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

“…Globally, enterprises are undergoing significant transformation in line with developments based on industrial revolution by leveraging extensive computing resources, data capture technologies, information processing systems, and advanced data science models that span analytics, optimization, and algorithmic intelligence. …”
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A Synergistic Approach to Colon Cancer Detection: Leveraging EfficientNet and NSGA-II for Enhanced Diagnostic Performance by Noushin Saba, Afia Zafar, Mohsin Suleman, Kainat Zafar, Shahneer Zafar, Adil Ali Saleem, Hafeez Ur Rehman Siddiqui, Muhammad Iqbal, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…We employed EfficientNet, a state-of-the-art convolutional neural network, to extract intricate features from histopathological images, alongside the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II for optimal feature selection. This hybrid approach significantly enhances diagnostic performance while reducing computational complexity. …”
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An enhanced substation equipment detection method based on distributed federated learning by Zhuyun Li, Qiutong Qin, Yingyi Yang, Xiaoming Mai, Yuya Ieiri, Osamu Yoshie

“…We propose CWA-YOLO, a detection framework integrating multi-scale feature fusion and an enhanced small-object detection head into YOLOv8 to improve accuracy across variable conditions. Additionally, a federated learning (FL) system tailored for substations enables collaborative model training without centralized data sharing, addressing privacy concerns and data heterogeneity. …”
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Bagging Vs. Boosting in Ensemble Machine Learning? An Integrated Application to Fraud Risk Analysis in the Insurance Sector by Ruixing Ming, Osama Mohamad, Nisreen Innab, Mohamed Hanafy

“…Addressing the pressing challenge of insurance fraud, which significantly impacts financial losses and trust within the insurance industry, this study introduces an innovative automated detection system utilizing ensemble machine learning (EML) algorithms. The approach encompasses four strategic phases: 1) Tackling data imbalance through diverse re-sampling methods (Over-sampling, Under-sampling, and Hybrid); 2) Optimizing feature selection (Filtering, Wrapping, and Embedding) to enhance model accuracy; 3) employing binary classification techniques (Bagging and Boosting) for effective fraud identification; and 4) applying explanatory model analysis (Shapley Additive Explanations, Break-down plot, and variable-importance Measure) to evaluate the influence of individual features on model performance. …”
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An enhanced iTransformer-based early warning system for predicting automotive rental contract breaches. by Ming Jiang, Dongpeng Peng, Haihan Yu, Shu Chen

“…The enhanced DBSCAN technique, which employs a snow ablation optimizer (SAO) algorithm, establishes an electronic barrier and integrates the iTransformer model for trajectory prediction. …”
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A Lightweight Method for Road Defect Detection in UAV Remote Sensing Images with Complex Backgrounds and Cross-Scale Fusion by Wenya Zhang, Xiang Li, Lina Wang, Danfei Zhang, Pengfei Lu, Lei Wang, Chuanxiang Cheng

“…Experimental findings indicate that the CSGEH-YOLO algorithm surpasses the baseline YOLOv8s, achieving a 3.1% improvement in mAP. …”
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EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SIMULATOR FOR MONITORING READING TECHNIQUE AND SPEED BASED ON SPEECH-TO-TEXT (STT) METHODS by Olesia Barkovska, Heorhii Ivashchenko, Dmytro Rosinskiy, Daniil Zakharov

“…The practical novelty of the study lies in its potential to optimize the process of controlling reading techniques for children with various speech disorders, such as lisping, rhotacismus, and dyslalia, which remains an unsolved problem for existing computer linguistic models. …”
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IMA-FLADRC-Based Electric-Driven High-Speed Maize Precision Seeding Control Strategy and System by Song Wang, Shujuan Yi, Bin Zhao, Yifei Li, Dongming Zhang, Tao Chen, Wensheng Sun

“…An Improve Mayfly Algorithm-Fuzzy Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control (IMA-FLADRC)-based control strategy is proposed, integrating a fuzzy algorithm to adaptively adjust the proportional coefficient of the Linear State Error Feedback (LSEF) and optimizing key parameters using an IMA, enhancing system adaptability and robustness. …”
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Sonar-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using the Semi-Direct Method by Xu Han, Jinghao Sun, Shu Zhang, Junyu Dong, Hui Yu

