IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND OBJECT SELECTION BASED ON MULTI-THRESHOLD PROCESSING by Vladimir Yu. Volkov, Oleg A. Markelov, Mikhail I. Bogachev

“…Although this is achieved at the cost of the resource-consuming multi-threshold analysis procedure for each processed image, this can be also partially compensated by the simplicity of the algorithm and its possible parallel implementation.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A GRAVITATIONAL AND PENDULUM SOLAR TRACKER FOR STANDALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS by Jorge A. Wissmann, Carlos E. C. Nogueira, Marcelo M. M. Zampiva, Jair A. C. Siqueira, Doglas Bassegio

“…A tracking prototype was developed whose structure is classified as chronological due to its fixed rotation, manual as it requires daily adjustment, single-axis azimuthal, and "analog" as it lacks motors, sensors, or algorithms. The results showed that the developed tracking prototype achieved a 9.69% energy production increase during the research period, with peaks of 35.51% on sunny days, and a significant efficiency improvement during the early morning and late afternoon. …”
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Approaches for handling imbalanced data used in machine learning in the healthcare field: A case study on Chagas disease database prediction. by André G Coimbra, Cleiane G Oliveira, Matheus P Libório, Hasheem Mannan, Laercio I Santos, Elisa Fusco, Marcos F S V D'Angelo

“…The application of these techniques aims to improve the quality of life for individuals, reduce healthcare costs, and allocate available resources more efficiently, making it a preventive action.…”
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An Enhanced Framework for Assessing Pluvial Flooding Risk with Integrated Dynamic Population Vulnerability at Urban Scale by Xinyi Shu, Chenlei Ye, Zongxue Xu, Ruting Liao, Pengyue Song, Silong Zhang

“…This study uses Jinan, a typical foothill plain city in Shandong Province, as a case study to compare the performance of differential evolution (DE), genetic algorithm (GA), and particle swarm optimization (PSO) in calibrating the SWMM. …”
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Predictive modelling of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets yield through machine and deep learning: An ultrasonic exfoliation parametric evaluation by Jerrin Joy Varughese, Sreekanth M․S․

“…A suite of machine learning regression models including Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) Regressor, Random Forest (RF) Regressor, Linear Regressor (LR), and Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Regressor, was employed alongside a deep neural network (DNN) architecture optimized using various algorithms such as Adaptive Moment Estimation (Adam), Root Mean Square Propagation (RMS Prop), Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD), and Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS). …”
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Damage prediction of rear plate in Whipple shields based on machine learning method by Chenyang Wu, Xiangbiao Liao, Lvtan Chen, Xiaowei Chen

“…The results demonstrate that the training and prediction accuracies using the Random Forest (RF) algorithm significantly surpass those using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). …”
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Convolutional neural networks and vision transformers for Plankton Classification by Loris Nanni, Alessandra Lumini, Leonardo Barcellona, Stefano Ghidoni

“…The study considers the creation of ensembles combining different Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models and transformer architectures to understand whether different optimization algorithms can result in more robust and efficient classification across various plankton datasets. …”
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Prevalence and patterns of antiretroviral resistance in HIV-infected Latin American asylum seekers by Samuel Manzano, Juan Torres-Macho, Neda Deihim-Rahampour, Guillermo Cuevas, Felipe Perez-Garcia, Luz Balsalobre, Salvador Resino, Matilde Sanchez-Conde, Jorge Valencia, Pablo Ryan

“…These findings underscore the need for optimized treatment strategies and improved healthcare access for migrant populations with HIV.…”
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Research and Application of a Health Management Device for the Electrical Control Cabinet of the EMU by Yongshen WU, Jian FENG, Mingshuai ZHANG, Chaoyue JU, Feihong YI

“…The usage of the device can also beneficial to the intelligent maintenance of electrical cabinets and optimize maintenance costs.…”
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Breast cancer survival prediction using an automated mitosis detection pipeline by Nikolas Stathonikos, Marc Aubreville, Sjoerd deVries, Frauke Wilm, Christof A Bertram, Mitko Veta, Paul J vanDiest

