Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Optimization Algorithms: Developing efficient algorithms to solve linear fractional transshipment problem with multi-objective linear fractional functions. 4. …”
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Skip-Connected CNN Exploiting BNN Surrogate for Antenna Modelling by Yubo Tian, Jinlong Sun, Zhiwei Zhu

“…The combination of evolutionary algorithms with full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation software is an effective method for antenna optimal design. …”
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Molecular biomarkers in salivary diagnostic materials: Point-of-Care solutions — PoC-Diagnostics and -Testing by Ziyad S. Haidar

“…Addressing these challenges requires continued research into improving assay sensitivity, data integration, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Proactive Data Placement in Heterogeneous Storage Systems via Predictive Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning by Suchuan Xing, Yihan Wang

“…Through comprehensive evaluation using both synthetic and real-world traces from deep learning training workloads, our method demonstrates substantial improvements over state-of-the-art algorithms: achieving up to 45.1% reduction in average I/O latency, 32.5% improvement in throughput for critical applications, and 28.8% reduction in storage costs. …”
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Predictive framework of vegetation resistance in channel flow by Fengcong Jia, Weijie Wang, Yu Han, Jiayu Du, Yue Zhang, Zihan Liu, Hairong Gao

“…This study introduces a machine learning-based framework for predicting vegetation flow resistance, incorporating nine ML methods, including SVM, XGBoost, and BP. To improve predictive performance, optimization algorithms such as PSO, WSO, and RIME were applied. …”
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An Efficient Design of DCT Approximation Based on Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) Technology by Ismail Gassoumi, Lamjed Touil, Bouraoui Ouni, Abdellatif Mtibaa

“…Optimization for power is one of the most important design objectives in modern digital image processing applications. …”
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Integrated Energy Management in Small-Scale Smart Grids Considering the Emergency Load Conditions: A Combined Battery Energy Storage, Solar PV, and Power-to-Hydrogen System by Hossein Jokar, Taher Niknam, Moslem Dehghani, Pierluigi Siano, Khmaies Ouahada, Mokhtar Aly

“…Compared to conventional evolutionary methods like particle swarm optimization, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III, and biogeography-based optimization, the proposed model exhibits remarkable improvements, outperforming them by 11.4%, 5.6%, and 11.6%, respectively. …”
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A neighborhood search-based heuristic for the dynamic vehicle routing problem by Wilton Gustavo Gomes da Costa, Ricardo Santos, Willy Alves de Oliveira Soler, Bianca de Almeida Dantas

“…The DSNR achieved improvements of 15% to 17% in terms of distance and final delivery costs.…”
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Distributed Coordinated Dispatch Model for Multi-area Interconnected Integrated Energy Systems Based on Sequential Cone Programming by Yujie REN, Yuhan HUANG, Zhenbo WEI

“…The solution of the distributed algorithm based on ATC is close to the global optimal solution of the distributed algorithm. …”
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A Secure Data Collection Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning and Lightweight Authentication by Yunlong Wang, Jie Zhang, Guangjie Han, Dugui Chen

“…To address such challenges, we propose a lightweight chain authentication protocol for scalable IoT environments (LCAP-SIoT), which uses Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and distributed authentication to secure communications, and a secure data collection algorithm, named LS-QMIX, which fuses the LCAP-SIoT and Q-learning Mixer (QMIX) algorithm to optimize the path planning and cooperation efficiency of the multi-UAV system. …”
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Deep learning methods for clinical workflow phase-based prediction of procedure duration: a benchmark study by Emanuele Frassini, Teddy S. Vijfvinkel, Rick M. Butler, Maarten van der Elst, Benno H. W. Hendriks, John J. van den Dobbelsteen

“…We employed only the clinical phases derived from video analysis as input to the algorithms. Our results show that InceptionTime and LSTM-FCN yielded the most accurate predictions. …”
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Intracardiac abscess in the clinical course of infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure by Собіров Барно Бобір огли

