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International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The design of control systems for high‐agility mechanical systems operating in extreme environments is a significant challenge in nonlinear dynamics. This paper addresses the complex dynamic control problem of a hypersonic interceptor, modeled as a multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) mechanical system characterized by strong aerodynamic cross ...
Mohammad Mahdi Soori +1 more
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Multi‐Agent Reinforcement Learning for Joint Police Patrol and Dispatch
Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.ABSTRACT Police patrol units need to split their time between performing preventive patrol and being dispatched to serve emergency incidents. In the existing literature, patrol and dispatch decisions are often studied separately. We consider joint optimization of these two decisions to improve police operations efficiency and reduce response time to ...
Matthew Repasky, He Wang, Yao Xie
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Special issue on provable security [PDF]
Security and Communication Networks, 2016 Shaoquan Jiang +2 more
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Administering an Islamic Public Value by a Non‐Muslim Agency: The UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐Arab Spring conflicts generated large‐scale displacement across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), producing acute humanitarian needs among predominantly Muslim refugee populations. The United Nations High Commissioner to refugees responded by opening the Refugee Zakat Fund, to be used to mobilize the Islamic philanthropic ...
Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
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International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing integration of distributed energy resources demands enhanced coordination between transmission system operators (TSOs) and distribution system operators (DSOs) to maintain reliable grid operation. Traditional approaches rely on hierarchical or distributed optimization schemes for power flow management, but these methods either ...
Janis Adamek +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates stakeholder perspectives on mobilising private‐sector finance for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia, emphasising Hong Kong's role as a financial intermediary. Through semi‐structured interviews with diverse stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, insurers, and project developers, we employed a grounded ...
Laurence L. Delina +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos +2 more
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Cryptanalysis of a controller-independent controlled bidirectional QSDC protocol. [PDF]
PLoS OneTsai CW +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global sustainability requires rethinking marketing beyond firm centred strategies and towards systemic approaches that engage diverse stakeholders in value co‐creation. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for participatory value co‐creation in sustainable market systems, drawing on stakeholder theory, systems thinking ...
Ahmet Küçükuncular
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NFBC: an efficient FPGA based NFSR-oriented lightweight block cipher suitable for embedded system. [PDF]
Sci RepChatterjee R, Chakraborty R.
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