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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks plays a significant role in enhancing industrial automation systems by connecting industrial devices for real time data monitoring and predictive maintenance. However, this connectivity introduces new vulnerabilities which demand the development of advanced intrusion detection systems. The nuclear facilities are considered one of the closest examples of critical infrastructures that suffer from high vulnerability through the connectivity of IIoT networks. This paper develops a robust intrusion detection approach using machine and ensemble learning algorithms specifically determined for IIoT networks. This approach can achieve optimal performance with low time complexity suitable for real-time IIoT networks. For each algorithm, Grid Search is determined to fine-tune the hyperparameters for optimizing the performance while ensuring time computational efficiency. The proposed approach is investigated on recent IIoT intrusion detection datasets, WUSTL-IIOT-2021 and Edge-IIoT-2022 to cover a wider range of attacks with high precision and minimum false alarms. The study provides the effectiveness of ten machine and ensemble learning models on selected features of the datasets. Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE)-based multi-class balancing is used to manipulate dataset imbalances. The ensemble voting classifier is used to combine the best models with the best hyperparameters for raising their advantages to improve the performance with the least time complexity. The machine and ensemble learning algorithms are evaluated based on accuracy, precision, recall, F1 Score, and time complexity. This evaluation can discriminate the most suitable candidates for further optimization. The proposed approach is called the XCL approach that is based on Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), CatBoost (Categorical Boosting), and Light Gradient- Boosting Machine (LightGBM). It achieves high accuracy, lower false positive rate, and efficient time complexity. The results refer to the importance of ensemble strategies, algorithm selection, and hyperparameter optimization in enhancing the performance to detect the different intrusions across the IIoT datasets over the other models. The developed approach produced a higher accuracy of 99.99% on the WUSTL-IIOT-2021 dataset and 100% on the Edge-IIoTset dataset. Our experimental evaluations have been extended to the CIC-IDS-2017 dataset. These additional evaluations not only highlight the applicability of the XCL approach on a wide spectrum of intrusion detection scenarios but also confirm its scalability and effectiveness in real-world complex network environments.

This paper presents an experimental study of the application of automatic annotation of text data in the question – answer format (QA pairs) under conditions of limited computing resources and data protection requirements. Unlike traditional approaches based on rigid rules or the use of external APIs, we propose using small language models with a small number of parameters that can function locally without a GPU on standard CPU systems. Two models were selected for testing — Gemma-3-4b and Qwen-2.5-3b (quantized 4-bit versions) — and a corpus of documents with a clear structure and a formally rigorous style of presentation was used as source material. An automatic annotation system was developed that implements the full cycle of QA dataset generation: automatic division of the source document into logically connected fragments, formation of “question – answer” pairs using the Gemma-3-4b model, preliminary verification of their correctness using Qwen-2.5-3b based on evidence span from the context and expert quality assessment. The results are exported in JSONL format. Performance evaluation covers the entire QA pair generation system, including fragment processing by the local language model, text preprocessing and postprocessing modules. Performance is measured by the time it takes to generate a single QA pair, the total throughput of the system, RAM usage, and CPU load, which allows for an objective assessment of the computational efficiency of the proposed approach when running on a CPU. An experiment on an extended sample of 12 documents showed that automatic annotation demonstrates stable performance when processing different types of documents, while manual annotation is characterized by significantly higher time costs and high variability. Depending on the type of document, the acceleration of annotation compared to the manual process ranges from 8 to 14 times. Quality analysis showed that most of the generated QA pairs have high semantic consistency with the original context, with only a limited proportion of data requiring expert correction or exception. Although full manual validation of the corpus (the “gold standard”) was not performed as part of this work, the combination of automatic evaluation and selective expert review allows us to consider the resulting quality level acceptable for preliminary automated annotation tasks. Overall, the results confirm the practical applicability of small language models for building autonomous and reproducible automatic text annotation systems under limited computational resources and provide a basis for further research in the field of effective training corpus preparation for natural language processing tasks.

For modeling and statistical analysis of data characterized by cyclicity (periodicity) in various areas of science are used circular or wrapped distribution models. The phase distribution function of a harmonic and phase-shift-keying signal in case additive white Gaussian noise is considered. Algorithms for modeling random phases sample of harmonic and modulated signals with specified parameters and correlation function are presented. Expressions for the phase distribution density of the phase-shift-keying signal are given. It is shown that the phase probability density function of the phase-shift-keying signal becomes multimodal. In addition, the probability density function under consideration is a periodic function, which means that the trigonometric Fourier basis can be used to decompose it into a series. In paper for the first time, analytical expressions for the coefficients of the Fourier series when decomposing the density under consideration into a harmonic basis are obtained, and the derivation of the corresponding expressions are presented. Examples of computer modeling and corresponding graphical materials of calculating Fourier coefficients of the phase probability density function for harmonic and phase-shift-keying signals are presented. A formula for the cumulative distribution function and its decomposition into a Fourier series are also obtained. Based on the representation of the phase probability density function in the form of a Fourier series, a comparison is made with other circular distributions often used in practical problems, the Mises distribution and the wrapped normal distribution. The results obtained in this work are of theoretical and practical interest for modeling and statistical analysis of signal phases in various applied problems in area radio engineering, digital communication, radar, etc. In particular, in the problems of estimating the signal-to-noise ratio, the bit error rate, as well as the reliability of demodulator solutions, i. e. soft demodulation of phase-shift-keying signals. Analytical expressions for the Fourier series coefficients can be used to estimate the empirical probability density function.

