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7 Citations
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An Atmospheric Visibility Grading Method Based on Ensemble Learning and Stochastic Weight Average

  • Xiuguo Zou,
  • Jiahong Wu,
  • Zhibin Cao,
  • Yan Qian,
  • Shixiu Zhang,
  • Lu Han,
  • Shangkun Liu,
  • Jie Zhang and
  • Yuanyuan Song

In order to adequately characterize the visual characteristics of atmospheric visibility and overcome the disadvantages of the traditional atmospheric visibility measurement method with significant dependence on preset reference objects, high cost, a...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,221 Views
22 Pages

30 June 2022

Mathematical modelling of epidemiological and coevolutionary dynamics is widely being used to improve disease management strategies of infectious diseases. Many diseases present some form of intra-host quiescent stage, also known as covert infection,...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,639 Views
21 Pages

14 May 2024

This article investigates the optimal tracking control problem for data-based stochastic discrete-time linear systems. An average off-policy Q-learning algorithm is proposed to solve the optimal control problem with random disturbances. Compared with...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,743 Views
17 Pages

Stochastic Weight Averaging Revisited

  • Hao Guo,
  • Jiyong Jin and
  • Bin Liu

24 February 2023

Averaging neural network weights sampled by a backbone stochastic gradient descent (SGD) is a simple-yet-effective approach to assist the backbone SGD in finding better optima, in terms of generalization. From a statistical perspective, weight-averag...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,071 Views
9 Pages

A Note on Averaging Principles for Fractional Stochastic Differential Equations

  • Jiankang Liu,
  • Haodian Zhang,
  • Jinbin Wang,
  • Chen Jin,
  • Jing Li and
  • Wei Xu

Over the past few years, many scholars began to study averaging principles for fractional stochastic differential equations since they can provide an approximate analytical method to reduce such systems. However, in the most previous studies, there i...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,047 Views
15 Pages

This article focuses on deriving the averaging principle for Hilfer fractional stochastic evolution equations (HFSEEs) driven by Lévy noise. We show that the solutions of the averaged equations converge to the corresponding solutions of the or...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,529 Views
10 Pages

4 March 2019

A method of directly computing the average behavior of stochastic populations is established, which obviates the time-consuming process of generating detailed sample paths. The method relies on suitably discretized time intervals in which nonlinearit...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,446 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, the averaging principle for Caputo type fractional stochastic differential equations with Lévy noise is investigated with consideration of a new method for dealing with singular integrals. Firstly, the estimate on higher moments...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,439 Views
14 Pages

13 September 2021

In the present paper, the statistical responses of two-special prey–predator type ecosystem models excited by combined Gaussian and Poisson white noise are investigated by generalizing the stochastic averaging method. First, we unify the deterministi...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,974 Views
22 Pages

This paper discusses Bayesian model averaging (BMA) in Stochastic Frontier Analysis and investigates inference sensitivity to prior assumptions made about the scale parameter of (in)efficiency. We turn our attention to the “standard” prio...

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,210 Views
13 Pages

In contrast to previous research on periodic averaging principles for various types of impulsive stochastic differential equations (ISDEs), we establish an averaging principle without periodic assumptions of coefficients and impulses for impulsive st...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,121 Views
11 Pages

In this paper, we study a class of time-fractal-fractional stochastic differential equations with the fractal–fractional differential operator of Atangana under the meaning of Caputo and with a kernel of the power law type. We first establish t...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,918 Views
15 Pages

1 July 2023

In this paper, we study the averaging principle for ψ-Capuo fractional stochastic delay differential equations (FSDDEs) with Poisson jumps. Based on fractional calculus, Burkholder-Davis-Gundy’s inequality, Doob’s martingale inequalit...

