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Advanced Technologies in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9061 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asymmetrical Fault Characteristics Analysis; Three-phase imbalance analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Mechanical Engineering: Properties and Applications
edited by , Kun Xu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8944 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical engineering; symmetric structure; asymmetric structure; mechanical design; machining; MEMS; structural reliability; thermal management; mass transfer; topology optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Civil Transportation Engineering
edited by and Renliang Shan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8936 | Submission Open
Keywords: new building structural systems; excavation and support of large cross-section tunnels; PBA construction method; surrounding rock– support interaction; surface settlement during tunnel excavation; new technologies for geotechnical testing; mechanical properties of frozen rock and soil; environmental geotechnical engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Hidden Dark Sector in High Energy Physics
edited by Theodota Lagouri
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8622 | Submission Open
Keywords: high energy collider physics; LHC; hidden dark sector; exotic Higgs decays; dark photon; dark matter (DM); beyond the Standard Model (BSM)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Chaos in Quantum Mechanics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8377 | Submission Open
Keywords: supersymmetry; higher-spin symmetry; discrete symmetry; higher form symmetry; higher categorical symmetry; algebraic structures in quantum systems; quantum phase transition; disorder and quantum chaos; integrability; bootstrap
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Feature Papers in Section "Engineering and Materials" 2024 submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7936 | Submission Open
Keywords: materials engineering; nanotechnology; power systems and thermal engineering; mechanical engineering; mechatronics; and robotics; automation and control engineering; electronic engineering; communication engineering; chemical and molecular engineering; optical engineering and technology; fiber optics technology; mathematical and formal aspects of superconductivity; mechanochemical aspects of aqueous solutions; green chemistry fabrication of materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Its Application in Differential Geometry and Topology, 3rd Edition
edited by Tiehong Zhao and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7624 | Submission Open
Keywords: singularity theory; morse theory/discrete Morse Theory; singularities; singular submanifolds; lightlike submanifolds; biharmonic submanifolds; warped product submanifolds; differentiable manifolds; Submanifold Theory; Legendrian duality; front and frontal; physics; statistics; topological data analysis; computational topology; applied topology and geometry; topological and geometric methods in data analysis; spectral and geometric methods in machine learning and data analysis; persistent homology and cohomology; and applications; neuroscience; cancer biology; genomics; other sciences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in Discrete and Combinatorial Geometry submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7553 | Submission Open
Keywords: polyhedra and polytopes; polyhedra and crystallography; crystal nets; polyhedral graphs; and skeletal polyhedral structures; polyhedra and maps on surfaces; tiling; packing; and covering; soft packings; nested clusters; and condensed matter; symmetry groups and reflection groups; discrete point sets; abstract polytopes; polyhedral design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Cyber–Physical Co-regulation and Optimization Methods in Smart Power Systems from the Perspective of Cyber–Physical Symmetry
edited by Bo Zhang, Pei Liu, Yuanai Xie, Haiyan Zhao and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7532 | Submission Open
Keywords: application of emerging technologies (e.g.; federated learning; digital twin; blockchain; metaverse; AIGC; and B5G) in power systems; collaborative optimization of energy information resources for cyber– physical convergence of smart power systems; cyber– physical– social coupling system technology for smart power systems; smart power emergency communication system based on space– air– ground integration; attack detection and defense cyber– physical smart power systems; key technology for panoramic situation awareness of smart power systems; key technology for secure and efficient data transmission in smart power systems; key technology for safe/high-quality/economic operation and control of cyber– physical smart power systems; key technology for fault location and recovery of smart power systems under extreme disasters; key technology of cyber– physical cooperative defense for endogenous security problems of smart power systems; key technology of data privacy protection and trusted encryption for smart power systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetric and Asymmetric Distributions: New Developments and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7408 | Submission Open
Keywords: applications; Bayesian; regression; reliability; simulation; skewness; survival analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Selected Papers Symmetry 2023—The Fourth Edition of the International Conference on Symmetry submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7237 | Submission Open
Applications Based on Symmetry/Asymmetry in Fluid Mechanics
edited by Xi Chen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7092 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry Applied in Biometrics Technology submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6949 | Submission Open
Keywords: biometrics; identification; symmetry; pattern recognition; soft biometrics; safety; security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Feature Papers in Mathematics Section
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6577 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation with Symmetry submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6155 | Submission Open
Keywords: breathers; collapse; dynamical chaos; integrability; pattern formation; reaction– diffusion systems; rogue waves; shock waves; solitons; stability; topological dynamics; vortices; skyrmions; cardiac dynamics; biological applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
New Trends on the Mathematical Models and Solitons Arising in Real-World Problems, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6069 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical physics; partial differential equations; epidemic models; basic reproduction number; fractional differential equations; dynamical systems; stability analysis; bifurcation; optimal control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry Studies in Modern Power Systems
edited by , Zhong Chen, Lei Chen and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6019 | Submission Open
