Multidisciplinary Collaborative Reliability Analysis of the Gear Reducer based on Inverse Reliability Strategy by Wang Liangliang, Peng Jinshuan, Shao Yiming

“…To overcome the high computational cost of reliability analysis,a reliability analysis method which combines the multidisciplinary genetic algorithm collaborative optimization（ GA- CO） based on the inverse reliability strategy（ IRS） is proposed（ IRS- GA- CO）. …”
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Bilevel Programming Model of Urban Public Transport Network under Fairness Constraints by Jingjing Hao, Xinquan Liu, Xiaojing Shen, Nana Feng

“…The results showed that (1) the travel cost deprivation coefficient of the three groups declined from 33.42 to 26.51, with a decrease of 20.68%; the Gini coefficient of the road area declined from 0.248 to 0.030, with a decrease of 87.76%; it could be seen that the transportation equity feeling of low-income groups and objective resource allocation improved significantly; (2) before the optimization of public transport network, the sharing rate of cars, buses, and bicycles was 42%, 47%, and 11%, respectively; after the optimization, the sharing rate of each mode was 7%, 82%, and 11%, respectively. …”
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Similar Instances Reuse Based Numerical Control Process Decision Method for Prismatic Parts by Changhong XU, Shusheng ZHANG, Jiachen LIANG, Rui HUANG, Rong BIAN

“…The NC process decision efficiency is improved by 84.6%. On the other hand, the manufacturing cost of the optimal NC process scheme is 16.6% lower.Conclusions The experimental results showed that the proposed approach can generate optimal NC process schemes for parts effectively and automatically, decrease production costs, and shorten the development cycle. …”
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Robust Allocation of FACTS Devices in Coordinated Transmission and Generation Expansion Planning considering Renewable Resources and Demand Response Programs by Sara Mahmoudi Rashid, Ehsan Akbari, Farshad Khalafian, Mohmmad Hossein Atazadegan, Saeid Shahmoradi, Abbas Zare Ghaleh Seyyedi

“…As a main search algorithm, a hybrid combination of water cycle algorithm (WCA) and ant lion optimization (ALO) is proposed to find the optimum solution with a small standard deviation. …”
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Multi-Depot Pickup and Delivery Problem with Resource Sharing by Yong Wang, Lingyu Ran, Xiangyang Guan, Yajie Zou

“…Resource sharing (RS) integrated into the optimization of multi-depot pickup and delivery problem (MDPDP) can greatly reduce the logistics operating cost and required transportation resources by reconfiguring the logistics network. …”
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Research and development of intelligent bypass ring net cage and collaborative control technology of multi-source power supply system in flooded environment by Zhanhua Huang, Liang He

“…The minimum comprehensive operating cost of the multi-source power supply system optimized based on the improved non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm was 1,453 yuan. …”
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Multi-objective artificial-intelligence-based parameter tuning of antennas using variable-fidelity machine learning by Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska, Stanislaw Szczepanski

“…Due to the reliance on computationally-expensive electromagnetic (EM) simulations, the use of conventional algorithms is prohibitive. These costs can be reduced by appropriate algorithmic tools involving surrogate modeling and soft computing methods. …”
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Microservice Deployment Based on Multiple Controllers for User Response Time Reduction in Edge-Native Computing by Zhaoyang Wang, Jinqi Zhu, Jia Guo, Yang Liu

“…Finally, extensive simulation experiments were conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The experimental results demonstrate that, compared with other algorithms, our algorithm significantly improves user response time, optimizes resource utilization, and reduces the total cost.…”
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Performance evaluation of an adopted model based on big-bang big-crunch and artificial neural network for cloud applications by Pradeep Rawat, Robin Singh Bhadoria, Punit Gupta, Priti Dimri, G. P. Saroha

“…Cloud can accomplish this using efficient scheduling algorithm. This article focuses on task scheduling policy which aims to improve the performance in real-time with the least execution time, network cost and execution cost-effective at the same time. …”
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Robust collaborative mesh networking with large-scale distributed wireless heterogeneous terminals in industrial cyber-physical systems by Tao Wang, Jun Liu, Lianglun Cheng, Hong Xiao

“…Second, the robustness-aware collaborative mesh networking problem is formulated with a multi-objective optimization model, and an improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm based on self-adaptive evolutionary learning is exploited to search out the Pareto optimal particles with better distribution and diversity. …”
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Intelligent design of Fe–Cr–Ni–Al/Ti multi-principal element alloys based on machine learning by Kang Xu, Zhengming Sun, Jian Tu, Wenwang Wu, Huihui Yang

