Jianwei Yuan¹, Xinli Song^1,*, Huaijian Pu², Zhixiong Zheng³, Ziyang Niu³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 6485-6503, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035165

Abstract Regular inspection of bridge cracks is crucial to bridge maintenance and repair. The traditional manual crack detection methods are time-consuming, dangerous and subjective. At the same time, for the existing mainstream vision-based automatic crack detection algorithms, it is challenging to detect fine cracks and balance the detection accuracy and speed. Therefore, this paper proposes a new bridge crack segmentation method based on parallel attention mechanism and multi-scale features fusion on top of the DeeplabV3+ network framework. First, the improved lightweight MobileNet-v2 network and dilated separable convolution are integrated into the original DeeplabV3+ network to improve the original backbone network Xception… More >

B. Annapoorani^*, P. Marikkannu

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 2659-2672, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.025075

Abstract The adders are the vital arithmetic operation for any arithmetic operations like multiplication, subtraction, and division. Binary number additions are performed by the digital circuit known as the adder. In VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), the full adder is a basic component as it plays a major role in designing the integrated circuits applications. To minimize the power, various adder designs are implemented and each implemented designs undergo defined drawbacks. The designed adder requires high power when the driving capability is perfect and requires low power when the delay occurred is more. To overcome such issues and to obtain better… More >

Weimin Zheng, Mingchao Si, Xiao Sui, Shuchuan Chu, Jengshyang Pan^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.3, pp. 2173-2196, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.019890

Abstract The meta-heuristic algorithm is a global probabilistic search algorithm for the iterative solution. It has good performance in global optimization fields such as maximization. In this paper, a new adaptive parameter strategy and a parallel communication strategy are proposed to further improve the Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm. This strategy greatly improves the convergence speed and accuracy of the algorithm and strengthens the algorithm’s ability to jump out of the local optimal. This paper compares the optimization performance of Parallel Adaptive Cuckoo Search (PACS) with CS, Parallel Cuckoo Search (PCS), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA), Grey Wolf Optimizer… More >

Huda Basloom^1,*, Mohamed Dahab¹, Abdullah Saad AL-Ghamdi², Fathy Eassa¹, Ahmed Mohammed Alghamdi³, Seif Haridi⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 4501-4530, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033928

Abstract Recently, researchers have shown increasing interest in combining more than one programming model into systems running on high performance computing systems (HPCs) to achieve exascale by applying parallelism at multiple levels. Combining different programming paradigms, such as Message Passing Interface (MPI), Open Multiple Processing (OpenMP), and Open Accelerators (OpenACC), can increase computation speed and improve performance. During the integration of multiple models, the probability of runtime errors increases, making their detection difficult, especially in the absence of testing techniques that can detect these errors. Numerous studies have been conducted to identify these errors, but no technique exists for detecting errors… More >

Van-Truong Nguyen^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 2771-2787, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033460

Abstract In this paper, a non-negative adaptive mechanism based on an adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control strategy is proposed to have finite time and high-speed trajectory tracking for parallel manipulators with the existence of unknown bounded complex uncertainties and external disturbances. The proposed approach is a hybrid scheme of the online non-negative adaptive mechanism, tracking differentiator, and nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (NFTSMC). Based on the online non-negative adaptive mechanism, the proposed control can remove the assumption that the uncertainties and disturbances must be bounded for the NFTSMC controllers. The proposed controller has several advantages such as simple… More >

Huisong Wu, Kaichun Zeng, Li Yu, Yan Li, Xiping Kou^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.1, pp. 395-416, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.021650

Abstract An underconstrained cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) suspension system was designed for a virtual flight testing (VFT) model. This mechanism includes two identical upper and lower kinematic chains, each of which comprises a cylindrical pair, rotating pair, and cable parallelogram. The model is pulled via two cables at the top and bottom and fixed by a yaw turntable, which can realize free coupling and decoupling with three rotational degrees of freedom of the model. First, the underconstrained CDPR suspension system of the VFT model was designed according to the mechanics theory, the degrees of freedom were verified, and the support platform… More >

Lei Wang^1,2,*, Yuxin Qi^1,2

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.1, pp. 325-339, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.019730

Abstract Currently, energy conservation draws wide attention in industrial manufacturing systems. In recent years, many studies have aimed at saving energy consumption in the process of manufacturing and scheduling is regarded as an effective approach. This paper puts forwards a multi-objective stochastic parallel machine scheduling problem with the consideration of deteriorating and learning effects. In it, the real processing time of jobs is calculated by using their processing speed and normal processing time. To describe this problem in a mathematical way, a multi-objective stochastic programming model aiming at realizing makespan and energy consumption minimization is formulated. Furthermore, we develop a multi-objective… More >

Fayez AlFayez^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 2165-2176, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.026238

Abstract The paper addresses the challenge of transmitting a big number of files stored in a data center (DC), encrypting them by compilers, and sending them through a network at an acceptable time. Face to the big number of files, only one compiler may not be sufficient to encrypt data in an acceptable time. In this paper, we consider the problem of several compilers and the objective is to find an algorithm that can give an efficient schedule for the given files to be compiled by the compilers. The main objective of the work is to minimize the gap in the… More >

Amal H. Alharbi, Hanan A. Hosni Mahmoud^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6237-6252, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.030963

Abstract Hazardous incidences have significant influences on human life, and fire is one of the foremost causes of such hazard in most nations. Fire prediction and classification model from a set of fire images can decrease the risk of losing human lives and assets. Timely promotion of fire emergency can be of great aid. Therefore, construction of these prediction models is relevant and critical. This article proposes an operative fire prediction model that depends on a prediction unit embedded in the processor UDOO BOLT V8 hardware to predict fires in real time. A fire image database is improved to enhance the… More >

Muhammad Faisal^*, Sohail Khalid

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 4819-4832, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.029049

Abstract The design of single- and quad-band Bandpass Filter (BPF) topology has been presented in this paper for next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The main topology is constructed using the Split Ring Resonator (SRR), separated by the Anti-Parallel Coupled Line Structure (APCLS). A detailed analysis of APCLS has been presented, which is further used to construct the single- and quad-band BPF. The single-band BPF design consists of SRR loaded with APCLS. The developed single-band BPF displays a dual-mode response with a center frequency of 2.65 GHz and a measured fractional bandwidth of 17.17%. Moreover, a quad-band bandpass filter has been… More >