yusuke1997/dblp-id-title huggingface dataset:
Fitting Spatial-Temporal Data via a Physics Regularized Multi-Output Grid Gaussian Process: Case Studies of a Bike-Sharing System
SceGene: Bio-Inspired Traffic Scenario Generation for Autonomous Driving Testing
A Hierarchical Control Framework for Coordination of Intersection Signal Timings in All Traffic Regimes
Joint Trajectory Planning and Transmit Resource Optimization for Multi-Target Tracking in Multi-UAV-Enabled MIMO Radar System
Joint Optimization of Running Route and Scheduling for the Mixed Demand Responsive Feeder Transit With Time-Dependent Travel Times
Computation Resource Configuration With Adaptive QoS Requirements for Vehicular Edge Computing: A Fluid-Model Based Approach
Enhancing Cyber-Resilience in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
Adaptive Searching Range-Based Data Association for Multi-Object Tracking With Multi-Information Fusion
Using Image-Based Metrics to Model Pedestrian Detection Performance With Night-Vision Systems
Adaptive Robust Control for Pointing Tracking of Marching Turret-Barrel Systems: Coupling, Nonlinearity and Uncertainty
Parallel Traffic Management System and Its Application to the 2010 Asian Games
Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Population Density Using Cellular Data
Parking Prediction in Smart Cities: A Survey
Estimating Probability Distributions of Travel Times by Fitting a Markovian Velocity Model
An Evolutionary Game Approach to Safety-Aware Speed Recommendation in Fog/Cloud-Based Intelligent Transportation Systems
Incorporating Phase Rotation Into a Person-Based Signal Timing Optimization Algorithm
Prioritizing Influential Factors for Freeway Incident Clearance Time Prediction Using the Gradient Boosting Decision Trees Method
Decoupled Conflict-Resolution Procedures for Decentralized Air Traffic Control
Bilevel Optimization for Bunching Mitigation and Eco-Driving of Electric Bus Lines
B-Planner: Planning Bidirectional Night Bus Routes Using Large-Scale Taxi GPS Traces
Modeling of traffic flow of automated vehicles
Human-Like Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Based on Spatiotemporal Geometric Transformation
A Constrained Dual Kalman Filter Based on pdf Truncation for Estimation of Vehicle Parameters and Road Bank Angle: Analysis and Experimental Validation
Three Byte-Based Mutual Authentication Scheme for Autonomous Internet of Vehicles
Comparing Optimal Relocation Operations With Simulated Relocation Policies in One-Way Carsharing Systems
Stability Analysis With LMI Based Distributed H ∞ Controller for Vehicle Platooning Under Random Multiple Packet Drops
Distribution System Planning Considering Stochastic EV Penetration and V2G Behavior
SimLOG: Simultaneous Local-Global Feature Learning for 3D Object Detection in Indoor Point Clouds
Deep Learning for Road Traffic Forecasting: Does it Make a Difference?
Exploring Scale-Aware Features for Real-Time Semantic Segmentation of Street Scenes
Data Augmented Deep Behavioral Cloning for Urban Traffic Control Operations Under a Parallel Learning Framework
Evaluating Effectiveness and Identifying Appropriate Methods for Anomaly Detection in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Editorial Mechatronics as an Enabler for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Two-Echelon Dispatching Problem With Mobile Satellites in City Logistics
Play&Go Corporate: An End-to-End Solution for Facilitating Urban Cyclability
Optimal Recourse Strategy for Battery Swapping Stations Considering Electric Vehicle Uncertainty
A Global Sensitivity Analysis of Traffic Microsimulation Input Parameters on Performance Metrics
Unsupervised Learning of 3D Scene Flow With LiDAR Odometry Assistance
Preserving Privacy in the Internet of Connected Vehicles
Using Mobile LiDAR Data for Rapidly Updating Road Markings
Delivering Real-Time Information Services on Public Transit: A Framework
Artificial Intelligence-Based Energy Efficient Communication System for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Driven VANETs
Bidirectional Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication System Based on VLC: Outdoor Tests and Performance Analysis
Data-Driven Transit Network Design From Mobile Phone Trajectories
Near Real-Time Freeway Accident Detection
Development of Planning-Level Guidelines for Deploying Transit Signal Priority
Robust Trajectory and Resource Allocation for UAV Communications in Uncertain Environments With No-Fly Zone: A Deep Learning Approach
Fast and Efficient Pedestrian Detection via the Cascade Implementation of an Additive Kernel Support Vector Machine
An Improved Exact ε-Constraint and Cut-and-Solve Combined Method for Biobjective Robust Lane Reservation
LT-SEI: Long-Tailed Specific Emitter Identification Based on Decoupled Representation Learning in Low-Resource Scenarios
Route Choice Behavior Modeling for Emergency Evacuation and Efficiency Analysis Based on Type-II Fuzzy Theory
Parking Like a Human: A Direct Trajectory Planning Solution
Actuator-Redundancy-Based Fault Diagnosis for Four-Wheel Independently Actuated Electric Vehicles
Can AI Abuse Personal Information in an EV Fast-Charging Market?