“…Multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), distinguished by their complex compositions and exceptional mechanical properties, pose significant challenges for conventional predictive approaches in mechanical property optimization. This study proposes an innovative intelligent optimization algorithm (OA) to refine feature selection in machine learning (ML) models, targeting the prediction of ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and fracture elongation (FE) in MPEAs. …”
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Subspace-based local compilation of variational quantum circuits for large-scale quantum many-body simulation by Shota Kanasugi, Yuichiro Hidaka, Yuya O. Nakagawa, Shoichiro Tsutsui, Norifumi Matsumoto, Kazunori Maruyama, Hirotaka Oshima, Shintaro Sato

“…The optimization is performed for small local subsystems based on the Lieb-Robinson bound, which allows us to execute the cost function evaluation using small-scale quantum devices and/or classical computers. …”
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Power Allocation Technology of Long Time Multi-Star Hopping Beam for LEO Satellite by Ziyi LIU, Xiaoning ZHANG, Zesong FEI

“…LEO satellites have superior development prospects due to their low cost, low latency and small path loss, and are widely used in IoT, B5G and other fields.For the LEO satellite and its coverage area will be in a moving state, a convex optimization-based long-time multi-star beam hopping power allocation algorithm was proposed to maximize the system capacity.Focused on the multi-star hopping beam scenario over a period of time, a system model was developed based on the long-time co-orbital multi-star hopping beam scenario and the long-time heterodyne multi-star hopping beam scenario respectively.The resource allocation algorithm was designed for the two long-time multi-star hopping beams with the weighted objective function as the optimization objective, considered the influence factors of inter-star interference, load balancing and inter-star resource allocation priority, a long-time skipping beam resource allocation algorithm based on convex optimization was proposed.The simulation results showed that the proposed scheme could improve the resource utilization of the system compared with the conventional schemes.…”
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Voronoi-GRU-Based Multi-Robot Collaborative Exploration in Unknown Environments by Yang Lei, Jian Hou, Peixin Ma, Mingze Ma

“…In the lower layer, navigation planning is achieved using A* and Timed Elastic Band (TEB) algorithms, while an improved Cartographer algorithm is used to construct a joint map for the multi-robot system. …”
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Double-layer energy transaction strategy of multi-microgrids and distribution network with leased shared energy storage by WANG Hui, WU Zuohui, LI Xin, ZOU Zhichao, ZHOU Kerui

“…In profit allocation of microgrid alliance, an asymmetric Nash bargaining method is proposed that fairly distribute profits according to the contribution size of each member in providing energy. Finally, an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm combined with the alternating direction multiplier method is adopted to solve the hybrid game model. …”
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Multi-phase simultaneous segmentation of tumor in lung 4D-CT data with context information. by Zhengwen Shen, Zhengwen Shen, Huafeng Wang, Weiwen Xi, Xiaogang Deng, Jin Chen, Yu Zhang

“…In this paper, we propose a new method based on an improved graph cut algorithm with context information constraint to find a convenient and robust approach of lung 4D-CT tumor segmentation. …”
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Electric Vehicle and Soft Open Points Co-Planning for Active Distribution Grid Flexibility Enhancement by Jie Fang, Wenwu Li, Dunchu Chen

“…It replaces the traditional energy storage model with this model and then solves the EV and SOP collaborative planning model using a second-order conical planning algorithm with the objective function of minimizing the annual integrated cost. …”
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Reoptimization Heuristic for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem by Rodrigo Linfati, John Willmer Escobar

“…Next, the local search procedure is executed to improve the solution. A classic optimization is performed on all instances using the original and new customers’ information for later comparison to minimize distance. …”
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Reliability-Based Opportunistic Maintenance Modeling for Multi-Component Systems with Economic Dependence under Base Warranty by Rongcai Wang, Zhonghua Cheng, Enzhi Dong, Chiming Guo, Liqing Rong

“…A simulated annealing (SA) algorithm is proposed to determine the optimal maintenance cost of the system and the optimal OM threshold under BW. …”
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Advanced day-ahead scheduling of HVAC demand response control using novel strategy of Q-learning, model predictive control, and input convex neural networks by Rahman Heidarykiany, Cristinel Ababei

“…More specifically, new input convex long short-term memory (ICLSTM) models are employed to predict dynamic states in an MPC optimal control technique integrated within a Q-Learning reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm to further improve the learned temporal behaviors of nonlinear HVAC systems. …”
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