A Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Model for Addressing Efficient Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Automatic Guided Vehicles Consideration by Dekun Wang, Hongxu Wu, Wengang Zheng, Yuhao Zhao, Guangdong Tian, Wenjie Wang, Dong Chen

“…The flexible flow shop (FFS) paradigm enhances production flexibility, but existing studies often address FFS scheduling and automated guided vehicle (AGV) path planning separately, resulting in resource competition conflicts, such as equipment idle time and AGV congestion, which prolong the manufacturing cycle time and reduce system energy efficiency. …”
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A Three-Stage Cellular Automata Model of Complex Large Roundabout Traffic Flow, with a Flow-Efficiency- and Safety-Enhancing Strategy by Xiao Liang, Chuan-Zhi Thomas Xie, Hui-Fang Song, Yong-Jie Guo, Jian-Xin Peng

“…Among the strategies, the Path Selection Based on Road Occupancy Rate Recognition Strategy (Simulation 4) demonstrated the best overall performance, increasing the traffic efficiency by 15.65% while reducing the delay time, dangerous interactions, and frequency by 6.50%, 28.32%, and 38.03%, respectively. …”
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Learning Deceptive Tactics for Defense and Attack in Bayesian–Markov Stackelberg Security Games by Julio B. Clempner

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Bridging ACO-Based Drone Logistics and Computing Continuum for Enhanced Smart City Applications by Salvatore Rosario Bassolillo, Egidio D’Amato, Immacolata Notaro, Luca D’Agati, Giovanni Merlino, Giuseppe Tricomi

“…Collision-free paths are computed by using a Visibility Graph (VG) based approach, and MPC controllers enable drones to adapt to dynamic obstacles in real time. …”
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Embedded energy flow and its industrial chain pathways in interprovincial trade within the Yellow River Basin by WU Leying, ZHAO Yiyi, MIAO Changhong, ZHONG Zhangqi, DU Jin

“…The key interprovincial industrial chain paths outside the region mainly serve the final demand of the construction sector and other service industries in the southeastern coastal provinces and municipalities. (3) Within the basin, 87.7% of energy consumption was concentrated in the top five production levels, with key paths leading to the construction industry embedding substantial energy consumption. …”
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Research Status and Development Trends of Deep Reinforcement Learning in the Intelligent Transformation of Agricultural Machinery by Jiamuyang Zhao, Shuxiang Fan, Baohua Zhang, Aichen Wang, Liyuan Zhang, Qingzhen Zhu

“…With the acceleration of agricultural intelligent transformation, deep reinforcement learning (DRL), leveraging its adaptive perception and decision-making capabilities in complex environments, has emerged as a pivotal technology in advancing the intelligent upgrade of agricultural machinery and equipment. For example, in UAV path optimization, DRL can help UAVs plan more efficient flight paths to cover more areas in less time. …”
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Development of a drone-based ground-penetrating radar system for efficient and safe 3D and 4D surveying of alpine glaciers by Bastien Ruols, Ludovic Baron, James Irving

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Itararé Group Sandstone as a Sustainable Alternative Material for Photon Radiation Shielding by Gabrielli W. Pietralla, Isonel S. Meneguzzo, Luiz F. Pires

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L-PS-M hierarchical evolution target system framework for telecommunications service support system by QIAO Wen, WANG Peng, WANG Shoufeng, YANG Aidong, OUYANG Ye

“…Thirdly, telecom carriers could carry out the planning and optimization of the system support capability according to the actual demand in a targeted way through the implementation path, so as to improve the efficiency of the operation and system production, and further clarified the evolution of the business support system, which was applicable to telecom operations. …”
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Advancing Early Diagnosis: Predicting Mild Cognitive Impairment Progression in Normal Individuals Using Deep Learning on MRI Features by Abdullah Baktash, Yashar Sarbaz, Saeed Meshgini, Reza Afrouzian

“…The proposed model comprises two distinct feature extraction paths to capture local and global image features. …”
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Faulted Line Segment Location Method for Low-Voltage Distribution Network Based on Adjacency Matrix by Yongfeng YAO, Qizhe WANG, Huiping WANG, Jia JIA, Xibin XIA

