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The importance of reputation in the auditing of companies: A game theory analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Numerous, mainly empirical, studies of auditing behaviour have recently looked at the “reputation” of the auditor and the size of fees it attracts. Our model of the auditing market advances the study of the fundamental principles involved in determining ...
Dassiou, X., Glycopantis, D.
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Feedback Minimum Principle for Quasi-Optimal Processes of Terminally-Constrained Control Problems

Известия Иркутского государственного университета: Серия "Математика", 2017
In a series of previous works, we derived nonlocal necessary optimality conditions for free-endpoint problems. These conditions strengthen the Maximum Principle and are unified under the name “feedback minimum principle”.
V.A. Dykhta
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Linearly Solvable Mean-Field Road Traffic Games

, 2018
We analyze the behavior of a large number of strategic drivers traveling over an urban traffic network using the mean-field game framework. We assume an incentive mechanism for congestion mitigation under which each driver selecting a particular route is
Johansson, Karl Henrik, Nekouei, Ehsan, Tanaka, Takashi   +2 more
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Design of an Autonomous Airborne Recovery System: A Fixed-Wing UAV–Quadrotor Platform Using Improved NMPC and Vision-Based Control

Drones
Aerial docking is a crucial capability for extending the autonomy and functionality of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), yet practical and robust docking mechanisms remain underdeveloped. Mid-air recovery also enables flexible multi-UAV cooperation across
Tianji Zheng, Tom S. Richardson, Kilian Meier   +2 more
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Design of Optimal Attack-Angle for RLV Reentry Based on Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2014
The attack-angle optimization is a key problem for reentry trajectory design of a gliding type reusable launch vehicle (RLV). In order to solve such a problem, the equations of motion are derived first.
Qingzhen Zhang, Zhenbo Wang, Fei Tao, Bhaba R. Sarker, Lin Cheng   +4 more
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Robust HMM-Based Remaining Useful Life Estimation Using a Ridge-Regularized EM Algorithm

Sensors
Estimating the remaining useful life (RUL) of engineering systems is crucial for maintenance planning and the reliability of complex mechanical units. Accurate RUL predictions support timely interventions and help to prevent unexpected failures.
Halime Beyza Küçükdağ, Gokhan Kirkil, Mustafa Hekimoğlu   +2 more
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Sustainable freight transport optimisation through synchromodal networks

Cogent Engineering, 2017
The conventional intermodal freight transportation system lacks the needed flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness among other things. The search for more sustainable system for maritime-hinterland transportation has culminated in the development of ...
Aaron Agbenyegah Agbo, Yanwei Zhang
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Research Study

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
An article recently published in the Journal of Medical Ethics and open to the public is calling necessary attention to the clinical approach of treating patients in permanent vegetative state (PVS) and minimally conscious state (MCS) in the United ...
Sebastian Agredo
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Distributed non‐linear model predictive control with Gaussian process dynamics for two‐dimensional motion of vehicle platoon

IET Intelligent Transport Systems
The platoon control of connected and automated vehicles is an important topic in transportation research. The characteristics of non‐linearities, external disturbances, and strong coupling are non‐negligible in two‐dimensional motion control.
Xiaorong Hu, Yao Shi, Lei Xie, Hongye Su
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Quasi-Infinite Horizon Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Cooperative Formation Tracking of Underactuated USVs with Four Degrees of Freedom

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
To address the issues of external unknown disturbances and roll motion in the tracking control of underactuated unmanned surface vehicle (USV) formation, a cooperative formation control method based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) algorithm ...
Meng Yang, Ruonan Li, Hao Wang, Wangsheng Liu, Zaopeng Dong   +4 more
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