant task for reliability engineers and researchers. Moreover, the development of advanced mechanical systems and the dynamics of the operating environm...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,687 Views
16 Pages

29 June 2022

The stochastic differential equation (SDE) has been used to model various phenomena and investigate their properties. Conditional moments of stochastic processes can be used to price financial derivatives whose payoffs depend on conditional moments o...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,159 Views
14 Pages

13 October 2019

With the rapid development of advanced sensor technologies, it has become popular to monitor multiple quality variables for a manufacturing process. Consequently, multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) charts have been commonly used for moni...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,284 Views
13 Pages

7 July 2021

In this paper, the parameter optimization of the hybrid-tandem gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process was studied. The hybrid-tandem GMAW process uses an additional filler-wire with opposite polarity in contrast to the conventional tandem process. In t...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,948 Views
15 Pages

Uncertainty Quantification of Landslide Generated Waves Using Gaussian Process Emulation and Variance-Based Sensitivity Analysis

  • Branwen Snelling,
  • Stephen Neethling,
  • Kevin Horsburgh,
  • Gareth Collins and
  • Matthew Piggott

4 February 2020

Simulations of landslide generated waves (LGWs) are prone to high levels of uncertainty. Here we present a probabilistic sensitivity analysis of an LGW model. The LGW model was realised through a smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulator, which i...

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  • Open Access
1,935 Views
18 Pages

Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling for Variance Estimation in Biopharmaceutical Processes

  • Sonja Schach,
  • Tobias Eilert,
  • Beate Presser and
  • Marco Kunzelmann

Determining process variances in biopharmaceutical manufacturing is challenging due to limited data availability. To address this, we introduce a Bayesian hierarchical model designed for meta-analysis of process variance. This approach can improve pr...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
997 Views
16 Pages

10 May 2024

In this paper, under some suitable assumptions, using the Taylor expansion, Borel–Cantelli lemma and the almost sure central limit theorem for independent random variables, the almost sure central limit theorem for error variance estimator in t...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,331 Views
28 Pages

27 December 2024

With increasing demands for SAR image applications, spaceborne SAR systems are evolving towards higher resolution and wider swath capabilities. However, these advancements lead to more pronounced range-dependent variance effects. Previous research ha...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,464 Views
28 Pages

17 September 2022

The aim of the present paper is that of conducting a study on the basis of which the optimal parameters for the manufacturing of polymer parts by means of the single point incremental forming process can be chosen in such a way that the process force...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,283 Views
19 Pages

17 March 2022

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are high-energy-consuming units. Reasonable operation strategies can enable WWTPs to meet discharge standards while reducing the operating cost. In this study, the activated sludge model 2d (ASM2d), Pareto analysis...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,049 Views
22 Pages

Pricing with Variance Gamma Information

  • Lane P. Hughston and
  • Leandro Sánchez-Betancourt

10 October 2020

In the information-based pricing framework of Brody, Hughston & Macrina, the market filtration {Ft}t0 is generated by an information process {ξt}t0 defined in such a way that at some fixed time T an FT-measurable random variable XT is...

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  • Open Access
2,369 Views
15 Pages

21 November 2022

Shewhart charts are the most commonly utilised control charts for process monitoring in industries with the assumption that the underlying distribution of the quality characteristic is normal. However, this assumption may not always hold true in prac...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,335 Views
26 Pages

7 June 2023

This work demonstrates for the first time the application of network topology of variance decompositions in analyzing the connectedness of chemical plant process variable oscillations arising from disturbances and faults. Specifically, the time-based...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,334 Views
18 Pages

6 January 2022

Stochastic models play a crucial role in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) data processing. Many studies contribute to the stochastic modeling of GNSS observation noise, whereas few studies focus on the stochastic modeling of process noise....

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,745 Views
13 Pages

11 February 2022

We use the representation of a continuous time Hattendorff differential equation and Matlab to compute 2σt(j), the solution of a backwards in time differential equation that describes the evolution of the variance of Lt(j), the loss at time t r...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,754 Views
26 Pages

9 August 2019

In this paper, we propose a generalized multiperiod mean-variance portfolio optimization based on consideration of benchmark orientation and intertemporal restrictions, in which the investors not only focus on their own performance but also tend to c...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,218 Views
29 Pages

18 May 2021

We present and prove a triple sum series formula for the European call option price in a market model where the underlying asset price is driven by a Variance Gamma process. In order to obtain this formula, we present some concepts and properties of...

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  • Open Access
698 Views
26 Pages

11 July 2025

Time-frequency analysis (TFA) technology is an important tool for analyzing non-Gaussian mechanical fault vibration signals. In the complex background of infinite variance process noise and Gaussian colored noise, it is difficult for traditional meth...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,646 Views
12 Pages

7 May 2024

The Susceptible–Infected–Susceptible (SIS) model in complex networks is one of the critical models employed in the modeling of virus spread. The study of the heterogeneous SIS model with a non-homogeneous nodal infection rate in finite-si...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,116 Views
26 Pages

23 January 2024

Wind-power generators around the world face two risks, one due to changes in wind intensity impacting energy production, and the second due to changes in electricity retail prices. To hedge these risks simultaneously, the quanto option is an ideal fi...

