Home Relationship between solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer and CT image features based on gradual clustering
Article Open Access

Relationship between solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer and CT image features based on gradual clustering

  • Weipeng Zhang EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: June 16, 2017

Abstract

Background

The relationship between the medical characteristics of lung cancers and computer tomography (CT) images are explored so as to improve the early diagnosis rate of lung cancers.

Methods

This research collected CT images of patients with solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer, and used gradual clustering methodology to classify them. Preliminary classifications were made, followed by continuous modification and iteration to determine the optimal condensation point, until iteration stability was achieved. Reasonable classification results were obtained.

Results

the clustering results fell into 3 categories. The first type of patients was mostly female, with ages between 50 and 65 years. CT images of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer for this group contain complete lobulation and burr, with pleural indentation; The second type of patients was mostly male with ages between 50 and 80 years. CT images of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer for this group contain complete lobulation and burr, but with no pleural indentation; The third type of patients was also mostly male with ages between 50 and 80 years. CT images for this group showed no abnormalities.

Conclusions

the application of gradual clustering methodology can scientifically classify CT image features of patients with lung cancer in the initial lesion stage. These findings provide the basis for early detection and treatment of malignant lesions in patients with lung cancer.

PACS: 87.85.-d

1 Introduction

Lung cancer is the malignant tumor with highest morbidity and mortality in the world. The formal expression of most lung cancers are solitary pulmonary nodule in the early stage [1, 2]. These nodules are usually quasi-circular lesions with diameters less than 3 cm, which have different shapes, indefinite distribution locations and easy adhesion with other organizations [3]. Clinical symptoms do not usually exist, and the features are not very obvious on the CT image, therefore, determining whether the nodule is benign or malignant is a key to prevention of secondary lung cancer [4, 5]. In automatic identification of a solitary pulmonary nodule, understanding the feature extraction and expression of pulmonary nodule in CT images are the key point.

This paper takes advantages of methods based on fuzzy clustering of medical signs of early-stage lung cancer; using this combination, we hope to achieve early detection and timely treatment of malignant lesions. Frequently used fuzzy clustering methods include the dynamic clustering method, systemic clustering method and fuzzy C-mean value algorithm. This paper adopts dynamic clustering, which is also called the gradual clustering algorithm of fuzzy clustering. Gradual clustering has the advantages of small computational effort, small computer memory space requirements, and flexibility.

At present, as an important technology in data mining, gradual clustering is widely used in medicine. Gradual clustering analysis is often used to provide methodology for classification for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic treatment based on syndrome differentiation [6]. For example, Zhang Mingxue, et al. applied statistical methods such as clustering analysis to results and summed up the types and characteristics of syndromes in four phases of coronary heart disease complicated with hypertension [7]. Dynamic clustering analysis is also used for studies related to medication rules and screening of medication regimens in prescriptions, etc. Zhou Lu et al. applied a clustering analysis method in fuzzy mathematics to discuss the mutual relations between the TCMs relieving an exterior syndrome [8]. Fuzzy dynamic clustering analysis is also applied in medical image processing; for example, Tian Jie et al. applied this method to three-dimensional medical-image processing and analysis, including CT, spiral CT and MRI, thus better identifying thin bones and bones at the articulated joints; after rebuilding, the 3D model can clearly reproduce the anatomical structure [9].

2 Research methods

2.1 Inspection method

CT scans were executed on patients separately. The CT scanner with 64 rows of spiral produced by USA GE Health care has been adopted to allow inspection and diagnosis on patients. Through a mediastinum window, the scans allow measurement of the maximum diameter of the lesion and evaluation of the lobulated calcification condition. The window width was set as 300∼450 HU, and the window center was set up to be 30∼50 HU. Through a lung window, the morphological characters of burr tumor, lung interface and cavity of the patients’ lesion were evaluated. The window width was set to 1500∼2000 HU, and the window center was set up as 450∼550 HU. The diagnosed results were compared with pathological examination results of the patients or other results from laboratory inspection.