A Lattice-Based Ring Signcryption Scheme for Secure Communication in 6G-Enabled Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Blockchain
Deep Hybrid Attention Framework for Road Crash Emergency Response Management
A Novel Dynamic Programming Approach to the Train Marshalling Problem
Bayesian Automatic Relevance Determination for Utility Function Specification in Discrete Choice Models
Detecting Traffic Information From Social Media Texts With Deep Learning Approaches
What Happens for a ToF LiDAR in Fog?
Data-Learning Game Output Regulation Approach for Human-Machine Cooperative Driving Toward Varied Drivers and Vehicles
An Explainable Q-Learning Method for Longitudinal Control of Autonomous Vehicles
CAMO-MOT: Combined Appearance-Motion Optimization for 3D Multi-Object Tracking With Camera-LiDAR Fusion
Bus-Stop Control Strategies Based on Fuzzy Rules for the Operation of a Public Transport System
A Tightly Coupled Integration Approach for Cooperative Positioning Enhancement in DSRC Vehicular Networks
Stackelberg Differential Lane Change Game Based on MPC and Inverse MPC
An Active Client Selection Scheme Based on Blockchain for Federated Learning in Shipping
Autonomous Shuttle-as-a-Service (ASaaS): Challenges, Opportunities, and Social Implications
Modeling Multi-Granularity Context Information Flow for Pavement Crack Detection
Accurate Map Matching Method for Mobile Phone Signaling Data Under Spatio-Temporal Uncertainty
Event-Triggered Adaptive Optimal Control of Vehicular Platoons via Fuzzy ADP With Prescribed Performance
MonoGAE: Roadside Monocular 3D Object Detection With Ground-Aware Embeddings
Real-Time Trust Prediction in Conditionally Automated Driving Using Physiological Measures
An Optimal Dynamic Lane Reversal and Traffic Control Strategy for Autonomous Vehicles
Sensor Fusion for Aircraft Detection at Airport Ramps Using Conditional Random Fields
A Rolling-Adaptive Peak Clipping Control Strategy Coordinating RBE Recycling and PV Consumption
Map-Aided Integrity Monitoring of a Land Vehicle Navigation System
An Iterative Two-Phase Optimization Method Based on Divide and Conquer Framework for Integrated Scheduling of Multiple UAVs
Resource Management for Intelligent Vehicular Edge Computing Networks
An Enhanced GNSS/MINS Integrated Navigation System With a Wheel Velocity Predictor Based on Vehicle Dynamics Model
Eco-Routing Navigation System Based on Multisource Historical and Real-Time Traffic Information
Urban Transit Coordination Using an Artificial Transportation System
Energy-Efficient Train Operation in Urban Rail Transit Using Real-Time Traffic Information
Safety Tunnel-Based Model Predictive Path-Planning Controller With Potential Functions for Emergency Navigation
Incorporating Driver Preferences Into Eco-Driving Assistance Systems Using Optimal Control
High Sensitivity Synchronization Motion Control for an Aero-Engine Dual-Cylinder Hydraulic System
Analyzing Lane Change Execution Behavior on Expressway Using an Instrumented Vehicle: A Random Effect Accelerated Failure Time Approach
Road Detection Based on Illuminant Invariance
BCPPA: A Blockchain-Based Conditional Privacy-Preserving Authentication Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
3SNet: Semi-Anchor-Free 3D Object Detector With Slice Attention and Symmetric Features Propagation
Efficient and Accurate Tightly-Coupled Visual-Lidar SLAM
Reference Tracking Optimization With Obstacle Avoidance via Task Prioritization for Automated Driving
How Does Eco-Routing Affect Total System Emissions? City Network Predictions From User Equilibrium Models
Channel Measurement and Modeling for Millimeter-Wave Automotive Radar
Model-Free Learning of Corridor Clearance: A Near-Term Deployment Perspective
An Isochrone-Based Predictive Optimization for Efficient Ship Voyage Planning and Execution
Anticipative and Predictive Control of Automated Vehicles in Communication-Constrained Connected Mixed Traffic