This paper presents a non-iterative method for solving an inverse problem for a parabolictype equation with an unknown time-dependent coefficient at the first spatial derivative. The overdetermination condition is specified as a definite integral of the unknown function with a weighting factor over the spatial domain or its subdomain. The study is motivated by the need to identify dynamic parameters in applied problems, particularly in modeling transport processes in biological fluids, where the flow velocity may vary over time. In contrast to conventional iterative methods that require substantial computational effort and careful selection of regularization parameters, an original approach based on solution decomposition is proposed. At each time layer, the solution is represented as a linear combination of solutions to two auxiliary systems with the same matrix and different right-hand sides, followed by the determination of the unknown coefficient from a discrete analogue of the overdetermination condition. This approach eliminates the need for an iterative procedure. In the presence of inexact overdetermination data, the highest reconstruction accuracy is achieved using a quasi-solution. Numerical experiments on test problems demonstrate high accuracy in reconstructing the unknown functions under small perturbations of the overdetermination condition. The results indicate strong potential for applications in medical diagnostics and other fields requiring rapid processing of experimental data.

The increased potential for jamming satellite navigation signals, which provide the highest positioning accuracy for moving objects, makes the development of alternative navigation systems comparable in accuracy but autonomous extremely important. One of the most effective such approaches is the integration of inertial and optical navigation systems (NS), as they are more resistant to artificial interference. Among NS data, one can distinguish systems that use a velocity field calculation method when processing optical flow, allowing the determination of the linear and angular velocity vectors of an object in the absence of terrain maps and reference points. However, a serious drawback of this method is the high computational cost of determining the velocity field (optical flow parameters), which is difficult to implement onboard an object. In this regard, the article considers an approach that allows for constructing a tightly coupled autonomous inertial-optical navigation scheme for objects moving along known (programmed) trajectories. This scheme utilizes a navigation algorithm that is easily implemented in onboard computers due to the discovered possibility of estimating the navigation vector without preliminary calculation of optical flow parameters, as well as by utilizing functional dependencies of navigation variables arising on analytical (orthodromic) trajectories. To illustrate the generality of the solution, cases of a rigidly mounted video camera on the object and its two-degree stabilization are studied. The navigation algorithm, providing a stochastic estimate of the full vector of linear and angular motion parameters based on measurements of an integrated tightly coupled inertial-optical NS, is built on the basis of an extended Kalman filter for correlated noise of the object and the observer. A numerical experiment illustrating the effectiveness of the proposed approach is conducted.

A new method is described for finding parameters of univariate regression model: the greatest cosine method. Implementation of the method involves division of regression model parameters into two groups. The first group of parameters responsible for the angle between the experimental data vector and the regression model vector are defined by the maximum of the cosine of the angle between these vectors. The second group includes the scale factor. It is determined by means of “straightening” the relationship between the experimental data vector and the regression model vector. The interrelation of the greatest cosine method with the method of least squares is examined. Efficiency of the method is illustrated by examples.

А discrete element model is applied to the problem of a spherical projectile penetration into a massive obstacle. According to the model both indenter and obstacle are described by a set of densely packed particles. To model the interaction between the particles the two-parameter Lennard–Jones potential is used. Computer implementation of the model has been carried out using parallelism on GPUs, which resulted in high spatial — temporal resolution. Based on the comparison of the results of numerical simulation with experimental data the binding energy has been identified as a function of the dynamic hardness of materials. It is shown that the use of this approach allows to accurately describe the penetration process in the range of projectile velocities 500–2500 m/c.

Use of algorithms based on neural networks can be inefficient for small amounts of experimental data. Authors consider a solution of this problem in the context of modelling of properties of ceramic composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes using perceptron complex. This approach allowed us to obtain a mathematical description of the object of study with a minimal amount of input data (the amount of necessary experimental samples decreased 2–3.3 times). Authors considered different versions of perceptron complex structures. They found that the most appropriate structure has perceptron complex with breakthrough of two input variables. The relative error was only 6%. The selected perceptron complex was shown to be effective for predicting the properties of ceramic composites. The relative errors for output components were 0.3%, 4.2%, 0.4%, 2.9%, and 11.8%.

The transfer of Big Data over computer network is important and unavoidable operation in the past, now and in any feasible future. There are a number of methods to transfer the data over computer global network (Internet) with a range of tools. In this paper the transfer of one piece of Big Data from one point in the Internet to another point in Internet in general over long range distance: many thousands kilometers. Several free of charge systems to transfer the Big Data are analyzed here. The most important architecture features are emphasized and suggested idea to add SDN Openflow protocol technique for fine tuning the data transfer over several parallel data links.

The question on improvement of quality of images obtained in a tomography problem is considered. The problem consists in finding of boundaries of inhomogeneities (inclusions) in a continuous medium by results of X-ray radiography of this medium. A nonlinear integral transformation of a special kind is proposed which allows to improve quality of images obtained earlier at a set of papers. The method is realized numerically by the use of computer modelling. Some calculations are carried out with use of data for concrete materials. The results obtained are presented by drawings and graphic images.