A visual positioning method for tunnel boring machines in underground coal mines based on anchor net features by Xuhui ZHANG, Yunkai CHI, Yuyang DU, Junying JIANG, Wenjuan YANG, Youjun ZHAO, Jicheng WAN, Yanqun WANG, Chenhui TIAN

“…Through illumination adjustment while suppressing noise, images with uniform illumination and clear textures were obtained. …”
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Machine Learning to Select Experiments Driven by Fundamental Science and Applications for Targeted Nuclear Data Improvement by D. Neudecker, T. E. Cutler, M. Devlin, P. Brain, N. Gibson, M. J. Grosskopf, M. W. Herman, J. Hutchinson, T. Kawano, A. Khatiwada, N. Kleedtke, E. Leal-Cidoncha, R. C. Little, A. E. Lovell, A. Stamatopoulos, E. C. Thompson, S. A. Vander Wiel, E. Williamson

“…We chose as differential measurements those that investigate ^{63}Cu and ^{239}Pu total cross sections, based on D-optimality rank and feasibility constraints. Two integral (criticality) experiments were selected: An experiment with Al_{2}O_{3} and graphite interleaved with Pu and a thick Cu reflector explores 1–30 keV, while we target the 30–600 keV range with an experiment that swaps boron in place of graphite with a different geometry.…”
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Tactical Coordination-Based Decision Making for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles Maneuvering in Within-Visual-Range Air Combat by Yidong Liu, Dali Ding, Mulai Tan, Yuequn Luo, Ning Li, Huan Zhou

“…Finally, an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm (I-PSO) is proposed, which enhances the optimization ability and real-time performance through the design of local social factor iterative components and adaptive adjustment of inertia weights. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations on the bidirectional thermal contact performance by Chen Wang, Mingjun Qiu, Huijing Liu, Jun Hong, Feiyu Gu, Lifei Chen, Tao Wang, Hao Guan, Qiyin Lin

“…These results suggest an optimal TCR ratio threshold for maximizing thermal rectification coefficient. …”
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Energy Demand Response in a Food-Processing Plant: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach by Philipp Wohlgenannt, Sebastian Hegenbart, Elias Eder, Mohan Kolhe, Peter Kepplinger

“…By leveraging the adaptive, self-learning capabilities of RL, energy costs in the investigated plant are effectively decreased. The RL algorithm was compared with the well-established optimization method Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP), and both were benchmarked against a reference scenario without DR. …”
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Retrieval of water quality parameters based on IOA-ML models and their response to short-term hydrometeorological factors by Wentong Hu, Donghao Miao, Chi Zhang, Zixian He, Wenquan Gu, Dongguo Shao

“…The best IOA-ML model for total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and permanganate index (CODMn) was extreme gradient boosting optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-XGB), while that for dissolved oxygen (DO) and turbidity was categorical boosting regression optimized by GA (GA-CBR). …”
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Crushing Force Prediction Method of Controlled-Release Fertilizer Based on Particle Phenotype by Linlin Sun, Xiubo Chen, Zixu Chen, Linlong Jing, Jinxing Wang, Xinpeng Cao, Shenghui Fu, Yuanmao Jiang, Hongjian Zhang

“…Compared with the traditional method, the innovation of this paper is that a non-destructive prediction method is proposed, which enables high-precision predictions of the crushing force by integrating multi-dimensional phenotypic features and an intelligent optimization algorithm. Comparative tests with a random forest regression, the K-nearest neighbor, a back propagation (BP) neural network, and a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network have demonstrated that the PSO-SVM model outperforms these methods in terms of mean absolute error, root mean square error, and correlation coefficient, underscoring its effectiveness. …”
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TCN–Transformer Spatio-Temporal Feature Decoupling and Dynamic Kernel Density Estimation for Gas Concentration Fluctuation Warning by Yanping Wang, Longcheng Zhang, Zhenguo Yan, Jun Deng, Yuxin Huang, Zhixin Qin, Yuqi Cao, Yiyang Wang

“…A flood optimization algorithm (FLA) is used to establish a hyperparameter collaborative optimization framework. …”
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Multi-Frequency Microwave Sensing System with Frequency Selection Method for Pulverized Coal Concentration by Haoyu Tian, Feng Gao, Yuwei Meng, Xiaoyan Jia, Rongdong Yu, Zhan Wang, Zicheng Liu

“…Subsequently, the OMP algorithm was applied to select the optimal frequency signal combination based on the contribution rates of the eigenvectors, enhancing the measurement accuracy through multi-dimensional fusion. …”
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Embedded Hardware-Efficient FPGA Architecture for SVM Learning and Inference by B. B. Shabarinath, Muralidhar Pullakandam

