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Symmetry Frequency-Aware Fourier Series Network for Aerial Small Object Detection
by Xinghai Hou, Donglin Jing, Fukun Bi, Chenglong He, Yong Huang and Changjie Wang
Symmetry 2026, 18(8), 1273; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym18081273 - 27 Jul 2026
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Aerial tiny objects naturally possess conjugate symmetry in the frequency domain, yet complex scenarios, heavy clutter, and frequent rotation/occlusion lead to severe detail loss, inaccurate contour modeling, and high false/miss rates in existing detectors. Current Fourier-based methods neither leverage object symmetry nor coordinate [...] Read more.
Aerial tiny objects naturally possess conjugate symmetry in the frequency domain, yet complex scenarios, heavy clutter, and frequent rotation/occlusion lead to severe detail loss, inaccurate contour modeling, and high false/miss rates in existing detectors. Current Fourier-based methods neither leverage object symmetry nor coordinate with Fourier analysis to jointly enhance contour representation and spatial-frequency feature learning, suffering from weak fusion, phase-sensitive coefficient regression, and poor discriminability. To fill this gap, we propose the Frequency-Aware Fourier Series Detection Network (FAFSDet), which explicitly exploits the inherent symmetry of tiny objects and their frequency-domain representations. Specifically, FAFC (Frequency-Aware Feature Fusion) employs conjugate-symmetry-guided dynamic low-pass filtering, similarity-based rearrangement, and adaptive high-frequency enhancement to recover degraded symmetric patterns. FSPRM (Fourier Series Profile Representation) utilizes the symmetric positive–negative frequency distribution to achieve compact parametric contour encoding and normalized centroid-shape description. FSDIM (Fourier Series Detection Inference) incorporates symmetric multi-scale branches, a rolling-optimization loss that eliminates phase interference while preserving coefficient-regression symmetry, and inverse Fourier transform for precise contour reconstruction and end-to-end detection. Extensive experiments on DOTA, AI-TOD, and UCAS-AOD demonstrate that our method achieves superior performance (mAP 82.18%, 51.2%, and 90.70%, respectively) and strong generalization, particularly in scenarios where symmetry is most severely compromised, confirming that exploiting these symmetry properties substantially boosts detection accuracy. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
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A GCU-SAM Enhanced Transformer for Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machinery
by Jing Li, Lei Hu and Peng Luo
Sensors 2026, 26(15), 4771; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26154771 - 27 Jul 2026
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Fault signals in rotating machinery typically manifest as long time-series data embedded with local high-frequency impulses. Traditional deep learning methods often struggle to simultaneously capture these transient local impacts and model long-term global degradation features. To address this challenge, this paper proposes a [...] Read more.
Fault signals in rotating machinery typically manifest as long time-series data embedded with local high-frequency impulses. Traditional deep learning methods often struggle to simultaneously capture these transient local impacts and model long-term global degradation features. To address this challenge, this paper proposes a novel GCU-SAM enhanced Transformer for intelligent fault diagnosis. The proposed network integrates a Gated Convolutional Unit (GCU) with a Self-Attention Mechanism (SAM). By introducing the GCU as a local inductive bias prior to the global attention module, the model dynamically captures and purifies local impulse responses via reset and update gates. Subsequently, a cascaded multi-head self-attention mechanism models long-sequence global evolution trends, forming an integrated framework for local fine-grained perception and global correlation modeling. Validated on the CWRU bearing and SEU gearbox datasets, the proposed architecture achieves superior diagnostic performance with an average F1-score of 99.01%. Compared to representative baselines, including 1D-CNN, BiLSTM, and the standard Transformer, the GCU-SAM significantly boosts diagnostic accuracy and effectively overcomes the early-stage optimization oscillations inherent in pure attention mechanisms. By achieving a deep multi-scale fusion of local abrupt changes and global degradation trends, the model exhibits exceptional feature-clustering discriminative capability and convergence stability, providing a robust and highly accurate solution for the intelligent fault diagnosis of complex rotating machinery. Full article
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Soil Aggregate-Associated Organic Carbon Cascading Process and Priming Mechanism Affected by Tillage and Organic Amendments
by Zhanhui Zhao, Congzhi Zhang, Nan Zhang, Zhan Liu and Chunyang Lu
Agronomy 2026, 16(15), 1415; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16151415 - 26 Jul 2026
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Clarifying SOC sequestration via physical and microbial processes is key for improving farmland fertility, yet the relative contributions of agronomic practices to carbon fractions and aggregate sizes remain unclear. This study (2010–2019, rice–wheat rotation, Funiu Mountain eastern plain, central China) examined tillage and [...] Read more.