Keywords: power systems; power electronics; symmetrical faults; asymmetrical faults; power system stability; balanced conditions; grid-forming converters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing: Recent Applications—Second Volume
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5818 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational intelligence; soft computing; fuzzy systems; artificial neural networks; connectionist systems; evolutionary algorithms; memetic algorithms; subjective probability; cognitive systems; deep learning; industrial applications; biomedical applications; logistics applications; environmental science applications; management science applications; decision support applications; image processing applications; modeling and algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Green Technologies: Design, Optimization, and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5747 | Submission Open
Keywords: electricity generation with photovoltaic (PV) panels and/or fuel cell (FC) stacks; symmetric power electronics converters such as double dual topologies; power electronics topologies with symmetric switching ripple cancellation; optimization and management of resources in industrial applications; mathematical models for the optimization of symmetric or balanced phenomena; heuristic optimization algorithms and applications; metaheuristic optimization algorithms and applications; new optimization algorithms and applications; optimization of resources in industrial applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Hadron Physics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5716 | Submission Open
Keywords: hadrons; quantum chromodynamics; baryon spectrum; meson spectrum; multiquark states; exotic states
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetries and Ultra Dense Matter of Compact Stars II: Emergence of Symmetries in Strong Nuclear Correlations
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5549 | Submission Open
Keywords: super dense matter; topology change; hadron-quark continuity; IR fixed point; dilatons; vector manifestation; emergent hidden symmetries; chiral-scale effective field theory; generalized density-functional theory; Landau– Migdal Fermi-liquid theory; un-Fermi liquids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Functional Equations: Methods, Applications and Mathematical Models submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5520 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical modelling; numerical methods; random differential equations; optimization problems; engineering applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Security Requirements and Challenges of Distributed Intelligent Devices and Applications
edited by Yu Jiang, , Shang Gao and Yuexiu Xing
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5227 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed device security; physical security of intelligent devices; power terminal security; device vulnerabilities; device data security; secure machine learning technique for data analysis; access authentication for distributed device; multi-agent devices security; new security challenges in distributed devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry: Feature Papers 2024
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5034 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer science; mathematics; physics; chemistry: symmetry/asymmetry; life sciences; engineering and materials
Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry—Feature Papers and Reviews
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4866 | Submission Open
Keywords: chirality; enantiomers; diastereomers; molecular symmetry; plane of symmetry; asymmetric carbon; optically active compounds; stereocenter; homochirality; symmetry elements; mirror plane; molecular chirality; asymmetric synthesis; optical resolution; X-ray crystallography; X-ray structures; crystal structures; homochirality in chemistry and biochemistry; symmetry and spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Advances in Symmetry and Complex Systems
edited by and Qunli Lei
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4706 | Submission Open
Keywords: complex systems; social physics; statistical physics; soft matter physics; symmetry; complex networks; null models; community detection; information or disease spreading; active fluids; disordered hyperuniformity; critical phenomena
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
From Nanoclusters to Nanoparticles: Symmetry, Theory, Experiments, and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4451 | Submission Open
Keywords: reaction dynamics; reaction mechanisms; symmetry properties of clusters; photochemistry; photodissociation dynamics; phase transitions; trajectory simulations; metal clusters; molecular clusters; ionic clusters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry/Asymmetry of Differential Equations in Biomathematics
edited by Liang Zhang, Junli Liu and Tailei Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4350 | Submission Open
Keywords: differential equations; dynamical systems; symmetry/asymmetry; population model; epidemic model; dynamical behavior; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Feature Papers in 'Physics' Section 2024 submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4301 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in mathematical physics local and global symmetries continuous symmetries spacetime symmetries discrete symmetries and their tests conservation laws and their tests gauge theories lie groups relativity and tests of Lorentz invariance spontaneous symmetry breaking crystal symmetry conformal symmetry chiral symmetry and chiral symmetry breaking dynamical symmetry breaking models flavor symmetries symmetries in condensed matter infinite-dimensional symmetries quantum group symmetries baryon and lepton number  crystalline systems and their symmetries symmetries in models for physics beyond the Standard Model scaling laws of complex system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Mathematical Analysis and Functional Analysis: 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4167 | Submission Open
Keywords: optimization; classical and generalized convexity; inequalities; extension of linear operators; sandwich conditions; moment problems; polynomial approximation; Banach lattices; self-adjoint operators; partial differential equations; dynamical systems; variational inequalities; evolutionary problems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in the Advanced Mechanics of Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4037 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced kinematics; matrix exponentials; quaternions; polynomial interpolation functions; Newtonian dynamics; fundamental theorems of dynamics; advanced dynamics; differential principles; acceleration energies; analytical dynamics; dynamic accuracy; applied mechanics; robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Physically Data-Driven Research on Symmetry/Asymmetry in Underground Engineering Construction and Maintenance
