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Xu, Ran (author)The controller placement problem concerns the placement of controllers on Software-Defined Networks such that a pre-defined objective is optimized. In this thesis, we conduct research on the controller placement problem with network availability as the performance metric. Unlike other approximate evaluations, we compute the exact value with the...master thesis 2023
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Xu, Cassie (author)Malware poses a serious security risk in today’s digital environment. The defense against malware mainly relies on proactive detection. However, antivirus products often fail to detect new malware when the signature is not yet available. In the event of a malware infection, the common remediation strategy is reinstalling the system. However, the...master thesis 2023
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Xu, Jiaming (author)Tabular data is widely used in various fields and applications, making the synthesis of such data an active area of research. One important aspect of this research is the development of methods for privacy-preserving data synthesis, which aims to generate synthetic data that retains statistical properties while protecting the privacy of...master thesis 2023
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Xu, Ke (author)The problem of assisting users in comprehending the robotic scenario information in a retail setting has been studied. To design the system, an integrated ontology composed of several IEEE standard ontologies and a labelled property graph (LPG)-based ontology modified from the Web Ontology Language (OWL)-based ontology was proposed to symbolize...master thesis 2023
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Xu, Zelin (author)There are multiple types of objects distributed along the rail trackside to support the operation of railroads. Damage to those objects will result in delay and cancellation of trains. Therefore, the maintenance of the objects is important to ensure the safety of railway operations, and the key to maintenance is to know the accurate position of...master thesis 2023
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Li, Wanda (author), Xu, Zhiwei (author), Sun, Yi (author), Gong, Qingyuan (author), Chen, Y. (author), Ding, Aaron Yi (author), Wang, Xin (author), Hui, Pan (author)Outstanding users (OUs) denote the influential, 'core' or 'bridge' users in online social networks. How to accurately detect and rank them is an important problem for third-party online service providers and researchers. Conventional efforts, ranging from early graph-based algorithms to recent machine learning-based approaches, typically rely on...journal article 2023
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Wang, Yixia (author), Lin, Shu (author), Wang, Yibing (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Xu, Jungang (author)Currently, with the development of driving technologies, driverless vehicles gradually are becoming more and more available. Therefore, there would be a long period of time during which self-driving vehicles and human-driven vehicles coexist. However, for a mixed platoon, it is hard to control the formation due to the existence of the manual...journal article 2023
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Dianyu, E. (author), Su, Zhongfang (author), Zeng, Jia (author), Yang, Liuyimei (author), Li, Jing (author), Xu, Qiang (author), Wang, L. (author), Cui, Jiaxin (author)Ionic rare earth ore is a type of featured rare earth ore in China. Its mining process suffers from a long leaching cycle and considerable consumption of leaching agents. Improving mining efficiency requires a sound physical understanding of the leaching process. In this study, the CFD-based numerical model is used to analyze the physical...journal article 2023
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Wan, Z. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Compared with other self-healing mechanisms, embedding vascular networks in cementitious matrix enables repairing wider cracks and performing multiple healing cycles. For vascular-based self-healing cementitious composites, additive manufacturing (AM) allows fabricating vascular structures with complex geometry. For Fused Filament Fabrication ...book chapter 2023
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Wang, Guozhi (author), Pei, Binbin (author), Xu, Haojun (author), Lv, Maolong (author), Zhao, Z. (author), Bu, Xiangwei (author)This paper proposes a flight risk analysis method that combines risk assessment and visual deduction to study the causes of flight accidents, specifically the loss of control caused by failure factors. The goal is to explore the impact of these failure factors on loss-of-control events and illustrate the risk evolution under different scenarios...journal article 2023
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Xu, Z. (author), Ye, G. (author)One of the key problems that affect the durability of reinforced concrete structures is the corrosion of rebar induced by chloride. Despite the complicated transport mechanism of chloride ions in cementitious materials, diffusion is still the key mechanism of chloride ingress. The determination of the chloride diffusion coefficient will help to...journal article 2023
