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11 Citations
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28 December 2020

The problem that two cooperative missiles intercept a maneuvering target while imposing a desired relative geometry is investigated in the paper. Firstly, a three-dimensional (3D) estimation model for cooperative target tracking is proposed and the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,043 Views
13 Pages

5 September 2022

This paper proposes an improved standard particle swarm optimization 2011 for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). A mutation operator with a threshold is introduced to solve the problem of particles falling into the local extreme, and a nonlinear...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,385 Views
21 Pages

The problem of three-dimensional impact time control guidance considering field-of-view constraints and time-varying velocity is investigated in this study. First, considering the effect of gravity and aerodynamic forces on velocity, a simplified num...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,697 Views
18 Pages

17 June 2022

With the deepening of planetary exploration, rapid decision making and descent trajectory planning capabilities are needed to cope with uncertain environmental disturbances and possible faults during planetary landings. In this article, a novel decou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligence Sense, Optimization, and Control in Space Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,072 Views
17 Pages

17 November 2021

Cooperative terminal guidance with impact angle constraint is a key technology to achieve a saturation attack and improve combat effectiveness. The present study envisaged cooperative terminal guidance with impact angle constraint for multiple missil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Autonomous Decision-Making and Cooperative Control Technology of High-Speed Vehicle Swarms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,914 Views
29 Pages

Pseudospectral-Based Rapid Trajectory Planning and Feedforward Linearization Guidance

  • Lingxia Mu,
  • Shaowei Cao,
  • Ban Wang,
  • Youmin Zhang and ,
  • Nan Feng and
  • Xiao Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 August 2024

A trajectory-based guidance strategy is proposed for the three-dimensional terminal return task of an uncrewed space vehicle (USV). The overall guidance scheme consists of reference trajectory planning and robust trajectory tracking modules. The traj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,293 Views
28 Pages

30 July 2025

Drones can improve the efficiency of point-to-point logistics and distribution and reduce labor costs; however, the complex three-dimensional airspace environment poses significant challenges for flight paths. To address this demand, this paper propo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
789 Views
21 Pages

Optimization Design of Blade Profile Parameters of Low-Speed and High-Torque Turbodrill Based on GA-LSSVM-MOPSO-TOPSIS Method

  • Yulin Gao,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Guosong Chen,
  • Jia Yan and ,
  • Lingrong Kong and
  • Yuzuo Lu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 November 2025

The exploration and development of deep marine resources are faced with the problems of poor drill ability and serious wellbore instability in high temperature and high-pressure formations. The bottom hole dynamic drilling tool with low vibration cha...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
475 Views
60 Pages

This paper proposes a Multi-Strategy Improved Connected Banking System Optimizer, named MICBSO, for numerical optimization and three-dimensional UAV path planning. MICBSO enhances the original CBSO through three coordinated strategies. First, a chaos...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,029 Views
14 Pages

5 December 2023

The productivity ratio is a vital metric for assessing the efficiency of perforated completions. Accurate and rapid prediction of this ratio is essential for optimizing the perforation design. In this study, we propose a novel approach that combines...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,550 Views
19 Pages

RNP AR is an operational procedure that uses the aircraft’s airborne navigation equipment and global positioning system to guide the aircraft to take off and land, and it is an effective means to ensure the flight safety of civil aircraft at hi...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,972 Views
17 Pages

11 February 2023

This study applies deep-reinforcement-learning algorithms to integrated guidance and control for three-dimensional, high-maneuverability missile-target interception. Dynamic environment, reward functions concerning multi-factors, agents based on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,502 Views
12 Pages

Three-Dimensional Structure Measurement for Potted Plant Based on Millimeter-Wave Radar

  • Zhihong Zhang,
  • Chaowei Huang,
  • Xing Xu,
  • Lizhe Ma and ,
  • Zhou Yang and
  • Jieli Duan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 November 2023

Potted plant canopy extraction requires a fast, accurate, stable, and affordable detection system for precise pesticide application. In this study, we propose a new method for extracting three-dimensional canopy information of potted plants using mil...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,290 Views
24 Pages

Measurement Compensation for Time-Delay Seeker and Three-Dimensional Adaptive Guidance Law Design

  • Yukuan Liu,
  • Guanglin He,
  • Zenghui Qiao,
  • Zhaoxuan Guo and
  • Zehu Wang

9 June 2021

The time delay of seekers has grown to be a serious issue for tactical missile guidance with the development of flight vehicle technologies. To address the problem, a measurement compensation system for the seeker, with lags and delays based on predi...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,363 Views
21 Pages

2 April 2024

This paper addresses the guidance of various flight vehicles under multiple constraints in three-dimensional space. A cooperative guidance strategy that satisfies both time and angle constraints is designed to reach a moving target. The strategy is o...

