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Open Access 22.04.2024 | Original Article

End-to-end tire defect detection model based on transfer learning techniques

Visual inspection of defective tires post-production is vital for human safety, as faulty tires can lead to explosions, accidents, and loss of life. With the advancement of technology, transfer learning (TL) plays an influential role in many …

verfasst von:
Radhwan A. A. Saleh, Mehmet Zeki Konyar, Kaplan Kaplan, H. Metin Ertunç

22.04.2024 | Original Article

FPGA-based small-world spiking neural network with anti-interference ability under external noise

Neuromorphic hardware has become hotspot in the field of brain-like computing due to its advantages. However, the presence of external noise imposes challenges with respect to maintaining normal function of neuromorphic hardware. Biological brains …

verfasst von:
Lei Guo, Yongkang Liu, Youxi Wu, Guizhi Xu

22.04.2024 | Original Article

RSTFusion: an end-to-end fusion network for infrared and visible images based on residual swin transfomer

Infrared and visible image fusion techniques have emerged as powerful methods to harness the unique advantages of diverse sensors, resulting in improved image quality through the preservation of complementary and redundant information from the …

verfasst von:
Kaixin Li, Haojie Tang, Gang Liu, Rui Chang, Mengliang Xing, Jianchao Tang

22.04.2024 | Original Article

CEA-Net: a co-interactive external attention network for joint intent detection and slot filling

Intent detection and slot filling are two crucial tasks for spoken language understanding, and they are closely related. The accuracy of spoken language understanding depends strongly on the effectiveness of the interaction between intent and slot …

verfasst von:
Di Wu, Liting Jiang, Lili Yin, Zhe Li, Hao Huang

22.04.2024 | Original Article

Diluie: constructing diverse demonstrations of in-context learning with large language model for unified information extraction

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated promising in-context learning capabilities, especially with instructive prompts. However, recent studies have shown that existing large models still face challenges in specific information extraction …

verfasst von:
Qian Guo, Yi Guo, Jin Zhao

Open Access 22.04.2024 | Original Article

E-waste circular economy decision-making: a comprehensive approach for sustainable operation management in the UK

E-waste generation has broadly increased worldwide and is called intense pressure on sustainable practice implementation firms by recycling and redesigning the products. Thus, e-waste operation management in developed countries like the UK has …

verfasst von:
Mohammad Yazdi, Rosita Moradi, Arman Nedjati, Reza Ghasemi Pirbalouti, He Li

22.04.2024 | Original Article

Finite-time multistability of a multidirectional associative memory neural network with multiple fractional orders based on a generalized Gronwall inequality

This paper addressed the finite-time multistability of a Caputo fractional order multidirectional associative memory neural network (FMAMNN) with multiple orders, where the fractional orders are not limited to 0 to 1. There are three main …

verfasst von:
Zhiguang Liu, Xiangyu Xu, Tiejun Zhou

Open Access 22.04.2024 | Original Article

A hybrid connectionist/LCS for hidden-state problems

This paper describes and evaluates the performance of a learning classifier system (lcs) inspired algorithm called Temporal Reinforcement And Classification Architecture (traca) on maze navigation tasks which contain hidden state. The evaluation …

verfasst von:
Matthew Mitchell

22.04.2024 | Original Article

Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis using fractal and non-fractal-based functional connectivity analysis and machine learning methods

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition characterized by impaired functional connectivity (FC) networks in the brain. There are several brain networks associated with ASD that have been studied for ASD diagnosis, but the results …

verfasst von:
Chetan Rakshe, Suja Kunneth, Soumya Sundaram, Murugappan Murugappan, Jac Fredo Agastinose Ronickom

22.04.2024 | Original Article

A vision-based nondestructive detection network for rail surface defects

The inspection and diagnosis of building engineering involve rail surface defect detection, which plays a crucial role in assessing the quality of railway tracks. However, achieving accurate detection remains a significant challenge for …

verfasst von:
Suli Bai, Lei Yang, Yanhong Liu

22.04.2024 | Original Article

Heterogeneous domain adaptation by class centroid matching and local discriminative structure preservation