edited by Jiayao Chen, Wengui Huang, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3661 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Fuzzy Set Theory and Uncertainty Theory—3rd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3534 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent algorithms for solving fuzzy/uncertain optimization problems; properties of fuzzy optimal solutions; fuzzy linear/non-linear regression; fuzzy/uncertain clustering; fuzzy/uncertain risk management; fuzzy/uncertian reliability analysis; fuzzy/uncertain joint replenishment problem; fuzzy optimization in product design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Functional Analysis, Fractional Operators and Symmetry/Asymmetry: Second Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3481 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamical systems; partial differential equations; mathematical physics; symmetry operators; fractional operators; applied mathematics; discrete mathematics and graph theory; mathematical analysis; fractional differential equations; extension of linear operators; self-adjoint operators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Multidimensional Signal Processing and Deep Learning—Symmetry Approach submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3374 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; multidimensional signal processing; deep learning; deep neural tensor network; tensor image decomposition; medical information systems; telecommunications; 3D computer vision; bioinformatics; remote ecological monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
New Power System and Symmetry
edited by , Runjia Sun, and Jin Tan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3344 | Submission Open
Keywords: power systems; power electronics; symmetry; smart grid; renewable energies; energy storage; artificial intelligence technology; power system stability; signal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Chaotic Systems and Circuits III
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open
Keywords: chaos; nonlinear systems; nonlinear circuits; control; synchronization; symmetric nonlinearities; self-excited attractors; hidden attractors; applications of chaotic systems and circuits with symmetries
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Research
edited by , Ziyang Chen, , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2689 | Submission Open
Keywords: atomic magnetometer; quantum time– frequency transfer; quantum key distribution; quantum open system; atomic clock; optical frequency comb; Rydberg atom; quantum weak measurement; quantum image; quantum information
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Computer-Aided Geometric Design and Matrices submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2633 | Submission Open
Keywords: matrices; total positivity; high relative accuracy; subdivision; splines and NURBS; shape analysis; isogeometric analysis; interpolation; approximation and smoothing; wavelets and multi-resolution methods; computer graphics; virtual design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry: Feature Review Papers 2024
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2436 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer science; mathematics; physics; chemistry: symmetry/asymmetry; life sciences; engineering and materials
Interplay between NISQ Devices and Symmetry submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2416 | Submission Open
Keywords: NISQ devices; open quantum systems; quantum error mitigation; quantum error correction; quantum transport and phase transitions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetrical/asymmetrical structures; symmetrical/asymmetrical mechanics; structural design; structural con-struction; structural analysis; mathematical model; finite element model; structural health monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
The Ring Tetralogy: What Did We Learn from the LHC and How We Will Use It
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2189 | Submission Open
Keywords: HEP; LHC; ATLAS experiment; CMS experiment; Higgs; Standard model; EW; QCD; SUSY; EXOTICS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Perovskites: Growth, Characterization and Optoelectronic Devices
edited by Longxing Su
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1807 | Submission Open
Keywords: inorganic perovskites; inorganic-organic hybrid perovskites; characterizations; lattice symmetric/asymmetric; stability; simulations/DFT calculations; photodetectors; solar cells; laser diodes; light-emitting diodes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Acid-Base Chemistry II submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1781 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in the structure of organic monofunctional and polyfunctional acids and bases; including biomolecules and drugs; isomerization from unsymmetrical to symmetrical acid-base forms and vice versa; electron and/or charge delocalization in relation to acid-base properties; intra- and intermolecular neutral and ionic hydrogen-bonding; proton-transfer reactions; including prototropy; acid-base adducts formation; similarities in substituent and solvent effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Mathematical Modeling of Symmetry in Collective Biological Dynamics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1759 | Submission Open
Keywords: collective behavior; mathematical modeling; biomathematics; emergent properties; symmetry analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry and the Nanoscale: Matter and Mind - Mathematical Modeling and Phenomenology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1716 | Submission Open
Keywords: Symmetry; Principles of symmetry; Discrete symmetries; Matter; Mind; Consciousness; Nanoscale; Nanophysics; Nanostructures; Mathematical modeling; Multiscale methods; Nano-neuroscience; Quantum effects; Relativistic effects; Entropic effects; Synchronicity; Phenomenology; Space; Time; Space-time; Holism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Graphic Representation and Symmetry Applied to the Technical Historical Heritage submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering graphics; architectural graphics; symmetry; technical historical heritage; ancient machines; technical drawing; descriptive geometry; computer-aided design; geometric modeling; virtual reality; augmented reality; computer animation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications from Decision Theory to Extreme Values submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1562 | Submission Open
Keywords: sequence spaces; functional equations; Banach spaces; Baire category; extreme value distributions; multivariate extremes; representation of preferences; partial orders; statistical convergence; densities on the positive integers; topological vector spaces; linear operators; summability; convexity; probability measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Quantum Optics and Symmetry
edited by Hongbo Zhang and Aimin Yan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1516 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum optics; quantum neural network; quantum optical information processing; quantum symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
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