“…Abstract Mitotic count (MC) is the most common measure to assess tumor proliferation in breast cancer patients and is highly predictive of patient outcomes. …”
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Rapid and Accurate Measurement of Major Soybean Components Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Chenxiao Li, Jiatong Yu, Sheng Wang, Qinglong Zhao, Qian Song, Yanlei Xu

“…Thirty soybean samples from diverse sources were collected, and 360 spectral measurements were acquired using a 900–1700 nm NIR spectrometer after grinding and standardized sampling. To improve model robustness, preprocessing strategies such as standard normal variate (SNV), multiplicative scatter correction (MSC), and Savitzky–Golay derivatives were applied. …”
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FedACT: An adaptive chained training approach for federated learning in computing power networks by Min Wei, Qianying Zhao, Bo Lei, Yizhuo Cai, Yushun Zhang, Xing Zhang, Wenbo Wang

“…We conduct extensive experiments on two datasets of CIFAR-10 and MNIST, and the results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm offers improved accuracy, diminished communication costs, and reduced network delays.…”
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Deep reinforcement learning based online lifting path planning for tower cranes in unknown dynamic environments by Kai Wang, Jing Li, Zhiyuan Yin, Jiankang Zhang, Xin Ma

“…Moreover, a novel reward function is introduced to optimize the smoothness of the lifting path, which improves the success rate and optimizes the energy and time cost. …”
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Digital Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Cultivation of Some Agricultural Crops Using Machine Learning Approaches (Case Study: Qazvin-Abyek) by F. Jannati, F. Sarmadian

“…The utilization of modern mapping techniques such as digital soil mapping and machine learning algorithms can significantly improve the accuracy of land suitability assessment and crop performance prediction. …”
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Parallel boosting neural network with mutual information for day-ahead solar irradiance forecasting by Ubaid Ahmed, Anzar Mahmood, Ahsan Raza Khan, Levin Kuhlmann, Khurram Saleem Alimgeer, Sohail Razzaq, Imran Aziz, Amin Hammad

“…The mutual information (MI) algorithm is implemented as a feature selection technique to identify the most important features for forecasting. …”
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Human-based metaheuristics and non-parametric learning for groundwater-prone area mapping by Seyed Vahid Razavi-Termeh, Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki, Seyedeh Zeinab Shogrkhodaei, Biswajeet Pradhan, Soo-Mi Choi

“…This research introduces a novel approach combining human-based metaheuristics—Teaching Learning Based Optimization (TLBO) and Cultural Algorithms (CA)—with non-parametric Decision Tree (DT) models. …”
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Convergence and Quantum Advantage of Trotterized MERA for Strongly-Correlated Systems by Qiang Miao, Thomas Barthel

“…Furthermore, we show how the convergence can be substantially improved by building up the MERA layer by layer in the initialization stage and by scanning through the phase diagram during optimization. …”
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Full-chain comprehensive assessment and multi-scenario simulation of geological disaster vulnerability based on the VSD framework: a case study of Yunnan province in China by Li Xu, Shucheng Tan, Runyang Li

“…Furthermore, the Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) algorithm and the Partical Swarm Optimization-Support Vector Machine (PSO-SVM) model were combined to simulate future GDV scenarios for 2030–2050 under three development preferences: environment oriented, status quo, and economically oriented. …”
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Calibration of the Composition of Low-Alloy Steels by the Interval Partial Least Squares Using Low-Resolution Emission Spectra with Baseline Correction by M. V. Belkov, K. Y. Catsalap, M. A. Khodasevich, D. A. Korolko, A. V. Aseev

“…Further improvement of calibration accuracy was achieved by using the adaptive iteratively reweighted penalized least squares algorithm for spectrum baseline correction. …”
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Multi-Fidelity Machine Learning for Identifying Thermal Insulation Integrity of Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Tanks by Wei Lin, Meitao Zou, Mingrui Zhao, Jiaqi Chang, Xiongyao Xie

“…The results of the data experiments demonstrate that the multi-fidelity framework outperforms models trained solely on low- or high-fidelity data, achieving a coefficient of determination of 0.980 and a root mean square error of 0.078 m. Three machine learning algorithms—Multilayer Perceptron, Random Forest, and Extreme Gradient Boosting—were evaluated to determine the optimal implementation. …”
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