2.2 Research data and feature extraction

The pulmonary nodule images came from a comprehensive hospital. Fifty-six cases of lung cancer and 2240 pieces of CT images of pulmonary nodules with diameters 3 mm≤d≤30 mm were collected. The images were in DICOM format. The images were viewed through DICOM medical image browser software, and from the region of interest of lung CT images which includes the shape of pulmonary nodules, texture features and other features, etc. [10, 11]. The image analysis was executed on the key medical signs so as to achieve the feature extraction from the region of interest; the extracted features were: burr, lobulation, cavity, calcification, uniform density and sunken pleura. Details of the CT image features of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancers studied are in Table 1 (among which: let male=1, female=0; lobulation=3, no lobulation=4; burr=5, no burr=6; cavity=7, no cavity=8; calcification=9, no calcification=10; uniform density=11, non-uniform density=12; pleural indentation=13; non-pleural indentation=14).

Table 1

CT image features of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer

Serial No12···5556
Gender X100···11
Age X25263···5473
Lobulation X333···44
Burr X455···66
Cavity X578···88
Calcification X6109···109
Uniform density X71211···1112
Sunken pleura X81313···1414

2.3 Application process of stepwise clustering

Gradual clustering works to make sum of squares of deviations within the sample groups reach a minimum standard. Through repeated adjustment of the number of individuals in each sample group, the optimization object, which is the maximum homogeneity (or the minimum heterogeneity) and maximum heterogeneity (or the minimum homogeneity) in sample groups, can be achieved. In the process of gradual clustering, this method has a rough classification of the samples at first, which is called initial classiffication, then repeated and continuous modification is executed in accordance with an optimization principle until reasonable classification is achieved [12].

In accordance with different analysis objects, clustering is divided into Q type and R type. Q type clustering is used to make classification processing on the sample, and R type clustering is to make classification processing on the variable [13]. This paper uses gradual clustering analysis on Q type samples.

2.3.1 Data conversion

As the dimensions of each factor in the system may not be the same, comparison is difficult to achieve, thus when the association analysis is in progress, treatment usually is carried out to make it nondimensionalized, so as to remove the influence brought by the each index dimension. A “Standardization” method is adopted in this paper to process the data:

xik=yiky¯kSk(i=1,2,,n,k=1,2,,p)(1)

In which:y¯k=1ni=1nyik,Sk2=1n1i=1n(yiky¯k)2, n is the sample number, p is the observed variable number, and in this paper, n=56, p=8. The standardized data are in Table 2.

Table 2

Standardized data

X10.73870.7387···0.73870.7387
X21.22080.4580···0.7860-
1.1705
X3--0.4337···2.2647-
0.43370.4337
X4--0.6266···1.56701.5670
0.6266
X50.34330.3433···0.34330.3433
X60.27490.2749···-3.57320.2749
X70.62680.6268···0.62680.6268
X8--1.5670···0.62680.6268
1.5670

2.3.2 Initial clustering by rounding through conversion method

The method of integer transformation is adopted in initial classification. For each sample Xij, let

SUM(i)=j=1mXij(2)

SUM(i) represents the index variable value sum of each sample (m is the index variable number). If all samples are going to be classified, the calculation shall be made to each sample:

[(K1)(SUM(i)MI)MAMI]+1(3)

If the integer adjacents to such a number is k, then the sample Xi shall be classified to k category (1 ≤ kK). We can obtain from Table 2, in this case,MI=min1inSUM(i)=9.054,MA=max1inSUM(i)=7.5542, [.] means rounding operation. As for the selection of the k value, based on the medical acknowledge and the repeated computerized debugging tests, it is appropriate to divide 56 samples into three groups in the initial stage, and the initial clustering shall be executed in DPS software system in accordance with formula (2) and (3).