Clarifying SOC sequestration via physical and microbial processes is key for improving farmland fertility, yet the relative contributions of agronomic practices to carbon fractions and aggregate sizes remain unclear. This study (2010–2019, rice–wheat rotation, Funiu Mountain eastern plain, central China) examined tillage and organic amendment effects on SOC dynamics and underlying mechanisms across aggregate sizes under six treatments (conventional/reduced tillage with no fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, or organic manure). SOC, particulate organic carbon (POC), and mineral-incorporated organic carbon (MOC) were measured in bulk soil and water-stable aggregates (>2000, 250–2000, 53–250, <53 μm), and physical fractionation and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis were conducted to assess interactions among aggregates, carbon quality, and microbial communities. Results showed that, compared with conventional tillage without fertilization, both conventional tillage and reduced tillage with organic manure significantly increased bulk SOC by 92–122% and macroaggregate (>250 μm) mass by 15–110%. The combined application of organic manure and reduced tillage redirected SOC from micro- to macroaggregates. Moreover, POC and MOC were the primary contributors to bulk SOC, with POC showing a strong direct effect on SOC accumulation. Furthermore, a positive priming effect was detected exclusively in macroaggregates, identifying them as key sites for SOC turnover and confirming that optimized tillage with manure shifts aggregates to larger sizes and boosts SOC through physical protection. The micro-to-macro cascade offers a robust framework for SOC dynamics, and its persistence under diverse climates warrants future research for sustainable management. Full article
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Week-Ahead Electricity Price Forecasting for Battery Arbitrage: Benchmarking ML/DL Models and Interpreting Feature Importance Through Merit-Order Pricing in Spain
by Amgad Khamis, Francesco Crespi and David Sánchez
Forecasting 2026, 8(4), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/forecast8040061 - 21 Jul 2026
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Accurate electricity price forecasting is essential for market participants seeking to optimise bidding and arbitrage strategies. This paper presents a week-ahead (168 h) hourly electricity price forecasting study for the Spanish day-ahead market. Nine competing models—two naïve baselines (a Seasonal Naïve and a [...] Read more.
Accurate electricity price forecasting is essential for market participants seeking to optimise bidding and arbitrage strategies. This paper presents a week-ahead (168 h) hourly electricity price forecasting study for the Spanish day-ahead market. Nine competing models—two naïve baselines (a Seasonal Naïve and a Day-of-Week persistence), a Lasso-estimated auto-regressive (LEAR) statistical benchmark, and six machine- and deep-learning models (CatBoost, Random Forest, LSTM, GRU, CNN, and a hybrid CNN–LSTM)—are benchmarked; the two leading models, CNN–LSTM and CatBoost, are then compared under exogenous-feature configurations. The analysis is complemented by an ex-post Add-One-In and Leave-One-Out feature-importance analysis, a controlled comparison of weather-input scenarios, and a rolling battery-arbitrage backtest that translates forecast quality into economic value. Under an endogenous benchmark of weekly rolling origins across 2024 (with a rotating start weekday) and Diebold–Mariano testing, a recursive CatBoost and the hybrid CNN–LSTM are statistically indistinguishable and both significantly outperform a direct multi-horizon CatBoost; once an operational (forecasted) weather input is added, recursive CatBoost becomes significantly the most accurate while remaining simpler and more stable to train, a ranking confirmed on a fully out-of-sample 2025 year. Operational weather forecasts are found to be the best weather input, recovering about 84% of the perfect-foresight weather improvement over a no-weather baseline, with the advantage concentrated at longer lead times. Natural-gas-fired generation emerged as the dominant explanatory feature, consistent with the marginal-pricing mechanism governing the Spanish market. In a rolling battery-arbitrage backtest on the out-of-sample 2025 year, a deployable forecast-driven 4-h grid-scale unit (200 MW/800 MWh) captured about 89% of perfect-foresight value at a 168 h optimisation horizon and about 87% at 24 h; extending the horizon from 24 h to 168 h added about 2.4% of profit, an optimisation-horizon (look-ahead) effect bounded at +4.5% under perfect foresight. Full article
(This article belongs to the Collection Energy Forecasting)
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Machine Learning-Guided Optimization of Defects in In-Situ Alloyed Additively Manufactured Parts
by Shaaf Shelesh Nezhad and Sravya Tekumalla
J. Manuf. Mater. Process. 2026, 10(7), 254; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp10070254 - 21 Jul 2026
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In-situ alloying during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) offers great compositional flexibility but is prone to process-induced defects. To address this problem, we developed a machine learning framework to predict and minimize major defects such as porosity (inclusive of lack of fusion, gas [...] Read more.
