Fuel Cell Output Current Prediction with a Hybrid Intelligent System by José-Luis Casteleiro-Roca, Antonio Javier Barragán, Francisca Segura, José Luis Calvo-Rolle, José Manuel Andújar

“…A fuel cell is a complex system, which produces electricity through an electrochemical reaction. …”
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IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers by Osvaldas Janonis

“…The author has arrived to the following conclusions: the model provided by the study demonstrates that a bibliographic description is a complex system; the model includes the variety of works and information carriers; it embraces the variety of needs of a wide range of information users; the results will enhance theoretisation of cataloguing science and corresponding disciplines; the results of the study are significant for bibliographic practice; they will influence the preparation and revision of the national cataloguing rules and further development of the international standards of bibliographic description; the study is interesting from the point of view of enriching the functional possibilities and shortening the time of bibliographic search; the implementation of the results will mean the improvement of the quality of a bibliographic description and will ensure the provision of full data. …”
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A Novel Integrated Fuzzy-Rough MCDM Model for Evaluation of Companies for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Nikolina Vojinović, Siniša Sremac, Dragan Zlatanović

“…The organization and execution of the transport of dangerous goods is conditioned by a series of legal, technical, technological, safety, and engineering requirements, which must be met. In this way, a complex system is created which has a large number of participants and in which optimization should be performed at each stage from all the above aspects. …”
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Control of Magnetic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning Based on Incrementally Adapted Local Linear Models by Martin Brablc, Jan Žegklitz, Robert Grepl, Robert Babuška

“…The results show that using the RL framework and a suitable approximation method, it is possible to design a stable controller of such a complex system without the necessity of any haphazard learning. …”
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La difficile gestion globale de l’eau en Camargue (France) : le Contrat de delta by Alain Dervieux

“…The result is an increasingly complex system that requires a water management programme that can meet both National and European objectives for sustainable development.Conservation plays a large role in today's land and water management policies, but there are other considerations essential to ensuring the durability of the region's development. …”
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Research on Key Factors Influencing Surface Subsidence of Paste Backfilling Mining in Thick Coal Seam of Deep Mine by Meng Zhang, Hui He, Xin Jin, Yonglong Qu, Hongjun Guo

“…The research on the key factors of surface subsidence in paste backfilling mining of thick coal seam in deep mine is a complex system engineering, which involves mining, backfilling, support, subsidence, safety, and other aspects. …”
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Afocal Mirror Systems with Small Axial Dimensions by N. K. Artioukhina, L. Peroza

“…The designed systems have good correction of aberrations for the given characteristics: in the spot diagrams, the values of the RMS scatter spot do not exceed 1,35 μm; GEO radius (distance from the reference point) – 0.105 μm; together with Airy disk sizes of about 9.16 μm, indicating that the images are close to diffraction.The calculated systems can be successfully applied as part of a more complex system, as well as in systems with a synthesized aperture.…”
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Geometrical Nonlinear Aeroelastic Stability Analysis of a Composite High-Aspect-Ratio Wing by Chang Chuan Xie, Jia Zhen Leng, Chao Yang

“…MSC/NASTRAN), and the unsteady aerodynamic code, the nonlinear aeroelastic stability margin of a complex system other than a simple beam model can be determined.…”
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Adolescent Sports Behavior and Social Networks: The Role of Social Efficacy and Self-Presentation in Sports Behavior by Lei Lei, Huifang Zhang, Xin Wang

“…Social networks are a complex system that members communicate, create new connections or destroy existing connections, and further deliver major impacts on each member’s life. …”
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Using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) in Aviation Safety: A Systematic Review by Wulin Tian, Carlo Caponecchia

“…Current FRAM illustrates its advantages in capturing the dynamic and nonlinear nature of complex systems and facilitates our understanding and continual improvement of complex systems. …”
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A method of increasing labour productivity in construction by A. A. Lapidus

“…The representation of labour productivity in the form of a complex system, formed on the basis of the provisions of system engineering in construction, makes it possible to create a decomposition of its components in the form of factors and parameters influencing them.Materials and methods. …”
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An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: case study in Scottish spring barley by Stacia Stetkiewicz, Ann Bruce, Fiona J. Burnett, Richard A. Ennos, Cairistiona F. E. Topp

“…Together, these diverse sources of information give a more complete view of a complex system than any individual source could and allow the identification of IPM methods which are robust, practical, and not already in widespread use in this system. …”
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A Dynamic Model of Information-Vaccination-Disease That Accounts for Emerging Viral Variants: Model Development and a Case Study for COVID-19 in Iceland by Laijun Zhao, Mingmin Ying, Ying Qian, Lixin Zhou, Pingle Yang

“…To analyze these factors, we developed mean-field equations for system dynamics to model the complex system of vaccine information dissemination and vaccination, calculated the basic reproduction rate number, and used the Icelandic COVID-19 outbreak (Omicron variant) as a case study. …”
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A Case Study of Complex Policy Design: The Systems Engineering Approach by Shqipe Buzuku, Javier Farfan, Kari Harmaa, Andrzej Kraslawski, Tuomo Kässi

“…Design, structure, modelling, and analysis of complex systems can significantly benefit from a systematic approach. …”
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The impact of structural complexity on knowledge management processes: a case study of the friendship Ophthalmology Hospital Algeria Cuba in DJELFA by Mokhtar Rabhi, Ahlam Thamri, Mohammed Said Djoua, Rima Affaf Harizi, Souaad Ben Messaoud

“…The hospital is a complex system that includes several variables, and knowledge represents the most critical input that interacts in order to effectively meet patients' needs. …”
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People of the Past and Present. Magazine Stolitsa i usaďba, the Russian Nobility and Its Self-Presentation in the Final Years of the Tsarist Regime by Zbyněk Vydra

“… As a ruling class for centuries, the nobility created a complex system of symbols and rituals which jointly formed the (political) culture in Russia. …”
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Exploring ways to respond to rising obesity and diabetes in the Caribbean using a system dynamics model. by Leonor Guariguata, Leandro Garcia, Natasha Sobers, Trevor S Ferguson, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin

“…These conditions are the result of a complex system of drivers and determinants that can make it difficult to predict the impact of interventions. …”
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The Ordinary Legislative Procedure in the EU as an Example of Cooperative Practices by N. Yu. Kaveshnikov

“…The reason for this is that the ordinary legislative procedure has a complex system of checks and balances. This allows a number of actors to block or delay the decision-making process. …”
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Dynamics of differentiation of rural North-West of Russia: main trends and features by Alexander I. Kostyaev, Galina N. Nikonova

“…Methodologically, it adopted an approach that views rural space differentiation as a product of the combined influence of the agro-industrial complex system and the ‘urban-rural’ system. The changes of interest were studied from the industrial, demographic and settlement perspectives, with a focus on indicators such as changes in acreage and livestock between 1989, 2007 and 2023, and the size of the rural population and the number of residents per rural settlement between 2002, 2010 and 2020. …”
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Economic Management within the Cossack Frontier in the Second Half of the 19th Century (Based on the Example of the Don and Azov Cossack Troops) by Petr A. Kolpakov, Ivan Yu. Yurchenko

“…The study concludes that economic management within the Cossack frontier involved a complex system of organizational and administrative measures tailored to the unique challenges of the region.…”
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