Experimental and numerical investigations on the bidirectional thermal contact performance by Chen Wang, Mingjun Qiu, Huijing Liu, Jun Hong, Feiyu Gu, Lifei Chen, Tao Wang, Hao Guan, Qiyin Lin

“…However, limited attention has been paid to it while considering the rough surface morphology. This study innovatively employed a combined approach of numerical analysis and experimental testing to investigate the bidirectional thermal contact performance. …”
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Energy Demand Response in a Food-Processing Plant: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach by Philipp Wohlgenannt, Sebastian Hegenbart, Elias Eder, Mohan Kolhe, Peter Kepplinger

“…By leveraging the adaptive, self-learning capabilities of RL, energy costs in the investigated plant are effectively decreased. The RL algorithm was compared with the well-established optimization method Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP), and both were benchmarked against a reference scenario without DR. …”
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Retrieval of water quality parameters based on IOA-ML models and their response to short-term hydrometeorological factors by Wentong Hu, Donghao Miao, Chi Zhang, Zixian He, Wenquan Gu, Dongguo Shao

“…The best IOA-ML model for total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and permanganate index (CODMn) was extreme gradient boosting optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-XGB), while that for dissolved oxygen (DO) and turbidity was categorical boosting regression optimized by GA (GA-CBR). …”
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Crushing Force Prediction Method of Controlled-Release Fertilizer Based on Particle Phenotype by Linlin Sun, Xiubo Chen, Zixu Chen, Linlong Jing, Jinxing Wang, Xinpeng Cao, Shenghui Fu, Yuanmao Jiang, Hongjian Zhang

“…Compared with the traditional method, the innovation of this paper is that a non-destructive prediction method is proposed, which enables high-precision predictions of the crushing force by integrating multi-dimensional phenotypic features and an intelligent optimization algorithm. Comparative tests with a random forest regression, the K-nearest neighbor, a back propagation (BP) neural network, and a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network have demonstrated that the PSO-SVM model outperforms these methods in terms of mean absolute error, root mean square error, and correlation coefficient, underscoring its effectiveness. …”
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TCN–Transformer Spatio-Temporal Feature Decoupling and Dynamic Kernel Density Estimation for Gas Concentration Fluctuation Warning by Yanping Wang, Longcheng Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Jun Deng, Yuxin Huang, Zhixin Qin, Yuqi Cao, Yiyang Wang

“…A flood optimization algorithm (FLA) is used to establish a hyperparameter collaborative optimization framework. …”
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Improved RT-DETR Framework for Railway Obstacle Detection by Peng Li, Yanhui Peng, Su-Mei Wang, Cheng Zhong

“…Building upon the RT-DETR framework, this study proposes a Multiscale Separable Deformable (MSD) module that integrates depthwise convolution with deformable convolution to enhance feature extraction capabilities while reducing computational load. Additionally, a Deformable Agent Attention (DAA) mechanism is designed to optimize attention weights through sparse queries, effectively improving detection accuracy for small targets and enhancing inference speed in complex scenarios. …”
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Multi-Frequency Microwave Sensing System with Frequency Selection Method for Pulverized Coal Concentration by Haoyu Tian, Feng Gao, Yuwei Meng, Xiaoyan Jia, Rongdong Yu, Zhan Wang, Zicheng Liu

“…Subsequently, the OMP algorithm was applied to select the optimal frequency signal combination based on the contribution rates of the eigenvectors, enhancing the measurement accuracy through multi-dimensional fusion. …”
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DCE-YOLOv8: Lightweight and Accurate Object Detection for Drone Vision by Jinsu An, Dong Hee Lee, Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Byeong Woo Kim

“…Object detection using drones is a sophisticated technology that employs a camera mounted on a drone in conjunction with a computer vision algorithm to pinpoint the precise location of an object and ascertain its type. …”
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A novel canopy water indicator for UAV imaging to monitor winter wheat water status by Meiyan Shu, Zhenghang Ge, Yang Li, Jibo Yue, Wei Guo, Yuanyuan Fu, Ping Dong, Hongbo Qiao, Xiaohe Gu

“…The utilization of UAV-based imaging systems for precise assessment of crop hydration levels plays a pivotal role in optimizing irrigation strategies and enhancing the efficiency of agricultural water resource management. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship Between Hypoalbuminemia and Postoperative Pneumonia in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wang J, Yu H, Xu X, Guo J