In-situ alloying during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) offers great compositional flexibility but is prone to process-induced defects. To address this problem, we developed a machine learning framework to predict and minimize major defects such as porosity (inclusive of lack of fusion, gas pores, and keyhole-induced porosity) and unmelted Nb particles (partially and completely unmelted particles) in LPBF-fabricated in-situ alloyed Ti–45Nb alloy. For this purpose, two independent least-squares boosting (LSBoost) ensemble regressors were trained using five process parameters (part shape, laser power, scan speed, hatch spacing, and scan rotation), along with their polynomial and interaction terms, to capture nonlinear relationships. Under a restricted 4-fold cross-validation, these models achieved pooled out-of-fold R2 values of 0.672 for porosity and 0.702 for unmelted Nb, despite being trained on a small dataset. The grouped permutation importance analysis revealed that porosity is primarily governed by hatch spacing and laser power, whereas unmelted Nb particles are primarily governed by laser power and scan speed. The models were implemented in two graphical interfaces: a forward predictor for real-time defect estimation and an inverse optimizer for identifying low-defect parameter sets. Together, they establish a unified, data-driven approach for defect-aware process detection, prediction, and optimization in in-situ alloyed systems, offering a pathway towards reproducible, low-defect additive manufacturing. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Additive Manufacturing of Functional and Structural Alloys)
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Prediction of Tensile Strength in the FSW Process of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Using Machine Learning
by Fatmagul Tolun and Erol Ozcekic
Machines 2026, 14(7), 772; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines14070772 - 9 Jul 2026
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The use of five machine-learning regression models, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost, CatBoost, and LightGBM, was for predicting the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of friction stir welded (FSW) AZ31B magnesium alloy joints. A controlled, single-source, experimental dataset comprising 99 [...] Read more.
The use of five machine-learning regression models, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost, CatBoost, and LightGBM, was for predicting the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of friction stir welded (FSW) AZ31B magnesium alloy joints. A controlled, single-source, experimental dataset comprising 99 observations was created on the same FSW machine under the same laboratory conditions. The dataset covered three feed rates, eleven rotational speeds and three tool tilt angles, and each parameter combination was represented by the mean UTS value from triplicate tensile tests. The input variables were the feed rate, rotational speed and tilt angle, and the prediction target was UTS measured using ASTM E8M-04. To create a more challenging and realistic assessment, we implemented blocked-holdout validation, keeping only the previously unseen rotational speed levels for the test set. Hyperparameters were selected via exhaustive grid search, with 5-fold GroupKFold cross-validation used solely on the training data. Among the models that were tested, GPR demonstrated the best overall blocked-holdout performance, with a R2 = 0.985 and RMSE = 1.798 MPa. XGBoost (R2 = 0.923) and CatBoost (R2 = 0.912) also demonstrated competitive performance. Conversely, LightGBM exhibited the poorest generalization performance (R2 = 0.817). The findings suggest that kernel and boosting-based approaches have the capacity to adequately simulate the nonlinear relationship between FSW process parameters and tensile performance, while GPR demonstrated the best generalization under the blocked-holdout evaluation strategy. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Material Processing Technology)
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Benchmarking Tree-Based Artificial Intelligence Models for Multi-Resolution Solar Irradiance Forecasting Across Various Sky Conditions in Arid Climates
by Hasanain A. H. Al-Hilfi, Farhad Shahnia, Seyit Alperen Celtek, Amirmehdi Yazdani and Hai Wang
Energies 2026, 19(13), 3065; https://doi.org/10.3390/en19133065 - 29 Jun 2026
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Integrating solar power into electricity grids requires accurate short-term forecasting of the global horizontal irradiance to accurately predict the expected solar power generation. This paper compares five tree-based machine learning models against a Persistence baseline for multi-resolution forecasting in arid climates. A 13-year [...] Read more.