Induced Voltage Calculation in Electric Traction Systems: Simplified Methods, Screening Factors, and Accuracy
Probabilistic Data Fusion for Short-Term Traffic Prediction With Semiparametric Density Ratio Model
Field Assessment of Intersection Performance Enhanced by Traffic Signal Optimization and Vehicle Trajectory Planning
An Algorithm for Spatio-Temporal Trajectory Conflict Risk Identification in Intersections Considering Lateral Vehicle Movement
Road Surface Defect Detection - From Image-Based to Non-Image-Based: A Survey
GLARE: A Dataset for Traffic Sign Detection in Sun Glare
Stability and Resilience of Transportation Systems: Is a Traffic Jam About to Occur?
An Automated Learning Framework With Limited and Cross-Domain Data for Traffic Equipment Detection From Surveillance Videos
Systematic Model-Based Design and Implementation of Supervisors for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Evaluating the Limits of a LiDAR for an Autonomous Driving Localization
Fast Reinforcement Learning for Resource Optimization in Dynamic Vehicular Communications
Adaptive Spatiotemporal Dependence Learning for Multi-Mode Transportation Demand Prediction
Parallel Heterogeneous Networks With Adaptive Routing for Online Video Lane Detection
Graph-Enabled Intelligent Vehicular Network Data Processing
Energetic Impacts Evaluation of Eco-Driving on Mixed Traffic With Driver Behavioral Diversity
A Directional Connectivity Feature Enhancement Network for Pavement Crack Detection
ViFi-MobiScanner: Observe Human Mobility via Vehicular Internet Service
A Two-Stage Hybrid Heuristic Algorithm for Chance-Constrained Robust Railway Trains Timetable Rescheduling Considering Uncertain Section Running Times
Toward Approximating Job Completion Time in Vehicular Clouds
An Integrated Observer for Real-Time Estimation of Vehicle Center of Gravity Height
Accurate 3D Multi-Object Detection and Tracking on Vietnamese Street Scenes Based on Sparse Point Cloud Data
Deep Unfolding Scheme for Grant-Free Massive-Access Vehicular Networks
Predictive multiple sampling algorithm with overlapping integration intervals for linear wide dynamic range integrating image sensors
Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Sliding-Mode Control for High-Speed Trains With Actuator Faults and Uncertainties
A Game Theoretic Decision-Making Framework With Conflict-Aware Nash Equilibrium Selection for Autonomous Vehicles at Uncontrolled Intersections
A Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning Approach for Realistic Aircraft Taxi-Speed Modeling
Optimally Persistent Formation of AUVs With Model Uncertainty and Unknown Interaction Topology
Understanding People Flow in Transportation Hubs
Experimental Analysis of the Temporal Variability of the V2V Channel at 5.9 GHz
A Privacy-Preserving Solution for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Private Driver DNA
Linkage-Based Object Re-Identification via Graph Learning
MRSDI-CNN: Multi-Model Rail Surface Defect Inspection System Based on Convolutional Neural Networks
A Flexible Approach for Automatic License Plate Recognition in Unconstrained Scenarios
Joint Collaborative Big Spectrum Data Sensing and Reinforcement Learning Based Dynamic Spectrum Access for Cognitive Internet of Vehicles
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Update
MOAT: Multi-Scale Group Interaction Transformer for Trajectory Prediction in Crowded Scenes
Logic-Based Traffic Flow Control for Ramp Metering and Variable Speed Limits - Part 2: Simulation and Comparison
Model Predictive Control Framework for Improving Vehicle Cornering Performance Using Handling Characteristics
Vehicle Classification Based on the Radar Measurement of Height Profiles
Joint JPEG Compression and Encryption Scheme Based on Order-8-16 Block Transform
Trustworthiness for Transportation Ecosystems: The Blockchain Vehicle Information System