2.3.3 Selection of condensation point

The condensation point is the point representing the centre of the class to be formed. The selection of the condensation point can greatly influence the classification results. A centroid method [14] is adopted in this paper. Firstly, the objects are artificially divided into several categories, then the gravitational center of each category is calculated so as to be the gravitational center of clustering. The mean value of samples in such a category is taken as the condensation point, with formula:

gj=1nkXij(4)

Among which, gj(j = 1, 2, ···, m) shall be the barycentric coordinate of category k(1 ≤ kK), nk is the sample number of category k. Therefore, in accordance with formula (4), the gravity center of initial classification is obtained, then the condensation point is obtained, and the initial classification’s barycentric coordinate is in Table 3.

Table 3

Initial cl|assification

Group123
X100.64811
X20.45450.53420.8485
X300.14811
X400.27781
X510.88891
X600.99941
X700.72221
X800.72221

2.3.4 Cluster all samples based on the latest condensation point

The objective function S is defined as:

S(i)=i=1mni(x¯ix¯)(x¯ix¯)(5)

Here, ni is the number of items in sample group i, i is the mean value, and is the sum mean value of sample N, m represents numbers of the grouping of N samples. N=i=1mni,and S is the distance between sample and category condensation point.

The distance from each xi sample to each category condensation point is calculated, and the sample is classified into the category occupied by the nearest condensation point.

2.3.5 Modification clustering, making the clustering reasonable

After the initial classification takes shape, it needs to be modified, step by step. The different methods of dynamic clustering are distinguished mainly by different principles of modification and classification. There are two methods of modification and classification, the one-by-one method and the group-by-group method [15-17]. This paper adopts the group-by-group method. After the initial condensation points are selected, each sample is classified according to its nearest condensation point. Each condensation point constitutes a class by itself, with its nearest points belonging to that class. The class’s centre of gravity is then recalculated, with the new value replacing the previous condensation point. Additional samples are then classified and the procedure is repeated until all samples have been placed into a class. When the calculated center of gravity is the same as the original condensation point, the process is stopped. If the center of gravity does not match the original condensation point, the previous steps are repeated according to objective function S till agreement is reached

3 Analysis of results

Gradual clustering is judged based on a minimum sum of squares of deviations in the samples group. Higher homogeneity in a group is realized by repeatedly adjusting the iterations. This paper used data from 56 patients of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer as samples; their sex, age and CT image features are used as indices. The sample data were sorted into three classes by gradual clustering, as shown in Figure 1, the numbers on y-axis represent the individual samples.

Figure 1 Tree diagram of gradual clustering for CT image features of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer
Figure 1

Tree diagram of gradual clustering for CT image features of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer

Different features relating to the three classes of patient CT images are as follows:

  1. Mostly female patients with ages between 50 and 65 years. CT images of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer for this group show that in the pulmonary nodules there are complete lobulation and burr, texture density is homogeneous, cavitation and calcification are not found, but pleural indentation signs exist. CT images with such characteristics accounts for 81% of the total images collected.

  2. Mostly male patients with ages between 50 and 80 years. This group’s CT images show that in the pulmonary nodules there are complete lobulation and burr, texture density is homogeneous, cavitation, calcification and pleural indentation are not found.

  3. Mostly male patients with ages between 50 and 80 years. This group’s CT images show that in the pulmonary nodules there are no lobulation and burr, texture density is homogeneous, cavitation, calcification and pleural indentation are not be found.

4 Discussion

It is not necessary for gradual clustering to calculate the similarity coefficient matrix between all samples. It is only necessary to calculate the distance between each sample and the center of clustering, which is the same as calculating the sum of squares of deviations. This process can therefore greatly shorten the calculation time and memory requirements of the computer so as to improve work efficiency. Our results show that with the gradual clustering analysis, CT images for patients with solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer can be classified into three types according to the similiarity of features of CT images. The method of gradual clustering is available for discovering the features of patients CT images similarities, distinguishing images features differences, satisfying the completeness, but not losing the information. All are beneficial to increase the accuracy of inspection and diagnosis, decrease the false positive rate of pulmonary nodule identification, and provide early information about pathological changes for doctors to help them understand medical features of CT images of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer.

