Scheduling Jobs with Variable Job Processing Times on Unrelated Parallel Machines by Guang-Qian Zhang, Jian-Jun Wang, Ya-Jing Liu

“…m unrelated parallel machines scheduling problems with variable job processing times are considered, where the processing time of a job is a function of its position in a sequence, its starting time, and its resource allocation. The objective is to determine the optimal resource allocation and the optimal schedule to minimize a total cost function that dependents on the total completion (waiting) time, the total machine load, the total absolute differences in completion (waiting) times on all machines, and total resource cost. …”
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Underwater Acoustic MAC Protocol for Multi-Objective Optimization Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning by Jinfang Jiang, Yiling Dong, Guangjie Han, Gang Su

“…MOMA-MAC utilizes a delay reward mechanism combined with the Multi-agent Proximal Policy Optimization Algorithm (MAPPO) to design a dual reward mechanism, which enables agents to adaptively collaborate and compete to optimize the use of network resources. …”
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Predicting Intensive Care Unit Admissions in COVID-19 Patients: An AI-Powered Machine Learning Model by A. M. Mutawa

“…Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have been in great demand worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating organized allocation. The spike in critical care patients has overloaded ICUs, which along with prolonged hospitalizations, has increased workload for medical personnel and lead to a significant shortage of resources. …”
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Robust Expansion Planning of Electric Vehicle Charging System and Distribution Networks by Yue Xiang, Ping Xue, Yanliang Wang, Lixiong Xu, Wang Ma, Miadreza Shafie-khah, Junlong Li, Junyong Liu

“…To address this issue, a collaborative planning scheme of the EV charging system and distribution networks that combines economic and reliability benefits is proposed, which is formulated as a two-stage distributionally robust optimization model considering source-load uncertainties. First, a candidate EVCS planning scheme is obtained using queuing theory. …”
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Evolutionary game-based cooperative strategy for effective capacity of multiple-input-multiple-output communications by Jianhua Liu, Jiadi Yu, Minglu Li, Luqun Li, Dazhi Li, Shigen Shen

“…Numerical results show that the proposed algorithm can effectively improve the quality of service for mobile two-dimensional multiple-input-multiple-output communication networks.…”
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Optimizing sum rates in IoT networks: A novel IRS-NOMA cooperative system by Mukkara Prasanna Kumar, Ammar Summaq, Sunil Chinnadurai, Poongundran Selvaprabhu, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu, Md. Abdul Latif Sarker, Dong Seog Han

“…By leveraging our optimization algorithm, the proposed system ensures efficient resource allocation, achieving superior spectral efficiency and fairness among users compared to traditional models. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach for Quantifying Academic Misconduct by Almasi S. Maguya

“…To deal with this problem effec tively, a clear understanding of its magnitude is necessary for planning and resource allocation. This paper proposes a machine learning algorithm to quantify the mag nitude of academic misconduct among undergraduate students. …”
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Task Scheduling in Cloud Environment–Techniques, Applications, and Tools: A Systematic Literature Review by Olanrewaju L. Abraham, Md Asri Bin Ngadi, Johan Bin Mohamad Sharif, Mohd Kufaisal Mohd Sidik

“…Cloud computing has become a revolutionary model for providing computational resources and services via the internet. As the volume of tasks and the dynamic nature of cloud resources increase, several critical challenges emerge, including load balancing, resource utilization, task allocation, and system performance. …”
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Leveraging AI for early cholera detection and response: transforming public health surveillance in Nigeria by Adamu Muhammad Ibrahim, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Usman Abubakar Haruna, Mohammed Raihanatu Hamid, Olalekan John Okesanya, Aishat Muhammad Saleh, Don Eliso Lucero-Prisno III

“…AI technologies, including predictive modeling and ML algorithms such as random forests and convolutional neural networks (CNNs), can analyze diverse data sources—such as meteorological, environmental, and health records—to detect patterns and predict outbreaks. …”
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A Dynamic Interval Auto-Scaling Optimization Method Based on Informer Time Series Prediction by Yu Ding, Chenhao Li, Zhengong Cai, Xinghao Wang, Bowei Yang

“…As an essential feature of container cloud platforms and cloud-native architecture, auto-scaling aims to automatically and quickly adjust the allocation of cloud resources according to the resource requirements of applications. …”
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Low-altitude Secure Communication Driven by Deep Reinforcement Learning: An Integrated Sensing and Communication Design by Zhiqiang WEI, Jiashuo ZHANG, Fan LIU, Zai YANG, Zesong FEI

“…Using the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm, the optimal framework is learned over time, dynamically optimizing the communication UAV’s trajectory and resource allocation to maximize long-term sensing and secure communication performance. …”
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Semantic aware intelligent optimization for IRS/UAV-enabled MEC in wideband cognitive radio networks by Wei Zheng, Pengshan Ren, Qing Li

