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  • Open Access
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State Observer-Based Conditioned Reverse-Path Method for Nonlinear System Identification

  • Atta Oveisi,
  • Umaaran Gogilan,
  • Jafar Keighobadi and
  • Tamara Nestorović

11 April 2024

In light of the complex behavior of vibrating structures, their reliable modeling plays a crucial role in the analysis and system design for vibration control. In this paper, the reverse-path (RP) method is revisited, further developed, and applied t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Actuators and Dampers for Vibration Control: Damping and Isolation Applications - Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,416 Views
19 Pages

8 January 2021

Fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) is a useful tool to detect linear frequency modulated (LFM) signal. However, the detection performance of the FrFT-based method will deteriorate drastically in underwater multi-path environment. This paper proposes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Underwater Acoustic Communications and Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,693 Views
17 Pages

23 April 2023

Network layer multicast is a powerful method for transmitting data from sources to multiple group members. When joining a multicast group, a group member first sends a request to a designated router (DR). Then, the DR selects a node in the existing m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,691 Views
17 Pages

5 November 2020

Aiming at improving the accuracy of pulse ranging measurement in underwater multi-path environment, this paper proposes a novel pulse ranging algorithm based on active virtual time reversal (AVTR). By using the focusing characteristics of AVTR, the r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control, Guidance, Coordination, and Localization of Autonomous Marine Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,577 Views
20 Pages

Mining articulated vehicles (MAVs) are widely used as primary transportation equipment in both underground and open-pit mines. These include various machines such as Load–Haul–Dump machines and mining trucks. Path tracking control for MAV...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Motion Planning and Control of Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,185 Views
12 Pages

18 December 2023

In comparison to numerous enhanced sampling methods for equilibrium thermodynamics, accelerating simulations for kinetics and nonequilibrium statistics are relatively rare and less effective. Here, we derive a time-reversal path sampling (tRPS) metho...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,958 Views
20 Pages

Study on Path Planning in Cotton Fields Based on Prior Navigation Information

  • Meng Wang,
  • Changhe Niu,
  • Zifan Wang,
  • Yongxin Jiang and ,
  • Jianming Jian and
  • Xiuying Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 November 2024

Aiming at the operation scenario of existing crop coverage and the need for precise row alignment, the sowing prior navigation information of cotton fields in Xinjiang was used as the basis for the study of path planning for subsequent operations to...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,993 Views
22 Pages

10 October 2024

The commonly used baseline-free Lamb wave damage identification methods often require a large amount of sensor data to eliminate the dependence on baseline signals. To improve the efficiency of damage localization, this paper proposes a new Lamb wave...

(This article belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,025 Views
22 Pages

Reconstructing Sewer Network Topology Using Graph Theory

  • Batoul Haydar,
  • Nanée Chahinian and
  • Claude Pasquier

14 January 2026

To manage sewer networks, reliable data is needed, which is often challenging. This study proposes a novel methodology to reconstruct the sewer network topology using graph theory. Two core procedures—flow adjustment and edge addition—re-...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,311 Views
20 Pages

16 April 2025

The utilization of PMCUs (Prefabricated Modular Cabin Units) is a key strategy for enhancing the efficiency and reducing the costs of large cruise ship construction. Effective transportation planning for multiple PMCU cabins, including the paths and...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,054 Views
27 Pages

Methods to Calculate Entropy Generation

  • Jude A. Osara and
  • Michael D. Bryant

7 March 2024

Entropy generation, formulated by combining the first and second laws of thermodynamics with an appropriate thermodynamic potential, emerges as the difference between a phenomenological entropy function and a reversible entropy function. The phenomen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends in the Second Law of Thermodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,312 Views
24 Pages

10 July 2025

Path planning for autonomous vehicles is a core component of intelligent transportation systems, playing a key role in ensuring driving safety, improving driving efficiency, and optimizing the user experience. To address the challenges of safety, smo...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,086 Views
18 Pages

19 July 2023

Since large articulated vehicles have uncertainties in trailer articulation angle as well as dynamic complexity, it is not easy to accurately establish a reliable motion plan. In this paper, two geometric path plans constructed based on the empirical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Path Tracking for Automated Driving)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,437 Views
27 Pages

The UAV path planning algorithm has many applications in urban environments, where an effective algorithm can enhance the efficiency of UAV tasks. The main concept of UAV path planning is to find the optimal flight path while avoiding collisions. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomimetic Design, Constructions and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,134 Views
18 Pages