Integrating solar power into electricity grids requires accurate short-term forecasting of the global horizontal irradiance to accurately predict the expected solar power generation. This paper compares five tree-based machine learning models against a Persistence baseline for multi-resolution forecasting in arid climates. A 13-year dataset from Basra, Iraq, has been employed in this study for verification purposes, and the models are tested across various very-short- to short-term forecasting horizons of 5, 10, 15, 30, and 60 min. Unlike most existing studies that focus on single forecasting horizons or mixed climatic conditions, this work systematically benchmarks multi-resolution irradiance forecasting under distinct sky conditions in a hot arid environment using a strict anti-data-leakage framework. To avoid data leakage in these models, feature engineering has used only lagged inputs. The dataset has been split into three groups for training, validation, and testing (respectively 70, 15, and 15% of the entire available dataset). The models were then tested separately under clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy skies. Numerical studies prove that picking the best model depends heavily on the forecast horizon. For very-short-term predictions, the Persistence model was competitive (RMSE = 21.32 W/m2), while the Gradient Boosting model proved slightly more accurate (RMSE = 17.65 W/m2). For the 60 min horizon, the boosting models took a clear lead. The HistGradientBoosting model resulted in a 67% reduction in the RMSE compared to the Persistence baseline. Also, the top-performing model changed depending on the weather and the time scale. Gradient Boosting was the clear winner for short-term clear sky forecasts, while XGBoost handled the longer horizons. Partly cloudy skies showed a rotating mix of different boosting algorithms taking the lead. However, studies show that when skies were fully overcast, complex machine learning models fail to capture chaotic patterns, making the simple Persistence baseline a necessary reliability safeguard. The results reveal that no single model consistently dominates all forecasting horizons and weather conditions, highlighting the necessity of adaptive model selection for operational solar forecasting. These findings highlight the importance of horizon- and weather-adaptive model selection for operational solar forecasting. Rather than relying on a single universal algorithm, grid operators in arid regions can improve forecasting reliability by dynamically selecting models based on prevailing sky conditions and forecast horizons. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
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A Robustness-Oriented Quantum–Classical Hybrid Machine Learning Pipeline for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: External Validation, Explainability, and Rigorous Benchmarking in the NISQ Era
by Gokhan Zorlu and Cemil Colak
Diagnostics 2026, 16(13), 1996; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16131996 - 26 Jun 2026
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Background: Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality, and reliable computational decision support is increasingly viewed as a complement to expert pathological assessment rather than a replacement for it. Variational quantum classifiers (VQCs) and Quantum Support Vector Machines (QSVMs) have recently [...] Read more.
Background: Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality, and reliable computational decision support is increasingly viewed as a complement to expert pathological assessment rather than a replacement for it. Variational quantum classifiers (VQCs) and Quantum Support Vector Machines (QSVMs) have recently been promoted as candidate models for medical classification, yet most published comparisons rely on internal hold-out validation alone and report only a single point estimate of discrimination, omitting calibration, decision-analytic value, and explainability—three ingredients that any clinically credible model must furnish. Methods: We assembled a complete quantum–classical machine learning pipeline and evaluated it under a deliberately stringent protocol designed to expose, rather than conceal, the limitations of current Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ)-era models. The analytical hypothesis was conservative and stated in advance; in light of saturated classical baselines on this benchmark, we did not anticipate a quantum advantage in raw discrimination, and we framed the study as a methodological probe rather than as a competition. Using the Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer (WDBC) dataset (n = 569) for development and an independent Wisconsin Original (WBC) cohort (n = 683) for external validation, we benchmarked five classical learners (XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, RandomForest, RBF-SVM), two quantum models (an eight-qubit VQC implemented in PennyLane and a ZZ-feature-map QSVM implemented in Qiskit), and a stacked hybrid ensemble. The evaluation framework combined Optuna-driven hyperparameter optimisation, internal–external cross-validation, and external validation on the independent WBC cohort. Robustness and interpretability were then probed through circuit depth and embedding rotation ablation, depolarising noise stress tests, learning curve and feature stability analysis, decision