Implementing an Industry 4.0 UWB-Based Real-Time Locating System for Optimized Tracking by Athanasios Sidiropoulos, Dimitrios Bechtsis, Dimitrios Vlachos

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A Theoretical Bound Which Improves the Performance of Compilation-Based Multi-Agent Path Finding by Rodrigo Lopez, Roberto Asin-Acha, Jorge A. Baier

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Effects of off-design performances and multiple market carbon trading mechanism on integrated energy systems with waste incineration power units by Jing Liu, Tong Zhao, Haolin Sui

“…Furthermore, to analyze effects of off-design performances and MMCTM on the electricity-gas-heating-cooling IES, five case studies have been conducted on a typical electricity-gas-heating-cooling IES and the improved slime mould algorithm (ISMA) were adopted. …”
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A genetic algorithm-based solution for multi-type maximal covering location problem (MMCLP): application to defense and deterrence by J.D. Lessan, Geoff Pond

“…Design/methodology/approach – In our case study, we use open source geographic and demographic data from Canadian sources as inputs to our optimization problem. Due to the complexity of the MIP formulation, we propose a hybrid metaheuristic solution approach, for which a genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed and integrated with local and large neighborhood search operators. …”
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Microservice Workflow Scheduling with a Resource Configuration Model Under Deadline and Reliability Constraints by Wenzheng Li, Xiaoping Li, Long Chen, Mingjing Wang

“…Experiments on four scientific workflow datasets show that the proposed approach achieves an average cost reduction of 44.59% compared to existing reliability scheduling algorithms, with improvements of 26.63% in the worst case and 73.72% in the best case.…”
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Optimization of Fresh Food Logistics Routes for Heterogeneous Fleets in Segmented Transshipment Mode by Haoqing Sun, Manhui He, Yanbing Gai, Jinghao Cao

“…The k-means++ clustering algorithm is used to determine transshipment points, while an improved adaptive multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm (IAMACO) is employed to optimize the delivery routes for the heterogeneous fleet. …”
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A Novel Back Propagation Neural Network Based on the Harris Hawks Optimization Algorithm for the Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Yuyang Zhou, Zijian Shao, Huanhuan Li, Jing Chen, Haohan Sun, Yaping Wang, Nan Wang, Lei Pei, Zhen Wang, Houzhong Zhang, Chaochun Yuan

“…In order to achieve accurate and reliable RUL prediction, a novel RUL prediction method which employs a back propagation (BP) neural network based on the Harris Hawks optimization (HHO) algorithm is proposed. This method optimizes the BP parameters using the improved HHO algorithm. …”
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Optimization for Express/Local Train Stop Plans on City Rapid Rail Transit Lines by GUO Jingfan

“…Although the algorithm slightly increases operational costs for enterprises, it significantly reduces passenger travel time costs and improves overall passenger travel accessibility.…”
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Bi-objective green supply chain network design under disruption risk through an extended NSGA-II algorithm by Xiaoqing Wang, Gang Chen, Song Xu

“…The extended algorithm is considered to combine original NSGA-II algorithm with the migration operation of the biogeography-based optimization (BBO) algorithm, thus leading to enrich the diversity of the population and improve the ability of global searching. …”
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A new stochastic multi-objective model for the optimal management of a PV/wind integrated energy system with demand response, P2G, and energy storage devices by Hossein Faramarzi, Navid Ghaffarzadeh, Farhad Shahnia

“…Optimal energy hub scheduling (EHS) has emerged as a promising strategy for improving the efficiency and flexibility of power systems. …”
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Stochastic sizing and energy management of a hybrid energy system using cloud model and improved Walrus optimizer for China regions by Wenjun Liao, Qing Xiong, Zilong Chen, Jinhui Tan, Pingfei Li, Hadi Gharoei