Path Planning of Quadrupedal Robot Based on Improved RRT-Connect Algorithm

  • Xiaohua Xu,
  • Peibo Li,
  • Jiangwu Zhou and
  • Wenzhuo Deng

18 April 2025

In view of the large randomness, redundant path nodes, and low search efficiency of RRT-connect in a complex obstacle environment, this study intends to develop a path-planning method combining RRT-connect and Informed RRT*. First, to solve the probl...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,405 Views
21 Pages

13 August 2025

Reversible data hiding in encrypted point clouds presents unique challenges due to their unstructured geometry, absence of mesh connectivity, and high sensitivity to spatial perturbations. In this paper, we propose an efficient and secure reversible...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information Security and Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
394 Views
24 Pages

21 June 2026

Trackless rubber-tired vehicles are the important auxiliary transportation equipment in coal mines. The main difficulty of their unmanned driving is that the underground environment information is complex but the onboard computing resources for perce...

(This article belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,155 Views
13 Pages

11 March 2022

This paper proposes a phase-reversal method (PRM) for damage imaging in plate structures. The PRM is a novel Lamb-wave-based method that mainly focuses on phase spectrum information of scattering waves reflected from a defect. The PRM reverses the ph...

(This article belongs to the Collection Nondestructive Testing (NDT))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,281 Views
14 Pages

Boarding Sequence Planning for the Cruise-Ship Prefabricated Cabins Based on a Dual-Layer Coordinated Method

  • Zhichao Li,
  • Qi Zhou,
  • Shanhe Ding,
  • Jinghua Li and ,
  • Lei Zhou and
  • Dening Song
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In the construction of large cruise ships, the restricted deck space and dense obstacles create a strongly coupled problem between path planning and sequence optimization during prefabricated cabin boarding operations, significantly impairing overall...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,743 Views
25 Pages

27 February 2024

To solve the problem of reverse car searching in intelligent multi-story garages or parking lots, the reverse car searching method based on the intelligent garage of the PC client and mobile client APP was studied, and the interface design and functi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Computer Vision and Deep Learning and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
970 Views
19 Pages

Hybrid A*-Based Reverse Path-Planning of a Vehicle with Single Trailer

  • Xincheng Cao,
  • Haochong Chen,
  • Bilin Aksun-Guvenc,
  • Levent Guvenc and ,
  • Brian Link,
  • Peter J. Richmond,
  • Dokyung Yim,
  • Shihong Fan and
  • John Harber
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Reverse parking maneuvering of a vehicle with a trailer system is a difficult task to complete for human drivers due to the multi-body nature of the system and the unintuitive controls required to orientate the trailer properly. The problem is compli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Technologies for Vehicular Networks, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,136 Views
27 Pages

19 July 2023

Path planning is one of the key issues in the research of unmanned aerial vehicle technology. Its purpose is to find the best path between the starting point and the destination. Although there are many research recommendations on UAV path planning i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,725 Views
21 Pages

17 August 2024

Deceptive path planning (DPP) aims to find routes that reduce the chances of observers discovering the real goal before its attainment, which is essential for addressing public safety, strategic path planning, and preserving the confidentiality of lo...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
560 Views
19 Pages

This paper addresses the impact of complex mining environments and the nonlinear dynamics of hinged mining trucks on reverse path tracking control for autonomous mining trucks. We propose a neural-network-based sliding mode control (NN-SMC)-based con...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Journeys in Vehicle System Dynamics and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,434 Views
14 Pages

14 August 2021

Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) systems based on capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) arrays have a wide range of application prospects. For this paper, a high-precision image reconstruction method based on the propagation path...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,231 Views
22 Pages

15 August 2025

The oscillations induced by voltage source converters (VSCs) in DC voltage timescale dynamics pose significant challenges to the safe and stable operation of VSC-dominated power systems. However, previous studies have conducted simplified analyses wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operation and Control of New Power System with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
507 Views
24 Pages

Research on Local Operation Path Planning of Paddy Field Land Leveler Based on the Improved Dung Beetle Optimizer Algorithm

  • Sanqiang Zhang,
  • Liang Deng,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Shengwei Ou and ,
  • Qize Guo,
  • Guangyou Yang,
  • Junmin Huang and
  • Hongyu Zhou
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Regarding the path planning problem for the local leveling operation of the land leveler, this paper proposes a path planning method based on the improved dung beetle optimizer (IDBO) algorithm. Firstly, a comprehensive evaluation objective function...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,294 Views
12 Pages

25 April 2026

The third-quadrant operation of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs is investigated from the perspective of carrier transport, focusing on the interaction between two parallel conduction paths. Through experimental characterization and TCAD simulation, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Semiconductor Devices and Applications, 4th Edition)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,772 Views
13 Pages

An Extended Omega-K Algorithm for Automotive SAR with Curved Path

  • Ping Guo,
  • Chao Li,
  • Haolan Li,
  • Yuchen Luan and ,
  • Anyi Wang,
  • Rongshu Wang and
  • Shiyang Tang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 December 2024

Automotive millimeter-wave (MMW) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems can achieve high-resolution images of detection areas, providing environmental perceptions that facilitate intelligent driving. However, curved path is inevitable in complex urba...