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652 Views
13 Pages

This paper investigates non-instantaneous impulsive Hilfer fractional stochastic evolution equations. To obtain a more accurate convergence rate, an equivalent form of the above equation is derived by the time-scale separation method. Then, we prove...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,883 Views
18 Pages

20 January 2024

In this paper, we obtain the existence and uniqueness theorem for solutions of Caputo-type fractional stochastic delay differential systems(FSDDSs) with Poisson jumps by utilizing the delayed perturbation of the Mittag–Leffler function. Moreove...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,921 Views
13 Pages

26 March 2020

The objective of this paper was to construct a numerical stochastic model of the spatial field of the average daily wind chill index on an irregular grid defined by the location of the weather stations. It is shown in the paper that the field in ques...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,680 Views
21 Pages

30 March 2024

In this research work, we use the concepts of contraction mapping to establish the existence and uniqueness results and also study the averaging principle in Lp space by using Jensen’s, Grönwall–Bellman’s, Hölder’s,...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,814 Views
18 Pages

11 November 2019

In this paper, we consider the discrete-time constrained average stochastic games with independent state processes. The state space of each player is denumerable and one-stage cost functions can be unbounded. In these game models, each player chooses...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,657 Views
18 Pages

1 October 2018

This paper proposes a fault identification method based on an improved stochastic subspace modal identification algorithm to achieve high-performance fault identification of dump truck suspension. The sensitivity of modal parameters to suspension fau...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,905 Views
13 Pages

Deep Neural Network Confidence Calibration from Stochastic Weight Averaging

  • Zongjing Cao,
  • Yan Li,
  • Dong-Ho Kim and
  • Byeong-Seok Shin

Overconfidence in deep neural networks (DNN) reduces the model’s generalization performance and increases its risk. The deep ensemble method improves model robustness and generalization of the model by combining prediction results from multiple...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,172 Views
11 Pages

7 July 2022

In this paper, we propose a stochastic phytoplankton–zooplankton model driven by correlated colored noises, which contains both anthropogenic and natural toxins. Using Khasminskii transformation and the stochastic averaging method, we first tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,942 Views
18 Pages

Monthly Runoff Prediction Based on Stochastic Weighted Averaging-Improved Stacking Ensemble Model

  • Kaixiang Fu,
  • Xutong Sun,
  • Kai Chen,
  • Li Mo,
  • Wenjing Xiao and
  • Shuangquan Liu
Water2024, 16(24), 3580;https://doi.org/10.3390/w16243580 
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12 December 2024

The accuracy of monthly runoff predictions is crucial for decision-making and efficiency in various areas, such as water resources management, flood control and disaster mitigation, hydraulic engineering scheduling, and agricultural irrigation. There...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,007 Views
24 Pages

This paper improves the existing literature on the shrinkage of high dimensional model and parameter spaces through Bayesian priors and Markov Chains algorithms. A hierarchical semiparametric Bayes approach is developed to overtake limits and misspec...

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  • Open Access
2,282 Views
14 Pages

Determinants of Stochastic Distance-to-Default

  • Tarek Eldomiaty,
  • Islam Azzam,
  • Hoda El Kolaly,
  • Ahmed Dabour,
  • Marwa Anwar and
  • Rehab Elshahawy

Efficient management of bankruptcy risk requires treating distant-to-default (DD) stochastically as long as historical stock prices move randomly and, thus, do not guarantee that history may repeat itself. Using long-term data that date back to 1952&...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
2,553 Views
14 Pages

16 January 2023

One-stage stochastic linear complementarity problem (SLCP) is a special case of a multi-stage stochastic linear complementarity problem, which has important applications in economic engineering and operations management. In this paper, we establish a...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,677 Views
14 Pages

This work aims to address the P-bifurcation of a stochastic nonlinear system with fractional damping driven by Gaussian white noise. Based on a stochastic averaging method, a fractional damping stochastic nonlinear equation has been studied. Furtherm...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,702 Views
15 Pages

20 February 2021

This paper is concerned with stability analysis of discrete-time stochastic delay systems with impulses. By using the sums average value of the time-varying coefficients and the average impulsive interval, two sufficient criteria for exponential stab...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,535 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2021