curve analysis, and dual SHAP-based explanations covering both a direct tree-based explanation and a quantum surrogate. Reporting followed the TRIPOD + AI guideline. Results: On the internal test partition, RBF-SVM achieved the highest discrimination (AUC = 0.998), with XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, the hybrid ensemble, and the VQC clustering between 0.992 and 0.996; the QSVM with a ZZ-fidelity kernel underperformed substantially (AUC = 0.727). Pairwise tests for correlated ROC curves indicated that most differences among top models were not statistically significant. On the external WBC cohort, model rankings reorganised, as RBF-SVM (AUC = 0.986, 95% CI 0.946–0.997), RandomForest (0.985, 95% CI 0.945–0.996), VQC (0.983, 95% CI 0.942–0.995), and the hybrid ensemble (0.982, 95% CI 0.941–0.995) all retained near-ceiling discrimination with extensively overlapping confidence intervals. Ablation analysis demonstrated that the choice of embedding rotation is decisive—Z-rotation embeddings collapsed VQC performance to chance levels (AUC ≈ 0.50), whereas X- and Y-rotations preserved it. Depolarising noise up to p = 0.10 had a negligible effect on the VQC, and SHAP analyses converged on worst concave points, mean concave points, and worst area as the dominant predictors across both classical and quantum models. Decision curve analysis showed positive net benefit for both classical and hybrid models across the clinically meaningful threshold range, exceeding both the treat-all and treat-none reference strategies throughout. Conclusions: In the present regime, the principal contribution of QML is not raw discrimination—modern classical learners are already at the data ceiling—but the construction of a rigorous, reproducible, externally validated, and interpretable benchmarking framework in which quantum models can be fairly compared with their classical counterparts. Because evaluation was confined to curated benchmark datasets rather than real-world clinical populations, the interpretability and net benefit findings reported here should be read as benchmark-level evidence and not as a demonstration of readiness for clinical deployment. Full article
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Prediction and Interpretation of the Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficient in Bioreactors Using a No-Code Platform for Autonomous Machine Learning Model Selection
by Ho-Yeon Lee, Yonghee Shin, Jongsun Won, Jin Ho Lee, Sangmin Park, Sang-Min Paik, Hwa Sung Shin, Moo Sun Hong and Jun-Woo Kim
Processes 2026, 14(12), 1982; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr14121982 - 18 Jun 2026
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The volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) governs the design, operation, and scale-up of aerobic bioprocesses, yet its dependence on reactor geometry, impeller design, operating conditions, and fluid properties limits prediction by empirical correlations. Machine learning (ML) improves accuracy but [...] Read more.
The volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) governs the design, operation, and scale-up of aerobic bioprocesses, yet its dependence on reactor geometry, impeller design, operating conditions, and fluid properties limits prediction by empirical correlations. Machine learning (ML) improves accuracy but faces two barriers in bioprocess practice: selecting the best model among many candidates requires expertise, and small, highly multicollinear data make models chosen based on test error alone prone to overfitting. Using a browser-based, no-code platform, we trained 14 regression algorithms under an identical pipeline on a published kLa dataset, and introduced a composite objective, the generalization-penalized error (GPE), which is the test RMSE plus the absolute train–test RMSE gap. Minimizing GPE rather than test RMSE expanded the top statistically equivalent group to include not only boosting ensembles but also simpler, interpretable models, indicating that black-box models hold no clear advantage once train–test consistency is assessed. Sensitivity analysis showed that tree models produce discontinuous responses, whereas algebraic learning via elastic net (ALVEN) yields smooth surfaces. Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and an ontology graph, interpreted by a retrieval-augmented language-model agent, identified rotational speed and gas flow rate as dominant, reproducing the established mass transfer mechanism. The framework offers a reproducible, interpretable, expertise-light route to bioprocess model selection. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Modeling and Optimization in Bioproducts Manufacturing)
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Forecasting and Enhancing Weight on Bit Through Machine Learning Methods in the Sudanese Oil and Gas Sector
by Asaad Mustafa, Guojun Wen, AL-Wesabi Ibrahim, Wahib Yahya and Abobaker Albabo
Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(12), 6149; https://doi.org/10.3390/app16126149 - 17 Jun 2026
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Drilling optimization seeks to enhance the efficiency of drilling operations by fine-tuning adjustable factors like weight on bit (WOB); the goal is to boost the rate of penetration during drilling and decrease overall well expenses. It is crucial to efficiently and precisely manage [...] Read more.
