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OXFORD UNIV PRESS2025

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC2024

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Towards the Detection of AI-Synthesized Human Face Images

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A two-phase approach for leak detection and localization in water distribution systems using wavelet decomposition and machine learning

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Elsevier BV2024

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The increasing deployment of multiple deep neural networks (DNNs) on edge devices is revolutionizing mobile vision applications, spanning autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, and video surveillance. These applications demand adaptation to contextual and ...

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Machine learning has transformed many fields and has recently found applications in chemistry and materials science. The small datasets commonly found in chemistry sparked the development of sophisticated machine learning approaches that incorporate chemic ...

Nature Portfolio2024

A generalized machine learning framework to estimate fatigue life across materials with minimal data

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In this research, a generalized machine learning (ML) framework is proposed to estimate the fatigue life of epoxy polymers and additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy materials, leveraging their failure surface void characteristics. An extreme gradient boos ...

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