(This article belongs to the Topic Target Tracking, Guidance, and Navigation for Autonomous Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,382 Views
23 Pages

20 September 2025

With the iterative evolution of SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) technology in the robotics domain, the SLAM paradigm based on three-dimensional Gaussian distribution models has emerged as the current state-of-the-art technical approach....

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,671 Views
19 Pages

Robust Guidance Policies Through Deep Reinforcement Learning

  • Seongyeon Kim,
  • Jongho Shin and
  • Hyeong-Geun Kim

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) guidance systems must operate reliably under significant uncertainties, such as sensor noise, target maneuvers, and environmental disturbances. Traditional guidance methods like proportional navigation (PN), while comput...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,883 Views
23 Pages

To address the challenges of slow convergence speed, poor convergence precision, and getting stuck in local optima for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) three-dimensional path planning, this paper proposes a path planning method based on an Improved Huma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
299 Views
44 Pages

14 September 2026

This article proposes an improved Moss Growth Optimization (IMGO) algorithm to address the drawbacks of imbalanced exploration and exploitation and susceptibility to local optima in the original MGO. IMGO integrates three-dimensional guidance, elite...

(This article belongs to the Section Biological Optimisation and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
371 Views
26 Pages

8 September 2026

In complex three-dimensional airspace, UAV trajectory planning is subject to stringent real-time constraints and must rapidly generate collision-free, near-optimal and curvature-continuous feasible flight paths within a limited computational window....

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,575 Views
13 Pages

25 August 2022

The depth completion task aims to generate a dense depth map from a sparse depth map and the corresponding RGB image. As a data preprocessing task, obtaining denser depth maps without affecting the real-time performance of downstream tasks is the cha...

(This article belongs to the Topic Artificial Intelligence in Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,171 Views
14 Pages

Rough Surfaces Simulation and Its Contact Characteristic Parameters Based on Ubiquitiform Theory

  • Yan Feng,
  • Peng Yang,
  • Yixiong Feng,
  • Zhouming Hang and ,
  • Laihua Tao and
  • Peifeng Sun
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 April 2025

Ubiquitiform is a new theory of finite-order self-similar physical structure and it is more reasonable to describe real engineering surfaces by ubiquitiform rather than fractal. In this paper, by introducing the frequency truncation criterion, a new...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,472 Views
22 Pages

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Guidance Law for Intercepting Low–Slow–Small UAVs

  • Peisen Zhu,
  • Wanying Xu,
  • Yongbin Zheng,
  • Peng Sun and
  • Zeyu Li

30 October 2025

Low, small, and slow (LSS) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pose great challenges for conventional guidance methods. However, existing deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based interception guidance law has mostly focused on simplified two-dimensional p...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
344 Views
27 Pages

7 October 2026

Diamond-reinforced sintered silver composites are considered promising thermal interface materials (TIMs) for power electronic packaging due to their combination of high thermal conductivity and mechanical reliability. This paper proposes and validat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Electronic Materials: Processing, Modeling, Failure Mechanisms, and Reliability)
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  • Open Access
176 Views
41 Pages

22 October 2026

Low-altitude incursions by multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) threaten maritime critical infrastructure because defenders face numerous intruders, short engagement windows and target speed advantage, and short engagement windows. Conventional d...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Autonomous Vehicles, Automation, and Robotics)
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  • Open Access
176 Views
45 Pages

29 October 2026

This paper addresses the limitations of the Advanced Social Memory Optimization (ASMO) algorithm in solving high-dimensional complex optimization problems, such as premature convergence, insufficient population diversity, and limited local search cap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Swarm Intelligence and Optimization: Algorithms and Applications)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,393 Views
16 Pages

14 December 2023

After hydraulic fracturing, the geometric characteristics of rock morphology is a crucial means for evaluating the effectiveness of fracture stimulation in enhancing production. In order to quantitatively analyze the surface undulations of marine and...