“…An improved Walrus Optimizer (IWO) with a piecewise linear chaotic map is applied to determine the optimal system component sizes. …”
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Optimization of Home Energy Management Systems in Smart Cities Using Bacterial Foraging Algorithm and Deep Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Renewable Energy Integration by Mohammed Naif Alatawi

“…Significant reductions in total energy consumption and cost, accompanied by improved peak demand management, exemplify the algorithms’ impact. …”
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Usability and Perceived Efficiency of an Adaptive Route Optimization Solution for Commercial Vehicles by Florian Anghelache, Nicolae Goga, Constantin Viorel Marian, Dan Alexandru Mitrea, Ionel-Bujorel Pavaloiu

“…At the end of the day, adding these adjustments results in achieving up to a 20% improvement in the accuracy of executed routes, in terms of distance and time, compared to the planned route, outperforming standard optimization algorithms. …”
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Autonomous UAV Path Optimization Using Genetic and Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Effective Data Retrieval in Cache-Enabled Mobile Ad-Hoc WSNs by Umair B. Chaudhry, Chris Ian Phillips

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Enhanced Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Based-Transmission Parameter Selection for Optimization of Energy Consumption and Packet Delivery Ratio in LoRa Wireless Networks by Batyrbek Zholamanov, Askhat Bolatbek, Ahmet Saymbetov, Madiyar Nurgaliyev, Evan Yershov, Kymbat Kopbay, Sayat Orynbassar, Gulbakhar Dosymbetova, Ainur Kapparova, Nurzhigit Kuttybay, Nursultan Koshkarbay

“…The proposed approach demonstrates the best performance, achieving a 17.2% increase in the packet delivery ratio compared to the traditional Adaptive Data Rate (ADR) algorithm. The proposed DDQN-PER algorithm showed PDR improvement in the range of 6.2–8.11% compared to other existing RL and machine-learning-based works.…”
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Integrated Scheduling Optimization for Multi-Line Production and Transportation of Prefabricated Components Considering Shared Resources by Yiran Dan, Chengshuang Sun, Qianmai Luo

“…With on-time delivery and lower costs as the goals, a scheduling optimization mathematical model is established for this scenario. …”
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Application of Twisting Controller and Modified Pufferfish Optimization Algorithm for Power Management in a Solar PV System with Electric-Vehicle and Load-Demand Integration by Arunesh Kumar Singh, Rohit Kumar, D. K. Chaturvedi, Ibraheem, Gulshan Sharma, Pitshou N. Bokoro, Rajesh Kumar

“…The power management controller is a combination of the twisting sliding-mode controller (TSMC) and Modified Pufferfish Optimization Algorithm (MPOA). The proposed method is implemented, and the application results are matched with the Mountain Gazelle Optimizer (MSO) and Beluga Whale Optimization (BWO) Algorithm by evaluating the PV power output, EV power, battery-power and battery-energy utilization, grid power, and grid price to show the merits of the proposed work.…”
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Enhancing Harmony Search Metaheuristic Algorithm for Coverage Efficiency, Test Suite Reduction, and Running Time in Combinatorial Interaction Testing by Aminu Aminu Muazu, Ahmad Sobri Hashim

“…Optimization has developed powerful algorithms for solving complex problems efficiently. …”
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Optimized Support Vector Machine Assisted BOTDA for Temperature Extraction With Accuracy Enhancement by Hongna Zhu, Lei Yu, Yufeng Zhang, Le Cheng, Zhenyu Zhu, Jiayin Song, Jinli Zhang, Bin Luo, Kai Yang

“…In addition to the enhanced accuracy with good robustness, the optimized algorithms have faster processing speed than the curve fitting method, over 20-times improvement. …”
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Balancing comfort and conservation: dynamic programming algorithm for appliance scheduling in residential demand-side management by Maria Ashraf, Maryam Arshad, Sajjad Haider Zaidi, Kiran Shaukat

“…This paper proposes a holistic and customer-centric method for DSM via the improvement of the Automated Load Scheduling (ALS) algorithm. …”
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