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An adaptive large neighborhood search for the multi-point dynamic aggregation problem
The multi-point dynamic aggregation (MPDA) problem is a challenging real-world problem. In the MPDA problem, the demands of tasks keep changing with their inherent incremental rates, while a heterogeneous robo...
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Towards automatically generating meal plan based on genetic algorithm
With the rising of the concept of balanced diet, more and more people pay attention to the healthy meal plans. However, a meal plan is usually difficult to meet people’s taste preferences and health standards ...
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Occlusion-robust workflow recognition with context-aware compositional ConvNet
Workflow recognition relying on deep convolutional neural network has obtained promising performance. Though impressive results have been achieved on standard industrial workflow, the performance on heavily oc...
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Editorial: special issue on frontiers of control and automation, dedicated to Prof. Ben M. Chen 60th birthday
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Distributed data-driven consensus control of multi-agent systems under switched uncertainties
Cooperative control of multi-agent systems (MASs), particularly consensus control, has gained significant attention in the last two decades, thanks to the rapid and sustained development of distributed and net...
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Distributed Nash equilibrium seeking with order-reduced dynamics based on consensus exact penalty
In this paper, we consider a networked game with coupled constraints and focus on variational Nash equilibrium seeking. For distributed algorithm design, we eliminate the coupled constraints by employing local...
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Open AccessThermal Runaway Characteristics and Modeling of LiFePO4 Power Battery for Electric Vehicles
LiFePO4 (LFP) lithium-ion batteries have gained widespread use in electric vehicles due to their safety and longevity, but thermal runaway (TR) incidents still have been reported. This paper explores the TR chara...
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Open AccessPythagorean Fuzzy Bonferroni Mean with Weighted Interaction Operator and Its Application in Fusion of Online Multidimensional Ratings
Aiming at the aggregation problem of online multi-attribute interactive ratings, a decision-making method based on Pythagorean Fuzzy Bonferroni mean with weighted interaction (PFWIBM) operator is developed by ...
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MGPOOL: multi-granular graph pooling convolutional networks representation learning
Graph convolutional network (GCN) nowadays become new state-of-the-art for networks representation learning. Most of the existing methods are single-granular methods that failed to analyze the graph at multi-g...
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A cyber-physical system deployment based on pull strategies for one-of-a-kind production with limited resources
In smart manufacturing practices, finding a balance between the size of cyber-physical system (CPS) deployment and the performance of production systems is the preliminary goal pursued by some small or medium-...
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Cooperative Multiple Task Assignment of Heterogeneous UAVs Using a Modified Genetic Algorithm with Multi-type-gene Chromosome Encoding Strategy
The cooperative multiple task assignment problem (CMTAP) of heterogeneous fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) performing the Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) mission against multiple ground stati...
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Multi-agent system motion planning under temporal logic specifications and control barrier function
In this paper, we provide a novel scheme to solve the motion planning problem of multi-agent systems under high-level task specifications. First, linear temporal logic is applied to express the global task spe...
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The bi-objective critical node detection problem with minimum pairwise connectivity and cost: theory and algorithms
An effective way to analyze and apprehend structural properties of networks is to find their most critical nodes. This paper studies a bi-objective critical node detection problem, denoted as Bi-CNDP. In this...
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Precedence-constrained path planning of messenger UAV for air-ground coordination
This paper addresses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning problem for a team of cooperating heterogeneous vehicles composed of one UAV and multiple unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The UGVs are used ...
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A survey on the security of cyber-physical systems
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are integrations of computation, communication, control and physical processes. Typical examples where CPSs are deployed include smart grids, civil infrastructure, medical devices...
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Fault-tolerant topology control algorithm for mobile robotic networks
In multi-agent systems, it is crucial to maintain a robust and fault-tolerant network topology while minimizes power consumption, especially for the multiple unmanned combat platforms based on mobile robotic n...
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Hybrid model predictive control for speed control of permanent magnet synchronous motor with saturation
A discrete-time hybrid model of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with saturation in voltage and current is formulated. The controller design with incorporated constraints is achieved in a systematic...
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Estimation of time series noise covariance using correlation technology
Covariance of clean signal and observed noise is necessary for extracting clean signal from a time series. This is transferred to calculate the covariance of observed noise and clean signal’s MA process, when ...
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A simplified NARMAX method using nonlinear input-output data
A system identification method for nonlinear systems with unknown structure is presented using short input-output data. The method simplifies the original NARMAX method. It introduces more general model struct...
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Common model analysis and improvement of particle swarm optimizer
Particle swarm optimizer (PSO), a new evolutionary computation algorithm, exhibits good performance for optimization problems, although PSO can not guarantee convergence of a global minimum, even a local minim...