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Saw dust-derived activated carbon in different impregnation ratios and its application in de-fluoridation of waste water using IT2FLC and RSM
The era of continuous advancement in science and technology leads to an increase in global pollution in the aquatic environment. Due to the presence of emerging contaminants, water bodies pose a serious threat...
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Optimization of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Solubilization Using Linguistic Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning Techniques
The continuous hike in the price of the edible vegetable oil has directly impacted upon the price growth of the palm oil. In this palm oil production, Indonesia and Malaysia are in top leading position at pres...
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The temporal development of plant-soil feedback is contingent on competition and nutrient availability contexts
Strength and direction of plant-soil feedback (PSF), the reciprocal interactions between plants and soil, can change over time and have distinct effects on different life stages. PSF and its temporal developme...
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The minimum principle for affine functions and isomorphisms of continuous affine function spaces
Let X be a compact convex set and let ext X stand for the set of extreme points of X. We show that if \(f:X\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\)f:X→R is an affine function with the point of continuity property such that $$...
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Experimental and Theoretical Assessment of Liquidus, Peritectic Transformation, and Solidus Temperatures of Laboratory and Commercial Steel Grades
The paper deals with theoretical and experimental study of phase transformation temperatures of steels in high temperature region (above 1000 °C), with focus on the solidus temperature, peritectic transformati...
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Study of phase transformation temperatures of alloys based on Fe–C–Cr in high-temperature area
Three alloys based on Fe–C–Cr were studied. These alloys contained carbon in a range of 0.308–0.380 mass% and chromium 1.058–4.990 mass%. Temperatures of solidus (onward used as TS), liquidus (onward used as TL) ...
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Changing European Union: The Schengen Agreement
The chapter is concerned with perceptions of the free cross-border movement of people that is regulated by the Schengen Agreement regime. The Agreement developed gradually in the multi-speed institutional cont...
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What processes shape early-successional vegetation in fly ash and mine tailings?
Local abiotic filters and regional processes (i.e., regional pools of species that are dispersal-limited to varying degrees) interactively structure the development of vegetation in human-disturbed habitats, y...
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Liquidus and solidus temperatures and latent heats of melting of steels
The paper deals with the study of latent heats of melting of three real steels (one low-alloyed steel and two chromium steels) and temperatures of liquidus, peritectic transformation and solidus of these steel...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Two Methods of Hybrid Adaptive Control Applied on Nonlinear Plant
The hybrid adaptive control with a delta External Linear Model is presented in this work. The adaptive approach is based on the choice of the External Linear Model of the originally nonlinear system parameters...
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Searching for Heracleum mantegazzianum allelopathy in vitro and in a garden experiment
One theory concerning the invasiveness of exotic plants suggests that they exude phytotoxic compounds that are novel in areas being invaded. For most invasive plants, however, little is known about the effects...
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One Approach to Adaptive Control of a Nonlinear Distributed Parameters Process
The paper provides a procedure for the design of adaptive control of a nonlinear distributed parameter process represented by a tubular chemical reactor. The presented method is based on approximation of a non...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Using Simulink in Simulation of Dynamic Behaviour of Nonlinear Process
The contribution shows benefits of using mathematical software Matlab and its add-on for graphical programming Simulink. There are shown two ways of using Simulink for simulating of the dynamic behaviour of th...
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Optimal Choice of Weighting Factors in Adaptive Linear Quadratic Control
Most of the processes in the industry have nonlinear behavior. Control of such processes with conventional control methods could lead to unstable, suboptimal, etc., results. On the other hand, the adaptive con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Control of Concentration inside CSTR Using Nonlinear Adaptive Controller
An adaptive nonlinear control is modification of the classic adaptive control where the controller is divided into the dynamic linear part and the static nonlinear part. The dynamic linear part is constructed ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fuzzy Clustering and Loan Risk Prediction
Fuzzy logic has had successful applications in risk management. There are different methods used as a support for risk decision making. The article deals with the fundamentals of fuzzy clustering method. The c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fuzzy Logic Decision Support for Long-Term Investing in the Financial Markets
This paper discusses the use of fuzzy logic and modeling as a decision support for long-term investment decisions in the financial markets. A simple model is proposed to calculate recommendations for investors...
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Adaptive Predictive Control of Time-Delay Systems
Design of an optimal controller for higher-order systems often leads to complex control algorithms. One of the possibilities of control of such processes is their approximation by a lower-order model with a ti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Weighting Factors in Adaptive LQ Control
An adaptive control is a technique with strong theoretical background and lots of applications to the abstract and real systems. The big advantage can be found in usability of this control method for systems w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Use of Soft Computing Methods for Forecasting in Business, Their Applications in Practice
Forecasting methods have had successful applications in business. Nowadays the new theories of soft computing are used for these purposes. The applications in business have specific features in comparison with...
