Efficient Orchestration of Distributed Workloads in Multi-Region Kubernetes Cluster by Radoslav Furnadzhiev, Mitko Shopov, Nikolay Kakanakov

“…Experiments cover multiple cluster configurations, varying in node count, region count, and inter-region latencies, with performance metrics recorded for scheduler efficiency, inter-zone communication impact, and execution time across different optimization algorithms. The obtained results indicate that network-aware scheduling approaches significantly improve latency-aware placement decisions, achieving lower inter-region communication delays while maintaining resource efficiency.…”
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Monitoring Canopy Height in the Hainan Tropical Rainforest Using Machine Learning and Multi-Modal Data Fusion by Qingping Ling, Yingtan Chen, Zhongke Feng, Huiqing Pei, Cai Wang, Zhaode Yin, Zixuan Qiu

“…The results showed that RH80 was the optimal choice for the prediction model regarding percentile selection, and the RF algorithm exhibited the optimal performance in terms of accuracy and stability, with R² values of 0.71 and 0.60 for the training and testing sets, respectively, and a relative root mean square error of 21.36%. …”
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Cooperative control method for multi-agent ground fracturing truck group based on offline reinforcement learning by RuYi Wang, HuiShen Jiao, YingCheng Tian, Yi Zhao, SiQi Wang, Ke Zhang, Bo Huang, QinRui Sun, DanDan Zhu

“…The core of this method is an improved algorithm based on the TD3, which is enhanced by the incorporation of the CQL algorithm to improve the stability of the collaborative control strategy. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Three-dimensional Soil Slopes Considering Spatial Variability of Soil Parameters by Wan Yukuai, Zhou Yuqi, Shao Linlan, Wang Yuke, Zhang Fei

“…The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is refined with enhanced termination criteria and integrated with the 3D Bishop method to search for the minimum factor of safety (F). …”
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An Active RIS-Aided DFRC System for Improved Multi-User Communications by Ravi Patel, Aayush Singh, Keshav Singh, Shahid Mumtaz, Chih-Peng Li, Sudip Biswas

“…We develop a optimization algorithm that leverages weighted minimum mean square error (WMMSE) and fractional programming techniques to maximize the weighted sum rate (WSR) for communication users while ensuring robust radar detection performance. …”
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Helicopter Turboshaft Engines’ Neural Network System for Monitoring Sensor Failures by Serhii Vladov, Łukasz Ścisło, Nina Szczepanik-Ścisło, Anatoliy Sachenko, Tomasz Perzyński, Viktor Vasylenko, Victoria Vysotska

“…The developed system demonstrated anomaly detection accuracy at 99.327% after 200 training epochs, with a reduction in loss from 2.5 to 0.5%, indicating stability in anomaly processing. A training algorithm incorporating temporal regularization and a combined optimization method (SGD with RMSProp) accelerated neural network convergence, reducing the training time to 4 min and 13 s while achieving an accuracy of 0.993. …”
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Transmitting Double-D Coil to Wirelessly Recharge the Battery of a Drone with a Receiving Coil Integrated in the Landing Gear by Wassim Boumerdassi, Tommaso Campi, Silvano Cruciani, Francesca Maradei, Mauro Feliziani

“…To this aim, a double-D configuration is here proposed and optimized for the transmitting coil, while a double coil receiver in combination with a charge controller that uses a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is integrated into the landing gear. …”
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Quantitative structure-properties relationship, molecular dynamic simulations and designs of some novel lubricant additives by Usman Abdulfatai, Adamu Uzairu, Sani Uba, Gideon Adamu Shallangwa

“…Quantitative structure-properties relationship (QSPR) method was used to design some novel antioxidant lubricant additives, while molecular dynamics simulations were used to calculate their dynamic binding energies on steel and to hydrogen-containing DLC (a-C: H) crystal surfaces. 29 synthesized antioxidant lubricant additives were collected from literature and geometrically optimized by Spartan’14 version 1.1.2 software while Genetic Function Algorithm (GFA) method of the material studio version 8.0 software was used to build the predictive QSPR model. …”
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CFTformer: End-to-End Cross-Frame Multi-Object Tracking With Transformer by Abdollah Amirkhani, Seyed Alireza Khoshnevis

“…However, the new transformer attention-based approach to MOT has removed the need for complex post-processing steps, such as graph optimization, allowing for end-to-end query tracking across frames. …”
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Drilling Condition Identification Method for Imbalanced Datasets by Yibing Yu, Huilin Yang, Fengjia Peng, Xi Wang