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  • Open Access
598 Views
38 Pages

20 August 2026

Unauthorized low-altitude UAVs can challenge conventional fixed-parameter interception algorithms through agile maneuvers. This study develops a three-dimensional one-on-one terminal-interception simulation environment that incorporates protected-zon...

(This article belongs to the Topic Civil and Public Domain Applications of Unmanned Aviation 2025)
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  • Open Access
487 Views
17 Pages

Prediction of Annular Pressure Under Wellhead Uplift Load in Deepwater Subsea Wells

  • Shen Guan,
  • Zhiqiang Hu,
  • Gengchen Li,
  • Xuyue Chen and ,
  • Minghe Zhang and
  • Yamei Hao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 May 2026

To address the large deviation in annular trapped pressure prediction during testing and production stages of deepwater high-temperature and high-pressure wells, conventional models neglect the elastic uplift effect of the wellhead. This study overco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmentally Friendly Production of Energy from Natural Gas Hydrates, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,127 Views
18 Pages

Path Planning for Dragon-Fruit-Harvesting Robotic Arm Based on XN-RRT* Algorithm

  • Chenzhe Fang,
  • Jinpeng Wang,
  • Fei Yuan,
  • Sunan Chen and
  • Hongping Zhou

27 April 2025

This paper proposes an enhanced RRT* algorithm (XN-RRT*) to address the challenges of low path planning efficiency and suboptimal picking success rates in complex pitaya harvesting environments. The algorithm generates sampling points based on normal...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
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  • Open Access
386 Views
66 Pages

23 June 2026

Complex optimization problems are widely encountered in engineering design, intelligent manufacturing, communication systems, and wireless sensor network deployment. However, the original Enterprise Development Optimization Algorithm (EDOA) still suf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Optimization Algorithms and Applications)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,705 Views
19 Pages

12 April 2024

In Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images, accurate tooth segmentation is crucial for oral health, providing essential guidance for dental procedures such as implant placement and difficult tooth extractions (impactions). However, due to the lac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Multidisciplinary Sciences: Latest Advances and Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,301 Views
24 Pages

This paper proposes a three-dimensional (3D) deep reinforcement learning-based integrated guidance and control (DRLIGC) method, which is restricted by the narrow field-of-view (FOV) constraint of the strap-down seeker. By leveraging the data-driven n...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,712 Views
14 Pages

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Navigation Systems in Endoscopic Ultrasound Procedures: A Comprehensive Review

  • Eyad Gadour,
  • Bogdan Miutescu,
  • Bodour Raheem,
  • Abed Al-Lehibi and ,
  • Abdulrahman Alfadda,
  • Ana Maria Ghiuchici and
  • Antonio Facciorusso
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of ultrasound (US) images represents a novel advancement that has been extensively explored over the past three decades. This technique enables endoscopists to perform more detailed and enhanced visualizations of...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,661 Views
19 Pages

17 February 2022

Accurate, rapid and effective analysis of rock drillability is very important for mining, civil and petroleum engineering. In this study, a method of rock drillability evaluation based on drilling process monitoring (DPM) parameters is proposed by us...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical, Numerical and Big-Data-Based Methods in Deep Rock Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,211 Views
28 Pages

28 July 2011

This paper focuses on the design of an integrated navigation and guidance system for unmanned helicopters. The integrated navigation system comprises two systems: the Flight Path Planning System (FPPS) and the Flight Control System (FCS). The FPPS fi...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,791 Views
29 Pages

14 September 2022

This paper proposes a novel three-dimensional trajectory tracking control methodology for a heterogeneous X-rudder autonomous underwater vehicle (XAUV) that can achieve finite-time convergence, complex actuator dynamics handling, and energy-efficient...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Studies in the Autonomy and Control of Marine Vehicle Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
648 Views
27 Pages

19 May 2026

UAV path planning in complex three-dimensional obstacle environments requires a balance between search efficiency and flight feasibility. However, existing RRT*-based methods often fail to satisfy this requirement, as their random sampling lacks dire...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,738 Views
23 Pages

