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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,960 Views
24 Pages

Existing swarm intelligence (SI) optimization algorithms applied to node localization optimization (NLO) and node coverage optimization (NCO) problems have low accuracy. In this study, a novel balanced butterfly optimizer (BBO) is proposed which comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
9,376 Views
19 Pages

12 September 2017

The dynamic vehicle routing problem (DVRP) is a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) in which customers appear dynamically. The objective is to determine a set of routes that minimizes the total travel distance. In this paper, we propose a mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
653 Views
37 Pages

12 November 2025

The Crested Porcupine Optimizer (CPO), as a newly emerging swarm intelligence algorithm, demonstrates advantages in balancing global exploration and local exploitation but still suffers from limitations in convergence speed and local exploitation pre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,875 Views
21 Pages

Fault Detection of Wind Turbine Gearboxes Based on IBOA-ERF

  • Mingzhu Tang,
  • Chenhuan Cao,
  • Huawei Wu,
  • Hongqiu Zhu,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Zhonghui Peng and
  • Yifan Wang

9 September 2022

As one of the key components of wind turbines, gearboxes are under complex alternating loads for a long time, and the safety and reliability of the whole machine are often affected by the failure of internal gears and bearings. Aiming at the difficul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
727 Views
18 Pages

Selecting appropriate locations of emergency centers is an important issue in avoiding probable damages by natural disasters. Emergency rescue sites are constructed to provide emergency supplies swiftly for people in affected areas. Factors of transp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,463 Views
21 Pages

Butterfly Algorithm for Sustainable Lot Size Optimization

  • Zoubida Benmamoun,
  • Widad Fethallah,
  • Mustapha Ahlaqqach,
  • Ikhlef Jebbor,
  • Mouad Benmamoun and
  • Mariam Elkhechafi

31 July 2023

The challenges faced by classical supply chain management affect efficiency with regard to business. Classical supply chain management is associated with high risks due to a lack of accountability and transparency. The use of optimization algorithms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,775 Views
34 Pages

Near-Ground Delivery Drones Path Planning Design Based on BOA-TSAR Algorithm

  • Yuan Luo,
  • Jiakai Lu,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Kai Zheng,
  • Qiong Qin,
  • Lin He and
  • Yanyu Liu

2 December 2022

With the advancement of technology and the rise of the unmanned aerial vehicle industry, the use of drones has grown tremendously. For drones performing near-ground delivery missions, the problem of 3D space-based path planning is particularly import...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,047 Views
20 Pages

Unveiling Microbial Dynamics and Gene Expression in Legume–Buffel Grass Coculture Systems for Sustainable Agriculture

  • Xipeng Ren,
  • Sung J. Yu,
  • Philip B. Brewer,
  • Nanjappa Ashwath,
  • Yadav S. Bajagai,
  • Dragana Stanley and
  • Tieneke Trotter

23 September 2024

Legumes enhance pasture health and soil productivity by fixing atmospheric nitrogen and boosting soil microbiota. We investigated the effects of tropical pasture legumes, including butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea), seca stylo (Stylosanthes scabra),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
7,298 Views
20 Pages

14 August 2019

Engineering design optimization in real life is a challenging global optimization problem, and many meta-heuristic algorithms have been proposed to obtain the global best solutions. An excellent meta-heuristic algorithm has two symmetric search capab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
860 Views
22 Pages

A Band-Stop Filter-Based LQR Control Method for Semi-Active Seat Suspension to Mitigate Motion Sickness

  • Zhijun Fu,
  • Mengyang Jia,
  • Zhigang Zhang,
  • Dengfeng Zhao,
  • Jinquan Ding and
  • Subhash Rakheja

27 June 2025

This study proposes a novel control framework for semi-active seat suspensions, specifically targeting motion sickness mitigation through precision suppression of vertical vibrations within the 0.1–0.5 Hz frequency range. Firstly, a fractional-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
354 Views
38 Pages