Driver Behavior Analysis During ACC Activation and Deactivation in a Real Traffic Environment
Enhancing Task Offloading in IoV With a Two-Stage Algorithm Under Information Asymmetry
A Stable Matching Game for V2V Energy Sharing-A User Satisfaction Framework
A Simulation-Based Model for Continuous Network Design Problem Using Bayesian Optimization
3D LiDAR Aided GNSS NLOS Mitigation in Urban Canyons
Benefits of V2V Communication for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
G-VIDO: A Vehicle Dynamics and Intermittent GNSS-Aided Visual-Inertial State Estimator for Autonomous Driving
Vehicle Detection in High-Resolution Aerial Images Based on Fast Sparse Representation Classification and Multiorder Feature
Multi-Objective Optimization for the Vehicle Routing Problem With Outsourcing and Profit Balancing
Pseudo-Labeling and Meta Reweighting Learning for Image Aesthetic Quality Assessment
Basic study on traffic information system using LED traffic lights
Lane Information Extraction for High Definition Maps Using Crowdsourced Data
Adversarial Sample Attack and Defense Method for Encrypted Traffic Data
VDTNet: A High-Performance Visual Network for Detecting and Tracking of Intruding Drones
Pseudoreal-time activity detection for railroad grade-crossing safety
Publication and Impact: A Bibliographic Analysis
A Novel Framework for Road Side Unit Location Optimization for Origin-Destination Demand Estimation
Drivable Region Completion via a 3D LiDAR
Traffic Road Visibility Retrieval in the Internet of Video Things Through Physical Feature-Based Learning Network
Repeated Route Naturalistic Driver Behavior Analysis Using Motion and Gaze Measurements
MIMO Radar Design for Extended Target Detection in a Spectrally Crowded Environment
Integrating Intuitive Driver Models in Autonomous Planning for Interactive Maneuvers
Channel Parameter Estimation of mmWave MIMO System in Urban Traffic Scene: A Training Channel-Based Method
Rapid Extraction of Urban Road Guardrails From Mobile LiDAR Point Clouds
An Efficient and Multi-Dimensional Privacy-Preserving Platoon Communication Scheme in Vehicular Networks
Toward Safer Vehicular Transit: Implementing Deep Learning on Single Channel EEG Systems for Microsleep Detection
Methodology for assessing adaptive cruise control behavior
Heat Exchange Capacity Prediction of Borehole Heat Exchanger (BHE) From Infrastructure Based on Machine Learning (ML) Methods
Vehicles of the Future: A Survey of Research on Safety Issues
A Train Positioning Method Based-On Vision and Millimeter-Wave Radar Data Fusion
DHP Method for Ramp Metering of Freeway Traffic
Modeling and Detecting Aggressiveness From Driving Signals
Learning a Deep Cascaded Neural Network for Multiple Motion Commands Prediction in Autonomous Driving
Scenario-Based Modeling of the On-Board of a Satellite-Based Train Control System With Colored Petri Nets
Distributed Mean-Field-Type Filters for Traffic Networks
Pedestrian-Aware Engine Management Strategies for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Space Distribution Method for Autonomous Vehicles at a Signalized Multi-Lane Intersection
Finite-Time Multi-Lane Fusion Control for 2-D Plane Vehicle Platoon With FDI Attacks
Probabilistic Metamodels for an Efficient Characterization of Complex Driving Scenarios
Mode Selection and Resource Allocation for MEC-Assisted V2X Networks Under Limited Energy and Bandwidth Constraints
Characterization of Wireless Channel Impact on Wireless Sensor Network Performance in Public Transportation Buses
Robust Revocable Anonymous Authentication for Vehicle to Grid Communications
A Spatiotemporal Flight Trajectory Prediction and Online Learning Framework Based on Integrated Transformer-Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit
3D Vehicle Object Tracking Algorithm Based on Bounding Box Similarity Measurement
Methodology and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Railway On-Board Positioning Systems