Drilling optimization seeks to enhance the efficiency of drilling operations by fine-tuning adjustable factors like weight on bit (WOB); the goal is to boost the rate of penetration during drilling and decrease overall well expenses. It is crucial to efficiently and precisely manage weight on bit (WOB) to fine-tune drilling parameters promptly. Drilling optimization focuses on adjusting controllable variables, such as weight on the bit and bit rotation speed, to achieve the highest possible drilling rate during operations. Consequently, it is necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of ML models to evaluate practitioners in picking the appropriate predictive model. This research employs four machine learning methods to forecast weight on bit: Random Forest (RF), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNNs), Gradient Boosting Regression (GBR), and Decision Tree (DT). Machine learning techniques are being evaluated using datasets sourced from well drilling data in Western Sudan, marking the first instance of such data being utilized for this purpose. The key accomplishment of this study is the automation of predicting weight on bit by utilizing machine learning techniques tailored to our datasets. The findings indicated that among the algorithms tested, Random Forest stood out as the most dependable, displaying a prediction accuracy of 98% and a lower RMSE value of 1.015. In contrast, KNN, GBR, and DT achieved accuracies of 91.40%, 80.66%, and 100.00% respectively, with RMSE values of 2.008, 3.011, and 6.27 on the testing dataset, correspondingly. At last, this research is acknowledged as a groundbreaking effort in the field, utilizing machine learning techniques to predict weight on bit occurrences. Consequently, this study presents a publicly available dataset containing details about drilled wells in the Sudanese oil and gas sector. This dataset is meant to be used for upcoming experiments, validating algorithms, and for analytical purposes. Full article
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Multi-Source Aero-Engine Fault Diagnosis Using Explainable Boosted Tree with Spatiotemporal Attention and Adaptive Feature Selection
by Ting Zhou, Hua-Chun Xiang, Feng Zhang, Mao-Bin Lv and Jie Shen
Sensors 2026, 26(9), 2820; https://doi.org/10.3390/s26092820 - 30 Apr 2026
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Faults in aero-engine rotating components account for more than 60% of total failures, and their early features are easily masked by noise under complex conditions. Traditional single-sensor diagnosis suffers from low feature utilization, poor interpretability, and weak cross-condition generalization. This paper proposes a [...] Read more.
Faults in aero-engine rotating components account for more than 60% of total failures, and their early features are easily masked by noise under complex conditions. Traditional single-sensor diagnosis suffers from low feature utilization, poor interpretability, and weak cross-condition generalization. This paper proposes a multi-source fault diagnosis method for aero-engines based on an explainable boosted tree, integrating spatiotemporal attention (STA) and adaptive feature selection (AFS). We collect multi-domain data from four standard core sensors widely used in existing engine health management systems and extract multi-dimensional features to build a heterogeneous feature set. Adaptive feature selection is implemented using mutual information and a variance inflation factor. A spatiotemporal attention mechanism is introduced to weight and fuse features effectively. The fused features are used to train an XGBoost classifier, and SHAP values are adopted to quantify feature contributions and improve model interpretability. Uncertainty sources and sensitivity boundaries are quantitatively analyzed to support engineering acceptance. The method achieves high sensitivity to early weak faults and stable uncertainty under complex operating conditions. Tests on a fault simulation test rig show that the proposed method achieves 99.2% diagnosis accuracy and 97.5% cross-condition generalization accuracy, outperforming conventional models. It can identify early weak fault signatures, clarify key fault indicators, and provide a quantitative basis for fault tracing and maintenance decision-making. The method employs a standard sensor suite without additional hardware costs, features lightweight computation and low inference overhead, and delivers clear economic benefits by reducing false alarms, avoiding unplanned downtime, and optimizing maintenance resources. It offers a reliable, cost-effective solution for aero-engine fault diagnosis under complex operating conditions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
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Deciphering the Seasonal Thermal Environments in Kunming’s Central Urban Area Using LST and Interpretable Geo-Machine Learning
by Jiangqin Chao, Yingyun Li, Jianyu Liu, Jing Fan, Yinghui Zhou, Maofen Li and Shiguang Xu
Remote Sens. 2026, 18(9), 1395; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18091395 - 30 Apr 2026
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Rapid urbanization and complex topography complicate Urban Heat Island (UHI) spatio-temporal dynamics. Traditional models and coarse-resolution imagery often fail to capture fine-scale, spatially non-stationary seasonal driving mechanisms. This study investigates the multi-dimensional drivers of surface thermal dynamics in Kunming, a typical low-latitude plateau [...] Read more.