18 December 2025

A key limitation of existing swarm intelligence (SI) algorithms for Node Coverage Optimization (NCO) is their inadequate solution accuracy. A novel chaotic quantum-inspired leader honey badger algorithm (CQLHBA) is proposed in this study. To enhance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,033 Views
23 Pages

22 September 2025

The basic Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) offers advantages such as a simple structure and few parameters. However, it is prone to falling into local optima and remains inadequate for seed classification tasks that involve hyperparameter optimization of m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,184 Views
18 Pages

Two-Layer Optimal Scheduling Model of Microgrid Considering Demand Response Based on Improved Nutcracker Optimization Algorithm

  • Bing Zeng,
  • Shitao Hao,
  • Dilin He,
  • Haoran Li,
  • Yu Zhou,
  • Zihan Jin,
  • Xiaopin Yang and
  • Yunmin Xie

19 February 2025

To comprehensively address the interests of both the supply and demand sides within a microgrid, a two-layer optimal scheduling model incorporating demand response was formulated. The upper tier aims to optimize the load profile, focusing on maximizi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,025 Views
31 Pages

9 May 2022

The goal of this research is to offer an effective intelligent model for forecasting college students’ career decisions in order to give a useful reference for career decisions and policy formation by relevant departments. The suggested predict...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,354 Views
23 Pages

The features of the kernel extreme learning machine—efficient processing, improved performance, and less human parameter setting—have allowed it to be effectively used to batch multi-label classification tasks. These classic classificatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
493 Views
36 Pages

2 January 2026

Distributed energy resources (DERs) can improve the performance of radial distribution systems. The nonlinear power flow constraints, multi-objective trade-offs, and network reconfiguration scenarios for DER placement and sizing call for the formulat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,505 Views
22 Pages

24 April 2024

Reliability and efficiency of valves are necessary for precise control and sufficient heat-flow to heat application plants for the integrated energy systems of nuclear power plants (NPPs). Strategic Management Analysis Requirement and Technology (SMA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,588 Views
26 Pages

19 September 2022

The deterioration of the urban environment is a problem which has captured the attention of governmental departments and researchers, who are committed to improving the urban environment from the perspective of optimizing urban morphology. Although m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,260 Views
37 Pages

1 August 2025

Under the dual challenges of global energy crisis and climate change, the building sector, as a major carbon emitter consuming 33% of global primary energy, has seen its energy efficiency optimization become a critical pathway towards achieving carbo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,812 Views
20 Pages

Biomimetic Wings for Micro Air Vehicles

  • Giorgio Moscato and
  • Giovanni P. Romano

14 September 2024

In this work, micro air vehicles (MAVs) equipped with bio-inspired wings are investigated experimentally in wind tunnel. The starting point is that insects such as dragonflies, butterflies and locusts have wings with rigid tubular elements (corrugati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
3,322 Views
12 Pages

3 July 2020

A renewable and distributed generation (DG)-enabled modern electrified power network with/without energy storage (ES) helps the progress of microgrid development. Frequency regulation is a significant scheme to improve the dynamic response quality of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
77 Citations
7,877 Views
34 Pages

17 January 2022

A situation where the set of initial solutions lies near the position of the true optimality (most favourable or desirable solution) by chance can increase the probability of finding the true optimality and significantly reduce the search efforts. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,028 Views
17 Pages

Research on Signal Processing Algorithms Based on Wearable Laser Doppler Devices

  • Yonglong Zhu,
  • Yinpeng Fang,
  • Jinjiang Cui,
  • Jiangen Xu,
  • Minghang Lv,
  • Tongqing Tang,
  • Jinlong Ma and
  • Chengyao Cai

Wearable laser Doppler devices are susceptible to complex noise interferences, such as Gaussian white noise, baseline drift, and motion artifacts, with motion artifacts significantly impacting clinical diagnostic accuracy. Addressing the limitations...