Enhanced Design of a Hand Exoskeleton: Balancing Force Transmission and Actuation With Evolutionary Algorithms by Baris Akbas, Huseyin Taner Yuksel, Aleyna Soylemez, Mine Sarac, Fabio Stroppa

“…These findings underline the critical importance of performing proper optimization techniques while designing exoskeletons, as well as providing a significant improvement to this specific robotic design that could provide more effective rehabilitation therapies and augmented human-robot interactions.…”
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Improving air quality prediction using hybrid BPSO with BWAO for feature selection and hyperparameters optimization by Mohamed S. Sawah, Hela Elmannai, Alaa A. El-Bary, Kh. Lotfy, Osama E. Sheta

“…Feature selection (FS) was conducted using Binary version of Grey Wolf Optimizer (BGWO), Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO), Whale Optimization Algorithm (BWAO), and a novel hybrid BPSO-BWAO approach to identify the most relevant features for AQI prediction. …”
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Network Security Situational Awareness Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm and Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Modeling by Peng Zheng, Yun Cheng, Wei Zhu, Bo Liu, Shuhong Liu, Shijie Wang, Jinyin Bai

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Optimizing Radial Distribution Network Performance Through Microgrid Integration Using a Hybrid PSO-HSA Algorithm by Demsew Mitiku Teferra, Livingstone M. H. Ngoo, George N. Nyakoe

“…The performance of the radial distribution system is significantly improved by the microgrid when optimized using the hybrid PSO-HSA algorithm. …”
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Coordinated optimal scheduling of island microgrid for power-hydrogen-carbon integration based on SAO-NSGA-II algorithm by XI Honglei, SUN Jingliao, QU Hezuo, SHI Zhengchai, HU Changhong, LIU Jinyuan

“…Finally， through simulation examples， a comparative analysis of the results before and after the algorithm improvement is performed， validating the feasibility of the proposed improved algorithm and optimal scheduling model. …”
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RSM-YOLOv11: Lightweight Steel Surface Defect Segmentation Algorithm Research Based on YOLOv11 Improvement by Zenghai Shan, Hu Haoyan, Changjian Zhu, Shaowen Du, Hongtao Jing, Wang Haibin

“…The model size is reduced by 23.81%, and the computational cost is decreased by 15.38%. While maintaining a lightweight structure, it outperforms existing mainstream algorithm models. …”
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Improving the performance of machine learning algorithms for detection of individual pests and beneficial insects using feature selection techniques by Rabiu Aminu, Samantha M. Cook, David Ljungberg, Oliver Hensel, Abozar Nasirahmadi

“…The concept of explainable artificial intelligence was adopted by incorporating permutation feature importance ranking and Shapley Additive explanations values to identify the feature set that optimized a model's performance while reducing computational complexity. …”
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Improvement of the TEB Algorithm for Local Path Planning of Car-like Mobile Robots Based on Fuzzy Logic Control by Lei Chen, Rui Liu, Daiyang Jia, Sijing Xian, Guo Ma

“…TEB (timed elastic band) can efficiently generate optimal trajectories that match the motion characteristics of car-like robots. …”
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Integrating Genetic Algorithm and Geographically Weighted Approaches into Machine Learning Improves Soil pH Prediction in China by Wantao Zhang, Jingyi Ji, Binbin Li, Xiao Deng, Mingxiang Xu

“…This study integrates Geographic Weighted Regression (GWR) with three ML models (Random Forest, Cubist, and XGBoost) and designs and develops three geographically weighted machine learning models optimized by Genetic Algorithms to improve the prediction of soil pH values. …”
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Aerodynamic Optimization of a Wind Turbine Blade Designed for Egypt's Saharan Environment Using a Genetic Algorithm by Khaled Yassin, Aya Diab, Zakaria Ghoneim

“…The results shows that after optimizing the NREL 5MW wind turbine design, the AEP was improved by 5.9% of the baseline design AEP while a site-specific designed wind turbine using Schmitz equations shows 1.2% improvement in AEP. …”
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Optimization Algorithm of Adaptive Dual-layer Search Path Planning Based on Left-hand Traffic Rules in Mines by HUANG Jiade, LIU Yong, HU Yunqing, MEI Wenqing