A Centralized Reinforcement Learning-Based Method for Traffic Signal Optimization Using an Adaptive Sequential Decision
Traffic Management for Automated Highway Systems Using Model-Based Predictive Control
Emergency Railway Transportation Planning Using a Hyper-Heuristic Approach
Incorporating Optimization in Strategic Conflict Resolution for UAS Traffic Management
An Ensemble Learning-Based Vehicle Steering Detector Using Smartphones
Social Entropy Informer: A Multi-Scale Model-Data Dual-Driven Approach for Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction
Optimal Operation Strategies for the Bus-Mode Operation of Intercity High-Speed Rail Service: A Novel Ticketing/Exchanging Mechanism
Multiobjective Mission Route Planning Problem: A Neural Network-Based Forecasting Model for Mission Planning
A Sparse Cross Attention-Based Graph Convolution Network With Auxiliary Information Awareness for Traffic Flow Prediction
Large-Scale WSNs Resource Scheduling Algorithm in Smart Transportation Monitoring Based on Differential Ion Coevolution and Multi-Objective Decomposition
Mitigating Bus Bunching via Hierarchical Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue on Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management
Traffic Sign Occlusion Detection Using Mobile Laser Scanning Point Clouds
On Topology of Sensor Networks Deployed for Multitarget Tracking
Imagery Overlap Block Compressive Sensing With Convex Optimization
Audiovisual Affect Recognition for Autonomous Vehicles: Applications and Future Agendas
Towards a Transitional Weather Scene Recognition Approach for Autonomous Vehicles
Real-Time Hierarchical Outdoor SLAM Based on Stereovision and GPS Fusion
Discovery of Critical Nodes in Road Networks Through Mining From Vehicle Trajectories
Multi-Objective Heterogeneous Fleet Vehicle Routing Problem: Formulation and Algorithm
Learning Agent-Based Model Predictive Control for Holistic Vehicle Performance
A Microscopic Model of Vehicle CO₂ Emissions Based on Deep Learning - A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Taxicabs in Wuhan, China
Corse-to-Fine Road Extraction Based on Local Dirichlet Mixture Models and Multiscale-High-Order Deep Learning
Deep Crash Detection From Vehicular Sensor Data With Multimodal Self-Supervision
Sequence-to-Sequence Traffic Missing Data Imputation via Self-Supervised Contrastive Learning
An Online Energy Management Strategy for Fuel Cell Vehicles Based on Fuzzy Q-Learning and Road Condition Recognition
An Active and Contrastive Learning Framework for Fine-Grained Off-Road Semantic Segmentation
Railway Cyber-Security in the Era of Interconnected Systems: A Survey
A Driving Risk Assessment Framework Considering Driver's Fatigue State and Distraction Behavior
Cooperative Platoon Formation of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Toward Efficient Merging Coordination at Unsignalized Intersections
Three-Dimensional Cooperative Positioning in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
Guest Editorial Introduction of the Special Issue on Edge Intelligence for Internet of Vehicles
AISChain: Blockchain-Based AIS Data Platform With Dynamic Bloom Filter Tree
Utilizing Microscopic Traffic and Weather Data to Analyze Real-Time Crash Patterns in the Context of Active Traffic Management
Provably Secure and Lightweight Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Fog-Based Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
DAGCAN: Decoupled Adaptive Graph Convolution Attention Network for Traffic Forecasting
A Learning-Based Discretionary Lane-Change Decision-Making Model With Driving Style Awareness
An Efficient Model-Free Setting for Longitudinal and Lateral Vehicle Control: Validation Through the Interconnected Pro-SiVIC/RTMaps Prototyping Platform
The Road to Safe Automated Driving Systems: A Review of Methods Providing Safety Evidence
