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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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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Slax: a composable JAX library for rapid and flexible prototyping of spiking neural networks by Thomas M Summe, Siddharth Joshi

“…To address this, we introduce Slax, a JAX-based library designed to accelerate SNN algorithm design and evaluation. Slax is compatible with the broader JAX and Flax ecosystem and provides optimized implementations of diverse training algorithms, enabling direct performance comparisons. …”
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Machine learning analysis of thermo-bioconvection in a micropolar hybrid nanofluid-filled square cavity with oxytactic microorganisms by Ahlawat Anil, Chaudhary Shilpa, Karuppusamy Loganathan, Mohammed Salman Arafath, Kandasamy Thirumalaisamy, Thameem Basha Hayath

“…In addition, a machine learning approach was employed to accurately predict fluid transport properties using a multilayer artificial neural network structured with a feed-forward backpropagation model and optimized using the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. …”
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Efficient RANSAC in 4D Plane Space for Point Cloud Registration by Chang Liu, Chao Liu, Yuming Zhang, Zhongqi Wu, Jianwei Guo

“…3D registration methods based on point-level information struggle in situations with noise, density variation, large-scale points, and small overlaps, while existing primitive-based methods are usually sensitive to tiny errors in the primitive extraction process. …”
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Lightcone bounds for quantum circuit mapping via uncomplexity by Matthew Steinberg, Medina Bandić, Sacha Szkudlarek, Carmen G. Almudever, Aritra Sarkar, Sebastian Feld

“…We also develop an initial placement algorithm based on graph similarity search, aiding us in optimally placing circuit qubits onto a device. 600 realistic benchmarks using the IBM Qiskit compiler and a brute-force method are then tested against the lightcone bound, with results unambiguously verifying the veracity of the bound, while permitting trustworthy estimations of minimal overhead in near-term realizations of quantum algorithms. …”
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Enhancing the effectiveness of wireless sensor networks through consensus estimation and universal coverage by Hua Tian

“…The method divides the network environment into distinct regions, activating only one node per region based on its residual energy and centrality, while other nodes enter a low-energy sleep mode to conserve power. …”
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UAV Small Target Detection Model Based on Dual Branches and Adaptive Feature Fusion by Guogang Wang, Mingxing Gao, Yunpeng Liu

“…The model first constructs a small target detection framework with dual branches to improve the detection accuracy while reducing the number of parameters. Secondly, the model introduces semantic and detail injection (SDI) in the neck network and embeds bidirectional adaptive feature fusion in the detection head to innovate and optimize the feature fusion mechanism, achieve the full interaction of deep and shallow information, enhance the feature representation of small targets, and overcome the problem of scale inconsistency. …”
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Building Equi-Width Histograms on Homomorphically Encrypted Data by Dragoș Lazea, Anca Hangan, Tudor Cioara

“…To overcome the challenges posed by homomorphic encryption, we redesign the traditional histogram construction algorithm, optimizing it for secure computation by addressing constraints related to nested loops and conditional statements. …”
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Block encoding bosons by signal processing by Christopher F. Kane, Siddharth Hariprakash, Neel S. Modi, Michael Kreshchuk, Christian W Bauer

“…Block Encoding (BE) is a crucial subroutine in many modern quantum algorithms, including those with near-optimal scaling for simulating quantum many-body systems, which often rely on Quantum Signal Processing (QSP). …”
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Risk averse reproduction numbers improve resurgence detection. by Kris V Parag, Uri Obolski

“…We find that this weighting can cause delayed detection of outbreak resurgence and premature signalling of epidemic control because it underrepresents the risks from highly transmissible groups. Applying E-optimal experimental design theory, we develop a weighting algorithm to minimise these issues, yielding the risk averse reproduction number E. …”
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Effect of crystal-to-detector distance shift on data processing in serial crystallography. by Ki Hyun Nam

“…Serial synchrotron crystallographic data of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) and glucose isomerase (GI) were processed at various CTDDs using three indexing algorithms. The CTDD that yielded the maximum number of indexed images differed from the optimized CTDD, and the resulting indexing trends varied depending on the algorithm used. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Four-Legged Mobile Robot for Autonomous Navigation on a Spacecraft Hull by Motaz Hassan, Kayla Dremann, Ashton Orosa, Emily Metzger, Nathan Doty, Julia Patek, Siamak Farhad, Ajay Mahajan

“…The robot demonstrated the ability to follow the computed optimal path with a positional deviation of less than 0.5% by the third trial. …”
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Building construction crack detection with BCCD YOLO enhanced feature fusion and attention mechanisms by Wenhao Ren, Zuowei Zhong

“…Abstract An effective algorithm for detecting cracks in bare concrete structures in building construction, capable of identifying small targets, is essential for safeguarding buildings. …”
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Improving classifier decision boundaries and interpretability using nearest neighbors by Johannes Schneider, Arianna Casanova

“…Unlike prior methods, our approach achieves improvements without introducing trade-offs or necessitating architectural adaptations, while providing actionable insights and theoretical analysis to support its efficacy.…”
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Bayesian Regularization Backpropagation Neural Network for Glass Beams in Lateral–Torsional Buckling by Saddam Hussain, Chiara Bedon, Gaurav Kumar, Zaheer Ahmed

“…Additionally, the Bayesian regularization backpropagation (trainbr) algorithm is used to optimize the input–output relationship accuracy. …”
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Dynamic Large-Scale Server Scheduling for IVF Queuing Network in Cloud Healthcare System by Yafei Li, Hongfeng Wang, Li Li, Yaping Fu

“…The experimental results show that the optimal service rule of each server’s queue obtained by the RL method is significantly superior to the traditional service rule.…”
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AI-Driven Wearable Bioelectronics in Digital Healthcare by Guangqi Huang, Xiaofeng Chen, Caizhi Liao

“…We highlight how these technologies could democratize healthcare through remote patient monitoring and resource optimization while emphasizing the imperative of interdisciplinary collaboration to ensure equitable, secure, and clinically impactful deployment. …”
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Tracking Secondary Raw Material Operational Framework—DataOps Case Study by Gabriel Pestana, Marisa Almeida, Nelson Martins

“…It enhances supply chain transparency through digital traceability, promotes predictive material sourcing, and streamlines logistics via algorithmic optimization. Challenges such as regulatory gaps and quality standards are addressed through standardized processes, open data governance, and innovative algorithms. …”
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