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Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dignity objections to autonomous weapon systems are prominent in contemporary military ethics, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexamined. This article reconstructs those foundations, showing what categorical dignity objections require to function as absolute prohibitions.
Timothy Dubber
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Path Navigation for Multi-Agent Flight System Based on Distributed Model Predictive Control and Reinforcement Learning

Applied Sciences
The continuous change in formation configurations offers significant potential for formation flight. However, existing methods neglect the potential of autonomous navigation and learning ability based on environmental conditions, which would limit ...
Chao Kang, Jihui Xu, Yuan Bian, Wenjie Tian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing plant water status: Part 2 – Non‐destructive and remote sensing approaches

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Precise, real time and non‐destructive assessment of plant water status is important for advancing plant physiological understanding, optimizing water usage, improving crop resilience and supporting precision agriculture in the face of increasingly variable climatic conditions.
Naila Farooq, Bo Zhang, Bastian Leander Franzisky, Tasawer Abbas, Jochen Taiber, Martin Koch, Ian C Dodd, Christoph‐Martin Geilfus   +7 more
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Unraveling the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Nonlinear Drivers of Green Transition of Farmland Use in Major Grain‐Producing Areas: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Promoting the green transition of farmland use (GTFU) in major grain‐producing areas is essential for ensuring food security and advancing sustainable agricultural development. However, existing studies on GTFU have predominantly relied on static cross‐sectional analyses, with insufficient attention paid to its nonlinear driving mechanisms. To
Zhixian Sun, Yixuan Lu, Xinyue Zheng, Dongmei Zhang, Yian Xu, Guanxin Yao   +5 more
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Dynamic Task Allocation for Heterogeneous Multi-UAVs in Uncertain Environments Based on 4DI-GWO Algorithm

Drones
As the missions and environments of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become increasingly complex in both space and time, it is essential to investigate the dynamic task assignment problem of heterogeneous multi-UAVs aiming at ground targets in an ...
Hanqiao Huang, Zijian Jiang, Tian Yan, Yu Bai   +3 more
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Land Degradation, Cultural Ecosystem Services, and Ecosystem Disservices in the Sumapaz Páramo, Colombia: An Integrated Socioecological Assessment

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding the relationships among land degradation, ecosystem functioning and human well‐being is essential for conserving tropical high‐mountain ecosystems. This study examined the relationships among land degradation, Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), ecosystem disservices (EDS) and visitor perceptions at Laguna Colorados in the Sumapaz
Victor Fabian Forero Ausique, Diana Cristina Díaz Guevara, Silvana Daniela Forero Ausique, Yetfersson Arley Serrato Velosa, Favio Cala Vitery   +4 more
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Driving Factors and Transmission Mechanisms of Quality Risks in Digitalized Equipment Manufacturing Processes: A Mixed-Methods Study Integrating Grounded Theory, SEM, and XGBoost-SHAP

Applied Sciences
Quality risks in digitalized equipment manufacturing processes are increasingly characterized by multi-source coupling, chain-like transmission, and latent evolution, making it difficult for single-method approaches alone to fully reveal their ...
Jie Shen, Huachun Xiang, Ting Zhou
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Optimizing Soil Organic Matter Estimation Through Multi‐Factor Zoning and Tree‐Based Automated Learning

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key indicator of land degradation and soil functioning. It plays an essential role in nutrient cycling, soil structure, and long‐term agroecosystem resilience. The variations of surface cover, soil moisture and soil texture heterogeneity will affect the accuracy of SOM remote sensing mapping. This study developed
Xuzhou Qu, Meiyan Shu, Huiming Song, Xiaohe Gu, Jingping Zhou, Qian Sun, Baoyuan Zhang, Menglei Dai, Chunjiang Zhao   +8 more
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Mission Reliability Evaluation Method of UAV Swarms Based on an Improved DBN

Drones
This paper addresses the dynamic mission reliability evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms. To handle the inherent complexity of swarm systems and the limitations of existing static evaluation methods, a new approach based on an improved ...
Yan Liu, Pengtao Zhang, Zheng Fang
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A Physics‐Informed Koopman Operator Framework for Decentralized Discrete‐Time Sequential Control of a Modular Aerial Parcel Delivery Robot

International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a Physics‐Informed Koopman Operator (PIKO) framework integrated with a discrete‐time Sequential Action Control (SAC) for real‐time, decentralized control of a modular aerial parcel delivery robot composed of multiple independently actuated propeller modules.
Archit Krishna Kamath, Peng Shi, Ramesh K. Agarwal   +2 more
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