Reset
Showing 20 of 1,215 academic articles

An integrated vehicle routing model to optimize agricultural products distribution in retail chains

W. Madushan Fernando, Amila Thibbotuwawa, H. Niles Perera, Peter Nielsen et al. • Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain (2024)

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) represents a thoroughly investigated domain within operations research, yielding substantial cost savings in global transportation. The fundamental objective of the VRP is to determine the optimal route pla...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100137

SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF ENTERPRISES AND TERRITORIES

Alla Rusnak, Iryna Nadtochii, Olena Pulianovych • Baltic Journal of Economic Studies (2023)

The purpose of the article is to generalize and substantiate scientific and methodological approaches to a comprehensive assessment of the competitive potential of enterprises and territories. The methodology of the comprehensive study made...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30525/2256-0742/2023-9-2-164-171

A novel chaotic flower pollination algorithm for function optimization and constrained optimal power flow considering renewable energy sources

Fatima Daqaq, Fatima Daqaq, Mohammed Ouassaid, Salah Kamel et al. • Frontiers in Energy Research (2022)

This study presents an improved chaotic flower pollination algorithm (CFPA) with a view to handle the optimal power flow (OPF) problem integrating a hybrid wind and solar power and generate the optimal settings of generator power, bus volta...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.941705

Exact and Evolutionary Algorithms for Synchronization of Public Transportation Timetables Considering Extended Transfer Zones

Sergio Nesmachnow, Claudio Risso • Applied Sciences (2021)

This article addresses timetable synchronization in public transportation, an important problem in modern smart cities, in order to guarantee a proper quality of service to citizens. Two variants of the bus timetabling synchronization probl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app11157138

Effect of chemical treatment on the mechanical and thermal performance of flax fiber reinforced aluminium 6082 laminate: a machine learning-enhanced investigation

M. Vinod, B. S. Nithyananda, Shrishail B. Sollapur, Satish Gajbhiv et al. • Scientific Reports (2026)

Abstract This work examined the role of alkaline and epoxy-based surface chemical treatments on the mechanical and thermal properties of flax fiber reinforced Aluminum Alloy 6082 hybrid Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs), integrated with machine ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58852-w

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

Accurate detection of selective forwarding attack in wireless sensor networks

Qiong Zhang, Wenzheng Zhang • International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2019)

Selective forwarding attack in wireless sensor networks shows great impact on network performance and consumes limited energy resource. In previous countermeasures, it is assumed that all nodes in the communication range can detect misbehav...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/1550147718824008

Efficient and Memory Saving Method Based on Pseudoskeleton Approximation for Analysis of Finite Periodic Structures

Chunbei Luo, Yong Zhang, Hai Lin • International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (2018)

An efficient and memory saving method based on pseudoskeleton approximation (PSA) is presented for the effective and accurate analysis of finite periodic structures. Different from the macro basis function analysis model, our proposed metho...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2018/1612498

Bayesian ANN-Based Prediction and Multi-Objective Optimization of Tribological Behavior in Magnesium Alloy AZ91D at Elevated Temperature Using Pareto GA

Beniyel Muthuraj, Sivapragash Murugesan, Rajesh Rajamony, Michael Thomas Rex Francis • Materials Research (2025)

This study uses an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict the wear rate and friction coefficient of the magnesium alloy AZ91D, based on experimental data from a pin-on-disc tribometer. The model includes three essential process pa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1980-5373-mr-2025-0388

Optimization Design of Structures Subjected to Transient Loads Using First and Second Derivatives of Dynamic Displacement and Stress

Qimao Liu, Jing Zhang, Liubin Yan • Shock and Vibration (2012)

This paper developed an effective optimization method, i.e., gradient-Hessian matrix-based method or second order method, of frame structures subjected to the transient loads. An algorithm of first and second derivatives of dynamic displace...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3233/SAV-2012-0685

Energy management and power quality improvement of microgrid system through modified water wave optimization

Subhashree Choudhury, George Tom Varghese, Satyajit Mohanty, Venkata Ratnam Kolluru et al. • Energy Reports (2023)

A comparative study of energy management strategies and PQ improvement schemes for a Fuel Cell, Battery, and SuperCapacitor integrated Microgrid system has been projected utilizing the MATLAB/Simulink architecture in this research article. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.05.068

Resting-state EEG measures cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

Md Fahim Anjum, Arturo I. Espinoza, Rachel C. Cole, Arun Singh et al. • npj Parkinson's Disease (2024)

Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is common in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We developed and evaluated an EEG-based biomarker to index cognitive functions in PD from a few minutes of resting-state EEG. We hypothesized that synchronous changes in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41531-023-00602-0

ABCD: advanced blockchain DSR algorithm for MANET to mitigate the different security threats

Sayan Majumder, Debika Bhattacharyya, Swati Chowdhuri • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2025)

Abstract Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) facilitate data communication across multiple nodes and hop stations, characterized by their dynamic topology. This inherent flexibility, however, makes MANETs vulnerable to various security threats,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13638-025-02430-7

Gold Price Forecasting using Time Series Modeling on a Web Platform

Dwi Ratna Puspita Sari, Sirli Fahriah, Kurnianingsih, Santi Purwaningrum • Journal of Innovation Information Technology and Application (2025)

Gold is one of the most favored investment instruments due to its stability and its ability to preserve value against inflation. However, its price movements are volatile and influenced by various global economic factors, currency exchange ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.35970/4p33wz16

Genetic Algorithms in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Paul Charbonneau • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (1995)

This paper aims at demonstrating, through examples, the applicability of genetic algorithms to wide classes of problems encountered in astronomy and astrophysics. Genetic algorithms are heuristic search techniques that incorporate, in a com...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/192242

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