The Hydrodynamic Performance of a Vertical-Axis Hydro Turbine with an Airfoil Designed Based on the Outline of a Sailfish by Aiping Wu, Shiming Wang, Chenglin Ding

“…Through Latin hypercube experimental design combined with optimization algorithms, four key geometric variables governing the airfoil’s hydrodynamic characteristics were systematically analyzed. …”
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YOLOv8n-WSE-Pest: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model Based on YOLOv8n for Pest Identification in Tea Gardens by Hongxu Li, Wenxia Yuan, Yuxin Xia, Zejun Wang, Junjie He, Qiaomei Wang, Shihao Zhang, Limei Li, Fang Yang, Baijuan Wang

“…To enable the intelligent monitoring of pests within tea plantations, this study introduces a novel image recognition algorithm, designated as YOLOv8n-WSE-pest. Taking into account the pest image data collected from organic tea gardens in Yunnan, this study utilizes the YOLOv8n network as a foundation and optimizes the original loss function using WIoU-v3 to achieve dynamic gradient allocation and improve the prediction accuracy. …”
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Predicting postoperative neurological outcomes of degenerative cervical myelopathy based on machine learning by Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Zexiang Liu, Zexiang Liu, Zexiang Liu, Haoge Huang, Haoge Huang, Haoge Huang, Hanxu Xi, Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan, Yanbin Zhao, Yanbin Zhao, Yanbin Zhao, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Yinze Diao, Yinze Diao, Yinze Diao, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Hong Ji, Feifei Zhou, Feifei Zhou, Feifei Zhou

“…After training and optimizing multiple ML algorithms, we generated a model with the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) to predict short-term outcomes following DCM surgery. …”
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A Stackelberg Trust-Based Human–Robot Collaboration Framework for Warehouse Picking by Yang Liu, Fuqiang Guo, Yan Ma

“…An iterative Stackelberg trust strategy generation (ISTSG) algorithm is designed to achieve the optimal long-term collaboration benefits between humans and robots, which is solved by the Bellman equation. …”
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Advanced day-ahead scheduling of HVAC demand response control using novel strategy of Q-learning, model predictive control, and input convex neural networks by Rahman Heidarykiany, Cristinel Ababei

“…More specifically, new input convex long short-term memory (ICLSTM) models are employed to predict dynamic states in an MPC optimal control technique integrated within a Q-Learning reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm to further improve the learned temporal behaviors of nonlinear HVAC systems. …”
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Preventing postoperative pulmonary complications by establishing a machine-learning assisted approach (PEPPERMINT): Study protocol for the creation of a risk prediction model. by Britta Trautwein, Meinrad Beer, Manfred Blobner, Bettina Jungwirth, Simone Maria Kagerbauer, Michael Götz

“…A reliable prediction algorithm based on machine learning holds great potential to improve postoperative outcomes.…”
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Performance Testing and Analysis of a New GNSS Spoofing Detection Method in Different Spoofing Scenarios by Li Junzhi, Wu Haitao, Gao Jinfeng, Liu Fang, Zhang Yu, Li Gangqiang, He Yu

“…To overcome these shortcomings, this study extracts multi-dimensional parameters from observational data. By improving the RF algorithm and introducing a weighted voting mechanism to optimize the classification decision process, a high-precision classification model is constructed. …”
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Fatigue-Aware Sub-Second Combinatorial Auctions for Dynamic Cycle Allocation in Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly by Claudio Urrea

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Investigations into Picture Defogging Techniques Based on Dark Channel Prior and Retinex Theory by Lihong Yang, Zhi Zeng, Hang Ge, Yao Li, Shurui Ge, Kai Hu

“…The method involves building a two-stage optimization framework: in the first stage, global contrast enhancement is achieved by Retinex preprocessing, which effectively improves the detail information regarding the dark area and the accuracy of the transmittance map and atmospheric light intensity estimation; in the second stage, an a priori compensation model for the dark channel is constructed, and a depth-map-guided transmittance correction mechanism is introduced to obtain a refined transmittance map. …”
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Adaptive PPO With Multi-Armed Bandit Clipping and Meta-Control for Robust Power Grid Operation Under Adversarial Attacks by Mohamed Massaoudi, Katherine R. Davis