“…To overcome the deficiencies of sonar images, we preprocess the images and reformulate the sonar imaging model in imitation of camera imaging models, further optimizing the pose by minimizing photometric error and fully leveraging pixel information. …”
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Flexible interconnected support for decarbonizing local energy systems with high penetration distributed energy resources and electric vehicles by Xuefei Zhang, Niancheng Zhou, Jianquan Liao, Qianggang Wang, Yiyao Zhou, Xiaolong Xu, Edris Pouresmaeil

“…Furthermore, the total line losses of the LESs can be reduced by optimizing the transmitted power of the device by utilizing a genetic algorithm. …”
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Vehicle Trajectory Reconstruction on Urban Traffic Network Using Automatic License Plate Recognition Data by Xinyi Qi, Yanjie Ji, Wenhao Li, Shuichao Zhang

“…Then, candidate trajectories are generated by an improved K-shortest-path (KSP) algorithm based on space-time prism theory. …”
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A dynamic cobweb resistance network solution based on a structured zeroing neural network and its applications by Xiaoyu Jiang, Dexin Meng, Yanpeng Zheng, Zhaolin Jiang

“…By leveraging the hidden structural attributes of a Laplacian matrix, the study devises optimized algorithms for the neural network models, which markedly improve computational efficiency. …”
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Neural Network for Underwater Fish Image Segmentation Using an Enhanced Feature Pyramid Convolutional Architecture by Guang Yang, Junyi Yang, Wenyao Fan, Donghe Yang

“…The model was validated using the Fish4Knowledge dataset, and the experimental results demonstrate that the model achieves a Mean Intersection over Union (MIoU) of 95.1%, with improvements of 1.3%, 1.5%, and 1.7% in the MIoU, Mean Pixel Accuracy (PA), and F1 score, respectively, compared to traditional segmentation methods. …”
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Advancing Rice Grain Impurity Segmentation with an Enhanced SegFormer and Multi-Scale Feature Integration by Xiulin Qiu, Hongzhi Yao, Qinghua Liu, Hongrui Liu, Haozhi Zhang, Mengdi Zhao

“…To address the current challenges, a lightweight semantic segmentation algorithm for impurities based on an improved SegFormer network is proposed. …”
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Conformal Segmentation in Industrial Surface Defect Detection with Statistical Guarantees by Cheng Shen, Yuewei Liu

“…Some machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence models for defect detection, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), present outstanding performance, but they are often data-dependent and cannot provide guarantees for new test samples. …”
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A YOLOv8n-T and ByteTrack-Based Dual-Area Tracking and Counting Method for Cucumber Flowers by Liyang Su, Shujuan Zhang, Hongtu Zhang, Xiangsen Meng, Xiongkui He

“…However, complex greenhouse environments impose higher demands on the precision and efficiency of counting algorithms. This study proposes a dual-area counting algorithm based on an improved YOLOv8n-Track (YOLOv8n-T) and ByteTrack cascaded framework. …”
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Smart estimation of protective antioxidant enzymes’ activity in savory (Satureja rechingeri L.) under drought stress and soil amendments by Amin Taheri-Garavand, Mojgan Beiranvandi, Abdolreza Ahmadi, Nikolaos Nikoloudakis

“…The current research was carried out to develop a genetic algorithm-based artificial neural network (ΑΝΝ) model able of simulating the levels of antioxidants in savory when using soil amendments [biochar (BC) and superabsorbent (SA)] under drought. …”
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Predicting the permeability and compressive strength of pervious concrete using a stacking ensemble machine learning approach by Fan Yu, Wei Chu, Rui Zhang, Zhang Gao, Yunan Yang

“…This represents an improvement of 15.9–23.9% over the optimal single-model prediction accuracy. …”
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Shearlet‐based compressed sensing with non‐local similarity for MRI breast image reconstruction by Xiaotao Shao, Caike Wei, Yi Xie, Zhongli Wang, Yan Shen

“…The proposed model is solved by the split Bregman algorithm to obtain the optimized image iteratively. …”
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Susceptibility assessment of freeze-thaw erosion induced debris flow using random forest, Eastern Tibetan Plateau by Yongjie Yang, Yongjie Yang, Yongjie Yang, Yuqi Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Yuqi Zhang, Hai Huang, Hai Huang, Jinsong Zhu, Jinsong Zhu, Jinsong Zhu, Qiwei Lv, Qiwei Lv, Qiwei Lv, Jiang Peng, Jiang Peng

“…Control factors with high frequency and performance were selected from the perspectives of material sources, dynamic conditions, and hydrological factors, leading to an optimized selection strategy, and the Random Forest Algorithm was employed for susceptibility assessment (No Freeze-thaw erosion model, NFEM). …”
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