Instruments & Instrumentation

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Assisted Biomedical Systems for Intelligent Healthcare

Pandiaraj Manickam, Siva Ananth Mariappan, Sindhu Monica Murugesan, Shekhar Hansda, Ajeet Kaushik, Ravikumar Shinde, S. P. Thipperudraswamy

Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a modern approach in computer science that develops intelligent and efficient devices through programs and algorithms. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) combines network-linked biomedical devices and software applications as a next-generation bio-analytical tool. This review discusses the importance of AI in enhancing the capabilities of IoMT and point-of-care devices in healthcare, as well as its role and challenges in advanced biomedical applications.

BIOSENSORS-BASEL (2022)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Image Denoising Using a Compressive Sensing Approach Based on Regularization Constraints

Assia El Mahdaoui, Abdeldjalil Ouahabi, Mohamed Said Moulay

Summary: This paper presents a compressed sensing reconstruction method called DCSR, which combines total variation regularization and non-local self-similarity constraint. Compared to other methods, DCSR achieves significant improvements in denoising efficiency and visual quality.

SENSORS (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Asynchronous Particle Swarm Optimization-Genetic Algorithm (APSO-GA) Based Selective Harmonic Elimination in a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter

Mudasir Ahmed Memon, Marif Daula Siddique, Saad Mekhilef, Marizan Mubin

Summary: This article proposes a hybrid asynchronous particle swarm optimization-genetic algorithm (APSO-GA) for the removal of unwanted lower order harmonics in the cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. The APSO-GA combines the exploration capability of APSO with the exploitation capability of GA, and is capable of easily finding feasible solutions with low computational complexity.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Article Acoustics

Highly sensitive HF detection based on absorption enhanced light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy with a quartz tuning fork of receive and shallow neural network fitting

Xiaonan Liu, Shunda Qiao, Guowei Han, Jinxing Liang, Yufei Ma

Summary: A highly sensitive hydrogen fluoride (HF) sensor based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) technique is reported in this study. The sensor utilizes a simple structure and a robust shallow neural network (SNN) fitting algorithm for denoising the spectroscopy data. The system stability is demonstrated through Allan variance analysis and a low minimum detection limit (MDL) is achieved.

PHOTOACOUSTICS (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Model Predictive Control Using Artificial Neural Network for Power Converters

Daming Wang, Zheng John Shen, Xin Yin, Sai Tang, Xifei Liu, Chao Zhang, Jun Wang, Jose Rodriguez, Margarita Norambuena

Summary: In this article, a new approach called ANN-MPC is proposed as a solution to the increasing complexity and demand of computing resources in power electronic applications. The approach uses an artificial neural network to train an MPC controller and eliminates the need for heavy mathematical computation. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the FPGA-based ANN-MPC controller can significantly reduce the resource requirement while offering the same control performance as conventional MPC.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Study and Investigation on 5G Technology: A Systematic Review

Ramraj Dangi, Praveen Lalwani, Gaurav Choudhary, Ilsun You, Giovanni Pau

Summary: This paper presents the characteristics and advantages of 5G technology as the latest generation of mobile networks, highlighting how businesses can utilize the opportunities brought by 5G.

SENSORS (2022)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

MSFT-YOLO: Improved YOLOv5 Based on Transformer for Detecting Defects of Steel Surface

Zexuan Guo, Chensheng Wang, Guang Yang, Zeyuan Huang, Guo Li

Summary: With the development of artificial intelligence technology and the popularity of intelligent production projects, intelligent inspection systems have become a hot topic in the industrial field. This paper introduces the improved MSFT-YOLO model for object detection in the industry, which addresses challenges such as background interference and scale changes. The model achieves real-time detection and shows higher detection accuracy compared to baseline models, offering advantages and improvements.

SENSORS (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Approximate Cost-Optimal Energy Management of Hydrogen Electric Multiple Unit Trains Using Double Q-Learning Algorithm

Qi Li, Xiang Meng, Fei Gao, Guorui Zhang, Weirong Chen

Summary: Energy management strategy (EMS) plays a crucial role in fuel cell/battery hybrid systems. This paper introduces a TCO model that considers energy consumption, equivalent energy consumption, and power source degradation, and proposes an optimal EMS using Double Q-learning RL algorithm. Through experiments, it is demonstrated that the proposed strategy exhibits high global optimality and excellent SOC control ability under different operating conditions.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Based Temperature Measurement with a Single Diode Laser Near 1.4 μm

Xiaonan Liu, Yufei Ma

Summary: This paper demonstrates a temperature measurement method based on the tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technique using a single diode laser. The TDLAS system showed advantages such as immunity to laser wavelength shift, simple system structure, reduced cost, and increased system robustness. The system was tested on a McKenna flat flame burner and a scramjet model engine, and exhibited excellent dynamic range and fast response.

SENSORS (2022)

Review Chemistry, Analytical

Federated Learning in Edge Computing: A Systematic Survey

Haftay Gebreslasie Abreha, Mohammad Hayajneh, Mohamed Adel Serhani

Summary: Edge Computing is a new architecture that extends Cloud Computing services closer to data sources. When combined with Deep Learning, it becomes a promising technology widely used in various applications. However, the traditional DL architectures with EC enabled often face practical challenges due to high bandwidth requirements, legal issues, and privacy vulnerabilities. Federated Learning has emerged as a potential solution to address these challenges by enabling collaborative learning and model optimization while ensuring data localization. This paper provides a systematic survey of the implementation of Federated Learning in Edge Computing environments, including protocols, architectures, frameworks, and hardware requirements. It also discusses applications, challenges, related solutions, and presents case studies and potential directions for future research.