Secrecy Performance of WET-Enabled Vehicular Networks With Simple Non-Reconfigurable Metasurface-Coated Antennas
Crowd Density Estimation Using Fusion of Multi-Layer Features
Dynamic Modeling of Driver Control Strategy of Lane-Change Behavior and Trajectory Planning for Collision Prediction
Multi-Level Guided Discrepancy Learning for Source-Free Object Detection in Hazy Conditions
Graded Warning for Rear-End Collision: An Artificial Intelligence-Aided Algorithm
Track 2 Net: A Fast Lightweight Model With Keypoint Alignment and Track Anchors Identification for Railway Line Tracking
Novel YOLOv3 Model With Structure and Hyperparameter Optimization for Detection of Pavement Concealed Cracks in GPR Images
Optimizing Train-to-Train Rescue and Rescheduling in Metro Systems
Deep Active Learning Intrusion Detection and Load Balancing in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks
An Integrated Approach for Tram Prioritization in Signalized Corridors
Distributed Finite-Time Fault-Tolerant Control for Heterogeneous Vehicular Platoon With Saturation
Flood-Induced Evacuation Time Prediction and Optimization Strategy Toward Metro Stations
A Two-Way Arterial Signal Coordination Method With Queueing Process Considered
Towards Compact Autonomous Driving Perception With Balanced Learning and Multi-Sensor Fusion
Fully Decoupled Residual ConvNet for Real-Time Railway Scene Parsing of UAV Aerial Images
Fourth-Order Dimension Preserved Tensor Completion With Temporal Constraint for Missing Traffic Data Imputation
Deconstructing Pedestrian Crossing Decisions in Interactions With Continuous Traffic: An Anthropomorphic Model
Intention-Aware Routing of Electric Vehicles
Stochastic Park-and-Charge Balancing for Fully Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks for Intelligent Transportation Systems
SDFC-YOLO: A YOLO-Based Model With Selective Dynamic Feature Compensation for Pavement Distress Detection
Performance Limits of Visible Light-Based Positioning for Internet-of-Vehicles: Time-Domain Localization Cooperation Gain
Accelerated Testing and Evaluation for Black-Box Autonomous Driving Systems via Adaptive Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Learning Interaction-Aware Guidance for Trajectory Optimization in Dense Traffic Scenarios
Spatio-Contextual Deep Network-Based Multimodal Pedestrian Detection for Autonomous Driving
Resilient Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control for Autonomous Vehicles Using Machine Learning
Knowledge Distillation-Based Spatio-Temporal MLP Model for Real-Time Traffic Flow Prediction
Global-Local MAV Detection Under Challenging Conditions Based on Appearance and Motion
Cross-Regional Transmission Control for Satellite Network-Assisted Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
FastSTI: A Fast Conditional Pseudo Numerical Diffusion Model for Spatio-Temporal Traffic Data Imputation
Comprehensive Safety Evaluation of Highly Automated Vehicles at the Roundabout Scenario
Navigating Robots in Dynamic Environment With Deep Reinforcement Learning
Interactive Visual Exploration of Human Mobility Correlation Based on Smart Card Data
Challenges of intervehicle ad hoc networks
Learning-Based Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Driving at Uncontrolled Intersections
Improving Localization Accuracy in Connected Vehicle Networks Using Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments
Swarm-Inspired Modeling of a Highway System With Stability Analysis
Two-Stage Stochastic Program for Dynamic Coordinated Traffic Control Under Demand Uncertainty
Inertial Measurement Units-Based Probe Vehicles: Automatic Calibration, Trajectory Estimation, and Context Detection
Stochastic Delay Analysis for Train Control Services in Next-Generation High-Speed Railway Communications System
Big Data Driven Vessel Trajectory and Navigating State Prediction With Adaptive Learning, Motion Modeling and Particle Filtering Techniques