Rapid urbanization and complex topography complicate Urban Heat Island (UHI) spatio-temporal dynamics. Traditional models and coarse-resolution imagery often fail to capture fine-scale, spatially non-stationary seasonal driving mechanisms. This study investigates the multi-dimensional drivers of surface thermal dynamics in Kunming, a typical low-latitude plateau city, using seasonal median LST composite (2018–2025). Integrating eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) with eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models decoupled the nonlinear impacts of these drivers. Results reveal a seasonal thermal dichotomy: Summer exhibits the most intense UHI effect with extreme peak temperatures, while Spring presents an anomaly where natural and vegetated Local Climate Zones (LCZs) show pronounced warming. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis identified a seasonal rotation: anthropogenic and structural factors dominate Summer and Autumn warming, whereas natural and topographic regulators govern Spring and Winter. GeoShapley deconstruction demonstrated strong spatial non-stationarity. Building-density warming is amplified in poorly ventilated urban cores, and fragmented vegetation’s cooling is offset by anthropogenic heat during peak summer. This study provides new insights into the seasonal drivers of urban thermal environments in plateau cities. Full article
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Multi-Source Data Fusion-Driven Performance Prediction and Method Evaluation for Spiral Groove Dry Gas Seal
by Jiashu Yu, Xuexing Ding and Jianping Yu
Lubricants 2026, 14(5), 188; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants14050188 - 28 Apr 2026
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Spiral-groove dry gas seals are widely used in various rotating machinery, and their performance prediction is of great significance for structural design and operational optimization. Existing studies still face several limitations, including the limited fidelity of numerical simulations, the insufficient number of experimental [...] Read more.
Spiral-groove dry gas seals are widely used in various rotating machinery, and their performance prediction is of great significance for structural design and operational optimization. Existing studies still face several limitations, including the limited fidelity of numerical simulations, the insufficient number of experimental samples, and the restricted generalization capability of models based on a single data source. To address these issues, this study constructed a multi-source data system integrating numerical simulation data and experimental data, and systematically compared four representative data fusion methods, namely the uncertainty-weighted fusion algorithm, TrAdaBoost, MFDNN, and CoKriging, with analysis of their applicability and predictive performance. The results show that multi-source data fusion can effectively exploit the complementary advantages of different data sources and improve the prediction accuracy of dry gas seal performance. In terms of the comparison of data fusion methods, all four methods achieved good results for the groove-depth problem; however, for the spiral-angle and groove-number problems, which exhibit stronger nonlinear characteristics, clear differences were observed among the methods. Among them, TrAdaBoost showed the best overall performance, followed by MFDNN, then CoKriging, while the uncertainty-weighted method was relatively weaker. In terms of seal performance, the influence of groove depth on seal performance was relatively direct; the spiral angle is recommended to be controlled within 10–14°, and the groove number within 12–16, so as to balance opening force and leakage rate. This study can provide a reference for the rapid performance prediction and parameter optimization of spiral-groove dry gas seals. Full article
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An RL-Guided Hybrid Forecasting Framework for Aircraft Engine RUL and Performance Emission Prediction
by Ukbe Üsame Uçar and Hakan Aygün
Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(9), 4271; https://doi.org/10.3390/app16094271 - 27 Apr 2026
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In this paper, a new hybrid prediction method is proposed for estimating remaining useful life, emissions, and performance parameters using experimental data obtained from a micro-turbojet engine. Experiments were conducted under various rotational speed conditions, yielding a total of 342 measurement points. Turbine [...] Read more.
