Impact of Network Configuration on Hydraulic Constraints and Cost in the Optimization of Water Distribution Networks by Mojtaba Nedaei

“…Further, a new approach based on the Coral Reef Algorithm (CRA) is developed and implemented to improve the technical and economic viability of the designed WDNs. …”
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Optimal sensor placement of bridge structure based on sensitivity‐effective independence method by Wenhao Chai, Yaxun Yang, Haibo Yu, Fuli Yang, Zhikui Yang

“…Abstract Taking the optimal sensor placement problem in bridge structural health monitoring as the study object and relying on the engineering example of a simply supported steel truss bridge, the improved optimal sensor placement method based on sensitivity‐effective independence method was proposed. …”
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Random Forest-Based Prediction of the Optimal Solid Ink Density in Offset Lithography by Laihu Peng, Hao Fan, Yubao Qi, Jianqiang Li

“…To improve the efficiency of determining the optimal solid ink density, the Random Forest algorithm was applied for the first time to the prediction task of solid ink density in offset printing. …”
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Improved Motion Correction in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank With Soft Weighting by Jichang Zhang, Faisal Najeeb, Yulin Wang, Xinpei Wang, Pengfei Xu, Hammad Omer, Jianjun Zheng, Jingfeng Zhang, Sue Francis, Paul Glover, Richard Bowtell, Thomas Meersmann, Chengbo Wang

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Applications of Recent Metaheuristic Algorithms for Loss Reduction in Distribution Power Systems considering Maximum Penetration of Photovoltaic Units by Le Duy Luan Nguyen, Phuc Khai Nguyen, Viet Cuong Vo, Ngoc Dieu Vo, Thang Trung Nguyen, Tan Minh Phan

“…Photovoltaic units (PVUs) are placed optimally by implementing the Coot optimization algorithm (COOA), the archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA), the transient search optimization algorithm (TSOA), the crystal structure algorithm (CrSA), the war strategy optimization algorithm (WSA), and the average and subtraction-based optimizer (ASBO). …”
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Schur Complement Optimized Iterative EKF for Visual–Inertial Odometry in Autonomous Vehicles by Guo Ma, Cong Li, Hui Jing, Bing Kuang, Ming Li, Xiang Wang, Guangyu Jia

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Accuracy–Efficiency Trade-Off: Optimizing YOLOv8 for Structural Crack Detection by Jiahui Zhang, Zoia Vladimirovna Beliaeva, Yue Huang

“…To address the accuracy–efficiency trade-off faced by deep learning models in structural crack detection, this paper proposes an optimized version of the YOLOv8 model. …”
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Optimal Coordination of Last Trains for Maximum Transfer Accessibility with Heterogeneous Walking Time by Yao Chen, Baohua Mao, Yun Bai, Tin Kin Ho, Zhujun Li

“…A discrete approximation method is proposed to reformulate the nonlinear model. The embedded Branch & Cut algorithm of CPLEX is applied to solve the models. …”
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Product Image Generation Method Based on Morphological Optimization and Image Style Transfer by Aimin Zhou, Xinle Wang, Yujin Huang, Weitang Wang, Shutao Zhang, Jinyan Ouyang

“…The genetic algorithm is employed to build a product morphological optimization design system, obtaining product form schemes with higher esthetic quality. …”
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Identifying the Combined Impacts of Sensor Quantity and Location Distribution on Source Inversion Optimization by Shushuai Mao, Jianlei Lang, Feng Hu, Xiaoqi Wang, Kai Wang, Guiqin Zhang, Feiyong Chen, Tian Chen, Shuiyuan Cheng

“…Sensor number and location distribution both play important roles in source inversion; however, their combined impacts on source inversion optimization remain poorly understood. In our study, the optimization inversion method is established based on the Gaussian plume model and the generation algorithm. …”
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Design and Multiobjective Optimization of Magnetorheological Damper considering the Consistency of Magnetic Flux Density by Zhizhen Dong, Zhimin Feng, Yuehua Chen, Kefan Yu, Gang Zhang

“…Then, the multiobjective optimization function and the working flow of optimal design are presented by combining the parallel-plate model of the MR damper with the function posed before. …”
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Gorilla troops optimization with deep learning based crop recommendation and yield prediction by A. Punitha, V. Geetha

