Analysis and Reduction of Solar Stray Light in the Nighttime Imaging Camera of Luojia-1 Satellite by Xing Zhong, Zhiqiang Su, Guo Zhang, Zhigang Chen, Yao Meng, Deren Li, Yong Liu

“…To solve this problem, an analysis of the range of solar incident angles was conducted firstly. Based on the result, a special-shaped baffle was designed to avoid direct sunlight incidence. …”
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Optimal economic dispatching strategy for power systems considering distributed controllable load clusters by Chunmei Zhang, Jiang Jiang, Chunyuan Cai, Hengyou Yu, Duotong Yang, Zhuohuan Li

“…This paper focuses on voltage sensitive loads (VSLs) that are widely distributed in space, thus exploring the real-time dispatching potential for VSLs. Firstly, based on the P-V relationship of VSLs clusters, a ZIP model is adopted to establish VSLs’ power controllable model. …”
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LPI‐based cooperative tactic for satellite communication uplink signal accompanied by directed and power limited jamming by Fei Wang, Xiaoyan Huang, Yiyuan Chen, Chenguang Shi, Jun Chen

“…Abstract To protect the satellite communication uplink signal (SCUS) from being intercepted by an eavesdropper, this study proposes several tactics to ensure SCUS being in the low probability of intercept (LPI) state. First, based on the satellite link equation, an optimisation model for LPI SCUS is established with coding and synchronisation of symbol and carrier frequency. …”
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Systematic Error Correction for Geo-Location of Airborne Optoelectronic Platforms by Hui Sun, Hongguang Jia, Lina Wang, Fang Xu, Jinghong Liu

“…In order to improve the geo-location accuracy of the airborne optoelectronic platform and eliminate the influence of assembly systematic error on the accuracy, a systematic geo-location error correction method is proposed. First, based on the kinematic characteristics of the airborne optoelectronic platform, the geo-location model was established. …”
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Weak Fault Feature Extraction for Rolling Element Bearing Based on a Two-Stage Method by LianHui Jia, LiJie Jiang, YongLiang Wen, Hongchao Wang

“…To solve the above difficulty, a two-stage feature extraction method for early weak fault of REB is proposed, which mainly combines feature mode decomposition (FMD) with a blind deconvolution (BD) method. Firstly, based on the impulsiveness and cyclostationary characteristics of the vibration signal of faulty REB, FMD is used to decompose the complex original vibration signal into several modes containing single component. …”
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Understanding the Inequality of Web Traffic and Engagement in Online Healthcare Communities by Yuan-Teng Hsu, Ran Duan, Ya-Ling Chiu, Ya-Ling Chiu, Jying-Nan Wang, Jying-Nan Wang

“…This study explores this issue of inequality and makes three main innovations. First, based on data on web traffic and engagement extracted from 139,037 doctors' web pages in one popular OHC, we point out how serious the inequality phenomenon is. …”
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An Improved RandLa-Net Algorithm Incorporated with NDT for Automatic Classification and Extraction of Raw Point Cloud Data by Zhongli Ma, Jiadi Li, Jiajia Liu, Yuehan Zeng, Yi Wan, Jinyu Zhang

“…In order to better obtain the target points of interest, this paper proposes an improved RandLa-Net algorithm incorporated with NDT registration, which can be used to automatically classify and extract large-scale raw point clouds. First, based on the NDT registration algorithm, the frame-by-frame raw point cloud data were converted into a point cloud global map; then, the RandLa-Net network combined random sampling with a local feature sampler is used to classify discrete points in the point cloud map point by point. …”
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A coherent framework for understanding critical success factors of ICT project environment by Subiyakto, A'ang, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…The four consideration points in this framework development are: first, based on a comprehensive success definition as guidance for measuring the critical connection between the success criteria level and the CSFs level; second, integrating coherently four project dimensions for encouraging the high content validity; third, presenting the alternating critical connection between the project success definition and the CSFs determination; lastly, adopting the project stakeholder perceptions from multiple levels of an ICT project organization’s environment. …”
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Scheduling Algorithms for a Hybrid Flow Shop under Uncertainty by Christin Schumacher, Peter Buchholz

“…The objective is to minimize the makespan. First, based on the available data of past orders, jobs that are prone to fluctuations just before or during the production phase are identified by clustering algorithms, and production volumes are adjusted accordingly. …”
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PASANG SURUT HUBUNGAN ISLAM-BARAT by Salman Hamdani