Some errors may have arisen in our analysis; possible sources of error are discussed below.

  1. A limited range of samples have been used. The gradual clustering analysis in this paper was restricted to lung cancer patients hospitalized in the comprehensive hospital. Additional samples from other areas, and additional CT image features would increase the significance of the results.

  2. The outlier value and improper clustering variables have little influence on the clustering results of graudual clustering. Improper initial clustering can be repeatedly adjusted. The process is, however limited because gradual clustering results are very sensitive to the initial clustering.

  3. The performance of clustering algorithm is closely linked with data, and there is no single algorithm that works for all cases. At present, each clustering algorithm put forward by the researchers has its own advantages, disadvantages and specific range of application. For similar data sets, use of different clustering algorithms result in different results of division.

In conclusion, the author of this paper has classified medical features in CT images medical features of patients with solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer. The method of gradual clustering is applied to analysis CT image features, the clustering of patients’ CT image medical features of solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer can be obtained, which will be an important reference to doctor’s diagnosis. Further research is needed into obtaining strong association rules with high reliability in order to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis.

Acknowledgement

This project was supported by the National Spark Program funding project (No. 2015GA701023), Science and technology project of enriching the people of Ningbo city (No. 2015C10043, 2016A10041) and Zhejiang education program (No. 2015SCG087).

References

[1] Xing Q.Q., Liu Z.X., Lin B.Q., Qian J., Cao L., Burr Inspection and Quantitative Evaluation of CT Image of Pulmonary Nodule, J.Comput. App., 2014, 34, 3599-3604.Search in Google Scholar

[2] Li H., Jiang C.X., Ning P.G., Kan X.J., Chen C.Y., Wu M.G., et al., Diagnostic value of CT Image with High Revolution of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, J. Zhengzhou Univ. Med. Sci., 2014, 49, 872-875.Search in Google Scholar

[3] Pei X.M., Guo H.Y., Dai J.P., Pulmonary Nodule Identification of Fuse Pixel Space Information and Weighting Fuzzy Clustering, J. Northeastern Univ., 2013, 31, 1215-1253.Search in Google Scholar

[4] Xu X.Q., Zhou Z.J., Su J.L., Liu G.X., Morbidity Rate of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Relative Factors Analysis, Shanxi Med. J., 2013, 42, 1222-1223.Search in Google Scholar

[5] Ou Z.R., Tao L.Q., Shi G.C., Wan H.Y., Image features of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Comparison of Two Cancers Prediction Model, Chin. J. Respir. Cr. Care Med., 2012, 11, 168-171.Search in Google Scholar

[6] Su X.Y., Application of Data Mining Clustering Analysis Method in TCM Clinic, Pract. Clin. J. Integr. Tradit. Chin. West Med., 2010, 10, 90-93.Search in Google Scholar

[7] Zhang M.X., Li J., Li H., Yi D.H., Study on TCM Syndrome Characteristics of Coronary Heart Disease Complicated with Hypertension based on Clustering Analysis, Chin. Arch. Tradit. Chin. Med., 2016, 34, 1543-1546.Search in Google Scholar

[8] Zhou L., Tang X.Y., Fu C., Peng S.H., Fuzzy Clustering Analysis on TCMs Relieving Exterior Syndrome, West China J. Pharm. Sci., 2004, 19, 339-341.Search in Google Scholar

[9] Wen Z.W., Wu X.M., Guo S.W., Retrieval Method of Medical Images based on Fuzzy Clustering, Chin. J. Med. Physics, 2007, 3, 180-183.Search in Google Scholar

[10] Wang J.J., Sun T., Zhao F.C., Li X., Cai B.W., Zhu X.M., Guo X.H., Application of Support Vector Machine in CT Image of Pulmonary Nodule, Beijing Biomed Eng., 2013, 32, 528-530, 535.Search in Google Scholar

