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Improving Waste Management at Construction Sites—Evidence from a Comparative Study in Poland and Slovakia

Ewelina Mitera-Kiełbasa, Marcela Spišáková, Krzysztof Zima • Buildings (2026)

Construction waste management remains a critical challenge for improving project efficiency and sustainability. Despite extensive research, there is still a lack of comparative and up-to-date empirical studies addressing both material and n...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/buildings16071418

Topology Optimisation of Wireless Sensor Networks

Thike Aye Min, Lupin Sergey, Chakirov Roustiam, Vagapov Yuriy • MATEC Web of Conferences (2016)

Wireless sensor networks are widely used in a variety of fields including industrial environments. In case of a clustered network the location of cluster head affects the reliability of the network operation. Finding of the optimum location...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/20168201010

3D Printing parameter optimisation combined with heat treatment for achieving high density and enhanced performance in refractory high-entropy alloys

Deyu Jiang, Miao Luo, Changxi Liu, Yashuo Zhang et al. • Virtual and Physical Prototyping (2025)

In this study, a Ti1.5Nb1Ta0.5Zr1Mo0.5 (TNTZM) high-entropy alloy was fabricated using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). By integrating 63 sets of parameter trials with machine learning (ML) models, an optimised process window was identified,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2025.2524524

Underground Gas Storage Process Optimisation with Respect to Reservoir Parameters and Production Equipment

Vladislav Brkić, Ivan Zelenika, Petar Mijić, Igor Medved • Energies (2021)

The storage of natural gas in geological structures such as depleted fields, aquifers and salt caverns plays an important role in a gas supply system as it balances the fluctuation of gas demand and price. Hydraulic loss due to fluid flow t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en14144324

Optimization of Metal Inert Gas Welding Process during Joining of Structural Steels- An Overview

Misra Ravindra Kumar, Porwal Rajesh Kumar • E3S Web of Conferences (2020)

Metal Inert Gas welding is a fast, reliable and cost effective technique for joining of different ferrous materials and steels used in the construction of large structures like Fe410WA, IS2062, SS304, AISI1040 and AISI316 etc. To obtain bet...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202018401028

Cost Optimisation of Supply Chains in the Food Industry: Cost Function Modelling

Ion Popa, Sorina-Geanina Stănescu, Anișoara Duică, Elisabeta Ilona Molnar et al. • Amfiteatru Economic (2025)

The food industry faces complex challenges in managing supply chains, significantly affecting operational performance and costs. This paper explores the critical factors influencing the efficiency of food supply chains, such as product pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24818/EA/2025/69/293

A Comparison of Energy Consumption and Quality of Solutions in Evolutionary Algorithms

Francisco Javier Luque-Hernández, Sergio Aquino-Britez, Josefa Díaz-Álvarez, Pablo García-Sánchez • Algorithms (2025)

Evolutionary algorithms are extensively used to solve optimisation problems. However, it is important to consider and reduce their energy consumption, bearing in mind that programming languages also significantly affect energy efficiency. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/a18090593

Genetic algorithms in astronomy and astrophysics

Vinesh Rajpaul • arXiv (Cornell University) (2012)

Genetic algorithms (GAs) emulate the process of biological evolution, in a computational setting, in order to generate good solutions to difficult search and optimisation problems. GA-based optimisers tend to be extremely robust and versati...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1202.1643

Design and modelling of an anisotropic continuum robot end-effector for single-port access surgery suturing

Tom Vandebroek, Julie Legrand, Tom Vercauteren, Sebastien Ourselin et al. • Advances in Mechanical Engineering (2023)

Single port access surgery has brought many advantages and new challenges to the field of minimally invasive surgery. In principle, many of these challenges can be addressed through robotics. Continuum robots in particular have seen a surge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/16878132221140207

Quantum computing applications for Internet of Things

Mritunjay Shall Peelam, Anjaney Asreet Rout, Vinay Chamola • IET Quantum Communication (2023)

Abstract The rapidly developing discipline of quantum computing (QC) employs ideas from quantum physics to improve the performance of traditional computers and other devices. Because of the dramatically improved speed at which it processes ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/qtc2.12079

Quantum computing for financial risk measurement

Sascha Wilkens, Joe Moorhouse • Quantum Information Processing (2023)

Abstract Quantum computing allows a significant speed-up over traditional CPU- and GPU-based algorithms when applied to particular mathematical challenges such as optimisation and simulation. Despite promising advances and extensive researc...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-022-03777-2

Quantum Computing and Algorithmic Law

Jeffery C. Atik, Valentin Jeutner • Law Innovation and Technology (2019)

Quantum computing technology will greatly enhance the abilities of the emerging field of computational law to express, model, and operationalise law in algorithmic form. Foreshadowing the harnessing of the power of quantum computing technol...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2021.1977216

A review of digital twins and their application in cybersecurity based on artificial intelligence

Mohammadhossein Homaei, Óscar Mogollón Gutiérrez, José Carlos Sancho Núñez, Mar Ávila et al. • Artificial Intelligence Review (2024)

Abstract The potential of digital twin technology is yet to be fully realised due to its diversity and untapped potential. Digital twins enable systems’ analysis, design, optimisation, and evolution to be performed digitally or in conjuncti...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-024-10805-3

Recurrent Neural Networks for Prediction

Danilo P. Mandic, Jonathon A. Chambers • Wiley eBooks (2001)

New technologies in engineering, physics and biomedicine are demanding increasingly complex methods of digital signal processing. By presenting the latest research work the authors demonstrate how real-time recurrent neural networks (RNNs) ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/047084535x

District Heating Tariffs, Economic Optimisation and Local Strategies during Radical Technological Change

Søren Djørup, Karl Sperling, Steffen Nielsen, Poul Alborg Østergaard et al. • Energies (2020)

This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning. The analysis uses the city of Aalborg, Denmark, as a case where municipalisation through a recent acquisition of a coal-fired cogeneration of h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en13051172

Achieving high strength in 430 stainless steel by laser powder bed fusion: microstructure-property relationships and strengthening strategies

Junchen Li, Qiushuang Wang, Swee Leong Sing, Congwei Wang et al. • Virtual and Physical Prototyping (2026)

Conventional manufacturing of 430 ferritic stainless steel faces significant challenges, including severe work hardening, rapid tool wear, and limited strengthening via heat treatment. To overcome these limitations, this study employs laser...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2026.2631285

Manufacturing of Hierarchical (Nano-)Composite Structures: Numerical and Experimental Perspectives

Hatim Alotaibi, Constantinos Soutis, Masoud Jabbari • Applied Sciences (2026)

Thermoset polymer nanocomposites have considerable potential to improve the functionality and optimise the performance of composite structures. Such a nanocomposite generally consists of a modified polymer matrix (continuous phase) containi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app162010379

Relative multiplexing for minimising switching in linear-optical quantum computing

Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, Hugo Cable, Gabriel J Mendoza, Pete Shadbolt et al. • New Journal of Physics (2017)

Many existing schemes for linear-optical quantum computing (LOQC) depend on multiplexing (MUX), which uses dynamic routing to enable near-deterministic gates and sources to be constructed using heralded, probabilistic primitives. MUXing acc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa7095