Jian Shang^1,2,*, Runmin Guan², Wei Wang²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 2609-2626, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037694

Abstract The wide application of intelligent terminals in microgrids has fueled the surge of data amount in recent years. In real-world scenarios, microgrids must store large amounts of data efficiently while also being able to withstand malicious cyberattacks. To meet the high hardware resource requirements, address the vulnerability to network attacks and poor reliability in the traditional centralized data storage schemes, this paper proposes a secure storage management method for microgrid data that considers node trust and directed acyclic graph (DAG) consensus mechanism. Firstly, the microgrid data storage model is designed based on the edge computing technology. The blockchain, deployed on… More >

Zhenan Zhao^1,*, Weizhu Yang^2,3, Lei Li², Shouyi Sun², Yan Zeng²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.010342

Abstract The hot section components are usually in service under cyclic loading in an extreme working environment with high rotational speed at high temperatures, which is prone to fatigue failure. It is reported that fatigue related failures have accounted for over 50% of all failures of hot section components. Consequently, fatigue related failure at high temperature is one of the most important factors that shortens the service life of hot section components. Ni-based superalloy GH4169, similar as Inconel 718 (IN718), is a γ′′ and γ′ precipitation strengthened alloy. For decades, GH4169 superalloy keeps being an important material in hot section components… More >

Tayyaba Noreen^1,*, Qiufen Xia¹, Muhammad Zeeshan Haider²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 2593-2613, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036139

Abstract In the past decade, blockchain has evolved as a promising solution to develop secure distributed ledgers and has gained massive attention. However, current blockchain systems face the problems of limited throughput, poor scalability, and high latency. Due to the failure of consensus algorithms in managing nodes’identities, blockchain technology is considered inappropriate for many applications, e.g., in IoT environments, because of poor scalability. This paper proposes a blockchain consensus mechanism called the Advanced DAG-based Ranking (ADR) protocol to improve blockchain scalability and throughput. The ADR protocol uses the directed acyclic graph ledger, where nodes are placed according to their ranking positions… More >

Heesup Han¹, Hong Ngoc Nguyen², Hyerin Lee³, Sanghyeop Lee^4,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.4, pp. 449-469, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.025379

Abstract Since the outbreak of COVID-19, tourists have been increasingly concerned over various risks of international travel, while knowledge of the pandemic appears to vary significantly. In addition, as travel restrictions continue to impact adversely on international tourism, tourism efforts should be placed more on the domestic markets. Via structural equation modeling, this study unearthed different risk factors impacting Korean travelers’ choices of alternative local destinations in the post-pandemic era. In addition, this study extended the goal-directed behavior framework with the acquisition of perceived risk and knowledge of COVID-19, which was proven to hold a significantly superior explanatory power of tourists’… More >

Chunlai Du¹, Tong Jin¹, Yanhui Guo^2,*, Binghao Jia¹, Bin Li³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3845-3855, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017697

Abstract While the size and complexity of software are rapidly increasing, not only is the number of vulnerabilities increasing, but their forms are diversifying. Vulnerability has become an important factor in network attack and defense. Therefore, automatic vulnerability discovery has become critical to ensure software security. Fuzzing is one of the most important methods of vulnerability discovery. It is based on the initial input, i.e., a seed, to generate mutated test cases as new inputs of a tested program in the next execution loop. By monitoring the path coverage, fuzzing can choose high-value test cases for inclusion in the new seed… More >

Rupkumar Mahapatra¹, Sovan Samanta², Madhumangal Pal¹, Jeong-Gon Lee^3,*, Shah Khalid Khan⁴, Usman Naseem⁵, Robin Singh Bhadoria⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.1, pp. 1219-1233, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015590

Abstract Graph colouring is the system of assigning a colour to each vertex of a graph. It is done in such a way that adjacent vertices do not have equal colour. It is fundamental in graph theory. It is often used to solve real-world problems like traffic light signalling, map colouring, scheduling, etc. Nowadays, social networks are prevalent systems in our life. Here, the users are considered as vertices, and their connections/interactions are taken as edges. Some users follow other popular users’ profiles in these networks, and some don’t, but those non-followers are connected directly to the popular profiles. That means,… More >

Ali Mustafa^1,2, M Najam ul Islam¹, Salman Ahmed^1,3,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 399-413, 2021, DOI:10.32604/csse.2021.015575

Abstract Consensus control of multi-agent systems is an innovative paradigm for the development of intelligent distributed systems. This has fascinated numerous scientific groups for their promising applications as they have the freedom to achieve their local and global goals and make their own decisions. Network communication topologies based on graph and matrix theory are widely used in a various real-time applications ranging from software agents to robotics. Therefore, while sustaining the significance of both directed and undirected graphs, this research emphases on the demonstration of a distributed average consensus algorithm. It uses the harmonic mean in the domain of multi-agent systems… More >

Liangliang Shi^1,2, Peili Lu³, Junchi Yan^4,5,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.5, pp. 873-885, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.010121

Abstract Causality learning has been an important tool for decision making, especially for financial analytics. Given the time series data, most existing works construct the causality network with the traditional regression models and estimate the causality by pairs. To fulfil a holistic one-shot inference procedure over the whole network, we propose a new causal inference method for the multidimensional time series data, specifically related to some case studies for the industrial finance analytics. Specifically, the time series are first converted to the event sequences with timestamps by fluctuation the detection, and then a multidimensional point process is used for learning the… More >

Kehong Zhang, Keqiu Li

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 71-85, 2018, DOI:10.32604/csse.2018.33.071

Abstract Today, many applications such as social network and biological network develop rapidly,the graph data will be expanded constantly on a large scale. Some classic methods can not effectively solve this scale of the graph data. In the reachability query, many technologies such as N-Hop, tree, interval labels, uncertain graph processing are emerging, they also solve a lot of questions about reachability query of graph. But, these methods have not put forward the effective solution for the new issues of the multiattribute constraints reachability on directed graph. In this paper, TCRQDG algorithm effectively solves this new problem. Firstly it optimizes the… More >

Xiaofeng Liu, Siqi An, Dongxu Zhang

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 771-775, 2018, DOI:10.1080/10798587.2017.1337667

Abstract This paper discusses the problem of dynamic output consensus for heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) with fixed topologies. All the agents possess unique linear dynamics, and only the output information of each agent is delivered throughout the communication digraphs. A series of conditions and protocols are set for reaching the consensus. With the proper feedback controllers, the output consensus of the overall system is guaranteed. An application illustrates the theorems. More >