[11] Zhang Z.W., Zhang C.Q., Wang G.L., Zhang C.Q., Computer-aided Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in HDCT, J. Med. Imaging, 2015, 25, 993-997.Search in Google Scholar

[12] Chang C., Feng P., Sun D.M., Zhang K., Growth Prediction of Floating Algae in Reservoir Based on Gradual Clustering Analysis, Chin. Environ. Sci., 2015, 35, 2805-2812.Search in Google Scholar

[13] Zeng X.M., Wang L.Y., Wu W.P., Guan Y.Y., Fang Q., Clustering Analysis of Cystic Hydatidosis in Non-Tibet Plateau Epidemic Area of China, Chin. J. Schistosomiasis Ctrl., 2014, 26, 180-183.Search in Google Scholar

[14] Tang Q.Y., Feng M.G., Practical Statistic Analysis and DPS Data Processing System, 3rd ed., Science Press, Beijing, 2002.Search in Google Scholar

[15] Du T.S., Huang J.L., Application of Dynamic Clustering in Crop Remote Sensing Yield Estimation Zoning of Hubei, J. Huazhong Normal Univ. Sci., 2000, 34, 241-244.Search in Google Scholar

[16] Maria R., Maria L.G., Multiplier method and exact solutions for a density dependent reaction-diffusion equation, Appl. Maths. Nonlin. Sci., 2016, 1, 311-320.10.21042/AMNS.2016.2.00026Search in Google Scholar

[17] Vishwanath B.A., Shankar N., Mahesh K.N., Multigrid method for the solution of EHL line contact with bio-based oils as lubricants, App. Maths. Nonlin. Sci., 2016, 1, 359-368.10.21042/AMNS.2016.2.00031Search in Google Scholar

