The channel reliability function is a crucial tool for characterizing the dependable transmission of messages across communication channels. In many cases, the only upper and lower bounds of this function are known. We investigate the computability o...
The geometric programming problem (GPP) is a beneficial mathematical programming problem for modeling and optimizing nonlinear optimization problems in various engineering fields. The structural configuration of the GPP is quite dynamic and flexible...
Due to the difficulty of accurately predicting system reliability for many engineering structures, bounds on system reliability have received increasing attention. By dealing with structural uncertain parameters with an ellipsoid model, a linear prog...
Non-probabilistic structural reliability analysis is based on the convex model and more applicable for practical engineering problems with limited samples. Recently, the authors proposed a non-probabilistic reliability bounds method (NRBM) for series...
Various uncertain factors exist in the practical systems. Random variables, uncertain-but-bounded variables and fuzzy variables are commonly employed to measure these uncertain factors. Random variables are usually employed to define uncertain factor...
This paper develops an information-theoretic reliability inference framework for consecutive r-out-of-n:G systems by employing the concept of residual extropy, a dual measure to entropy. Explicit analytical representations are established in tractabl...
It is essential to consider the acceptable threshold in the assessment of a hydrological model because of the scarcity of research in the hydrology community and errors do not necessarily cause risk. Two forecast errors, including rainfall forecast e...
There are many bars in grid structures, and their topological relationships are complex, so the workload of calculations involved in researching their reliability is large. In this paper, based on the geometric topological relationship within a grid...
As radio frequency (RF) hardware continues to improve, many technologies that were traditionally impractical have suddenly become viable alternatives to legacy systems. Two-way ranging (TWR) is often considered a poor positioning solution for airborn...
The present study investigates the problem of determining sharp bounds for key reliability and distributional characteristics associated with order statistics. We establish pointwise sharp two-sided bounds for linear combinations of joint distributio...
Damage to long-span truss structures may cause structural deformation, load-capacity reduction, and even collapse. The design service life of truss structures is usually 50 years, so evaluating their reliability is the utmost importance. Reliability...
The reliability function of variable-rate Slepian-Wolf coding is linked to the reliability function of channel coding with constant composition codes, through which computable lower and upper bounds are derived. The bounds coincide at rates close to...
This pilot study aimed to determine the reliability of a newly developed ultrasound-based protocol for the assessment of patella diameter and sulcus angle. The diameter of the patella expressed in mm and the sulcus angle, expressed in degrees were me...
In visible light communication (VLC), the precise latency evaluation of wireless access networks and the efficient forwarding strategy of core networks are the crux for end-to-end reliability provisioning. Leveraging martingale theory, an elegant lat...
The delay bound in system on chips (SoC) represents the worst-case traverse time of on-chip communication. In network on chip (NoC)-based SoC, optimizing the delay bound is challenging due to two aspects: (1) the delay bound is hard to obtain by trad...
Background and Objectives: Producing consistent measures of femoral version amongst observers are necessary to allow for an assessment of version for possible corrective procedures. The purpose of this study was to compare two computed tomography (CT...
In many real-world situations, systems frequently fail due to demanding operating conditions. In particular, when systems reach their lowest, highest, or both extremes operating conditions, they usually fail to accomplish their intended functions. Th...
Quantifying uncertainty in complex systems is a central problem in reliability analysis and engineering applications. In this work, we develop an information-theoretic framework for analyzing linear consecutive k-out-of-n:G systems using the cumulati...
The essence of authentication is the transmission of unique and irreproducible information. In this paper, the authentication becomes a problem of the secure transmission of the secret key over noisy channels. A general analysis and design framework...
We consider the problem of encoding a deterministic source sequence (i.e., individual sequence) for the degraded wiretap channel by means of an encoder and decoder that can both be implemented as finite-state machines. Our first main result is a nece...
Semi-supervised object detection has become a hot topic in recent years, but there are still some challenges regarding false detection, duplicate detection, and inaccurate localization. This paper presents a semi-supervised object detection method wi...
This paper proposes to study the stability of underground chambers while taking into account the nonlinear characteristics of geotechnical materials and pore water. According to the upper bound theorem of nonlinear limit analysis and the reliability...
Voluntary activation (VA) is measured by applying supramaximal electrical stimulation to a muscle during a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). The amplitude of the evoked muscle twitch is used to determine any VA deficit, and indicates incomplete ce...
For the state estimation problem of a multi-source localization nonlinear system with unknown and bounded noise, a distributed sequential ellipsoidal intersection fusion estimation algorithm based on the dual set-membership filtering method is propos...
This paper considers the Strongly Asynchronous, Slotted, Discrete Memoryless, Massive Access Channel (SAS-DM-MAC) in which the number of users, the number of messages, and the asynchronous window length grow exponentially with the coding blocklength...