“…After predefined participants selection inclusion and exclusion criteria, 1661 surgically treated HF patients were included and analyzed utilizing multiple statistical models, including univariate logistic regression, Lasso regression, and Boruta algorithm for variable selection, while multivariate logistic regression and propensity score matching (PSM) for assess the bidirectional relationship between hypoalbuminemia and postoperative pneumonia. …”
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Prediction of 1-year post-operative mortality in elderly patients with fragility hip fractures in China: evaluation of risk prediction models by Qiyuan Lu, Mengmeng Chen, Houfu Ling

“…This study systematically evaluates the predictive capacity of seven risk stratification models for 12-month postoperative mortality in geriatric patients with fragility hip fractures, while concurrently assessing their risk classification accuracy to inform perioperative protocol formulation, rehabilitation strategies, and prognostic management.IntroductionCurrent clinical practice lacks standardized criteria for mortality risk prediction in elderly fragility hip fracture patients. …”
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Gain-analytical equations generalized for FOPID controllers — An application with DC–DC power converters by Luís Felipe da S.C. Pereira, Anderson S. Volpato, Edson Antonio Batista, Moacyr A.G. de Brito, Ruben B. Godoy, João O.P. Pinto, Leon M. Tolbert

“…The differential evolution (DE) algorithm is employed for optimal tuning of fractional-order values, aligned with FOPID gain parameters. …”
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Neural network compression for reinforcement learning tasks by Dmitry A. Ivanov, Denis A. Larionov, Oleg V. Maslennikov, Vladimir V. Voevodin

“…This work presents a systematic study on the applicability limits of using pruning and quantization to optimize neural networks in RL tasks, with a perspective of deployment in hardware to reduce power consumption and latency, while increasing throughput.…”
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Techniques for Fouling Resistance Estimation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger: Cascaded Forward and Recurrent Models by Ikram Kouidri, Abdennasser Dahmani, Furizal Furizal, Alfian Ma’arif, Ahmed A. Mostfa, Abdeltif Amrane, Lotfi Mouni, Abdel-Nasser Sharkawy

“…The training process is optimized using the Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algorithm, ensuring rapid convergence and high accuracy. …”
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Deep learning-based technique for investigating the behavior of MEMS systems with multiwalled carbon nanotubes and electrically actuated microbeams by Muhammad Amir, Jamshaid Ul Rahman, Ali Hasan Ali, Ali Raza, Zaid Ameen Abduljabbar, Husam A. Neamah

“…The primary aim of this study is to investigate the nonlinear vibration properties of MEMS oscillators, specifically those related to nanotubes and electrically actuated microbeams, using DNN algorithms. Different optimizers are used to analyze the performance and capability of these non-linear dynamical models. …”
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Predicting weather-related power outages in large scale distribution grids with deep learning ensembles by L. Prieto-Godino, C. Peláez-Rodríguez, J. Pérez-Aracil, J. Pastor-Soriano, S. Salcedo-Sanz

“…This paper focuses on predicting daily reported incidences in electrical grids within specific regions, leveraging weather conditions as specific predictive variables. An optimization-based feature selection approach has been considered for selecting the optimal Reanalysis node locations used as predictors. …”
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SQNR Improvement Enabled by Nonuniform DAC Output Levels for IM-DD OFDM Systems by Jizong Peng, Lei Han, Qingming Zhu, Ciyuan Qiu, Yong Zhang, Christine Tremblay, Yikai Su

“…Our scheme enables transmission of such signals with no further optimization with ∼−25-dBm receiver sensitivity, while it is impossible using a conventional way. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Secrecy Performance of UAV-IRS NOMA Systems With Friendly Jamming by Kajal Yadav, Prabhat K. Upadhyay, Jules M. Moualeu, Amani A. F. Osman, Pedro H. J. Nardelli

“…Subsequently, the accuracy of the proposed theoretical framework is validated through comprehensive Monte Carlo simulations. We also propose an algorithm that determines an optimal power allocation. …”
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Validation of 12 years (2008–2019) of IASI-A CO with IAGOS aircraft observations by B. Barret, P. Loicq, E. Le Flochmoën, Y. Bennouna, J. Hadji-Lazaro, D. Hurtmans, B. Sauvage

“…Atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) is retrieved from IASI radiances with two algorithms: the SOftware for a Fast Retrieval of IASI Data (SOFRID) and Fast Optimal Retrievals on Layers for IASI (FORLI). …”
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Multiplicity and stability of solutions in transport phenomena of non-Newtonian Carreau nanofluid with nonlinear Rosseland thermal approximations and neural prediction by Puneet Rana, Xinyi Zhu, Ioan Pop

“…The optimal number of neurons in a single hidden layer is determined and compared using metrics R2 and RMSE for each algorithm. …”
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