Received: 2016-7-28
Accepted: 2016-9-6
Published Online: 2017-6-16

© 2017 Weipeng Zhang

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Regular Articles
  2. Analysis of a New Fractional Model for Damped Bergers’ Equation
  3. Regular Articles
  4. Optimal homotopy perturbation method for nonlinear differential equations governing MHD Jeffery-Hamel flow with heat transfer problem
  5. Regular Articles
  6. Semi- analytic numerical method for solution of time-space fractional heat and wave type equations with variable coefficients
  7. Regular Articles
  8. Investigation of a curve using Frenet frame in the lightlike cone
  9. Regular Articles
  10. Construction of complex networks from time series based on the cross correlation interval
  11. Regular Articles
  12. Nonlinear Schrödinger approach to European option pricing
  13. Regular Articles
  14. A modified cubic B-spline differential quadrature method for three-dimensional non-linear diffusion equations
  15. Regular Articles
  16. A new miniaturized negative-index meta-atom for tri-band applications
  17. Regular Articles
  18. Seismic stability of the survey areas of potential sites for the deep geological repository of the spent nuclear fuel
  19. Regular Articles
  20. Distributed containment control of heterogeneous fractional-order multi-agent systems with communication delays
  21. Regular Articles
  22. Sensitivity analysis and economic optimization studies of inverted five-spot gas cycling in gas condensate reservoir
  23. Regular Articles
  24. Quantum mechanics with geometric constraints of Friedmann type
  25. Regular Articles
  26. Modeling and Simulation for an 8 kW Three-Phase Grid-Connected Photo-Voltaic Power System
  27. Regular Articles
  28. Application of the optimal homotopy asymptotic method to nonlinear Bingham fluid dampers
  29. Regular Articles
  30. Analysis of Drude model using fractional derivatives without singular kernels
  31. Regular Articles
  32. An unsteady MHD Maxwell nanofluid flow with convective boundary conditions using spectral local linearization method
  33. Regular Articles
  34. New analytical solutions for conformable fractional PDEs arising in mathematical physics by exp-function method
  35. Regular Articles
  36. Quantum mechanical calculation of electron spin
  37. Regular Articles
  38. CO2 capture by polymeric membranes composed of hyper-branched polymers with dense poly(oxyethylene) comb and poly(amidoamine)
  39. Regular Articles
  40. Chain on a cone
  41. Regular Articles
  42. Multi-task feature learning by using trace norm regularization
  43. Regular Articles
  44. Superluminal tunneling of a relativistic half-integer spin particle through a potential barrier
  45. Regular Articles
  46. Neutrosophic triplet normed space
  47. Regular Articles
  48. Lie algebraic discussion for affinity based information diffusion in social networks
  49. Regular Articles
  50. Radiation dose and cancer risk estimates in helical CT for pulmonary tuberculosis infections
  51. Regular Articles
  52. A comparison study of steady-state vibrations with single fractional-order and distributed-order derivatives
  53. Regular Articles
  54. Some new remarks on MHD Jeffery-Hamel fluid flow problem
  55. Regular Articles
  56. Numerical investigation of magnetohydrodynamic slip flow of power-law nanofluid with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity over a permeable surface
  57. Regular Articles
  58. Charge conservation in a gravitational field in the scalar ether theory
  59. Regular Articles
  60. Measurement problem and local hidden variables with entangled photons
  61. Regular Articles
  62. Compression of hyper-spectral images using an accelerated nonnegative tensor decomposition
  63. Regular Articles
  64. Fabrication and application of coaxial polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan nanofiber membranes
  65. Regular Articles
  66. Calculating degree-based topological indices of dominating David derived networks
  67. Regular Articles
  68. The structure and conductivity of polyelectrolyte based on MEH-PPV and potassium iodide (KI) for dye-sensitized solar cells
  69. Regular Articles
  70. Chiral symmetry restoration and the critical end point in QCD
  71. Regular Articles
  72. Numerical solution for fractional Bratu’s initial value problem
  73. Regular Articles
  74. Structure and optical properties of TiO2 thin films deposited by ALD method
  75. Regular Articles
  76. Quadruple multi-wavelength conversion for access network scalability based on cross-phase modulation in an SOA-MZI
  77. Regular Articles
  78. Application of ANNs approach for wave-like and heat-like equations
  79. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  80. Study on node importance evaluation of the high-speed passenger traffic complex network based on the Structural Hole Theory
  81. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  82. A mathematical/physics model to measure the role of information and communication technology in some economies: the Chinese case
  83. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  84. Numerical modeling of the thermoelectric cooler with a complementary equation for heat circulation in air gaps
  85. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  86. On the libration collinear points in the restricted three – body problem
  87. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  88. Research on Critical Nodes Algorithm in Social Complex Networks
  89. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  90. A simulation based research on chance constrained programming in robust facility location problem
  91. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  92. A mathematical/physics carbon emission reduction strategy for building supply chain network based on carbon tax policy
  93. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  94. Mathematical analysis of the impact mechanism of information platform on agro-product supply chain and agro-product competitiveness
  95. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  96. A real negative selection algorithm with evolutionary preference for anomaly detection
  97. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  98. A privacy-preserving parallel and homomorphic encryption scheme
  99. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  100. Random walk-based similarity measure method for patterns in complex object
  101. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  102. A Mathematical Study of Accessibility and Cohesion Degree in a High-Speed Rail Station Connected to an Urban Bus Transport Network
  103. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  104. Design and Simulation of the Integrated Navigation System based on Extended Kalman Filter