(This article belongs to the Topic Information Sensing Technology for Intelligent/Driverless Vehicle, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
787 Views
17 Pages

18 November 2025

Small overall dimensions, intricate geometries, and discontinuous local surface normals characterize complex small workpieces. These features impose stringent requirements on the alignment accuracy of the workpieces when using a profilometer for thre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,145 Views
14 Pages

The multivehicle routing problem (MVRP) is a variation of the classical vehicle routing problem (VRP). The MVRP is to find a set of routes by multiple vehicles that serve multiple customers at a minimal total cost while the travelling-time delay due...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Technologies—Recent Advances and Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,085 Views
32 Pages

Research on Real-Time Improvement Methods for Aircraft Engine Onboard Models

  • Lin Guo,
  • Rong Wang,
  • Ying Chen,
  • Wenxiang Zhou and
  • Jinquan Huang

28 December 2025

Onboard models serve as the foundation for the advanced control and fault diagnosis of aero-engines. Currently, to address the issues of high computational complexity and insufficient real-time performance in component-level aero-engine models, three...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,912 Views
19 Pages

2 March 2022

In order to study hydrogeochemical effect in the process of seawater intrusion (SI), and provide scientific basis for comprehensive management of water resources and water ecological restoration, the Longkou city of Shandong province in China was tak...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,654 Views
23 Pages

A rapid trajectory-planning method based on an analytical predictor–corrector design of drag acceleration profile and a bank-reversal logic based on double-stage adaptive adjustment is proposed to solve the entry issue under time and full-state...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics, Guidance and Control of Aerospace Vehicles)
  • Letter
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,951 Views
14 Pages

Multipath Map Method for TDOA Based Indoor Reverse Positioning System with Improved Chan-Taylor Algorithm

  • Cheng Hua,
  • Kun Zhao,
  • Danan Dong,
  • Zhengqi Zheng and ,
  • Chao Yu,
  • Yu Zhang and
  • Tiantian Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 June 2020

We study wireless indoor positioning systems where multiple synchronized infrastructure devices simultaneously receive signals from an object of interest whose arrival times are measured. The positioning performance is degraded by unresolvable channe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wireless Communication in Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,456 Views
10 Pages

4 December 2020

This study presents an effective technique for taking advantage of the full-field measurement method of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for the assessment of the strain distribution during the metal forming process when the strain path change was per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,982 Views
22 Pages

Forming Process Prediction Model and Application of Laser Cladding for Remanufactured Screw Pump Rotors

  • Haiying Zu,
  • Yongpeng Liu,
  • Sihui Chen,
  • Xiang Jin and ,
  • Weidong Ye,
  • Mingyuan Sun,
  • Zhongmin Xiao and
  • Liming Yao
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

5 April 2025

In order to achieve high-quality repair of complex curved parts, a remanufacturing process method utilizing laser cladding and reverse engineering technology is proposed to be implemented by robots. This study focuses on the oscillating helical surfa...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,840 Views
20 Pages

Research on Global Navigation Operations for Rotary Burying of Stubbles Based on Machine Vision

  • Mingkuan Zhou,
  • Weiwei Wang,
  • Shenqing Shi,
  • Zhen Huang and
  • Tao Wang

In order to plan suitable navigation operation paths for the characteristics of rice fields in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the operational requirements of straw rotary burying, this paper proposes a combination of the Hough...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,203 Views
18 Pages

13 May 2022

One of the key challenges in systems biology and molecular sciences is how to infer regulatory relationships between genes and proteins using high-throughout omics datasets. Although a wide range of methods have been designed to reverse engineer the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Networks and Systems in Bioinformatics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,585 Views
50 Pages

Multi-Strategy Improved Red-Tailed Hawk Algorithm for Real-Environment Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning

  • Mingen Wang,
  • Panliang Yuan,
  • Pengfei Hu,
  • Zhengrong Yang and ,
  • Shuai Ke,
  • Longliang Huang and
  • Pai Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has advanced significantly, enabling its widespread use in critical applications such as surveillance, search and rescue, and environmental monitoring. However, planning reliable, safe, and ec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,932 Views
30 Pages

