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Young Hwan Choi and Joong Hoon Kim
This study compares the performance of self-adaptive optimization approaches in efficient water distribution systems (WDS) design and presents a guide for the selection of the appropriate method employing optimization utilizing the characteristic of each...
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Rick Jaeger, Carolyn Jacobs, Katharina Tondera and Neil Tindale
This study investigated different approaches to optimize flows in misaligned culverts. Structures aligned with the natural stream are always preferred, as misalignments cause a change of direction at the culvert inlet associated with lower performance an...
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Zahid Masood, Muhammad Usama, Shahroz Khan, Konstantinos Kostas and Panagiotis D. Kaklis
Generative models offer design diversity but tend to be computationally expensive, while non-generative models are computationally cost-effective but produce less diverse and often invalid designs. However, the limitations of non-generative models can be...
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Sergiu Cioca Parasca, Michael Spaeth, Teodor Rusu and Ileana Bogdan
Precision agriculture is about applying solutions that serve to obtain a high yield from the optimization of resources and the development of technologies based on the collection and use of precise data. Precision agriculture, including camera-guided row...
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Suryakant Tyagi and Sándor Szénási
Machine learning and speech emotion recognition are rapidly evolving fields, significantly impacting human-centered computing. Machine learning enables computers to learn from data and make predictions, while speech emotion recognition allows computers t...
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Chen Zhang, Celimuge Wu, Min Lin, Yangfei Lin and William Liu
In the advanced 5G and beyond networks, multi-access edge computing (MEC) is increasingly recognized as a promising technology, offering the dual advantages of reducing energy utilization in cloud data centers while catering to the demands for reliabilit...
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Kevin Mero, Nelson Salgado, Jaime Meza, Janeth Pacheco-Delgado and Sebastián Ventura
Unemployment, a significant economic and social challenge, triggers repercussions that affect individual workers and companies, generating a national economic impact. Forecasting the unemployment rate becomes essential for policymakers, allowing them to ...
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Alexander Robitzsch
The local independence assumption is crucial for the consistent estimation of item parameters in item response theory models. This article explores a pairwise likelihood estimation approach for the two-parameter logistic (2PL) model that treats the local...
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Yi?an Wang, Zhe Wu and Dong Ni
Optimizing the heliostat field aiming strategy is crucial for maximizing thermal power production in solar power tower (SPT) plants while adhering to operational constraints. Although existing approaches can yield highly optimal solutions, their consider...
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Jiacun Wang, Guipeng Xi, Xiwang Guo, Shujin Qin and Henry Han
The scheduling of disassembly lines is of great importance to achieve optimized productivity. In this paper, we address the Hybrid Disassembly Line Balancing Problem that combines linear disassembly lines and U-shaped disassembly lines, considering multi...
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