Interval-Aware Scheduling of Surveillance Drones: Exact and Heuristic Approaches by Kaito Mori, Hiroki Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Tomiyama

“…In comparison to the Greedy method, the Multi-stage method achieved an average improvement of 37.8% in total flight time, while its algorithm runtime deteriorated by a maximum of 1.26 seconds. …”
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CPFD Simulation of Operation Characteristics of a 10t/d Sludge and Biomass Co-incineration Fluidized Bed Reactor by REN Shaohui, YU Qiao, LIN Li, XIANG Jiatao, MA Lun, ZHANG Shihong

“…Higher bed temperatures (750→850℃) enhanced fuel conversion (CO₂↑12.03→13.46%) and H₂S oxidation (↓0.20→0.16%), while increased bed height (400→600 mm) paradoxically raised CNO by 57% despite improved residence time, suggesting channeling issues. …”
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Modern advancements of energy storage systems integrated with hybrid renewable energy sources for water pumping application by Marwa M. Ahmed, Haneen M. Bawayan, Mohamed A. Enany, Mahmoud M. Elymany, Ahmed A. Shaier

“…Despite their potential, challenges such as renewable energy intermittency, optimal sizing, and cost-effectiveness are addressed. …”
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Analyzing Post-fire Vegetation Dynamics with Ultra-high Resolution Remote Sensing Data by O. Petrov, O. Petrov, A. Medvedev

“…Future research should focus on improving tree segmentation of SfM-MVS point clouds in dense canopies, optimizing co-alignment under varying environmental conditions, and integrating additional point cloud classification methods to improve accuracy in areas with complex species distribution.…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Phenotypic Traits in Chinese Cabbage Using 3D Point Cloud Technology by Chongchong Yang, Lei Sun, Jun Zhang, Xiaofei Fan, Dongfang Zhang, Tianyi Ren, Minggeng Liu, Zhiming Zhang, Wei Ma

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Development of a robust FT-IR typing system for Salmonella enterica, enhancing performance through hierarchical classification by Diego Fredes-García, Javiera Jiménez-Rodríguez, Alejandro Piña-Iturbe, Pablo Caballero-Díaz, Tamara González-Villarroel, Fernando Dueñas, Aniela Wozniak, Aiko D. Adell, Andrea I. Moreno-Switt, Patricia García

“…Application of these technologies can significantly improve Salmonella surveillance-control and Public Health outcomes.…”
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Leveraging petrophysical and geological constraints for AI-driven predictions of total organic carbon (TOC) and hardness in unconventional reservoir prospects by Nandito Davy, Ammar El-Husseiny, Umair bin Waheed, Korhan Ayranci, Manzar Fawad, Mohamed Mahmoud, Nicholas B. Harris

“…These parameters are often derived from costly, time-consuming core sample analyses and may be limited in availability. …”
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Battery Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids: A Review of SoC Balancing and Perspectives by Thales Augusto Fagundes, Guilherme Henrique Favaro Fuzato, Lucas Jonys Ribeiro Silva, Augusto Matheus dos Santos Alonso, Juan C. Vasquez, Josep M. Guerrero, Ricardo Quadros Machado

“…In addition, this article explores optimization processes aimed at reducing operational costs while considering SoC equalization. …”
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Regularized Kaczmarz Solvers for Robust Inverse Laplace Transforms by Marta González-Lázaro, Eduardo Viciana, Víctor Valdivieso, Ignacio Fernández, Francisco Manuel Arrabal-Campos

“…Quantitative evaluation via mean squared error (MSE), Wasserstein distance, total variation, peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and runtime demonstrates that Wasserstein–Kaczmarz attains an optimal balance of speed (0.53 s per inversion) and accuracy (MSE = <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>4.7</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), while TRAIn achieves the highest fidelity (MSE = <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.5</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) at a modest computational cost. …”
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AGW-YOLO-Based UAV Remote Sensing Approach for Monitoring Levee Cracks by HU Weibo, ZHOU Shaoliang, ZHAO Erfeng, ZHAO Xueqiang