“…This article introduces a Gorilla Troops Optimization with Deep Learning-based Crop Recommendation and Yield Prediction model (GTODL-CRYPM). …”
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Optimizing the lifetime of wireless sensor networks via reinforcement-learning-based routing by Wenjing Guo, Cairong Yan, Ting Lu

“…Reinforcement-learning-based routing protocol takes advantage of the intelligent algorithm of reinforcement learning to search for the optimal routing path for data transmission. …”
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Software development of tooth profile parameter optimization and meshing characteristic analysis of flexspline by FAN Zhengwu, LIU Yujie, ZHANG Ruiliang

“…ObjectiveIn order to improve the meshing performance and design efficiency of harmonic gears, a tooth profile optimization method aiming at increasing the meshing conjugate interval was proposed, and the design and analysis software was developed.MethodsFirstly, based on the basic principle of harmonic gear transmission, the mathematical model of theoretical conjugate region and conjugate tooth profile was established, and the tooth profile of the rigid gear was obtained. …”
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Discrete Optimization on Truck-Drone Collaborative Transportation System for Delivering Medical Resources by Min Lin, Yuming Chen, Rui Han, Yao Chen

“…In this system, delivery tasks are assigned to multiple trucks and multiple drones on each truck can perform delivery tasks in parallel, thereby improving delivery efficiency. We study the routing problem of this system specifically for medical supplying road network and establish mixed-integer model and hybrid algorithm. …”
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Adaptive component crossover for differential evolution in solving single-objective optimization problems by Sopov Anton, Sopov Evgenii

“…One of the most popular and promising evolutionary methods is the Differential Evolution algorithms. …”
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Optimal Design and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Vehicle Suspension Employing an Eccentric Inerter by Chengqun Qiu, Ang Chen, Yuqiu Xu, Yujie Shen

“…Then, by considering the overall performance such as the vehicle body acceleration, the suspension working space, and the dynamic tire load, the key parameters of the two suspensions are optimized by using the genetic algorithm. Simulation analysis results indicate that the series-connected vehicle ISD suspension is superior to the parallel-connected one, and all of the RMS values of the body acceleration, the suspension working space, and the dynamic tire load are decreased significantly by comparing to the conventional suspension, while the improvement of the parallel-connected vehicle ISD suspension is relatively poor. …”
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Comprehensive Performance-Oriented Multi-Objective Optimization of Hemispherical Resonator Structural Parameters by Xiaohao Liu, Xin Jin, Chaojiang Li, Yumeng Ma, Deshan Xu, Simin Guo

“…Subsequently, the NSGA-II algorithm is applied to perform multi-objective mapping of these parameters, achieving an optimized resonator with a 4.61% increase in the minimum frequency difference from interference modes and a substantial improvement in thermoelastic damping of approximately 70.41%. …”
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Multi-objective operation optimization method of microgrid considering the influence of electric vehicle by Tiefeng Xu, Xiaofang Meng, Fangfang Zheng, Yiduo Zhang, Xin Wu, Mingyang Li

“…Taking the minimum total operating cost and the minimum peak-valley difference of the microgrid in one day as the optimization objective, and considering many constraints such as power balance constraints and output constraints of distributed generation units, the multi-objective optimization function is transformed into a single-objective optimization function by linear weighting method, and the model is solved by particle swarm optimization algorithm. …”
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Optimizing mRNA Vaccine Degradation Prediction via Penalized Dropout Approaches by Hwai Ing Soon, Azian Azamimi Abdullah, Hiromitsu Nishizaki, Latifah Munirah Kamarudin

“…A novel tetramer-label encoding approach (4-mer-lbA) was proposed, integrating biological relevance with data-driven analysis to enhance predictive accuracy. To further optimize model performance, two advanced hyperparameter optimization (HPO) techniques—Dropout-Enhanced Technique (DEet) and Hyperparameter Optimization Algorithm Penalizer (HOPeR)—are proposed to mitigate overfitting, address inefficiencies in conventional HPO algorithms (HPOAs), and accelerate model convergence. …”
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