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  • Open Access
94 Citations
8,323 Views
22 Pages

Multi-Sensor Optimal Data Fusion Based on the Adaptive Fading Unscented Kalman Filter

  • Bingbing Gao,
  • Gaoge Hu,
  • Shesheng Gao,
  • Yongmin Zhong and
  • Chengfan Gu

6 February 2018

This paper presents a new optimal data fusion methodology based on the adaptive fading unscented Kalman filter for multi-sensor nonlinear stochastic systems. This methodology has a two-level fusion structure: at the bottom level, an adaptive fading u...

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  • Open Access
6,095 Views
30 Pages

14 August 2023

This paper overviews our recent results of energy market modeling, including The option pricing formula for a mean-reversion asset, variance and volatility swaps on energy markets, applications of weather derivatives on energy markets, pricing crude...

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  • Open Access
3,008 Views
23 Pages

Morphological Characterization of Aspergillus flavus in Culture Media Using Digital Image Processing and Radiomic Analysis Under UV Radiation

  • Oscar J. Suarez,
  • Daniel C. Ruiz-Ayala,
  • Liliana Rojas Contreras,
  • Manuel G. Forero,
  • Jesús A. Medrano-Hermosillo and
  • Abraham Efraim Rodriguez-Mata

5 September 2025

The identification of Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus), a fungus known for producing aflatoxins, poses a taxonomic challenge due to its morphological plasticity and similarity to closely related species. This article proposes a computational approach f...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,555 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2013

We consider an insurance company whose risk reserve is given by a Brownian motion with drift and which is able to invest the money into a Black–Scholes financial market. As optimization criteria, we treat mean-variance problems, problems with other r...

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  • Open Access
3,018 Views
24 Pages

A Study on Improving the Machining Performance of Scrolls

  • Yi-Tsung Lin,
  • Jia-Lun Jhang,
  • Michael Schabacker,
  • Der-Min Tsay,
  • Guan-Shong Hwang and
  • Bor-Jeng Lin

26 December 2022

To improve machining efficiency and product precision in scroll manufacturing, we studied three adaptive milling processes: adaptive feed rate planning, chatter suppression measures, and optimization of milling parameters during the rough, semi-fine,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,609 Views
19 Pages

We discuss the dynamic mean-variance (MV) problem for pairs trading with the assumptions that one of the security prices satisfies a stochastic volatility model (SVM) and the corresponding price spread follows an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) process...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
14,485 Views
11 Pages

21 January 2008

Micro drilled holes are utilized in many of today’s fabrication processes.Precision production processes in industries are trending toward the use of smaller holeswith higher aspect ratios, and higher speed operation for micro deep hole drilling. How...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,710 Views
26 Pages

10 January 2017

The compositions and transfer processes affecting coastal sea sediments from the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean are examined through the construction of comprehensive terrestrial and marine geochemical maps for western Japan. Two-way analysis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,424 Views
12 Pages

21 September 2017

This article proposes a Radial Basis Function Artificial Neural Network (RBF-ANN) to classify tempered steel cams as correctly or incorrectly treated pieces by using multi-frequency nondestructive eddy current testing. Impedances at five frequencies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,636 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Processing Parameters for Vacuum-Bagging-Only Method on Shape Conformation of Laminated Composites

  • Yasir Mujahid,
  • Nabihah Sallih,
  • Mazli Mustapha,
  • Mohamad Zaki Abdullah and
  • Faizal Mustapha

14 September 2020

Complex composite structures manufactured using a low-pressure vacuum bag-only (VBO) method are more susceptible to defects than flat laminates because of the presence of complex compaction conditions at corners. This study investigates the contribut...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
208 Views
25 Pages

18 January 2026

High-dimensional surrogate modeling with limited high-fidelity data poses a major challenge in uncertainty quantification. Classical supervised dimension reduction methods often fail in this setting due to insufficient accurate observations, while lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,314 Views
15 Pages

Experimental Study on FGH95 Superalloy Turbine Disk Joint Material by Oblique Laser Shock Processing

  • Chaohui Lin,
  • Longwei Yu,
  • Jingling Zeng,
  • Hebin Wu,
  • Xiaojun Guo,
  • Jianxin Liu and
  • Yongkang Zhang

3 November 2021

The FGH95 superalloy used for turbine disk manufacturing was strengthened by the oblique laser shock processing (OLSP). The laser energy, beam diameter, and number of impacts were selected as the test factors, and the three-factor three-level oblique...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,521 Views
25 Pages

8 September 2021

The gas turbine engine is a widely used thermodynamic system for aircraft. The demand for quantifying the uncertainty of engine performance is increasing due to the expectation of reliable engine performance design. In this paper, a fast, accurate, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,310 Views
39 Pages