Smooth 3D Path Planning by Means of Multiobjective Optimization for Fixed-Wing UAVs

  • Franklin Samaniego,
  • Javier Sanchis,
  • Sergio Garcia-Nieto and
  • Raul Simarro

Demand for 3D planning and guidance algorithms is increasing due, in part, to the increase in unmanned vehicle-based applications. Traditionally, two-dimensional (2D) trajectory planning algorithms address the problem by using the approach of maintai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autonomous Navigation Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
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  • Open Access
935 Views
15 Pages

Background/Objectives: Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation is used to guide bronchoscopes toward peripheral pulmonary lesions, but broad clinical and research adoption remains limited by the cost of proprietary software and by segmentation failures in s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Medical Image Analysis in CT Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
355 Views
20 Pages

Kinematic-Constraint-Frontloaded RRT* with Layered Guidance for 3D Underwater Path Planning

  • Junwen Yao,
  • Wenxing Sun,
  • Xionggang Li,
  • Yun Chen and ,
  • Pengyue Wang,
  • Yongfei Ma and
  • Yupeng Zou
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Traditional RRT* methods can produce geometrically reachable but kinematically difficult-to-track paths when vehicle maneuverability constraints are not enforced during tree construction. To address this limitation, a kinematic-constraint-frontloaded...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electronics for Underwater Vehicle Autonomy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,361 Views
18 Pages

26 January 2025

This paper investigates the critical filling height of embankments over soft soil using three-dimensional (3D) upper-bound limit analysis based on a rotational log-spiral failure mechanism. Soft soils are characterized by low shear strength and high...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Underground Space Design: Structural Stability and Mechanics Analysis)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,837 Views
25 Pages

16 January 2026

This study presents an optimal design combined with comprehensive multiphysics validation to enhance the torque density of a coaxial magnetic gear (CMG) incorporating an overhang structure. Four high non-integer gear-ratio CMG configurations exceedin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies on the Control Method of Electromagnetic Actuator—Second Edition)
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  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,240 Views
17 Pages

Combined Pharmacophore Modeling, 3D-QSAR, Homology Modeling and Docking Studies on CYP11B1 Inhibitors

  • Rui Yu,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Yong Lin and ,
  • Yong Hu,
  • Yuanqiang Wang,
  • Mao Shu and
  • Zhihua Lin
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

9 January 2015

The mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzymes inhibitor steroid 11β-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) can decrease the production of cortisol. Therefore, these inhibitors have an effect in the treatment of Cushing’s syndrome. A pharmacophore model generated by Genet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue In-Silico Drug Design and In-Silico Screening)
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  • Open Access
318 Views
20 Pages

27 September 2026

Three-dimensional coverage deployment is a fundamental challenge for underwater mobile sensor networks (UMSNs), where the coupled requirements of high coverage, guaranteed connectivity, and low energy consumption must be simultaneously satisfied unde...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,528 Views
38 Pages

To address the insufficient exploration ability, susceptibility to local optima, and limited convergence accuracy of the standard Student Psychology-Based Optimization (SPBO) algorithm in three-dimensional UAV trajectory planning, we propose an enhan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploration of Bio-Inspired Computing: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,520 Views
26 Pages

Study on the Damage Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites: Experiment, Theory, and Numerical Implementation

  • Tingting Ding,
  • Zhuo Wang,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Xinlong Wang and ,
  • Tingxin Sun and
  • Shengyou Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 December 2024

The ever-increasing material performance requirements in modern engineering structures have thrust engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) into the limelight of civil engineering research. The exceptional tensile, bending, and crack-control abiliti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
945 Views
15 Pages

18 July 2025

The digital economy presents multiple challenges to the promotion of green technologies, including behavioral uncertainty among firms, heterogeneous technological choices, and disparities in policy incentive strength. This study develops a tripartite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Analysis and Decision-Making in Complex Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,648 Views
32 Pages

12 October 2025

Research on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning technology in urban operation scenarios faces the challenge of multi-objective collaborative optimization. Currently, mainstream path planning algorithms, including the multi-objective particle...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,913 Views
27 Pages

26 September 2024

This paper proposes an improved multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm called the equal-reward and action-enhanced multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient (EA-MADDPG) algorithm to solve the guidance problem of multiple missil...

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