The thermal subsystem of the Mars Express (MEX) spacecraft keeps the on-board equipment within its pre-defined operating temperatures range. To plan and optimize the scientific operations of MEX, its operators need to estimate in advance, as accurately as possible, the power consumption of the thermal subsystem. The re…
A modified GAN improves thermal comfort classification models by balancing imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced thermal comfort datasets make it hard to train accurate models.
method Proposed a modified conditional GAN (comfortGAN) to balance the dataset.
result A balanced dataset trained with comfortGAN yields higher classification accuracy.
Quantum annealers aim at solving non-convex optimization problems by exploiting cooperative tunneling effects to escape local minima. The underlying idea consists in designing a classical energy function whose ground states are the sought optimal solutions of the original optimization problem and add a controllable qua…
Meta-learning algorithms prepare quantum Gibbs states efficiently for NISQ devices.
problem Efficiently preparing quantum Gibbs states for NISQ devices.
method Meta-Variational Quantum Thermalizer (Meta-VQT) and Neural Network Meta-VQT (NN-Meta VQT) algorithms.
result Meta-learned parameters significantly outperform random initializations in optimization tasks.
ARX models predict thermal behavior of WBG semiconductors accurately.
problem Thermal management challenges of WBG semiconductors.
method Use of ARX parametric models based on experimental measurements.
result ARX models provide accurate temperature predictions without detailed component information.
The study applies wealth thermalization hypothesis to social networks and explains inequality.
problem Explains inequality in human society through wealth thermalization hypothesis.
method Uses Random Matrix Theory and social networks with nonlinear perturbation.
result Shows that wealth distribution follows Rayleigh-Jeans distribution, leading to inequality.
The study investigates noise effects on parameter estimation for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes.
problem Impact of noise on parameter fitting for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes.
method Proposed algorithms to distinguish between thermal and multiplicative noise.
result Effective methods to estimate parameters even when multiplicative noise dominates.
Study on uniquely determining thermal properties from boundary temperature and heat flux measurements.
problem Determine thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity from boundary measurements.
method Uniqueness proof for isotropic and anisotropic media under thermal diffusivity assumption.
result Uniqueness of thermal properties in all dimensions and up to a gauge in two dimensions.
With the fast growth in the visual surveillance and security sectors, thermal infrared images have become increasingly necessary ina large variety of industrial applications. This is true even though IR sensors are still more expensive than their RGB counterpart having the same resolution. In this paper, we propose a d…
An innovative method optimizes engine calibration to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
problem Complex engines with many tunable parameters require efficient calibration methods.
method Combines Principal Component Decomposition with constrained Bayesian Optimization to minimize pressure curve deviation.
result Optimal engine calibration found after 64.4s with a 0.017% efficiency gain.
Power and thermal management are critical components of High-Performance-Computing (HPC) systems, due to their high power density and large total power consumption. The assessment of thermal dissipation by means of compact models directly from the thermal response of the final device enables more robust and precise the…
Generative thermal design learns optimal shapes using multi-agent reinforcement learning.
problem Complex thermal design challenges due to convection-diffusion equation and boundary interactions.
method Cooperative multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with continuous geometric representation.
result Framework learns optimal design strategies without shape derivation or differentiable objectives.
Study finds almost contact structures in thermal QCD-like theories at intermediate coupling.
problem Understanding (Almost) Contact Structures in thermal QCD-like theories.
method Explicitly obtained (Almost) Contact Structures and SU(3) structures.
result Subspaces of C3S and AC3S are not mutually 'N-path connected' in the Infra-Red.
In the emerging advancement in the branch of autonomous robotics, the ability of a robot to efficiently localize and construct maps of its surrounding is crucial. This paper deals with utilizing thermal-infrared cameras, as opposed to conventional cameras as the primary sensor to capture images of the robot's surroundi…
New deep learning model optimizes energy use in buildings.
problem Optimizing energy use and comfort in large buildings.
method Transformer-based metamodel trained with simulation and sensor data, calibrated with CMA-ES, optimized with multi-objective algorithms.
result Optimal settings reduce energy loads while maintaining thermal comfort and air quality.
This work generates synthetic 3D thermal facial data using 2D facial data and deep learning.
problem Creating large datasets for deep learning in computer vision.
method 3D facial modelling techniques and deep learning methodologies.
result Synthetic 3D thermal facial data created for deep learning applications.