  105. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  106. Oil exploration oriented multi-sensor image fusion algorithm
  107. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  108. Analysis of Product Distribution Strategy in Digital Publishing Industry Based on Game-Theory
  109. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  110. Expanded Study on the accumulation effect of tourism under the constraint of structure
  111. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  112. Unstructured P2P Network Load Balance Strategy Based on Multilevel Partitioning of Hypergraph
  113. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  114. Research on the method of information system risk state estimation based on clustering particle filter
  115. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  116. Demand forecasting and information platform in tourism
  117. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  118. Physical-chemical properties studying of molecular structures via topological index calculating
  119. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  120. Local kernel nonparametric discriminant analysis for adaptive extraction of complex structures
  121. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  122. City traffic flow breakdown prediction based on fuzzy rough set
  123. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  124. Conservation laws for a strongly damped wave equation
  125. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  126. Blending type approximation by Stancu-Kantorovich operators based on Pólya-Eggenberger distribution
  127. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  128. Computing the Ediz eccentric connectivity index of discrete dynamic structures
  129. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  130. A discrete epidemic model for bovine Babesiosis disease and tick populations
  131. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  132. Study on maintaining formations during satellite formation flying based on SDRE and LQR
  133. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  134. Relationship between solitary pulmonary nodule lung cancer and CT image features based on gradual clustering
  135. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  136. A novel fast target tracking method for UAV aerial image
  137. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  138. Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model of interuniversity collaborative learning based on network
  139. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  140. Conservation laws, classical symmetries and exact solutions of the generalized KdV-Burgers-Kuramoto equation
  141. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  142. After notes on self-similarity exponent for fractal structures
  143. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  144. Excitation probability and effective temperature in the stationary regime of conductivity for Coulomb Glasses
  145. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  146. Comparisons of feature extraction algorithm based on unmanned aerial vehicle image
  147. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  148. Research on identification method of heavy vehicle rollover based on hidden Markov model
  149. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  150. Classifying BCI signals from novice users with extreme learning machine
  151. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  152. Topics on data transmission problem in software definition network
  153. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  154. Statistical inferences with jointly type-II censored samples from two Pareto distributions
  155. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  156. Estimation for coefficient of variation of an extension of the exponential distribution under type-II censoring scheme
  157. Special issue on Nonlinear Dynamics in General and Dynamical Systems in particular
  158. Analysis on trust influencing factors and trust model from multiple perspectives of online Auction
  159. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  160. Coupling of two-phase flow in fractured-vuggy reservoir with filling medium
  161. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  162. Production decline type curves analysis of a finite conductivity fractured well in coalbed methane reservoirs
  163. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  164. Flow Characteristic and Heat Transfer for Non-Newtonian Nanofluid in Rectangular Microchannels with Teardrop Dimples/Protrusions
  165. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  166. The size prediction of potential inclusions embedded in the sub-surface of fused silica by damage morphology
  167. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  168. Research on carbonate reservoir interwell connectivity based on a modified diffusivity filter model
  169. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  170. The method of the spatial locating of macroscopic throats based-on the inversion of dynamic interwell connectivity
  171. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  172. Unsteady mixed convection flow through a permeable stretching flat surface with partial slip effects through MHD nanofluid using spectral relaxation method
  173. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  174. A volumetric ablation model of EPDM considering complex physicochemical process in porous structure of char layer
  175. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  176. Numerical simulation on ferrofluid flow in fractured porous media based on discrete-fracture model
  177. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  178. Macroscopic lattice Boltzmann model for heat and moisture transfer process with phase transformation in unsaturated porous media during freezing process
  179. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  180. Modelling of intermittent microwave convective drying: parameter sensitivity
  181. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  182. Simulating gas-water relative permeabilities for nanoscale porous media with interfacial effects
  183. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  184. Simulation of counter-current imbibition in water-wet fractured reservoirs based on discrete-fracture model
  185. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  186. Investigation effect of wettability and heterogeneity in water flooding and on microscopic residual oil distribution in tight sandstone cores with NMR technique
  187. Special Issue on Advances on Modelling of Flowing and Transport in Porous Media
  188. Analytical modeling of coupled flow and geomechanics for vertical fractured well in tight gas reservoirs