“…Objective: to determine the optimal diagnostic and treatment algorithm for patients with infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure (AHF) and intracardiac abscess. …”
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Hybridized Deep Learning Model for Perfobond Rib Shear Strength Connector Prediction by Jamal Abdulrazzaq Khalaf, Abeer A. Majeed, Mohammed Suleman Aldlemy, Zainab Hasan Ali, Ahmed W. Al Zand, S. Adarsh, Aissa Bouaissi, Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…In the second scenario, a comparable AI model hybridized with genetic algorithm (GA) as a robust bioinspired optimization approach for optimizing the related predictors for the PRSC is proposed. …”
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Intelligent Data Reduction for IoT: A Context-Driven Framework by Laercio Pioli, Douglas D. J. De Macedo, Daniel G. Costa, Mario A. R. Dantas

“…With these predictions based on existing datasets, a selector algorithm module is adopted to identify the most suitable data reduction approach for specific IoT applications. …”
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Research on Urban Traffic Signal Control Systems Based on Cyber Physical Systems by Li-li Zhang, Qi Zhao, Li Wang, Ling-yu Zhang

“…Finally, considering China, the system designs a general control strategy API to separate data from control strategy. Most of the popular communication protocols between signal controllers and detectors are private protocols. …”
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DS-AdaptNet: An Efficient Retinal Vessel Segmentation Framework With Adaptive Enhancement and Depthwise Separable Convolutions by Shuting Chen, Chengxi Hong, Hong Jia

“…Second, we develop a Context-Aware Adaptive Threshold Optimization (CA-ATO) algorithm that dynamically determines optimal thresholds by integrating multi-scale contextual information and uncertainty estimates, substantially improving boundary delineation accuracy and fine structure preservation. …”
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A Cross-Stage Focused Small Object Detection Network for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Maritime Applications by Gege Ding, Jiayue Liu, Dongsheng Li, Xiaming Fu, Yucheng Zhou, Mingrui Zhang, Wantong Li, Yanjuan Wang, Chunxu Li, Xiongfei Geng

“…The CFSD-UAVNet model was evaluated on the publicly available SeaDronesSee maritime dataset and compared with other cutting-edge algorithms. The experimental results showed that the CFSD-UAVNet model achieved an mAP@50 of 80.1% with only 1.7 M parameters and a computational cost of 10.2 G, marking a 12.1% improvement over YOLOv8 and a 4.6% increase compared to DETR. …”
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Enhancing Lifetime and Reliability in WSNs: Complementary of Dual-Battery Systems Energy Management Strategy by Mehrshad Eskandarpour, Hossein Soleimani

“…Unlike previous approaches, this system enables simultaneous charging and load powering and is specifically optimized for energy-harvesting WSN environments. Simulation results in MATLAB/Simulink demonstrate that the system improves battery lifespan by up to 25% compared to conventional single-battery configurations, while ensuring stable voltage regulation and improved reliability under variable loads. …”
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Intelligent Data Processing Methods for the Atypical Values Correction of Stock Quotes by T. V. Zolotova, D. A. Volkova

“…The multiple imputation method creates for each missing value not one, but many imputations, which avoids a systematic error, but at the expense of high computational costs. For the initial data used in the work, the best result was shown by the implementation of the multiple imputation algorithm based on the detected outliers by the support vector method.Conclusion. …”
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Delphi consensus statement for the management of delayed post-polypectomy bleeding by Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago, Sandra Pérez de la Iglesia, Diego de Frutos, José Carlos Marín-Gabriel, Carolina Mangas-SanJuan, Raúl Honrubia López, Hugo Uchima, Marta Aicart-Ramos, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Gandía, Eduardo Valdivielso Cortázar, Felipe Ramos Zabala, Marco Antonio Álvarez, Marina Solano Sánchez, Jesús Manuel González Santiago, Eduardo Albéniz, Gonzalo Hijos-Mallada, Nerea Castro Quismondo, Miguel Fraile-López, David Martínez Ares, Javier Tejedor-Tejada, Luis Hernández, Joan B. Gornals, Sergi Quintana-Carbo, Juan Ocaña, João A. Cunha Neves, Juan Martínez Martínez, María López-Cerón Pinilla, Carlos Dolz Abadía, María Pellisé

“…These recommendations aim to improve patient outcomes and optimize healthcare resources while fostering a standardized approach to this common adverse event.…”
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