Spatio‐temporal dynamic navigation for electric vehicle charging using deep reinforcement learning by Ali Can Erüst, Fatma Yıldız Taşcıkaraoğlu

“…A recently proposed on‐policy actor–critic method, phasic policy gradient (PPG) which extends the proximal policy optimization algorithm with an auxiliary optimization phase to improve training by distilling features from the critic to the actor network, is used to make EVCS decisions on the network where EV travels through the optimal path from origin node to EVCS by considering dynamic traffic conditions, unit value of EV owner and time‐of‐use charging price. …”
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Interfered feature elimination coupled with feature group selection for wound infection detection by electronic nose. by Jia Liu, Jinglei Zhang, Shaoqi Zhang, Kaiwei Li, Xiang Li, Shuo Zhang, Hang Gu, Zhen Chen, Chao Liu, Nan Zhang, Tong Sun

“…As the precise odor-sensing equipment, the electronic nose integrates multiple advanced and sensitive sensors that can identify wound infections non-invasively and rapidly by analyzing wound characteristic odor. To reduce the cost of sensors and improve or maintain e-nose's performance, efficient optimization of sensor arrays is required. …”
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Exploring a QoS Driven Scheduling Approach for Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Systems with Network Coding by Laizhong Cui, Nan Lu, Fu Chen

“…The main contributions of this paper are: (i) We introduce a new network coding method to increase the content diversity and reduce the complexity of scheduling; (ii) we formulate the push scheduling as an optimization problem and transform it to a min-cost flow problem for solving it in polynomial time; (iii) we propose a push scheduling algorithm to reduce the coding overhead and do extensive experiments to validate the effectiveness of our approach. …”
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Methods to Quantitatively Evaluate the Effect of Shale Gas Fracturing Stimulation Based on Least Squares by DENG Cai, SUN Kexin, WEN Huan, HU Chaolang

“…Its significance to the industry lay in addressing the major challenge of the absence of a cost-effective, quantifiable assessment method. It offered detailed insights into the effectiveness of fracturing (in terms of the number and quality of perforations), enabling engineers to improve the fracturing stimulation process for improved production results. …”
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Towards load adaptive routing based on link critical degree for delay-sensitive traffic in IP networks by Yang YANG, Jia-hai YANG, Hui WANG, Chen-xi LI, Yu-ding WANG

“…Firstly, an optimization objective function has been put forward; and then decomposed into several sub-functions by using convex optimization theory; finally, the optimization objective function and sub-functions were transformed into a simple distributed protocol. …”
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Integrated Planning for Shared Electric Vehicle System Considering Carbon Emission Reduction by Xiaohui Sun, Yumei Mi, Askar Ahtam, Zhi Zuo

“…By applying these models to the Chicago Sketch network and using a genetic algorithm to solve the models, it is concluded that the optimal outlet location solution considering carbon emission reduction will increase the outlet construction cost and user travel time cost. …”
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Manufacturing engineering production line scheduling management technology integrating availability constraints and heuristic rules by Gu Yun

“…In comparing the performance of heuristic algorithms with other algorithms, the optimization rates of heuristic algorithms with SHPSO, QLINSGA-II, and Q-Learning-Sarsa-K-mes-GA were 96.7, 90, 78.6, and 84.7%, respectively. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Energy Management Strategy for Green Ships Considering Photovoltaic Uncertainty by Yunxiang Zhao, Shuli Wen, Qiang Zhao, Bing Zhang, Yuqing Huang

“…The focus of this study is reducing the total operation cost and improving energy efficiency by jointly optimizing power generation and voyage scheduling, considering shipboard PV uncertainty. …”
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A performance enhanced distributed computing framework for clustering by local direction centrality upon Apache Spark by Zhipeng Gui, Zichen Huang, Huan Chen, Dehua Peng, Yuhang Liu, Guangyao Fang, Qianxi Lan, Anqi Zhao, Huayi Wu

“…To improve its computational efficiency and scalability, we proposed a performance enhanced distributed framework of CDC, named D-CDC, by workflow-level algorithm optimization and distributed computational acceleration. …”
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Economic sizing and placement of hydrogen fueling and electric vehicles charging stations powered by renewable and battery systems in smart distribution network by Mehdi Veisi