Paper addresses LSTM stability for thermal systems using infinity-norm.
problem Stability of LSTM networks in thermal systems.
method Derived ISS∞ condition for LSTM, developed training strategy. result ISS∞-promoted LSTM outperforms other models in thermal system case study. CNN accurately reconstructs lattice topology with strong thermal fluctuations.
problem Reconstructing lattice topology with strong thermal fluctuations and unbalanced data.
method Deep convolutional neural network (CNN) mapping local magnetic moments to coupling probabilities.
result CNN accurately reconstructs lattice topology where thermal fluctuations dominate.
The world GDP distribution is described using thermodynamics principles.
problem Understanding the distribution of GDP among countries.
method Applied Rayleigh-Jeans thermalization to GDP data.
result Emergence of low GDP states similar to condensation in optics.
Paper uses VAEs to detect radar targets in complex noise.
problem Detecting radar targets in compound clutter and thermal noise.
method Proposes a VAE architecture to distinguish radar targets from various noise types.
result The VAE outperforms classical detectors in challenging noise conditions.
Study of M-theory dual of thermal QCD-like theories at intermediate coupling.
problem Missing top-down holographic dual for thermal QCD-like theories at intermediate 't Hooft coupling.
method Analysis of O(R4) corrections and O(lp6) corrections in the MQGP background. result Discovery of O(R4) corrections and G-structure classification of underlying geometries. Personal income distribution in the USA has a well-defined two-class structure. The majority of population (97-99%) belongs to the lower class characterized by the exponential Boltzmann-Gibbs ("thermal") distribution, whereas the upper class (1-3% of population) has a Pareto power-law ("superthermal") distribution. By …
Thermal dynamics modeling has been a critical issue in building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, which can significantly affect the control and maintenance strategies. Due to the uniqueness of each specific building, traditional thermal dynamics modeling approaches heavily depending on physics…
Study chaotic dynamics in social stratification models leading to thermalization and turbulence.
problem Understanding social stratification dynamics through chaotic nonlinear systems.
method Modeling social network links with oscillators and energies, studying Hamiltonian evolution and nonlinear interactions.
result Chaotic dynamics leads to dynamical thermalization and Kolmogorov-Zakharov turbulence, with implications for wealth inequality.
Thermalizer stabilizes autoregressive models for long-term predictions in chaotic systems.
problem Long-term predictions in chaotic spatiotemporal systems are unreliable due to trajectory divergence.
method Diffusion models are used to implicitly estimate the score of an invariant measure, which stabilizes autoregressive emulators by applying denoising during inference.
result Thermalization extends the time horizon of stable predictions by an order of magnitude in chaotic systems.
Study examines how twisting graphene nanoribbons affects their thermal conductivity.
problem Understanding how twisting affects thermal conductivity in graphene nanoribbons.
method Calculated geometric parameters of TGNRs, including twist and writhe, and used molecular dynamics simulations.
result Twisted graphene nanoribbons require at least two parameters to accurately describe their thermal conductivity.
Quantum algorithm approximates Khovanov homology ranks.
problem Efficient computation of Khovanov homology ranks.
method Novel quantum algorithm with pre-thermalization procedure.
result Additive approximations to Khovanov homology ranks are hard problems.
The large thermal capacity of buildings enables heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems to be exploited as demand response (DR) resources. Optimal DR of HVAC units is challenging, particularly for multi-zone buildings, because this requires detailed physics-based models of zonal temperature variations…
Improved person detection in occluded conditions with AOS images.
problem Inaccurate classification of partially occluded people, animals, or objects.
method Combining multi-perspective images captured by Airborne Optical Sectioning (AOS) to achieve better precision and recall.
result Precision/recall of 96/93% for automated person detection.
Thermal preferences vary from person to person and may change over time. The main objective of this paper is to sequentially pose intelligent queries to occupants in order to optimally learn the indoor air temperature values which maximize their satisfaction. Our central hypothesis is that an occupant's preference rela…
Method infers causal structure from system behaviors using RKHS and kernel ε-machines.
problem Discovering causal structure in systems with varying external and measurement noise.
method Combines causal states and RKHS for efficient representation and inference of causal structure.
result Robustly estimates causal structure in high-dimensional data with varying noise.
