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20092026
most citedChannel Estimation for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted MIMO Systems: A Tensor Modeling Approach

239 citations

80 papers

gr-qc2026

Thin-shell wormholes in cosmic voids

Jonathan A. Rebouças, Edson Otoniel, Francisco S. N. Lobo

Cosmic voids are underdense regions that can provide an effective large-scale environment with a de Sitter-like gravitational behavior. Motivated by recent black-hole solutions emb…

cs.LO2026

Bound Propagation meets Constraint Simplification: Improving Logic-based XAI for Neural Networks

Ronaldo Gomes, Jairo Ribeiro, Luiz Queiroz +1

Logic-based methods for explaining neural network decisions offer formal guarantees of correctness and non-redundancy, but they often suffer from high computational costs, especial…

cs.LO2026★ 1 cited

Generalizing Logic-based Explanations for Machine Learning Classifiers via Optimization

Francisco Mateus Rocha Filho, Ajalmar Rêgo da Rocha Neto, Thiago Alves Rocha

Machine learning models support decision-making, yet the reasons behind their predictions are opaque. Clear and reliable explanations help users make informed decisions and avoid b…

cs.LG2026

Reliable XAI Explanations in Sudden Cardiac Death Prediction for Chagas Cardiomyopathy

Vinícius P. Chagas, Luiz H. T. Viana, Mac M. da S. Carlos +4

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is unpredictable, and its prediction in Chagas cardiomyopathy (CC) remains a significant challenge, especially in patients not classified as high risk. W…

cs.LO2026

Enhancing Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Score Transparency through Logic-Based XAI

Emannuel L. de A. Bezerra, Luiz H. T. Viana, Vinícius P. Chagas +3

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading global health challenges, accounting for more than 19 million deaths worldwide. To address this, several tools that aim to p…

cs.LO2026

Slice and Explain: Logic-Based Explanations for Neural Networks through Domain Slicing

Luiz Fernando Paulino Queiroz, Carlos Henrique Leitão Cavalcante, Thiago Alves Rocha

Neural networks (NNs) are pervasive across various domains but often lack interpretability. To address the growing need for explanations, logic-based approaches have been proposed…

gr-qc2025

Quantum improved wormholes in the Dekel-Zhao dark matter halo

Jonathan A. Rebouças, Celio R. Muniz, Francisco Bento Lustosa +1

This work presents and investigates novel traversable wormhole solutions within the framework of Asymptotically Safe Gravity (ASG), sourced by a dark matter halo modeled by the Dek…

cs.SE2025★ 8 cited

Psychological safety in software workplaces: A systematic literature review

Beatriz Santana, Lidivânio Monte, Bianca Santana de Araújo Silva +4

Context: Psychological safety (PS) is an important factor influencing team well-being and performance, particularly in collaborative and dynamic domains such as software developmen…

math.CO2025

Erdős meets Nash-Williams

Michelle Delcourt, Cicely, Henderson +2

In 1847, Kirkman proved that there exists a Steiner triple system on vertices (equivalently a triangle decomposition of the edges of ) whenever satisfies the necessary…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 2 cited

Striped excitonic (super)solid in anisotropic semiconductors with screened exciton interactions

J. F. de Oliveira Neto, F. M. A. Guimarães, Davi S. Dantas +3

Within the Gross-Pitaevskii framework, we reveal the emergence of a crystallized phase of an exciton condensate in an atomically-thin anisotropic semiconductor, where screening of…

math.CO2025

Hamilton cycles in regular graphs perturbed by a random 2-factor

Cicely, Henderson, Sean Longbrake +2

In this paper, we prove that for each , the union of a -regular graph with a uniformly random -factor on the same vertex set is Hamiltonian with high probability. T…

cs.LO2025

Comparing Neural Network Encodings for Logic-based Explainability

Levi Cordeiro Carvalho, Saulo A. F. Oliveira, Thiago Alves Rocha

Providing explanations for the outputs of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is crucial in many contexts, such as critical systems, data protection laws and handling adversarial exa…

gr-qc2025★ 2 cited

Are Padé approximants suitable for modelling shape functions of traversable wormholes?

Jonathan Alves Rebouças, Celio Rodrigues Muniz

This study investigates the applicability of Padé approximants in constructing suitable shape functions for traversable wormholes, emphasizing their ability to satisfy essential ge…

eess.SP2024★ 7 cited

Machine Learning for Spectrum Sharing: A Survey

Francisco R. V. Guimarães, José Mairton B. da Silva, Charles Casimiro Cavalcante +3

The 5th generation (5G) of wireless systems is being deployed with the aim to provide many sets of wireless communication services, such as low data rates for a massive amount of d…

cs.SE2024★ 7 cited

Attributes of a Great Requirements Engineer

Larissa Barbosa, Sávio Freire, Rita S. P. Maciel +4

[Context and Motivation] Several studies have investigated attributes of great software practitioners. However, the investigation of such attributes is still missing in Requirement…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

Effective particles in a multishell nanostructure with hardcore

H. R. Christiansen, R. M. Lima

In-medium effective carriers with position-dependent mass in a multishell heterostructure are analytically studied. We obtain the exact spectrum of three-dimensional bound eigensta…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 126 cited

A universal framework for inclusive 15-minute cities

Matteo Bruno, Hygor Piaget Monteiro Melo, Bruno Campanelli +1

Proximity-based cities have attracted much attention in recent years. The 15-minute city, in particular, heralded a new vision for cities where essential services must be easily ac…

cs.LG2024

An Incremental MaxSAT-based Model to Learn Interpretable and Balanced Classification Rules

Antônio Carlos Souza Ferreira Júnior, Thiago Alves Rocha

The increasing advancements in the field of machine learning have led to the development of numerous applications that effectively address a wide range of problems with accurate pr…

cs.AI2024★ 2 cited

Logic-based Explanations for Linear Support Vector Classifiers with Reject Option

Francisco Mateus Rocha Filho, Thiago Alves Rocha, Reginaldo Pereira Fernandes Ribeiro +1

Support Vector Classifier (SVC) is a well-known Machine Learning (ML) model for linear classification problems. It can be used in conjunction with a reject option strategy to rejec…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 3 cited

Pulsation in TESS Objects of Interest

R. L. Gomes, B. L. Canto Martins, D. O. Fontinele +11

We report the discovery of three Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Objects of Interest (TOI) with signatures of pulsation, observed in more than one sector. Our main goal is to…

math.CV2024

On a version of the Problem B of Mahler involving derivatives

Diego Alves

In 1902, Paul Stäckel constructed an analytic function in a neighborhood of the origin, which was transcendental, and with the property that both and its inverse, as…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 5 cited

Three-dimensional bound states of cylindrical quantum heterostructures with position-dependent mass carriers

H. R. Christiansen, R. M. Lima

We present a comprehensive spectral analysis of cylindrical quantum heterostructures by considering effective electronic carriers with position-dependent mass for five different ki…

gr-qc2023★ 15 cited

A note on the AdS/CFT correspondence and the nature of spacetime in quantum gravity

Carlos Silva

In this paper, we address the nature of spacetime in quantum gravity in light of a new version of the holographic principle that has established a relationship between string theor…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 8 cited

Energy eigenstates of position-dependent mass particles in a spherical quantum dot

R. M. Lima, H. R. Christiansen

We obtain the exact energy spectrum of nonuniform mass particles for a collection of Hamiltonians in a three-dimensional approach to a quantum dot. By considering a set of generali…