New experimental techniques for fracture testing of highly deformable materials by E. Dall’Asta, V. Ghizzardi, R. Brighenti, E. Romeo, R. Roncella, A. Spagnoli

“…A comparison with the open source code Ncorr and with some FEM results is also presented. …”
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Evolution of Traffic Microsimulation and Its Use for Modeling Connected and Automated Vehicles by Narayana Raju, Haneen Farah

“…Initially, the paper focuses on understanding the evolution of traffic microsimulation and on examining the various commercial and open-source simulation platforms available and their importance in traffic microsimulation studies. …”
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Boricua Energy Justice Visualization by Willian A. Pacheco-Cano, Carlos A. Peña-Becerra, Marcel Castro-Sitiriche

“…The present study aims to identify the most affected geographic regions using a complementary approach that leverages open source governmental data. By harnessing the power of comprehensive data and utilizing a graphical analysis tool—a set of open access dashboards with maps and graphs—positive change can be fostered, providing stakeholders with comprehensive data for informed decision-making. …”
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Hosting capacity in smart distribution systems using OpenDSS tool and Monte Carlo-based methodology by Masic Fatima, Saric Mirza, Hivziefendic Jasna, Dzemic Zijad

“…The main contribution of this work is the development, testing and implementation of the HC estimation method in complex power systems using open-source tools and integrating them in an innovative fashion. …”
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Distributionally Robust Policy and Lyapunov-Certificate Learning by Kehan Long, Jorge Cortes, Nikolay Atanasov

“…To demonstrate the efficacy and efficiency of the proposed methodology, we compare it with an uncertainty-agnostic baseline approach and several reinforcement learning approaches in two control problems in simulation. Open-source implementations of the examples are available at <uri>https://github.com/KehanLong/DR_Stabilizing_Policy</uri>.…”
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Sensitivity Analysis of MTPA Control to Angle Errors for Synchronous Reluctance Machines by Martin Petrun, Jernej Černelič

“…Two MTPA control implementation schemes were evaluated, with torque and current amplitude as the reference variables, using a template SynRM from the open-source simulation tool SyR-e. The results indicated that performance sensitivity to angle errors was moderately low near the MTPA trajectory, allowing for significant angle deviations with minimal performance loss. …”
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EVLearn: extending the cityLearn framework with electric vehicle simulation by Tiago Fonseca, Luis Lino Ferreira, Bernardo Cabral, Ricardo Severino, Kingsley Nweye, Dipanjan Ghose, Zoltan Nagy

“…Addressing this gap, first we introduce the EVLearn, an open-source extension for the existing CityLearn simulation framework. …”
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An Overview of Extensive Analysis of 3D Printing Applications in the Manufacturing Sector by M. Jayakrishna, M. Vijay, Baseem Khan

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is being used for extensive customization and production of all types of open-source designs in farming, medical, automotive, locomotive, aerospace, and construction industries. …”
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ProACT: An Augmented Reality Testbed for Intelligent Prosthetic Arms by Shivani Guptasarma, Monroe D. Kennedy

“…Towards the goal of supporting future research in intelligent prosthetics, the system is built upon existing open-source frameworks for robotics, and is available at <uri>https://arm.stanford.edu/proact</uri>.…”
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The Safeguard of Audio Collections: A Computer Science Based Approach to Quality Control—The Case of the Sound Archive of the Arena di Verona by Federica Bressan, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza, Federico Fontana, Roberta Bertani

“…On the scientific side, the most significant objectives achieved by the project are (i) the setup of a working environment inside the archive, (ii) the knowledge transfer to the archival personnel, (iii) the realization of chemical analyses on magnetic tapes in collaboration with experts in the fields of materials science and chemistry, and (iv) the development of original open-source software tools. On the cultural side, the recovery, the safeguard, and the access to unique copies of unpublished live recordings of artists the calibre of Domingo and Pavarotti are of great musicological and economical value.…”
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ChirpArray: A low‐cost, easy‐to‐construct microphone array for long‐term ecoacoustic monitoring by Ryotaro Okamoto, Hiroyuki Oguma