30 April 2019

The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) has been applied to many areas, e.g., the autonomous ground vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), precision agriculture, smart city, and the GNSS-reflectometry (GNSS-R), being of considerable significan...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,198 Views
18 Pages

6 November 2018

A new energy transition policy in Korea has increased the importance of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the energy mix. The Asia-Pacific LNG market is inflexible because long-term contracts are dominant. This market characteristic means that the devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,053 Views
19 Pages

Variances and Logarithmic Aggregation Operators: Extended Tools for Decision-Making Processes

  • Rodrigo Gómez Monge,
  • Evaristo Galeana Figueroa,
  • Víctor G. Alfaro-García,
  • José M. Merigó and
  • Ronald R. Yager

9 August 2021

Variance, as a measurement of dispersion, is a basic component of decision-making processes. Recent advances in intelligent systems have included the concept of variance in information fusion techniques for decision-making under uncertainty. These di...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,788 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of a 6061 Aluminum Alloy by Heat Treatment from the Perspective of Taguchi Design-of-Experiments

  • Isidro Guzmán-Flores,
  • Everardo Efrén Granda-Gutiérrez,
  • Celso Eduardo Cruz-González,
  • Héctor Manuel Hernández-García,
  • Juan Carlos Díaz-Guillén,
  • Leonardo Flores-González,
  • Rolando Javier Praga-Alejo and
  • Dora Irma Martínez-Delgado

21 June 2024

This research investigates the heat treatment parameters of 6061-aluminum alloy to enhance its mechanical properties. The Taguchi design-of-experiments (DOE) method was employed to systematically examine the effects of solutionizing temperature, solu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,732 Views
13 Pages

A Nonparametric HEWMA-p Control Chart for Variance in Monitoring Processes

  • Muhammad Aslam,
  • G. Srinivasa Rao,
  • Ali Hussein AL-Marshadi and
  • Chi-Hyuck Jun

9 March 2019

Control charts are considered as powerful tools in detecting any shift in a process. Usually, the Shewhart control chart is used when data follows the symmetrical property of a normal distribution. In practice, the data from the industry may follow a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,429 Views
16 Pages

22 February 2021

ForceMyography (FMG) is an emerging competitor to surface ElectroMyography (sEMG) for hand gesture recognition. Most of the state-of-the-art research in this area explores different machine learning algorithms or feature engineering to improve hand g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
707 Views
21 Pages

17 September 2025

A new approach to the multi-criteria optimization of L-PBF process parameters in the face of high variability is proposed, based on the application of the reward function (RF), which is essentially the inverse of the Taguchi quality loss function (QL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,093 Views
16 Pages

5 November 2018

The reliability information for novel products and specimens available for various tests is limited during the development stage. In many real cases, the results of general tests under use and the maximum stress levels for checking performance and de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,814 Views
21 Pages

Markovian Approximation of the Rough Bergomi Model for Monte Carlo Option Pricing

  • Qinwen Zhu,
  • Grégoire Loeper,
  • Wen Chen and
  • Nicolas Langrené

3 March 2021

The recently developed rough Bergomi (rBergomi) model is a rough fractional stochastic volatility (RFSV) model which can generate a more realistic term structure of at-the-money volatility skews compared with other RFSV models. However, its non-Marko...

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  • Open Access
2,240 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of the Effect of pH and Concentration of Calcium and Sulfate Ions on Coal Flotation

  • Adrián A. González-Ibarra,
  • Gloria I. Dávila-Pulido,
  • Blanca R. González-Bonilla,
  • Danay A. Charles,
  • Jorge Carlos Ríos-Hurtado and
  • Armando Salinas-Rodríguez

4 November 2024

The presence of calcium sulfate in the process water during the coal flotation greatly influences the recovery and selectivity of the separation. The concentrations of calcium and sulfate ions modify mineral hydrophobicity by altering surface propert...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,224 Views
16 Pages

20 June 2024

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the laser operating power (P1 and P2) and synthetic leather thickness to achieve the optimal quality of components in the airbag area, produced through micro-perforation laser processing. Within the study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,841 Views
14 Pages

Extreme Path Delay Estimation of Critical Paths in Within-Die Process Fluctuations Using Multi-Parameter Distributions

  • Miikka Runolinna,
  • Matthew Turnquist,
  • Jukka Teittinen,
  • Pauliina Ilmonen and
  • Lauri Koskinen

Two multi-parameter distributions, namely the Pearson type IV and metalog distributions, are discussed and suggested as alternatives to the normal distribution for modelling path delay data that determines the maximum clock frequency (FMAX) of a micr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,939 Views
20 Pages

19 October 2018

Terahertz (THz) time of flight (TOF) tomography systems offer a new measurement modality for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of the subsurface layers of protective coatings and/or laminated composite materials for industrial, security and biomedical...

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