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Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation: From Classical Approaches to Intelligent Adaptation

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping autonomous mobile robot navigation beyond classical pipelines. This review analyzes how AI techniques are integrated into core navigation tasks, including path planning and control, localization and mapping, perception, and context‐aware decision‐making. Learning‐based, probabilistic, and soft‐computing methods
Giovanna Guaragnella   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest fire in Thailand: Spatio-temporal distribution and future risk assessment

open access: yesNatural Hazards Research
Understanding the spatiotemporal distribution of forest fires and future predictions is very important for management strategies. To identify the present status of forest fires in the Kingdom of Thailand and their risk in the future, ten-year forest fire
Nazimur Rahman Talukdar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The housing boom and forest fires [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides evidence that the combination of land-use restrictions and an increasing demand for housing can create incentives to induce forest fires as a means to circumvent regulation and increase the supply of land available for residential ...
Libertad González Luna
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Forest fires occurrences and burned area in mainland Portugal: preliminary assessment to a fifteen years period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean basin, is favorable to the occurrence of forest fires. In this work a statistical analysis was carried out based on the official information, considering the forest fires occurrences and the corresponding burned ...
Castro, Ana Meira   +5 more
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Forest Fires in Europe 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
When huge parts of nature are burning as a result of a combination of weather conditions, fuel accumulation, and human intervention and this becomes a recurrent issue, we should find ways together to counteract.
BOCA Roberto   +9 more
core   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the Roles of Climate Variables in Forest Fire Occurrences in China

open access: yesRemote Sensing
In the context of global warming, climate strongly affects forest fires. With long-term and strict fire prevention policies, China has become a unique test arena for comprehending the role of climatic variables in affecting forest fires.
Chenqin Lian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Les causes des incendies de forets : enquête aupres des bergers dans la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou (Algérie) [PDF]

open access: yesCinq Continents, 2019
The causes of forest fires: survey of shepherds in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou (Algeria). The Department of Tizi Ouzou is very affected by forest fires, with an annual average of 175 fires and 3,092 ha of areas burned (period 1986-2017). The rate of unknown
Ouahiba SAHAR   +2 more
doaj  

EDUCATION OF LOCAL WISDOM TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES IN RIAU PROVINCE: CHALLENGES, POTENTIALS, AND SOLUTIONS

open access: yesSosial Budaya, 2017
Forest fires are one of the most frequent environmental problems in Riau province, which often comes in large scale; thus, they cause forest degradation that damages economic, ecological and social aspects.
Rian Vebrianto, Zarkasih Zarkasih
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrasound–Calcination Synergistic Control of (Ce, La)PO4 Catalyst Structure for Enhanced Low‐Temperature NH3‐SCR Performance

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, (Ce, La)PO4 catalysts were synthesized via an ultrasound‐assisted method. The effects of ultrasound duration and calcination temperature on the low‐temperature NH3‐SCR performance were systematically investigated. The results indicated that the (Ce, La)PO4 catalyst prepared with an ultrasound treatment time of 20 min and a ...
Na Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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