Heterogeneous domain adaptation (HDA) aims at facilitating the target model training by leveraging knowledge from the heterogeneous source domain. HDA is a challenging problem since the domains are not consistent in not only data distribution but …

verfasst von:
Yuqing Chen, Heng Zhou, Zhi Wang, Ping Zhong

22.04.2024 | Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Decision-level fusion scheme for nasopharyngeal carcinoma identification using machine learning techniques

verfasst von:
Mohd Khanapi Abd Ghani, Mazin Abed Mohammed, N. Arunkumar, Salama A. Mostafa, Dheyaa Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamad Khir Abdullah, Mustafa Musa Jaber, Enas Abdulhay, Gustavo Ramirez-Gonzalez, M. A. Burhanuddin

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Model predictive control for a bending pneumatic muscle based on an online modified generalized Prandtl–Ishlinskii model

Pneumatic actuators exhibit significant potential across various applications owing to their compliance, yet achieving precise motion control remains challenging due to rate-dependent and asymmetric hysteresis. While the Prandtl–Ishlinskii model …

verfasst von:
Hongge Ru, Yuqi Yang, Bo Wang, Jian Huang

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Self-supervised action representation learning from partial consistency skeleton sequences

In recent years, self-supervised representation learning for skeleton-based action recognition has achieved remarkable results using skeleton sequences with the advance of contrastive learning methods. However, existing methods often overlook the …

verfasst von:
Biyun Lin, Yinwei Zhan

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Imbalanced instance selection based on Laplacian matrix decomposition with weighted k-nearest-neighbor graph

Data are an essential component for building machine learning models. Linearly separable high-quality data are conducive to building efficient classification models. However, the collected dataset is not of high quality, and the number of …

verfasst von:
Qi Dai, Jian-wei Liu, Long-hui Wang

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Ha-gnn: a novel graph neural network based on hyperbolic attention

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are powerful tools for data mining on graph-structured data in various domains, such as social science, finance, and biology. However, most existing GNNs operate in Euclidean space and may fail to preserve the …

verfasst von:
Hongbo Qu, Yu-Rong Song, Minglei Zhang, Guo-Ping Jiang, Ruqi Li, Bo Song

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Deep reinforcement learning framework for end-to-end semiconductor process control

This work focuses on bringing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep reinforcement learning to the manufacturing of semiconductor devices. The main goal of this research is to lay down the foundation of an end-to-end system for …

verfasst von:
Thomas Hirtz, He Tian, Shazrah Shahzad, Fan Wu, Yi Yang, Tian-Ling Ren

21.04.2024 | Original Article

Gaze-infused BERT: Do human gaze signals help pre-trained language models?

This research delves into the intricate connection between self-attention mechanisms in large-scale pre-trained language models, like BERT, and human gaze patterns, with the aim of harnessing gaze information to enhance the performance of natural …

verfasst von:
Bingbing Wang, Bin Liang, Lanjun Zhou, Ruifeng Xu

Open Access 20.04.2024 | Original Article

MCHIAO: a modified coronavirus herd immunity-Aquila optimization algorithm based on chaotic behavior for solving engineering problems

This paper proposes a hybrid Modified Coronavirus Herd Immunity Aquila Optimization Algorithm (MCHIAO) that compiles the Enhanced Coronavirus Herd Immunity Optimizer (ECHIO) algorithm and Aquila Optimizer (AO). As one of the competitive …

verfasst von:
Heba Selim, Amira Y. Haikal, Labib M. Labib, Mahmoud M. Saafan

Open Access 20.04.2024 | Original Article

IHHO: an improved Harris Hawks optimization algorithm for solving engineering problems

Harris Hawks optimization (HHO) algorithm was a powerful metaheuristic algorithm for solving complex problems. However, HHO could easily fall within the local minimum. In this paper, we proposed an improved Harris Hawks optimization (IHHO) …

verfasst von:
Dalia T. Akl, Mahmoud M. Saafan, Amira Y. Haikal, Eman M. El-Gendy