In this paper, a new hybrid prediction method is proposed for estimating remaining useful life, emissions, and performance parameters using experimental data obtained from a micro-turbojet engine. Experiments were conducted under various rotational speed conditions, yielding a total of 342 measurement points. Turbine speed, exhaust gas temperature, fuel flow rate, and thrust were considered as input variables in the study. Thermal efficiency, total power, CO2, and NO2 were considered as output variables. The experimental findings showed that thermal efficiency varied between 0.49% and 7.1%, total power between 0.266 and 13.94 kW, and CO2 emissions by volume between 0.317% and 2.183%. The proposed RL-MH-LR-CBR approach combines the advantages of multiple methods. In this method, the interpretable formulation of linear regression serves as the foundation. Additionally, in the adaptive meta-heuristic optimization process, a hyper-heuristic selection mechanism based on the UCB1-based multi-arm bandit approach is used to select the optimal algorithm from among the meta-heuristic methods. Finally, the CatBoost-based residual error learning component aims to capture non-linear patterns that cannot be explained by the linear model. The method was compared with 14 different methods on both the NASA C-MAPSS FD001 dataset and real engine data. The results demonstrate that the proposed framework exhibits more balanced, stable, and higher generalization capabilities compared to classical regression models and powerful AI methods, particularly in non-linear, noisy, and heterogeneous outputs. In the real engine dataset, the proposed method produced R2 values of 0.968 for CO2 and 0.936 for NO2, while the predictive performance was even stronger for thermal efficiency and total power, with corresponding R2 values of 0.998 and 0.995, respectively. Additionally, the method demonstrated a clear advantage in hard-to-model outputs by reducing the error level to 0.061 in NO2 predictions. These findings demonstrate that the proposed approach is not limited to micro-turbojet-engines. The developed method provides a robust decision support framework that is applicable, scalable, and generalizable to predictive maintenance, emissions monitoring, energy systems, aviation analytics, and other highly dynamic engineering problems. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
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RoCoF-Based Synthetic Inertia Support Using Supercapacitors for Frequency Stability in Islanded Photovoltaic Microgrids
by Daniela Flores-Rosales and Paul Arévalo-Cordero
Electronics 2026, 15(8), 1626; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics15081626 - 14 Apr 2026
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Islanded photovoltaic microgrids with limited inertial support can undergo steep frequency excursions after sudden generation loss or abrupt load changes. This paper develops and evaluates a synthetic inertia strategy supported by a supercapacitor energy storage unit for fast frequency containment in this type [...] Read more.
Islanded photovoltaic microgrids with limited inertial support can undergo steep frequency excursions after sudden generation loss or abrupt load changes. This paper develops and evaluates a synthetic inertia strategy supported by a supercapacitor energy storage unit for fast frequency containment in this type of system. The proposed approach commands rapid active-power injection or absorption from the measured rate of change of frequency, thereby emulating the immediate inertial contribution usually associated with rotating machines while preserving a simple and physically interpretable control structure. The supercapacitor is represented through a resistance–capacitance model that includes equivalent series resistance and is interfaced through a bidirectional buck–boost power converter subject to practical current, voltage, and power limits. Rather than claiming a fundamentally new storage-support concept, the contribution of this paper lies in providing a transparent and constraint-consistent benchmark that integrates measured operating profiles, explicit supercapacitor limits, hybrid frequency–RoCoF support, and stress-aware comparative assessment under a common set of plant assumptions. The methodology is assessed in time-domain simulations under representative benchmark disturbances, including an approximately ten percent photovoltaic generation loss, a ten percent load increase, and a combined event. Performance is evaluated through the peak rate of change of frequency, frequency nadir, integral error indices, time outside the admissible band, and supercapacitor stress indicators such as current peaks, voltage depletion, and energy throughput. An additional non-ideal assessment is also included to examine the behavior of the RoCoF-based support law under bounded frequency-measurement perturbations and delayed control action. A complementary variability-driven case based on a highly fluctuating measured irradiance window is also used to examine the behavior of the adaptive energy-management mechanism under repeated photovoltaic-power variations. A local small-signal analysis is also included to show that the selected gain region is dynamically plausible in the unsaturated regime. The results show that the proposed adaptive hybrid strategy improves the overall frequency response while maintaining admissible supercapacitor operation, thus providing a stronger methodological basis for rapid frequency support in islanded photovoltaic microgrids. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
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