“…The findings of this research are: first, based on historical fact, there is strong theological bond between Islam and the West, i.e. there are common ground and similarities between Islam and the West who inherited the Jewish and Christian traditions. …”
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The tax dimension of corporate social responsibility, including recognising CSR expenses in income tax settlements by Mariusz Karwowski

“…Purpose: The article presents the scope of disclosed information relating to tax issues in non-financial reports, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenses and how they are recognised when settling corporate income tax.Methodology/approach: Firstly, based on a study of the literature and legal regulations, the tax issues under CSR are addressed, CSR expenses are characterised, and how they are recognised in corporate income tax settlement is discussed. …”
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An Adaptive Control Methodology for Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Under Model and Environmental Uncertainties by Hancheol Cho

“…Two different control laws are separately developed and combined. First, based on a nominal attitude dynamic model assuming no uncertainty, the first controller is developed that exactly tracks a prespecified attitude reference trajectory with minimized control cost. …”
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The effect of non-linear signal in classification problems using gene expression. by Benjamin J Heil, Jake Crawford, Casey S Greene

“…Those building predictive models from transcriptomic data are faced with two conflicting perspectives. The first, based on the inherent high dimensionality of biological systems, supposes that complex non-linear models such as neural networks will better match complex biological systems. …”
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Dark Channel Constraint and Alternated Direction Multiplier Optimization of Turbulence Degraded Image Blind Restoration

“…In order to improve the effect of turbulence degraded image restoration, aiming at the problem that the fuzzy solution is easy to be obtained by using the prior information constraint of gradient distribution under the framework of maximum a posteriori probability of blind restoration algorithm, this paper proposes a dark channel constraint and alternated direction multiplier optimization of turbulence degraded image blind restoration method.First, based on the idea of multi-scale, a dark channel prior constraint is imposed on the image and non-negative constraints and energy constraints are imposed on the point spread function at each level.Then, the kernel and image of the current scale are estimated by alternating iterations of coordinate descent method. …”
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Modeling and Control of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter for Low-Frequency AC Transmission by Zheren Zhang, Yanqiu Jin, Zheng Xu

“…In this paper, the M3C control strategy with the reduced switching frequency SM voltage balancing method is proposed. First, based on the conventional αβ0 and dq transformations, the M3C mathematical model is derived. …”
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Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning of Space Redundant Manipulator Based on a Collision Detection Algorithm

“…This paper focuses on the path planning of free-floating space redundant manipulator in an environment with obstacles. Firstly, based on the idea of spherical bounding volume and spatial superposition, the spatial occupying relationship between obstacles and manipulators is described in a simpler way. …”
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A probabilistic approach to lifetime design of offshore platforms by Mehdi Hajinezhadian, Behrouz Behnam

“…A fixed offshore platform is designed first based on the current design regulations and for a 100-year return period. …”
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An Agent-Based Transmission Model of Major Infectious Diseases Considering Places: Forecast and Control by Jingwen Zhang, Lili Rong, Yufan Gong

“…The impact of real-world prevention and control measures on regional epidemic transmission is studied based on this model. Firstly, based on the analysis of place elements in typical cases of major infectious diseases, we give the classification of places. …”
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Rayleigh-Gauss-Newton optimization with enhanced sampling for variational Monte Carlo by Robert J. Webber, Michael Lindsey

“…In this work, we analyze optimization and sampling methods used in VMC and introduce alterations to improve their performance. First, based on theoretical convergence analysis in a noiseless setting, we motivate a new optimizer that we call the Rayleigh-Gauss-Newton method, which can improve upon gradient descent and natural gradient descent to achieve superlinear convergence at no more than twice the computational cost. …”
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Graphlet correlation distance to compare small graphs. by Jérôme Roux, Nicolas Bez, Paul Rochet, Rocío Joo, Stéphanie Mahévas

“…This paper deals with small graphs (with potentially high densities of connections) that have been somewhat neglected in the literature but that concern important fora like sociology, ecology and fisheries, to mention some examples. First, based on numerical experiments, we study the conditions under which Erdős-Rényi, Fitness Scale-Free, Watts-Strogatz small-world and geometric graphs can be distinguished by a specific GCD measure based on 11 orbits, the GCD11. …”
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