“…This paper introduces an optimization algorithm for adaptive dual-layer search path planning based on the left-hand traffic rules in mining areas, aiming to improve the navigation performance of mine trucks within these areas while ensuring the path safety and the real-time planning. …”
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A Short-Term Solar Photovoltaic Power Optimized Prediction Interval Model Based on FOS-ELM Algorithm by G. Ramkumar, Satyajeet Sahoo, T. M. Amirthalakshmi, S. Ramesh, R. Thandaiah Prabu, Kasipandian Kasirajan, Antony V. Samrot, A. Ranjith

“…This technique can assist the energy dispatching unit list producing strategies while also providing temporal and spatial compensation and integrated power regulation, which are crucial for the stability and security of energy systems and also their continuous optimization.…”
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Charging pile fault prediction method combining whale optimization algorithm and long short-term memory network by Yansheng Huang, Atthapol Ngaopitakkul, Suntiti Yoomak

“…Moreover, the method also effectively avoided the problem of traditional methods falling into local optimal solutions, thus improving the training efficiency and generalization ability while maintaining the model accuracy. …”
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An integrated stacked convolutional neural network and the levy flight-based grasshopper optimization algorithm for predicting heart disease by Syed Muhammad Salman Bukhari, Muhammad Hamza Zafar, Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi, Majad Mansoor, Filippo Sanfilippo

“…The SCNN provides robust feature extraction, while LFGOA enhances the model by optimizing hyperparameters, improving classification accuracy, and reducing overfitting. …”
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Path planning in radioactive environment of nuclear facilities based on modified A-star algorithm and search neighborhood optimization by Biao Zhang, Xingfu Cai, Guoqiang Li, Xiaomeng Li, Minjun Peng, Haowei Wang

“…An improved A-star algorithm is proposed in this paper for path planning in the radioactive environment of nuclear facilities. …”
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Optimized memory allocation in edge-PLCs using Deep Q-Networks and bidirectional LSTM with Quantum Genetic Algorithm by N. Naveen Kumar, S. Saravana, S. Balamurugan, P. Seshu Kumar, S. Suresh

“…By leveraging principles of quantum computing, this optimization algorithm explores the solution space more efficiently, allowing for faster convergence and improved performance. …”
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An improved lightweight tiny-person detection network based on YOLOv8: IYFVMNet by Fan Yang, Lihu Pan, Hongyan Cui, Linliang Zhang

“…This operation also reduces the computational cost by decreasing the amount of required feature map channels, while maintaining the effectiveness of the feature representation. (3) he Minimum Point Distance Intersection over Union loss function is employed to optimize bounding box detection during model training. (4) to construct the overall network structure, the Layer-wise Adaptive Momentum Pruning algorithm is used for thinning.ResultsExperiments on the TinyPerson dataset demonstrate that IYFVMNet achieves a 46.3% precision, 30% recall, 29.3% mAP50, and 11.8% mAP50-95.DiscussionThe model exhibits higher performance in terms of accuracy and efficiency when compared to other benchmark models, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the improved algorithm (e.g., YOLO-SGF, Guo-Net, TRC-YOLO) in small-object detection and provides a reference for future research.…”
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Optimal Design Method of a Hybrid CSP-PV Plant Based on Genetic Algorithm Considering the Operation Strategy by Rongrong Zhai, Ying Chen, Hongtao Liu, Hao Wu, Yongping Yang

“…When the system is optimized by the operation characteristics of the whole year, the lowest LCOE is 0.0555 $/kWh, the rated capacity of PV and CSP system are 242.954 MW and 30 MW, respectively, and the capacity of heat storage and battery are 136.059 MWh and 8.977 MWh. …”
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Detection of water surface targets based on improved Deformable DETR by Pengjiu WANG, Junbin Gong, Wei LUO, Xiao HUANG, Junjie GUO

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GA-VAE: Enhancing Local Feature Representation in VQ-VAE Through Genetic Algorithm-Based Token Optimization by Jinghui Jiang, Dongjoon Kim, Bohyoung Kim, Yeong-Gil Shin

“…Our proposed Codebook Genetic Algorithm (CGA) selectively optimizes these underutilized tokens by applying genetic operations to enhance their representation capability while maintaining the well-learned features of frequently used tokens. …”
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