“…The proposed semantic-aware optimization framework incorporates semantic information to achieve more efficient task scheduling and resource allocation. Particularly, the proposed optimization framework jointly optimizes UAV trajectories, subcarrier allocation, IRS reflection coefficients, task offloading ratios, task priorities and contextual relevance to maximize semantic utility and system energy efficiency while dynamically ensuring task demands. …”
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Designing a work program for the discipline based on the elements of competencies by A. M. Polyanskiy, E. A. Smirnova

“…According to the authors, the use of the elements of competences allocated from the texts of standards, scientific and methodological developments and other sources of the subject field of activity of the university graduate, allows to determine the set and content of knowledge, skills and knowledge necessary for training in the field of preparation more fully, rationally distribute them among educational disciplines and practices, to form the main didactic units of the work program of the academic discipline, to ensure the traceability of the requirements to the results of mastering the disciplines to a specific source of requirements.In the process of research, a methodology for the collection, processing and systematization of information necessary for the preparation of documents for the organization of the educational process at the department of the university was developed and approved; the analysis of professional and branch standards of software engineering is carried out; an array of elements of competencies required by the graduate training directions 09.03.04 is formed; software tools for processing and structuring information, managing changes in the elements of competences, taking into account the interrelations between them are proposed.The article describes the structure of the data array of competencies required by the graduate of the bachelor’s degree in the direction of training 09.03.04 “Software Engineering”; the results of the analysis of the main types of competence sources are presented: the educational standard in the specified direction of bachelor’s degree, professional standards and branch standards of software engineering, ontological and architectural models of entities of the subject domain; an algorithm for the collection, processing and systematization of information necessary for the formation of competency elements; examples of forming various types elements of competences are given.The study has showed that the competence approach, expanded in the proposed methodology, to the formation of working programs of educational disciplines and practices of the basic professional educational program of higher education allows to ensure the completeness, relevance and consistency of the requirements for the preparation of students, the rational distribution of the subject matter of the teaching material between disciplines and their mutual coherence in the educational process.…”
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Cluster channel equalization using adaptive sensing and reinforcement learning for UAV communication by Xin Liu, Shanghong Zhao, Yanxia Liang, Shahid Karim

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the U-FRQL-EA algorithm effectively reduces the system’s bit error rate, enhances communication quality, and optimizes network resource utilization, offering a novel solution for improving the performance of uncrewed aerial vehicle communication systems.…”
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Hierarchical Cluster Control Method for Flexible Load in Distribution Network Based on Improved Alternating Direction Multiplier Method by Juncheng ZHANG, Min LI, Zhiwen LIU, Jing TAN, Yigang TAO, Tianlu LUO

“…Firstly, the flexible loads are clustered hierarchically using the BIRCH clustering algorithm. Secondly, based on Nash negotiation theory, the original problem is decomposed into two sub problems: cost minimization and revenue allocation, and a flexible load cluster regulation model for distribution networks is established. …”
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Fairness-Aware Computation Offloading for Mobile Edge Computing With Energy Harvesting by Dedi Triyanto, I. Wayan Mustika, Widyawan, Praphan Pavarangkoon

“…Comprehensive simulations demonstrate that the method effectively balances fairness, throughput, and energy use, making it a workable way to improve resource allocation in MEC systems.…”
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Cluster-based RSU deployment strategy for vehicular ad hoc networks with integration of communication, sensing and computing by Xinrui Gu, Shengfeng Wang, Zhiqing Wei, Zhiyong Feng

“…However, direct extracting the hierarchical structures for the resource allocation in VANETs is an open issue. In this paper, we proposed a network-based renormalization method based on information flow and geographical location to hierarchically deploy the RSU on the road networks. …”
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SimpleMating: R‐package for prediction and optimization of breeding crosses using genomic selection by Marco Antônio Peixoto, Rodrigo Rampazo Amadeu, Leonardo Lopes Bhering, Luís Felipe V. Ferrão, Patrício R. Munoz, Márcio F. R. Resende Jr.

“…Herein, we describe a new computational package for mate allocation in a breeding program. SimpleMating is a flexible and open‐source R package originally designed to predict and optimize breeding crosses in crops with different reproductive systems and breeding designs. …”
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Security performance analysis for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system with multi-antenna access points deployment in presence of active eavesdropping by Xiaoyu Wang, Yuanyuan Gao, Guangna Zhang, Mingxi Guo, Kui Xu

“…Compared to equal power allocation, the proposed power control algorithm can further boost the network security performance.…”
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Optimal QoM in Multichannel Wireless Networks Based on MQICA by Na Xia, Lina Xu, Chengchun Ni

“…In this paper, a Multiple-Quantum-Immune-Clone-Algorithm- (MQICA-) based solution was proposed to achieve the optimal channel allocation. …”
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