Cross-Condition Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings Using Dual-Branch Feature Fusion and MK-MMD Domain Alignment
By: Yancong Han, Yin Luo, Qi Shi, Jun He and Huihua Zhuo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2026-0031 | Journal eISSN: 1335-8871
Language: English
Page range: 250 - 259
Submitted on: Apr 22, 2026
Accepted on: Sep 2, 2026
Published on: Oct 13, 2026
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
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