SENSORS (2022)

Review Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Autoencoder-based representation learning and its application in intelligent fault diagnosis: A review

Zheng Yang, Binbin Xu, Wei Luo, Fei Chen

Summary: With the increase in size and complexity of mechanical equipment, traditional intelligent fault diagnosis based on shallow machine learning methods is insufficient for coupling faults. The development of deep learning, particularly the use of Autoencoder-based representation learning, has provided new opportunities for intelligent fault diagnosis. This article introduces the theoretical foundations and training methods of multi-type Autoencoders and reviews the advancements in their applications, aiming to improve representation learning. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate the application of Autoencoder-based methods on ideal and complex engineering systems. The challenges and prospects of Autoencoder-based representation learning are also discussed, offering guidance for future research directions.

MEASUREMENT (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Recursive Correlative Statistical Analysis Method With Sliding Windows for Incipient Fault Detection

Yihao Qin, Yayun Yan, Hongquan Ji, Youqing Wang

Summary: This article proposes a new method combining correlative statistical analysis and the sliding window technique for detecting incipient faults. By utilizing information from process and quality variables, this method improves computational burden and algorithm complexity, and its effectiveness and advantages are demonstrated through a numerical example and application in thermal power plant process.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A CNN-SVM study based on selected deep features for grapevine leaves classification

Murat Koklu, M. Fahri Unlersen, Ilker Ali Ozkan, M. Fatih Aslan, Kadir Sabanci

Summary: This study uses deep learning-based classification to classify images of grapevine leaves. By extracting features and using SVM kernels for classification, a classification success rate of 97.60% is achieved.

MEASUREMENT (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

Distributed Resilient Secondary Control for DC Microgrids Against Heterogeneous Communication Delays and DoS Attacks

Chao Deng, Fanghong Guo, Changyun Wen, Dong Yue, Yu Wang

Summary: This article proposes a cooperative resilient control method for dc microgrid to mitigate the adverse effects of communication delays and DoS attacks. By introducing a new time-varying sampling period and an improved communication mechanism, a resilient secondary controller is designed. The developed method is theoretically shown to achieve bus voltage restoration and current sharing even in the presence of communication delays and DoS attacks.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Article Construction & Building Technology

A high performance hybrid passive base-isolated system

Liyuan Cao, Chunxiang Li

Summary: This paper introduces a novel high performance hybrid passive base-isolated system BIS+TTMDI, which achieves optimal control performance through parameter optimization and evaluations under different inertia and isolation characteristics. Results demonstrate the system's effectiveness in reducing displacement and acceleration, energy dissipation, stiffness and damping evolution.

STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING (2022)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

A Seven-Layer Convolutional Neural Network for Chest CT-Based COVID-19 Diagnosis Using Stochastic Pooling

Yudong Zhang, Suresh Chandra Satapathy, Li-Yao Zhu, Juan Manuel Gorriz, Shuihua Wang

Summary: This study proposed a novel seven layer convolutional neural network based smart diagnosis model for COVID-19 diagnosis in chest CT images. The experimental results show that the proposed model achieves a sensitivity of 94.44 +/- 0.73, a specificity of 93.63 +/- 1.60, and an accuracy of 94.03 +/- 0.80. Data augmentation and stochastic pooling methods are proven to be effective.

IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL (2022)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Gold-loaded tellurium nanobelts gas sensor for ppt-level NO2 detection at room temperature

Zhen Yuan, Qiuni Zhao, Chunyan Xie, Junge Liang, Xiaohui Duan, Zaihua Duan, Shaorong Li, Yadong Jiang, Huiling Tai

Summary: In this study, gold-loaded tellurium nanobelts were synthesized through a hydrothermal process, and the resulting Au@Te sensor demonstrated rapid response, high sensitivity, good repeatability, and selectivity for the detection of NO2. The long-term stability of the sensor was also evaluated, with stable response observed over a period of 28 days.

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL (2022)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

VMD based trigonometric entropy measure: a simple and effective tool for dynamic degradation monitoring of rolling element bearing

Anil Kumar, C. P. Gandhi, Govind Vashishtha, Pradeep Kundu, Hesheng Tang, Adam Glowacz, Rajendra Kumar Shukla, Jiawei Xiang

Summary: This paper presents a method for early identification of rolling element defects using variational mode decomposition (VMD) and trigonometric entropy measure. The experimental results show that the proposed method is capable of raising the alarm about the initiation of defects at a very early stage and outperforms existing indicators in defect degradation monitoring.

MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2022)

Article Automation & Control Systems

A Super-Twisting-Like Fractional Controller for SPMSM Drive System

Qiankang Hou, Shihong Ding, Xinghuo Yu, Keqi Mei

Summary: A new STLF controller is proposed in this article to improve the control performance for SPMSM system by replacing the discontinuous switching function with a nonsmooth term, providing stronger anti-disturbance capability and achieving desired control performance through parameter adjustments. Comparative experiments demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed STLF technique when compared with conventional controllers.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (2022)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Triple-Band Surface Plasmon Resonance Metamaterial Absorber Based on Open-Ended Prohibited Sign Type Monolayer Graphene

Runing Lai, Pengcheng Shi, Zao Yi, Hailiang Li, Yougen Yi

Summary: This paper introduces a novel metamaterial absorber based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) that has triple-mode perfect absorption, polarization independence, incident angle insensitivity, tunability, high sensitivity, and a high figure of merit (FOM). The structure of the absorber consists of a graphene array, SiO2 layer, and a gold mirror. The absorber achieves perfect absorption at frequencies of 4.04 THz, 6.76 THz, and 9.40 THz, with absorption peaks of 99.404%, 99.353%, and 99.146%, respectively. It also demonstrates maximum sensitivities in refractive index sensing and has potential applications in photodetectors, optoelectronic devices, and chemical sensors.

MICROMACHINES (2023)