“…This paper proposes a novel composite enhanced proximal policy optimization (CePPO) algorithm to improve power grid operation under adversarial conditions. …”
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A novel edge-feature attention fusion framework for underwater image enhancement by Shuai Shen, Haoyi Wang, Weitao Chen, Pingkang Wang, Qianyong Liang, Xuwen Qin, Xuwen Qin

“…Experimental results demonstrate that CUG-UIEF achieves an average peak signal-to-noise ratio of 24.49 dB, an 8.41% improvement over six mainstream algorithms, and a structural similarity index of 0.92, a 1.09% increase. …”
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AI-based Assessment of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Construction of a Prediction Model for a Treatment Regimen by Zhen Gao, Qiyuan Bai, Mingyu Wei, Hao Chen, Yan Yan, Jiahao Mao, Xiangzhi Kong, Yang Yu

“…The processed data were then input into five different algorithms for model construction. The performance of each model was rigorously evaluated using five specific evaluation indicators. …”
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Multi-objective trajectory planning for connected and autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic flow by Hui Li, Yunfei Ge, Yahui Guo, Yu Guan, Xu Zhang

“…Therefore, this paper developed a multi-objective trajectory planning model utilizing the TD3 algorithm. Here, we design the state space, action space, and reward function, where the state space encompasses variables such as speed, relative speed, distance to the stop line, relative position, phase state, and remaining phase duration, and the action space outputs optimal acceleration and deceleration. …”
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Anti-disturbance predictive control for path tracking of unmanned agricultural vehicles based on safety distance by HUANG Zhenzhen, SUN Jinlin, DING Shihong

“…Subsequently, an automatic optimization algorithm for the reference point of the agricultural vehicle is designed to prevent excessive steering during path tracking. …”
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Anti-disturbance predictive control for path tracking of unmanned agricultural vehicles based on safety distance by HUANG Zhenzhen, SUN Jinlin, DING Shihong

“…Subsequently, an automatic optimization algorithm for the reference point of the agricultural vehicle is designed to prevent excessive steering during path tracking. …”
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Short-Term Load Forecasting for Electrical Power Distribution Systems Using Enhanced Deep Neural Networks by Shewit Tsegaye, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Lina Bertling Tjernberg, Kinde Anlay Fante

“…This represents a 7.486% improvement over the prediction obtained using only LSTM model. …”
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Smart Management of Energy Losses in Distribution Networks Using Deep Neural Networks by Ihor Blinov, Virginijus Radziukynas, Pavlo Shymaniuk, Artur Dyczko, Kinga Stecuła, Viktoriia Sychova, Volodymyr Miroshnyk, Roman Dychkovskyi

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Leveraging Spectral Neighborhood Information for Corn Yield Prediction with Spatial-Lagged Machine Learning Modeling: Can Neighborhood Information Outperform Vegetation Indices? by Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Javier M. Osorio Leyton, Chad B. Hajda, Kabindra Adhikari, Douglas R. Smith

“…Key predictors included spatially lagged spectral bands (e.g., Green_lag, NIR_lag, RedEdge_lag) and VIs (e.g., CREI, GCI, NCPI, ARI, CCCI), highlighting the value of integrating neighborhood data for improved corn yield prediction. This study underscores the importance of spatial context in corn yield prediction and lays the foundation for future research across diverse agricultural settings, focusing on optimizing neighborhood size, integrating spatial and spectral data, and refining spatial dependencies through localized search algorithms.…”
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CHDPL-Net: a lightweight network for Chinese herbal decoction pieces detection by Chuhe Lin, Zhijun Xie, Xing Jin, Hangjuan Lin, Renguang Shan

“…Additionally, a newly designed downsampling module, RDown, replaces conventional downsampling methods to reduce computational overhead, while the adopted upsampling module, DySample, significantly enhances the recovery of detailed features. To further improve lightweight performance, we apply GhostConv to optimize the SPPF and C2F modules and incorporate a novel attention mechanism, EHA, which makes the model more sensitive to color and texture information, mitigating the performance degradation caused by lightweight design. …”
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Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy by Hui Deng, Kejie Fu, Binglin Yu, Huimin Li, Rui Duan, Yichuan Deng, Jia-rui Lin

“…The addition of the attention mechanism and beam search strategy improves the model, making it more accurate and generalizable. …”
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