“…Unlike previous microphone arrays, ChirpArray is low‐cost, low‐power and waterproof, making it ideal for extended‐field monitoring. It is a fully open source and is constructed from readily available materials, ensuring broad accessibility for applications ranging from local citizen projects to large‐scale landscape recordings. …”
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DATA ACQUISITION FOR DIGITISATION IN THE PARAFFIN CANDLE PRODUCTION PROCESS by Giedrius Blažiūnas

“…The database acts as a storage location for the gathered information, which can then be utilised to analyse and improve the manufacturing process. Python and the open-source package Streamlit were used to provide a user-friendly interface for operators. …”
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Synthetic graphs for link prediction benchmarking by Alexey Vlaskin, Eduardo G Altmann

“…Our findings underline the need for careful consideration of graph structure when selecting a link prediction method and emphasize the value of comparing performance against synthetic benchmarks. We provide open-source code for generating these synthetic graphs, enabling further research on link prediction methods.…”
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Impact of facial tattoos and paintings on face recognition systems by Mathias Ibsen, Christian Rathgeb, Thomas Fink, Pawel Drozdowski, Christoph Busch

“…The impact on these modules was evaluated using state‐of‐the‐art open‐source and commercial systems. The obtained results show that facial tattoos and paintings affect all the tested modules, especially for images where a large area of the face is covered with tattoos or paintings. …”
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Automatic Speech Recognition: A survey of deep learning techniques and approaches by Harsh Ahlawat, Naveen Aggarwal, Deepti Gupta

“…This study also highlights the research findings and challenges with way forward that may be used as a beginning point for academicians interested in open-source Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) research, particularly focusing on mitigating data dependency and generalizability across low resource languages, speaker variability, and noise conditions.…”
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A high-resolution three-year dataset supporting rooftop photovoltaics (PV) generation analytics by Zinan Lin, Qi Zhou, Zhe Wang, Ce Wang, Davis Boyd Bookhart, Marcus Leung-Shea

“…Abstract This paper presents an open-source dataset intended to enhance the analysis and optimization of photovoltaic (PV) power generation in urban environments, serving as a valuable resource for various applications in solar energy research and development. …”
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Humatch - fast, gene-specific joint humanisation of antibody heavy and light chains by Lewis Chinery, Jeliazko R. Jeliazkov, Charlotte M. Deane

“…Humatch’s training data and source code are provided open-source.…”
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Towards evaluating and building versatile large language models for medicine by Chaoyi Wu, Pengcheng Qiu, Jinxin Liu, Hongfei Gu, Na Li, Ya Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, Weidi Xie

“…To demonstrate the dataset’s utility, we conducted a proof-of-concept experiment by performing instruction tuning on a lightweight, open-source medical language model. The resulting model, MMedIns-Llama 3, significantly outperformed existing models on various clinical tasks. …”
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Optimal Control of Heat Equation by Coupling FVM and FEM Codes by Samuele Baldini, Giacomo Barbi, Antonio Cervone, Federico Giangolini, Sandro Manservisi, Lucia Sirotti

“…This coupling is facilitated through the open-source MED and MEDCoupling libraries of the SALOME platform. …”
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Research and application of defense mechanism for prompt injection attack of large language model in financial industry by MOU Daen, WEI Zhihua, SUN Minglong, SONG Na, NI Lin

“…An end-to-end security defense framework against prompt injection attacks in large language models was proposed and tested, and comparative evaluations were performed using prevalent open-source large language models. The research indicated that in the financial industry, the application of the proposed security defense framework significantly enhanced the defensive capabilities of Chinese large language models, effectively reducing the generation of inappropriate content and improving their resilience against prompt injection attacks. …”
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