We introduce a novel non-parametric methodology to test for the dynamical time evolution of the lag-lead structure between two arbitrary time series. The method consists in constructing a distance matrix based on the matching of all sample data pairs between the two time series. Then, the lag-lead structure is searched…
New method predicts heat load in thermal grids using latent variables.
problem Predicting heat load in district energy systems.
method Combines nominal model for outdoor temperature with latent variable model for residual heat load.
result Proposed method achieves better prediction accuracy than artificial neural networks.
New formalism solves kinematical constraints in curved backgrounds and non-trivial states.
problem Solving kinematical constraints due to Weyl invariance in curved backgrounds and non-trivial states.
method Constructing Weyl covariant geometric objects and identifying them as building blocks of correlation functions.
result Exact agreement with thermal OPEs and holographic computations for thermal 2-point functions.
Study examines how economic policy uncertainty impacts stock markets.
problem Dynamic relationship between economic policy uncertainty and stock markets.
method Used symmetric thermal optimal path (TOPS) method.
result Different interaction patterns observed in emerging and developed markets.
Generalizes embedding formalism for CFTs on curved backgrounds.
problem Capturing CFTs on curved backgrounds and non-trivial states.
method Using ambient metric and geometric invariants of the ambient space.
result Exact agreement with holographic computations and thermal OPEs.
Recent results and interpretations are presented for the thermal minority game, concentrating on deriving and justifying the fundamental stochastic differential equation for the microdynamics.
Learning influence pathways of a network of dynamically related processes from observations is of considerable importance in many disciplines. In this article, influence networks of agents which interact dynamically via linear dependencies are considered. An algorithm for the reconstruction of the topology of interacti…
We consider the problem of optimal trading for a power producer in the context of intraday electricity markets. The aim is to minimize the imbalance cost induced by the random residual demand in electricity, i.e. the consumption from the clients minus the production from renewable energy. For a simple linear price impa…
Dual ML approach predicts peak temperatures in AFSD, improving process optimization.
problem Lack of understanding between process parameters and resulting microstructure in AFSD.
method Combines supervised machine learning and physics-informed neural networks.
result Ensemble techniques like gradient boosting outperform other SML methods in predicting peak temperatures.
Modeling buildings' heat dynamics is a complex process which depends on various factors including weather, building thermal capacity, insulation preservation, and residents' behavior. Gray-box models offer a causal inference of those dynamics expressed in few parameters specific to built environments. These parameters …
We study a minimalist kinetic model for economies. A system of agents with local trading rules display emergent demand behaviour. We examine the resulting wealth distribution to look for non-thermal behaviour. We compare and contrast this model with other similar models.
A 'holographic formula' expressing the functional determinant of the scattering operator in an asymptotically locally anti-de Sitter(ALAdS) space has been proposed in terms of a relative functional determinant of the scalar Laplacian in the bulk. It stems from considerations in AdS/CFT correspondence of a quantum corre…
On curved spaces, viscous fluids reach equilibrium quickly.
problem Thermalization of viscous fluids on negatively curved manifolds.
method Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations with kinematically selected deformation Laplacian.
result Exponential thermalization rate of $2νλ_\Def$.
A thermodynamic theory explains EU election vote distributions.
problem Describing EU election vote distributions.
method Tracing parallels between system energies of coupled nonlinear oscillators and party vote fractions.
result The Rayleigh-Jeans (RJ) theory well depicts EU vote results and candidate vote dispersion.
SVDD and Deep SVDD improve radar target detection in clutter.
problem Clutter and thermal noise degrade classical radar detection methods.
method Support Vector Data Description (SVDD) and Deep SVDD for one-class learning.
result SVDD and Deep SVDD outperform traditional methods on simulated radar data.
The paper optimizes air conditioning setpoints using machine learning.
problem Static setpoints waste energy and increase costs.
method Deep-learning model based on RNNs for predicting future temperatures.
result RNNs outperform state-of-the-art models in prediction accuracy.
Current system thermal-hydraulic codes have limited credibility in simulating real plant conditions, especially when the geometry and boundary conditions are extrapolated beyond the range of test facilities. This paper proposes a data-driven approach, Feature Similarity Measurement FFSM), to establish a technical basis…