This study focuses on the decisions of picking, inventory, ripening, delivering, and selling mangoes in a harvesting season. Demand, supply, and prices are uncertain, and their probability density functions are fitted based on actual trading data col...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,761 Views
49 Pages

24 June 2010

A detailed analysis of deterministic (one-to-one) and stochastic (one-to-many) dynamics establishes that dS/dt > 0 is only consistent with the latter, which contains violation of temporal symmetry and homogeneity. We observe that the former only supp...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,610 Views
20 Pages

Image Hiding in Stochastic Geometric Moiré Gratings

  • Loreta Saunoriene,
  • Marius Saunoris and
  • Minvydas Ragulskis

7 April 2023

An image hiding scheme based on stochastic moiré gratings is proposed, discussed, and illustrated in this paper. The proposed scheme is based on a counter-intuitive optical feature of specially designed stochastic moiré gratings when si...

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  • Open Access
1,404 Views
19 Pages

2 August 2023

In this paper, we consider stochastic mixed vector variational inequality problems. Firstly, we present an equivalent form for the stochastic mixed vector variational inequality problems. Secondly, we present a deterministic bi-criteria model for giv...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,512 Views
11 Pages

Stochastic Stability Analysis of the Power System with Losses

  • Hongyu Li,
  • Ping Ju,
  • Chun Gan,
  • Feng Wu,
  • Yichen Zhou and
  • Zhe Dong

17 March 2018

Renewable energy and electric vehicles have become involved in power systems, which has attracted researchers to stochastic continuous disturbances (SDEs). This paper addresses stochastic analysis issues for the stability of a power system with losse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,610 Views
15 Pages

23 February 2018

We investigate the stochastic dynamics of a prey-predator type ecosystem with time delay and the discrete random environmental fluctuations. In this model, the delay effect is represented by a time delay parameter and the effect of the environmental...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,954 Views
20 Pages

24 May 2024

Inequalities serve as fundamental tools for analyzing various important concepts in stochastic differential problems. In this study, we present results on the existence, uniqueness, and averaging principle for fractional neutral stochastic differenti...

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  • Open Access
384 Views
31 Pages

11 December 2025

This paper introduces a novel stochastic multi-objective optimization framework for the integration of gravity energy storage (GES) with renewable resources—photovoltaic (PV) and wind turbine (WT)—in distribution networks incorporating de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
22,796 Views
19 Pages

Comparison of Financial Models for Stock Price Prediction

  • Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and
  • Nguyet Nguyen

Time series analysis of daily stock data and building predictive models are complicated. This paper presents a comparative study for stock price prediction using three different methods, namely autoregressive integrated moving average, artificial neu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,928 Views
17 Pages

4 November 2022

This paper focuses on the problem of the pth moment and almost sure exponential stability of impulsive neutral stochastic functional differential equations (INSFDEs). Based on the Lyapunov function and average dwell time (ADT), two sufficient criteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,190 Views
24 Pages

Moving Average Market Timing in European Energy Markets: Production Versus Emissions

  • Chia-Lin Chang,
  • Jukka Ilomäki,
  • Hannu Laurila and
  • Michael McAleer

25 November 2018

This paper searches for stochastic trends and returns predictability in key energy asset markets in Europe over the last decade. The financial assets include Intercontinental Exchange Futures Europe (ICE-ECX) carbon emission allowances (the main driv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,310 Views
23 Pages

Nonlinear Consensus Protocol Modified from Doubly Stochastic Quadratic Operators in Networks of Dynamic Agents

  • Rawad Abdulghafor,
  • Sultan Almotairi,
  • Hamad Almohamedh,
  • Sherzod Turaev and
  • Badr Almutairi

15 December 2019

This article explores nonlinear convergence to limit the effects of the consensus problem that usually occurs in multi-agent systems. Most of the existing research essentially considers the outline of linear protocols, using complex mathematical equa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,182 Views
14 Pages