“…Its goal is to minimize the sum of annual energy losses and operation costs within the grid, governed by linearized optimal power flow model. …”
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Multi-user fine-grained task offloading scheduling strategy under cloud-edge-end collaboration by XIE Mande, HUANG Zhufang, SUN Hao

“…Then, a multi-user subtask scheduling scheme was proposed and an improved simulated annealing particle swarm algorithm was designed to minimize the total system cost to achieve the optimal offloading decision. …”
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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

“…Sensitivity analysis indicates that balancing the emphasis on quality and delivery reliability leads to improved cost and service performance. Furthermore, while total costs steadily increase with higher demand, service levels remain stable, showcasing the model’s robustness. …”
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Adaptive zero velocity correction method for fiber optic inertial navigation system in coal mining roadheader by Qinghua MAO, Qing ZHOU, Jianquan CHAI, Yanzhang CHEN, Wenjuan YANG, Xusheng XUE

“…Finally, the accuracy of zero-speed detection is improved by introducing the sandcat swarm optimization algorithm to optimize the kernel function and penalty parameters.Aiming at the problem of high cost and error accumulation with time of high-precision fiber-optic inertial navigation, an adaptive zero-speed correction method is proposed. …”
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Distributed Multi-Energy Trading in Energy Internet: An Aggregative Game Approach by Jingwei Hu, Enhui An, Qiuye Sun, Bonan Huang

“…Since each WE only needs to communicate with its neighbors to exchange information, this distributed process reduces communication burden and improves information security. Furthermore, a multi-energy transmission optimization model is established to determine the transmission path of the transmission energy, which can minimize the transmission cost. …”
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Efficient distributed model sharing strategy for data privacy protection in Internet of vehicles by Zijia MO, Zhipeng GAO, Yang YANG, Yijing LIN, Shan SUN, Chen ZHAO

“…Aiming at the efficiency problem of privacy data sharing in the Internet of vehicles (IoV), an efficient distributed model sharing strategy based on blockchain was proposed.In response to the data sharing requirements among multiple entities and roles in the IoV, a master-slave chain architecture was built between vehicles, roadside units, and base stations to achieve secure sharing of distributed models.An asynchronous federated learning algorithm based on motivate mechanism was proposed to encourage vehicles and roadside units to participate in the optimization process.An improved DPoS consensus algorithm with hybrid PBFT was constructed to reduce communication costs and improve consensus efficiency.Experimental analysis shows that the proposed mechanism can improve the efficiency of data sharing and has certain scalability.…”
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Phase Error Correction in Sparse Linear MIMO Radar Based on the Equivalent Phase Center Principle by Wenyuan Shao, Jianmin Hu, Yicai Ji, Jun Pan, Guangyou Fang

“…Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is widely used in the field of radar imaging. Array sparse optimization reduces the hardware cost of MIMO radar, while virtual aperture and the equivalent phase center (EPC) principle simplify the radar signal model and reduce the computation and complexity of imaging algorithms. …”
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A multi-objective metaheuristic method for node placement in dynamic IoT environments by Farzad Kiani

“…Abstract This study introduces an optimal Node Placement based on Enhanced Sand Cat Swarm Optimization (NP-ESCSO) algorithm, a novel metaheuristic approach for solving the node placement problem in dynamic IoT environments. …”
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Pickup and delivery planning for the crowdsourced freight delivery routing problem. by Jingxian Zhang

“…To solve this combinatorial optimization problem, we propose an improved partheno genetic algorithm (IPGA) and a simulated annealing algorithm (SA). …”
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Building Information Modelling- (BIM-) Based Generative Design for Drywall Installation Planning in Prefabricated Construction by Jose Daniel Cuellar Lobo, Zhen Lei, Hexu Liu, Hong Xian Li, SangHyeok Han

“…The framework includes a decision support module that considers environmental, cost, and aesthetic aspects to identify the optimal layout. …”
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Investigation on Photovoltaic Array Modeling and the MPPT Control Method under Partial Shading Conditions by Jianbo Bai, Leihou Sun, Rupendra Kumar Pachauri, Guangqing Wang

“…The experimental results show that the PV optimizer improves the output power of the PV modules by 13.4% under the PSC.…”
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