  189. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  190. Special Issue: Ever New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  191. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  192. The ultimate loophole in Bell’s theorem: The inequality is identically satisfied by data sets composed of ±1′s assuming merely that they exist
  193. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  194. Erratum to: The ultimate loophole in Bell’s theorem: The inequality is identically satisfied by data sets composed of ±1′s assuming merely that they exist
  195. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  196. Rhetoric, logic, and experiment in the quantum nonlocality debate
  197. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  198. What If Quantum Theory Violates All Mathematics?
  199. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  200. Relativity, anomalies and objectivity loophole in recent tests of local realism
  201. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  202. The photon identification loophole in EPRB experiments: computer models with single-wing selection
  203. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  204. Bohr against Bell: complementarity versus nonlocality
  205. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  206. Is Einsteinian no-signalling violated in Bell tests?
  207. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  208. Bell’s “Theorem”: loopholes vs. conceptual flaws
  209. Special Issue on Ever-New "Loopholes" in Bell’s Argument and Experimental Tests
  210. Nonrecurrence and Bell-like inequalities
  211. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  212. Three-dimensional computer models of electrospinning systems
  213. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  214. Electric field computation and measurements in the electroporation of inhomogeneous samples
  215. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  216. Modelling of magnetostriction of transformer magnetic core for vibration analysis
  217. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  218. Comparison of the fractional power motor with cores made of various magnetic materials
  219. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  220. Dynamics of the line-start reluctance motor with rotor made of SMC material
  221. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  222. Inhomogeneous dielectrics: conformal mapping and finite-element models
  223. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  224. Topology optimization of induction heating model using sequential linear programming based on move limit with adaptive relaxation
  225. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  226. Detection of inter-turn short-circuit at start-up of induction machine based on torque analysis
  227. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  228. Current superimposition variable flux reluctance motor with 8 salient poles
  229. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  230. Modelling axial vibration in windings of power transformers
  231. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  232. Field analysis & eddy current losses calculation in five-phase tubular actuator
  233. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  234. Hybrid excited claw pole generator with skewed and non-skewed permanent magnets
  235. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  236. Electromagnetic phenomena analysis in brushless DC motor with speed control using PWM method
  237. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  238. Field-circuit analysis and measurements of a single-phase self-excited induction generator
  239. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  240. A comparative analysis between classical and modified approach of description of the electrical machine windings by means of T0 method
  241. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  242. Field-based optimal-design of an electric motor: a new sensitivity formulation
  243. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  244. Application of the parametric proper generalized decomposition to the frequency-dependent calculation of the impedance of an AC line with rectangular conductors
  245. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  246. Virtual reality as a new trend in mechanical and electrical engineering education
  247. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  248. Holonomicity analysis of electromechanical systems
  249. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  250. An accurate reactive power control study in virtual flux droop control
  251. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  252. Localized probability of improvement for kriging based multi-objective optimization
  253. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  254. Research of influence of open-winding faults on properties of brushless permanent magnets motor
  255. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  256. Optimal design of the rotor geometry of line-start permanent magnet synchronous motor using the bat algorithm
  257. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  258. Model of depositing layer on cylindrical surface produced by induction-assisted laser cladding process
  259. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  260. Detection of inter-turn faults in transformer winding using the capacitor discharge method
  261. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  262. A novel hybrid genetic algorithm for optimal design of IPM machines for electric vehicle
  263. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  264. Lamination effects on a 3D model of the magnetic core of power transformers
  265. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  266. Detection of vertical disparity in three-dimensional visualizations
  267. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  268. Calculations of magnetic field in dynamo sheets taking into account their texture
  269. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  270. 3-dimensional computer model of electrospinning multicapillary unit used for electrostatic field analysis
  271. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  272. Optimization of wearable microwave antenna with simplified electromagnetic model of the human body
  273. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  274. Induction heating process of ferromagnetic filled carbon nanotubes based on 3-D model
  275. Special Issue: The 18th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering ISEF 2017
  276. Speed control of an induction motor by 6-switched 3-level inverter
Downloaded on 3.11.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/phys-2017-0044/html
Scroll to top button