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Xie, Weiming (author), Sun, J. (author), Guo, Leicheng (author), Xu, Fan (author), Wang, Xianye (author), Ji, Hongyu (author), Fan, Yaoshen (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), He, Qing (author)Coastal tidal flats provide valuable ecosystems, but are highly sensitive to tidal dynamics, sea-level rise, and human activities. Tidal inundation depth and frequency are known to affect tidal flat morphodynamics. However, the causes, processes and extent remain uncertain, particularly given the associated changes in sediment availability. In...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Yanxu (author), Wu, Peipei (author), Xu, Ruochong (author), Wang, Xuantong (author), Lei, Lili (author), Schartup, Amina T. (author), Peng, Yiming (author), Pang, Qiaotong (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author)Correction to: Nature Communications, published online 13 March 2023 The original version of this Article contained an error in Fig. 2, in which c was incorrectly described as “middle scenario” where it should have been described as “low scenario”. The correct version of Fig. 2 is: (Figure presented.) which replaces the previous incorrect...journal article 2023
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Liu, Y. (author), Xu, M. (author), Portela, L. (author), Garbin, V. (author)Emulsions stabilized by nanoparticles, known as Pickering emulsions, exhibit remarkable stability, which enables applications ranging from encapsulation, to advanced materials, to chemical conversion. The layer of nanoparticles at the interface of Pickering droplets is a semi-permeable barrier between the two liquid phases, which can affect the...journal article 2023
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Luo, Yifan (author), Yang, Jinxin (author), Shi, Qian (author), Xu, Yong (author), Menenti, M. (author), Wong, Man Sing (author)The urban heat island effect poses a growing threat to human society, especially in densely populated and developed megacities. With the introduction of the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) framework, new perspectives and findings have been brought to urban heat island studies. This study investigated the cooling effect of vegetation and albedo on the...journal article 2023
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Xu, Y. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)In this paper, we propose a learning-based lightweight visual-inertial odometry (VIO) based on an uncertainty-aware pose network and an extended Kalman filter (EKF). The pose network serving as the VIO vision front-end predicts the relative motion of the camera between consecutive image frames and estimates the prediction uncertainty. The...conference paper 2023
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Xu, Y. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)When deployed onboard micro air vehicles (MAVs) with limited processing power, visual ego-motion estimation solutions face an efficiency-accuracy trade-off. This paper proposes an aerodynamic-model-aided approach that emphasizes time efficiency over estimation accuracy. A linear drag force model of propellers guarantees bounded estimation errors...conference paper 2023
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Wan, Z. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)In this paper, optimization of vascular structure of self-healing concrete is performed with deep neural network (DNN). An input representation method is proposed to effectively represent the concrete beams with 6 round pores in the middle span as well as benefit the optimization process. To investigate the feasibility of using DNN for...journal article 2023
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Xu, J. (author), Fahmy-Garcia, Shorouk (author), Wesdorp, Marinus A. (author), Forte, Lucia (author), De Luca, Claudio (author), Filardo, Giuseppe (author), Labberté, Margot (author), Kok, Joeri (author), Nickel, Joachim (author), van Osch, G.J.V.M. (author)Despite promising clinical results in osteochondral defect repair, a recently developed bi-layered collagen/collagen-magnesium-hydroxyapatite scaffold has demonstrated less optimal subchondral bone repair. This study aimed to improve the bone repair potential of this scaffold by adsorbing bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and/or platelet...journal article 2023
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Xu, Y. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Yuan, S. (author), Chen, Chao (author)Domino accidents are typical low-frequency and high-consequence events in chemical process industries. Applying quantitative risk assessment (QRA) in domino accident assessment is challenging due to the uncertainties in the escalation process. Meanwhile, the outcomes of QRA are subject to a certain degree of unreliability due to the...journal article 2023