PSO Tuned Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Controller for Trajectory Tracking Control of an Articulated Robot by Zewdalem Abebaw Ayinalem, Abrham Tadesse Kassie

“…Numerical simulations revealed that the tracking error and root mean square error (RMSE) improvements were approximately 18.33%, 16.66%, and 14.29% for PSO–STSMC compared to STSMC, and 79.50%, 78.04%, and 25.0% compared to PSO–SMC for each of the three joints under ideal conditions, respectively. …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Optimization Algorithms: Developing efficient algorithms to solve linear fractional transshipment problem with multi-objective linear fractional functions. 4. …”
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Dynamic SOFA component scores-based deep learning for short to long-term mortality prediction in sepsis survivors by Juan Wei, Feihong Lin, Tian Jin, Qian Yao, Sheng Wang, Di Feng, Xin Lv, Wen He

“…This model has the potential to assist clinicians in optimizing post-discharge management and improving follow-up care.…”
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Molecular biomarkers in salivary diagnostic materials: Point-of-Care solutions — PoC-Diagnostics and -Testing by Ziyad S. Haidar

“…Addressing these challenges requires continued research into improving assay sensitivity, data integration, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Proactive Data Placement in Heterogeneous Storage Systems via Predictive Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning by Suchuan Xing, Yihan Wang

“…Through comprehensive evaluation using both synthetic and real-world traces from deep learning training workloads, our method demonstrates substantial improvements over state-of-the-art algorithms: achieving up to 45.1% reduction in average I/O latency, 32.5% improvement in throughput for critical applications, and 28.8% reduction in storage costs. …”
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Skip-Connected CNN Exploiting BNN Surrogate for Antenna Modelling by Yubo Tian, Jinlong Sun, Zhiwei Zhu

“…The combination of evolutionary algorithms with full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation software is an effective method for antenna optimal design. …”
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Predictive framework of vegetation resistance in channel flow by Fengcong Jia, Weijie Wang, Yu Han, Jiayu Du, Yue Zhang, Zihan Liu, Hairong Gao

“…This study introduces a machine learning-based framework for predicting vegetation flow resistance, incorporating nine ML methods, including SVM, XGBoost, and BP. To improve predictive performance, optimization algorithms such as PSO, WSO, and RIME were applied. …”
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Online Attentive Kernel-Based Off-Policy Temporal Difference Learning by Shangdong Yang, Shuaiqiang Zhang, Xingguo Chen

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An Efficient Design of DCT Approximation Based on Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) Technology by Ismail Gassoumi, Lamjed Touil, Bouraoui Ouni, Abdellatif Mtibaa

“…Optimization for power is one of the most important design objectives in modern digital image processing applications. …”
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Integrated Energy Management in Small-Scale Smart Grids Considering the Emergency Load Conditions: A Combined Battery Energy Storage, Solar PV, and Power-to-Hydrogen System by Hossein Jokar, Taher Niknam, Moslem Dehghani, Pierluigi Siano, Khmaies Ouahada, Mokhtar Aly

“…Compared to conventional evolutionary methods like particle swarm optimization, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III, and biogeography-based optimization, the proposed model exhibits remarkable improvements, outperforming them by 11.4%, 5.6%, and 11.6%, respectively. …”
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A neighborhood search-based heuristic for the dynamic vehicle routing problem by Wilton Gustavo Gomes da Costa, Ricardo Santos, Willy Alves de Oliveira Soler, Bianca de Almeida Dantas

“…The DSNR achieved improvements of 15% to 17% in terms of distance and final delivery costs.…”
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Distributed Coordinated Dispatch Model for Multi-area Interconnected Integrated Energy Systems Based on Sequential Cone Programming by Yujie REN, Yuhan HUANG, Zhenbo WEI

“…The solution of the distributed algorithm based on ATC is close to the global optimal solution of the distributed algorithm. …”
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A Secure Data Collection Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning and Lightweight Authentication by Yunlong Wang, Jie Zhang, Guangjie Han, Dugui Chen

“…To address such challenges, we propose a lightweight chain authentication protocol for scalable IoT environments (LCAP-SIoT), which uses Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and distributed authentication to secure communications, and a secure data collection algorithm, named LS-QMIX, which fuses the LCAP-SIoT and Q-learning Mixer (QMIX) algorithm to optimize the path planning and cooperation efficiency of the multi-UAV system. …”
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A Multi-Spatial-Scale Ocean Sound Speed Profile Prediction Model Based on a Spatio-Temporal Attention Mechanism by Shuwen Wang, Ziyin Wu, Shuaidong Jia, Dineng Zhao, Jihong Shang, Mingwei Wang, Jieqiong Zhou, Xiaoming Qin

“…Nowadays, spatio-temporal series prediction algorithms are emerging, but their prediction accuracy requires improvement. …”
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Development of a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network Model for Television Spectrum Radio Environment Mapping by Oluwatobi Emmanuel Dare, Kennedy Okokpujie, Emmanuel Adetiba, Olabode Idowu-Bismark, Abdultaofeek Abayomi, Raymond Jules Kala, Emmanuel Owolabi, Udeme Christopher Ukpong

“…The model performance was evaluated using mean square error (MSE) and mean absolute error (MAE). 12 different experiments were carried out varying the training parameters of the CGAN architecture to obtain an optimal model. The achieved root mean square error (RMSE) is 0.1145dBm and MAE is 0.0820dBm, which shows the deviation between the ground truth and the generated REM. …”
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Edge-Fog Computing-Based Blockchain for Networked Microgrid Frequency Support by Ying-Yi Hong, Francisco I. Alano, Yih-der Lee, Chia-Yu Han

“…The parameters and hyperparameters of the LSTM-MFPC are optimized using the Bayesian Adaptive Direct Search (BADS) algorithm. …”
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Intracardiac abscess in the clinical course of infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure by Собіров Барно Бобір огли

“…Objective: to determine the optimal diagnostic and treatment algorithm for patients with infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure (AHF) and intracardiac abscess. …”
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Intelligent Data Reduction for IoT: A Context-Driven Framework by Laercio Pioli, Douglas D. J. De Macedo, Daniel G. Costa, Mario A. R. Dantas

“…With these predictions based on existing datasets, a selector algorithm module is adopted to identify the most suitable data reduction approach for specific IoT applications. …”
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Research on Urban Traffic Signal Control Systems Based on Cyber Physical Systems by Li-li Zhang, Qi Zhao, Li Wang, Ling-yu Zhang

“…Finally, considering China, the system designs a general control strategy API to separate data from control strategy. Most of the popular communication protocols between signal controllers and detectors are private protocols. …”
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DS-AdaptNet: An Efficient Retinal Vessel Segmentation Framework With Adaptive Enhancement and Depthwise Separable Convolutions by Shuting Chen, Chengxi Hong, Hong Jia

“…Second, we develop a Context-Aware Adaptive Threshold Optimization (CA-ATO) algorithm that dynamically determines optimal thresholds by integrating multi-scale contextual information and uncertainty estimates, substantially improving boundary delineation accuracy and fine structure preservation. …”
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