“…While Sequential Minimal Optimization (SMO) has enhanced the efficiency of SVM training, traditional implementations still suffer from high computational cost. …”
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Mortality prediction of heart transplantation using machine learning models: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ida Mohammadi, Setayesh Farahani, Asal Karimi, Saina Jahanian, Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi, Mohammadreza Alinejadfard, Alireza Fatemi, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand

“…Among the algorithms, CatBoost demonstrated the highest accuracy (AUC 0.80, 95% CI: 0.74, 0.86), while K-nearest neighbor had the lowest accuracy (AUC 0.53, 95% CI: 0.50, 0.55). …”
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DCE-YOLOv8: Lightweight and Accurate Object Detection for Drone Vision by Jinsu An, Dong Hee Lee, Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Byeong Woo Kim

“…Object detection using drones is a sophisticated technology that employs a camera mounted on a drone in conjunction with a computer vision algorithm to pinpoint the precise location of an object and ascertain its type. …”
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A novel canopy water indicator for UAV imaging to monitor winter wheat water status by Meiyan Shu, Zhenghang Ge, Yang Li, Jibo Yue, Wei Guo, Yuanyuan Fu, Ping Dong, Hongbo Qiao, Xiaohe Gu

“…While canopy fuel moisture content (FMCc) serves as a key parameter for evaluating plant hydration status, its accurate quantification relies heavily on precise measurements of the leaf area index (LAI). …”
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Bidirectional Relationship Between Hypoalbuminemia and Postoperative Pneumonia in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wang J, Yu H, Xu X, Guo J

“…After predefined participants selection inclusion and exclusion criteria, 1661 surgically treated HF patients were included and analyzed utilizing multiple statistical models, including univariate logistic regression, Lasso regression, and Boruta algorithm for variable selection, while multivariate logistic regression and propensity score matching (PSM) for assess the bidirectional relationship between hypoalbuminemia and postoperative pneumonia. …”
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Prediction of 1-year post-operative mortality in elderly patients with fragility hip fractures in China: evaluation of risk prediction models by Qiyuan Lu, Mengmeng Chen, Houfu Ling

“…Holt et al.is more suitable for a well-resourced medical system. SHiPS displayed optimal risk categorization accuracy, suggesting potential for broader clinical implementation. …”
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Multi-time Scale Voltage-Reactive Power Control for Distribution Network with Distributed Generation by LIU Haotian, ZHENG Chuyu, LENG Yang, LI Qin, ZHANG Hua, CHEN Shidu, LI Jiayong

“…And for the voltage regulation, it can optimize the regulation target according to the voltage sensitivity and the regulation costs of each DG, and thus has better economic performance while adjusting voltages.…”
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Gain-analytical equations generalized for FOPID controllers — An application with DC–DC power converters by Luís Felipe da S.C. Pereira, Anderson S. Volpato, Edson Antonio Batista, Moacyr A.G. de Brito, Ruben B. Godoy, João O.P. Pinto, Leon M. Tolbert

“…The differential evolution (DE) algorithm is employed for optimal tuning of fractional-order values, aligned with FOPID gain parameters. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Techniques for Fouling Resistance Estimation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger: Cascaded Forward and Recurrent Models by Ikram Kouidri, Abdennasser Dahmani, Furizal Furizal, Alfian Ma’arif, Ahmed A. Mostfa, Abdeltif Amrane, Lotfi Mouni, Abdel-Nasser Sharkawy

“…The training process is optimized using the Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algorithm, ensuring rapid convergence and high accuracy. …”
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Deep learning-based technique for investigating the behavior of MEMS systems with multiwalled carbon nanotubes and electrically actuated microbeams by Muhammad Amir, Jamshaid Ul Rahman, Ali Hasan Ali, Ali Raza, Zaid Ameen Abduljabbar, Husam A. Neamah

“…The primary aim of this study is to investigate the nonlinear vibration properties of MEMS oscillators, specifically those related to nanotubes and electrically actuated microbeams, using DNN algorithms. Different optimizers are used to analyze the performance and capability of these non-linear dynamical models. …”
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Predicting weather-related power outages in large scale distribution grids with deep learning ensembles by L. Prieto-Godino, C. Peláez-Rodríguez, J. Pérez-Aracil, J. Pastor-Soriano, S. Salcedo-Sanz

“…This paper focuses on predicting daily reported incidences in electrical grids within specific regions, leveraging weather conditions as specific predictive variables. An optimization-based feature selection approach has been considered for selecting the optimal Reanalysis node locations used as predictors. …”
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