“…Secondly, a sliding-window-based Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) algorithm is developed, which generates new minority-class samples while preserving temporal dependencies, achieving balanced data distribution among classes. …”
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Designing a Sustainable Supply Chain Network for Perishable Products Integrating Internet of Things and Mixed Fleets by Lihong Pan, Xialian Li, Miyuan Shan

“…This study proposes a sustainable multi-period supply chain network for perishable products that integrates IoT technology and mixed fleets into an optimization framework. We develop a multi-objective location-inventory-routing model. …”
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Stochastic Demand-Side Management for Residential Off-Grid PV Systems Considering Battery, Fuel Cell, and PEM Electrolyzer Degradation by Mohamed A. Hendy, Mohamed A. Nayel, Mohamed Abdelrahem

“…The optimization problem was solved using a genetic algorithm (GA), which efficiently explores the solution space to determine the optimal operating schedules and reduce degradation costs. …”
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YOLO-MES: An Effective Lightweight Underwater Garbage Detection Scheme for Marine Ecosystems by Chengxu Huang, Wenyuan Zhang, Beitian Zheng, Jiahao Li, Bochen Xie, Ruisi Nan, Zongming Tan, Baohua Tan, Neal N. Xiong

“…To address this issue, this paper introduces YOLO-MES, an innovative underwater debris detection algorithm that integrates a lightweight design and a feature enhancement mechanism to enable efficient model deployment while preserving high accuracy. …”
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Application of the Lagrange Equation for Intelligent Sensor Vibration Control for Power Network Monitoring by Xiaojing Cheng

“…The TMD natural frequency is 14.179 rad/s and the damping ratio is 0.0432 by the DH optimization method, while the TMD natural frequency is 14.1812 rad/s, and the damping ratio is 0.0436 by the augmented Lagrangian optimization algorithm. …”
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Earthquake Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using NSGA-II by Herian A. Leyva, Edén Bojórquez, Juan Bojórquez, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, José H. Castorena, Eduardo Fernández, Manuel A. Barraza

“…In the present study, the optimal seismic design of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings is obtained. …”
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Noise-Aware UAV Path Planning in Urban Environment with Reinforcement Learning by Shahin Sarhan, Marco Rinaldi, Stefano Primatesta, Giorgio Guglieri

“…The Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm optimizes flight paths, minimizing the noise impact, and balancing both the path length and the population density located under the UAV path. …”
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GARMT: Grouping-Based Association Rule Mining to Predict Future Tables in Database Queries by Peixiong He, Libo Sun, Xian Gao, Yi Zhou, Xiao Qin

“…However, data sparsity—where most fields in large table sets remain unused by most queries—leads to inefficiencies in access optimization. We propose a grouping-based approach (GARMT) that partitions SQL queries into fixed-size groups and applies a modified FP-Growth algorithm (GFP-Growth) to identify frequent table access patterns. …”
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Preoperative MRI-based radiomics analysis of intra- and peritumoral regions for predicting CD3 expression in early cervical cancer by Rui Zhang, Chunfan Jiang, Feng Li, Lin Li, Xiaomin Qin, Jiang Yang, Huabing Lv, Tao Ai, Lei Deng, Chencui Huang, Hui Xing, Feng Wu

“…Various machine learning algorithms, including Support Vector Machine (SVM), Logistic Regression, Random Forest, AdaBoost, and Decision Tree, were used to construct radiomics models based on different ROIs, and diagnostic performances were compared to identify the optimal approach. …”
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Characterizing Satellite Soil Moisture Drydown: A Bivariate Filtering Approach by Jhilam Sinha, Ashish Sharma, Lucy Marshall, Seokhyeon Kim

“…Abstract Drying of soil impacts land energy and water balance, influences the sustainability of vegetation growth, and modulates hydrological extremes including floods. While satellite soil moisture data are widely used for a range of environmental applications, systematic differences from regional in‐situ data prevent their optimal use as key physical signatures (such as soil moisture recession, also termed drydown) are represented differently. …”
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A framework to organize public transport-based crowdshipping by Meijing Zhang, Lynette Cheah

“…This approach allows transit passengers to serve as crowdshippers, ensuring that parcel delivery demand aligns with crowdshipper availability, while considering locker capacity constraints. The framework involves formulating and solving parcel assignment and vehicle routing problems, incorporating matching for parcels and lockers, and using an iterative heuristic algorithm for optimal locker selection. …”
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