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Chapter and Conference Paper
Lyapunov Stability of Fuzzy Discrete Event Systems
Fuzzy discrete event systems (FDESs) as a generalization of (crisp) discrete event systems (DESs) may better deal with the problems of fuzziness, impreciseness, and subjectivity. Qiu, Cao...
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Stability analysis of networked control systems with time-varying sampling periods
In this paper, we present an interval model of networked control systems with time-varying sampling periods and time-varying network-induced delays and discuss the problem of stability of networked control sys...
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Effect of ZnO nanoparticles on anti-aging properties of polyurethane coating
Polyurethane nano-coatings were prepared by adding nano-concentrates with nanometer zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) to polyurethane coating. The dispersion state of nanoparticles was observed by TEM images. SEM observat...
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Flaking and degradation of polyurethane coatings after 2 years of outdoor exposure in Lhasa
The exposure of a high gloss polyurethane aircraft topcoat system with polyurethane intermediate coating and epoxy primer to strong ultraviolet radiation in Lhasa, Tibet was studied by using scanning electron ...
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Effect of particle sizes and pigment volume concentrations on the barrier properties of polyurethane coatings
The barrier properties of Fe2O3/polyurethane coatings containing 60-nm and 150-nm Fe2O3 particles with different pigment volume concentrations (PVCs) were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy an...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Information Entropy, Similarity Measure and Inclusion Measure of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets
This paper introduces a new axiomatic definition of the inclusion measure for intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs, for short). The close relationships among information entropy, similarity measure, and inclusion m...
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Interactive effects of cadmium and carbon nanotubes on the growth and metal accumulation in a halophyte Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae)
A study quantifying the interactive effects of cadmium (Cd) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on plant growth and Cd accumulation of pot-cultured Spartina alterniflora was conducted. The experiment consisted of two Cd ...
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Growth and physiological responses to copper stress in a halophyte Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae)
A study quantifying the effects of different copper (Cu) concentrations (50, 200, 800 and 1,000 mg kg−1 Cu) on Cu bioaccumulation and physiological responses of Spartina alterniflora was conducted. Plant biomass ...
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Polynomial-time verification of diagnosability of fuzzy discrete event systems
A fuzzy approach to perform diagnosis of fuzzy discrete event systems (FDESs) is proposed by constructing diagnosers, which may more effectively cope with the problems of vagueness and fuzziness arising from f...
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Open AccessDissociative ionization and Coulomb explosion of CH3I in intense femto second laser fields
The interaction of CH3I molecules with 100 fs 800 nm linearly polarized laser fields has been investigated at the intensity region from 2.6 × 1014 to 5.8 × 1014 W/cm2 by means of a velocity map imaging method. T...
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Relative diagnosability of discrete-event systems and its opacity-based test algorithm
The notion of relative diagnosability is proposed for logical automata and the concept of diagnosable rate is introduced to characterize the diagnosability property of a discrete-event system, which takes valu...
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Corrosion Behavior of Cupronickel Alloy in Simulated Seawater in the Presence of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
The corrosion behavior of cupronickel alloy immersed in the simulated seawater in or without the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) was studied. The results of scanning electronic microscopy and elect...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Safe Diagnosis of Stochastic Discrete Event Systems by Constructing Safe Verifier
Safe diagnosis was viewed as the first necessary step of fault-tolerant supervision of discrete event systems (DESs), and a method of safe diagnosis for stochastic DESs was proposed by constructing safe diagno...
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Corrosion Inhibition of Galvanized Steel in NaCl Solution by Tolytriazole
Corrosion inhibition of tolytriazole for galvanized steel was studied in 5 mM NaCl by using potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning vibrating electrode technique...
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Delay-dependent robust resilient \(H_\infty \) control for uncertain singular time-delay system with Markovian jum** parameters
This paper is concerned with the delay-dependent robust resilient \(H_\infty \) ...
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Robust guaranteed cost control for continuous-time uncertain Markov switching singular systems with mode-dependent time delays
The guaranteed cost control problem for mode-dependent time-delay Markov switching singular systems with norm-bounded uncertain parameters is discussed. Based on delay-dependent linear matrix inequalities, suf...
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Fault diagnosis of discrete-event systems under a general architecture
Diagnosability is an important characteristic indicator to determine whether the system is stable and reliable. In this paper, the general architecture of event-state-combination diagnosability is investigated...
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Investigation of the wettability, anticorrosion, and accelerated weathering behaviors of siloxane-modified acrylic resin and functionalized graphene nanocomposite coatings on LY12 aluminum alloy
To expand the applications of graphene which has so far been limited by the expensive nature of single-layer graphene, the effects of varying percentages of low-cost functionalized multilayer graphene nanoshee...
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Construction of antifouling marine coatings via layer-by-layer assembly of chitosan and acid siloxane resin
Biofouling is the growth of plants, bacteria, and aquatic animals on manmade surfaces submerged in seawater. Recently, biofouling has caused a negative impact on the marine sector such as hull weight increases...
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The biomimetic design provides efficient self-healing of ultrahigh-tough and damage-warning bio-based elastomer for protective clothing of metals
Facing the ubiquitous corrosion threat, the great significance of develo** high-performance protective materials with the dual function of self-healing defects and self-warning damage is extremely challengin...