“…Secondly, a novel Global Multi-Scale Attention (GMA) mechanism was proposed to improve the recognition of both local and global crack features. …”
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Construction of a sugar and acid content estimation model for Miliang-1 kiwifruit during storage by LIU Li, YANG Tianyi, DONG Congying, SHI Caiyun, SI Peng, WEI Zhifeng, GAO Dengtao

“…To select the optimal hyperspectral wavelengths for predicting kiwifruit quality, Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Random Frog (RF) methods were employed. …”
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Design, Fabrication, and Application of Large-Area Flexible Pressure and Strain Sensor Arrays: A Review by Xikuan Zhang, Jin Chai, Yongfu Zhan, Danfeng Cui, Xin Wang, Libo Gao

“…Despite significant progress in design and application, challenges remain, particularly in mass production, wireless integration, real-time data processing, and long-term stability. To improve mass production feasibility, optimizing fabrication processes, reducing material costs, and incorporating automated production lines are essential for scalability and defect reduction. …”
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A Modified Differential Evolution for Source Localization Using RSS Measurements by Yunjie Tao, Lincan Li, Shengming Chang

“…While differential evolution (DE) has demonstrated notable efficacy in optimizing multimodal cost functions, conventional implementations often grapple with suboptimal convergence rates and susceptibility to local optima. …”
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Performance of Various Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Temperature in an Industrial Building—A Case Study by Johan Roussel, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Pascal Yim, Thomas Danel, Laure Ducoulombier

“…The main objective is to identify an optimal algorithm that enables efficient thermal management, which is essential for ensuring product quality, maintaining process safety, and optimizing energy consumption. …”
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Fully automated multicolour structured illumination module for super-resolution microscopy with two excitation colours by Haoran Wang, Peter T. Brown, Jessica Ullom, Douglas P. Shepherd, Rainer Heintzmann, Benedict Diederich

“…To optimize DMD diffraction, we developed a model for tilt and roll pixel configurations, enabling use with various low-cost projectors in SIM setups. …”
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Energy and Reserve Scheduling of Distribution Network in Presence of Electric Vehicle Aggregators: A Decentralized Approach by Atena Tazikeh Lemeski, Reza Ebrahimi, Alireza Zakariazadeh, Keyvan Firuzi

“…The goal is the maximization of AGG profit from energy transactions along with the least network operation costs and improvement of network indices. The objective function of the proposed approach also includes AGG capability to provide the network with spinning reserve which brings incentive payments. …”
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Constitutive modeling and workability characterization of pre-deformed AZ31 magnesium alloy during hot shear-compression deformation by Junsong Jin, Fangtao Chai, Jinchuan Long, Chang Gao, Shaolei Wang, Pan Zeng, Xuefeng Tang, Pan Gong, Mao Zhang, Lei Deng, Xinyun Wang

“…The deformation characteristics, flow behavior and microstructure/texture evolution mechanisms of pre-deformed AZ31 alloy were systematically investigated under varying process parameters. A genetic algorithm-optimized artificial neural network (GA-ANN) constitutive model was developed using machine learning methods, and hot processing maps were established based on this model. …”
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Thermal performance enhancement in a solar air heater fitted with flapped V-baffles: Numerical study by Chinnapat Turakarn, Pitak Promthaisong, Teerapat Chompookham

“…The paper focuses on enhancing thermal performance using passive technique, generally by using vortex generators (VG). The energy costs can be effectively managed by VG as well as improving thermal performance if the VG was optimally designed.The effect of flapped V-baffles (FVB) on thermal performance enhancement in a solar air heater in the turbulent flow regime was numerically investigated. …”
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A Method of Intelligent Driving-Style Recognition Using Natural Driving Data by Siyang Zhang, Zherui Zhang, Chi Zhao

“…Identifying diverse driving styles and corresponding types is crucial for providing targeted training and assistance to drivers, enhancing safety awareness, optimizing driving costs, and improving autonomous driving systems responses. …”
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Prediction of permeability and effective porosity values using ANN in Maleh field by Mohammed Essa Nassani, Ali Alaji

“…The ANN was tested on independent data and demonstrated exceptional performance, achieving 96% accuracy for effective porosity and 98% for permeability predictions in sandstone formations. This efficient algorithm eliminates the need for core sample analysis, reducing costs and time while improving prediction reliability, making it a valuable tool for subsurface characterization and resource exploration.…”
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