12 July 2017

Time delay of economic policy and memory property in a real economy system is omnipresent and inevitable. In this paper, a business cycle model with fractional-order time delay which describes the delay and memory property of economic control is inve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,224 Views
23 Pages

A Cautionary Note on the Reproduction of Dependencies through Linear Stochastic Models with Non-Gaussian White Noise

  • Ioannis Tsoukalas,
  • Simon Michael Papalexiou,
  • Andreas Efstratiadis and
  • Christos Makropoulos

12 June 2018

Since the prime days of stochastic hydrology back in 1960s, autoregressive (AR) and moving average (MA) models (as well as their extensions) have been widely used to simulate hydrometeorological processes. Initially, AR(1) or Markovian models with Ga...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
307 Views
33 Pages

24 December 2025

This paper presents a two-stage stochastic programming model for the joint optimization of fleet deployment and sailing speed in liner shipping under fuel price volatility and carbon tax uncertainty. The integrated framework addresses strategic fleet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,252 Views
26 Pages

Averaged Systems of Stochastic Differential Equations with Lévy Noise and Fractional Brownian Motion

  • Tayeb Blouhi,
  • Hussien Albala,
  • Fatima Zohra Ladrani,
  • Amin Benaissa Cherif,
  • Abdelkader Moumen,
  • Khaled Zennir and
  • Keltoum Bouhali

In some problems, partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations. In special cases, when incorporating randomness, equations can be reduced to systems of stochastic differential Equations (SDEs). Stochastic averaging fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
2,358 Views
9 Pages

On Averaging Principle for Caputo–Hadamard Fractional Stochastic Differential Pantograph Equation

  • Mounia Mouy,
  • Hamid Boulares,
  • Saleh Alshammari,
  • Mohammad Alshammari,
  • Yamina Laskri and
  • Wael W. Mohammed

In this paper, we studied an averaging principle for Caputo–Hadamard fractional stochastic differential pantograph equation (FSDPEs) driven by Brownian motion. In light of some suggestions, the solutions to FSDPEs can be approximated by solutio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,844 Views
23 Pages

24 October 2024

Despite the availability of electronic navigators and automated vehicles, static wayfinding instructions remain widely used due to their resistance to signal disturbances, as well as their economic and environmental advantages over electronic signs....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,128 Views
16 Pages

13 October 2022

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based relaying has been considered to offer an excellent performance due to its flexible mobility, on-demand deployment, and cost effectiveness compared to conventional ground-relaying methods. This paper studies the sec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
12,410 Views
19 Pages

Mechanical-Thermal Noise in Drive-Mode of a Silicon Micro-Gyroscope

  • Bo Yang,
  • Shourong Wang,
  • Hongsheng Li and
  • Bailing Zhou

7 May 2009

A new closed-loop drive scheme which decouples the phase and the gain of the closed-loop driving system was designed in a Silicon Micro-Gyroscope (SMG). We deduce the system model of closed-loop driving and use stochastic averaging to obtain an appro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,874 Views
20 Pages

Stochastic Transcription with Alterable Synthesis Rates

  • Chunjuan Zhu,
  • Zibo Chen and
  • Qiwen Sun

23 June 2022

Background: Gene transcription is a random bursting process that leads to large variability in mRNA numbers in single cells. The main cause is largely attributed to random switching between periods of active and inactive gene transcription. In some e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
420 Views
25 Pages

27 November 2025

The global cruise industry has demonstrated remarkable growth, with modern ships functioning as large-scale floating resorts. Effective food provisioning is a critical operational function that directly impacts both cost efficiency and passenger sati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,654 Views
21 Pages

22 August 2018

In this paper, we describe the results of simulating the bidirectional reflectance in three-dimensional (3D) cloud fields. For the calculations of reflectance, we use original statistical algorithms that ensure the effects of atmospheric sphericity a...

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