“…The monitoring information of the fault monitoring unit is calculated according to the shortest path from the power source to the estimated fault line section. …”
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Three-dimensional nano-structure investigation on a thermo- and electrical conductive adhesive via X-ray imaging by Minghao Yin, Dadong Wang, Yan Zhong, Ian Robinson, Bo Chen

“…Nowadays, advancements in adhesion of huge amount of electronic components have evolved from using traditional soldering to conductive adhesives, notably silver-based ones, offering cost efficiency, health safety, and superior thermal conductivity, which is crucial for the increasing computational speeds and thermal management in microelectronics. …”
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CoDAC: Autonomous Obstacle Avoidance Optimization for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Clusters via Multi-Modal Dynamic Perception and Collaborative Community Detection by Youhong Li, Jiawei Ye, Le Gao, Min Cai

“…Second, an incremental dynamic community detection mechanism achieves adaptive task group partitioning for clusters, substantially reducing communication loads and computational complexity while ensuring high-efficiency collaboration at scale. Meanwhile, the Improved Velocity Obstacle Model (IVO-DWA) integrates Triangle Obstacle Zone (TOZ) prediction with multi-objective optimization, enabling real-time trade-offs among path length, smoothness, and compliance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs). …”
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Integrated Optimization of Emergency Evacuation Routing for Dam Failure-Induced Flooding: A Coupled Flood–Road Network Modeling Approach by Gaoxiang An, Zhuo Wang, Meixian Qu, Shaohua Hu

“…To improve evacuation efficiency during such emergencies, it is essential to study flood evacuation route planning. …”
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A Reinforcement Learning-Based Generative Approach for Event Temporal Relation Extraction by Zhonghua Wu, Wenzhong Yang, Meng Zhang, Fuyuan Wei, Xinfang Liu

“…Specifically, to output the important contextual words from the input sentence for temporal relation identification, we introduce dependency path generation as an auxiliary task to complement event temporal relation extraction. …”
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Advancing ship automatic navigation strategy with prior knowledge and hierarchical penalty in irregular obstacles: a reinforcement learning approach to enhanced efficiency and safe... by Hao Zhang, Jiawen Li, Jiawen Li, Jiawen Li, Jiawen Li, Liang Cao, Liang Cao, Liang Cao, Shucan Wang, Ronghui Li, Ronghui Li, Ronghui Li

“…The experimental results show that the GEPA model outperforms the existing methods in terms of navigating efficiency, training convergence speed, path smoothness, obstacle avoidance ability and safety, with the number of training rounds to complete the task reduced by 24.85%, the path length reduced by up to about 70 pixels, the safety distance improved by 70.6%, and the number of collisions decreased significantly. …”
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Managerial Solutions for Debirocratization of Public Institutions by Valentin VEZETEU

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Toward a cleaner road: Environmental transformation in Hungary’s automotive sector by Maha AlSheikh

“…The model examined direct and moderate effects of such factors on lowering carbon footprint and sustainability performance, as well as on implementation cost, firm size, and demand.The results suggest a significant impact on carbon footprint reduction (path coefficient = 0.32) and sustainability performance (0.38) through the adoption of green technology. …”
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Optimizing the ratios of ridge-furrow mulching patterns and urea types improve the resource use efficiency and yield of broomcorn millet on the Loess Plateau of China by Lingling Cui, Jilian Lu, Shihao Ding, Xiaosa Song, Pengliang Chen, Baili Feng, Lixin Tian

“…Notably, the combination of RF40 and U7C3 maximized resource utilization efficiency and grain yield, with yield and water use efficiency increase of 42.79 % and 35.46 %, respectively. …”
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Immersive Teleoperation via Collaborative Device-Agnostic Interfaces for Smart Haptics: A Study on Operational Efficiency and Cognitive Overflow for Industrial Assistive Applicatio... by Fernando Hernandez-Gobertti, Ivan D. Kudyk, Raul Lozano, Giang T. Nguyen, David Gomez-Barquero

“…Performance is measured using objective QoE metrics, including temporal efficiency (time required to complete the task) and spatial accuracy (trajectory similarity to the predefined path). …”
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