The Sine–Levy tuna swarm optimization (SLTSO) algorithm is a novel method based on the sine strategy and Levy flight guidance. It is presented as a solution to the shortcomings of the tuna swarm optimization (TSO) algorithm, which include its t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,109 Views
37 Pages

MISAO: A Multi-Strategy Improved Snow Ablation Optimizer for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning

  • Cuiping Zhou,
  • Shaobo Li,
  • Cankun Xie,
  • Panliang Yuan and
  • Xiangfu Long

14 September 2024

The snow ablation optimizer (SAO) is a meta-heuristic technique used to seek the best solution for sophisticated problems. In response to the defects in the SAO algorithm, which has poor search efficiency and is prone to getting trapped in local opti...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
321 Views
13 Pages

Grit Dimensions, Obsessive–Compulsive Symptomatology, and Psychological Distress: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of Two Directional Mediation Models

  • Kurt Leroy Hoffman,
  • Gilberto Manuel Galindo-Aldana,
  • Esmeralda García-Torres and
  • Hugo Cano-Ramírez

23 September 2026

Background: Mental health research has been increasingly oriented toward understanding how protective factors buffer psychological distress and support emotional stability, but the mechanisms underlying goal-oriented behavior remain less studied. One...

(This article belongs to the Topic Psychopathology and Developmental Trajectories)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,163 Views
20 Pages

UAV Swarm Real-Time Rerouting by Edge Computing D* Lite Algorithm

  • Meng-Tse Lee,
  • Ming-Lung Chuang,
  • Sih-Tse Kuo and
  • Yan-Ru Chen

20 January 2022

Seeking to give unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a higher level of autonomous control, this study uses edge computing systems to replace the ground control station (GCS) commonly used to control UAVs. Since the GCS belongs to the central control archi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-Computer Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,813 Views
42 Pages

An Enhanced A*-DWA Fusion Algorithm for Robot Navigation in Complex Environments

  • Huifang Bao,
  • Jie Fang,
  • Mingxing Fang,
  • Jinsi Zhang and ,
  • Zhuo Zhang and
  • Haoyu Cai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 February 2026

To tackle the navigation challenge in dynamic and complex environments, this study designs a fusion planning framework that synergistically integrates enhanced A* algorithm with improved DWA, inspired by the biological dual-layer navigation mechanism...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,227 Views
14 Pages

Computational Convolution of SELDI Data for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Destiny E. O. Anyaiwe,
  • Gautam B. Singh,
  • George D. Wilson and
  • Timothy J. Geddes

Alzheimer’s disease is rapidly becoming an endemic for people over the age of 65. A vital path towards reversing this ominous trend is the building of reliable diagnostic devices for definite and early diagnoses in lieu of the longitudinal, usually i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
534 Views
22 Pages

Study on Wellbore Pressure Distribution Characteristics in Double-Wall Drill Pipe Reverse Circulation Drilling

  • Mingming Geng,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Yiming Ma,
  • Geng Zhang and ,
  • Baokang Wu,
  • Long Chen and
  • Yiwen Huang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 May 2026

Double-wall drill pipe reverse circulation drilling is expected to alleviate cutting-transport difficulties and the high risk of lost circulation during the shallow-section drilling of ultra-deep wells. Based on wellbore hydraulics theory and a trans...

(This article belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,006 Views
25 Pages

Dynamic Path Planning for Mobile Robots by Integrating Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm and Dynamic Window Approach

  • Junting Hou,
  • Wensong Jiang,
  • Zai Luo,
  • Li Yang and ,
  • Xiaofeng Hu and
  • Bin Guo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 January 2024

To overcome the limitations of the sparrow search algorithm and the challenges of dynamic obstacle avoidance in mobile robots, an integrated method combining the enhanced sparrow search algorithm with the dynamic window approach is introduced. First,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Motion Planning and Control of Robot Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,055 Views
15 Pages

Real-Time Path Planning Based on Harmonic Functions under a Proper Generalized Decomposition-Based Framework

  • Nicolas Montés,
  • Francisco Chinesta,
  • Marta C. Mora,
  • Antonio Falcó and ,
  • Lucia Hilario,
  • Nuria Rosillo and
  • Enrique Nadal
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 June 2021

This paper presents a real-time global path planning method for mobile robots using harmonic functions, such as the Poisson equation, based on the Proper Generalized Decomposition (PGD) of these functions. The main property of the proposed technique...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
840 Views
26 Pages

To address the limited maneuverability and tracking accuracy of autonomous four-wheel steering (4WS) vehicles during parallel parking in confined spaces, an adaptive linear time-varying model predictive control (LTV-MPC) strategy for integrated path...

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