Effectively preventing hanger bending damage during the configuration transformation of the spatial main cables in suspension bridges is a critical challenge, particularly under the influence of construction errors. This study proposes an active faul...
The system reliability evaluation of a bridge structure is a complicated problem. Previous studies have commonly used approximate estimation methods, such as the wide bounds method and the narrow bounds method, but neither could obtain an accurate re...
The interactive capacity of a noisy channel is the highest possible rate at which arbitrary interactive protocols can be simulated reliably over the channel. Determining the interactive capacity is notoriously difficult, and the best known lower boun...
The operation of water distribution systems is based on reliable knowledge about the steady state of the system. This involves sensors to measure flow, facilitating a comprehensive overview of the system’s performance. Given the costs associate...
The scheme for accurate and reliable predictions of tunnel stability based on an artificial aeural network (ANN) is presented in this study. Plastic solutions of the stability of unlined elliptical tunnels in sands are first derived by using numerica...
Reliable bounding of a function’s range is essential for deterministic global optimization, approximation, locating roots of nonlinear equations, and several other computational mathematics areas. Despite years of extensive research in this dir...
Analytical biosimilarity assessment relies on two implicit conditions. First, the analytical method must meet a set of requirements known as fit for intended use related to trueness and precision. Second, the manufacture of the reference drug product...
Transfer Entropy has been applied to experimental datasets to unveil causality between variables. In particular, its application to non-stationary systems has posed a great challenge due to restrictions on the sample size. Here, we have investigated...
A solid-phase extraction (SPE) technique was developed and optimised for isolation and concentration of extractable and bound phenolic acids from germinated spelt seeds, for analysis by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Samples initially under...
The rock coring of the reservoir in the Bohai A field is difficult. The cores of the target section in the study area are loose, making it difficult to accurately measure the core-bound water saturation. The purpose of this research was to develop an...
Despite the literature providing compelling evidence for the medical efficacy of photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, its consistency in terms of accuracy and standardization needs improving. Identification of new technology and reliable and ethical bio...
An important parameter in the monitoring and surveillance systems is the probability of detection. Advanced wildlife monitoring systems rely on camera traps for stationary wildlife photography and have been broadly used for estimation of population s...
Applicability of in vitro biotinylated ubiquitin for evaluation of endogenous ubiquitin conjugation and analysis of ubiquitin-associated protein-protein interactions has been investigated. Incubation of rat brain mitochondria with biotinylated ubiqui...
During the last few decades, machine learning has constituted a significant tool in extracting useful knowledge from economic data for assisting decision-making. In this work, we evaluate the performance of weight-constrained recurrent neural network...
Plastic anisotropy significantly influences the behavior of structures subjected to various loading conditions. The extremum principles in the theory of rigid plastic solids are convenient and reliable tools for plastic design. The present paper comb...
The aim of this paper is to give a characterization of the set of roots of a special family of polynomials. This family is relevant in reliability theory since it contains the reliability polynomials of the networks created by series-parallel composi...
To investigate the reliability of L2 listening tests and explore potential factors affecting the reliability, a reliability generalization (RG) meta-analysis was conducted in the present study. A total number of 122 alpha coefficients of L2 listening...
Entropy models have been recently adopted in many studies to evaluate the shear stress distribution in open-channel flows. Although the uncertainty of Shannon and Tsallis entropy models were analyzed separately in previous studies, the uncertainty of...
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is important in the biological and biochemical fields as it can quantify trace elements. Confocal laser Raman microscopy (CLRM), a powerful tool for the compositional analysis of biological sample...
Current autonomous driving systems predominantly focus on 3D object perception from the vehicle’s perspective. However, the single-camera 3D object detection algorithm in the roadside monitoring scenario provides stereo perception of traffic ob...
In this study, a masonry panel under a high compressive stress to strength ratio is considered. The panel is modeled as a composite structure by considering a repeated unit cell of mortar and brick. Load redistributions due to creep in mortar and bri...
For facing of the problems caused by the YOLOv4 algorithm’s insensitivity to small objects and low detection precision in traffic light detection and recognition, the Improved YOLOv4 algorithm is investigated in the paper using the shallow feat...
In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the number of devices developed to measure or estimate physical exercise. However, before these devices can be used in a practical and research environment, it is necessary to determine their...
The service capacity of each station has a direct impact on the capacity of a subway line and also the whole subway network. Therefore, it is critically important to keep the station capacity above a certain level in its full life cycle. This paper a...
For the purpose of reliability quantitative assessment of the surrounding rock of the deeply embedded karst tunnel and the geological body around the cavern in the case of the cavern in the forepart of the tunnel face, on the basis of the upper bound...
of 15