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In this paper, we consider a new framework for particle filtering under model uncertainty that operates beyond the scope of Markovian switching systems. Specifically, we develop a novel particle filtering algorithm that applies to general…

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Modeling plasmas in terms of atoms or ions is theoretically appealing for several reasons. When it is relevant, the notion of atom or ion in a plasma provides us with an interpretation scheme of the plasma's microscopic structure. From the…

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Plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles are exploited to create efficient optical filtering functions. A Finite Element Method is used to model metallic nanoparticles gratings. The accuracy of this method is shown by comparing…

It is shown that in a nonmagnetized plasma, beside the longitudinal Langmuir resonance, there may also exist the transversal resonance. Both these resonance kinds are degenerated. Employment of the transversal resonance makes it possible to…

Plasma processing has been shown to help mitigate degradation of the performance of superconducting radio-frequency cavities, providing an alternative to removal of cryomodules from the accelerator for refurbishment. Studies of plasma…

It is proposed to replace the traditional counterpropagating laser seed in backward Raman amplifiers with a plasma wave seed. In the linear regime, namely, for a constant pump amplitude, a plasma wave seed may be found by construction that…

This work presents a new algorithm for matrix power series which is near-sparse, that is, there are a large number of near-zero elements in it. The proposed algorithm uses a filtering technique to improve the sparsity of the matrices…

Photoelastic techniques have a long tradition in both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the stresses in granular materials. Over the last two decades, computational methods for reconstructing forces between particles from their…

During the last two decades there has been a growing interest in Particle Filtering (PF). However, PF suffers from two long-standing problems that are referred to as sample degeneracy and impoverishment. We are investigating methods that…